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~~ "KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT BRINGS SUCCESS."_ -===^ GAP, WISE COUNTY,"VA., THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1893. ~ ? NOTiT |?rofo laloiml Cnrils. a. l. pridemore, attorney-at-law, Jonosville, Virginia. IciM? t r JA ? Gal* ( It W. ni.ASKKXMIir, Jones*.V?. \CKSON & BLANK ENS HIP, AT rORNEYS-?T-L?W, Joncsvi?c, Virginia. .. ... Ii in husiocss at .ill times. . \ : . -. VirgLnL% a specialty. A. AVERS. -? - JOS. L.KELLY. V OFFICES IN AYERS BUILDING, Big Stone Cap, Va. Hi c. h'poAkia, Jit. BULLITT & MCDOWELL, Attorneys at-law, .,,,?. Bin stone Gap; va H. A. W. SKEEN, IaTTORNEY-AT-LAW, . [n rtt Building; ^ Big Stone Gap, Virginia. ?- - R. T. IRVINE, attorney-at-law. gfcc In SnnimerhVId ISuilding, W?,.d A venu-, Big Stone Gap. Virginia. L----= f L. TURNER MAURY, Attorney-at-law. OfJirr in .Wer?*1 Building, Wood Avon up, Bi^r Stono Gap, Virginia. WALTER E. ADDISON, Ivttor-ney-at-law. (?;Ji. c in Nickels Buildings, I Big Stone Gap, Virginia. HN*. I- ?' ?'? V:,. K. M. Fl'LTOX, Wi?C C.II. Vi?. burns & fulton, ItTORNEYS-ATtLAW, m itT<r?i!u<" It, Wis< and Dirkcnsmi Counties, and ft ?f Apjwals at Wytlieville, Va. r. m M in*, h k. matiikws. .'?'s. c. NAVNOK, ?jsvilli>, V.i. IHg Stone Gap. Big Stone Gap. In c a IM. mathews & maynor, ttorneys-at-law, O/llcfl in Nil I. Is Building, Wood Avenue, Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Attention lu C< II? elioiis and Prompt Itemitancc. W. J. HORSLEY, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, \l SM W Iii tos burg, Ky. la I attention given to Collections ami Land Titles. 5 Ai or.!?>.?>?. WiseC. II. ? r. uii.i.kk. Norton. ALDERSON & miller, ATTORNEYS at-law. EBiI? c attention in ill luisincssentrusted to us. Ail fdre.s either \\ i ??(? II . Vn., or Norton, Va. c. d. kunkel, HYSICIANandSURGEON, Big Stono Gap, Virginia, |r* his profax tonal services to the people ,.f the city and vicitdtv. n. h. REEVE, m. D. REATS DISEASES OF WOMEN EXCLUSIVELY. flee: Main St. Bristol, Term. S. VV, THACKER, VIL engineer and surveyor, Big Stone Gap, Virginia. City and Lau I Work ? Specialty. MALCOLM SMITH, vil engineer and surveyor, bffice Next to Post Office. P** U1G STONE GA.\ VA. S. D. HURD, RCHiTECT, Big Stono Gap, Va. |ans. specifications amd estimates BMPTLY KXKCUTED IN A thorough AND ARTISTIC M VNNEIL iv. AI. 1IARDIX, ?ai Estate & Investment interniout Hotel Duiiaiog, Big Stone Gap, Va. QTEL W AtA \ LTOrt, ( -AT DEPOT. ^istol, Va.*TENN. ' R "AMILTON. Proprietor. ?*to? $2.00 Per Day. A $30.00 GUITAR , To Be Given to the Most Popular Lady, Either Married or Single, In the Counties of Lee, Scott or Wise, Virginia, or Letcher, Kentucky. On exhibition, in the show-window of S. L. Whitehead k Co's drug store, can he seen the handsome $30.00 Guitar tjiat is now offered, and will he given to the most popular lady in Lee, Scott. Wise orl Letcher county, Ky., by the Big Stoxk GaI' Post. The plan is this: Tn the twelve issues of the Post, from No. U to No. 20, inclu? sive, will appear a ticket in the following form: BALLOT. I VOTE FOR M. As the Most Popular Lady i I in the Counties of Lee, I Scott and Wise, Va., and m m m Letcher, Kentucky. Name fp- ?-.p Cut this ticket out, (ill in with the name of the lady you wish to vote for, sign your name and send it to the Ihn Stoxk Gar Post. These tickets wi'l he filed away, and preserved till Tuesday, April :2.">th, I8JW, when they will he carefully counted by tlie following committee: II. II. Bul litt, Cashier Bank of Big Stone Gap; W. A. McDowell, President Appalachian Bank; J. Iv. Taggnrt, Gen'l Snp't Virginia Coal & Iron Co.; who will, oil that date award the instrument to the lady re? ceiving the largest number of votes. A] li.^t will he published each week, giving a correct showing of the vote as it stands. Copies of the Post containing these tickets will he sold at five cents per copy/ Parties wishing to buy tickets in quantity can secure them of the Post at thcfollow rafe: 4 f each. 3 " " Ol ii u .) ii it In lots of 25 .I ii ii r){) ii ii ii ii .