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BIG STONE GAP, WISE COUNTY, VA., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1893. NO. m
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:C,f*CATIOns
AND ESTIMATES
' V,; : a riitxuiuaii and
I i*igtftone <?avj> C?A|??mI*v'hhrt c??rp??
ra Moni4.
Bio Stosk Gap UfraovKKicjn Co.
Capital stock, $2,500,000.
Bonded issue. $/,ooo,000.
Officers.?It. A. Ay r*, president, J. f. Bnllilt, Jr.,
Vlce-Prcsident, W C. Harrington, Secretary and
Treasurer, Big Stone Gap; r. C. Ballard Tbraaton,
TrnsUc, Loalsvllle, My.
Directors.?R. A. Ayer?, i. f. Bullitt, Jr., J. K.
Taggart, Big Stone Go?;:C.hoa. T. Ballard, Louis?
ville, Ky.; Jas. \V. Fox, Jim. ('. Haskcll, Now York;
i.. c McDowell, sr., Lexington,Ky.: Wm. McGcorgt,
jr.. Philadelphia: it. B. XVhltrldge, Boston.
Kx.-' ntire Committ< ? -It. A. Ayers, J. K. Taggart,
BigSDotc Gap; .la*, w. Fox. 4no. C. Haskoli, Xtw
Y..rk; II. C. McDowell, sr., Lexington. Ky.
i-.) ; ;;..-.?! G?'l' ?'Ml ?'?wkm.'s Vam.hi IIa i i.wat Co.
Opknl si<;< k. f?,noo.
(iniri r*.? It. A. Ayr-, President, J. K. Tsgsc.nrt.
Vlce-I'resldsnt, XV. C. Harrington, Secretory and
Treasurer, Big Stone flap.
Directors.??. A. Ayera, H. <'. McDowell, jr., J. K.
Taggart, Big Stone Gap; W. V. Clyde, New York; If.
C. Wood, Bristol, Tenn.
Bin Srn\r G.m' Ei.?:cTi?o Lioiit axw Powkt. Co.
(Capital stock, $50,000.)
President, !t. A. Ayi s; Secretary, .los. L. Kelly;
Treasurer, If. II BnllJti.
Hin dors.?It. A. A j ? 1 ?, ii IT. Ittillltt, It. t. Irvine,
(mis. XV. l/oV?H, II. (i. McD"Well, jr.
Bin Stonk <: \v Watiiii Co.
(??>!.ilal st<?ck J (dl. Itonda issued, ?<;.r?.<KiO.)
Dfiieers.?I'resiiiftU, .1. F. BuIIitt. jr.; Big Stone
Gap; Vlco-l'resldeiii, Janies'W. Fox,New Vork: Sec*
u nity and Treasurer, IV. ,\. McDowell; Superintend?
ent, .1. I.. Jennings, Big Slouu (Jap.
Directors.?1>. ('. Anderson, It. a. Ayers,J. F. BuI?
Iitt. jr., Big Stone Gap; J- XV. Gerow, Glasgow.; I. P.
Iviiiie, Gate City, Va.
Bio sto.sk Gap Bi imiinii \m> Ixvkstmkkt Co.
c.ii>it?l stuck?minimum?$00,000.
Capital stork? authorized?JIM.OOO.
(No Iioiided isMi?-.>
Officers.?President, i<- T. Irvine; Secretary und
Treasurer, W. A. McDowell, Big Slone Gap.
Directors.?U, a. Aycrs, J"lin \V. Fox, jr., John m.
.Hoc, I-:. M. Ilardin, It.T. Irvine, w. a. McDuw
ell, Big Stone Gap; .lohn E. Green, Louisville, Ky.
Appalachian Bank.
Capital stock?authorized?|50,000.
Capital stock-paid in??2.%00(?.
Ofllcers.?President, XV. a. McDowell; Teller,Jno.
B. Payne.
Directors.?J. F: BuIIitt. Jr.. C. XV. Rvans, J. M.
1;.Hoc, U. T. Irvine, Ii. <:. McDowell, jr., XV. A.
McDowell, J. l: F. .Mill-. Big Stone Gap; I'.. J. Bird,
Irotitoii, Ohio.
Daisy luo.v ,\xi? Minimi Co.
(Mini's located at Hawaii, I.eeCo., Vu )
Capital, authorized, $300,000.
