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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-05-11
pig s,ono Gap Companies aud Corpo-
r2ti0ns.
BIC STONE Gar IAPsovSxssr Co.
Capital stock, 81, aU. U


Oflcers.-R. A. Ayers, President J. b. bu'iitt' e..
yice-Presidcnt, " C. Harrington, Secretary aAd
Treasurer, Big Stone Gap; r. C. Ballard Thruston
Trustee. Louisville, KY.
Dlrcctors-R. q. Ayers, J. p. Bult', r.. K
Teggar,, Big Stone Gap: Cbas. r. Ballard Louis
Vile. Ky; Jas W. Fox, Jno G. Haskell, New York
II. C. Mcdowell, ST.. lexington Ky; Hn hcGcorse,
jr.. philade,phi.; r. B. Whitridge. Boston.
Executive Comn,ittee.-R. A. Ayers. D. h Taggart,
Zig Stone Gap; Jas. W. Fox. Jno. c. Haskell, New
York; II. C. Mcdowell, ST., Lexington, KY
BIC sroxr Gar A*p rowriI's VALLEY RAILWAY Co.
Capital stock. $4,000.
Onicers.-R \. Ayers, President, J. K. Taggart.
vicc-Presldent. ". c. Harrington, Secretary end
Treasurer, Big Stone Gap.
Direc,ors.--R. A. Ayers, II. c. Mcdowell, jr, j. b.
Taggart, Big Stone Gap; W. p Clyde, New York; h.
c. Wood, Bristol, Tenn.
BIO SroSs Gar ELycrgic LIGHT AID rowxR &C.
Capital stock $5o,ooo)
President, r. a. Ayers; Secretary, Jos. l.. Kelly;
Treasurer, II. H. Bullit;.
Directors.--R. A. Ayers, II. II. nuitt, r. T. Irvine,
Gus. W. Lowell, II. c. Mcdowell, jr.
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All About Aluminium.

All About AIumluun..
Mr.. Keep, of the Michigan Stove
Company, Of Detroit, has come to the
conclusion that it is of but little BEN
eft to use aluminium in cast iron.
He is convinced that the hard irons
will stand more ALUMINIUM than the soft
irons, and that aluminium possesses
the power to great extent to change
combined carbon into graphite.
There would be no object in MAX
ing bridge of aluminium, provided
it were as cheap as iron am, would
work as readily. Aluminium being
about one-thirl as strong as steel
and about one-third as Heavy, he
structure would have the same weight
and the three times the bulk.
Pure aluminium is too soft and diff
ficult to work to be Of much use. 1t
is used with considerable success in
some medical and scientific instru-
ments. 1t is affected By gases and
fumes very little. 1t seems to be
peculiarly fitted for cooking uten-
sils.
Among interesting APPLICATIONS of
aluminium is the alloying with other
metals. Some of these alloys are
very valuable, while others are not.
The copper aluminium alloys are
among the valuable ones. These have
been well tested by Prof. Thruston, Of
Cornell University. and Mr.. Keen. Of
the University of Illinois. These al
Toys have been the advantage Of be-
ing strong, but the disadvantage Of
being expensive when compared with
mild steel.
The soldering Of aluminium is said
to be easily and cheaply done by
sprinkling the surface to be joined
with chloride Of silver and melting
down.
Experilncnters concluded that alu-
minum should not be placed in the
hands Of an ordinary foundrylnan,
and that, if used at all, it must be
used in a scientific manner. ALUMNI
num-, if added to cast iron, should be
added during the manufacture Of the
pig-iron in the blast furnace. 1t is
generally the opinion that aluminium
helps to make sound castings. Elk
perience show this to be so, when
small quantities arc used. One rea-
son for not using aluminium in the
foundry is that it makes the Stag
very brittle. This Stag is apt to
break away and get into the mold.
Aluminium iron does not unite well
when two surfaces come together in
mold; this is another reason for not
using in certain clcsses Of work.
Mr. Keep insists that alumium is
not safe thing to use in the foun-
dry.-lron Industry Gazette.
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n,n Crow i;.r Wlrrn Go.