< 25(1 In purchasing tickets in lots of 25 or more it will only bo necessary to fill out <>ne of them, paste it on an envelope, en? close the balance in the envelope, seal and send to the Post. Now Try This. It will cost you nothing and will surely do von pood; jf you have a Cough, Cold, or any trouble with Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to give relief, or money will be paid hack. Sufferers from La Grippe found it just the thing and under its use had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at our expense and learn for yourself just how good a thing it is. Trial bottles free at S. L. Whitehead <fc Co.'s drug store. Large srV.e ol)c and $1.00. Ancient Clav Worker*. A writer in a british journal writes in? terestingly of the ancient Chaldeans, the supposed first race of men who attained n civilized life, as follows: Away back in the dim past, at a time when the Bible itelf was yet undreamed of, there lived in "the cradle of the world" is meant that part of the earth located be? tween the rivers Tigris Euphrates. It is there that the earliest traditions of human race are centered. What the origin of j these people was only to be surmised, for the only evidences we nave of their exist? ence arc of such a nature as to indicate that they were partly civilized. They must have certainly have sprung from a lower type of people; but every hint of what or who they were is lost in the great void of ages. The Chaldeans lived in hind where stone was a marvel. As they advanced ill culture, they probably felt more and more the want of some mate? rial for building purposes, Architecture had its origin not in nature alone, but in religion. This well explains the great use of clay, which was as common as the soil itself, in architectural work. The principal remains of ancient Chal? dean work has been found on the sites of three old cities, lTrr, Warkn and Kiffer. The brick used are of two kinds, those that were dried in the sun, of ajworqual? ity, and those that were kiln-burned. It is'remarkable that even the sun-dried bricks, af.er the ages they have stood, are stubborn opposition to the excavator's tools. That this is so is probably due to the dry climate of that country. At Warka, the mass of the building material is the unburned brick, but it is faced in many places with a protecting wall of the kiln burned kind. The general shape of these bricks is square and thin. In this they differ from the Roman brick. The earliest specimens found are about eleven inches square and two and one-fourth inches thick. The best quality, of burned brick is of a yellow white tent, resembling fire-brick. Anoth? er grade is very hard and quite brittle, be? ing of a black-blue color. The poorest grade is of a pale red shade and is slack dried. The sun-dried brick are of the most varying sizes, some sixteen inches square and seven inches thick. There are also some special forms, as of a tring?lar shape to go In corners, and wedge shapes for the building of arches.. The methods of using (he bricks in j buildings were several in number, one j facing the mass of the sun baked ouos with a protecting wall of those that were kilned. Another curious way was to build a course several feet in thickness of the burned.brick and the next course! of the unhurried variety. Between each course was interposed a layer of reed mat? ting the entire length of the building work. Tin's matting was allowed to hang or extend on the outside of the wall thus making a sort of protecting shelf. He? rodotus, the fat her of the history, rakes notice of this oddity of structure when lie writes of the great and famous walls of Bnybl?n. From this circumstance wc may infer that these wills were in pait J composed or sun-dried brick. The long rows of darkened matting must have giv? en a striking effect to the structure when viewed from a short distance. It was quite similar to the coursing of dark Ital? ian marble so nflectcd in the modern Byz? antine s4yle. The Chaldean style of architecture, if it can be so called, is rude, seldom out? growing the plan rectangular form. The walls are usually drawn in slightly to? wards the top, thereby giving a slightly Egyptian look to their buildings. As a rule the walls are buttressed in a massive man? ner. In construction, there wo.re used two kinds of cement to correspond to the two kinds of brick. A mixture of clay or mud and chopped straws was used for the sun-dried brick, while for those that were kjln-burncd,' bitumen was used. This bitumen amounts what we commonly call asphaltum, and its work to-day so firmly that often the brick themseves aie broken before the cement will give way. These structures are as a rule devoid of orna? mentation. An attempt has been made to break the monotonous effect of the blank walls by arranging the supporting but? tresses with some regard to order; but hc yond this the only ornament consists of a terracotta cone, which is imbedded