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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

pRopurorloN OF COAL.

According % statistics the worlds
production Of coal in 1901 Is es,i.
mated at s6j.i75.54o shor, tons.
The three great coal producing eoun-
tries are the United States. Great
Britain and Germany. The output
Of these three countries combined
makes up sl.6l per cent Of the
worlds total Austria Hungary comes
fourth. France fifth. Belgium sixth
and Russia seventh. The last coun-
Try. Notwithstanding its vast area,
produces only about s per cent. as
much coal IS the United States. The
three countries which lead in she
production OF coal are the three
countries that lead in industrial de-
velopment Prior to 1899. Great
Britain led among the worlds coal
producers. but daring 1899. 1900 and
1901 the United States has made
such remarkable increases in coal
production that we now stand far in
the lead Of all competitors. with a
production in 1891 exceeding that OF
Great Britain by 47.966,9 3s short
tons, or 70 per cent Up TO the close
Of 1900 the coal production Of Great
Britain and her colonies, If taken to-
gether. still exceed that Of the United
States. the excess in 1900 being 3 .
SOS $50 short tons: bat the enormous
output Of the coal mines Of this
country last yesr exceeded by about
26.000,000 short tons the entire out
put OF Great Britain and her depen
denotes
90 the output Of coal in 1901, the
United States produced 33 So per
cent. Great Britain and her Deepen
denotes 30.s6 per cent. and Germany
10 IL per cent. or combined. s4.ll
per cent
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20
WISE DEPARTMENT.
CAST. Kmeosr. Editor
Local and Otherwise


Local and Otherwise.
pr. J. 3. Edmonds vas up from Big
stone Gap Tuesday.
Y. J.. kilgorc ~ent up % Castlewoods
Monday GA professional business
Mrs. Banner, OF Russell. is visiting her
brother, I. W. Ovens. Of this place.
Dr.. Wolfe and Dingus. Of Cosburn.
we're hers Tuesday.
The Board Of Supervisors ~ss in session
this week
The proiracted meeting closed SUNDAY
night With three conventions, aud IL IL
understood that another will bs held here
soon, in which all the pastors Of the torn
will take part.
Mr.. Hargis, Who has been here for
several days under the treatment Of DR..
Miies, was taken 20 his home In Russell
Conniy Monday. He IL in feeble condi-
tion aud can not live many days
Miss Nettie Combow. Of Russell. vas a
visitor in the city this week
J. J. Kemp, returned from a trim 10
Kentucky Saturday.
7. G. Anderson returned from = bus;nes.
trip 10 Richmond Saturday.
?. ;. Paddock returned from Boston
aud other eastern points last week.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

Correspondence 70 Tho nlg stone Gsn ro.r
CHan OEDusEn, Va, Nov. l7.-Yo our cor
respondent ~as az Mud Lick IT meeting
Saturday night at the school house At
that place aud had the pleasure Of hearing
several able discourscs hv different preach.
ers, Mcssrs. Staley, Mathews aud Jones
The congregation was large aud very at
tontire listeners. 1his coke plant ape
pears 70 De the finest one in Southwest
Virginia.
ON Sunday ] attended the Preacher
Greek Primitive Baptist meeting. Rev.
Matthews preached very interesting SER
mon 90 a small hut very orderly and at-
tcntivc congregation.
The two corp. of Surveying engineers
are surveying in She pocket Valley. ~
miles west of here, nesr Pennington Gap
The occupation OF our farmers here nov
is hauling of their vegetable crops 90 In
man. Mud Lick aud Stoucga Cor sale. aud
gathering corn. w
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20
RAILROAD NEWS

