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-===^ 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.
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R. T. IRVINE,
attorney-at-law.
gfcc In SnnimerhVId ISuilding, W?,.d A venu-,
Big Stone Gap. Virginia.
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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.
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In lots of 25
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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.
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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.
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.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.