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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02
ELKHoRN COAL.
lContlnued from page one.l

is approximately 1900 feet. In
this interval nine coal seams are
recognized. The seams of the low
er half have not as yet been found
in commercial thickness. The three
middle seams, which are locally
known as the Elkhorn Nos, 2 and
1, are all more or less workable
The upper seams are so high in
the hills that only q small part
Of the original. acreage would be
left, due to weather and stream
erosion.
THE coal Of the No. s ElkhoE
seam is that upon which the value
Of this property is based, It has
been prnspected throughout the
field. This seam would yield ON an
average 5000 net tons per acre,
or 500, OOO, 5000 tons for the entire
property The Elkhorn No. and
No. 4 seams are known to exist
on the property, but prospecting on
these seams has been SO scaut that
no opinion cah be expressed.
THE Elkhoru No. seam is above
water-leyel throughout the entire
field. Crop lines extend nearly to
the heart Of the property. The
stream bottoms are narrow and the
hills steep. so chat the eroded por-
ton Of the Elkhorn No. 3 seam
would not exceed 25 per cent OF
the total area,
The coal Of the Elkhorn No.
3 seam throughout the 100000 &C
res OF the Consolidation Coal Co s
holdings is uniform in character and
of the bitumlnous type. CONNER.
cially, it is primarily a gas and
lokIng coal This places it in a
vide field OF application, as by
product coal illuminating gas, pro,
Queer gas, cement burning, locomO'
tive fuel and general steam coal
The quality Of the coal is shown
by the analyses, The special feat
ares noticeable from these analyses
IS that it carries as high volatile ma
ter as any gas coal known, which
would insure high yield Of gas
The impurities in the coal are ex.
ceptionally low. Comparatively, the
ash is about One-half Of that in the
standard coking coal (Connell,
villel; in sulphur it is coasidera'
bly, lower, and the phosphorus Is
about One-third of that found In
Connellsville,
The coking quality OF these
Goals has been tested at various
times and places, particularly will
4 standard beehive oven erected
on the property for experimental
purposes. The results demonstrated
that a strong, firm and bright coke
can be made. These special point!
of merit of the Elkhorn coal place
it in the highest rank Of metallur
gical Goals.
"Elkhorn coal will be used II
the Middle West for making ga
in by-product ovens to replace tht
exhaustion of natural gas and thC
growing demand for gas as a domes
| tic fuel
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02
NOT PROTECTED.

For the benefit of West Virginia
hunters the News publishes this eX-
tract from the State Game Warden;
The rabbit is not protected UNI
der the law. except IN the counties
Of Brooke, Hancock, Ohio, Marshall,
Harrison and Marion, between the
Goth day of December and the list
day of November, following. Neither
is the rabbit considered a game an
imal, under our law, and may be
bought and sold or shipped out of
the State.
J, A. VIQUERNEY,
State Warden.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02
Grammar.

95 per cent: Sue Bromley, Luz
ellie CLAY. Emma Norton
Marshall Meloy "a; Elizabeth Con-
ley %; Agnes Abbott o..
o. per cent: Lou Chaffin, Wan
META Pickleslmer, Gus snyder, Vel
ma Norton.
80 per cent Kitty Copley, Lora
Hardin, Helen Vinson, Bessie Hew-
lett, Paul Copley, clifford Justice.
Arithmetic, Glass !.
Lucille Roofe, 80. Paul Copley, 95,
Haskell Lee, g2. Irene Nillender 80.
Arithmetic, Class II.
Marshall Meloy, 30,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02

Ben Johnson, Congressman from
abe Fourth Kentucky district, form
ally announced at Bowling Green
Monday his candidacy for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Governor Of
Kentucky. ... ~.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02
THANKFULLY RECEIVED.

Clay Cecil has our thanks for a
mess Of mutton chops, and likewise
Billy Johnson for a mess Of pork
chops. When meat is high and
money hard to acquire country ed
itor8 generally are exceedingly glad
OF such gifts. Hazel Green Herald
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02
THUNDER IN NOVEMBER.

Thanksgiving day closed with a
thunder storm and hail. The News
has put on the mantle of prophecy
and says that thunder in November
is apt to be followed by ice in De-
cember.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02

The Governor Of North Carolina
and the Governor of South Carolina
are together in Frankfort this week.
There will be no need for theirold-
time remarks relative to the period
OF time between irrigatiOns. 49,.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02
FOUND FLOATING IN THE RIVER

The body of girl about years
old was found floating in the Big
Sandy Just above Catlettsburg last
Monday. 1t was neatly dressed and
bore no marks of violence. There
Is no clue to its identity.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02

Postmaster General Hitchcock will
recommend the establishment of a
limited parcels post in his forthcom-
ing annual report, This is said to
be the beginning Of the establish
ment of general parcels post
throughout hte country.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02
Saw MN Machinery |

The undersigned has On j
VIII sell at private sale. Or
sid before the third Monda
December win offer at prb
srle on that day. the following ma.
ck'ncry.
good planor, with all necessary
appliances. in splendid condition.
/ cutoff saw, and one other saw.
90 feet OF shaftlns,
- pulleys OF various sizes.
dado head aud other appliances
NJ. $, BURNS.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02
PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADES.