in large numbers in mud or plaster. These when arranged in a variety of patterns, and probably colored, were after all not a bad ornament in the low plain land. The walls themselves as a rule are vastly thick, and the chambers long and narrow. One odd thing is noticed, and that is the lack of passage bctweoti the chambers, each room opening directly into the next one. One of the most interesting ways in which clay was used by Ihcsc old people was in connection with their burials; and if there is any significance in the remains Bb far found, the vites of the gave must have been considered of the; most impor? tant meaning to the race. At Warka, for instance, the dead are to be found to the depth of nearly sixty feet in the earth,tier upon tier, and exteding away from the city in all directions for miles. It is be? lieved that Ihis city was held in particular reverence, after the manners in which the followers of Mahomet regarded the holy cities of Arabia, and that the bodies so abundantly found were brought from far and near for special interment. The buri? al vaults us a rule are made of brick, and are about seven feet long live feel high. At the boetom they are about three and one-half feet wide, but gj'?w wider as it approaches the top, which is inched by the overlapping of the brick until they meet near enough to be coveted by one brick alone. The doors of these tombs are carafully paved. A matting of reeds is first placed on the floor, the body is [ rested upon the left side with (he head pillowed upon a broad brick. There were, however, two other ways of burial, that were, to say the least unique one was in what are known as coffins, and the other in jars. The coffins are made of clay, and of the peculiar form described. A platform of brick was first made and upon it placed a reed matting. Upon flu's mat was placed the body and over this a huge cover or lid was placed. This cover is about seven by two and one-half feet, and three feet high The top is marked in a sort of grid iron pattern. This cover is securely cemented to the platform. The inside is always plain, but sometimes the outside is ornamented by angular inden? tations. The jars are two and one-half feel long by two feet in diameter. The body is somewhat bent in inserting it into the jars; sometimes one jar is a trifle smaller in diameter, so that if can lie inserted into the other, and then sealed ?villi bitu? men, as they always are. An air hole is alwavs left in one end lor the escape of ' ? , , , . gas formed by decomposition. * * * Most interesting specimens of pottery have also been found. Some of il shows skill of uo ordinary kind and quite a'sensc of beauty is developed; but oil the whole utility is the chief object in the pottery, and to accomplish this, other qualities are sacrificed. Of two vases examined, neither are of remarkable form, but they tell to the student very much. One ol them is much ruder in its making than the other, which means that one was made bv hand, while the other shows signs of the potter's wheel. The presence of a glaze also indicates advance in the pot? ter's art. Perhaps, however, the most interesting use the Chaldeans made of clay, whs as a writing material. Two forms of clay was moulded for this purpose, the brick and the tablet. The former was reserved for the use of royalty, while the tablets were of everyday convenience. The writings were cuneiform, which some, scholars would seem to think is no more than pic? ture-writing somewhat changed by cus? tom. The writing upon bricks usually occupies but n small square on I he surface, and was accomplished with n triangular stylus. The clay work of the Chaldeans is truly the first step in the potter's art. The Poisonous Acids In the blood should be I a ken up and re moved by the Liver and Kidneys, but j these organs get out of order?fail to do the work, ami the result is Rheumatism. There ate a thousand remedies for the Liver and Kidneys, but there is only one cure lor Rheumatism, and that is Dn. | Druiinoond's Lightning Remedy A large < bottle will be sent by express to r.ny ad- j dress on receipt of price, or may be order- 1 ed from the druirgi t. Any one who is i having an argument With the Uheumul ism I will feel fully repaid by the first dose. Dtummond Medicine Co., -IS-gU Maiden Lane, New York. Ageuis wanted. ! OCR KOUNDARY SUIT. Constitution.-!! Complication*" In the West Virginia and Maryland Case.