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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-31

had been told by wise men
that coal and limestone are
never found i'm the same local
itv. and / believed them until ]
came TO Big Stone Gap. On one
side OF the mountain men We're
engaged i'm digging iron ore.
On the other laborers were at
work mining limestone from
deposits which appeared 20 bee
inexhaustible. On the other
side the coal miners were Dig
ging from the earth the black
diamonds, to be converted into
coke or shipped as plain coal,
the finest in the world,
The large iron furnace in tho
suburbs of the town is the logi-
cal sequence of this juxtaposi-
tion of the three essentials to
iron-making Rich beds of iron
ore underlie the town of Bis
F Stone Gap
There are many handsome
: business buildings in Big Ston,
: Gap, and an unusually larg
number of pretty residences
The owners of mining plants il
this section, men of wealth il
Z many instances, and officials o
: mining companies, have thei
homes in Big Stone Gap. Joh
Fox, Jr., the author of 9TH
\ Little Shepherd of Kingdor
q Come is a resident of Ri
n Stone Gap, and has done th
% most of his literary work her,
4 The streets are lighted b
l. electricity, and the lightin
+ plant also furnishes power I
manufactures In addition I
; the furnace, Big Stone Gap h;
], "a large tannery, an e tra C
m plant and woodworking plant
At The rich surrounding countI
81 makes this a fine location f
70 small industries; indeed, it
Of probable that the immedia
ID territory in Lee, Wise, Tazew,
es and the counties in Kentuck
4. on the Virginia border, won
25 consume the output OF lar
ch factories devoted to the man
AS facture of furniture and stow
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1t is claimed that the cou nty |
is now very nearly the ii r 5
the counties Of the Unit |
ed States in the production OF |
coke. The amount of C O a |
which was coked last year was !
1888, ,l9s short tons, out of the |
total coal output of the county
of 1890, SOS short tons. 1t is
not all coal that can be made
into coke, and that which will
produce coke is considered
much more valuable for that
reason. Comparatively fe w
mines Of any extent in Wise.
are without coke ovens, in
which the coal is cooke"
Notwithstanding the exten
sive development Of the GA ]
wealth of Wise, / am assured
that the possibilities Of t h s
county in the matter OF coal
production have not yet been
realized; certainly, they have
not been exhausted. lt is still
possible 10 purchase, at a com
paratively cheap figure, lands
rich in coal. Several tracts of
this kind were called 20 my at
tention, some of them small i'm
extent, and Offering opportuni-
ties 20 men of limited means 10
make fortunes in a few years.
| And that is the way fortunes
! have been made out in { n s
| country. Men who were poor
a few years ago, owning &
small tract of wild mountain
: land, are today counted we'll M
towards the millionaire class
T and are growing ri n G
e all the time. Their wealth vii
2 continue to grow so long as tn
. coal holds out, and artificia
- heat has TO be supplied TO th
{ children of men-unless, IN
o deed, some scientist should dis
< cover a cheaper fuel, which Wi
u answer the demands of indu:
J try.
n Yirginians Have Opportunity.
4 1t is a source of constant T,
gret to me that so few Virgin
ians have taken advantage 4,
the opportunities which tn
e section offered to men of NEAR
3 a few years back. Coal lanC
% could have been bought OF
+ here twenty years ago at an.
'o where from a dollar To three
l. four dollars an acre lt is n
e many years since five dOlla
ot was considered a fine pric
lg Richmond capitalists were {
'u fered a chance to gain cont!
IT, of the Pocahontas mines at &
TO time the Norfolk and Weste
)u was built into the Flat II
OF country in 1882, but they wou
io not accept it; Others took a
p vantage of the chance to G
TO these magnificent coal fields
IS, a dollar or SO an acre, and
% day they are hard-worked &C
ar pon-clippers, blessing the m
'r- who saw the opportunity TO s
'd, into the coal fields of Southw'
re- Virginia, and let them in on
OF "ground floor" But this Il
should not be overlooked: gC
er- coal land, ten or fifteen mi
on from q railroad, is still rega
pal ed as cheap at SIS or even
e. an acre. And there is mt
ON land Of this kind and at
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and ovsralls. and TO the canning
of fruits and vegetables. And
there is no doubt about there
being plenty Of cheap land on
which 10 locate such industries.
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.w,,t,- Edward Harris in the Richmond
Times-Dispatch.b
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KNIFED.
Coffee knitted an Old Soldier.

