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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
SENATOR MILLS AND PARsoS WELLS
The Boom at the Gap Likely to Drive the
Aged Parson to the Wilderness.
A.. 1araan in Nem Ynrk world J

Il consider Mr. Wells the greatest nat
ural orator in the State OF Virginia. said
Senator Mills. His power over the class
OF people among whom he works is simply
marvellous have seen whole consrcga-
tions weeping or shouting, plunged in sor-
row or carried out of themselves by his
eloqucnce. He can sway them as he
pleases Within five minutes after he
begins his sermons he has his conSrega-
ton entirely under his control. He num-
beers among his friends some of the finest
men in the State. | have known them To
come miles to hear him. and 10 lie as much
affected hv his words as the simple noun
taneers themselves. frankly confess
that he can make me cry whenever he
chooses, and ! am not sentimen.aliv IN
.iined. If ne had been an educated man
there Is nothing he might not have accom-
plishci. As it is. he has buried himself
in the mountains and toicd for no return.
"0f course the monntainccrs idoiizc
him; no other man can ever hold his
place. His private character is absolutely
above rcproach There isn't person in
the world who can breathe Il word against
him. He has simply worked and sacri-
feed himself for others, and. i'll Il worldly
sense, he stands to-day exactly where he
stood when he began. He has LITTLE
homc-nothing more.
The old orator Of the mountains will
not have even his little home much longer.
The modern boom has struck the region.
Coal and iron had been discovered in the
mountains, and the camps OF miners stand
in what was year ago an unbrokcn will
derness. The mountains that once echoed
only the howls Of wolves and the halloos
of mountainecrs now throw back the
shrieks of the engines as the South
Atlantic & Ohio trains sweep daily through
the gorges At East Stone Gap. too,
near the old minister's home, there is an
abnormal activity. On the site Of his
birthplace, and less than quarter of a
mile from where he now lives, there is to
he erected Il magnificent new Baptist
academy On the other side of him an
immense hotel is to be built, while if the
East Stone Gap Improvement Company
carry out their plans he is in danger of
being bounded on right and left by iacto-
ries and boiler works.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
Selects Cincinnati.

ClyciyyAri, Nov. 27.-Mr. 5. NJ. FELTON,
the new president of the East Tennessee
Virginia X Georgia, has decided to make
his headquarters at Cincinnati The Sc
lection of this city instead Of Chattanoo-
"a supports the prediction pscvionsly
made in these dispatches. that Mr.. FELTON,
is also to he president of the Queen 4
Crescent when the time for reorganization
arrives. 1t is announced today that no
changes in department heads, with the
single exception of DR.. Miller for traffic
manager, as already announced, will he
made unless an unforeseen contingency
arises. The joint time connection of the
East Tennessee. Virginia X Georgia and
the Qnccn Crescent will be made in Gin
cinnati At an early day.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
MORE MONEY NEEDED.
Dangerous Decrease in the National Bank
Circulation and the Remedy for il.
Washington Specially

