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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21
AIRY TONGUES.

Z The growth Of ferns about Big Stone Gap Is
something wonderful to behold. The holly, toe.
with its blood-rcd berries and green leaves. i,
IL rich ornament alike to the mountain valleys
and to private homes. The decorations with
these plants at Mr.. Add>on's reception, ar
ranged by Mr.. II. 7. Ferguson, presented =
most enhancing ANA artistic display. The
winter fern is now in lis full glory. and the
ladies have been maxim. some beautiful scec
tions of them.
The snpelinlcndcnls of the public schools
of Virginia have presented Hon. John +. Mas
sev purse of five hundred dollars in gold. as Il
testimonial Of their appreciation of his public
services and as an emblem of generalization IN
his recent happy marriage. delegation. ac-
companied by the Governor of the State. visited
the office of Public Instructor and the prcscuta
ton was made to the bride by Superintendent
Murray in pretty speech. in which he said
the committee had wisely left the selection of
a present "tu you, madam, as it is fair guess
thar yon know already what suits your hus-
band, as Won certainly Know What VIII please
YOU most" which was very delicate and taste
full. Mr.. Massey made IL graceful reply, in
which he said he WAS very happy. "The honor
of capturing one of Alabama brightest jewels
and transferring her to Virginia, he added, lis
an abundant source of happiness
The bride was ''tastily attired in silver
gray silk, with diamond ornaments" After
the purse was presented the Attorney
of the State 'stepped forward and presented
Mrs. Massey with u large and beautiful basket
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21

GHH. ,lomS i. GornoN has been elected
United States Senator. Mr.. Pat. Calhoun.
who tried to secure the Alliance support
by pandcring to the widest vagNics OF
that organization. was badly beaten,
though eighty per cent of the legislature
were Alliance men. and Calhoun got the
nomination of the Alliance caucus. Cor
don, however. beat down all opposition.
and the country may he congratulated on
the result He proudly refused to endorse
the yngarics Of the farmer element; and
now Calhoun doubtless feels like the
man who went to hear the eloquent Whit
field preach. Some one arose. whom he
took for Whitfield, and the fellow shouted,
rolled on the ground and appeared in an
ccstacy of religious icrvor why are yon
shoutingy' asked ly standcr; that 5
not Whitfield" ''rhcn, replied the shout
err rising and brushing the dust from
his clothes, Il have dirticd myself for
nothing"
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21

1t i, not in the democracy To pursue wise policy
The House Of the hest Congress will do good work
for the republicans every day.-Cincinnat Comner-
cial.
We sincerely hope not, but we fear it,.
Funeral notes are already heard from the
Hon. Roger Quarlcs Mills. 1t would he IL
wise thing for the democratic party to re-
tire the Texas statesman on double pay.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21

Avistor to Big Stone Gap recently remarked
that he was struck with the intelligence OF the
Young men here, and the compliment Is well
mcr;tcd. There are several residents OF big
Stone Gap who could deliver lecture on al
most any literary or historical subject tha'
would attract attention in any Of the mctropol-
itan cities of the country. There are also
some exceedingly able and astute lawyers
and all are men of enterprise and business
sagaci.v. The only need has been organiza-
tion. There are an abundance OF brainy heads,
but the trouble has been to get them together
The Commercial Club will do this. and we shall
soon see the results Of well directed and con-
contracted effort.
Bristol has been going wild over the presence
of Clara Louise Kellogg. Clara never had
much of a voice. and what she had is now
broken. She had superb figure, however
though of late she has become coarscncd by IN
excess of flesh. Her dresses are cut cx-
tremclv dccollctc, and when she bows low To
the audience an apprehension fills the minds oil
the spectators that the upper half OF her Will
spill out of the close fitting corset. 1t Is funny
to read the accounts of The performance IN the
Bristol papers.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21

THERE seems little doubt that DR.. Koch :
experiments demonstrate that conSump-
ton can be cured.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21

TIE fall of rarncll is pitiahle con-
cluson to the political career Of the Irish
leader He should have remembered the
fate of Sampson and of Antony. But, a.
Byron puts it.
...,,,,. I.u.. M, .., ..nrfl
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-21
a Commercial Club Building.