Capital, paid in, $I5,0?0.
Ofllcers.?D.Si i'lciuaiits, I?r--si?l--:*t. W. A. Mc?
Dowell, Treasurer, Big Stone Cap; Secretary, Walter
Graham,Graham, Va., Secretary; M. L. Mouteiro,
Manager, Hagau, Va.
Directors.?Walter ilriihnni, Graham, Va.; h. I,.
Mouteiro. Ilngan, V*?.; B.Turner Maury, W. a. M?r
Dowy i, l>. S. Pleiisunts, Big Stone Gap, Va.
I.vtkb8t.vtk I.wkistmk.vt Co.
Capita! stuck, $100,000.
President, Chas. T. Ballard; Vice President,
A. T. Pope; Secretary, T. G. Williams, Lou?
isville.
Directors.?Chas. T. Bnllard, John Church?
ill, W. N. Gulp, A.S. Hughes, A. V. Lafay?
ette, A. T. Pope, S. Zorn, Louisville.
Interstate Tunnel Co.
Capital stock. $10,000,000.
President, H. C. McDowell, sr., Lexington;
Vice President, St. John Boyle; Secretary, T.
W. Spindle, Louisville.
Directors.?St. John Boyle, J. VV. Gaulbert,
Joliu E. Green, E. T. Ilalsey, Louisville, Ky.;
Arthur Carey, Clay City, Ky.; F. 1). Carley,
New Vork; H, G. McD?wcli, Lexington, Ky.;
Jno. R. Procter, Frankfort, Ky.
Fayette Land Co.
Capital stock, $200,000.
^President, J. B. Shnrull; Secretary and
Treasurer, G. II. Whitney, Lexington, Kv.
Directors.?Atilu Cox, J. M. Kelter, 11. F. I
Smith, Louisville, Ky.; Thus. Martin, J. B.
Simrall, G. U. Whitney, Lexington, Ky.;
Horace E, Fox, Big Stone Gap.
South Appalachian Land Co.
Capital stock,$200,000.
President, If. G. McDowell, sr., Lexington,
Ivy.; Secretary and Treasurer, T. W. Spindle,
Louisville, Ky,
Directors.?SI. John Boyle, .J. W. Gaulbcrt,
John K. Greeu, Louisville, Ky.: Arthur Cnrev,
Clav City, Ky.: F. 1). Carley- New Vork: II.
C. McDowell, sr.,.*Lexiugtqu, K v.
West End Land Co.
Capital stock, $200,000.
President, .Jas. T. Shields, Knoxville, Tenn.
Directors.?E. P. Brv'an, St*. Louis, Mo.: R,
\V. McCrarv, Frankfort, Ky.: Jas. T. Shields,
Knoxville, Tenn.
Virginia Coal and Iron Co.
Capital stock, $1,500,000^
President, E. IL Leisen ring, Philadelphia,
I'a.; Vice President, Dr. J. S. Wont/., Manch
Chunk, Pa.; Treasurer, M. S. K?mmerer,
Manch Chunk, I'a.: Secretary, W. C. Kent,
Philadelphia; General Mauager, J. K. Tag*
gart, Big Stone Gap.
Directors.'?R, A, Avers, Hie; Stone Gap:
John C. Bullitt, E. \V'. Clark, Sam'l Dicksoiy
Philadelphia,Mi S. Konunerer, A'auch Chunk,
I'a.: E. 1>. Lcisenriog, Philadelphia; Robert
II. Saver, Bethlehem, Pa.; Sam'l Thomas,
Cutasqua, Pa.; Dr. J. S. Went-., Manch
Chunk, Pa.
Powell's Rivxh Coai and Ikon Co.
Capital stock, .^IlM.O?O.
President, K. 1>. Leisenring; Secretary and
Treasurer, W. C. Kent, Philadelphia.
Appalachian Steel and Ikon Co.
Capital stock, $800,000.
President, E. .1. Din!, jr., IrOufon, Ohio;
Secretary and Treasurer, M. T. Ridcnnur;
General Mauagcr, E. .7. Bird, sr., Big Stone
Gap, Va.
Directors.?R. A. A vers. E. J. lUird, sr.;
M. T. Ridenour, Biv; Stone Gap; S. P. Bacon,
Cincinnati; 11. W. Dates, Grccnup, Ky.; E. J.