\^ * [Xew York World.] . I The States of Virginia and Tennessee have for years been engaged in a legal j ' controversy.o\*er the town of Bristol. The State lice has been supposed tp run along a certain street, and any person violating the law on one side had only tojeross over and avoid arrest until a requisition could be secured. There are two Cittr Councils, two Mayors, and two sets of police. The inconvenience of such a situation may well be imagined. But a controversy has arisen between Maryland and West Virginia of still great? er importance, the former claiming the entire territory lying between the north and south brauches"of the Potomac river, consisting of six large counties,- with a population of nearly 100,000. Should .Maryland win the sttit other counties be? longing to West Wirginia will be entirely isolated from the rest. There is no provision for the ceding of territory by one State to another in either the Federal or State constitutions, though a State may cede territory to the Federal government. As each State retains all the sovereignly not expressly delegated to the Federal govemmeut it might be sup? posed that the power to sell is inherent, in the State, and with the power to sell goes the power to convey a title. But the con? stitution of the United States provides that no State shall enter into "any agree? ment or copact with another State" with? out the consent of Congress, so the ac? tion of Congress would be necessary to ratify any agreement on the part of either State to sell the disputed territory to the other. The result would lie that should the Federal court decide the case in favor of Maryland the Stale of West Virginia would have several counties completely isolated, and in order to effect any com? promise the action of congress would be required. - The P?nal bill Met, of Hallway Speed. 'H'tco. WvBiiiighbuse in the.Commercial Advertiser.] There is no question about the develop? ment of a much higher rate of speed than that which even the fastest service on the railroads of to-day maintain. I pre? sume that a speed from ?0 to 100 miles an hour could be secured with modern loco? motives and with the improvements which are sure to come. But I am inclined to think that other influences may operate to prevent in the next century the running of railway trains at such a speed as I have seen mentioned in some of the newspapers. It i . not a question of attaining speed, but .'.ques? tion of the control of the train after tho great speed has been secured. Suppose, for instance, that a railway train is going at the rate of !M) miles an hour. The en? gineer sees a danger signal or an obstruc? tion on the track 1000 feet away. Now, experiments have shown that with tt perfect brake, acting under the most perfect conditions, it is impossible to pro? cure a greater retarding effect than would be equivelent to stopping a train going at the rale of three miles an hour in a sec? ond of time. It is, therefore, easy to make a computation of the effect of such a brake upon a train running 90 miles an hour within 1000 feet. When the engi? neer had reached the danger signal or the obstruction, Iiis train would be goingat the rate of 60 miles an hour, and if he was running his engine at the rate of 00 miles be could only check it to a rate something like 40 miles an hour within that distance. For this reason, I am inclined to think that the development of railway travel in the next century along the present lines will be not so much great speed as uniform speed. The ideal ?peed, I think, will lie about 40 miles an hour and steadi? ly maintained from the time of leaving one terminal to the time of the arrival at des? tination. That will give most satisfacto? ry results. A steady speed of 40 miles an hour would enable a train to run from New York to Chicago in a little over '20 hours, and with, greater economy and far less danger. It is my impression, there? fore, that railway travel in the next cen? tury will take on this development rather than high rates of speed. 