An old soldier, released from COT
fee at 70, recovered his health and tells
about it as follows:
Il stuck to coffee for years, although
it knitted me again and again.
About eight years ago (as q result.
Of coffee drinking which congested my
liver), l 'Tas taken with very severe
attack of malarial fever.
Il would apparently recover and
start about my usual work only to suf-
fer a relapse. After this had been
repeated several times during the year
! was again taken violently i'll
The Doctor said he had carefully
studied my case, and it was either quit
coffee or die, advising me to take Pos
tum in its place. had always thought
coffee one of my dearest friends. and
especially when sick, and / was very
much taken back by the Doctors deci-
sion, for I hadn't suspected the coffee
| drank could possibly cause my trou-
bic.
l thought it over for a few minutes.
and finally told the Doctor would
make the change. Postum was pro-
cured for me the same day and made
according 10 directions: well. I liked
IL and stuck TO It, and since then
have been new man. The change in
health began in a few days and sur
prised me, and now. although { am
seventy-two years of age, do lots OF
hard work, and for the past month
have been teaming, driving sixteen
miles a day besides loading and un-
loading the wagon. That's what Pos
tum in the place Of conee has done
Tor me. ! now like the Postum as well
as I did coffee.
Il have known people who did no.
care for Postum at first, but after hay
ing learned TO make it properly accord
ing TO directions they have come TO
like 1t as we'll as coffee, ] never miss
cE1nce to praise it," Name given
by Postum Co, Bate Creek. Mich.
Look for the little book, The Road
to WeAyilie." in pkgs.
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Ribbon and material are, Of course. in
The same color.
Sometimes two widths of ribbon are
used, a single wide ribbon and a groun
of narrow ribbon alternating: or. "a
i'm the case of a charming white silk
wolfe model. wide inset lace insertion
may be combined with ribbon bands Of
varying widths. Many ideas may he
worked ont in this simple trimming
and the effect of velvet ribbon upon
silk wolfe of the same shade but mado
mp over white is especially good. Rim
bon trimming is used too upon the
silk mousselines and indeed upon all
the sheer stufs and is not only laid
ON straight and fat, but is plated.
quilled, ruched. etc.-a Second Empire
echo.
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PADEREWSKPS BELLBOY.
Musical Youth Made a Hit with the
Great Pianist by Playing
His "Minuet"

Rosamon3 Johnson. of Cole & John
son, composers of that once popular
song, Under the Bamboo Tree" once
held position as bellboy in Young's
hotel in Boston. This place, says Sue
cess Magazine, he once nearly lost,
through taking the liberty of playing
Paderewski's "Minuet" for the great
pianist. Paderewski, who was stay
Ing at that hotel, had rung for a bell
boy, and young Johnson answered the
call
Being so fond of music, he made
bold TO ask the great composer and
pianist to play the "Minuet" for him.
paderewsh could not understand Eng
lish then, and the boy thought from
his gesticulations that he wished him
to play It, So he sat down at the
piano and commenced playing. Pad
erewski's manager happened to enter
the room just then, and, enraged at
the bellboy's presumption, threw him
out of the room and went directly to
the management and had him dis
charged.
AS soon as he learned what had
been done. Paderewski, who had been
pleased with the lads playing, sent
for the manager of the hotel and had
Johnson reinstated in his position.
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WOLFE GOWNS IN STYLE.
Return to Favor Again and the Trim
ming Most Approved Is Differ
ent Widths of Ribbon.

