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I A GAMBLER'S STORY. - BLk rtf ? N*w Vork Lawyer at the sronto Carlo Tables. m a well-known lawyer In town, who Barman by birth, tells the follow ?'f storv of one of the many cmbar Essing nations bis passion for gam Kng has placed him in: H S(,m(. years before bis coming to this E??trv he made a flying trip from his Rome in Berlin to the gambling halls Kf Monte Carlo. The season there was Ht its height and the place was filled E-ph wealthy, reckless men and women Eving to arouse theirdeadened feelings Ev 'indulging in high piny. Although Ee lawyer had no friends to inveigle Em into the game, the fever was on E:m and he hurried to the gaming EbVs to try bis luck. For boor ; ho Ept hisph-uv at the table, sometimes Einning, sometimes losing, slidtag up End down the scale of fortune until the |lni..st incrita de end camc-sot a sou tas left to him. His twenty thousand Branca were gone, and he wandered Bimlesslj out into the beautiful gar Bens surrounding the Casino, as so Eany had done before him. hungry and Corn out with the terrible strain, won Bering what next to do. Finally night frame, and now the penniless man. who ?he day before could have had the best Ehe place afforded, sneaked <>lf into a Slump of bushes to determine his fu E?ro course. He was thoroughly dis Eisted and tired, but be coul I not sleep, pi,- cursed h:s passion for gambling and Etvore he would never make another ?tnkr. Visions of auici le came up bc Enre him, and he wondered how he had better die In the midst of his mourn? ful reverie n policeman, prowling Lround for just Mich eascsashis, gruffly hrdered him t<? move on. He felt very much like a park loa'er. The nigh? at last came to nn end. and the unfortunate fellow, chilled to the bone by the night air. crawled deject? edly toward a hotel where he had dined th?' day before to get some paper to (write a farewell note home, for he had Betrmined to take his life. On his way through the park he met a man walk? ing briskly along, whom he recognized L vie'-president <?f the Monte Car? lo syndicate. 'I h ' young German was Hcaperate enough to beg, and he asked (the official for money to get him safely koine to It -rlin. "Not a franc." answered the vice fcresident "If 1 were to give to every *. 11 * * who make4; the same request of irr\ the t ank would never declare ri divi? dend " He still continued his arguments, however, telling- who he was ;i*ni giv? ing the names of such prominent men in Hcrlin as references that the vice president consented to telegraph one of the men referred to and see if there way any truth in the young man's state? ments. The answer came back: "Give him all the money he wants if lie consents to leave Monte Carlo." The vice-president then gave him five hundred francs on that condition, and to see that it was fulfil led he saw the now happy fellow on board u train-that would leave in half nn hour :?:ni left hi in there, amid profuse apologies and thanks on the young man's part. Hut |no sooner war ho out of sight than the [gambler, with the money burning iu ?hi* pocket, forgetting his vows iiuver to j play again, ignoring the condition on ; which he obtained the money, sprang1 from the train und ran hastily to th ? [Casino He knew he had little time land less chance to retrieve his losses, : for he must oatch the out-going train: ' but he was powerless to resist the Itemptation. Dividing his money into .five parts, he began to play. He could \ not tose Wherever he put his money, '; black or red, he seemed to win, as if he loon trolled the marble that spurt round land round and meant life or death to him. Hoglanccdat the clock (tat a few minutes were left. He mu-t double all I Ho ho a winner. Ho would stake his j life on one turn of that brightly paint- : led bowl Gathering the gold before ' ; him. he place I it on the red to the ivory last sou. The croupier turned tha [bowl; the little ball whirred and whir bed slower and slower as tin* revolu? tions of the bowl diminished in velocity, land then, hesitating for a second, fell [with a rattle into on ? of