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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-28

A SUSPECTED CRAFT.
Overhauled in the Stream by the
Customs Officials.

just before nightfall yesterday the
schooner Jennie Griffin passed the heads.
inward bound. from BOlinas. Ordinarily
coasting vessels do not receive very close
attention from the customs officials. but in
the present case an exception was made.
Acting upon instructions received from
Deputy Surveyor Ruddell the schooner
was boarded by Officer j. NJ. Hooker al, d
Inspector Phelan. but it being too dark to
make other than a superficial examination
nothing of contraband character was
found. Inspector Phelan was left OH
board and this morning a thorough search
will be made throughout the vessel.
A suspicion. said not to be without sub
stantial grounds, has been aroused regard
ing the b0na-fide character of some of
these small coasting vessels. The appar-
emily innocent cargo of kegs of butter.
eggs and country produce carried by the
Jennie Griffin might serve as very con-
yenient cover for opium smuggling.
but that question, so far as the one par:i.
GUAR schooner is concerned, will be set
tied to-day.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-28
CHILDHOOD'S JOYS
Christmas Trees for Two
Sunday-SChooIs.
Festivals for the Little Ones of Trim
ity and the English Lutheran
Evangelical Churches.

Pioneer Hall rang with the joyous
shouts Of children's voices last night.
The Trinity Church Sunday-school was
celebrating Christmas, and owing largely
to the kindness Of G. Y. S. Gibbs the
young folks were permitted TO make merry
within the precincts OF the hall.
First of all, a varied and really very at
tractive programme, consisting of songs.
Rotations and Instrumental music was
gone through with. The children from
the Maria Kip Orphanage sang several
carols very prettily, and then the young
sters were ushered into the lower hall.
where. an array of good things had been
provided by the ladies of Trinity Church.
And how those youngsters did work havoc
with the cakes and fruit and icecream
The most stalwart had finally to cry
enough" however. and the youthful
guests adjourned to the upper hall.
Here stood the chief attraction of the en-
tertainment-an immense Christmas tree,
decked in motley colors by the strange
fruit such trees usually bear. If noise
served as criterion by which to judge
of approval, then surely the children were
delighted. For a time pandemOnlum
reigned. Peace having been restored.
dancing was in order, and thus a delight
lul tNtDiuS WAS UIOuSEI 10 d CLOSE.
Rev. e. L. Walk and the teachers OF the
Sunday-schOOl we're assisted in entertain
ing the youngsters, and appeared to enjoy
the carnival OF fen as much as their youth
full charges.
The Sunday school children OF the First Eng
llsh Evangelical Lutheran Church mad Christ
mas tree entertainment last evening which
proved to be most enjoyable affair. The large
lecture-roOm Of the church on Geary street had
been deliberately decorated, while in one cor
ner stood huge Christmas tree laden with the
customary glittering trimmings and literally
covered with presents for the little ones.
The attendance was very large, many who
came late being unable 10 secure seating ac-
c0mmodattons.
Fred Lempke opened the ceremonies with
few words of welcome. and a long and varied
programme followed, carried out by the scholars
OF the various classes. Miss Nancy Place con-
Quoted the recitatiOns and Mrs. w. f. Boyn the
music. Their pupils testified 10 the able in
structions given them by these ladies and re-
ceved much applause for their efforts.
The table6u The Manger'' was presented in
quite realistic aud reflects much credit upon
Miss NJ. Stalman, who was instrumental In its
production.
AT tile conclusion of the programme the chill
dIen were each given a box of cand Y, after
which the tree presents were distributed Toys
dolls and tin horns constituted the latter and as
the happy recipients were meeted out their
respective shares a smile OF content would
spread over their little faces and then they
would scramble away to show their Few treas.
ures TO their playmates
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The Luniup Claimant.

ne secretary Of the Luning estate denied
yesterday mat Mrs. j. Luning Bartlett of
Wa ate 5 Oak. who claims to be a sister
% INC .dt1 NlchoIas Luning, has made claim
1Kainst tne estate. A dispatch from Galena,
AZ, sta.eo tDat Mrs. Lunng Bartlett bad made
appilcatlon LOT Der share of the estate. but this
~ also Denied The deceased millionaire was a
estate was bequealhed to the children.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-28

William 81. Atchison, collector Of claims, In
Berkeley. was held TO answer before the
United States courts by Commissioner Hea-
cock yesterday for sending threatening postal
card through the mails. He had man who
wouldn't pay and he ''dunned" him on postal
card threatening suit.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-28
An Artist Returns.

