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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30

IT is believed that Mr.. Hewitt and two or
three other owners Of large iron and steel
plants in the North are going to await the ac-
ton Of the next Congress on the removal OF
the duty on raw materials, before deciding to
come South. Ii McssrS. breckenridge and
Mills succeed in their determination to strike
off all duty on iron ores, and such measure
becomes law, these establishments near the
coast will be able TO get Spanish and Cuban
ores very cheap, and it will relieve the
owners of the necessity of moving their large
industries South. Such action would be q
bad thing for the South: and il sccms hard
If it should be brought about by cur own al
legged representatives.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30
The New Banking, Loan and Trust
Company.

The new banking scheme is good one.
We shall have bank whose stock will be
secured by 100000 Of bonds, and these
bonds arc secured by a mortgage on real
estate amounting to $l.000.c0O. 1t will
start with a cash capital Of nearly SloO,-
COO and cash to the amount of $S0O,0OO
more, with interest added, will be paid in
as the bonds are paid off. Altogether we
shall have an institution with $l.o0oOOo
cash capital within few years.
This bank will also be trust and loan
company with authority to back local en-
terprises by buying their bonds or stocks
It will combine the conservatism Of a
bank with the enterprise Of an improve
ment company. 1t will give solidi'y and
strength to whatever industry it may
think proper to aid. It's money viii be
kept here; it will be circulated here; il
will be used solely for the development OF
this Immediate section and for maintaln-
ing the value of our real estate and local
securities Being separate and entirely
independent of the Improvement company
that company will stand upon the same
footing as any other patron, no better and
no worse. The banks organization Will
be distinct: and its management Will be
under the control Of experienced fnan-
ciers who will conduct its affairs in ac-
cordance with the most approved business
methods
1t would be difficult 70 conceive of a
better solution of the bond trouble or to
organize all institution that would prove
more valuable to the community. and Gen
eral Ayers deserves the highest praise for
the conception and carrying out Of the
plan. No institution in the country will
stand upon better or more secure foun-
dation AS the bonds on which it is based
bear four per cent interest and the notes
for the deferred payments on pro3e:'!I
the proceeds of which are to go to the
payment of the bonds. bear six per cent
the necessity for pushing the collection o!
these notes. in cases where the parties
wish Indulgence, will lie greatly dimln-
ishcd. The establishment OF the institu-
ton therefore greatly relieves he stiua-
ton an affords az easy solution of an 9th
erwisc vcxed and embarra ssing problem
ANY business man must see al once that
it is splendid conception, beneficial
alike TO all parties. and capable Of accom-
plishing great results. The plan is unan-
imously endorsed here, and the insitu-
ton will be inaugusated under tic NEST
favorable auspices, with the hearty good
will of the community and with every as
surance that it will prove brilliant
success
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30
.IIAR.LN NNE.

The stock Of! Il hardware store can al
most be classified as farm Implements, and
we will examine hardware next. Atthc top
OF the list we place barb wise, as its con-
sumption is wholly by the farmers. Our
farmer friends will hardly be able to real
ize that ten years ago they were paving
ten cents pound for barb wire. But we
know they were, forwc have examined the
books OF one OF the best firms in Fort
Dodge. All of the prices here were pro-
cured ly examining the books Of this firm
for 1850
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30
Friday, January 80, 1891.

DRINTER wANTED--A good, reliable prin-
L terwan.ed to work on this paper. Steady and
permanent place 70 the right party at thirty
fivc cents per thousand. Address, Posr
PUBLISHING CoMPANY.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30

We are told that we might have gone on
through the whole stock of a hardware
store with similar results, but the above
were selected 1T random from q day-book
in use in the spring of 1850, and are
a fair illustration of how prices in hard
ware compare now with prices ten years
ago. There has been good deal of talk
of trusts and high prices and monopolies
created by the tariff in hardware goods,
but they do net appear TO prevent good
share at least Of the benefits resulting
from improved methods and increased
production from reaching the consumer.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30
i,ineyIlIe's Ronds
i,ieascnger.l