the pockets Und Atlas ever dropped the world, no greater weight would have been lifted from him than was lifted from that man's heart a> ho saw the wav I the turn had come. With trembling ' hands he gathered in his winnings and hurried Lack in time to board his train before the guards had locked the doors Onee settled in his seat, he counted over his money. In that last thirty , minutes he had dragged back from tile clutches of the bank all he had lost, ami ; *ras now two thousand francs ahead. Some years have pasted since that | ?Tentful occasion in his life, but he has ' lever gone hack to review the scenes ol ds wonderful luck. Vet the gambling fever Is on him still, and he is never fbappier than when risking his last pent on a.Attenberg selling plater. SP?. \. Sun. MEN AGAINST GRIZZLIES. |A Desperate Kattle That Was Fought In Urn Karly California Days, nie name of a well-known citizen of Humboldt eon[!ty on the Russ hon? register a few days ago recalled to hk friend the story of a desperate fight ^tb grizzlies in the early days. It was in the fall of l $51, and khre? ftarvmg men crawled through a thick ?rrowth o! Humboldt county timber and Round themselves facing eight monster |gri27iy hears. Goaded to desperation hung.rih,. men det-rmined to attack Pervious animals. The heart of Thos. r':i,,;:,li: HiJl-<? as the little party drew fear the bears, and he sought shelter : ???^ngattae. The other men, S. k- Uood and Isaac Wilson, threw pru tejeeto the winds and advanced to ^thin fifty yards of the bears. Wood "^tt?ac and the nearest bear fell, ?t ng and tearing tl- ? ground as though ! ,a;:":'"f death. While Wood ra*????JingW8 rifle Wilson brought t i r,vcof the grizzlies re treated up a rarin* i , lonster^mns . : Ut one sl,:i-^ ??n?tr remained with her fallen com anions. sh ? .,.,? , v,t erect on her neu ttMf darin? thou, to battle, irr! w!"-; T' Sl :'-^..?.t. ran for a K m I ; "" ?*? ?> -*loa<l his 1 V ?naUc to ram ' i ? ; t-v.-.l.-,-. IVhile In if?f)?;. Iu'1' A.?od succeeded I ,1, n '!"" " " "?<* -v, tree, O 'ide |ir >v.v this U^r V .Lnjri,^tl m ^ting off toward hhn K, 11 V ^ a?d rl,sh Etheek her At flW?Uwl^ aninaal ^;i,I<1 the tree broke ^ f rS*!?B*luw]? rorH.L He is !!- b":U" jmnln><l Iwith nil p'ned his feet and made Li re, I ,^,,'(',, down tbe mountain, hfe'^l tree stood about Ireewit JUav ^ incited the ?*nn. seizing Ul(J truiik he body around so as to give the bearroom to pass him, which he did, plunging headlong down the mountain about twenty yards. Before Wood could, with his failing j strengt?; swing himself into the tree, the second bear bounded up and seized bis right ankle. , By this time the wounded hear returned, and as Wood ; fell she snapped at Iiis face. lie dodged, and she caught bis loft shoulder. Then came a terrific struggle. The j maddened animals tugged in opposite j directions at Wood's ankle and sho'ul : der, and he was in imminent danger of ; being torn to pieces. He fought as best j he could, but each exertion he put i forth only intensified the rage of the j bears. j When he was almost fainting with pain the bear that had not been wound? ed dropped his ankle and trotted slow? ly after hi.s companions up the ravine. '1 hen the wounded bear let go her hold on his shoulder. Wood sank back on the ground, and lay perfectly quiet, as though dead, hardly daring to breathe. The grizzly stood majestically over him, watching for the slightest movement, and snarling with rage. The pain that racked the man's frame was frightful, and he risked his life in an effort to as? sume an easier position. At the first movement the grizzly, roaring furious? ly, rushed at him She shoved her nose close to his face and sniffed at him, but Wood was again motionless, and the bear, raising her head, gave vent to un? earthly screams. Wood, knowing that bis life depended on it, remained motionless, and the bear trotted after her companions up the ravine. When he attempted to rise Wood found that his right hip was dislocated and his left shoulder was chewed to the bone, while his clothing had Veen strip? ped from bis body and his flesh had been chewed in a hundred places. Inch by inch he painfully dragged himself from the spot, until Seabring and "Wil? son, accompanied by David A. Buck, the latter of whom had been left to guard the camp, found him and carried him t?