SILK voiles and grenadines are not of
necessity associated with large guam
Titles of taffeta or broadcloth. although
those combinations are very desirable
The sheer silky stuffs. which wear sur
prisingly well. in spite of their sheer
ness, are made up into the most
charming of little frocks, mounted
over silk of the same tone or O: har-
monizing color and trimmed in satin
or velvet ribbon, with lace about the
throat and shoulders and on the
sleeves.
Ribbon trimming is particularly eff
fective upon stuffs of this class. and
often skirt will be adorned with
rows of rather narrow ribbon for fully
half its depth, the ribbon being laid
on flat and stitched on the upper edge.
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Eddie Thomas was bartender -.
an Anderson Ond. JsaIoon unuI. about
a month ago. when he was converted
lie attributes the first step toward hi.
conversion 10 % piacard tackled on a
telephone pole 10 advertise the revival
Directly in 'front.' Of saloon whore Nr.
Thomas was employed was "a card read
ing Get right with Cod lie said
his attention became riveted 10 tho card
and IT'S command Then b. walked from
behind The bar. went TO church. and has
not since been IN any saloon
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Willing TO Ohlire

Give me the city hall, please" said
the lady to the conductor of the street
car
Il should be glad to do So madam"
replied the conductor, who was a new
man and had been greatly impressed
by the rules Of the company, which
insisted upon employees being courte-
Gus and obliging. 81 should indeed,
be glad to do so. but the lady over
there with the green feather in her
hat asked for the city hall before you
got on the car. Is there any other
building that would suit you just as
well?"-DetrOit Free Press.
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Singular Outcome

The fact has been noted that the
misfortune which overlook San Fran.
cisco has kept Cupid and Hymen
busy. the number of marriages since
the earthquake and fire having been
quite unparalleled in any similar
previous period. The situation is ex.
planned by the anxiety Of sturdy
young fellows regarding their sweet
hearts and by their readiness to as
sumo the duty of caring for the gentle
victims Of the disaster. AS illustrat
Ing what is going on the first order
sent out Of San Francisco by telegraph
was TO a New York manufacturing
company for $50 wedding rings.
assorted sizes. A town which marries
on in that fashion in the face of such
calamity is all right 1t would take
much more than earthquake and fire
20 destroy it or quench its spirit.
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he Pitied Them.

A little boy was on his first coun-
try excursion, relates the Brooklyn
Citizen. Some birds were flying high
overhead. and his hostess, a young
woman. said:
Look up. Tommy. See the prSS:y
birds flying through the air"
Tommy looked up quickly, and then
he said in compassionate tone:
Poor little fellers! They Amt Mt
no cages, have they ?"-Detroit Free
Press
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Cure for Crows Feet.

ms iollOWlnS little sermon may be
taken to heart by man as well as
woman. In business OF the home life
1t is equally applicable and breathes
OF the best spirit to be preserved in all
Hicissitudes of life: BE sunny" has
grown to be something OF catchword,
Out 1t is pretty good all-around
motto for everyday life as well. The
cook may have gone away in a tenn
Per on the very day of your dinner
party-its way cooks have-or the
dressmaker may have failed to send
nome your new frock in time for Mrs.
So-and-So's reception, but frowns and
tears and grumblings will not help mat
ters In either case. 1t may be that
the world contains other cooks, or
even that the same one may be in
day. And if not, why not pitch right
in and do the best you can yourself
with the best grace you can muster?
III your dinner does not turn out quite
as well as you would like just make
a joke of the whole affair and let your
guests laugh with you. Bless you,
they too, have troubles of their own
and they will relish almost any sort
OF repast that is served with laugh
ter sauce. And as for the dress that
did not come, why, since you must do
without ii in any event, Just do with
out it cheerfully. You have other
rrocks. possibly. and il you furnish
one Of them up bit and wear it with
your lightest heart and your gladdest
smile, people will simply wonder why
they never knew before how pretty
you are and how tastefully you dress.
That is, the people who count for any
thing. And as for the others, who
cares about what they think. any wayf
There are recipes by the score for
eradicating wrinkles and keeping
crows feet at bay; but a cheerful
mind discounts all of them. 1t isn't
easy to be cheerful when things go
wrong, you say. No; but it doesn't
help any to be grumpy, does it? Then,
IN the expressive slang of the day,
forget it Cheerfulness is a habit,
Just as much as worrying-only it is
good deal pleasanter for yourself
and everybody else. Get the habit,
then; and the first thing you know the
worries will have taken flight They
can not stand sunshine. In a cheerful
atmosphere they find themselves SO
distinctly 'out of it" that they prefer
10 make themselves scarce. Therefore.
De cheerful. 1t may cost Won something
at first, but it will pay in The end
How to manage 1t? Look out instead
OF In. You are not the only human
creature who has troubles. Every
woman has them-and most men-so
you can not lay claim to exclusiveness
along this line. But the world is
pretty good world, on the whole. and
you will enjoy It more than you do
now when you begin to look out on it
with unclouded eyes. Leave the house
or the Office or the schoolroom behind
you once in while and take a breath
ing spell out in the open. And when
you do go out, do not always 20 shop
ping. Don't bother with bargain DAYS
unless you really want something that
you can't buy any other time. And
even at the bargain counter be SUNNY.
1t may seem difficult, but it isn't near
Iy as difficult as it seems If you only
start trying it.
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and how TO cure
them. Mrs. w. Ge
Davis, Of Groesbeck,
Texas, says: Back
aches hurt me so I
could hardly stand.
Spells Of dizziness
and sick headache
were frequent and
the action OF the
kidneys was irreg-
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The American horse refuses to 20.
and bis value has advanced. On Jan.
nary i, 1897, there were 1850. 600
horses In this country. On the first
day Of 1906 there were 18,7t8.OOO In
nine years there has been an increase
OF 30 per cent. The gain in the mum.
Der Of mules has been great but not
so large. in 1897 there were 2.215. 900.
This year, notwithstanding the heavy
purchases made by the British govern.
ment during the Boer war, there are
100000.
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Disappointed.