Bird, jr., Irontou, Ohio.; J110. C. llaskell,
New "i ork.
Southwk8T Vikcinia Mineral Land Co.
Canital Stock, $55,000,
President, Itartori Myers: Secretary and
Treasurer, L. II. Shields, Norfolk, Vn.; Gen?
eral Mauager, Jas. W. G. row, Glasgow, Va.
Directors- -Jas. W. Gerow, Glasgow, Vu.;
It. M. Hughes, David ?oY\'cubergf Barton
Mvcts, L. 11. Shields, W. F. B. Slaughter,
Norfolk.
Bank of Bio Stone (Jap.
Capital?authorized?-$100,000.
Capital?paid in?$14,300.
President, W. II. Nickels, DiiflicUL* Vb.j
Cashier; H. II. Bullitt; Teller, W. M. MeEl
wee, Bi^ Stone Gap.
Kentucky-Carolina Timber Co.
President and General Manager, T. II. Ma?
son; Vice President, L. 0. Pettit; Secretary
and Treasurer, 1!. H. Bullitt, Big Stone Gap.
Central Land Company.
Capital, $200,000.
President, Janus W. Gerow, Glasgow, Va.;
Secretary and General Manager, R. T. Irvine,
Treasurer, YV. A. McDowell. Big Stone Gnp.
Directors.?J. E. Abraham, Louisville, Ky.;
James W. Gerow, Glasgow", Va.. J. Hoflidny,
Columbia, Ky.: R. T. Irvine, W. A. McDow?
ell, Big Stone (Jap; Barton Myers, L. H.
Shields. Norfolk. Vu.
East Bio Stone Gap Land and Improve?
ment Co.
Capital Stock, $500,000.
President, J. B. F. Mills; Vice President,
R. T. Irvine; Secretary, S. C. Bcrrymau, Big
Stone Gap.
Directors. ?Gco.'E. Dennis, Rocky Mount,
Va.: H. T. Irvine, 1. N. Jones, Gus W. Lov
ell, J. B. F. Mills, Big Stone Gap: M. B,
Wood, Bristol,Tonn.; J. W. Vatcs, Flint Hill.
Va.
Dto StonkGai' Grate and Mantle Co.
Capital stock - preferred-?10,000.
Capital stock?common?$15,000.
President, W. E. Harris; Secretary and
1 Treasurer, J. B. Dowden, Big Stono Gap.
> Directors. -J. B. Dowden, John Gillev,.W.
: T. Goodloe, W. E. Harris, R. T. Irviue", Big
j Stone Gap.
A MORGAN TOW?,' MVSTJOItV.
Tho M!aiio?f??a r.ilrarlo Window Is Vat
in the Shade Altogether.
A dispatch from Morgan town, W.
Va., to the St. Louis Republic, says:
The Minnesota miracle window is no
longer a wonder in tins city and vi?
cinity, chiefly for the reason that
Morgan town has developed a similar
mystery, which has been seen by ev?
erybody in town, and which has com?
pletely puzzled all who have looked
upon it. This is the picture of an
old man's head and is in some way
made a part of the plate glass front
of Rev. E: M. Trice's studio. Rev.
Mr. Price is not a superstitious per?
son and makes no claims to mircau
lous powers. He docs not know
how t}ie|picture came there, nor how
long it lias been there. He does not
attempt to explain it as a manifesta?
tion of divine power. His attention
was called to it by a passer by who
happened to notice it. Every effort'
lias been made to scour it rift', brit it
will not louse any of its original
clearness and distinctness of outline.
The picture is more distinct at some
times than at others, and viewed from
certain angles is clearer than from
others. It is the head of an old
man with white hair and wrinkled
features, the chin and nose coming
almost together as though the teeth
were gone from the mouth. hi the
morning, when the sun is in a certain
position, the outlines are the clearest,
hut it is visible always, lamplight be?
ing sufficient to bring it out with con?
siderable distinctness. it was
thought that it might be the reflection
of a picture in some nearby residence,
caused by some strange combination
of mirrors, but the blinding of the
window had no effect upon it. It has
been suggested that the piece of glass
upon.which it appears be Jcut out, but
Mr. Price is loath lo do this, desiring
to exhaust every effort to discover the
cause. The colors are all natural ami
finer in their blending than could be
made by anything but a photographic
process. There has been some little
excitement over it, but most of the
people are, like J)r. Price, willing
to accept it as something uucxphiina
ble.