> their quarters. At this spot the party remained twelve days, subsisting on the meat of the bear that had been killed. They were lost in the mountains, but finally Wood, despite his agony, insisted upon being tied to a horse and accompany? ing his friends in search for a. path to civilization. During the ten days that followed every step of the horse that Wood rode caused unspeakable torture to the rider, but Wood bore it like a martyr, and an occasional groan was all the complaint that escaped his lips. Finally they found a road out of the mountains and reached the farm of Mrs Mark- West, thirty miles from Sonoma, where Wood was eared for and in six weeks was able to join his friends in San Francisco. The injuries inflicted by the grizzlies made Wood a cripple for life and event? ually were the cause of his death, and it was Iiis son who told in the Russ bouse a few days aero of this light with the grizzlies.?San Francisco Examiner. A STROKE OF GENIUS. Story of a Watermelon Man and an Easily (vulicd I'uldtc. tie was an enterprising watermelon peddler "on the west side and trade had evidently bem dull. His vociferous elo? quence and beseeching howls for pat? ronage had no1 brought him that deliri? ous demand for ins luscious goods .which he had fondly hoped for. The after? noon was on the warn-, the crowds were traveling supperward and he had the dismai prospect of carrying his stock over night. Something had to be done or he would he. He was struck with this idea and an inspiration and in a second was standing beside a rear wheel stealthily manipulating a monkey wrench. A few turns and'the nut was screwed of?, a few steps were taken by his Gothic arehitecturcd horse, there was a sudden lurch, a drop and a crash and the dislo? cated wagon wheel fell from the axle. In an instant the usual crowd sur? rounded the stranded wagon and with well simulated distress the peddler hur? ried to pick up the few melons that had rolled out of the box. "Well, gems." he remarked to his sympathetic audience, "it's hard luck tobe busted just when trade is good. Here lam with a load of melons and they goes below cost. M-e- 1-1-u-n-s, m-e-l-l-u-n-s, w-a-t-e-t m-e-l-l-u-n-s; ten cents, one dime for your pick; who's the iir^t gent as wants one?'' It. took but a short time to dispose oi the load and the ingenius fakir, after replacing the wheel, winked at the re porter and drilled out of sight .?Chi? cago New--. Jelly From Fruit Skins. Ma.ny good housekeepers do not know that the most delicious jelly can be made of fruit skins and cores, such as are usually thrown away. There is mor ? geiatiuous matter around the core and skin of all fruit than in any other . t. The skin of peaches with a few pills added, boiled in as little water as possible, strained and made up with sugar, pint for pound, yields a mostde : licious re d jelly. A delightful jelly i may even be made of apple skins and ! cores, though it is improved in flavor ! and jeliies more easily if a small quan ! tity of the cores and skins of quinces I are added to it. A very excellent jelly I is ma ! ? of grape skins and quince skins i ir. a-b >ui * ;aal quantities. Pear skins i contain less gelatinous matter than any other fruits, but if used in connection with quince skins will make a fair jclly.-r-N. Y. Tribune. Hats of Pretty Shapes. The very low-crowned sailor hat, with wide brim, is so universally popu? lar that milliners both here and abroad arc using these simple shapes for dress mod 1 ? iu net, chiffon and tulle. Thus, golden-brown tulle is shirred on brown Silk wires, and trimmed with a close, low cluster of bright yellow field daisies with brown hearts. White point d'esprit net is made up in like manner and trimmed with a standing ehou of i point d'esprit lace with a scalloped edge. Yellow tulle huts are dotted with black cabochons and trimmed with black velvet and black lace butterflies. There are also Uv.