VJiea'eRes.J
The ne@ city bonds, amounting to $4,000, which
were issas'i f"r the improvement; OF the city will be
oa' IN a few days, an ordinance empowering the
mayer TO Issue the bonds 10 the full amount having
been passed by the council al their las. meeting.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30

The above are the principal implements
in common use. Tie reduction in their
cost to the farmer since 1870 runs from
j.; 20 50 per cent. And the machinery is
made better than before.
1t should not lie strange if. with these
great reductions in Tie cost Of farm i'm
pcmcnts and with farming land free to
settlers. there was an enormous increase
in the production Of farm staples from
1880 to 1871 and shrinkase in prices.
Furthermore has not. the worsiagman who
labors in the factory whore these nipple
mcnts arc made legitimate right to look
for some benefits to himself from these
GREAT labor savers which he sees 90 out
to the fields OF production? Does not the
very princi pie ioT which our FESTIVE friends
arc contending demand that the benefits
OF cheaper farm implements shall not be
all absorbed j; the farmer, but that they
Shall reach all OF the consumers OF farm
DrOGEcct
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30

1T seems the purpose OF those III charge OF.
the sidewalks to lay ihe,saiks tbs winter and
the crossings some other winter. We have
about half 4 mile Of tllcwalk laid andpcrliars
more, and yet only tho crossings have been
completed. There patch Of walkway here
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30

The Roanoke Herald has been saiity OF a
petty piece ofjealousy in mentioning all of the
new towns in Virginia, many of them very oh
scure ones, and emitting city like Big Stone
Gap. Quite number of Roanoke people are
investing here, and evidently believe that they
will get speedier and larger returns on their
money than by burning it in a graveyard like
Roanoke; butthe tactics of the Herald will not
check this tendency. It should eyince broader
and more generous spirit toward rival cities.
1t might well devote some of the space in its
columns, which now contain so much patent
matter, TO securing the adoption OF proper
sanitary precautions against disease. Live
iii live towns don't use dead mat
ter in their columns.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30

THE Connellsyiile Courier referring TO a
statemen, Of the PoST, tina. the Big Stone Gap
coke-makcrs will cut Connellsvillc prices from
fifteen to twenty cents, says:
IAN the coke cur Big Stone Gap friends have 10
sell in the coming year Won't hur; anybody. When
they have coke sell, however, they viii he better
able to siate just wha, they can sell il for
The Big Stone Gap cokc-makers are opera
tors who made coke at Connellsvillc FOR many
years. They know what they can do here;
and when say they are going to cut they
mean cut. Within six months from to-day
our Ccnnellsville contemporary won't have rs
much confidence, or hope either as he has
now
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30

TuE PosT has been doing its duty in
advertising Big Stone Gap. The New York
Sun republishes It's editorials in large type.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30

Now that wc are 10 have banking company
whose capital stock will be million OF dol
lars. with heavy capitalist at the head OF 1t,
there Will be chance 10 move things. John
Randolph once went into bank to draw
check. The clerk gave him pen and ink. He
dipped the pen in, saw the ink was black,
pushed it away and demanded red ink. " / now
90 Cor blood said he. Let US a. now go for
blood The new bank should use cnl: red
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30
Respect for the Green.

lGrs9kIyn I.ie.j
Parrot 10 irahnsu did YOU gei that hat!
ratth, ne fone bhurd, yer color Is all TINT saves
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30

cilli are negotiating and have penetrated the
scrofulous glands with nccrotising matter
Sow. the physician who cna't do the lymph
ac. should Gui. the business.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30

:! 1''Il 10 ENIta-O IlI0u!Ie'J
The suddenncss Of M avowal, Miss
'inkie. the Young man said, tevcrishly,
may have taken YOU by surprise.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-09-12
A CHANCE IN TEXAS.