Bio SroxE i;Ar WirGn Co.
tcapi,al stock 500, COO Bonds issued, $65,0C0.)
OGicers.-prcsincnt, J. F. Bu'li,t, jr. Big Stone
Gap; vicc-President, James W. Fox, New York Sec
rotary and Treasurer, ". A. Mcdowell; Superin.cnd-
cnt, j. l.. Jennings, Big Stone Gap.
Dircctors-D c. Anderson, r. a. Ayers }. +. Bull
lit. jr Big Stone Cup; J. ". Gerow, Glasgow; l. P.
Kane, Gate City, Va.
BIC STONE Gar BUILDING ARD INVESTMENT Co.
CAPITAL ock-lai,imum-S500o 900.
Capital Observation-Disclosures 900
80 Londed issuej
OGicers.-presdenl, Z. T. Irvine Secretary aud
rr.a. iircr ". a. Mcdowell, Big Stone Cup
Dlrcc,ors.-R. a. Ayers, John w Fox, jr., John II.
i;ooJloc, E. NJ. Hardin, X. T. Irvine, W. A. Mellow
ell, Biz Stone Gap; Jcin E. Green, Louisville, KY
APPALACHIAN BANK.
CAPITAL s,ock--authcr2ed- ,oc0
Capi,al stock--pai.l iu-S25,oun.
OEicers.-prcsdcnt, W a. McDowcll Teller, Jno.
=. Payne.
Drec,ors.-J F. BuIit,, jr., c. ". EVANS, J. NJ.
coo,loc. Il. 7. Irvine, H. c. Mcdowell jr., ". A.
Mcdowell, j. t. T. Mills, Fig Stone Gap; Z. }. Bird
lronton, ONO.
DAISY lnoS AND MNISG Co.
(Mines located at !iayan, Lee Co., VA
Capital, authorized, S"oo COO
Capital, paid in, Sl5,O9o.
Oiicers-D.S. Pleasnnts, President, '" 4. NC
p,well, Treasurer, Big Stone Gap; Secretary, walter
Graham, Graham, Va, Secretary; II. L. Monteiro'
Manager, llagan, Va.
Dircctors-Wulcr Graham, Graham, Va; Il. L.
Monieiyo, llagnn, Va; l.. Turner Maury' W. a. NC
DoycIl, D. S. Peasants, Big Stone Gap Va
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posi- OFFICE,
east Fifth Street,
ESssc stone sap " ia

j. N. GOODL0E, Postmaster.
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for closing, rs stated above
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From T. S. Official Guide.
I-,ldrcss all mail matter legbly and fully. Give
name Of post Office and State In full, street and house
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Of the county.
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are the best.
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G-Send money by Money Order.
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corner.
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tila.cd As to be ucurrcnt, or more than twenty live
cents In copper or nickel coins
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stamps for you
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orders.
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money orders or any money except that which Is le-
cal tender, and National bank notes.
l2.--Upon corner of envelopes supplied by hotels
direct what disposal shall be made OF letter II an
delivered.
Tie Post ONCE Department deems it quite import
ant That all the patrons of post offices should supply
themselves with Monthly Postal Guide Ii wonld be
to their interest and business advantage, rs well as
vasij TO the interest Of the postal service, since it
would bring about more accurate knowledge OF the re-
ouremcns o! that service, would reduce the amount
OF mail matter improperly addressed. poorly wrapped,
or insuGcicnty stamped. aud would largely diminish
The number ofle,crs and packages going to the Dead
Letter Office. Very respectfully,
s. Il. JESSIE, Asst p. M.
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Stockholders Meeting.

An adjourned meeting Of The stoekhold-
ers Of the Big Stone Cap Improvement
Company will be held at the Office Of said
Company, in Big Stone Gap, Vas Wednes-
davJune 7sh, IL O'Clock NJ, Mt which
meeting board of directors WILDE elect
ed for the ensuing gear.
w. G. HAxRtsGroS, Secretary
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25
THE TARIFF BILL

Ready for the Full Committee-Free Coal.
Iron Ore, Lumber and Wool Provided
For.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE tariff
bill is now in shape to be submitted to
the full committee of ways and means.
After laboring the subcommittee ar
ranging the schedules have got back tc
first principles. The shifting as to the
free list has alternated, but as the bill
stands now it provides for free coal,
free iron ore, free wool and free lum-
Der. These items comprehend what is
known as raw materials"
1t is SO arranged to let beer and to-
bacco escape additional taxation. The
decision is reached to increase the tax
on distilled spirits, but at just what
rate is to be left open until there is a
settlement us to an income tax. If an
income tax is imposed the tax on
whisky will be put at 81. 10 per gallon.
II an income tax is not provided the
tax will be s1.20.
Thursday the subcommittee heard
strong arguments favoring an income
tax. These We're made by Josiah
Quincy, of Massachusetts,, and Ben
Cable, of Illinois. The committee is
somewhat elated because in receipt OF
q letter from George Gould, son of the
late Jay Gould, favoring such tax. The
outlook Thursday night strongly favors
such tax. At The request of the com
mittee Secretary Carlisle began Thurs.
lay the preparation of data showing
the workings of the income tax i'm.
posed as war necessity.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25
MEDIEVAL MATHEMATIclANs.
Treachery of the Great Tartaglia's Sup
posed Friend.