-ely hats made of ; creain-whttv ev.? leered on gold wire, : and trimmed vv ; a er a n crepe rosettes with a gold a ig vtle in the center.-?Chi cago Post The Little Harliuss, Mrs. De Mover?Salves alive! This is the judscst neighborhood I ever got in to. ,7ust hear '.' ose children screech. Maid- -There <e your own children, mum. Mrs Pe M e r Ar Ui.ey? How the little darl ": a;?? e:.;.>.-in .;? themselves.' ->[. Y. W. ? !.tieft. The Delicate !>ad*--Did you bet at the wacea, d-ah >, ?/? ' The Pm'ilirii la d ?- of hawse I did. I bet X elite X"v ?!??!? a pah' of gloves thai she f ?? ??' ? th ' win nah out of it btna h o ??' ? , aro'ds, and, by .Jov. ; do j ?? ? \y-? , ! won??Life. OUR WEALTH. ? ACTS FOR INVESTORS. ?? ???' .if Iii? Xiiluml \(Iviinlri}.'**?* Poh .*''f 'r i',\z >????}?? <i:ip tvI.m-Ii ?tili ? ??' iiiv Uv.i- s :??? .>* ? i?iifar i nribjj ? ? ? ?? : ? ? i .!?? .-?ouli?. COALS. Following nre Jive analyses of the coking eoiil of Big Stone Cap: nixed carbon.07.40 04.04 60.54 50..34 02.20 V'otmil? cninbantiblr 32.10 3&50 31.20 3:2.20 A?". 1.64 LOO 2.40 3.40 3.00 swlpbur.0.C10 0.711 0.412 0.39?? 0..>47 And Hiist that of averaged samples of the same vein by Mr. Andrew S. MeCrcath chem? ist of tiie Pennsylvania Geogical Survey: Fixi.il carbon. 00.."i91 Volatile combustible. 33 020 *?;?;.?.w? stiolitir ;. 0.594 The coke made from this coal is a great suc? cess as is shown by Mr.'McCreath's letter: Mit. K. I!. LtcjgicxHiXft, Frest. Tlie Virginia Cool A Co., i>\z Stone Gap. i >k ku Sir : '!'!: ? sample of coke received from Mr. J. K. Taggarti yesterday, yields en analysis the following results: Water.008 Volatile matter.504 l i\.-.| carbon.04.04 Sulphur.588 Ash. 4.74 100.000 Color of Ash, lirowii. This represents a coke of groat purity : low in both sulphur and ash and high in fixed carbon; chemically i' is fully as good as the very heal i'ocahoutas coke, <?:?! it r.liould rank hiyha* a mctiillurigal fuel. Yours truly, Amjkkw S. McCueath. .Mr. MeCrcath might have said more, and doubtless would have done so but for his iden? tification with Pennsylvania interests. But he gives the facts and the intelligent reader may draw his own conclusions. The following comparative table will show the superioity of | tin: coke produced here over that produced either at. Conncllsville or Pocahontas. Fixed Sul Avkk.uik ov Carbon. Ash. pliur. "samples l?^ Stone Gap coke,mude in open riek ami l?y harrel tesl.93.23 * 5.69 0.7-13 :: sample? Conncllsville, l'a,, coke, oven teat.8S.9G 0.74 0.810 4 samples Chattanooga, 'ienu.,coke, ??veii lest. .80.31 ]G..'i4 1.593 4 samples Uirmiugham, Ala., coke, ovi-ii test-.87.20 10.54 LUC? .'t samples I'ocahoutas, Va., cuke, oven test.92.r>T> .r?.74 0.."D7 s samples New Ifiver, VV. Va.,coke, oven lest.92.38 7.21 0.552 I sample Uig Stone Cap coke, oven test, analyais made by A. S. .McCrealh, Sept., 1890....01.04 4.74 .588 This coke besides having been analyzed, has been thoroughly tested as to strength and por? osity, and is pronounced by capable experts to be nearer a perfect coke than any yet made. When it is considered that this immense scam of coal is from seven to thirteen feet 111 thickness; that it extends over an aiea of over 00. 000 acres; that it is located up above the lev? el of the valleys; that it can be drained without the use of machinery; that so much of the ex? pense which must be incurred in other locali? ties in the manufacture of coke are avoided, and that amide transportation will soon be af? forded, it will be seen what an immense advan? tage these fields have over any yet discovered in the United States or elsewhere. No. 1 below is a splint coal 4 feet (hick, ami Xo. 2 a caunel coal, both bv McCreath: Fixed carbon. 58.059 48.2S Vohuilecombustible. 37.58(1 43.U0H Ash. 3.075 0.225 Sulphur. ti.4?.'? u.7:-s IKON OttKS. The analyses below are of the following: Xo. 1, 2, and :! a red fbssi! ore two miles from Dig Stone Clap, No. J a limonite or brown ore six miles away: '?>? wile iron.47.650 4*.i.4.;> 49.3S2 ;12.00J Phosphorus. 0.107 0.015 0.122 0.i05 Insoluble.20.S70 21.00 24.52 11.17 Sulphur. 