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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-12
Champion Corbett Wants Only $4,000
to Slug Bruiser Mitchell's Mug.

to Slug Bruiser Mitchell's Mug.
CHICAGO, Jan. S.-Tomorrow Champion
Corbett and his manager, W. A. Brady,
will meet the promoters of the COrbett
Theatrical and Pavilion Company. 1t is
likely that the great pugilist will, after
certain points relating to his financial end
in the scheme are smoothcd over, sign a
contract to appear every day during the
Worlds Fair. Corbett lis certain that
Mitchell means business, and he is con-
fdcnt that, after his term Of fmprison-
ment expires, the Englishman will hasten
to America, and challenge him for the
championship. "You see," he said to a
reporter this evening, Mitchell will have
to do something He is not popular in
England, an1 he is naturally anxious to
fight ME as the best man living. If he is
defeated in long, hard fight his standing
will not lie hurt and he can get on other
matches. Then he stands show of win
ming. The man who whips Mitchell will,
in nv estimation, be the most popular
fighter in the country. II had my way
I would prefer Jackson 1t was with him
that fought my first flush fight in club,
and naturally I would prefer him; but,
looking at the matter from q business
standpoint, Mitchell is the man for me to
meet. l, as the champion, will demand q
purse of $4,000. If no club in the coun-
try will offer that amount | will, under
certain conditions, offer it myself. will
give to, say, the Coney Island Athletic
Club, or the Olympic Club of New Orleans
$25, 900 us gift, they to guarantee that
the fight will not be interfered with, and
| will then hang up purse Of $4,000 for
fight between Mitchell and myself, the
winner to take $4,000; the loser $4,000
For the $25,000, the club accepting the
proposition is to turn over to me the entire
receipts of the house. l know that the
Concy Island Club can be fitted to hold
10000 persons who will pay $50 for ad-
mission to see fight between Mitchell
and myself That would mean $500, O0O
as starter. The sale of seats and boxes
ought to swell the total to ut least $685.
600. Out of this could pay the cub
$25 1000 and hand over the purse to
Mitchell, should he win, and still clear q
handsome sum- In addition to the purse
| would want to wager from $4,000 to
SIS, 1000 on the sde.'
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-12

included in the above, 81 $40, as. ~; value
Of rolling stock, etc, $40 1854, 0S0 go; value
of stores, etc, 1923 ,O7O.96; value of seIo-
graph lines, 40,595.32; value Of all their
property, real and personal, $5l ,433, 1857;
tax on real and personal property at 80
cents on the 500 for the support of the
government, $l54, 36O.s9; tax at ten cents
on the 800 for support of schools,
s5l ,453.63; net income, s3s3,57456; tax
on net income, $3,S35.7G; total fax, sa09,-
ESQ %; amount paid, $205,636.33.
The receipts from the oyster tax for the
year ending September 30th, 1883, were
$l5,23G.04.
During the year s65o.63 was paid to
volunteer soldiers TOR guarding prisoners.
The total value of personal property in
the state, according to the report, is $685.
1851, of which the whites own So, 523,-
1871 and the colored people own S3,342,950.
The value Of personal property in
Richmond is sl2,933,574, Of, which the
whites own sl2,7s6,6aa and the other ace
own $l46,952 Manchester-total value,
1921 1855, of which $265,li5 is owned by
the whites and $l6,273 by the blacks.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-12
Real Estate Values.
Tho Trader

Considerable interest having been
manifested as to the comparative prices
of real estate in different cities, highly
estesIhed ST: Paul correspondent has
fnvoredus with a communication OH The
subject, from which we take the follow
ing facts. He takes as example six
cities not differing widely in size, except
in one instance, of which he gives the
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-12

D@tias. ME present administration tie
following vessels will haye been added ts.
the navy:
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-12
ing quotations of our market TO-DAY:

ttfAY-S ice.stock In demand a fair prices.
Send invoice Day OF Shipment.
NEW stock Of linen letter paper
ruled and unrnled--juss received. Call
on the posy for neat job-work
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-12

II you have ANYTHING To sell you ara
almost sunp 10 tin,t i purchaser hy sdves~
Using III ,lis coina,as of the Posr.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20
TREES AND FLOWERS.