The e. II q ID Railroad has been
negotiating for the charter bridge
rights between lrou,on. Ohio. and
Ashland Ky aud the deal is
practically closed with j g.. g.. MAYO
and others This will put the g.. ~.
a. ID iuto the Kentucky side. whence
IL J, said it will at once start line
Tor the rich COAL timber ana iron re-
sources cd Eastern Kentucky. IL will
FIRST extend its line from Dean or
whereabouts. O. Ashland. There is %
race for the sections sol the country
Tor which the c.. n * d. is leading
among several railroads. The c.. H..
* ID has now 5000 men az work on
its line. and viii spend $4,000. 600.
The Detroit q Southern. which got
ia ahead II the c., n. q ID in the
purchase of the Iron Road. wii. also
cross the riycr and push for the same
fields. The Seaboard Air Line is
racing foI the same region. ana say,
IL will 80 into Ashland. John G.. 4.
Msyo and his associates ia Chicago.
Fennsyivauia. Cincinnati and Mime.
sota have 100000 acres of lands in
several If the counties. the richest in
the resources the railroads are after
One Of the men in the midst Of the
night lor the fields said recently that
Ashland aud lronton. Immediately
opposite each other on the Ohio. is
now the most important steel aud
iron point in the United States no,
held by the Steel Trust.-Cnciaaoti
Eaguircr.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

The first steel was laid At White.
house Wednesday evening on the Big
Sandy Valley extension OF the Chesa.
peake aud Ohio system.
This new line connects az White
house with the Ohio and Big Sandy
which has long been owned by the
Cincinnati aud Ohio and will extend
on mp through the entire length Of
she Big Ssudy Valley and the Cum
berlAnd mountains.
1t viii open up 70 tee outside
world one Of the finest coal sections
known.
Al immense force Of mea are At
work grading al sloug the surveyed
line. aud the steel laying crew will
follow them right up enabling cans
70 run right along up the valley.
bringing IN supplies as the work pro-
crosses.
Arrangements have been made to
build railroad from jackson, Ken.
lucky. 10 the Lost Creek coal fields
The road is 70 ran from jackson
4 distance Of twenty miles south
east, where IL will enter the body Of
afty thousand sores Of land owned
bs the Lost Creek Coal Company.
which tract smbrasss seven thousand
acres Of mineral lsnds. the balance
beiss heavily tinbered.
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FROM APPALACHIA.

corcsrouicuoeo Cpl; The nlg Stone Ger Posr.
ArrAtAcHtA. Va, Nov. t5.-Wcil have
come again With few lines from our little
mountain town. The weather is nice and
business Is good
r. y Cornett. the hustiinE merchant Of
this place returned last evening from q
business trip in kentucky
Il NJ. Blair returned today from Louis
Vile, XIV, where be has been for several
days Mr.. Blair will open up a large
stock OF goods sc this place iu a few dsys.
lie will occupy the nev building OF rsyior
q blautoH, which is near completion.
We noticed among the guests at the
Mullins hotel last night, Mr.. Dick Spang-
Ter. of New Pine Mt. w Va. Mr. Spaur-
Ter has been with the Tug River Lumber
Company for some time.
Success 90 the Post. Dan.
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Proverbs

When the butter won't
come put a penny in the
churn," Is an oh time dairy
provcrb- 1t often seems to
work though 20 one has ever
told why.
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
say give them SCOTS Emul-
sion.
1t is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because here is something
astonishing about it.
SCOTS Emulsion IS simply
"a milk Of pure cod liver oil
with some hyPophosphites
especially prepared Tor delicate
stomachs.
Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be-
cause it is 50 perfectly adapted
10 their wants.
For all weak and pale and
thin children SCOTS Emulsion
Is the most satisfactory treat
ment.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

The second apportionmcut of state
school funds has been made. being
much greater than the first appor-
tioumeut. being. for more than eight
hundred Thousand dollars. The ne
mount appor,ioned % Southwest Vir-
ginia counties and cities rs as follows.
Bland $2.5ll39. Bristol city. Sl55e.
n. Buchanan. S4.S45Ss. Carroll.
Ss624l8. Craig. Sl.s33 30 .Dicken-
son. S3.eGs e7 Floyd SI4944s.
Giles. S4.635 30 Gmyson. $7.776.-
So. Lee. sa.53906. Montgomery.
$3.50 9o. Pulaski. S6.l33.I5. Rad
ford city SLAP 75. Roanoke city.
S766952 Roanoke county. s7.lS6. -
SO. Russell. ss.S9073. Scott ST.
52e e6 Smyth. S7s66.47 farewell.
5000 5o Washington. sl37I0o6.
Wise. ssls0.67 Wythe. SS.5576l.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