1 am aiso satisfied that the immense cost of furnishing power for electric railways, which some persons seems to think can secure and maintniu a speed of 100 miles an hour or more, will make such a devel? opment commercially unprofitable, al? though there is no doubt that electricity as a motive power for passenger traffic will be extensively used in the next cen? tury. New Steel Making Process. A new steel-making process has lately been patented by the Plwenix Works, Khu rort, and the Dudliu-lron Works in Lux? embourg. These concerns have been ex? perimenting for years with the object of finding out an improved method of intro? ducing the neccsary cation into the mol? ten-metal bath. The problem is now said to have been solved by mixing pulverised anthracite and lime water together, and forming the mass into briquettes under great pressure. These briquettes are then brought into contact with the mol? ten metal, atid in this way exactly the de? sired proportion of carbon for the forma? tion of steel of various temners and qual? ities can be imparted in the converter. The Burbacher Hutte as well a* the DouIl? lingen works have been practically work? ing the process for some time. The meth? od of re-carbonizing costs only about one sixt h of the old ferro-mangnnese plan,4jut the chief advantage is th-.' greater ncctirn cv and uniformity with which any requir? ed quality of steel ran be produced, rang- j in- from the hardest to the vety toughest sorts. '! I.e pnlt Mi i s mi!icipnte t hut tails made, on the new system will have a life of from ??."? t" 40 rears, whilst girdles made in this way will posess very great addi? tional durability. CVR f O?S CONDENS'ATIO.VS. Utah honey is exported. San Francisco has a woman's chib. A horse sometimes sheds real tears of anguish. Pittsbnrg is known in Europe as the city of bridges. The first workman who made pens got $1 a piece for them. English people send and receive 40,000. 000 love letters yearly. A bald-headed religious sect in Russia holds that hair is sinful. A line of tryciclcs for passenger service is proposed in London. In small towns in Germany ouly chim? ney sweeps wear plug hats. A Chinese banknote 500 years old is preserved in a Chinese museum. In small hotels in Russia each guest is expected to find his own bed clothing. Land is diminishing. The human race may finally be drowned out of existence. Organized lumbermen of the west have adopted a black cat as their symbol. Most old settlers of Manitoba were sup plied with wives by a matrimonial bureau. In rho year 704 the two seas of Con? stantinople were completely frozen over for twenty days. A Guatemalan mother gives her con? sent to her daughter's marriage by be? laboring the young lady with a heavy stick. Buffalo has an Agency of Direction, a sort of philanthropic intelligence office which makes no charge for its servic.es. In I4b*8 the army in Flanders used wine i that was regularly cut from the gudgeons with hatchets and distributed in the shape of ice. Geologists consider kerosene to be ani? mal oil. Hence, what we burn in lamps is the remains of long extinct monsters of the earth. It is said that the celebrated "Plant of Calvary" was unknown in the flora of the world prior to tiie date of the crucifixion of Jesus. Manufacturers of glass in Dresden pro? duce some of their finest wares in furnaces with chambers and compartments instead of pots. The extent of (he oscillation of tall chimneys may be exactly taken by a close observation of the shadows they cast upon the ground. That remarkable curiosity, fhe dwarf pine tree of Japan, is represented ;it the World's fair by a specimen of the esti? mated age of 100 years. An ordinary Japanese fan made of split bamboo, and covered with paper, is a re? markable aid for people suffciing with certain forms of deafness. It is claimed fiat with the beginning of the year 3000 man will begin to retrograde and will finally come to be a creature no larger than a plant louse. "Walter Bcsnul thinks that the reason why men have never, even in the most ungoverncd times, fainted so readily as women is that theyarc slower of imagina? tion. The galtest lake in the world is lake Urumia, in Persia, situated more than 4000 feet above the level of the Sea. It contains per cent of salt as against 8.5 per cent in the Dead sea. Ice is accumulating at the Xorth pole; some day. it is alleged by some scientists, the earth will fall out of balance and man will be utterly annihilated by the rush of moving objects. The making of a man cook in France is a long and tedious process. When a young man decides to pursue a culinary career he selects his nominal instructor, to whom he pays a fee of!f500. A number of orders have been given to Philadelphia iron workers for machinery to be used in distilling alcohol from sweet potatoes A gallon of alcohol can be dis? tilled (Vom a bushel of sweet potatoes at a small cost. - It was Proffessor Hufeland's opinion that the limit of possible human life might be set at 200 years; this on the general princple that the life of nearly all living cteatures is