Mersfelder. the artist, has returned from
Chicago and intends to remain In this city dur
ing the progress of the Midwinter Fair. He
has disposed OF his cyclogram OF San Francisco,
which was exhibited at the Mechanics Pa.
viIion previous to being forwarded TO The
Worlds Fair, TO the Park Commissioners, who
intend TO have the model placed in some con-
spcuous place within The limits of the city's
pleasure grounds.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-28

Hon. Watson r. Sperry, ex-Minis;er of
the United States to Persia. is recovering
from severe attack of Persian fever in
Dresden.
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A Doctor Suspended.

DIR. w. T. RathbOne OF tue City and County
Hospital staff was suspended yesterday by Or.
Titus for violation of the rules in receiving a
Zee Tor attendance upon patient who applied
for treatment.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-28

SILvER-MoUNTED leather goods and silver
desk ornaments make useful and pretty pres
ents. Sanborn, Vail s. Co., TAI Market streets
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DIVIDEND NOTICE.

A A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
"A directors OF the Mayf1ower Gravel Mining
Com aDy held this day dividend NO 12) of ten
(lO) cents Fer share was declared PAYABLE on and
after WEDNESDAY. December 20 1898 Trans
fer books close Monday. December 10. 1898, at
z. M % Nj KENT
San Francisco, Dec. IA. 1898. deI5td
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PAID ADMISSIONS.

PAID ADMISSIONS.
Fifteen Thousand Enter
the Gates.
CROWDS GROWING DAILY.
Exhibitors Installing in One
Building.
THE ROADS CLEARED OF MUD.
A Daring Sailor Makes a Tour
of the Spokes of the
Firth Wheel.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-28

NOTE.-Goods delivered free OF charge to
Sausalito BlitheGae. Mill Valley. Tiburen
Antioch, San Rafael, stockton, Haywards. Valiejoi
Napa, San Lorenzo. Melrose, San Leandror Oak
land, Alameda and Berkeley.
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Useful AND SUGGESTIVE.


"A durable table center III made OF
plain white linen powdered over with
INV small flower, such as the daisy, for
get-me-not or violet worked In wash
ing silk.-N. Y World. f
TO render linen or cloth water
proof, take Of boiled oil twenty-five
parts: borax, two parts; litharge, two
parts; lamp-b black Tor any other desired
COLOR, two parts. Mix, and use at dis
erection.
China silks and printed cottons rep
resent very dainty and appropriate ma
terial for the draperies in country
homes, especially for summer USE
Denim is moro durable and suited to
portieres-
Soft Frosting for Cake.-Take one
cup of sugar, Ave tablespoons OF sweet
milk, boil four or five minutes, then
stir until cold, AMI put cn cool cake.
It is better than frosting with eggs
Farm and Home.
The best way to dry apples at home
is to place them upon clean, sweet
straw upon wire tray, and put straw
over them Then put them into the
oven all night, after which gently wipe
them off and press them flat with the
band Detroit Free Press
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Safe Of LOT