Although the closcness of money mat
ters is having no perccp,iblc effect upon
those who want to establish national
banks. it has brought about serious re-
ductions in the aggregate circulation.
More national banks were established
during the past three months-which was
the irving scason-than during the same
months in last year.
I'VE have authorized the establishment
of one national bank day OH the average
since the first OF January last" said
Deputy Comptroller Nixon to-day, land
thus far on the current year we have ex-
cecded the number established during all
of last year by nincty-fyc."
While the number of national banks has
steadily increased from 1919, when there
were in existence | SOL on April OF that
wear. to :},56S, the number doing business
on the first of this month, the circulation
has decreased from $355.445,51S on the
former date, to about $l25GO0U0U at
present.
This condition of affairs is due to the
maturity OF bonds deposited to secure
circulation and the high premium upou
them Very few banks have more now
than the minimum OF circulation. In
deed, it is improbable that the amount
above that required by law exceeds the
circulation which might have been issued
at the minimum figures by banks which
have no circulation at all. All these facts
have Il profound impression at the treas
urv department in view Of the scarcity Of
money at present.
1t is ascertained that since 1915 the de-
crease i'll the general circulating medium
Iy means Of reductions of national bank
circulation alone amounts 10 over 81 per
capita. Tie banks. as class. were never
known to he in more happy condition.
Many have loaned close up to the required
reserve, but their security is of the best
character, and overdrafts and dead paper
are exceptionally scarce. The treasury
department is standing by the banking
institutions having government deposits
and United States balances.
Every possible margin is given by the
government to safe institutions, and
Comptroller Lacey says there was proba-
bly, never period when there was so little
to excite apprehension or cause uncasi-
ness on the part Of depositors, while banks
can continue safely making loans. tic
will, however, in his report, take strong
grounds in favor of the proposed lesisla-
ton giving national banks the full par
value of circulation upon bonds deposited
and requiring banks to take out but $1,000
each Of circulation.
The apparent decrease of the volume OF
the circulating medium, which is one OF
the main causes of the scarcity of money
and the high rates of interest, lead the
officials in the treasury department to be-
lieve with Senator Sherman that the OBJ
lection to the adoption of this bill has
about vanished in view Of the fact that IT
will at once add about l4,00O,OOO more
obtainable money.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
LANarRY.s CLEOPATRA.
Gorgeous Dresses aud the Most Bril-
liant Jewels.
(N. Y. Sun Cah,e Ieiter.l


Whatever may he the views Of London
critics as to Mrs Langtrv's Cleopatra,
there is but one opinion so far as her
dresses arc concerned. a local expert
furnishes a description of the costumes
in the first scene, where she steps from
her picturesque bark onto carpet strewn
with roses, and where later she reposes
beneath n canopy Of roses and Nile rush
es. Cleopatra wears . flowing dress OF
gauzy white material She seems -On fire
with pointed crystals which, cleaning and
changing from crimson 10 green and silver,
border her dress and graceful wing
sleeves. and flash in the high coronct
which rests on the flowing red brown
hair. The trcss of hair is braided with
rope of pearls. and splendid stones fash
on the arms and neck and in the sird!c
which hangs in long bands from the
waist.
Mrs. Langtrv's second dress in the
scene with her maidcns is quite simple
one. consisting OF u white silk underdrcss.
embroidered in colorcd silks, and q fringed
ovel drapery of shcl,-pink crepe en-
broidercd in gold 4 green serpent coils
I in the hair. and thick gold bracelets en-
circle the arms. At the beginning OF the
third act, where Cleopatra appears at the
head of her army, she wears Il train OF
sapphire blue velvet over dress of paler
blue. embroidered in silver, and Il silver
helmet. This is exchanged for the royal
robes in which the Egyptian Queen APP
pears when carried in Il palanquin TO
welcome .1ni0ny beneath the walls of AL
exandria, and which. in the last scene Of
all she dons to die in qucenlike splendor.
The undcrdrcss of white silk is yelled in
white gauzy material. embroidered with
white and green crystals representing
flowers. \ mantle of white filmy material.
bordcred with green embroidery and with
a pattern of large Nile lilies in crystals
wrought in the train, is claspcd about the
bare neck. a deep circle of embroidery
about the neck flashes with the green iri-
descent stones. which also adorn the clasp
and girdlc. y stiff jewclcd piece of silk
plcatcd into four plcals falling in front
gives an egyptian character to the dress.
The long wavy hair is crowned with a
helmet shaped coronet thckly crustcd
with jewels. \ halo-likc circle of rides
cent green metal forms a frame for the
beautiful face. \ rich necklace. rings Oh
every finger. and bracelets. complete Il
dress of royal magniiicencc, which sets oft
Mrs. Langtrv's beauty to pcrtcion.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
4 Man of His Word.