0.132 0.135 LOS The following are three samples of double Bessemer ores tributary to Big Stone Gap, and as a matter of fact will be used by the Appa? lachian furnace, and is found elsewhere only in Algiers, Africa. Hard Ore. ItedOre. Fire lire. Silica. 1.27 0.71 14.(?."> Alumina. 0.80 0.80 8.C5 I'hosplivrus. 0.02 0.0:1 0.0U7 Mela lie iron. 70.98 01.10 40.2.S And this by another chemist of a brown hem? atite, (dried at 212 deg. Farenheit) six miles away: Si?ca.4.45 Alumina. 2.03 I'hdsplioriis. 0.143 Mct.die iron.55.62 MangatieM. o.?o Lime.trace. Sulphur.nolle; besides these there are also on railroads running here another brown ore carrying from 17 to liii per cent of iron, and .019 of phospho? rus; maugauiferous iron ores, and in all prob? ability large deposits of manganese; a black limonite with Iron; 50 to 55 per cent of iron (well suited for the pneumatic Basic process); a specular or red hematite (Bessemer) with 55 to 05 per cent of iron, while of the great Cranberry magnetic ore Prof. Procter, in his report, says: ''Extending northeast ami southwest through the western counties of North Carolina are large deposits of the purest magnetic iron ores known in this country save in the Lake Super? ior region. These ores, from a number of samples averaged by myself and officers of the Tenth Census and others, analyze from 45 per cent to till percent of iron, ami are, in Mitchell and As'ue counties, North Carolina, remarkably free from phosphorous and sulphur. Ilecent developments along a line of thirtv miles in ex? tent prove the excessive nature id these depos? its. The only point where these ores have as yet been reached by a railway is at Cranberry mine,in Mitchell county, North Carolina. A few years ago the great mass of ore now uncovered at this point was hid by a thick covering of soil and decomposed gneiss, save only a few sur? face pits from which a small forge was sup? plied with ore. Within the past few years the face of the bill has been uncovered, revealing an enormous mass cd'very pure magnetite to a hcigth of 300 feet above the railway track. The engineer in charge at the mines assured me that from diamond-drill tests and the uncov? ered mass, he had here piled up above the railway track over 20,000,000 tons of ore to be mined by simply quarrying in open cut; and I doubt if an ore of like excellence can be deliv? ered on cars at less cost elsewhere in America. A furnace test was recently made on Virginia coke and the run of mine ot Cranberry ore, and a pig produced containing .03 per cent of phos? phorus: and from practical furnace tests and the analyses of ore from many openings, it is demonstrated that the entire district contains in abundance an ore suited to the manufacture of Bessemer steel. This ore is nearer to coke (at Big Stone Cap) than is any other Bessemer steel ore known to me in America. From the -Bessemer ores of the lake region, the source of nearly all the steel now made in this country, to the nearest coke is about SUO miles; from the Bessemer ores of western North Carolina to the coke at Big Stone Gap it is 100 miles, and between these two extremes are to be had the various ores above described. Beyond the Blue Ridge in the Carolinas, are large deposits, of high-grade ores. A very great development in the manufacture of iron, and steel will follow up the completion of the roads connecting the coking coals and ores, in the region under dis? cussion. "A Scotch iron manufacturer of large expe? rience, who spent some months in examining the coals and ores in the district extending from southeastern Kentucky to western North Car? olina, estimates the costxif making a ton of pig iron at big Stone Cap at ."jo.Sti; ami thinks that Bessemer steel can he made at the same place at as low cost as in England. This estimate agrees with estimates made by practical iron) ami steel manufacturers from Pennsylvania who have made large investments at Big Stone Cap for the purpose of development, ??Furnaces and steel plants at Big Stone (Jap will have, in addition to the local supply of coke, coal, and pure