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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09
Lunatics at Large.

Three prominent papers in the South
seem to be edited now by the office cat
Referring to the election bill the Menu
phis Appeal says:
at will unoose the dogs. Where now is peace will
be disorder.
"Forcc should meet force. The response OF The
South TO the Coture resolution should be an appeal
to arms
Can anything be more ridiculous: Such
stuff would be comical were it not hurtful.
Coming from the leading paper in lead
ing Southern city it will be used as refec-
tive of Southern sentiment, though there
is no reason to believe dozen sane
persons in the entire South even have
toloration for such nonsense.
Then here comes the Atlanta Consti-
tuition, whose editor is dead, and referring
to the financial situation says:
''There is no alternative, il we can not get rid OF
financial oppression peacnby, we must do ii ioTcibly
Men are not going to see their trade, industry prop
ery and money wiped out or taken from them with
out struggle. We not alarrnists, but we feel II
our duty to sound note OF warming For the first
time in the history Of the country cotton in our South
ern seaports fails TO command the money that it calls
for The plutocrat. have locked up the currency o.
the Republic so securely that they can, when ii suits
their pleasure. beggar the planters Of the South, the
farmers Of the West, the merchants everywhere in the
land, and make tramps OF thousands OF laborcTs be-
tween the two oceans.''
Add to these extracts the utterances OF
the Courier-Journal dcnouncing manufac-
turers as "robbcrs" and the projectors OF
Southern industries as frauds, and we
have a spectacle which reflects seriously
upon our public school system and our
laws for the confinement and treatment OF
lunatca.
1t is singular that intelligent people will
tolerate such rot in newspapers assuming
to be leading and representative. AS
long as there arc vacant rooms in our lu-
natic asylums and cuddies for the contine-
ment of refractory Office cats, such splut-
ter is inexcusable.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09
might not be present. None but b;,o..

might not be present. None but b;m,.,.
was in his confidence. Numbere.s :.
stances might be cited, but this is m,
biography nor an obituary notice; ~ ~,
ret. ! will but remind you Of the conf.
ence he summoned recently at Dubl;r
summoned. and then did not give i,;,nsapt
the trouble to attend. He though, il arr
ficient to send his orders by telegraph and
so it was. They were followed to tie -,
ter. He has never taken much pain. ;,
conceal his contempt for his associate.
But the odd thing is that he had u.
same regal manners toward other. If =.
higher position. He was not caro.r,
to keep an appointment, even ,hogrs
the appointment vas with Mr. Glnd.,o,.
and the subject of conference one vital =
the policy he had at heart Nay, even b.
confidential advisers in the two mo-, i'm.
portant matters of business he has ere.
had to transact were not trusted viii h..
address, or not for long time. W,
them as with his political puppets. r..
same mystery prevailed; there va. n.
same suggestion of some occult inaue,c.
that was all-controllng and all-poner,.r
with Mr.. Parnell. To hear that tai. IN.
fuence was Mrs. O'Shea's is shock >,
the whole country; even to those. or ;,
many of those, who were not his friend.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09
~. Dev,, and the peep Sea.

The Devil and the Deep Sea.
The news from Washington is both good
and bad. is difficult to say which meas
urc would prove more disastrous to the
South and the Nation, the Force bill OF
Senator Stewards free coinage amend
mcnt to the Silver bill, which, By Il sur
prising device has been brought up in the
Senate for consideration and supercedcs
the former. Democrats believe they have
thereby shclvcd the Force bill; but if they
seriously favor the measure of Stewart
there is perhaps more danger to be APP
pretended from its passage than from the
the Election law, infamous and hurtful as
it would undoubtedly prove.
Stewart is one Of the silver kings who
bought seat in the Senate, and who is
there for the sole purpose of forcing an
unlimited quantity Of that metal on the
country. Should his amendment become
law it will drive the $400, 900, 600 of gold
from circulation within twenty-four hours
after its passage and prccipitate panic
to which it would be difficult to find par
al!el.
1t seems incredible that the Democrats
are willing to become the tools of the sill
yer syndicate, and ready to bring upon
the country the widespread disaster which
must follow the passage of such meas
ure, but there is reason to fear such re-
suit.
1t would be bad politics as we'll as bad
craftsmanship. 1t would give Harrison
an opportunity TO redeem the disaster OF
the last election and rally to his party al
most every solid business man in the
North,
Yet this is what the Democratic
politicians are constantly doing. The Re-
publican party no sooner gets into posi-
ton where il may he beaten in national
contest than our alleged leaders come to
their rescue, and by some idiotic blundcr OF
their own, change places with their add
versaries. For this reason overwhelming
democratic victories in off years amount
to little No sooner arc the returns IN
than the politicians devote themselves to
the work of throwing away the fruits of a
victory which the masses of the party
have won
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