80 Mrs. Nurich was held I'D and
robbed. How did she feel about 10"
Oh, she's fearfully mad. only had
hve cents in her pocket book at the
time. you know, and she's afraid PEG
pie will think she hasn't any money"
-DetrO DIT Free Press.
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ular. Soon after began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills I passed several
gravel stones. l got we'll and the
trouble has not returned. My back
is good and strong and my general
health better"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
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HE woman stand
ing in the low
doorway of the nut
looked long and
earnestly out across
I h e fields, a s
tn oug h watching
for the coming OF
some one, a n q
when her search
ing gaze was I'M
rewarded. a sigh
escaped her, and
the lines of anx-
1OuS care uOOn
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Congressman Sulzer Of New YORK.
was among those who visited Annap-
oils TO witness the reinterment Of
John Paul Jones. DO you understand
French" excitedly asked the caDt3in
of one OF the French warships of Mr
Sulzer. "Oh, yes he answered. IF it
- spoken in English"
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President Boosevelt's recent work.
~The Outdoor Pastimes Of an Ameri-
can Hunter" will shortly be published
in Germany in the language Of that
eountry.
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miration for the fashion. AS for Miss
Tilscn you had merely TO say: Why,
OF course; IL will be i pleasure to post
your letter.
One OF our greatest perls is in this
direction. We exalt one vatue at the
expense of another. / had a school
mate who not only never made friends.
but really made enemies through her
determination never TO say the least
thing that was not altogether true.
She carried her truth-telling so far
that she constantly involved other peo-
pie in trouble by doing what has been
regarded by school people as shock
ing from the days of the Romans I'M
I'll now. She was a sort OF tale-bear-
er, not because she wanted TO be so,
but because her conscience obliged her
10 reveal everything she knew, wheth-
er it was her own affair or that OF an
other"
At this Louise sat up very straight.
That girl" she said was a goose.
Everybody knows that telling tales is
perfectly abominable."
L agree with you in that, but Caro-
line unfortunately never learned that
simple thing; in consequence she was
stunned as a girl and disliked when
she grew older.
"A very important study for girls, as
important, | think, as Latin, algebra
or German. is 70 learn how to be both
tactful and sincere. We must never
knowingly violate the truth, but there
are times when we may be silent and
commit no sin. \ lie may be told by
one who is a hypocrite, without her
opening her lips. There are times
when deception is carried on by looks
one must speak truth if she speaks at
all, and one must not be a coward A
sincere nature reveals itself in tones
and glances, as well as in speech. but
one who is tactful will learn delicacy
She will be careful not to wound any
one feelings. She will refrain from
putting herself forward and will be
quick to do and say agreeable things
For instance, your friend Marjorie
has a beautiful complexion. You
might have said that color suits your
hair and eyes without calling atten.
ton TO her figure. Although Mena is
not quick at mathematics, she writes
good compositions, and l don't be-
lieve you have ever complimented her
on that talent. AS for Miss TiIson,
"hom you adore, you can make it all
right with her by being on the watch
TO accommodate her next time Does
she not let the girls sometimes make
her cup OF tea at the noon hour
And do you not sometimes carry your
luncheon with you to school? The
tactful person looks out for opportu-
mites to be helpful, without ever be
ing Obtrusive
Cheer up, Louise, you have done
nothing very dreadful after all. Nine
tenths of the difficulty is in finding out
where our weak points lie. Once they
are discovered, it is very easy to
guard against them. | expect to see
you as tactful as your sister Gene
We've by the time you are 2O.'
Louise went away consoled. Gene
We've is her ideal, as elder sisters
should always be-
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AILINC WOMEN.