The suggestion made at the Commercial
Club meeting Friday by Mr.. Joshua +.
Bulltt, IT.. is an excellent ore, and should
receive the unqualified support OF the
community as well as of the club. 1t was
simply to organize a joint stock company
secure certain grants from one of the land
companies, and construct Il handsome
building which will contain a large hall,
adapted to public meetings and also for
religious services The store rooms. offices
and lodging rooms of the building could
be easily rented for Il handsome dividend
on the investment and the hall would be
secured in addition.
Such structure is badly needed At the
Gap. If We had spacious hall, associa-
tons Of different kinds would be held
here and large number of people brought
to the Gap who might not otherwise come
During the spring. summer and fall par
ticularlv, religious bodies, industrial con-
vcntionS and other gatherings would prefer
to meet and hold their sessions at so
charming resort.
Besides large hall is necessary for the
meetings Of the Commercial Club and for
other local organizations. 1t would attract
larger crowds al our regular meetings and
stimulate interest i'm the club.
Every spirited citizen should
contribute to the enterprise or rather
invest in it, for private as well As public
reasons. since there is almost II ccrtainiy
that it will pay handsome returns on every
dollar invested. not only indirectly but
directly
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-01-28

q SG2s1 men The Reform party |
( control.
81 reason Of outstanding passports,
number OF Chinese had increased on
GARY /, 1888, TO 1871, WHICH NUM-
q Der MARKS HIGH TIDE.
i the Special Session of 1887, re-
elton Act was passed, which was sup
nented by further Act in 1888. By
terms OF these Acts, practically all
nese are excluded, a proviso allowing
Entrance OF not more than 800 in any
rter If the agricultural necessities of
country require it, upon the requisi-
ASof the Board of immigration coun-
gned by the Cabinet. Although
pg pressure has been brought to bear
mes, no permits have been issued
er this proviso.
further clause in the act of 1883 de-
ed ali outstanding passports not used
IRE July, 1889, to be cancelled. By
ue OF this clause
d OUTSTANDING PASSPORTS WERE CAN
CELLED ON THE 1sT OF JULY, 1889,
reby preventing that number of Chi
,e who held them from returning to
, islands.
MorcI he Inta .,-ln
ne restriction act of 1887 went into
eject, to January /, 1890, the num-
n of male Chinese who left the
untrF was. ,Jlt
ing the same period there came in
- the country. l ,S03
Decrease. Observation-Disclosures. IL ,1UI
| outstanding passports cancelled
'uly L, 1889. Observation-Disclosures. 1 $50
al decrease to the credit of the Re-
)rin party.-..- .......... -, 80 {
ii the 1903 who have come into the
-ntry since March l, 1888, only 163
re come on passports issued since that
e, leaving 1910 who have come in on
sports issued under the old system.
d it not been for these 1640 passports,
!rge portion of which were fraudulent,
4 for which the Reform party are
responsible, the number would have
q still further reduced by that NUM-
|. or total reduction of 4,497 in
nty-one months of Reform rule.
lis charged that the members of the
5lislature of 1888 stultifed themselves
lot passing the anti-Chinese constitu-
al amendment in 1888.
CHARGE is WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
R REFORM PARTY CAME INTO POWER
IT'S, UPON A SINGLE ISSUE.
lat issue was the support of the New
= Hitution, and the establishment OF
, 1890-04-30
THEN AND NOW.

The fact OF the matter is that the Re-
publican- are so completely demoralized
that they don't know exactly what they
are talking about, says the Lander
Momtdinecr. When Mr.. Joseph NJ.
Carey was nominated for congress in the
Republican convention in lSSS, 1t was
considered very essential to the success Of
the party that Mr., torlett's endorsement
should be obtained. In his letter endors-
ing the Republican nominee Mr.. Corlett
clearly defined his position by saying he
was ''one who chooses for the present to
occupy a somewhat independent attitude
in respect to political parties" and "one
who, desires the welfare and progress OF
all the people of the territory rather than
the success of any political party.
In the face of this it was ridiculous to
hold Mr.. Corlett in the light Of anything
but as independent. Mr.. Corlett had the
unanimous endorsement of the Wyoming
bar FOR the chief iusticeship, his position
at the time was the same as it was in 1855
and the reason he did not receive the APP
poiutment was because the " Mo aud f.
E." oligarchy have never permitted an
ADLER man than themselves to reach a po-
sition ofiufnence,
Ever since they have been 10 power
they have surrounded themselves with
men willing to be subscryient for the
u,nns,- tbgre waa in n hint M man who
, 1890-04-30