limestone, the advantage of a location on competing lines of railway, and the advantage of a location on a great system that can deliver the products direct to all of the great markets in the Ohio and Mississippi Val? leys. The ores from Bust Tennessee, South? west Virginia, and the Carolinas can be ship? ped with advantage to these furnaces, as it is carrying the ores in the direction of the mar? kets, and these ores will givo return freight for the ears of coal and coke shipped from Big Stone Gap to those States." FACTS FOH MANTFACTt'niiKS. ? The Virginia Coal k Iron Company agrees to furnish coke at. the following prices: Furnace. Foundry. \l iii..-veiis at lll-Sl-mi-Gap,.. ..$2.00 $2.30 If is likely these prices will be reduced un? der competition, but take thorn as they areand compare tbeim with nrices at Cnnnelbriile. Coist of ?oke at Comiellnvil5e December. 1880: Furnace coke. $2.13 per ton. Foundry coke, $2.45 Freight nte* frotn Cnunelti^ Cost at the**point* vi I Je to Furnace. Foundry Pittsburgh,.$n.70 f&t? #1.15 Mahonlng Valley, U.. 1.33 3M 3M Cie. i l.md, .... ;.7?l *Jf U'ln.it. 'i.::.*! 4..r>? iJW i'in. i.iit;?.i. ^.u. -iff* "?.10 Ivotlfvllle.?.2M !J.n5 "".R5 i.'uhvgo,. 4.o? 5.2U St. Louis. :t.:;,'. 5.50 5.wt llaltiniore.2.!7 4.3S 4.G2 Boston,. 4.?> 6.15 6.45 Total shipments from Coniieltsvflle for wreekonding SToveniher 'i2, ISIXI,G,t?77 cars, distributed an follcw a To ffttalrarghi 1^*60 car.-: to the Wert, 4,100 car*;to the Kant, l,:tl7 cars. Bessemer ore is costing at Pittsburg $7.56 per ton, and non-Bessemer ore costs at Pitts burg from $1.00 to $6.00 per ton. Non-Bessemer ore will cost at Big Stone Gap from $1.25 to $2.50 per ton, and the Bessemer ore from $3.00 to $3.50 per ton. Limestone will cost at least twice as much at Pittsburg as at Big Stone Gap. Lt is said that 700 tons of Pocahontas coke passes west through Bristol daily for furnaces in the Alabama and Chattanooga districts. This coke will cost from $3.75 to $4.50 per ton at those furnaces. These facts show the smaller cost of coke and iron ore at Big Stone Gap and require no comment. Coke can be delivered at the ovens here much cheaper than these figures indicate, and still afford a large profit to the maker. OPINION OF TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS. I Mr. John W. Darby, of Wexham, Eng., and Mr. F. Monks, of Warrington, Eng., members [ of the British Iron k Steel Institute, recently visited Big Stone Gap. Mr. Darby is a young man, but has already reached a prominent po? sition among the iron and steel producers of England, lie inherits his aptness for these in? dustries from ancestors who have been prom? inent in them for a century. His grandfather was the first to make iron from uncoked coal, and his own plant, located near Chester, was the first to use successfully the basic process for making steel. Mr. Monks is one of the oldest and best known of the practical iron and coke men of England. "The very things I wanted to see are here. I did not care to see the manufactories in oper? ation, for we have those at home as numerous and as nearly perfect as one could wish to see, although I must say that 1 have been greatly surprised and pleased at the great concerns we saw in the North. Their equipments are not so complete nor their methods so economical a3 ours in England, but they are rapidly ap? proaching it. What those of us who mean business wished to see in America is just what I have seen to-day at Big Stone (Jap; as fine coke as I have ever seen in England, with iron ores only two miles away, and limestone be? tween, together with water power ami railroads. This is a combination that is bound to make you great here. I have never seen it equaled elsewhere. Your coke is the best I have seen in America. The brown ores we inspected to? day are admirably adapted to the basic process. Of course, your proximity to the magnetic ores at Cranberry is a great card in your favor, but you will not need that to make the possibilities of this point simply incalculable. We have been over a large portion of the Southern min? eral belt, and I regard this as