Grades made in the examinations
held in Prof J. b. McClure's room
for the month ending November rs,
1910. S.. ...
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02

tanht he other section. Z.
Others interesting Iohles
now In progress for no1| mon
Some pupils we're noI u b
amlnauons on account 81 b.
therefore their names a no
pear In the above list
} II, McchpRf
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02

The Democratic legislature Of
Nv. Virginia will pass Jim Crow
or separate coach law and the Gov
arnor will veto II.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02

THE Big Pistol is the feudish
mame of a paper recently started
al Campton. 1t hasn't went off late
A., ...
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02

Henry NJ. Bosworth, Of Lexington,
is a candidate for the Democrat
ie nomination for State Auditor
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02
Geography

Emma Norton 90. Marshall Mcloy
90, Helen Yinson o.. Lucille Clay 81,
Roy Copley 81, Gus Snyder. so.
Paul Coplcy 90. VIM Myers 30,
Homer Yates 90,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02
Reading.

Agnes Abbott %, Roberta Dixon
%.
81 per cent GLADYS Atkins, Ad-
da MarTs, Margaret Brown, waunot-
Ia PtckleslmC.T bessie Hewlett, En-
ma Norton, Vplma Norton, viva
See. Lucille clay. Lindsey Ferguson,
Wm Myers .....
80 pre- cent: --KlEzie Clay Burns,
Lou Chaftin. Lotte NcGowan. sue
Bromley. Vivian Hays, Irene Mlllen.
der, Kitty Copiey. Eliza Pierce, Orr
IsRacs. shariins Crutcher, Lora
Hardin, Helen rinson, Grace SAM
mons. Thelma Cyrus. Euniee Mar.
cum, Lucille Roffe Blanche wellman,
Ethel weIlman, Lizzie Lee, Jean
Fitch. Bromley York, Willie Me
Kee, Marshall Meloy, james Hughes,
Charlie Ferreli, Gus Snyder, Paul
Copley Claude GauIoi, Homer Yates,
Roy uopley, Haskell Lee. Leon Brom.
ley. ernest westlake, Walt Rife,
4. :. History.
Gus Snyder, SS. Lucille Clay, 81,
Helen vipson, 90, Sadie Baldridge
80, paul Copley 30, Homer Yates
go, Roy Copley, 81, I'd A. wellman
90.
History Class Honor lsoll.
Helen yinson. Gus snyder. Hon.
er Yates, Marshall Moloy
James Hughes and Helen Vinson
are captains OF the two sections IN
spelling, Last month the two sec
tons tied for honors The con.
test for the third month was spirit
ed and close. but the section led
by James Hughes won honors this
month. by scoring two points more
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-12-02

Show 20 VI
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Coats, Skirts 1rsr vs. S S , n YOU FROM " TO 70 on
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O EAR q GET or
Shoes! Shoes a S %o1r YOU aS 70 PAY ~ @S "S You
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Smart 0xfOrdS

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ankles, whereas ordinary low cuts
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SOLD BY
M. Nj. LEWIS
DRUGGIST, Main Street.

To VIM. A. Little, Jr., and to all
persons interested:
At delinquent lax sale held in the
city of Fredericksburg on December
18th, 1902, for taxes returned delinquent
for the year 1901, the undersigned be-
came purchaser of two lots, viz: Nos.
20 and q, in block 10, of the map and
plot of the Fredericksburg Develop
ment Company made by Won Schon 4
Garner, and of record in the Clerk s Of
fee of the Corporation court of Fred
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Fredericksburg, Virginia, paying there,
on the amount bid at said sale, ana
having subsequently paid thereon all
taxes and leyies subsequently acerulng
thereon.
You will please take notice Of said
sale and that on Monday, June 27th,.
1910. | shall obtain from the Clerk OF
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Fredericksburg Development Company
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Alvin 7. Embrey, Atty. j27wtjz
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-09
PaleontoIosy History.