TuAr the United States Census
Bureau is the real fountain Of youth
is a discovery claimed 70 have been
made by the Baltimore American.
a short slime ago the census bureau
issued population age statement,
showing that whereas the medium
age Of the American people-thst age
at which one-half are over aud one
half under twas l5.4 years ia the
year lsio, it had increased TO p !
in 1900. The causes Of this increase
are stated thus: The rapid progress
Of medical aud sanitary science. which
has teGaed 10 increase the average
leag;h Of life. the decrease in the
relative number Of children born.
which had made the earlier age period
less prepOndersEt numerically 10 The
total population. aud the intiux. es-
peeislly since 1870. Of great numbers
Of sdult immigrants. Increasing the
number in the older age periods. &"
The American says that according
10 the calculations Of this bureau i,
will be oaly matter Of 1880 years
before the medium sge OF the Amer
can people viii equal the age Of
Methuselzh. beyond which even
Ponce de Leon would hardly have
cared 10 live. The census bureau
proves i by facts and figures that
youth is being prolonged at the rate
Of ave sixths Of oae year every De.
esde. As fountsip. il is still some
what backward. bot IL il only holds
on and keeps lie causes active the
people ~ho live 100 certsries hence
~iIl Be ycsskfnl good loss while.
Ard having sarichsd the world b
sbss Prcnise Of perpetual ycssh 10
or progeny S6e siuss rsnov.d. ~
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20
ltchIns Pllas-

Any one who suffers from that ssrribls
plague, Itching Piles, or from Eo1sm..
will appreciate the Immediate relief and
permanent cure that comes through the
use OF DoSn's Ointment. II never fsns.
Nov. 18th.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

Turnr is no excuse for any young
man going through life ia ignorance.
The opportunities are on every side.
Opportunities cannot make men. bot
men viii force opportunities All
the combined forces Of superstition
cannot keep the determined boy from
rising
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

Tn Hols,on Conference, NJ T..
Church. south. paid 5000 on home
missions the past year. and $4,000
on foreign missions. this being seven
hundred dollars more than the az
sessmeut.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

Missouri Is one Of the greatest
cora producing States Her yield
this year is estimated st 500. 600. 900
bushels.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

THEuE can be no attraction TO a
country more inviting 20 homeseekers
than good roads.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

WmHiS the next ave years there
viii be no less than 10000 coke
ovens in operation iu the Big Stone
Gap District. This Is our honest
opinion, because men with capital
have their faces turned Boz this direc-
zion. and have already become inter
ested "a this section.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

Sort and sweet and bslmy are
these November days. but by the
redness Of the leaves We know that
winter is near.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

Ait told the losses Of the great
anthracite coal strike foot up Sl42.-
100000.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

AuoUr the only people who never
grumble At their lot in this world are
those who occupy one in the cemetery.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

IT is said tina; the price OF hogs is
higher than 1t hss been since the
civil war.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

SoNr people love their neighbors
only for what they can get ont Of
them.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

SLAvoHrrR prices haven't struck
the meat market yet.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

IT is rumored that Miss Stone. the
rausomed missionary, is anxious 60
70 back 60 Macedonia aud resume the
work 10 which she was formerly en-
Gagged there. but that the Turkish
Government objects and will prohib-
it her landing on any part OF the ter
siioy under Turkish rule.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-11-20

The shove rate. are for standing snVsrtise-
uents'osly.
ed for a, the rate Of cents per line for each
insertion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-08
IS zz | IS y
N:s5 y5Jza1
CHEERFULNEsS AT TABLE.
Make Every Meal m Occasion for the
Interchange of Entertaining
Conversation.