posed FRIEND.
Tartaglia discovered the solution of
cubic equations. Cardan employed
toward him all the persuasions in his
power to obtain a communication to
himself of the famous discovery. 81
swear to you on the holy gospels" he
promised, "that if you teach me your
discoveries will never publish them,
and will, besides, record them for my
self in cypher, SO that no one shall be
able to understand them after my
DEATH" Tartaglia, trusting in Car
dams good faith, communicated to him
his rules summarized in twenty-seven
mnemotechnic verses, in three strophes
of nine verses each. Cardan, assisted
by his pupil Ferrari, succeeded in eX-
tending the rules, solved equations of
the fourth degree, and published the
whole in the DIS magma. Tartaglia
irritated at the algebraist astrologer's s
violation of his word fell into violent
rage. He sent to his enemy according
to the fashion of the time, several
challenges, and in one of them went so
far as to threaten Cardan and his pupil
that he would wash their heads To-.
gether and at the same time, "a thing
which no barber in Italy could do"
Cardan finally agreed to attend dis
putation, which was to be held in a
church in Milan on the 10th of August,
154s. He did not appear, but sent his
pupil Ferrari. Ferrari bore his part in
the contest alone, and the affair would
have resulted in favor of Tartaglia if
the hostile attitude of Cardan's friends
had not caused him to leave Milan by
q by-road.-V. Brandicourt, in Popular
Science MONTHLY.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25
The Lilac lin France.

Cart loads of lilac arrive at the Paris
market every morning and purchasers
carry off arrnfuls of these branches of
green foliage and blue and white clus-
ters of delicious perfume for the pur-
pose of ornamenting their dwellings,
The greater quantity of lilac which is
collected in the market is from Seine
et-Olse, owing to the soil being poor
and unsuited to all other vcgeta ton.
In the little village of Frette the land
is almost entirely covered with forests
of lilac. Five acres of land will pro-
duce one hundred and fifty francs
worth of lilac each year. The branches
which have the most blossoms are cut,
the largest of which are rested against
sheafs OF hay arranged for this pur-
pose; the more minute branches are
tied up in clusters with water willows
around the bark or woody part of the
branches and placed in vans.-N. Y
SIM
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25
BLoUNT's REPORT.
Testimony Taken by Him at Honolulu
Minister Stevens Blamed.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O.--Special Com
missioner Blount's report, including the
testimony taken by him at Honolulu,
was made public Sunday by the state
department. Among the papers was a
long interview had by the commission
er with w. S. A. Damon, who is presi-
dent of the advisory counsel of the pro-
visional government.
He said he was one of the men who
went up to the government house on
Monday afternoon, January II, to read
the proclamation declaring the queen
deposediand new governmental control.
He said the queens ministers prac-
tically gave up at the first visit.
They said if they had only the forces
of the provisional government to con-
tend with-the forces of the provisional
government to fight-they would not
surrender They thought they could
meet the emergency as far as the pro-
visional government was concerned,
but were willing to yield if the queen
was.
Itwas the queens idea that she could
surrender, pending a settlement at
Washington, and it was on that condi.
tion that she gave up. He said he
knew it was the queens idea that Mr..
Stevens was in sympathy with the
movement The queen reluctantly
signed the abdication, and did so on
the ground that it would all come up
again for review at Washington.
Commissioner Blount had a long in.
terview with Mr.. Waterhouse, who
was also member of the committee
on safety, and who though also an un.
willing witness, corroborated Mr.. Da'
mon in most OF his statements.
The fact that Mr.. Stevens recognized
the new government forces before il
was in possession of the station house
and before the abdication of the queen
this recognition being used as weapon
to intimidate the queen, is shown by
an affidavit of Charles L. Hopkins, who
carried letter from Antoine Ross te
Mr.. Stevens at 2:45 o'clock January II.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25
THE AUSTRALIA
Arrives in San Francisco and Reports
No Change.
No Intention Indicated on the Part of the
United States Government to Insist Up
on the Restoration of the Queen
Minister Willis Address.