1t was Il boiling hot day in August, and
Il Saint Louis clothicr was hopping his
brow at the door when an acquaintance
observed:
You seem to lac taking it hard
My soul. but | vas oafcrpowered und
dun for | vas prokc in two in der mid
die
Heat affect YOU that way
Heat. Who said heat: can shtand
fifty degrees more of dot. No, it Who's
something else l find Il man who keeps
his word wild me. -
How was it,
"Vhell, dis morning der mate of a
stheamboat comes in here TO buy cloth
inc. He vhas Il VERY honcst-looking
man. und he SAYS lie can pring forty deck
hands to my place. SAYS il dot yhas so
like to gif him 4 suit of clothes
"Rathcr risky, Moses
"Oh, no. l fix him like dis bundle
up dot suit ind leaf him next door. If
forty mems come and inquiries for clothing
der suit vhas his. Ii not, he doan git him.
H. has shust gone AWAY nit der suit.
But you arc long way ahead if you
sold to forty men,
Il doan' sell nottings to a single man.
How YOU suppose vhas tooken in: 1t
vhas great game. Ash dot SIS suit he
took AWAY only cost me $i.25., can al
most laugh aboudt it myself. Here is how
she vhas. One man after another comes
in. looks about, und says;
Good day, Moses. Say, Moses. vhas
going down to Florida dis week, und |
like to take fur-trimmcd oalercoat
along Show me something's for about
twenty dollar.
''Eafcry man said dot same thing, und
when der last one vhas gone oudt und !
yhas lying on der floor in dead faint, dot
mate comes in und says:
"'Nhell. Moses, take dot suit along.
If YOU doan hat some iur-trimmed oafcr-
coats for my boys | haf to go somewhere
else. vas man who always keeps my
word
"Und dots what ails me- gaspcd
Moses, rs he fell upon a stool III the door.
"Fur-trimmed oafcrcoats when it vhas l0J
degrees in my ice box
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
Hint to Our Commercial Club.
bristol Courier


\ biz excursion party from the North will make
twenty days trip through the new South early mex
December. The trip is gotten NJ by McssTs. Raymcn
4 Whiiccmb. OF Boston, Mass, With y view 70 giyin
Northern people capitalists and investors. oppor
tunity visit the chief ccnteTs OF Southern develop
mcnt, that they may witness with their eyes tn
results Of recent growth.
The route TO be taken lies through the great Vale
Of Virginia to Roanoke and Bristol, through Eastern
Tennessee; 10 Georgia amd Alabama.
The train oi !alace cars will leave Boston Monday
December l,,, and will reach Roanoke Friday morn
in-. the 9Th The journey will DE resumed 10 Br.to
al 80 y clock
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
THE COURTHOUSE REMOVAL.
The Demurrer Overruled and the Act
Decided to be Constitutional.

MARION, Nov. 27.--ln the case of a num-
Der of citizens against County Judge
Miller, in which there is al application
for writ OF prohibition to prevent Judge
Miller from ordering an election on the
question Of removal of the county seat
of Wise from Gladeville, the demurrer to
constitutionality of the act was argued
before Judge Kelley. The court decided
the net constitutional, and now the ques-
ton will recur as to how far Judge Miller's
interest in Tacoma will incapacitate him
legally from ordering the election. That
matter will be argued Thursday or Friday
of this week at Marion, when the issue
will be finally determined.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
PERSONAL,