VANILLA is an orchid, which, in the
West Indies, creeps over trees and walls
like ivy. A substance called ''salep,"
somewhat resembling arrowroot or
sago, is obtained from the tubers of q
variety that grows in Turkey and Per-
sia, where it is highly esteemed.
AT Cologne there is rose tree which
is believed TO be 800 years old, and has a
trunk of four feet in circumference.
California has one at Ventura which is
now three feet in circumference at the
ground. IL was only planted in 1875,
and now covers 1000 square feet.
THE orange growers of southern Cali
fornia are reaping a rich harvest, and
the total yield will probably amount to
1000 car loads. Buyers are paying s3. IS
box for the best fruit delivered at the
railroad station. which means return of
from $500 to $500 an acre for groves that
are over eight years old.
A NEW luminous fungus has been for
warded from Tahiti to Europe. IL is
said to emit at night light resembling
that Of the glowworrn, which il retains
for period of twcnty-four hours after
having been gathered. II is used by ma
tive women in bouquets Of flowers for
personal adornmcnt in their hair anS
dress
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20
LOCAL CAPITAL AND
INVESTMENTS.

The Boston Herald very properly calls
attention to the anxiety of local capital
lists who feared that foreign capital had
been used in the purchase of the Union
Railroad. 1t is very doubtful if the
anxiety is sincere; or il it is sincere, its
sincerity is much marred by the fact
that, like other cases of anxiety. it is
ALWAYS more noticeable after any local
transaction has occurred than before.
A local real estate dealer of fifty years
experience recently expressed a view Of
this question which is shared by n great
majority of the citizens when he said
that "the curse of Providence had been
the fact that its local real-estate ani
business interests were so entirely con-
trolled by local capital" Whether so
broad a statement could be substan-
tiated is doubtful. Certainly what
prosperity the city and state has is due
almost entirely 10 the investment of
local capital. But it is also certain that
having become comfortably wealthy
through those investments there is too
little tendency on the part of the rich
citizens TO develop new lines of local i'm
dustry and business. During the past
five years there have been many oppor-
tunities to establish new industries here.
II only little assistance in the way of
local capital could have been secured.
Time and again local investments have
been offered here, and failed for lack of
support, and these same investments
have found ready sale in Boston and
New York.
In every instance that we recall al
most as soon US these investments were
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20

disposed of and proved to be paying
securities local capitalists were affected
with this same post-mortem anxiety
and wonder why it is that II these
opportunities for local investment are
SO profitable to outsiders they do not
see them until too late.
The trouble is that local capitai at-
tracted by the speculative high rates Oh
distant and seemingly alluring property
has been sent West TO develop new
country while the opportunities Tor iocai
improvement have remained idle
Hundreds of blocks of buildings III
Western cities are owned by local capi-
talists, who will be only too careful not 10
invest dollar to improve the "rookeries
and century-old buildings that disgrace
the very center of the business portion
Of the city. Local capitalists own west
ern state house bonds, whose value
would build three such state houses as
is proposed for Rhode Island. Yet 1t
required nearly three years constant
work to overcome the opposition OF
these very men to the expenditure of
81 800, 900, or little more in order to
build respectable state house for this
state.
The gentlemen who are possessed OF
this anxiety" are troubled too much
with after thoughts. If they would in
vest more locally themselves and en-
courage foreign capital to come here
also the city would be further advanced
than it is by the dog-in the-manger
policy that is so prevalent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20
THE ARTS.


WILLIAM LLOYD GARRrsoN's statue in
bronze, of colossal size, will be unveiled
in Newburyport next Fourth of July.
Ex-PREsrDENT HAYES portrait, IL is
thought, will be placed on the govern
ment treasury notes before many
months. The faces of Grant and Gar
field have been SO used.
An international exhibition Of "Chris-
tian Art" is projected TO be held in Lon
don within the next two years on the
site of tho future Roman Catholic cathe-
dral at Westminster. IL Is believed
wonderful collection of rich treasures
will be brought together.
A BEAUTIFUL wood engraving from
the original block is as welcome an ad-
dition to the walls Of library or draw
ing-room as fine photogravure or
delicate etching. Among artists whose
work entities them 20 n high place in
popular favor. Mr.. Victor Bcrnstrom, n
member OF the Society of American
Wood Enyravers, deserves conspicuous
mention. Mr.. Bernstrom's latest pic
turc, PIRATES Haven, Shark River, N.
j." Is beautiful reproduction Of ro-
maptic biz of lspdsespe.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20
TOLD OF JANAUSCHEK.
How the Actress Frightened q waiter I'm
n Southern Hotel.