AS Special commissioner in the cause now
pending In the Wise circnit court of the
Southwest Virginia Mineral Land company
VS. r. ]. Wingate and others, ana pursuant to
decree rendered in said cause on April the
Sth, 1893, will on
Thursday, August 31st. 1898.
sell at public cutlery to the highest bidder,
at the front door of the Post Office, in the town
of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, between the
hours of II NJ. and 2 p. m,
Improvement CO.'S Plat No. j." of the town
of Big stppe Gap Virginia, upon the following
costs Of suit and commissions st sale. cash IN
hand, and one-third of the residue nj the pnr-
chase price in cash, and for the remaining
two-thirds credit of six and twelve months
will be given, purchaser to execute bond pay
able to the, commissioner without security,
bearing interest from date of sale; commits
sioncr to ses4in the title to the property and
lien thereon to secusc iiie deferred purchase
money. u. r. itNlsE,
Aug. 3-35-4t. Special commissioner.
VIRGINIA.: In the Clerks Office OF the Circuit
Court Of the county'Wise:
Sou,l}%est viglna Mineral Land Company Pitts
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iron ore, both brown and red were line.
He thought the hest card f',r the. tnfnrr
OF Big Stone Gap in the iran liid,l-tr' aaF
the advantage it had over any other place
Tie had seen for the production of steel ny
the bassic process.
TIMBER.
Prof. Proctor in his repor, says OF the
timber: "Abont 80 per cent Of the area
included in the Appaiarhian coal held III
Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and
Southeast Kentucky. is covered with for
at Of va,ualle hur,iwonds--nai ,rl"w
n,nlar. hickory. etc. The I;inc! Noun
tnins. Immediately no.th u" ii" stone
Gap, are heavily tini'ered frpai base 10
summit with as magnificent forests rs
have ever seen.
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Z mined hy aimply auarrying in open cut,

md i tioni, If mn nrc Of like excellence
can he delivered on cars ut less cost else
where In America. A furnace test wHs'l
recently made on Virginia coke and the
run Of mine Of Cranberry ore, and pig
produced cotainng .03 per cent OF pfos-
phorns: and from practical furnace tests
mn, tbr analyses af orc from manr ope;'-
in.a. IL IS demonstrated that i'ie tn1'r'
district contains in abundance "n "t'
-uitrd tn the nianniactnre II I'c-st'nef
steel. TAis nrc Is nearer 10 cnke (ii Dis
Stone Gap) than is any other besschler
steel ore known 10 me in America. FROM
the Bessmer ores Of the lake region, the
source of nearly ell the steel now made In
this country. TO the nearest coke IS apon'
800 miles; from the Besscmcr ores OF west
North Carolina to the coke at Big stone
Gap It is 100 miles, and between these two
extremes are to be had the various ores
above described. Beyond the Blue Ridge,
in the Carolinas, are large deposits OF
high grade ores. A very great develop
mont IN the manufacture of iron and steel
will follow up the completion OF the ROADS
connecting the coking Goals and ores III
the region under discussion.
ga Scoth iron manufacturer OF large
experience, who spent some months IN ex-
aiming the Goals and ores in the distrlct
extending from southeastern kentucky TO
Western North Carolina, estimates the
cost of making IL ton of pis iron at big
Stone Gap at $7.S6; and thinks that Bes-
semer steel can he made at the same place
Mt as low cost as in England. This esti-
mate agrees with estimates made by prac-
tical iron and steel manufacturers from
pennsvlvania who have made large In
vestmeuts at Big Stone Gap for the pur-
pose of development.
Furnaces and Steel plants at Big Stone
Cap will have. in addition to the local sup
ply of of coke. coal, and pure limestone,
the advantage of a location on competing
lines of railway, and the advantage OF
location on greet system that can deliver
the products direct to all ofthe great mar
kets In the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys
The ores from East Tennessee, Southwest
Virginia, and the Cap0lnqs can be ship
ped with advantage to these furauces, as
it is CARRYING the ores in the direction OF
the markets, and these ores will give re-
turn freight for the cars of-eoal and coke
shipped irons Big Stone Gap TO those
| States"
FACTS FOR MANUFACTURERS.
The Virginia Coal e. Iron Company
agrees to furnish coke ut the following
prices.
Furnace. Foundry
| Al Tic ovens at Big Stone Gap. 500 SZ''
1t il likely these prices will I've rednce'
under competition, but take t!iem as the!
are and compare them With the prices a
COnnellsvflie.
Cost of coke at ConnellSveo December 1850
Furnace coke S2.l5 per ton. Foundry coke, S3.4a
,-.,., <,onroII, NJ these DOn
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Besides these there are also on railroaoS
running here another brown ore carving
from AZ to 60 per cent Of iron, and .l63 OF
phosphorus; manganiferous iron Ores and
in all probability large deposits OF man
gapesc. a black limonite with from 50 to
IS per cent of iron (well suited for the
pneumatic Basic process): specuiar or
red hematitc (Bcsscmcr) with d to h3 pei
cen, ri IRON. while Of the grra, Cranberry
ms.ac,;: or p;of. pructcr, in his rvp"i,
say:
..T<tra,i;n: northeast aud southwest
,tr,-e,, .hc ~v.Stcrn counties VI North
CAroiin. are large deposits nf the pnres'
magnetic iron ores known In this country
save in the Lake Superior region. These
ores. from u number of samples averaged
l,y myself and officers Of the 'lenth Census
and others, anlyxed froni IS per cent to sc
per cent OF iron. and are, in Mitchell and
Ash equities, North Carolina, are remark
ably free from phoxp0rus md Sulphur.
Recent developments along l;ne ofthirty
miles in extent prove theexcessive nature
of these deposits. Tile only PORT wherc
these ores have NJ yet been reached hy
railway is at Cranberry mine in Mitchell
county, North Carolina A fewrears ago
the great mass of ore nav uncovered at
this point was hid by thick covering of
,soiland deeemposed gneiss. save only
few surface pits from which u small forge
WAS supplied with ore. Within the past
few years the face of the hill has beennn-
covered, revealing an enormous mass of
very pure magnetic to a hcisth of BOZ, feet
above the railway track The engineerin
charge at tilc mines assured nae that from
diamond tests and the uncovered
mass, be bad here piled up above the rail-
way track oyer 10000 ,0ea tons Of ore tol
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c,ot,,,nc Department..