Early Life of a Philadelphia Astronomer
David Rittenhouse was born in RoN-
borough township, nea Germantown,
Pa. April 8, 1872, and died in Phila-
delphia. June 20, 1926. He was de
scended from a family of paper max
ers residing at Arnheim, Guelderland.
His great grandfather, William Rit-
tenhouse, a Mennonite preacher, came
from Holland with his family in 1857
IS, was the first Mennonite minister
in Pennsylvania, and established the
first paper mill in this country at the
spot where David was born.
David was early put to work OF the
farm, and was plowing-a IA years
of age. An uncle dying had left him
a chest of tools and n few books on
arithmetic and geometry, with some
manuscript mathematical calculations.
These furnished palatable food to his
mind, and his biographies tell of his
having covered the handle of his pillow
and the fences around the field with
his workings of the problems which
they set before him.
As the uncle mentioned above was
his mothers brother, il is inferred that
lie inherited his genius from his
mothers side. His mechanical talent
was shown in his construction of a
complete water wheel in miniature
when s years old, a wooden clock
when II, and a clock with metallic
works at "A later age. His father was
not disposed at first 10 favor the youths
tastes, but eventually he furnished
him with money enough TO buy a set
Of clock making tools; and David
built IA workshop at Norriton, whittier
the family had removed, where he car
ricd on the clock making business for
several years. Popular Science.
, 1890-04-30

The vice presidents gavel is of itself
a standing evidence that the senate is
an orderly body and needs no school
master for a presiding officer TO com
pei quiet. The .gavel has no handle.
1t never did have any. 1t is simply a
little piece of white ivory like the
head Of a gavel, polished and shining.
II would not do in the house at all, for
the most that can be done with it is to
give "A gentle rapping on the desk, and
in the other wing the speaker some
times needs 10 hammer away like n
man with n beetle.
This senate gave!, with which the
vice president tells the senators that
they are making too much noise, has
been in existence and in use as IA gavel
for many years. 1t is the identical
one. II is said, which was in use when
Daniel Webster was in the senate, and
probably was used the day he made
his reply to Hayne, to still the buzz
in the gallery when the great man sat
down.
There is a mystery about the gavel,
too. Nobody but Captain Bassett, the
white haired door keeper, knows what
becomes of il during the recess and
when congress is not in session. The
venerable old Captain Bassctt takes it
from the vice presidents desk when
the senate adjourns and hides it some
where, and it is lost TO the world un-
til il is again needed by the vice presi-
deut.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
, 1890-04-30

The English coronation throne is
not a raised dais of gold or precious
stones, as many have pictured it in
their imaginations, but a common,
high backed oak chair of antique style,
which has served in its present capacity
for six or eve generations, its exist
ence having been traced back to the
time of Edward L. The back and sides
Of the chair were formerly painted in
various colors, but all the wooden
parts are now hidden with heavy silks
and v%elvets embroidered in gold. I'm
der the finely upholstered seat is q
rough sandstone, 26 inches in length,
III in width, and 0 inches in thick
ness. 1t is the famous Stone of Scone, y
said TO have served as n seat during
the coronation ceremonies of the early
Scottish kings.-St. Louis Republic.
, 1890-04-30
ASPHALT COMES FROM TRINIDAD.
A Pitch Lake That Appears to Re IneI-
haugibI- In Its Supply.