An old lady, who looked as though
she might have belonged to the ''sun-
shine society" all her life, was asked
by a friend the secret of her never
failing cheerfulness. Her answer con-
tains a suggestive lesson for parents.
81 think" said the clever old lady,
sit is because we were taught in our
family to be cheerful at the table.
Ny father was a lawyer with a large
criminal practice. His mind was
harassed with difficult problems all the
day long, yet he always came to the
table with smile and a pleasant
greeting for everyone, and eXerted
himself to make the table-hour de-
lightful. All his powers to charm
were freely given to entertain his
family. Three times day we felt this
genial influence, and the effect was
marvellous. If child came to the Ia
BILE with cross looks, he or she was
quietly sent away to find a good boy
or girl, for only such were allowed
to come within that loving circle. We
were taught that all petty grievances
and jealousies must be forgotten when
meal time came, and the habit of be-
ing cheerful three times a day, under
all circumstances, had its effect on
even the most sullen temper. Crate
full as I am for all the training re-
ceived in my childhood home, look
back upon the table influence as among
the best of my life"
Table manners are, of course, essen
tial, but the most important thing is
TO make the meal an occasion for the
Interchange of delightful and enter
tanning conversation. Let such gath
erings, fathers and mothers, make the
most happy hour of the day, and the
influence on the children may be be-
yond estimation.-N. Y. Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-08

sufficient vitality, an operation for
ovarian troubles. Not a very cheerful
prospect, to be sure. I, however, was
advised to try Lydia e. Pinlkham's
Vegetable Compound and Sam
ative Wash; did so, fortunately
for me. Before a month had passed I
felt that my general health had inn
proved in three months more / was
cured, and 1 have been in perfect
health since. did not lose an engage
ment or miss a meal.
Your Vegetable Compound is GER
tainly wonderful, and we'll worthy the
praise your admiring friends who have
teen cured are ready to give you.
always speak highly of it, and you
will admit 1 have good reason to do
so."-MRs. G. BRUCE, Lansing, Micn.
$4,000 forfeit If aboUe testimonial is not genuine.
The fullest counsel on this
subject can be secured without
cost by writing to Mrs Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass. Your letter will bT
entirely confidential.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-08
WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP.
Some Senses Become Dormant Before
Others, That of Seeing Being
the First.

When a man drops off to sleep his
body does not do so all at once. Some
senses become dormant before 9TH
ers, and always in the same order. As
he becomes drowsy the eyes close and
the sense If seeing is at rest.
1t is quickly followed by the sense
of taste. He next loses the sense of
smell, and then, after a short interval,
the tympanum aecomes insensible to
sound-or, rather. the nerves which
run to the brain from it fail to con-
vey any sense of heating.
The last sense to ieave; is that Of
touch, and in some representative peo-
pie it is hardly ever dormant. This
sense is also the first to relnrn upon
awakening. Then hearing follows
suit; after that taste, and then the
eve becomes able to flash Impressions
back to the brain.
The same gradual loss of power is
observed in the muscles and sinews
Slumber begins at the feet, and slow
ly spreads up the limbs and trunk un-
til it reaches the brain, when uncon-
seriousness is complete and the body
is at rest.-Chicago American.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-08
DIDN'T KNOW pING-poNG.
Father Thought His Daughter Was
In Love with y Chfnamaa
by That Name.

The Oak Park girl had just come hons
from her first ping-popg party. She had
never played the game before that evening.
When she entered the library her father
was folding up his newspaper, preparatory
to going to bed, relates the Chicago Chron-
icle.
DO you know, papa, I discovered tonight
that l never really cared about anything be-
fore in my life," she said by way of introduc-
ton. Il want to tell you about it,
Yes" said the old man, with rising in
Election on the word. He was interested,
perhaps even a little startled. His daugh-
ter's face was serious.
Il have fallen in love with ping -pong"
What" exclaimed pater familas. His
dlsmay now was unmistakable. Just then
his wife entered the room. He turned indig-
nant eyes upon her.
You are nice woman!" he shouted at
her. What do you mean, madam, by bring
ing up your daughter the way you have
done. No, don't interrupt-it's matter
enough! Owing to you skillful management
our little girl has lost what sense she was
born with. She has fallen in love with a
Chinamani"
Five minutes later the old gentleman was
apologizing both to his wife and his daugh-
ter. . As he went off to bed, however, he
muttered under his breath:
"Plng-pong, ping-pong! That's q nice
name for game!"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-08
A CATCH IN THE BACK.