eight time the years, months or weeks of its period of growth. Many persons who talk learnedly about coffee and its making have seldom, if ever, lasted pure coffee. All they I.now is a more or less strong infusion of chicory, adulterated with a portion of coffee. Pure coffee doesn't taste so well. The invention of playing cards has beet: variously attribtited to India, China, Ara? bia and Egypt. There seems to ho bill little doubt that they originated in Asia, and were introduced into Europe by the Saracens about the close of the thirteenth century. In the Isle of Man it was formerly the law that to take away an ox o; horse was not felonlv, but a trespass, because of the difficulty in that little territory of conceal? ing or carrying them off; but to steal a pig or a fowl, which is easily done, w;is a capi? tal crime. What are the halcyon days? They are the seven days before and the seven days after the shortest day The halcyon, or kingfisher, is supposed to be breeding at this time, for which reason the sea, for** this fortnight, very considerately pre? serves a perfect calm. As the Eskimo sleeps on mossnnoTskins, even wci.lthy ancient Romans were con lent to repose on leaves and straw. Ere long they improved on Lints taken frhCn conquered mi turns, fiiied he.is with u.-ii jafe down, or stuffed them with the finest wool, till they ohtuiuincd the (tightest pitch of luxury. Female fish of all species are consider? ably more numerous thin males, with two single exceptions (and Mtcsc not certain), ??angler" and iho catfish. Amon^r that class of fishes know u to cv.hm tr? as "flil tishes" the proportion ?>;' females * ? mule* is as 3 to I in the Ii um?? r and as i'2 to I in the ??dn.h," A n >.ig I lie **e.m?? ?)-ii~ her." iln* propo: ti- >. i?- from 3 to-J in the cod to U to 2 in the common gurnard. The manufacture of gossamer clothing. and also of rubber goods in general, is, iL appears, to be carried on by means of a new and improved process. The method proposed is for ihe compounding of rub? ber .and the reproduction of the colors in figures, checks and plaids, by printing these on a rubber surface on gossamer garments, giving to the latter the appear? ance of the most popular patterns of "mackintoshes," and at a very reasoablc cost. -??-?>?-?? .Silver as. Money. [The progressive South.] Some of the advocates of silver advance the argument that if the Government may issue one thousand dollars in paper notes, worth intrinsically nothing, why should objections be raised to the same Govern? ment issuing one thousand dollars in coin actually worth seven hundred dollars? We may partly answer this question by asking another. If a farmer is indebted to one of these silver men one thousand dollars, and that farmer rated well finan? cially, which would be more preferable? t<? accept that farmer's check, worth nothing intrinsically, so far as the mere materials are concerned, for one thousand dollars,or to receive one thousand bushels of wheat, worth on the market seven hun? dred dollars'.' There must be some standard by which a commercial people may measure the commodities in which they traffic. Gold, being less fluctuating, has been taken as that unit of value; hence a gold dollar of certain weight and fineness is a dollar. A paper dollar is of no material value, but a Government guarantees the paper and gives it purchasing power to the extent of otic dollar, or its face value. The silver dollar is a coin of metal, which, like cot? ton, wheat, iron, coal, etc., is worth, say. seventy cents to-day, and to-morrow mote or less, according to the state of the mar? ket; therefore it has not even the actual stability of the paper dollar. From a democratic standpoint it ap? pears good political economy to use paper instead of silver for currency in even day use. The cost of one is small compared with tiie other. Taper money is most convenient and when issued so as to make it valuable, by government guarantee, it is equally as safe and more economical. We are not opposed to the coinage of silver or to having notes redeemable in gold or silver at the option of the holder, but we do object to the government pur? chasing a large volume of metal, paper or any other commodity for which it has no actual need, especially when such com? modities show a decided tendency towards depreciation. To compel the government to continue silver purchases undoubtedly benefits the silver men; a like policy would benefit the railroads, if the govern? ment could be made to purchase their