How the Actress Frightened q waiter In
Southern Hotel.
Those of us who wrestle tremblingly
with the Slavic syllables of Nine. jan
auschek's name, whenever we pro-
nounce IL, will appreciate this story,
which the New York Dramatic News
vouches for as absolutely true. Twas
in weird one-night-stand hotel, on the
southern circuit, madame. seated at the
head of the table allotted 10 the
"show folks" had given her order
for dinner TO languid waiter,
and watched him slowly shoulder
his tray and saunter kitchenward with
a dolce far nteate air. OF course, as
the ditty goes: "he never came back"
After long waiting, madsme's patience
gave out. and, seizing the apron Of the
first waiter who strolled past her table,
she poured forth loud food of ques-
tions as 90 the whereabouts of his recre-
ant comrade. in broken and utterly un-
Ineligible English. The effect was
startling. A third waiter, just dawn
ing upon the scene with the first-old-
mans dinner. dropped his tray with a
wild crash and made break for the
adjoining Office, yelling 10 the proprie-
tor: Mars SMITH For Gaw's sskesl
Come hyah quickl Jane Shucks done
attacked Jiml'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20
LEAD TRUST.

The fate, if it may be so called, that
has overtaken the National Lead Trust
is fair illustration of the eventual
result which must attend all enterprises
of this kind, and shows how unnecessary
it is to attempt to legislate against
business in general.
The trust has been controlling the
market for lead, and has included un-
der its management all but two compa-
nies in the country. From these two it
has been buying the product at an enor-
nous price. Nevertheless. the trust,
with its capital of $50 900. 900, has made
large dividends at the expense of the
public.
These profits attracted others, and
now there are two other companies
with capital of only $1,000, 900 recent
ly started whose product is said to be
equal both in quality and quantity to
that of the trust. These mills were
built to sell their product to the trust
or compel the trust to buy them out at
high price. The result was easy to
foretell. The country has been sup
piled with unnecessary plants. They
are ready to engage in business at once,
and will do so as soon as the oppor-
tunity warrants. That is, just as soon
as there is any profit in the business,
and that opportunity will of course
come sooner to the $2,000,000 capital
than it will to the 30,000,000.
Competition is, or can be, free in this
great protected country. The protec-
ton that secures a sure market for the
home producer also guarantees by the
very certainty of that market that the
consumer shall not be charged exorbi-
tant prices. Monopoly cannot exist and
charge high prices unless it is guarded
by some exclusive grant of power by
government.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20
SUGGESTIONS
or tho Opening of the Season at the CITY
by-the-Sea.

or the Opening of the Season at the City
by-the-sea.
NEWPORT, Feb. 20.-The presencs of
Cornelius Vanderbilt and other we'll
known cottagers In town last week con-
jured up visions Of summer, and to the
real estate agents signs of a lively de-
mand for suitable cottage rentals. The
list Of cottages to be let is only approxi-
mately complete. The list, however.
seems to assure a very full season. and
that most of the large and expensive
places, ranging from $4,000 to $1,000 for
the summer have been secured. But
here are plenty still TO be had at from
$1,000 to $1,000. and for modest purses
smaller places at from 5000 to $500 are
still to be procured.
1t has been feature In late years in
Newport that the moderately well-off
who desire to spend on their families say
from Sl,2D0 to 81, 800 under the head of
''lod gings" have been lessening in num-
Der, while those who want more luxuri-
Gus abodes have been increasing. Hote
life has also been altered. Few now live
all the summer in the large hotels, do
mestic life having to greater ext ent
taken its place. Transient visitors and
the hotels. A new one is being gotten
ready on the cliffs to be known as the
Hotel de Logerot.
AS regards building new villas for new
summer residents, there have been sew
eral purchases within the last few
months, Indicating continued readiness
to buy up land III any choice locality in
the quarters preferred by tue summer
residents. Among thess may be men
toned the purchase of the late Mr.. Nah
lon Sands place on the Cliffs, and of a
large tract fronting on Bellevue avenue,
by Mr.. George 5. Scott, at Ruggles
avenue, where,a fine house will be erected
Mr.. Christopher Robert bought the
Duchess OF Dino's formerly the "Ste-
vens" place. Mr.. Burden. Jr., bought
a seaside site next to Commodore Il. ID.
Morgan's, splendid point for yachts
men. Prof. Agassiz bought more land
on the southern part OF the island. and
Mrs Edward King purchased u pleasant
little estate on Bellevue court.
The fashionable world affects Bellevue
avenue, aud tends to spread itself slowly
over the Rocky Farm district.
IL is becoming quite the thing for sum-
mer residents To Buy farms, from which
| they can derive their own vegetables.
! milk, and butter, and feel that they are
| tagers, however, will prob bly, stay pret-
.ty close TO the district around the Casino
| " hich is the social centre during the
| summer, and on Bellevue avenue Clos e
| TO IL, this year, five or six superior shops
\ are about being erected, Of n larger size
| aud better fitted up tnan those either be-
| longing 70 the Casino proprirtors them
| ives OIL to the Travers family, who own
| tue 1ravers block.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20

