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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-19
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+, tho entire sou,h Appalaclian region, extending
from Hnrper's Ferry: 20 birmingham at the beginning
OF 1880, with an annual capacity os GOO tons.
Since January 1850, there have been erected III '''
section seveny-three furnaces OF the most m"oerh
and approved con- tructon, With an aggregate capac
ty OF 2,67OO 900 tons; .andsoi these sixteen WIN
capacity OF 600 tons, have been built since Ianna
~ $780, in spite of all the dull times and exception
ally low price Of iron.
Sir Lowthian Bell, as the result of three visits to
this country to study iron resources ana indus
tries, says:
..If we are to nee. American iron III Europe, Asia
and Australia 1t will be that produced IN the Southern
States Of the Union
Mr.. william Calquohot. of Wales, iii his TccenYy
nubshed ssNotes on iron and steel Industries OF; ae
United States written after thorough personal
inspection, says:
ITO fully appreciate the position and future oi Tue
South we have to imagine coal held y'ci"ihg zen
times as much coal the whole OF the United Ming
dom unmcasured deposits OF iron ore, ard that noth
coal and iron are being won say silngs per ton
NO must grasp the fact tina; pig iron can be produced
NJ 40 shilling per ton and the cost OF long distance
railway carriage is fSrthing per ton per mile. ana
that the bulk Of the produce Of pig ircn is already de-
livered to the Northern district
Having these thngsjn our minds we can come al
no other conclusion than that in TIE future The >ohth-
orn district will develop an export trade. which VIII
hi, The United Kingdom more severely than any other
competition has done Our d.coc'coo IONS OIL COM IN
ported to South America the East ana west inuieS
! md China will fall away TO nothing. we cannot
hone TO compete III the future railway development OF
those countries ard the close trade connections oe-
tween the States and Australia will surely strength
/ OH.
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We have built in this new Iand OF OURS 10000 more
miles OF railway than the
THREE HUNDRED AND rIY7y-slx MILLION

THREE HUNDRED AND rIYTy-slS MILLION
n. Euroncans hare built on that continent. We nave
buil, here more than onc-hai OF the entire ra!I"a!
uiIure OF the world. Asia with population OF over
100000 OOo has only lS,UC0 miles Of railways Here
10 q field beyond our borders awaiting American ana
Enrsb euterpise. With the Nicaragua canal open
free TO American commerce and the letters oil our re-
.trctve tariff laws removed, America enters the con-
tcst with odds gre lily in her favor. hhnea"ls VIII
then b. nearer by an alwGter route 20 the ports Of INC
Pacific than is Odessa Lowell :carcr than Manches-
Tor and pitsburg nearer than Mddlesborcugh or Es-
sen.
Thirty-eight millions OF Brtons from their little
island home govern empire 9Oo0ooo square miles
in extent and aggregating population OF ji coo:ooo.
Shall we, their descendants, now numbering 6a'ooc
600 and doubling in popuotion every thirty years.
have our energies BOUNDED, BY 0GG,o0o square miles
OF territory Here dc .most adventurous, uhe
most restless descendants Of that hardy rover race
else would they have not migrated and hra"ed the
danger of the sea and the pers and priyations Of an
unknown land
Will no, the same spirit that brought the Morse
sea-rovers to hat beautiful Britain and sent TIER de
scendants Woodward from that island ho'ne carry
the aggressive colonization instincts and rssemlla'ne
forces intensified, with love ot adventure ana OF
gain and an adaptibi.y 10 commerce, VIII not 'heT'
forces-more potent than written iaws-force Amcri
can cnterpris. to slook more ana more, and as W.
J
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Gus. w. Lowell, Genl Ag't, Big Stone Cap Va
Remarkable Sales and Wonderful Results i
Over 800 Davis Sewing Machines Sold in Ninety Days
In the Counties OF Wise and Lee.
,fort.c col OF SEWING MACHINES
w. Fl BLANTON. BIG STONE GAP. VA.