A CHANCE IN TEXAS.
Those who have money to invest should
turn their eyes away from Wall street,
where 'securities" are higher than they
were, and look toward Texas. If they see
what is said to be there they will do we'll
to start new monopoly as soon as possi-
BILE. They can probably do this without
much trouble, for it is very doubtful if
there is anything on the face of the earth,
or under the earth, to compete with this
Texas product. It is said to be universal
substance resembling asphalt and it is the
most perfect insulator known. 1t is con-
fdently affirmed that the new material
may be used as a paint, in which way it
will resist the action of salt water, salt air,
fresh water, gases and other influences
which destroy ordinary paint, that it
will make perfect varnish which
the ammonia gases of the stable will
not tarnish and that will remain undis-
turbed under all atmospheric conditions;
that it may be rolled into a tissue that is
entirely free from odor and practically in
destructible when employed in the making
of mackintoshes, canvas betting, water
proof tents, etc.: that it possesses peculiar
powers of penetration when applied at
high temperatures, enabling it to enter
and fill the pores of iron and steel, making
these metals absolutely impervious to
acids, ETC., and making common leather en-
tirely waterproof, and that it may be ap-
piled to wood pulp in such way as to
transform that material into what looks
and acts like ebony or horn. Prof. Ham
ilton of the Western Elastic company tes-
titles that wire covered with the material
showed an electrical resistance seven times
as great as any other wire, and it is also
said that there is no limit to the supply of
it to be found in Texas.
This beats Kelgum. 1t is not asserted
that it can climb tree, but we presum it
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-09-12
No. 2t99
A Simple Plan For Cooling water.
rFrum the American Engineer1


AT Hanover, York county, Pa, system
Is used for cooling water, that is both sim
pie and beneficial, according 10 a descript-
ion of 1t in the Railroad and Engineering
Journal. The town is described as being
closely built, and without any system of
drainage, so that the water in the wells is
unfit to drink. Some years ago these rea-
sons led to the introduction Of a supply of
very excellent water from q large spring
about three miles distant. This water is
brought through iron pipes, and when ii
reaches the consumer in summer is warm,
while the water in the wells is cool. For
this reason many of the inhabitants drink
the well-water, and, as q consequence,
typhoid fever is prevalent disease in that
community. In order TO obtain pure, cool
water, not impregnsted with lime, some
of the inhabitants of the place have adopt
ed plan which Is so simple and gives
such excellent results that ii Is worthy of
general adoption wherever there is a water
supply other than wells or springs. The
plan Is as follows. A cylindrical galvan-
lied sheet-iron tank twelveinches in diam
eter and four feet or five feet long. IA
~.
tank is then connected by galvanized iron
pipe with the wster-suppIy pipes, and
and another pipe is carried from the tank
to the surface of the ground, or to any
convenient point for drawing water, and
has a cock at the upper end. The tank is
consequently always filed with water from
the water-supply, and being in the bottom
of the well, the water is cooled off and &C
quires the temperature of the well, so that
which is drawn from the tank is as cool as
well-water, and is without any of the i'm
purities with which the latter is contamin-
ated. The water drawn from the tank in
one of the wells in the place named had q
temperature of fifty-six degrees when the
Thermometer in the atmosphere above
stood seventy-s degrees. This method
gives an abundant supply of cool water
during the whole summer, and can be
adopted in all cities, towns, or in the coun-
try. If well is available. it can be used;
if not, by simply digging a hole in the
ground deep enough so as not to be affect
ed by the surface temperature and burying
the tank, it will answer equally well. This
hole might be dug in celler or outside the
building. II the water has any impurities
in suspension, such mud, the tank should
be made accessible, so that it can be cleaned
separately.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-09-12