de? clining stocks and hob] them at par; it would likewise benefit the farmer and planter if the government would purchase seventy-cent wheat and seventy-cent cot? ton, but we fail to see where the govern? ment is benefited, if after holding these articles it has to dispose of them at less than cost. A railroad ticket when made of pustc board is good tor a certain amount oi passage when properly stamped, [f t?e ticket itself contained two-thirds of its passage value in silver or other metal it would be worth no more to the holder than the pasteboard, as a (irst-elass rail? road ticket is good until used and salable if uiicaticcllcd for more than two-thirds the price of passage. It would benefit Ihe silver producers were railroad- compelled to use silver tickers, but suclj compulsion would be disastrous to the companies and confer no greater benefit upon the travel? ing public. We concur in the belief that silver is. perhaps, the best material for coins id' less value Iliau one dollar; as it is to Ces sarv I hat such coins, being issued for convenience-sake, should not contain their worth in themselves; being less destructi? ble than paper, they ><uit this purpose belter; being less valuable than cold, there is not the same loss from abrasion. We have no object ion to silver; on t'.:e other hand we are always glad to gel it, especially in exchange for debts of a doubtful character. We see 10? valid ob? jection to the government coining it to be used as money in such amounts as discre? tion may dictate; yet, we can discover no benefit, bul rather evil, from Compelling the government to purchase a certain quantify whether its necessities require it or not; it is. certainly forcing the people, who constitute the government, to' sustain a loss that is useless, and favors a doctrine condemned by the majority?enriching a few ;it the expense of the many. Itemnrlcable Coal. Some time ago the Argtjifine govern? ment forwarded to the assuver of the Huc 11 os A;>eis mint for analysis, a small sam? ple of coal front a seam discovered in the province of Mendo/.a. The mineral is lus? trous, black of a non-fibrous structure and very brittle. On being heated, it burned with a smoky tlame, yielding a light, spon? gy coke1, w hich :i tier combustion left a sin? gularly small amount of a greenish-col? ored ash. This ash, it was- ascertaind, contained a large portion of the v.1!ruble nietal vanadium. In view of this statc rtU'u! I lie coal is a mineral of great inter i-si. It i-. not oiifv a iVir quality as a :-o:iil>?istilde. but it is also available its a ?source of v..uad'e acid for industrial pur? poses, seeing that cae? ;? u of the fuel, presuming it to bo equal to the sample, sill produce over II pounds of pure ash, containing 4'.. pounds of the vanadic pen toxide. of which .'J1/, pound may be ex ii...-ied by simple treatment of the ash .with an alkaline liquor, the remainder be? ing -iisct ptild-" of extruction from t!?e [it ' soluble part. In short, the ash of this 'Coal is bd:cved to be the richest knowt !>'".teiiai Otillxirble as if source of vauiuli urn compounds. The seam where cxplor ed ta about 3 feel in thick"ve^s. { Post's Uvular Correspondent.) Washingtoic, March 13, 1893. i Editor Post : The President of the United States has j already *tou two consecutive falls In his great, hat unequal, catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with the office seeking element of his party, and unless his wind or hackhone should suddenly fail him his final victory is certain. The first fall was one before the office seekers got a good grip, by the announcement that no sue* cessors to officials holding four year com? missions would be appointed before those commissions expired, and the second, which was a back-breaker, by the an? nouncement that none of those who held office during the last Cleveland admin? istration would be reappointed. Both of these strokes made the President a few personal enemies who, while prevented by their own loud praise of Mr. Cleveland in the near past from making an open attack upon him, will take pleasure in ripping him up the back on the sly when the op? portunity occurs. But they also gained him many friends, as boldness and cour? age, always do for any man. whether he be president or private citizen. The Democratic editors who charged Mr. Harrison with subsidizing the press by appointing editors to office have had their arguments turned against them? selves by President Cleveland, and given as a reason for not appointing