When dealing with the changes. cata-
clysmic or otherwise. which divide one
period of archaeological history from
another We can sometimes assign
causes and again we cannot even guess
at them In the case Of single species
or Of faunas Of very restricted local.
ties the explanation is often self evil
dent
comparatively slight change In the
amount of moisture In the climate,
with the attendant change In vegeta-
ton. might readily mean the destruc-
ton Of group OF huge herbivores
with bodily size such that they need
ed a vast quantity Of food and with
teeth 50 weak or so peculiar that but
one OF two kinds of plants could fur
nish this food
Again. we now know that the most
deadly foes of the higher forms OF life
are various lower forms OF life, such
as insects or microscopic creatures
conveyed into the blood by insects.
There are districts In South America
where many large animals. wild and
domestic, cannot live because Of the
presence either Of certain ticks or OF
certain baleful dies.
In Africa there is terrible genus OF
poison fly, each species acting as the
host OF microscopic creatures which
are deadly to certain OF the higher
vertebrates One Of these species,
though harmless to man. Is fatal to
all domestic animals. and this although
harmless TO the closely related wild
kinsfolk Of these animals.
Another is fatal to man himself, be-
ing the cause OF the sleeping sick
ness" which In many large districts
has killed out the entire population.
or course the development or the ex-
tension of the range OF any such In
sects and any one of many other
causes which we see actually at work
around US would readily account for
the destruction Of some given species
or even for the destruction Of sew
eral species in limited area Of coun-
try.
When whole faunal groups die out
over large areas the question is DIFF
ferent and may or may not be susc1p-
tible of explanation with the knowl-
edge we actually possess.
In the old arctogeal continent. for
instance, In what Is now Europe. Asia
and North America. the glacial period
made a complete but. Of course. ex'
plicable change in the faunal life OF
the region. At one time the continent
held a rich and varied fauna. Then
a period of great cold supervened, and
a different fauna succeeded the frst.
The explanation Of the change Is OBJ
vious
Death" Of Civilization.
When we speak OF the death" Of a
tribe, a nation or a civilization the
term may be used for either one or
two totally different processes. the
analogy with what occurs ~ biological
history being complete Certain tribes
of savages-the Tasmanans. for In
stance-and various little clans of
Amartcan Indians hnye within the last
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-09
SELF. MASTERY
HIS THEME.
Roosevelt Lectures on BlOIOg-
lCal AnalOgleS,
GUEST OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY

Growth and Decay Of Civilization.
The Birth Rate ouestion-Calls
England Creates, Empire and Dc.
clares the Man Who Tries Is One
Worth While.
Oxford University, Eng, June 9Th
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt deliver.
ed the following lecture on biological
Analogies In History" at oxford uni.
versity:
An American who. In response 10
such an invitation as have received.
speaks I'm this university OF ancient re
nown cannot but feel with peculiar
vividness the interest and charm OF
his Surroundings. fraught as they are
with thousand associations Your
great universities and all the memories
that make them great are living reall-
ties In the minds OF scores OF thou
sands Of men who have never seen
them and who dwell across the seas
In other lands.
Moreover. these associations are no
stronger In the men OF English stock
than IN these who are not My peo-
pie have been for eight generations In
America. but in one thing am Ike
the Americans OF tomorrow rather
than like many OF the Americans Of
today, for have In my veins the blood
of men who came from mauy different
European races The ethnic makeup
Of our people is slowly changing. so
that constantly the race tends TO be
come more. and more akin TO that Of
those Americans who. like myself, are
OF the old stock. but not mainly Of
English stock.
Yet think that as time goes by mu
tual respect. understanding and sym
patty among the English speaking
peoples grow greater and not less.
Any Of my ancestors Hollander or
Huguenot. Scotchman or freshman.
who had come TO oxford In the spa
cious days of great Elizabeth would
have felt far more allen than /. their
descendant. now feel
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Best Of all 10 It 10 do our part well
and at the same time to see our blood
live young and vital In men and wo-
men at to take up the task as we lay
1t down. for so shall our seed inherit
the earth. But II this which IS best
n denied us. then at least II Is ours
to remember that II we choose we can
be torchbearers. as our fathers were
before US.
The torch has been handed on from
nation 20 nation. from civilization to
civilization, throughout oil recorded
time from the dim years before his
tory dawned down TO the blazing splen.
dor OF this teemlng century OF ours.
While freely admitting all OF our fol.
lies and weaknesses OF today, II is yet
mere perverslty to refuse 10 realize
the Incredible advance that has been
made In ethical standards. ! do not
believe that tttre Is the slightest nee
essary connection between any weak
ening OF vlrile force and this advance
In the moral standard. this growth OF
the sense OF obligation TO ones neigh
Dor and OF reluctance to do that neigh
Dor wrong
We need have scant patience with
that silly cynicIsm which insists that
kindness OF character only accompa.
MES weakness OF character. On the
contrary, just as in private life many
OF the men OF strongest character are
the very men Of loftlest and most ex-
allied morality so believe that In ma
tional life as the ages go by we shall
find that the permanent national types
will more and more tend toward those
In which while the intellect stands
high. character stands higher. In which
rugged strength and courage. rugged
capacity to resist wrongful aggression
by Others. will go hand In hand with
lofty scorD OF doing wrong TO 9th
ers
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All Of the individuals have persisted
leaving no descendants. and the blood
has disappeared.
Certain other tribes of Indians have
as tribes disappeared or are now dis
appearing. but their blood remains. be
ing absorbed into the veins OF the
white intruders or OF the black mer
introduced by these white intruders
30 that In reality they are merely be
ing transformed into something abso
lutely different from what they were
In the United STARS. IN the new state
OF Oklahoma. the Creeks. Cherokees
Chlckasaws. Delawnres and Other
tribes are IN process Of absorption into
the mass OF the white population
when the state was admitted. n cou
pie OF years ago. one OF the two sena
tors and three or the Eve representa-
tives In congress were partly OF In
dian blood.
In but few years these Indian
tribes Will have disappeared as com
pletely as those that have actually died
out. but the disappearance viii be by
absorption and transformation into the
mass OF the American population
Growth and Decay.
Why do great artificial empires
whose citizens are knit by bond OF
speech and culture much more than by
bond OF blood. show periods OF ex
traordlnary growth and again OF sud
den or lingering decay? In some cases
we can answer readily enough; IN 9th
er cases We canuot rs yet even guess
what the proper answer should be. II
In ANY such ciise the centrifugal forces
overcome the ccutripetal. the nation
will. OF course ily 10 pieces. and th,
reason for It's failure to become II dom
inant force is patent to every one
The minute that the spirit which
finds lis healthy development In loca
self government and Is the antidote to
the dangers Of an extreme centraliza
ton develops into mere pariicularism
into inability to combine effectively
for achievement; OF a common end
then II is hopeless TO expect great re-
suits
We Americans and you people OF the
British isles alike need ever To keep
In mind that among the many quail
ties indispensable to the success or a
great democracy and second only &c
high and stern sense OF duty. OF
moral obligation. are self knowledge
and self mastery.
You. my hosts. and ! may not agree
In all our views. Some OF you would
think me very radical democrat. rs,
for the matter OF that. | am. and my
theory Of Imperialism would probably
suit the anti-imperialists ms little as II
would suit certain type OF forcibie
feeble imperialIst. But there are some
points on which we must all agree II
we think sOuudly The precise. form
OF government. democratic or other
wise. is the instrument. the tool. with
which We work II IS important 10
have good tool. but even II II Is
the best possible 1t Is only tool
No implement can ever take the place
OF the guiding Intelligence that wieIds
II.
A very bad tool Will ruin the work
Of the best craftsman. but good tool
In bad hands h no better. IN the last
analysis the all important factor IN
national greatness Is national charac-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-06-09
The Birth Rate Question.