Ihave purchased, at mandatory bank,
runt sale in Philadelphia, 635 Mems Youths,
snd Rows Suits in Sacks, Double Breasted
Straight Cuts, Cut-Aways, and Prince A,bcrts
Mt 30 cents on the Dollar. Boys, hnee ia"'s.
A handsome assortment OF SIX Mona'r SoatS
and vests, in stripes and plaids.. BOYS SUITS
from 81 .25 and up. SIS 0dd Par o, rants %
cents and up. will sell al! the ABOVE men
toned at a very small margin.
Furnishing Goods Department
Stiff Hats of all descriptions. Alpine Hats
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do not sell goods at double price, and in
order to get Your trade ofior to take Your
photograph neither do claim that | will sell
all the time below cost, as is claimed by my
competitors, and make money at it, but | do
claim that can sell goods from % to 30 per
cent Lower than my would-be competitors can
buy. Gquotc few of my prices:
Fine Lawns, from cents up: fine Mohalr,
from 10 cents and up; Domestics, from 2
cents and mp; SatteenS, cents and up; La
dies Good Linen Collars, ) cents and up: La
dies Hem stitched Linen Handkerchiefs, only
cents: Ladies' Linen busters, only 81 cents:
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Come Onee Come all J
PLANNING MILL

FOR SALE PRIVATELY.
The Saw Mill and Planning Mill recently owned by
G.. +. puitun, ~ the junction "f the North and South
forks 81 rowels River, ~ the town Of Rig Stone tap
is for sale. privately, on rcaS0hahc ;erni: This Is :;
Rare Chance to Secure First
class Milling Outfit, Complete.
sid nioul Three Acrcs Of Ground ana y Superb To-
csIion ~ lila hirincrs.
Spply 70, S. BlRCH, Gnvesyille Va, or
R.T, IRVINE. Big Siona Gap Vs.
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Dry Goods and Notion department.

new styles. Straw il,., ~
sell very low. y haa4,a1
and Satchel, Of al 1c>c,I,..
y handsome >cl"c;Ioa ~.
Embordcrics. Swj-> m
embracing LADIES NJ.
ing cheaper than wrrr eq.r
Large assortment, III =
JcwclrN. \ berutitul h..
paraSois and mbr Ills.
Fans, etc. Mems N..atr
and Ladies Flannel Cl.
on thousands of o,'irr
to mcutIon.
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p 7 v;r,ot. 81 ., p.t..,,i..,

ii. +. Lipps, Clerk Of aid court do certify taht
the bond required Of the commissioner by the decree
rendered in said cause on Sth day of April 1891
has been auly given. Given under my band az clerk
of said c0urt. 1esr, j. r. lIprS, Clerk
Aug. ,3-35-4t
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And this by another chemist OF brown
,cmatite, (dried ct al2 deg. FarenheiD
six miles away:
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shoes. Shoes, Shoes.