General Watt Hardin is being urged to be-
come candidate for Governor Of Kentucky.
Though General Hardin has some mistaken
views about political economy, he has head
for business and is thoroughly in sympathy
with the industrial movement in Kentucky,
which is working its way through the restraints
and snares of her politicians II all the South
ern States would elect Governors having like
interests and sympathies, Southern progress
would be aided and not hindercd by State ad-
mnistrations and Legislatures. 1t would be
refreshing to see man of business sagacity
and foresight Governor Of Kentucky. General
Hardin could be of great service to his State,
and that service would be increased in value
if he would boldly take the bull By the horns
and upset the cliques that have been having
things their own way, and rearding Ken
tucky's progress. No State in the Union Is so
badly in need of shake-up.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09
Some Statistical Pointers.

some SIdllSItCat HOInIGTSs
Whatever may be said in regard to the
unfairness or fraud of the census bureau
in estimating our population, it has fur
nished the country with certain facts of the
highest value, particularly in their bear
ing on Southern development. There has
been in ten years an increase of - per
cent in the population Of Southern cities;
over II per cent in the value Of property;
over As per cent in wealth per capita;
a reduction of Is per cent in State debts
and ~ per cent in municipal debts, and
of 30 per cent in annual interest, while
the total State revenues have increased
100 per cent There has been an increase
of sc per cent in banking capital, ITO per
cent in railroad construction and is per
cent in the number of railroad employees.
There has been further increase, ia per
cent in manufacturing establishments,
207 per cent in the capital invested IN
them, IJ3 per cent in the number of hands
employed, and l35 per cent in the value OF
the product.
In the production and manufacture OF
cotton, Southern Industrial prosperity
is further illustrated. There has been an
increase of l01 per cent in the number OF
mills, 23i per cent in spindle's, 23S per
cent in the number of looms, POI per cent
in the bales of cotton used and 23l per
cent in the value of the product.
Previous to 1850 little use was made of
cotton seed, but since then there has
been an increase OF $50 per cent in the
crushed product. and 261 per cent in the
value OF it.
But splendid as this showing is, the min
eral statistics are still more surprising.
There has been an increase of $50 per
cent in the production of pig iron and
4l2l per cent in steel; All increase OF 332
per cent in the production of coal, making
an average increase Of S77 per cent in the
value Of minerals.
Much complaint is heard in regard to
the hardship of the farming interest, but
the census shows that there has been an in
crease of over 60 per cent of farm products
and 81 per cent in live stock, this increase
being due in great measure to the build
ing up Of mining and manufacturing towns,
affording the farmer hon market for
whatever he raises.
Nor have the educational interests been
neglected, the report showing an increase
of l6l per cent in school revenues, and 6I
per cent in the number Of pupils enrolled.
This prosperity has been generally diff
fused, Kentucky being the only State in
the South which declined in the produc-
ton of iron and steel which has not ad-
yanced with her sister states in her educa-
tional development.
1t is safe to say that this vast industrial
movement is vet in its infancy and that
the census of 1900 will show still more
marvellous progress. No other section OF
the country furnishes such results for the
past ten wears, and there is every reason
to believe the contrast will be more strik-
within the next ten wears.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

monthly dues a mere song. Both have
been put at the lowest figure in order to
secure the membership and attendance
of the humblest and poorest. 1t is clearly
TO the interest of every citizen to aid the
organization by his presence, his counsel,
and by such material contributions as
one can afford to make.
Words need not be multiplied to prove
this. 1t goes without the saying; and he
is short-sightcd person who does not see
il and act on it.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

The city council merely "talked over" the
drainage question at its meeting Monday eve
ming. Something more must be done. 1t will
be vastly cheaper to drain the ponds before the
streets are graded. 1t will be vastly cheaper,
too, to do this draining during the winter be-
fore the summers sun, beating upon the
marshy places, generates the poisonous MT
crobe that causes disease and death. II is
much easier, as well as cheaper, to prevent an
epidemic than to recover from one. The failure
of the council to appropriate one or two thous-
and dollars for this purpose during the winter
will cost the city an incaculablc amount before
another winter. The people of Big Stone Gap,
and those interested here, may pass this warn
ing BY with indifference. Other new towns
have done likewise and have virtually been
desolatcd. This is the most important matter
that can now engage public attention.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

A committee was appointed by the CONNER
cial Club Monday evening to consider the feas-
ability of making new county out OF Wise,
part of Scott and part of Lee, locating the
court house at Big Stone Gap, 1t seems that
Lee county is very narrow, though it is fifty
or sixty miles long; and Gladeyile, the county
seat of Wise, is badly located, and, in winter
and spring, almost inaccessible because OF
muddy roads. Mr.. W. Z. Harris brought the
matter up for discussion, and the sentiment of
the club seemed decidedly favorable to the
movement
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09
Friday, January 9, 1891.