Keep the Kidneys Well and the Kid.
neys Will Keep You Well.
Sick, suffering, languid women are
learning the true cause Of bad backf
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Out of "a local option elections I'm
Missouri the past ear. - went div
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Copyright. 1910, by W. s. Eds'

Scriptural Acknowledgements Ill
1928.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-25
TUSCALOOSA TO GET
 FEDERAL BUILDING
NEED FOR STRUCTURE HAS BE- COME VERY MANIFEST DURING PAST FIVE MoNTHs-oTHER NEWS OF TUSCALOOSA.

Tuscaloosa, February 24.-(special)- pr. zimri Shirley, a prominent citizen of this city, is in receipt of a letter from Congressman Bankhead in which he states that he has secured a favorable report from the public buildings com mittee on a S15000O public building for Tuscaloosa. Mr. Bankhead further states in the same letter that public building bill will pass this session of Congress- and in that event that Tuscaloosa will get the appropriation asked for. Tusea- loosa has undoubtedly a strong claim for a large public building as the postoffce here has increased in business to large extent for the past few years and the engineers in charge of the river improve ments on the Warrior all have their offices here In addition to this the branch of the federal court that will con vene here will need court room and offices for the several officials of that court. The site has already been pur- chased and cleared and 1t is earnestly hoped that the appropriation will get through and work can be commenced be- fore the year is out.
 A special meeting of the board of may or and aldermen was held in the city building yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock to consider the needs of a new water system for the city. F or the past two or three days the water has been off most of the time, and great inconvenl- ence has been caused everywhere The present system is entirely unsatisfactory and something needs to be done at once The board expects several contracts and propositions to be submitted in q few days, and it was the unanimous opinion of all present that a contract could and should be made at the very earliest pos sible moment with a new company and some relief be afforded from the trials of the present system.
 Dr. and Mrs. George Brownell enter tained the Evening Card club at their new home on Queen City avenue Thurs day evening, and all wno were present report 1t a most delightful affair. The party was a George Washington affair and all the score cards and prizes were in keeping with this idea The house was tastefully decorated and the re- treatments, also carrying out the coun- try's father idea, were elegantly served.
 Mrs. Ella Leland entertained the Ket- tledrum organization at her handsome home on Greensboro street Thursday aft ernoon The colonial Idea was also pres ent in this entertainment, and everything was after the colonial fashion. An en- tertaining program was carried out, aft CT which the guests were served with a delicious two course luncheon,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-25

nina diamond expert-that diamonds are not the most precious stones, but are in the greatest demand not only for their beauty but on account of their hardness and enduring qualities. While we were sitting there watching the senators, rep resentatives and visitors lounging about smoking and chatting in the lobby he ventured the prediction that there was not a man In the room who was not wear ing a diamond of some kind. And yet" said he i've speak slightingly of the vanity of women.' In order to verify his prediction, we strolled around, and I was amazed to find that there really was not man there who was not wearing a diamond, either in the form of studs. ring or sleeve links-to say noth- ing of the "seareh-lights' radiating from the clerks at the desks I should not like to vouch for 1t that they were all De Beers diamonds. or of the first water, but In future I am quite prepared to be- lieve that there are more individuals in America possessing or claiming to pos sess diamonds than in any other country In a commonwealth the jewel wealth Is not so likely to concentrate in the crowns of kings and nobles. It is a very modest American who does not feel that some day or other he will be able to wear diamonds-the real thing.