the best point we have seen for the manufacturing of basic steel, owing to the quality and quantity of your brown ores and their proximity to this coke. I have enjoyed my day here greatly, and hope I can return soon." Mr. .Monks spoke in the same strain, saying he had been a practical producer of coke and iron for forty years, and that he had never seen better coke; and the iron ore, both brown and red were line. He thought the best card for the future of Big Stone (Jap in the iron indus? try was the advantage it had over any other place he had seen for the production of steel by the basic process. TIMBER. Prof. Procter in his report says of the tim? ber: "About til) per cent of the area included in the Appalachian coal-field in Southwest Vir? ginia, West Virginia,ami Southeast Kentucky, is covered with forest id'valuable hardwoods? oak, yellow poplar, hickory, etc. The Black Mountains, immediately north of Big Stone Cap, are heavily timbered from base to sum? mit with as magnificent forests as I have ever seen. ^WlrfoilsternRl Schedule Ailgiiat, 30, 1491. LEAVE NORTON DAILY. G:I5a.m. for Graham, Bliiefield, and intermediate Stations. 1 :.T. i?. m. for Rlucflcld, Bedford, Rnauoke, Lynchburg, Richmond and Norfolk. Also (via Roanoke) for Washington, llagcrstown, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and New York. Pullman Sleeping Cars from Louisville to Norfolk via Norton ami It ad ford; also Rad ford to New York, via Slicuaiidnah .hmctinn.also Itadford to Washington; also from Lynchhurg to Rich? mond. Trains for PornhonttiH, I'nwhatatt and Goodwill leave Bill-field daily at 7 :"."> a. m and 1:45 p.m. 6 :.".0 :?. m. to :50 p. m. Trains arrive al Norton from the East Daily 11:45 a. in. and ">:4." p. in. For further information as to schedules, rates, etc., ? :< .. applv to ageni of Norfolk A- Wentern Railroad or to W. It. ItEVII.L, General Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va. "THE POST." litis the Largest Circulation of any Paper in Southwestern Va. An Advertisement will pay you. DO YOU READ? This Paper contains all the local and foreign news. Subscribe. LAW YE RS BRIE FS. The "IW" Job Office is pre? pared to Print Briefs promptly and cheaply. ADVERTISE Your Business in the Columns of the "Post" and pouble your S. A. & 0. R. R. TIME-TABLE, In Effect Mar. 15,1S91. Ni-.l Mail. I p.m. ! ?:.(!(? ?J :fl5: *2:21' *2:42| 2:41?j *2 :5fi 3 :??; 3:J2 :t :2W iNo. 2.i ; I'.-l^r.. STATIONS. *:;;:;n :i :.r.t *:;-~>v *4 :01 4:11 4 f;43}*l?:23 .Meiitlota *?:4?j*10:2?] . ..Ahrain'* Pi?U. H:52t10:33 V-, 10:4? +-,.i:r*lo '?'SO I' !l? Ar , |*h11lit*rH Switch .I^nlnim'-?. Walker's Mountain .. .Slow Quarry. ... Bristol Shops. ? .Bristol. No.3. No. 1. I'a-ss. 1 Mail. ;'.!!!. 7:lii Lv...Big Stone Gap..Ar.! *7:4? East Bit; Stone Gap. *S:H1 .Wild Cat Summit. < *.i:lU ....Ward's Milt.... I *8:22 .Wiseley's. S :2I> . Dnflleld. j *8i36] .Horton** Summit, j S:4C ..Natural Tujiitcl.. 8*2}: _Cliuchport? vs :.'?">, .V.T?te*a Switch... , U:00| ...Speer's Ferry... ....Hijrthil. i '.i.V.' . ..Mar Mo Quarry... ?:29 .EstillvHlo. ?*?>.. .M>M-e:iHiii Gap... 1 *D:-il _Nottingham? j D-.no: .Hilton's. 10:03j ...Mace's Spring*.. fcv p.m. :i.m. oini- ?top only on signal. *5:04 *4:5K 4:51 ?4:44 4:34 4:2S ft ?3:31) 3:20 3:17 2 ?7 *2:Ci ?;-2:4S 2:34 Hot* 2:10 p.ni (SUCCESSORS TO R. A. ROBINSON A CO.1 IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Druggists AND DEALERS IN Oils, Paints, Varnishes, Win? dow Glass, Glassware, &c. 528, 530, 532 W. Main Street. STA8LtSHE0 1842. INCORPORATED I8BI. ProfeflHionnl C?rd*. KUNKEL & BOARD, Physicians and Surgeons, Hating formed n ct?-p.iptnership, utt ?? ih.-ir \.rit''< sioli.il services to ill* IM-ojit- o! i'iz ??? ????!? .'..Ii virinirj. j. r. ?PU4TT, jr. ii. e. m'i>o? ki.i , jk BULLITT & MCDOWELL, Attorneys at Law, iiUfntiunt Hold Building, H!(i STONE R.VJ% v ?-. WILLIAM K. SHELBY, Attorney at Low, BIG STONE GAP. VA. OffiVv in Bank of Big Stone Gap. H. A. W. SKEEM, Attorney at Law, Slioni Bnildlng, E1G STONE GAP, VA. EDWIN BARBOUR, Attorney at Law, Ayers Building, BIG STONE GAP, VA. WM. k. Rl'KXli. K. m. M'l.ToX. Ivtmtion. V;?. Wise C. If., Va BURNS & FULTON, Attorneyss? * at - Law, Corirrs:?ltu?