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Owing to that sell strictly cash. and that my
has increased fully in tho last sixty Gays
and having pei aneny Big Stone Cap in ordert
the public and further increase my
trade am now offering every article immense stock at
the small profit TEN CENT actual cost can
supply all wants in the way of
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The relative importance of Great Brilsin and the
United States es iron-producing countries has been
RAPIDLY changing in late years In 1861 Great Britain
produced SO per cent. Of all the iron made in the
world. while the Quilted States produced but Il per
cent In 1891 the United States produced "a per cent
aud Great Britain bnt 30 per cent. OF the words
oroduct The latter country does not make as much
iron az Il did eight years ago, while this country has
doubled its production for the same time.
Aa with breadstufs and cotton, so also is the pro-
ducsion Of iron in this country increasing faster than
the Increase in population. Between 1850 and 1860
tho production of iron increased twice es fast as the
population; and between 1870 and 1880 II increased
four times rs rapidly, and the ratio is all increasing
one. governed by what Mr. Atkinson calls the claw
OF acceleratIng demand From 1880 to 1880 the
population Of the United States increased a3per cent?
and the production Of pig iron increased $50 per
cent. The
WORLD s CONSUMPTION.
OF iron will not be less than coo tons in $780,
and il may reach 80 600 tous, and tits estimated
by competent authorities that the United States must
produce IS per cent. OF the world's demands al
though this country snow the largest producer OF iron
we as yet make only enough for home consumption.
The cost Of production Is declining faster in this
country chan In Europe, and onr production is rap
idly ensroaching upon the home demands aud VIC
mast soon lock 70 foreign markets for tho dispostion
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INDUSTRIES COUNTRY
rather than its Importance Us strategic point Iii the
protection OF our coast h., would speak, and Will
confine myself TO It's effects on three Of our great
staples-breadsufs, cotton and iron.
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and, after clothing her peoples. sells c man-
iactu,ed article oil the world, Great Britain selling
ST. worth OF cotton goods to- neiShbors in South
America for every dollars worth sold them by the
United Stntes. We are making rapid strides in the
manufacture of cotton Our people use l pounds OF
cotton per head, while in the rest OF The world only
~ pounds per head are used. over 5oo'oooo 600 OF
people, now using handmade fabrics, arc yet to be
clothed with our machne-madc cottcns. The manu-
facturer and grower of cotton in this country are
equally interested in the advantages that will come
to each from the construction OF the canal.
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esssasss thas mist ,sarly pass through shls saasl
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

There was an incident of the naval
review in New York Harbor. relates
the -ttlanta Journal, which is attract
ing considerable attention. In all the
display and pageantry there was but
one tribute to the memory of George
Washington and that came from an
English vessel. If a person ignorant
of the history of our country had wit
messed the splendid review he would
not have discovered that any such per-
son as George Washington ever lived,
but for the fact that Sir John Hop
kins, the British Vice-Admiral, flashed
on the deck of his ship fiery figure of
'"The Father of His Country" This
was generous and graceful act.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

five directors. On April 80 the board
elected the following officers, who
served for one year:
President-Lyman J. Gage.
First Vice President-ThomaS b. Bryan
Second Vice Presdent-Pottor Palmer.
secretary njamin Butterworth.
Trcasurer--A. +. Seeberger.
Mr.. Butterworth's selection as
Secretary was not made, however,
until July IL. He remained in office
two years and then dropped out.
There have been two Presidents of
the board since Mr.. Gage-W. T..
Baker and II. N. Higinbotham, the
present presiding officer. Mr.. Baker
was elected for second term, but
resigned from London on Aug. 5,
1892. The present officers of the
board are:
Prcsident-H. N. Hlglnbotham.
First Vice President-E. W. Peck.
Second Vice President-R A. Waller
Secretary-H. O. Edmonds.
Treasrrer-A. +. SeebergeE
Auditor-W. X Alderman.
Attorncy-W. X. Carlisle.
The members of the National Com
mission, the Governments represent
ative body, were appointed on May
26 and met for organization in Chi
cago on June 26. Ex-senator Thomas
w. Palmer, who gave up his post as
Minister to Spain to be one of the
eight COMMISSIONERS at-large, was
elected President, and John r. Dick
inson was chosen Secretary. The
Commission also elected the follow
ing gentlemen as Vice Presidents:
Ex-Gov. T. M. Waller, of Connecti-
cut; NJ. ii. De Young, OF California;
David B. Penn, of Louisiana; Gorton
w. Allen, Of New York; and Alex
ander b. Andrews, of North Caro-
lima. The National Commission, fol-
lowing the precedent established by
the local directory, began by voting
to their officers salaries so large that
public criticism was Immediately
called forth. Congress afterward re-
duced the amounts at two different
times and President Palmer declined
to accept any compensation for his
services. President Gage a'so de-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