SUBSCRIBERS who are indebted to the
Posr will please forward the amount due
1t Wills pare US the necessity of dunning
them by bills. Many have been INDUCED
toe long already in the hope that they
would do their duty without being dun
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

January 10Th, will be General R. E. Lees
birthday; and by alaw of Virginia. it is legal
holiday. Steps should be taken here to ceie-
brate the event. All classes and all parties
may appropriately join in paying honor to Cen
eral Lees noble character and his greatness as
o soldier and man. In every town in the State
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

Kentucky was the only Southern State that
produced less iron between 80 and 80 than
between 20 and 80; and Louisville is the only
city where an audience can not be had to hear
a literary lecture. Iron and culture go to-
gcther, and both are enemies of free trade.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

Connellsville has cut January coke to $l.9O
at the furnace. Big Stone Gap coke, though
superior to that of Conncllsville, will always
be supplied at from fifteen and twenty cents less
than the Connelsville price. Our coke makers
can drop to $l.45 and still make good money.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09
A Murderer Turned Preacher.

PtSEvnig, n.y., Jan. !, ls9l.-.Andy Joht'"h a.
pincvilie Terror" noted for the nuuhes 81 '''i
has killed, has become converted and Is no" s,,.
horter, having taken the pulpit at numb'f o. ~
ings In the mountain districts. The ia'e"D- ~,
very largely attended. johnson has killed II
score OF NEIL
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

If the council wants to confer debt of graft
tude upon the citizens of Big Stone Gap as
we'll as upon those who are yet to become citi-
zens, they should adopt some plan for drain
ing the ponds and prevent all epidemic next
summer which will throw us back five or ten
years. There is no use mincing matters. The
CITY must be drained and we must have a
capable Board of Health. Commence in
t;r,a
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09
Ca Sh Wanted.

The capital of our banks should be in
creased, and in addition, the Loan and
Building Association spoken of with $3.50
600 capital, should be started. To show
the protitableness Of this last, here is the
annual statement of one with the same
capital located in one Of the older towns
of Southwest Virginia.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09
RESOC RCES.
LIABILITIES.

This certainly seems prosperous enough.
Our young men here have an abundance
of good securities and would build and ell
ter business if they could borrow money
on them, but there is an actual, sheer
scarcity of cash. One of the crying de-
mands of the place is an enlargement Of
banking facilities and power to accommo-
date, and the establishment Of loan and
trust companies.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

Said one Of our civil engineers: "Whcn
was in Kansas City few years ago, and about
as impccunious as rcal-cstatc agent III new
town when the boom is somewhere else, VIC
boys, working on the cable line, used to stand
on the strect-corncrs and bet with one another
as to the number of men and women who would
pass in certain length oftme. joined them
one day, when knew what was happening a
few blocks off, and bet them all could raise as
to the number Of negroes who would soon come
by. In fifteen minutes had the crowd dead
broke, for the negro funeral Which | had seen
around the corner came by in full numbers and
with martial tread"
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09
The One Thing Omitted.

II want 10 pay this bill,' he said to the clerk
But think you have made slight here ln my
favor. I've been reading the extras and cannot ind
that you have charged anything for telling me It
might rain :"
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

Everybody is complaining because of the
scarcity of good washcrwomcn or the need of
a good laundry. The washcrwomcn ply their
avocations for two or three months. then COM
mencc specializing in real estate, buying lot
or two on Poplar Hill and here and there bnsl-
ness block. and if one mentions soaps and suds
to them, they become highly insulted. There
is such thing as getting rich too fast, and
that's what's the matter with the Big Stone
Gap washerwomcn.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

there will be some ceremony commemorative
sof his birth and heroic life. Big Stone Gap
can not afford to be dilstory In paying homage
TO his majestic memory.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

The newspapers are still commenting on the
fact that James Lane Allen could not draw an
audience in Louisville to hear his lecture.
Louisville is not literary city; an average So
ciety woman and the average society man
knows far less about literature than about the
fashionable feather for the bonnet or the fash
ionablc tie for the neck. They talk of the bal
let and the price of pork; and their active
sympathies are mos, deeply aroused in per-
forming some act of toadyism. What care
they for a lecture OH literature? They are not
sufficiently acquainted with literature to have
the desire for learning: and consequently they
rather resent the presence of literary stu
dent among them. "Why torment us before
our time 2" they ask. "why come among us
and remind us that we know nothing Of the
literature ofcithcr the South or the North In
wife us 10 dinner at the Pendennis, that we
NAV sip wine with dudes and enjoy the COLI
genial companionship of sap-heads, and we
will put up five dollars per plate. But one or
two dollars for literature-neyer !"
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

1t pains me 10 learn that the courts, under
our Democratic institutions, are so unapprecia-
tive Of titles and aristocratic surroundings that
they will not allow the Duchess of Marlbor-
ough more than $4,000 per annum for her per-
sonal expenses, and have rudely ordered that
the remaining $4,000 of her income shall 90
toward paving her debts. What pitilcss,
grasping crew her creditors must be to seek so
large an allowance of her income, leaving the
fair duchess only a pttancc of $4,000 per an
mum. 1t must be finty- faced Shylock in
deed who would whc, his knife Oil such heart
rs hers.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09
Airy Tongues.