A Pitch Lake That Appears to lie inex-
hHuSibi- In Its supply
The island of Trinidad is about sixty
miles long by fifty wide, and lies off
the mainland from Venezuela, within
sight Of the coast. The island has es-
pecial interest to New Workers, because
it is from a pitch lake in its interior
that the asphalt is secured with which
our streets are being paved. The lake
has an area of about 1875 acres. AL
though its surface has been cut down
for twenty years TO secure pitch, its
level has not been lowered, showing
that the supply is practically mex
haustible. It is like trying TO empty
A well with n teaspoon. The princi-
pal business of the island is sugar
making. cocoa making and cocoanut
raising. In 1889 about SO, 900 tom OF
asphalt were shipped away, 8 5000
tons of sugar, and an amount of cocoa
equal to ne-fourth the entire supply
Of Europe, where the Trinidad cocoa
is all sold. Labor on the island is very
cheap, coolies being brought by the
government from India, Of three and
five year labor contracts to work for
Is AID 20 cents per day.
There is a railroad on the island,
the longest line of which is thirty-four
miles from Port of Spain to San Fer
nando. II was built and is operated
by the government. When it was
first laid construction trains were run
over il before ballasting, and the rails
are consequently warped and bent and
twisted, until it is impossible to run
the fastest train over it at more than
fifteen miles an hour. 1t takes two
hours and a half TO go from Port of
Spain to San Fernando. Matthew Tay-
lor, who is a well known asphalt pave
ment contractor Of this city, once
offered to build all the railroads the
government wanted if they would
give him each alternate square mile of
land along the road, but his offer was
refused.
Money is made in Trinidad sugar
plantations and cocoanut forests. The
chief justice of the colony has been
retired on apension. He was sent out
from England about twelve years ago.
Eight years ago a notable sugar plan
tation was offered for sale for $50, 600.
He had n little money and considera-
BILE credit, and bought the place.
When he retired from the bench, in
1889, he had paid for the plantation
and improved it to such an extent
that it is considered worth 1910, 600.
Bitters are made in Trinidad by a
wealthy man who has a large family,
fully thirty persons being dependent
upon him. He has a fine place known
as "The Convent" on account of the
walls around it, and the most marvel
Gus stories are told of the eating ca
pacity of his family, said to be conse
quent on their free use of the bitters.
His daughters, when they marry, get
n marriage portion of 5000 cases of
bitters. The bitters are made of island
rum and n connection Of bark found
only in that latitude. The manufac.
ture of the bitters was formerly a great
industry in the vicinity of the Orinoco
river in South America, but the banks
there have been exhausted Inter
view in New York Press.
, 1890-04-30
R~EPLBLICAN CRITYCISn.

q
When such Republican papers as the
Chicago Tribune and St Paul Pioneer
Press denounce the Mckinley tariff bill
in unmeasured terms il indicates IN
awakening in the progressive branch OF
the Republican party which must lead to
decisive results in the next campaign.
In the course Of an able article on this
subject the Pioneer Press says: The
country Is not in favor of this bill. The
people asked for the bread OF tariff reduc.
ton AMI reform and there is offered them
an unpalatabic increase all around of tariff
taxes; already, in many cases. higher than
any industrial necessities require. The
farmer wants lower duties on what he has
to buy, and he is to be consoled with pue
Iile and Ineffective duties on what he has to
sell. And the raising of taxes generally
is unnecessary and un%accountable. We
have referred at length to some Of these
impositions. like the increase of duty on
tin plate, which are absolutely in~defensible
even from the protective standpoint. The
same mania for raising duties merely for
the sake Of raising them, and against the
interest Of the manufacturer almost as
much as that Of the consumer, appears
in other schedules. The duty on hides
was sbandoned. because the New Eng.
land vote threatened revolt. But the
sharp increase of wool duties menaces the
interest OF every manufacturer Of wooden
goods 10 the country. And the complete
schedules give Us, point by 1oiRt. plenty
OF practical illustrations of similar charac
ter OF the outrageous nature OF the bill.
This is not Republican policy. it is
not prot 'ctionism, it is the mere madness
Of those who believe in the abolition of
foreign trade at any cost. 1t means a
strengthening Of the hands of every mo-
nopoly that is formed - control trade.
1t means the useless deprivation of the
people. 1t is the plan formed by a little
junta OF extremists in congress who pro
pose to force their views upon the party,
and to bind it, by the passage of this bill.
to a policy which it has never approved
and which a great portion OF its members
%repudiate. There is a great service to be
rendered to the Republican party by
speaking out plainly and characterizing
the Mckinley bill as it deserves. 1t has
lew friends among the people. 1t is not
measure whose burden the party can
AFFORD TO bear in the coming election con-
test Before ii is too late, there should
be such a Republican protest aga,ns. thi
enormity as will make its,ii heard an
felt at Washington"
, 1890-04-30

A couple of Boston m~illionaires whom
l know, Sears and Gray, live in one Of
the suburbs Of Boston and used to drive
in together. There is a toll gate on the
road which they travel. One morning
they started in earlier than usual. They
had learned that there was a large cargo
of sugar to be sold by the underwriters.
1t vas a big deal, and Sears end Gray
concluded that they had the inside track
Of the deal. When they reached the toll
gate Sears said:
Gray, you must pay the toll today"
Il won't do it," Gray replied. "Ipaid
for batting Qeeding) the horse yesterday,
and l won't pay the toll today"
"Well, l won't" said Sears.
They kept up this cross fire for some
minutes, and failing to agree, Sears
turned the horse around and drove back
home, Gray going with him. They dis
covered when it was too late that if they
had gone into the city they would have
made. 100000 in that deal.-Chicago
Times.
, 1890-04-30
OUFFR STATE OF THINGS.