*cll. Wise and Dickinson Comities, and Court of Appeals at Wytheville. irXi.TKR k. iiuhson. r. a. iiakho ADDISON & HARDIN, Attorneys at Law, office over Batik of Bia Stone Rap. BIG STONE GAP, VA. R. T. IRVINE, Attorney at Law, am STONE GAP, VA. Office in Summcrfleld Bui Ming, Wood Ave L.TURNER MAURY, Attorney at Law, BIC STONE CAP.VA. Office, Appnltii'lilmi I tank I**iiliftu*x. DRS. RHEA & PEPPER, Dentists, INTERMONT HOTEL. Will lie nl Big Stone Run (lie lir.-t TiU'sdiiy of eiteli inontli jir.il remain during ilie week. Bristol office. Corner .Main and Fiflli Streets. ISAAC S. ROSS, Attorney at Law, NORTON. VA. 1 J MRS J. H. DUFF, Proprietress. Clean and .well furnished rooms. Vic'iia!* ii rooked and Table fiiriiislied ui:li ihr very l?st I lie .Market ?fiords. Location, High and Dry. Only pure Spring Water Used. Special Rates lo Drummers and Hoarders by the week or month. The-HAMILTON, ?ltlSTOL, VA., AND TENN. (Near Depot.) W. P. HAMILTON & SON, Props RATES, ?2.00 PEK DAY. The Post's Job Office, Arrangements have been made to supply every form of Blank Books for merchants, bankers and every other business at Louisville Prices, THE POST Will at any time duplicate the prices of Richmond and Louisville for all Blank Books, whether kept in stock or made to order. er 8 Bim Are turned out on short notice and at city prices. The Post's Job Offic Is the BEST EQUIPPED De? partment within a radius of two hundred miles and it turns out the neatest work. Gitu Work done in a GoiMry Town. . C. SHELTON & C0" DRUGGISTS, A NO DEALERS IN Pure Mixed Paints, Linseed Oil and Turpentine, Paint Brushes, Whitewash Brushes, etc. AGENTS FOR THE LONGMAN & MARTINEZ PURE PREPARED PAINTS, AGENTS FOR THE Celebrated LANDRETH'S GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS, A FRESH SUPPLY ON HAND Bij? Stone (ar.-;>, * ? ?. V5i*^tki'f? POOL AND BILLIARDS. GERMAXIA SALOOX. ALSO A FULL LINE OF FINS TWINES, - LIQUORS? CIGARS.^ Go to Summerfield's BILLIARD PARLORS to epend a pleasant evening. They are thf> finest in Southwest Virginia. Sole ?gents for the Celebrated SPRING HILL WHISKEY. He. t. shortt & co. I =jj WHOLESALE AND RETAIL cj] ssisis^^ L^i3jgi^^jcia?|g| si I IS! I m THK LAUGEST AVI) most VAItlKii STOCK \ SOUTH W KST VrUV, IX!A. 151 Dining Room Suits. Ej\ Fine Parlor and Chamoer Suits, Office and 5 El A FULL LINE OF COFFINS and CASKETS AT VERY LOWEST PEKES im. ' Carpets, Wall Paper and Window Shades"; Waitresses of ail Kinds Mad;? to Orr;.-;:-. A LarfcO Assortment of ?sci S ? ^IFD 1 Oracr to Pit anv^j 5T a I a 51 IS a a 5 Ayers Building1, 5\ m 31 i'i 1. sizoa room. [SI a 5 En . ? 4 jSl IT & BIG STONE GAP, VA. Of all kinds made to order. We have for sale, sash, weights, and the best grates in the country; also Iron mantels. xt IV A From the finest to the coarsest. us yout orders. i von have any machine, scraps write us. Respectfully, ig Stone ?ap ?rate and JWantel Go, BANK 0? BIG STONE GAP, Oos***-?** Jiji?3?,O?O.O? Incorporated under Virginia Stat;* Laws. Does a General Banking Business. W. H. MCKKLS, prexltfeM. H. II. OUf.l.ITT, f.r..!:i-r. Coukksi'OXDRNts: ? United Slnt.;.s National l*.:n:k ?.r ??*? ?? V??rk.; Kentucky Kutional Hank, !.>>iiisv EM ? LlMERY ? ST?BLE. In addition to the First Class Stable I have at Big Stone Gap, I have opened another at Where 1 shall keep a number of the Finest Riding Horses constantly on hand. Prompt sitte-ntioji j>-ivoi* to it 11 orders. W. P. LIPSCOMB. WHY SEND AWAY Elevators or Hoisting Machines . , . for For your Job Printing when it Stores, Warehouses and Factories,jean bo douc at home. Ti?e made anUpipped ready to put up. Write i < j will guarantee t<? <io work equal .to THE CARDWELL MACHINE CO- j the best. Richmond, Virginia. Chas. Tracy. C. A. Tracy. A. W. Tracy. CHAS. TRACY & SONS, OFFICE AND SHOP, Near corner of Wood avo? and E. Fifth flENERAL CONTRACTORS AND R?PERS, ^JJ .wciwumi ?wiw, \J i?0mmma?:?mmtTm<um ???nil ^mammae* JBtr BRICK STONE AND WOOD WORK, BIG STONE GAP, VA. Plans and Estimates cheerfully furnished on application.^