At charity ball in Louisville perhaps the
haudsomest lady in the city appeared as Cleo
patra, and one of the homeliest of men as Marc
Antony. The dramatis persona, however,
were selected with reference to the truth OF
history. Shakespeare tells US Antony had "a
lean and hungry look" while Cleopatra's fair
form was rounded and shapely, presenting
ravishipg picture of softness and beauty. The
lady's costume was more modern; and when, in
the first tableau, the slave removed the
Queens robe in the presence of Caesar her form
was still draped in gown of pink satin, e1-
quisiteIy trimmed-an important concession to
modern modestv and good taste, though try
ing strain upon modern curiosity. Who the
slave was we are not told but. judging from
the newspaper description of the lady's beauty
his name must have been legion.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-09

The baby Indian, less than a year old, who
lay on the battle field of Pine Ridge exposed
to the bitter cold for three nights and days,
clinging to its dead mother, and yet survived,
may prove a little red Moses to lead his tribe
from captivity and oppression. There must
be vast possibilities in a baby capable of
withstanding such exposure in Northwestern
blizzard.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-03-20
PO1SONs IN COSMETICS.

1t seems to be the fashion for
young ladies with pimples and blotch-
es on their faces to make experiments
with various cosmetics. Madame
Pifypaffy advertises her foreign
named compound, composed of g
combination Of foreign mineral sub
stances that deaden and burden the
delicate substances of the skin.
There are no compilations like those
that mature gives. The tonic,
strengthening and health giving eff.
cots of swift's Specific Is. Is s. per.
init nature to work her will in this
respect, as thousands Of ladies, both
young and old, have discovered. The
cheapest and most beautiful COM
plexions depend on health and yigorl.
It's the Office Of Swift's Specific IS.
$. to give vigor and tone and
health to the system, and in this
way to give luatre to the eye and
rose to. tho cheeks.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-03-20
PRONOUNCED HOPELESS, YET
SAVED.

From a letter written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hurd, of Groton, s. d.. We quote i:
"Was taken with bad cold which
settled on my lungs, cough set in and
finally terminated In consumption.
Four doctors gave me up saying l
could live but a short time. Igave
myself up to my Saviour, determin.
ed il l could not stay with my friends
on earth, I would meet my absent
ones above. My husband was ad-
vised to get DR.. Kings New Dlscov.
cry for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. gave it trial, took in all
eight bottles; it has cured me and
thank God l am now a well and
hearty woman" Trial bottles free
at A. F. Hargrave's Drug Store, reg
ular size 500. and S1.OO.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-03-20
EUPEPSY.

This 10 what you ought to have, in
fact, you must have it, to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching for It
daily, and mourning because they
find it not. Thousands upon thou
sands of dollars are spent annually
by our people in the hope that they
may attain this boon. And yet It
may he had by all. We guarantee
that Electric Bitters. il used accord
ing to directions and the use persist
ed in, will bring you Good Digestion
and GUST the demon Dyspepsia and
install instead Eupepsy. We recon-
mend Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia
and all diseases of Liver, Stomach
and Kidneys. Sold at Soc and 81. 90
per bottle by A. F. Hargrave, Drug.
gist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-03-20

Hesh, Hsh and fowl, high
3s2 Z low land-an this and more
r. ours to develop snd multiply and
utilize. =
Then note tho capabilities of our
climate. how every crop and product
Of the temperate cline will grow and
thrive here. Everything produced
IN the United States, except a few
sub-tropical fruits and sugar cane,
will grow TO perfection in Virginia.
And SO we might go on, enumerat.
ing page after page. and yet tho
story would linger still. Such is
Virginia. Nature has done all she
dare for us. To do more were to
put us back into Eden again. But
are not Virginians forgetful of these
great advantages l. there not dan.
ger that cur own people will let these
blessings slip from their grasp into
the hand of the foreigner or financial
adventurer : Friends, brothers, be.
ware; there is but one Virginia. Cling
to it with invincible tenacity. Guilt
vate it, study it, dig deep and build
high and scatter wide. It only wants
work and patient waiting to render
Virginia the empire State OF The
Union.-Index Appeal.