Miss Matte Thompson. Of Harrod>burr. one Of the
most famous Of the bluegrass beauties. is shortly
expected to pay visit 10 Mrs. Hardin, here
Mr. Ormond G. Smith, % New York left on Tues
day afternoon tra in order 10 the iale-rrince-
ton football game Brooklyn, aud 10 take Thanks
giving dinner a, home. Mr.. Smith is so much pleased
with Big Stone Gap and our people that he will soon
return with classma,e, Mr. Clark who haS made a
very large financial success ut Spokane.
NJ r. $ Broadhead, of Rome, Ca, formerly OF
Wilkesbarrc, Pa, is securing land FOR coke plan,
here.
Among tie new guests n, the Grand Central hotel
are Mr.. and Mrs. Kline, OF Charlottesville, Va. Mr..
Kline takes charge OF the manufacture of mattresses
tor Short & Co., furniture dealers
Geo. W. Fralry, T. &. Wells, Melbourne Gillian, $.
y. Taylor j. E. npps, and c. II. Flanary, of Glade
VILE, were in Big Stone Gap yesterday, en- route for
Marion to fight the proposition 10 remove Wise court
house TO Tacoma. Other Gadeville citizens 60 with
the above named TO witness take part in the legal
contest.
Mr.. r. b. Andrews, the head Of Chicago company
whose business is the building Of drying ki!ns for
lumber, is in the city for few days.
General Walt Hardin reached the city Thursday
He has been at Glasgow and other points and says
property is selling twice us high other boom towns
as at Big Stone Cap but that he would not give one
lot al Big Stone Gap for two at any Of them.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
Langtry and Her Lovers.
fNew York Sun cable Ietter.l

New York Sun Cable I&tterJ
The windows OF Mrs. Langtry's beautiful house In
Sloane square are still filed with the flowers she re-
ceiyed OH Tuesday night They were largely The gifts
OF her two iates, and devoted admirers, Robert
Peel son Of Sir Robert and Lord Lurgan. Neither ia
much pas, q years of age, and though both have
large incomes, young Peel has already begun to boz
row money He Is the youth who Was sdone" By
shsrpsrs few months aso Oh an Atlantic steamer On
.ruut1 Tor Eew York.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
Victor Ne,rcomb.s Condition.
(Sew York Town Topics.)

lNtW IUTh IOWN IUpICh.I
The public will be equally surprised and shocked
70 learn that the family and friends OF Mr.. H. Victor
Newcomb are greatly worried over the mental cond-
ton Of that gentleman he having shown decided ind-
cations Of All aiction hat-unless there Is soon an
improyement-may lead 10 results that are very sad
to contemplate. Ar. Newcomb has always had epicu-
tastea, and these may have tended to weaken his
health extent TINT rendered him unable TO cope
With the business worries that have bese, him during
the past year. Mr. Sewcomb went abroad the past
summer for rost, but AN assured that he has not
returned I'm IN improved condition.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
Mr.. Beckford's Lecture.

! fAs u number have expressed desire to
have it changed to that day, Mr. Beck
ffords next lecture will be given on Sat-
urday, December 9th, at II o'clock q. IN.
The subject is Thackeray, and the lecture
will be followed by general discussion Of
the characters in Vanity Fair"
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28

A noticeable feature among the Bristol
business houses. is the one price system
conducted by H. j. Simon, the clothier,
recently from Baltimore. We discovered
on examining his stock that he carries the
finest class of goods i'll that city. 1t
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28

The Three Cs.

JOHNSON CRY. Nov. a7.-idviceS from the Three {.
railroad officials suggest that they will 70 ahead with
the work regardless Of the Hi:ker Brothers failure
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28
CITY BUSINESS.
Hodges Art Gallery.

Citizens of Big Stone Gap should not
fail to visit Hodges Photographic Studio
and Art rooms when in Bristol. His work
is equal to that Of any artist in the South.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28

Subscriptions to the Post are PAYABLE IN
aduance. In no case lcill this rule be de-
riated from.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28

WANTED.-To sell sixty or sixty-fvc
w PAIR of Lorcll's Patent Roller Skates
Now is YOUR chance to make money during
MAS. You can make from twenty 10
thirty daIlars night. Will ship them c..
%. d. Address, W. y. WARD.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28

1t was Il boiling hot day in August, and
Il Saint Louis cIothcr was hopping his
brow at the door when an acquaintance
ol,sorvcd.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-28

NJ r. $ Broadhead. of Rome, Ca, formerly Of
wilkesbarrc. Pa, is securing land FOR coke plan,
here.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-10-31
The Birth Rate of France.