SAN Francisco, Nov 90. The steam.
ship Australia from Honolulu arrived
inside the Golden Gate at $40 o'clock
Saturday forenoon. She brought the
news from Honolulu that there had
been no change in the political situa-
ton. The new United States minister,
Willis, presented his credential to Pres.
ident Dole of the provisional govern
ment and had not indicated prior to
the departure of the Australia any in.
tention on the part of the United
States government to insist upon the
restoration of Queen Liliuokalani.
HONOLULU, Nov. 11.--But little of a
definite nature has transpired since adj
vices by the steamer China were sent.
Perhaps the most significant was one
of the remarks of Minister Willis, when
he presented his crendentials on the
7th instant together with the reply Of
President Dole.
Minister Willis remarks were as fol-
lows:
mir. PREsIDENT-Mr. Blount, the
late envoy extraordinary of the United
States to your government, having re-
signed his Office while absent from his
post, / have the honor to now present
his letter of recall and to express for
him his sincere regret that he is unable
in person to make known his continued
good wishes on behalf of your people
and his grateful appreciation of the
many courtesies both personal and Off.
cial, of which while here he was the
honored recipient. 1 desire at the same
time to place in your hands letter
accrediting me as his successor. In
doing this l am directed by the
president to give renewed assurance
of friendship, interest and hearty
good will which our government
entertains for you and for the
people of this island realm. Invoking
that spirit of peace, friendship ant
hospitality which has ever been the
shield and sword of this country / now
upon behalf of the United States o.
! America, tender to your people the
right hand of good will, which trust
may be as lasting, as l know it to be
! sincere, expressing the hope that every
year will promote and perpetuate thai
good will to the honor, huppiness ant
prosperity of both governments"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25
A FEW WORDS ON Innings.
just What to Buy to Have Your Dresses
Hang Like Poem.

Hang Like a Poem.
Your dress will never "wobble" il
you have it made on silk lining. Yes,
it is expensive; it adds at the very low
est calculation five dollars to the cost,
but is that so very much to pay for
grace of motion and the poetry of
dress? Fabrics are remarkably cheap.
The fifty-cent mixtures, stripes, fan
nels, fannelettes, diagonals and prints
are bewildering. Eight yards will
make pretty frock; there's four dol
lars and two dollars for findings. Now,
instead of velvet sleeves, galoon rib
bons, lace frills and passementerie,
why not substitute five dollars worth
of silk for the skirt? Line the waist
and sleeves with grass linen or sateen
and you will get lots of satisfaction out
of that eleven-dollar dress Wash silks
may be bought for fifty cents yard.
They are light weight, dainty and dur
able, but not as good as the tatfeta or
fashioned "oil boiled" and summer
silks, that respond to every movement
and slide away, even in tangle of
understands.
The next best thing is glossy linen
lining and one good silk petticoat,
which can be worn with every dress
and with care will last half year.
1.-THE leading lady," that criterion Of
taste, will always sacrifice material
and trimming for silk lining. If she
can afford only a thirty-two-cent ba-
tiste or a thirty-cent tennis flannel
she will have it made on silk. And the
effect? Better and more artistic than
crepon over cambric.-N. Y. Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25
English versus Yolapuk.

VolapnlS may be regarded as having
lived its day, and even those who We're
at one time most enthusiastic in its
propagation have now abandoned the
scheme as impracticable, and have de-
termined to adopt in its stead some liv-
ing language, to be chosen for univer
sal writing and conversation. or course
there is none that offers such obvious
advantages as English, which is the
language of 100000 900 people in all
parts of the globe. These ideas are
shared by many notwithstanding
races, and it is curious and remark.
able fact, worthy of note, that when.
ever Germans establish themselves in
China, Japan, or any other Asiatic
countries, they begin by learning, not
the language of the people among
whom they have happened to settle,
but English, as the best means of in.
tercourse in their dealings alike with
foreigners and natives. IN. Y. Tribune
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25
Throwing a Horse to KIN Him.

There is a certain way that expert
enced stockmen know of throwing u
horse down SO as to break his neck and
kill him at once. An ordinary halter
is put on the horse, the lead strap from
it passed between the horses front
legs, turn being taken around the
far one near the fetlock. The eXecu-
tioner then hits the horse sharp cut
with whip, and when he jumps up
pulls sharply on the halter strap. The
horse strikes head first, with the en-
tire weight on his neck. The fall is
invariably fatal. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25

WAsHINGToN, Nov. 17.-At the White
house the subject of the real estate
speculation by the president was treat
ed with contempt. Secretary Lamont,
who accompanied the president to New
York and returned with him, author
ized the statement that he was not en-.
gagged in any real estate operations
with the president and he did not know
OF any person who was, and, further,
that there was nothing in the story.
Persons in position to know confirm
the report sent by the Associated
Press last evening that one OF the OBJ
jects of his visit was to consult with
party friends.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25
Good Breeding.