financial world. The action of the New
York banks in loaning gold to the treas
ury showed how imperative is this un-
writtsn law, and proved that even the
governments bond creditors did not
dare TO allow it to be violated. ="
The free gold on Saturday was re-
duced TO $l07, ,s41,777. OF this amount
5000, 900 is loaned by the New York
banks, and there was shipment OF for
eign gold Of about $50, 200. If both of
these amounts are deducted the free
gold in the treasury will be seen to be
$l0l, ,061 IN - against which are out
standing about S476,0O0,000 United
States and treasury notes.
Side by side with this pressing
anxiety to preserve the gold reserve is
surprising negligence in regard to any
gold reserve against the coin notes
which are being issued at the rate OF
$500, 900 per month. How essentially
political is the dealing of congress with
this question is shown by the ease with
which Senator Sherman's bond-issue
act was passed. This was an entirely
new bill. 1t originated within ten
days. II has passed the Senate and will
probably pass the House at once. Why?
Because the actual necessities OF the
government demanded it at once. Yet
the Mcpherson silver bill and even the
recent Sherman repeal act, receive no
notice at the hands of senator's, although
the necessity that the government
should stop buying silver is far greater
than that the gold reserve should be
preserved.
The threatened impairment OF the
gold reserve is only one of the many
evil results now flowing from the silver
purchase act and, the issue of bonds to
prevent that impairment will be tempo
rary assistance, that would be entirely
unnecessary if the United States should
stop buying silver The government be-
gan the temporizing system with the sill
yer law of 1890. Now it is not improbable
that that system will be still further
tried by the issue of bonds.
it is an important fact that the incom-
ing Congress promises as little states
manlike relief from the financial perils
as has been afforded in the past four
years. What the results of the tenn
porizing will be can only be conjectured.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20
THE NEWS'S TURN NOW.

What bowling success constitutiona.
prohibition must be, when q Maine grand
Jury at Bangor, finds indictments
against 800 wet goods dealers. Fall River
Globe.
The Prohibition party has been sailing
around that rock for years, but hasn't
got clear around it vet.
The .sThunderer" has fallen in the es-
timation OF the British Parliament
Pawtucket Tribune.
1t is high time. The Times is simply a
Jumping jack for the crown.
We confess we know little as to the
ins and outs of the Kansas muddleSC
Boston Traveller.
Neither does anybody else.
Mr.. Cleveland has merely annexed"
Gresham.--Sioux City Journal.
We thought possibly that he had lease d
him.
II will be all right 10 annex Hawaii.
Even with the heathens Hawaii appears
to be shade better than Kansas. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Aud could set it good example.
Vegetariauism IL making great pro-
gress in Berlin. The capital now con-
tans twenty vegetarian restaurants
" oonsocket Reporter.
Including large quantity Of that
luscious vegetable, the hop, We suppose.
That the Kansas Populists should be
compelled to Weld was Inevitable. They
violated all law. Ruflanism was their
only strength Hartford Post
Aud mighty poor strength at that.
New Orleans people have been enter
tai ing Dick Croker and his 1ammany
party as we'll MS they were able. Chicago
Iuter-Ocean.
Even In New Orleans they don't know
Just how to do that.
tt is better, for instance. 20 be presi-
dent Of the Pennsylvania Railroad or
New York Central, or dominating
banker like Pierpont Morgan. than to be
Secretary Of the Treasury or Secretary OF
State. New York Sun.
Many politician has discovered this
fact late in life.
The rules OF the Fifty-third Congres SIS
should contain a clause that will ell .ct-
ually dispose OF Kilgore and kilgore-
ism.-New York World.
How would To II Reeds rules work.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20
BOOKS ABOUT HAWAII.
Compendium of knowledge About the
Islands In the Library.