The decrease in the birth rate of France,
with its effect on the future population Of
that country, has long been a subject of
dehasa. ayaaaa..i its public men. Statistics
have shown that this decrease has been
poing on for years. 1t now turns out that
England and Wales are in similar con
dition. The returns Of the Registrar
G~leral for England and Wales show
that the excess OF births over deaths has
been steadily declining for several years.
In 1899 the excess was 367, 224, while,
according to the results of the last two
census years, the increase should have
been 3S9, 1913. The birth rate was also
remarkably low, being % per thousand
below the average of the previous de-
cade, while the marriage rate has not
corresnonded to the increased prosperity
Of the country. These statistics, with
tie large emigration, show, in the opin
ion of the New York News, that in time
there will cease to be an increase in the
population Of Great Britain, providing
Tie ratio Of decrease in birth continues
But England has more population now
than she can well support, and this may
he Natures way Of adjusting herself to
mans requirements.
The aoverness Of his baby majesty, the
King Of Spain, is Miss Davenport, an
Trishwoman, who has passed most of her
life in Spain. The appointment is worth
$500 a year, and after five years service
Miss Davenport viii be entitled to life
pension Of $500 year.
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PECULIAR INFATrATION.


Do men ever fail ~ love with each other?
Women do. Not long ago "a young woman
IN New Jersey was married 70 youthful "a
borer on her fathers arm. sometime a ter
ward il was discovere that he husband was
a female; the un- wife refused. however,
though earnestly ,ntteatel by her friends, To-
give up her chosen cunsort The sirangest
1srr3,i tue discovery vas the TACT that sac
bride knew her husband was woman before
She was led to the altar
II men do not exhibit this strange infatua-
ton for one OF their own sex, they at least
oftentimes give evidence of the act that they
love one another. There are many instances
on record where one man has given his life
for another. There are many more instances
were men have given life to another.
1t IS proud pussession-the knowledge
that one has saved a precious human lie.
Meriden, Conn, is the home of such a happy
man. John Ii. Preston, Of that city, July
18th, 1890. writes. Five years ago | was
taken very sick, had several Of the best doe
tors, and one and all called it a complication
OF diseases. | was sick four years, taking
prescriptions prescribed 10y these same doc
tors, and / truthfully state I never expected
to get any better. At this time, | com
meEced to have the most terrible pains IN
my back One day an old friend Of mine,
Mr. X. r. Cook OF the firm ol Curtis Il Cook,
advised me to try Warmers safe Cure as he
had been troubled the same way and it had
effected a cure for him. bought six bottles
took the medicine as directed and am to-day
q wei man. am sure no one ever had a
worse case of kidney and liver trouble than
had. Before this | was always against pro-
prietary medicines but not nov, OH, no."
Friendship expresses itself in very peculiar
ways sometimes, but the true friend Is the
trien IN need.
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Commcndnhlc.

All claims not consistent with the high char
acter Of Syrup Of Figs are purpos. ly avoided
by the California Fig Syrup Company Ii acts
gently on the kidneys. liver and bowcls.c cleans.
ing the system efrectually, but 1t is not cure
all and makes no pretens. ons that every bottle
will not substantiam.
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Cherrapoonii, India, has the well-de.
served reputation of being the wettest
place in the world. Last year the aggre-
cate rainfall there was $50 inches, aud
il was comparatively dry season. In
wet ones it averages between 500 and
600 inches. In ono day thirty-seyen
inches fell.
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In New York City it is estimated that
$1,000 men are supported by their
wives. When that becomes oSe of the
conditions Of matrimony, more men
will become aspirants for il.
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q WcHi UeUi"

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The seamy -ide-rhe ns.deo coat,

FITS stopped free by DR. K1rvE's GREAr
Nerve RESToRER. No fits after irst days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise .tul s. trial 0JttIe
FREQ. Dr. Kline, 93l Arch St., phila., ia.
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Lee Was Chinese Headache Cure. Harm
less in effect quick and ositive in action
sent prepaid ON receipt 81 II yer t0ttle.
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