Germany, with population of 40
426, 3S4, has an annual budget $3.50,
800, 900. The appropriation for the
army and navy is $144, 000,0 900, and
with this money Germany keeps up
force of 20, 440 officers, 1856, 9S3 men
and $4,000 horses i'll time of peace.
This army could be increased to about
4,500, 900 soldiers in time of war. In
Austria-Hungary, the second power of
the triple alliance, we find an army
which in time of peace includes only
337, 419 rank and file and about l ,S72, :
900 men in case of war The total
annual budget of Italy is 1856, 2OO,-
900, and in time of peace she has an
army 276, 900 soldiers, which force can
be raised to 2,S44, $40 men when
trouble comes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17
Queer Matrimonial Methods.

A convenient way they have in Hol-
land and Batavia of tying the matri-
monial knot when the lady is in one
country and the gentleman in the
other. For the Hollanders are such q
thrifty industrious people that they
like not to lose time even over the most
solemn services. The marriage is af-
fected by procuration. The watches
of the two parties-the one say in Am
sterdam and the other in Batavia-are
regulated to accord, or the difference
in longitude allowed for. Then at the
same instant of time the marriage cere-
mony is performed in both places, and
the thing is done.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

Mayor Cregier had appointed citizens
committees that adopted resolutions
from which the following motto was
taken: 1.-The men who have helped
build Chicago want the Fair, and,
having a just and well-sustained
claim, they mean to have it,"
A temporary organization was
formed, and Chicago citizens went
Systematically to work to secure
the prize. "Chicago" meetings were
held all over the Northwest, and
/ every one who could help before Con-
gress was pressed into service. The
idea then held of the ultimate mag
nitude Of the enterprise is seen in
the fact that citizens went to work
to secure SIS, 900, 900 in subscriptions
with which to satisfy Congress that
Chicago could build the Fair. This
amount and more was raised among
citizens, and The city government
aftcrward added SIS, 100000 more.
The two amounts together are less
than half the actual cost of the Ex-
position.
There were many claimants for the
EApOSlGlOn prlLe, Dub NucH bue CEl-
cago delegation went to Washington
to fight the battle before Congress
they found that only three other
cities were formidable rivals. These
were New York, Washington and ST.
Louis, and the fight soon became so
hot that the latter two dropped out.
The New York forces were marshaled
by Chamcey NJ. Depew, while the
Chicago camp included such men as
Thomas b. Bryan, Lyman ]. Gage,
+. w. Peck, Mayor Cregier, e. T.
Jeffery, Edwin Walker and others,
under command of Col. George r.
Davis, now the Director General. of
whose management in the campaign
too much praise cannot be said. Chi
cago was also ably assisted by Vice
President Adlai e. Stevenson,
Col. James A. Mckenzie of Ken
tucky, some Of the Illinois Congress
sional delegation and others. These
men worked night and day until the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17
MY QUEST.