been created frst she wouldn't have her
mind made up yet what kind of q man
would suit her.-Detroit Free Press.
"You are in an awful condition. said
the Aesculapius to the bore 'T can see
by the color of your eyes that you have g
violent attack of the vox popuh." "You
don't say So" exclaimed the pale young
man as his white face grew even whittier;
"what shall do for iti" ooh, would
not dare prescribe for you; you'll have to
60 to some man with more experience
than I've had. Go see DR.. -; he may
be able to help you" Straight to
the old doctor the scared young man
went and told him what the young doctor
had said. "yox populi," the old man
echoed, as he took in the situation, stvox
popuil you've got something worse than
that You are in the last stages of vox
del. There is only one thing that will help
you and that is powerful dose of similia
similibus curantur" "Give it to me
quick" said the young fellow as he was
about to faint. ''I'1l take If it chokes me.
want to live the week out, anyway
Cincinnati Times-Star
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-09-12
SOMETIMES.

Everyone's sweetheart sometimes gets
up in arms against him.-Galveston
News.
When the seizure officers visit saloon
they ususually are on rummsging ex-
pedition.-Lowen Courier.
ooh, mamma" exclaimed little John
ME, "the trees in our yard are getting
Observation-Disclosures Republican.
"The shoemaker who breathed his last"
should not be pointed to as man of phe-
nomenal lung power.-Washington Star.
eyes," said Aunt Sary, "the preacher
made it quite plain-unless we're diverted
an born agin' we're lost. ."-Columbus
Post
Nine tailors, it Is said, will make a man.
Whoever started this sentence ought to
have finished. They will make man a
pauper.-Texas Siftings.
Maudie-Good graciousi think there
is man following close behind US! Jennie
Well don't walk so fast, dear. He never
can catch up with us.-New York Tele-
gram.
''Is that the president of the banka"
(Which one3" ''That stylishing- looking
fellow who says 4 and the Board of Direc-
tors 80 much" HNo, that's the janitor.
Brooklyn Life.
Cause enough.-Mamle-1sn Mr.. Tur-
tell strange maua He seems to live
wholly within himself
Gladys-Well, it is no wonder he is
troubled with ndigestion.-Puck.
Eyes, Mr.. Flagg," said the father warm
ly, "you are a man after my own heart" !"
Excuse me, Mr.. Joblots," said the young
man, with dignity, "but you are mistaken;
I am after your daughters. ."-Baltimore
American.
He-So you positively will not give me
one kissa And I had $40 bet with Tom
Bickles that you would. She-I am sorry
| for you, but have a bet with him of a
box of gloves that would not.-Indianap-
oils Journal.
The Walters Apology.-Hungry Guest
| Gmpatiently)-You have forgotten several
things. Waterway sorry, sab, but you
| know it's good while since I took your
| order, sah.-Street & Smiths Good News.
She-I wonder why the Creator made
| man first?
He-He was forced to do it by neces-
sity.
She-Why, how you talk. The Creator
couldn't be forced to do anything.
He-A1 the same he was in this case.
| She-How do You make that outa
| He-Simply enough. # the woman had
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-09-12