The Birth RATE question.
There are questions which we OF thu
great civilized nations are ever tempt
cd to ask Of the future. Is our im'
OF growth drawing to an end! Are W.
as nations soon 10 come under the ruiz
OF that great law OF death which is IL
self but part OF the great law OF life
None can tell Forces that we cal
see and other forces that are bidder
or that can but dimly be apprehendeC
are at work all around us both fol
good and for evil. The growth In lux
ury, IN love OF ease. In taste for vapiC
and frivolous excitement. is both evi
dent and unhealthy.
The most ominOus sign Is the dimi
mutton In the birth rate. In the rate oil
natural Increase. now 10 a larger OF
lesser degree shared by most OF thu
civilized nations Of central and west
ern Europe. OF America and Australia
n diminution so great that II II cOntin
ues for the next century al the rate
huliU luS ODldlutu ibi AAN iAot ANNh
ty-five years all the more highly civ
ilized peoples will be stationary Of
else have begun TO go backward II
population. while many OF them vii
have already gone very far backward.
There Is much that should give Us
concern for the future. but there |:
much also that should give us hope
No man Is more apt 10 be mistaken
than the prophet Of evil
believe with all my heart that
great future remains for US. but wheth
er II does or does not our duty Is not
altered. However the battle may go
the soldier worthy OF the name will
with utmost ylgor do his allotted task
and bear himself as vallantly in de
feat as In victory.
Come what will. we belong TO peo-
pies who have not yielded to the craven
fear of being great In the ages that
have goue by the great nations. the
nations that have expanded and that
have played mighty part In the
world, have In the end grown old and
weakened and vanished. but so have
the nations whose only thought was to
avoid all danger, all effort, who would
risk nothing aud who therefore gained
nothing. In the end the same fate
may overwhelm all alike. but the mem
DRY OF the one type perishes with It,
while the other leaves its mark deep
on the history Of all the future OF
mankind.
Nations Born Again.
A nation that seemingly dies may be
corn again, and even though 10 the
physical sense II dle utterly 1t may yet
hand down n history of heroic achieve
ment and for all time TO come may
profoundly Influence the nations that
arise In its place by the impress OF
what It has done.