When Time and set forth together
In April weather,
Oh, tender was tho lilacs' morning
For winter dead;
Green tassels. maple-tops adorning,
Tossed high oerhead;
And underneath blue and sparkling sky
We journeyed joyously, young Time and L.
I could not tell you how 1t happened so,
But this know,
That some time 'twixt bright day and DARK
some night,
Time slipped away.
vanlshed-this airy winged sprito
Who will not stay
Tho kings by suble art strive to unchnin
And left me only hope-''We meet again
What should do? Send criers through the
To hunt him down?
Or should pray the clocks, "When next ye
chime
Some passing hou-,
With both hands seize this truant, Time!
Once in my power
I'd clip his wings, he could not fly 50 fast.
Already golden summer is o'erpastY'
At length We met, both gray AMI bent AMI
old,
With greetings cold;
The snowaakcs fell from out the leldcn SKY
And in my ears
The winds sad spirit seemed to sigh,
"Alas, the years
Where are the deeds thou promised in thy
prime,
Who now art old, but in thy youth lost
Time?"
Nancy Mann Waddle, in the Independent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

Lake Front Park and Jackson and
Washington Parks of the South Park
system. The question was argued
between those two for months until
1T was finally decided in favor oil
Jackson Park. with Midway Plais
ance and Washington Park added fol
the overflow. 1t was also decided to
have one permanent building down
town as memorial of the Exposition
the fine arts building, now nearly
finished on the Lake Front. This
building Is to be used for the meet
ings of the Worlds Congress Auxil
iary during the Fair and will after
ward pass into the hands of the Art
Institute trustees. The Worldi
Fair gave 5000, 900 towards its con.
struct on, the other $500, 900 being
realized from subscriptions and the
sale of the old Art Institute Build.
ing.
Too Many Cooks.
1t was not long after the organiza
tion of the local and national boards
that serious disputes abont their rela
tive powers and authority arose
There were too many men in the
management, and this was soon rec.
ognized. 1t was next to impossible
to manage the Fair by committees, as
at first proposed. AT conference
between the two bodies it was de-
cided to shut off all chance of serious
trouble by the organization of a
board of reference and control, COM
posed of eight members from the To-
cal directory and eight from the ma
tional commission, with power to
settle all disputes. This was done,
but the board was afterward practi-
cally replaced by council of four
members, who for the last year have
directed the operations of the Fair
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17
The Board of Lady Managers.

The Board of Lady Managers.
The members of the Board of
Lady Managers were nominated by
the members of the Commission,
President Palmer naming the Chi
cago nine, and were confirmed by
President Harrison. They met for
organization ON Nov. 20, 1890, and
elected Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chi
cago President and Miss Phoebe Cou-
sins, Secretary. They also elected
nine vice presidents. of whom Mrs.
Ralph Trautman, of New York, is
first, and Mrs. Russell b. Harrison
ninth, or the Vice President-at-large
The Board of Lady Managers has
done a grand work. They have
guarded and promoted the interests
| of women at every point and have
relied on the resources Of women In
| all their undertakings wherever that
was possible. Only one serious quar-
rel mars the history of their organi-
tion. That was the removal of Miss
Cousins from the Secretaryship by the
Executive Committee. Miss Cousins
was succeeded by Mrs. Susan Gale
Cooke, Of Tennessee.
AS soon after organization as the
plans for the development of the Ex-
position became clear to the local
directory and the national commits
sion, they began to appoint technical
and executive men to carry out the
work. George X. Davis was chosen
Director General on Sept. 1S, 1890,
by the national commission. d II.
Durnham was made chief of construc-
tion and j. w. Root consulting ar
chitcct in the same month. Con-
sulting Engineer Gotlieb had been
previously appointed, but after about
a years service he had difficulty with
Mr. Burnham and resigned
The selection Of n site for the
great buildings of the Fair was the
first great question for the board of
directors after organization. Dozens
of sites were offered or proposed, the
two principal ones being the narrow
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17
A Romantic Story,