1900 Pairs of Shoes, embracing Mems
Youths, BOYS, Ladies', Misses and Chill
dren's Shoes and Slippers of all descriptions;
from the medium grade t" the finest made, all
going at very low figures
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Ladies' Lisle Thread Undertaking, from
cents and mp: Lanies' Underwear cheaper
than you can buy the material, Pins ana
Needles, cent a paper; Mems Socks, D cents
and up Everything else in the Dry Goods
and Notion Department going IN the same
nronortion:
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OUR RESOURCES.
FACTS FOR INVESTORS.


Some of the Natural Advantages
Possessed by Big Stone aGap.
Which VIII Help TO Make Her the
Manufacturing Center OF the
South.
Following are Eve ADVISES Of the
ookiny coal OF Big Stonc Zap:
Txcd carbon ~ Gi.4a Gia 6s.a .a.a i.2'
Volatile comhnssihe42o3a as.ie $3.50 81 e 3s.s
Ash ,............., lisa les $40 $40 200
Sulphur 1890. 0.el0 ell 0Alg 0s9o o.547
And this of the average samples of the
same vein by Mr.. Andrew S. McCreath
chemist Of the Pennsylvania Geogical
Survey:
Fixed carbon. 'ooosi
Volatile combustible "o'"1p
Ash , ISIS
sulphur. 059i
The coke made from this coal is great
success as is shown by Mr.. McCreath $
letter:
Mn. E. b. LEIsExRlxG,
Prcst. The Virginia Coal s Iron Co.,
Big Stone Cap.
DEAN SiR:
The sample of coke received from MIR.
J. X. Taggart yesterday, yields on ana'y-
sis the following results:
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The following are three sampled OF double
Bcsscmer ores tributary to Big Stone Gap,
and is being used hy tho Appalachian fur
mace, and is found elsewhere only in AL
r;nrr frinn
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-10
DOWN 60 THE RArEsl

The Union Pacific now leads with re.
duced rates to eastern points. aud theiI
through Car arrangements, magnific-
entity equipped Pullman and Tourist
sleepers, free reclining chair car and
fast tinie, make it the best time To trAv.
el. Two trains leave from Portland
daily At s:45 a. m. aud 7s3o p. m. The
rates are now within reach OF all, aud
erybOdy should take advantage OF
them 10 visit the worlds fair aud their
friends Ia the east Send for rates aud
schedules Of trains, aud do not purchase
tickets until after consulting Boise a
Barker, agents, Salem, Or.
w. III. HURLBURf.
Asst Gen'l RSss. Agent, U. p,
PortlAnd, Or.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-10
NORTH HOWELL PRAIRIE

Mrz- J. II. Baughnan is staying out
on the farm again.
B. Wiesnef has moved bis old house
aud commenced the work Of erecting
. new one in the same place.
Nina Vinton has been visiting at
salem since the Fourth.
Mrs. Ruth LerwiIl, Of BroWnzYiIIe,
was visiting here among relatives lAst
week.
The strawberry and ice cream festival
given at the NJ. z. church not long
since, was q financial a. well as q social
SUCCESS,
Frank Batesou bad his horse and
cart stolen on the night Of the Fourth,
while at a dance near Psrkersville. As
yet nothing has been heard Of the
guilty party.
Some Of our young men report a trip
to Wilhoit Springs that was full Of
romantic adventure. Although this re-
sort is well known, and its location
easily found, these parties insist that
the roads might be stTewn with guide
boards, and the route made 60 plain
that "a wayfsriDg man though q fool
may not err therein"
Hay making is in full blast and con-
siderable uDeasioess prevails among the
farmers, on account Of the uncertainty
OF the weather. More than the usual
amount Of clover and cheat hay Is be-
ing cut, and rain would damage the
same very much at this time.
NJ. A. McCOrkle has part Of his hay
in the shock, and Is selling it in the
field.