Compendium of knowledge About the
Islands in the Library.
As every ore is now greatly interes sted
in Hawaii, the little kingdom about TO
be added to the United States, it will be
useful TO all citizens of Providence 10
make note of the following books bearing
upon the past and present OF these
islands, which NAV b. obtained at the
Public Library. They cover nearly every
phase of the question OF which people are
now talking. and will prove invaluable
assistants to those who wish to acquire
full knowledge of the new territory.
The list is ms follows:
j. J. Jarves's History OF the Hawaiian
or Sandwich Islands" Ito ls42 only
2042 1; the narrative of Capt Cook, dis
coverer and bestower Of the name,
Sandwich Islands" in l779). 4OT, lG2; H.
T. Cheever's narrative. The Island
World of the Pacific" 1850. 4U2LS2 =. ..
Stewards, "A Visit TO the South Seas;
in the United States Ship Vincenne ;"
1880, v. 2, p 81. 2s2. 1929, 1879: Commander
Charles Wilkes Narrative OF the
United States Exploring Expe dition,"
under his charge, in vols, v. aud A,
describing the Hawaiian Islands "a they
were in 1S404l, with excellent maps.
402S. 13 4; also the account by Ersklne, a
sailor in this expeditio'. 4OS3i; Il. i.
Perkins's "NaMotu," p.93-22?, 1S49,
4O27. .33; Sandwich Island Notes." by G..
w. Bates, 1853 402735; Mrs. Isabella
Bird Bishops iascinatingly inter
esting volume; II, ,eo- e ,o Hawaiian 1a
Archipelago" 1874, 4O21 Lady
Brassey's "Around the World In the
Yacht Sunbeam" ch. 1917, 1876 ~, 402s IL;
G. l.. Cnaney's "Alo-ha !" (lS76), 1919,
ana Helen Mather's "Our Sumner in
Hawaii" QS9O). 4027.36. On religious
phases, r. Andersou's ''1he Hawaiian
Islands" 60 1869, 2O4s.3; L. w, NJ. Mar
shall's "Chris IAN Missions vol. 2,
D. 249 "A, 50s2.l6 g; Ciifford's Father
Damien" 50s2 s, and Nine. Craven's
lie Pere Damien" 3J656. "a (the last
three relating to Catholic missions)
The scientific phases may be studied in
A. r. Wallace's "Island Life" ch. Is,
COZ in the volumes on volcanoes.s by
Jude (604O 13). Kneeland (6O4l24), Dana
(604O. 26). respectively; but particularly in
a series of illustrated articles on the
Hawaiian volcanoes, In the American
Journal of Science, 1880 65l1, l42, 144,
l47. etc. The library received a monthly
published at Honolulu. entitled the par
adIse of the Pacific" the number for De-
cember. 1892. being recently received. On
the recent events, see Public Opinion"
Feb. 4, III aud 1S. 1893.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20
Only q Mem ory.
Only a little cradle,

Only little cradle.
A.standiLg empty thera
A little pair Of baby shoes,
A tiny lock OF hair,
A high-chair in the corner,
Unused and put away,
Only a mothers heart that yearns.
Amem'ry OF yesterday.
Only little picture
A picture faded, worn,
From out the little album
It's corner soiled and torn,
Only a single tear that falls
Adown the withered face,
And on the pictured baby's lips
So softly takes its place.
Only a smile, a baby smile.
On the little dimplod face
A childish smile OF years agone
That time did not e1ace:
Only mothers lips that touch
The baby lips below,
Only kiss that speaks OF love-
or mingled Joy and WOO.
Only a plaintivc melody,
Tho ono sweet strain that's left
Within o heart OF broken strings.
A harp OF voice bereft;
Only one grain OF happiness
From out the waste OF voc,
The only one her weary soul
ON earth shall ever know.
L. o. Browne, in Inter Ocean
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-20

The apprehension of the business CON-
munity will not be greatly lessened by
the statement that Secretary Foster
will preserve intact the 800, 600, 600
gold reserve. Few Of those who thought
Of the question at all could have failed
TO see that not only the reputation of
the government but Of the administra-
ton is at stake in protecting this re-
serve. The custom Of maintaining that
amount was established by Secretary
Sherman in 1879, and has been
70 rigidily adhered TO as to have become
almost the fundamental axiom OF the
treasury department. To allow IL to
become impaired would he TO shake the
governments credit with the whole