fine salmon in very short time with a
gill hook fastened to hoe handle, and in
the shallow water of the Dungeness man
threw the fish out of the water with a
pitchfork, and very soon secured enough
to last his family for month. Many of
the stories sound exceedingly fshy, and
almost fabulous, but the amazing magni-
tude of the run is most trustworthily
attested.
Nakamura Masanoa, who died in Japan
few weeks ago, was man of great infu-
ence in his native country. Born in 1880,
he was educated in the days when Chinese
science held exclusive sway in the land of
the Mikado. No man in Japan, it is said.
was SO we'll versed in Chinese history and
tradition as Masanoa. He knew his Con-
fucius as schoolboys know their multipli-
cation tables He did not oppose, how
ever, the introduction of European know
ledge and customs. He made a visit to
England in 1868 for the sole purpose of
becoming acquainted with the leaders of
English thought. Upon his return to
Japan he opened school where he deliv-
cred lectures upon politics and the various
systems of philosophy. The school be-
came famous throughout the land and
Masanoa,s influence extended far and wide.
A few years ago at the request of his
friends he accepted the chair of Chinese in
the University of Toxic. He held the
place until his death. Masanoa translated
number of English books, including
Smiles "Self-Help," into Japanese. His
death is great loss to Japan.
The old problem of establishing an easy
and comfortable communication between
England and France by means of bridge or
tunnel is again up. for periodical discus
sion Mr.. E. J. Reed, the naval construe-
tor, is one of the strongest advocates of a
tubular railroad and wrote letter to the
British association in which he demonstra-
plan is at once the cheapest, the most
feasible, and the best that has been pro-
posed. 1t was assailed vehemently, how
ever, by three eminent engineers who we're
present at the meeting of the association
Mr.. Abernethy, Mr.. Greathead and Sir B.
Baker, all of whom were quite positive
that the tubular scheme was beset by in
superable difficulties. Their verdict was
regarded as fatal until Mr.. Reed pointed
out that each of them had the biggest kind
of an axe of his own to grind. Mr.. Aber-
nethy is identified with scheme for huge
steamships and special harbor accommoda-
ton; Mr.. Greathead thinks his own sys-
tenn of tunnelling exactly meets the re-
quirements of the case, and Sir Benjamin
Baker is a bridge man through and
through. So much for expert opinion
when financial interests are at stake.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-09-12
between the Cafes.

Between the gates of birth and death,
An old and sanity pilgrim passed,
With look of one who witnesseth
The long sought goal at last.
SO thou whose reverent feet have found
The masters foot prints in thy way,
And walked thereon as holy ground,
boon of thee pray.
"My lack would borrow thy excess
My feeble faith the strength of thine;
need thy souls white saintliness
To hide the stains of mine.
s'The grace and favor else denied
May well be granted for thy sake"
So, tempted, doubling, solely tried,
Ayounger pilgrim spake.
"Thy prayer, my son, transcends my, gift;
No power Is mine, " the sage replied,
'"The burden of a soul to lift,
Or stain of sin to hide.
For pardoning grace we all must pray;
No man his brother can redeem
Or a souls ransom pay.
"Not always age is growth of good;
Its years have losses with their gain;
Against some evil youth withStood
Its hands may strive in vain.
"With deeper voice than speech
OF mortal lips from man to man,
What earth's unwisdom may not teach
The spirit only can.
MAKE thou that holy guide thine own,
And, following where it leads the way,
The known shall lapse in the unknown
AS twilight into day.
sThe best of earth shall still remain,
And Heaven eternal years shall prove
That life and death and joy and pain
Are ministers of love-"
John Greenleaf Whittier in New York Ind
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-09-12
FARMER CONYICTs.

FARMER CONVICTS.
The problem of convict labor in the
South is very serious one, as the recent
outbreak in Tennessee showed. The peo-
pie of that region are actually casting
about for some way to deal effectively with
it. In Mississippi very interesting ex-
pertinent is to be tried, and strange to say
it finds its warmest advocates among the
farmers, who want to see a convict farm
in operation. Skilled help is none too
plentiful in the State, and the farmers
reason that the convicts will not only be
made self-supporting while serving their
terms, but that when released they will
have had the benefit of experience in farm
work and, even if not altogether desirable,
will at least be available and more
useful on the plantations than in
experienced hands would be. The
farmers of the State look also for
another benefit from farm of this kind.
While the aim will be to make it self sup
porting by raising Mississippi's great sta
pie, cotton, it is proposed to use it also as
an experimental farm for the testing of
fruits, grains or vegetables not now raised,
or in determining better and cheaper
methods of raising the crops already com
monty grown. The State authorities have
advertised for a suitable tract of land, and
have been offered 5000 acres at So on acre,
we'll watered and timbered and on the line
of railroad. 1t is in Rankin county, in
the central part of the State.
Convict farms would perhaps Compete"
less than convict shoe-shops, etc. At any
rate the Mississippi experiment will be
watched with deep interest.