The essence of good breeding is SIM
plicity-not the simplicity of the peas
ant, although that is good in its way,
but the simplicity of the really civilized
man who has arrived at kind of arti-
fetal naturalness. The natural man
has been fitly described as "a noisy,
sensual savage" Civilization teaches
him to be quiet, to mind his own busi-
ness, to refrain from offending or dis
gusting his neighbors, to respect him
self, to stand on his own basis. Now,
if the essence Gi good breeding is SIM
plicity it may b,, said that the essence
of vulgarity is a want of simplicity.
To be vulgar il to be unquiet, to have
no taste of one's own, to be in con-
tinual disturbance on account of one S
neighbor, either by way of trucking
to him, which is the manner of the
snob or of hating him, which is the
vice of the radical, or of competing
with him, which is the weakness OF
the parvenu. To be vulgar is to adopt
other peoples language, to use their
cant phrases, to copy the infections OF
their voices to espousc their ideas-in
fine, to think and do and say, not
what comes naturally to one, but what
is supposed to be considered proper by
other people. Thus, TO be vulgar is to
lack simplicity. Monthly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-25
FlResIpE FRAGMENTS.

"A little alcohol will do wonders In
Frightening glass. Turpentine is OK
cellent for washing sinks which have
become dull and dirty.
Chicken and Peas.-Simmer jointed
chicken with one quart of peas, one
dessert-spoonful of butter, one onion,
pepper, salt, parsley and one-half pint
of gravy. When gravy is nearly gone,
add one teaspoonful of braided flour;
shake up well and serve. Good House,
keeping.
Baked Yellow Squash. the
the pieces and cook in boiling water
until they may be pierced by fork.
Drain through colander mash finely,
season with salt, pepper and plenty of
butter. Put into balxing-dish and
bake in a hot oven for about twenty
minutes. Ladies' Home Journal.
Baked Mutton Chops. "A nice way
to cook mutton and tomatoes is to place
the chops in baking pan with one
tomato and one small green pepper
laid on each. Add a small cup of water
and salt to taste. Put In oven and
bake till the meat Is tender, basting
frequently. Free Press.
Cold Creamed Tapioca.--Soah two
tablespoonfuls of tapioca in water,
drain, and add one quart of milk, one
cupful of sugar, yolls of three eggs
well beaten. Cook in double boiler,
stirring all the time. When cool, add
the whites of three eggs beaten to a
stiff froth, and set in an ice box over
night.
Baked Farina.-Put q quart Of
milk into a double boiler, add n few
pieces of stick cinnamon. When the
milk boils. take out the cinnamon and
add teaspoonful of salt, and stir in
very gradually four tablespoonfuls of
dry farina; beat out the Jumps and stir
it often during the first ten minutes;
let it boil half an hour or more, stir
ring it frequently. When done put it
into dish, add piece of butter and
set it in the oven to brown. This makes
very nice dish for tea. Boston Budget.
-Stewed Wild Duck. Joint the duck
after parboiling, and pepper, salt and
flour them. Have butter ready in a
frying pan and cook light brown.
Put them into a saucepan and cover
with gravy made of the giblets, neck
| and some pieces of lean veal. Ado
/ more salt and pepper, if needed, and {
little finely-chopped parsley; cove,
closely and boil gently until tender
Take out the duck, strain the gravy
put in half cupful of cream or rich
milk, thicllen with Drowned flour, and
add the juice of half a lemon, beaten
in so gradually as not to curdle the
cream; boil up and pour over the duck
-Housekeeper.
| Fruit Cake.-One cup butter, two
cups sugar, beat together to cream
Add five well beaten eggs and stil
we'll. One cup molasses, one and one
half pound raisins, one and one-hal
pound currants, one-fourth pound cit
ron, one tablespoon each of cinnamon
nutmeg and cloves. Roll the fruit
which should be dry, with five cups O.
flour before putting with the other in
gradients. Line cake tins with wei
oiled paper and bake in two or three
cakes for two hours or longer, taking
great care that it does not scorch
Take from tins without removing
paper and cover tightly in stone jar
Should not be cut for at least tw,
months and will keep for year. Re
quires no milk baking powder or soda
| Farm Field and FireSide