Grand View, Iowa, Sept. 29th.-Mrs.
Lydia Parker of this place says:
81 was troubled with backache all
the time for years. When I would
stoop over a catch would take me in
the back and 1 could not straighten
up for some time.
81 tried everything could think of
but got no relief till I sent and got
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
81 used one box and part of another
before the trouble all left me, but now
I am well and strong and have not
been troubled with my back for some
months.
81 believe my cure is a permanent
one and am very grateful indeed, to
Dodd's Kidney Pills for what they
have done for me.
ST would most heartily recommend
them to anyone suffering with lame
back, for believe they will cure any
sase OF this kind.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-08
HUSBAND FOR A PENNY.
She Dropped a Postal in the MaiIbOx
Slot and the Result Was
Matrimony.

A business man who wanted bookkceper
stated his need in an advertisement. The
notice was seen by young woman who was
out OF work and who had searched for en-
pioyment day after day without success.
She had just one cent left. This she spent
for postal card, on which she wrote re-
ply to the advertisement, and dropped the
card in a street lettterbox, says the Detroit
News-Tribune.
Her application impressed the business
man favorably, and he wrote to her, asking
aer to call at his office. She did SO and Sc
cured the position. Her modesty and worth,
no less than her capability, so won upon her
employer that before many months had
passed he offered her his heart and hand,
and she accepted and became his wife.
s'And to think nc said one day, during
the honeymoon, "that it all came from your
spending your last cent for a postal card
and mailing it at street corner"
''Yes," she replied, with a smile and a
blush, 81 dropped penny in the slot and
got husband"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-10-08
ROYALTY HAS IT'S LABoRs.
tonne of the Many Duties That De-
vOIve Upon the King and Queen
Qf Great Brits,in.

Before Mayfair is astir the king is at
his desk, debating thr ough telephone
messages to his secretaries at work in
another room, writing such letters as
demand an autograph reply and at
taching his signature to those docu-
ments which, are ever present with the
monarch. 1t used to be the boast of
William ". that he never retired for
Ihe night until he had signed every
thing which awaited his. signature
each day, and he would. persevere in
his task 4ven when forced to allay the
cramp in his fingers by bathing them
in hot water, says the London
King Edward is not less conscien-
tious than King William and signs doc
uments with extra ordinary dispatch.
Indeed, his majesty does everything
quickly and promptly and will see
through thing before other people
have begun tio discuss it. After state
documents and correspondence have
been dealt with the king receives min
listers, ambassadors and official per-
sonages in audience, or there may be
levee to hold or function to attend,
or, in these days. some coronation mat
ter to consider The afternoon and
evening frequently bring public duties
and always socia ones, while in be-
tween whites the king manages to
dovetail little purely family life.
Too much emphasis cannot be placed
on the fact that the royal family pre-
serve real HON life amid all the
calls of state and public duties.
&c lace RI 10 hI11o 10 l..
demands on the queens time and
thought than to describe the details
of the kings working day. In palace,
as in villa, it is the many Titles which
occupy a woman's. time and make her
day arduous. Apart from those hours
which the queen must give to matters
of dress she undoubtedly may claim
to be Woodworking woman in virtue
of the unfailing graciousness with
which she accompanies the king to all
public ceremonials. the ready ear
which she has for the demands of
philanthropy and the kindly patron
age she extends to art, music and the
drama.
The queen must often perform her
social duties in London when a rest at
Sandringham amid the simple country
life which she loves so well would be
more agreeable. But duty first must
ever be the royal watchword. It is not
easy to be always bowling and smiling
and saying the gracious thing, even
though the body may feel weary and
the head ache, and I think it must be
in justice admitted that the queen and
all the princesses show a fortitude in
this matter which few women would
care to emulate.