The Laramie Boomerang will be al
lowed to exist. The Sun says so in eff
feet and takes the Laramie paper back
into the Republican told on sufferance.
Has the Boomerang done proper pen
ance for all its sins Of omission and com
mission? Has it crooked the preg-
pa.t hinges of the knee to the Cheyenne
ollrarchy and kissed the hand that
smited II d? Has it swallowed past Sights
and forgotten the odium that has been
heaped upon it by tie ring organs2
If it has done all this then it is pro
pared for the coming act of humiliation:
to be received by the Sun back into the
fold Of a party which it has never quit
ted.
The claim Of the Boomerang always
has been that it was a straight Republi
can paper, but held that this did not
necessarily imply qualification in the sup
port Of so-salled party leaders who cared
nothing for party aud everything for self
Standing upon this platform 1t has re-
ceived p~r1fuse. unmcasured and intis-
criminate abuse from the Sun. Its edi-
torial utteranees have been distorted and
its editor villi6ed. Its manager, Mr..
Mckee, who was a candidate for the
Laramie postofiee, has been publicly mott
fed that he could not expect, and, if he
expected, would not receive ANYTHING at the
hands of the powers that be. The
ability to secure the papers Influence
through the use of money was charged
in the editorial columns Of the Sun on
April 23-and now this same paper
comes forward and stands sponsor for
the Boomerang while it is being bap-
tized in the Republican faith.
The B~oomeraag's position in this mat
ter may be misunderstood IL owe 1t TO
its own self respect to state whether it
has gulped down the whole bitter dose,
including the Cheyenne ring, or whether
it is still Republican with the permission
to c%riticise in the so-cilled leaders what
ever actions it may deem to be wrong.
, 1890-04-30

OF its existence by dull pain or sharp
twinges in the right side, or beneath the
dexter shoulder blade, accept the re
minder as a warning, and regulate the
organ without loss OF time, by the use of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The above
symptoms are usually accompanied by
yellowness of the skin. constipation,
furred tongue, disorder of the stomach.
sick headache and morning nausea. But
a reform is promptly instituted by the
Bitters, the best possible substitute for
c%alornel, blue pill and other super potent
and hurtiul drugs enormously designated
as remedies for billiousnes'. Appetite
and digestion are restored, and the bowels
resume activity. when an impetus is given
to the functions of health by this sterling
anti-billous medicine. which also has the
effect of enriching and purifying the
circulation and terrifying the system
against malarial infection in air or water.
1t is also highly beneficial for rheumatism
kidney and bladder troubles.
, 1890-04-30

1t might not have been strange in these
days of myopic misery, but the passen.
gers in a Broadway a smiled a little
and thought it was funny when they
looked about to find that every one of the
nine passengers -four men, three women,
a young girl ana a boy was wearing
spectacles. And then a man in middle
life came in, and everybody watched him
while he drew his newspaper from his
pocket, tool out his spectacle case, put
on his s~pectacles with deliberate care and
looked all about him to find every pair
of eyes in the car smiling at him from
behind like disks OF glistening glass.
Everybody looked just a little more
amused than before, and when the con-
ductor came in to collect his fares, with
a pair of gold trimmed glasses perched up
ON his nose the young girl looked at the
boy and Giggled, the boy smiled broadly
back, while the old gentleman called out
with a Boythorn roar: "Bless my souli
We're all in the same basketr'-New
York Evening Sun.
, 1890-04-30

To expand the lungs: Go into the open
air, stand erect, throw back the head and
shoulders, and draw in the air through
the nostrils as much as possible.
After having thus filed the lungs
through the n~ostrils, raise your arms,
and, while they are extended, suck in
the air. When you have thus forced the
arms backward with the chest open,
change the process by. which you drew
in your breath till the lungs are emptied.
Go through this process several times a
day and it will enlarge the chest, give
the lungs better play, and serve very
much to ward off consumption.-Chris
tian Union.