Democratic editors to office. Mr. Cleveland also took occasion to say that he was not pleased with the idea pit valcnt among editors or small papers, that the oflice of postmaster in their town belonged to them. If this thing keeps up a good many men will soon be asking themselves, "Where am I at?" While President Cleveland has been having everything his own way at tho White House things have been exactly reversed at the Capitol, where the Sena? tors of his party have been engaged in arranging the slate for the reorganization of the Senate committees, in accordance with the change of majority in that body. The otie committee in which Mr. Cleve? land was more deeply interested than all others was that on finance, which will have to deal with all of the financial and tariff bills that may reach the Senate of the Fifty-third Congress. The senior Democratic member of that committee in the last Congress was Senator Vorhecs, and according to Senatorial precedent he was entitled to the chairmanship of the committee in tho present Congress; but his financial views being directly and ap? parently unalterably opposed to those of President Cleveland a program was ar? ranged by the President's friends, and approved by him, to prevent Mr. Vorhees becoming chairman of the committee,and also to so arrange the membership of the committee that the silver men would be in a majority. This programme was com? pletely ignored, and not only was Mr. Vorhecs made chairman of the committee, but a majority of its members are pro? nounced silver men. This assignment which was made by the caucus committee has yel to be ratified by the Democratic Senatorial caucus, but of that there is no doubt. So it may he put down as certain that Mr. Cleveland will not be able to dictate financial legislation to the Fifty third Congress. Secretary Herbert says: "I do not be? lieve in dismissing a workingman from tire public service simply on the ground of his politics." He also says that he will continue in force the Civil Service Rules for Navy Van! employes, which created such a commotion when issued bv Secrc tan Tracy in the first year of the Harri? son administration. Verily, the expected spoils of the spoilsmen are rapidly van? ishing. it is not believed here tlmt President Cleveland withdrew the treaty for the an? nexation of Hawaii from the Senate be? cause he was opposed to annexation. The idea seems to be that he did not like the iudefiuitcness of several clauses in the treaty, and that he has already directed Secretary Grcsham to negotiate a new one. A good many believe, however, that this will not I e done until a commission Shall have visited Hawaii and obtnin certain desired information as to the wishes of the native Hawaiiaus etc. This commission could go and return before the present extra session adjourns, if, as now thought, the Senate shall remain in session until about the last of April. The present administration is just as much opposed apparently to a new issue of bonds as was the last one, although tho solicitor general has given an opinion that the use of gold reserve to redeem Tieasury notes would be legal, it will do neither, except as a last resort to prevent gold going to a premium. Just at present there is a cessation in the demand for gold, and the free gold?that is, gold in the Treasury over and above the $100, QO0;QOQ, reserve fu:>d, is steadily increas? ing, and not a few people believe that the flurry is over for the present, but that it will be renewed by the same influences when Congress gets together again, and for the same purpose?the repeal of the pur? chasing clause of the Sherm in Silver law. Specimen Cases. S. It. Clifford, New Cassel. Wis., was trou? bled with Neuralgia and Kheumatism, his Stomach was disordered, his Liver was affect? ed to an alarming decree, appetite fell away, and ho was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of electric bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, lib, bad a running sore on his leg of eight years' stand? ing. Used three bottles of Electrie Bitters and seven boxes of Burklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound aud well. John Speaker, Catawba, 0., had five Urge Fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one box Buckleys Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold by S. L. Whitehead & Co., drug store. Skxd 75cents to C. M. Harris, Big Stone Gap, Va., and get a copy ofa the "Blue Book. It tells you all about how to get i a Government appointment.