A wedding recently took place in st.
Petersburg, Russia, which excited very
general interest. It was the marriage
of the daughter of the Semenvosly
Regiment of the Imperial Guard with
Lieutenant Alexander Redansky of the
Eighty-sixth Infantry Regiment. The
young lady, who is now eighteen years
of age, and has always gone by the
name of Semenovskair, taking her
patronymic from the regiment, was
found as baby, lying in ditch, by
the men of the Semenovsky Regiment
as they were marching from Pleyna
upon Constantinople in December,
1878. The little Turkish founding
was tenderly cared for, and after a
time baptized into the Russian Ortho-
dox religion, her godfather being the
Surgeon of the regiment and her god
mother the Princess Eugenie of Old
enburg. The regiment intrusted her
education to qualified persons, and the
bride now brings to her husband
handsome dowry, provided by
her military guardians-St. James:s
Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

The WashingtonKeBs gays: 'In one
thing the South is most fortunate. 1t
has not mortgaged its future or its
present. What is owned is owned out
right. Whereas in Kansas, for in
stance, the mortgage debt per capita
is $170, in Tennessee it is only $23,
and, if one turns to totals, the figures
nre even more striking. In Kansas, on
valuation of S34S, 900, 900, there is an
aggregate debt of $243, 900, 600; in
Tennessee on an assessed valuation of
S3S2, 100000, the aggregate mortgage
debt is only about $40, 900, O0O."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

The harve -3 of the annual crop
of young physicians, which comes to
maturity about this time of year, has
aroused the curious statistician to do
some figuring on their prospects. He
says, notes the New Orleans Picayune,
that there are educated in this country
about twice as many clergymen as
lawyers, and about twice as many
physicians as clergymen, which makes
about four physicians to every lawyer.
The United States has more physicians
to the population than any other coun-
try. In 1880 there was physician to
every 600 inhabitants, whereas in
England there was one physician 10
every 1000. in France one to every
1900 and in Germany one to $500. In
certain parts of the United States the
doctors were even more plentiful than
the ratio for the whole country indi-
Gated. Ten years ago, according to a
report of the Illinois Board of Health,
there was one doctor to 543 persons,
and in smaller places in the State one
to 260. In 1878 the entire number
of medical students in this country was
19, Including dental, pharmaceuti-
cal and veterinary, and the total is
now supposed to be about 20,000 On
the basis of this rapid increase, it is
safe to say that the circle of the aver
age physicians patients is closing in on
him every year, and if he is improving
their health steadily, the outlook fol
him is anything but cheerful.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

Charles SchwaD, or the directory, and
Gen. j. w. st. Clair and George V.
Massey, of the commission.
Stimulating Foreign Interest.
When the arrangements for the
bui .dings and the conduct of the de-
partments had been completed, much
attention was paid to foreign govern
ment participation, especially after
England, Germany and France had
accepted the invitation. A COM
mission consisting Of Judge Will
lam Lindsay, now United States
Senator from Kentucky; Commits.
sioner A. c. Bullock, of Connecticut;
F. w. Peck, Benjamin Butterworth
and Major Handy was sent to Europe
to stimulate the interest in the Ex-
position. They visited nearly all the
countries of Europe, and on tleir re-
turn were accompanied by Herr Wer-
muth, representing the German En-
pire, and Sir Henry Wood and James
Dredge. representing Great Britain,
who after examining the prospects OF
the Fair pledged their governments
to support it. A second commission,
consisting Of Thomas b. Bryan and
Mr.. Higinbotham, was afterwarI
sent to visit the southern countries
of Europe. Mr.. Bryan in personal
interview with the Pope secured his
sanction and Endorsement for the en-.
terprise. After the greater foreign
governments had manifested 80 great
an interest in the Fair the others
were not slow to respond to the
Presidents proclamation. They all
began to prepare exhibits and send
their representatives to Chicago.
The total cost of the Exposition Is
something that no one is as yet able
to accurately calculate. The Expo
sition Company itself has spent in
construction and preparation about
$40, 900, 900, and SO, coo, 900 more will
be required for administration. 1t
has been estimated that the total
expenditure by all parties participat
| ing in the fair will not be less than
| 800, 100000.
The Stites of the Union have con-
tributed the following amounts for
! their buildings and displays on the
| grounds: