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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-05
exposed to suffer in consequence of
LACK OF NATURAL ADVANTAGES

LACK OF NATURAL ADVANTAGES
many more will be benefited through
lower prices opening to them foreign mar
kets from which they have been excluded.
But with every disposition to put leni-
ent and fair construction upon this indus
trial revolution, it is not to be concealed
that the stage Of It's Introduction must he
attended with some disturbance of bust
ness and with losses to certain interests;
while the ultimate outworkinS of the
sweeping change must await the uncer-
tain verdict Of experience
Another important feature in the fnan
cial movements of 1892 has been the large
ness of our exports of gold, which is all
the more significant as following the pre-
ceediug wear of large like outflow.
Tie facts as they stand, however, arc
to be explained only on the supposition,
confirmed by observation, that very un
usually large amounts of our securities
have been returned from Europe; and that
occurrence finds its explanation in
our silver policy having raised distrust as
to whether our investments may not be-
come PAYABLE in that form of money.
Much must depend on whether 1893 pro-
vides remedy for that distrust by sus-
pending the Sherman silver act.
SO far as respects railroad investments,
1892 has been an eveniful but on the
whole very satisfactory year. The crea-
tons of new line have been upon Il strict
" conservative basis, nor is there in any
direction any symptom of forthcoming
speculative enterprises. The earnings
have at least kept up to the usual aver
age rate Of progress, SO that dividends
have been maintained. There has been
substituting sound business principles of
mana cement for speculative methods
which has characterized our great rail
road systems during recent years. 1t is
also satisfactory to note that there has
been some abatelncnL OF ODStruCli|c III
references from legislation. Decisions
have been rendered agast powers claimed
bv the interstate commissioners which
suggest future check upon Intervention
from that source; and similarly The law
has, in important respects, restricted the
assumption ofslate legislatures us to their
powers over common carriers. In some
quarters, an unwclcomc symptom has APP
.pcared in the creation Of consultations
designed to create monopolcs manifestlv
hostile to the public interest but the re-
ception awarded to these aggressons by
the courts and thc public is not calculated
to encourage future like attempts.
Under all ihc circumstances. although
the ship Of affairs has encountered some
perlous weather in 1892, y:t she enters
on the voyage of 1893 with fairer skies
and with prospects ofsmoothcr sailing tor
the port Of 1904.
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Iron.
The Great Deposits in Wise
and Lee Counties.
The Country Just Beginning
to Realize it's Own
Wealth.

While the almost inc xhauNH,le deposits
Of fine coking, gas, steam and domestic
Goals of southwest Virginia have been
occupying the attention of the public for
the past few years in this immediate por-
ton Of our wonderful mineral region the
great wealth Of rich iron ore has, to a
certain extent, been overlooked.
1t was known there was iron here, but
its quality and extent was not known nor
appreciated.
Since the commencement of operations
by the Appalachian furnace, great develop
ments have taken place in the iron fields,
and it has been thoroughly demonstrated
that not only is it here in great quantity,
but of Il superior quality.
Tie three veins of fossil ore, ranging
in thickness from two and Il half to TOUR
feet, running parallel with the S. A. & 0.
and the L. e. n railroads through Wise
and Lee counties are proving to he tar
better shan was ever hoped for hy even
those who had investigated rs closely rs
possible before any progress was made in
their development.
The ore now being mined on the 5. y.
& O. railroad on the McGeorge property,
and BY L. A. Prichard and j. B. I. Mills,
and other parties, is turning out over fifty
per cent iron, while the Daisy iron mine,
operated by plearants & Monterio, about
thirty miles west of Big Stone Gap, on
the L. & N. railroad, in Lee county, is
proving bonanza to ITS operators.
The contest as to which shall take the
foremost rank in the great Developments
that are soon TO transform this country
into busy, moving mass of humanity
coal or iron-is q question, and from all
indications it now seems they will move
along, hand in hand-one assistinc the
other, in making this the recognized cen
ter Of coal. coke and from industries
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i Few DOn'tS.

Don't eat peanutsah stale grub, when
YOU can get Il frst-class meal at a. b.
Fritz's restaurant for IS cents.
Don't wear that snit of clothes till it
looks like IL patchwork quilt, "heG vou
can fl vourself'np so nicely for Il small
amount of "vIe dross" ut } Levitt S Cash
Bargain store.
Don't feed the children on 'lasaes ard
corn bread, and try to impress it ON their
minds that it is good, when /. b. Horton
& Co. keep such nice line Of country
produce for sale.
Don't "get gay and Try to dazzle The
eve sight Of the public viii! that glass
shirt-stud, but go 10 W. G. Robinson x
Co.'S and buy something that "Ciack =
will guarantee.
Don't fret, take nervous spells, ami get
off YOUR base, but cal! on "Doci.' Wiilc-
head for drugs to 'it any and all sizes.
Don't let your wife wear that same old
dress till it becomes as familiar With the
public as a 'hound pup" but go to Good
loc Bros. and make her happy by getting
her something nice and stylish.
Don't hesitate TO call on r. l.. Bro"'
for anything YOU want in the Way OF family
supplies. If he hasn't what YOU want
he'll fell you so, but his low prices are
likely to Induce YOU to buy something else
before you leave.
Don't prancc all over town like Il blind
horse when you want IL good pair OF SHOES
n hat, underwear, etc, but go right to J!
| Morgan & Co.'S and tel! them what YOU
want.
Don't sit on hard benches ard sleep Oh
pole bedsteads any longer. but cal! on
Jno. Willis & Co. and get nice suit ci
furniture.
Don't pass Kelly Evans store when IN
search of bargains, for there you'll Mo
them sat all hours
Don't carry thar wallet OF money aronnt
on your person till some one sand-has'
YOU and takes it from you, but 80 to ih'
Bank of Big Stone Gap and place II II
safe hands.
Don't Imagine the couatry's all gone {
the dogs and 10 money to be had. II yo'
can furnish the right kind OF collatera
present it to President McDowcll, OF TN
Appalachian Bank, and he'll fix YOU
Don't drink liquor at all; but it yoi
must have it, remember that Jesse Well
and Alex Collier keep the ''pure sfnif
Don't suffer from threatened disease Q
|nny kind, TIL it fixes itself permanent
lin your system, but go to DR.. kankel an
|place Yourself in his hands for repairs
/ Don't fail to rcmeml,er that nickel
make dollars, aud that ". ". Nickess
Ice. are no exception TO The rule and wi
make you dollars if you give them ZOO
! part Of your trade.
4 Don't take on to every patent mesiirn
q you see advertised, but so to W. g. shcl
ton and ask him for something TO cove
your case,
z, Don'ts'hite oil moretlan you 81 4 s.sl's 9
iii the way Of New Years resolutions l,s
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my pledge that will send to Washington
Immediately and ask that the Government
| forward to YOU its bonds as security tor
this loan, but for three weeks, at least
YOU must be without other sttufity <fiian
my promise
! With this agreement the bcnefactor
departed, and before nishtfall Mr.. Adams
had deposited the $5,000,0O0 in gold to the
intense surprise of the British officials.
They were Obliged TO keep their word and
the cruisers were retained, and thus the
great peril was removed.
As soon as il was possible to hear from
Washington Mr.. Adams received some
$40 Zoo, 900 in. Government bonds, which
were turned over to the hcnefactor as
security. OF course he received his gold
back afterward and the bonds were re-
turned.
Only one man living knows who this
benctactor was, President Lincoln knew,
secretary ClliSC all NIL AudiIS tlSO, "Hu
they died without revealing the secret.
Mr.. Srittendcn who was Secretary of the
Treasury, and who took the bonds to Eng
land, knows, and he has Enclosed the
name in an envelope, deposited it with
the Secretary OF The Treasury, and after
his death it may be given to the world.
Yet fnanciers are satisfied that this
benefact0r Of the United States, who
riskcd $5,C00,000 to save it from peril,
was either George Peabody, the banker
and pliiIanthropist, who had long lived in
London, or else one of the Barring broth
crs. These were the only men capable of
commanding on the instant so great an
amount of money as that in gold, who we're
also so friendly to the United States as to
induce them to make this amazing offer.
Mr.. Adams used to say that had it not
been for this timely aid perhaps the his
tory Of the civil war would have been
differently written.
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.'t}t>N.'

In youth he wa, handsome PUP,
Laughing face with figure trim.
He smiled and l"vingly, carcsScd
All who kindly spoke TO him,
Did Dor
He grew aracc, his scent was keen,
Then to the meadow field he went;
Quick Of foot he moved with grace
In search Of pleasure he was bent,
Was Don
Time rolled on AT length he grew
To bea dog Of nubIe traits;
lie Was his masters let amomg
lis mo,;lcd crowd OF Jolly mates,
Was Dom.
Still, time rolled Oh, tho years passed by;
This noble do; began to fail;
His limbs grew st /, his eyes grew dim,
No longer could lie set the quail
Could Don.
Ills friends forsool, hm-passcA him by
he only hadt he street Cor home;
No longer nic-nacls did he get,
Content he was to sEaw II bone,
Was Don.
Atlas he grew mcrosc and grurn,
lie had M lon,c his friends were gone,
He snapped at children on lac street,
With him tie world h:.i al 20 wrong,
With Don.
Sunday last his doom was fixed,
They said ''the dog is going mad
The sentence WAS to shoot BIN down
While he looked on with face so sad,
Did Don.
Poor, noble dog, he lost his life,
Because they said he'd lived too long
Old age was ali. the only charge,
And not because OF any wrono,
Poor Don.
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y ESE MAN.
lie Ceases to &c IL BOY When Ills Head Is
shaved.

What is the most important event in
the lie Of an American boy or little
English boy? asks the New York Ledger.
Whv, it is whcn he takes eff his knicker-
bochers and goes into long trousers, isit
not? From tha, time he ceases to be
little boy merely, and begins to take on
some OF the care, and duties Of a grown
up man.
Perhaps he is given latchkey at that
time. Perhaps his lnthcr trusts him to
be his sisters escort upon little railway
joulncys. Perhaps he is allowed voice
in deciding family questions. Something
is surely done to mark the change from
!it,lc boyl.ood into young manhood.
That is The way Will. little boys iii this
,,.r, uf l.e.Uorid.
pui ~ China 1t is different. What do
you suppose is done for boy when he
has reached the age when he is tired Of
kite dying and playing with Chinese toys?
Why, his head is shaved and he is pre-
pared for queue.
The celebration ofthe event is very
important one in Chinese household.
All The friends and relatives are invited
and arc expected to give the boy very
nice present in money. The boy himself
is elegantly dressed in silk robes, and is
perlumcd as sweet as fresh spices can
make him. When all are assembled his
father makes speech, the relatives pre-
sent him with the purse of money, and
then the Chinese priest slaves the boys
head for queue. And he is launched
upon the world as man How
different from the Informal way the Amer
lean boys 60 forth iuto Ike world, isn't
| it2
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-05
A Moral Community.

The little island Of IIcligoland, in the
North sea, has :. ncccs;;:- ~ moral COM
munity. Offenders against social de-
corum are forced - scif-banish.acnt,
and criminals from without arc quickly
discovered and punished. because they
find 10 place to hide on this little dot Of
land. Two burglars from the ra3inlard
not long since made Z rich collection Of
treasures by brealsingainto numerous
houses By night. But, 10 their great
chagrin, no boat was found to leave the
island before high noon, by which hour
their crime had been discovered the
booty returned to its owners, and pun
ishIncnt inflicted 0n the robbers.
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David l.. Hill in the Senate.

From the Washington Evening Star.
Mr. Hills influence in the Senate is
very much greater than is generally believ-
| cd though it may not be strong enough
for contention with the Administration
In measure Hill has taken the place of
German in the Senate All the friends
that German lost in Chicago Hill gained,
and this gives him sufficient power in the
Senate to make himself quite disagreed
do so. The assumption, however, that he
is going to put Oh Il coat of war paint ard
carry bowie knife in each boot and brace
of six shooters in view does not give suf-
ticient credit to his discretion and skill as
political wire puilcr.
Notwithstanding the bitterness of feel
ing which is provoked by the New York
Senatorial fight, it may be depended upon
that Mr.. Hill will not appear in the Sen
ate in the attitude of an open opponent
of the Administration. There is good
reasons for believing that Mr.. Hill will
not only decline to pose as the leader of
an opposition, but in spite of all the af-
fronts he feels lave been put upon him,
he will support the Administration in
most matters Where trouble is looked
for bv those who arc skimming over the
surface is with relation to the confrma
lions. There is a notion of some people
that Hill will make II fight at every oppor
tunity. They are probably Wistakcn.
Men who are pretty familiar with the sit
uaiion and know Hill very well believe
that he will follow no such line of policy,
but will approve everything and every per-
son passing his test of Democracy.
II is believed that the only thing Hill
has in view is 70 stand on guard to pre-
vent the prefcrment of Mugwumps. His
test Of party qualifications Will not be per-
sonal support of himself. But he hates Il
Mugwump, and every Democrat in public
life believes that the first Mugwump who
is nominated for any important office will
he fought tooth and nail by Hill, and that
he will have the secret assistance Of a
good many men who will not dare to make
an open fight.
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Patents Granted to Southern Inventors

Patents Granted to Southern Inventors.
The following patents were granted this
week through the United States Patent
Office, at Washington. d. c., and reported
by C. A. Snow Il Co., solicitors of Ameri-
can and Foreign patents:
j r. Ayers, Petersburg, Va, hoe and
planter; H. S. Bodcy, Baton Rouge, La,
car starter and brake; j. +. Clark, Co
lumbia Sulphur Springs, ". Va, rotary
blackboard; a. S:Dukes, Branchvillc, S.
c., saw cotton gin; II Gallagher, Savan-
nal., Ga, car coupling; f. l.. Gee, Burns
Vile, Ala, side-s.ddlc; c. H.. Nasler,
Hackctt Ark, kitchen cabinet; N. d.
Harrelson, Raleigh, Miss, bed-slat holder;
NJ. } Hewlett and D. c. Cecil, Paducah,
Ky, water purifier; 0. Jones, Scnoia, and
H. p. Ashley, steam generator: G. W.
Laubin, Meridian, Miss, finger nail
cleaner; A. p. LeGros, Louisville, Ky,
fence; S. F. Lcnoir, Sumter, S. c.. car
coupling;J. w. Lowman, Vicksburg, Miss,
nile protector; B. Marion, Vicksburg,
Miss, device for sctins semaphore sig
nails; S. E. Morgan, jasper, Ala, churn;
w. A. Neal. Burgers, w Va, bic
fence; G. E. Painter, Baltimore, Md, nom
spariing electric switch; b. 7. Parker
Archdale, N. c., holdbac& for vehicles;
W. s.. Purlfoy, Furman, Ala, automatic
IRE extinSuisher; w. J. Randolph, Millers-
Vile, La, grain harvesting machine; E.E'
Res, Baltimore, Nd. regulating socket
for incandesccnt electric lamps; T.. I.
Schlosser, Birmingham, Ala, electric
railway signal; P. Stovall, Atlanta, Ca
variable friction-feed for sawmills; j. "
Thomas, Jr., Nashville, Tenn, switch and
signal mechanism; A. Whitley, Wood
villc, Miss, cotton chopper; 9. 9. Wilson,
Grecnshorough, n. c., water motor; W L
Yost, Wytheyilic, v, revolving case.
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IT is CHOLERA.
Fr!gh.iui Rep-r,s From Helena. Ark.
Fourteenth Victim is Dead.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dee 3i.-Fourtecn
deaths have occurred recently at the PEN
itentiarv The fourteenth victim died
Yesterday in intense agony. The coro-
ner's jury found that he died from "some
epidemic disease unknown to the jury"
Coroner Bond filed report with the
hoard of pcnitentiary commissioners, in
which he stated that the sanitary condition
of the place was horrible in the extreme
and calculated to breed an epidemic in its
worst form. Filth in'enormous quantities
was piled up in different quarters OF the
incoSure
The commissioners, consisting of the
secretary Of state, attorney general and
Private Secretary Files, representing Gov.
Eagle, Immediately made an examine
ton.
That contagious disease. in its worst
form has taken hold of the inmates now
admits of no doubt.
The poison theory is fast fading away.
The man who died yesterday was not in
the Helena crowd and had not been out
side the walls for many days. He was i'll
perfect heatt Yesterday at dinner, and
was well until Within an hoNr of his death.
The Arkansas medical institute stu
dents are scared and refuse to handle the
dead bodies sent to tie institute from the
pcntcntiary.
The physicians of Little Rock laugh at
the poison theory.
The people are becoming shaky and
cholera is talked of.
TWO MORE SICK.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Jan. 1.-Two more
couvcts have been taken sick 1.-THE PEN
itcntiary, making the total number OF pa
TENTS fifty, all of whom are suffering from
cholera diarrhea. When Mayor Fletcher
learned of this he at once notified the pris-
on lcssces that on and after to-day no
conycts would lie allowed outside the
walls until all the conyicts we're well, and
the diseases which now prevailed IN the
penitentiary was driven out. In the event
of the Mayors order being violated, all
the pcnitcntary officials will be rearrest-
ed. The Legislature vii! be asked to APP
propriatc money 10 carry on test for the
coma bacilli in the bodies of several OF
the dead convcts, as recommended ny
Chemist Curtman, of 81. Louis, who has
just held examinations for arsenic, hut
failed to iiud any traces Of that poison.
Dr.. J. A. Dbrcll, who has been treating
thc sick conyicts, says that they have
II one Of the symptoms OF arscnical poison
ing, bat Oh The contrary give cvry -indica-
ton Of cholcraic diarrhea.
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THOUSANDS AT WORK.
PROJECTORS strung Along the San Juan
River for a Distance OF $50 sfiles,t:

PROJECTORS strung Along the san Juan
River for Distance of $50 ifiles,::
DuRAxGo, Cal, Jan. Ike Hi;e. who
las spent many years mining in Utah, ar
rived here from Devils Canyon this after
noon and returns tomorrow with supplies.
He says fully $500 men we've stitihg along
the San Juan river for distance of 100
. miles, and that they are coming in at the
rate of 800 per day FROM Green River,
Utah, ard us many through Durango.
The Cable company has 1900 men at work
There is no organized governments and ne
predicts that . vigilance committee Will
soon be needed. The Navajo Indians are
collecting along the border end threaten
trouble, though SO many n,enare ON the
! ground that an outbreak would result dis
astrously,t 10 the Indians. So anxious are
people tu,reacll he new gold fields that
! the men started out tonight from this.
place. and = large prriy leaves eariy in in
I The morning.
I
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DE5PEHADOES BANGLE
At the Door Of the Court House In Green
Vile, Alabama.

At the Door of the Court House in Green
Vile, Alabama.
BlRN;yGuAM, Ala, Dec. 30.-Whcn the
citizens of Creemvillc, Ala, arose this
morning they saw two dead bodies dang
linz from the court house STEPS. Last
uirht late two Strangers went to Jaller
Bcrrainer's house and arousin@ him told
him they had prisoner. lie went with
them to Tie jail, where lie vas met by Il
mob of 100 armed men, who were hidden
behind a fence, with drawn pistols, and
demanded the KEYS, which Bergainer sur
rendered. The cells Of John Hinp and
Charles Kelly. the alleged murderers OF
Tax Collector C. j Armstrong, OF Butler
county. we're opened and both men were
taken ont IN their night clothes and hur-
ried to the court house steps, where they
hanged them. The mob then quietly dis
nersed. The verdict OF the coroner's jury
is that the men were hanged by unknown
persons.
Armstrong, while collecting taxes, was
murdered from ahush and robbed OF 81,
600, December 18th, at Panther creek
bridge. John Hipp, noted desperado
was arrested a week ago after a desperate
fight with shcrii's posse, in which Hipp
was seriously wounded, aud last Sunday
Kelly was caught in Monroe counts. The
evidence against both WAS deemed to be
conclusive, and rs it was nscertained that
these men had beer. guilty Of several mur-
ders they were iynched
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Enr Sale.

Some good tracts Of Coal and Timber
Lands. Some splendid bargains in Town
Lots, Improved Property, Stocks, Boads,
etc. Apply 10 E. n HARDIN, office ~ In
termont hotel hnilainS, Big Stone Cap,
Virginia
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Notice to Debtors.

II i .o,,y rule "a close mp all accounts on the
st;r,t of each year. All partiesridebted to US
viii nleasc call Immediately and make settle:
melst For accounts will be placed in the hands
OF collector ut once.
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:. good one 10 form and sticl, to is TO build
u house at Big Stone Gap this year, so
close contract with C. z. &C. Fl. Spnuld-
ing, Tracy Bros. or W. +. Baker.
Don't cuss as you run YOUR pen through
the old familiar . aud change it to a 3.
IS
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aaaGi'ion e The numerous new and original prem
~ on-fed 10 subscribers, We propose to precent
. WIN 100 Watches, all of which are guaranteed!
81 h,NCh' 'ttli -. aud Union Square, New York
8, who furnish thein 10 as
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Il ssw stuck If linen letter paper
ruled and anrGIld- just rceei 8
mn The Posr for ,sc;lt ol,sw ark
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-01-03
For Sale By Druggists.

Band measures AT numbers :, ,, 5. Price,
80 Ia ST inches. and 10 cents extra Tor
.ach additional inch.
Pills $50 Il bottle, or three bottles for
100. enough f"r one treatment.
Obesity Fruit Salt Sl.oJ per bottle.
You tan buy the Pill, Bands and Salt
ircct from our stores, or Ivy mail or ex-
i-c-s.
I-S@ Correspondence and goods forward
i in plain, sealed package.
NOTICE. DIR. Edi>on's Electric Belts and
Finger Rings are sold 4; our stores. Send
or our special Electric-Belt Circular,
called.
Electric Belt, Sl.00 and up. In,ole> 80
cents per pair.
LoRlSG Il Co, Proprietors and Gen'l Agts.
IS \ East Washington ST.. Chicago. H..
mot an apoihecary store but parlor.
2lS-B, up one flight
22,22 Hamilton Place. Boston Mass.
10 AZ West 22nd 81. New York City.
Jut this out and keep it. and send Tor our
iull leigh, column article on Obesity.