SPEAK AN UNLEA.ltNABI*K T?NOUK.
IFolicitrftiiiMn Caribfi. n AfuKtMilar and Coal
Block African Knee.
"The Caribs of British Honduras,"
said Frank Fisher, manager of the
British Honduras syndicate, to a
Washington Star representative, "are
a peculiar people, and, unlike other
natives of the tropics, do not mingle
with the whites, holding aloof, for
that matter, from the natives. Orig?
inally from Africa, they still main?
tain their tribal relation and singular
customs. Physically they are a fine
race, being cold black and very mus?
cular. Their language is harsh and
guttural, its vocabulary consisting of
only about 700 words. They can
count up to three in their own
tongue, and above that number count
in French. If is almost impossible
to learn their language. They are
nomadic and go from place to place
along tli? cost. Some families have
half a dozen homes in as many vil?
lages. Some of the young women
are comparatively good looking, and
all have a most graceful and erect
carriage. They carry water pitchers
on their fiead very skillfully. The
women do all the work, and carry
burdens on their backs that would
crack the vertebras of a strong white
man. .Men are idlers. The women
have no standing in their family re
jlelations, and the wife does not eat
with her husband nor do any of the
females with the men. They are as
much at home in water as on land,
and the women paddle the dugout
canoes. The babies learn to swim
almost before they can walk. As a
race they are wonderfully cleanly,
bating several times a day, and when
the morning's work is over they are
in neat attire. They are very filial,
however, and when one goes fishing
the first fish caught is for the grand?
father, the next for the father and so
on down the list until the fisherman
comes to himself. They will not sell
their fish to the whites or other na?
tives until their own families are sup?
plied. In brief they are -of the few
J races in the world who have refused
j to intermingle with the other people."
T?st of <,'ut and Wir? Nails.
The committee having in charge
the competitive tests of cut nails and
' wire nails recently made at Water
town, Mass., has submitted the final
report of the engineer, Mr. W. H.
Burr. In all 58 tests were made,
including 10 cut and 10 wire nails.
The nails tested varied in length
from 1^ inch to 6 inches. The re?
port states that in all the tests the
cut nails showed superior . holding
' power, especially when driven with
taper perpendicular to the grain of the
wood. In the nails driven in pine
the. superior holding power of the
cut nails was more marked than in
spruce.
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The Magnet's Mystery.
It is absurd, says the Electrical
Review, to suppose that a primary
energy is impressed on a piece of
hardened steel once for all. The
transfer of that ? energy into actual
work would destroy the magnetic
power, yet such destruction not only
does not take .place, but the very ex?
ercise of the power strengthens the
magnet. A horse shoe of steel may
be magnetized in ten seconds by the
current of a few amperes from a bat
tery, a ridiculously small* amount of
energy all told, and such a magnet
can lift many pounds of iron in con?
tact. But without contact it may
lift a pound of iron easily.
It will hold that pound for an eter?
nity and every second of that time
without end the magnet is expending
energv until it foots up an almost in
conceivable total of actual power.
Not alone that, but the magnet of
<>ii(j pound of lifting power today may
and will be stronger tomorrow.
Where does all this really amount of J
energy conic from? By what inscru?
table process does the mere
magnetization of a bar of steel
make of it a machino for
the transformation of energy? Not
a reactory or storage device, which
like a steel spring, honestly gives
back approximately all it has receiv
cd, but a perpetual transforming or
converting machine. There is a hid?
den process going on of some kind;
energy is going into the magnet all
the time it.is doing work?energy in
some form. Where does it come
from?gravity? atmosphere? solar
says? earth currents? Who can
ray? It is a great problem, worthy
of a life time of indefatigable re?
search. It is a microbe, and it will
be discovered, and the discovery will
make electricity the queen of nature's
forces, and steam will become a dim
vision of the dark ages of the past.
ILLITERACY AND CRIME.
The Schoo1-ttna*e n Better PrertHitfttive
Thau the Penitentiary.
[From the Ncw'Orlenn.s Tinies-Democrat.]
Does education help morals? is a
question that has frequently been
discussed. It is somewhat surpris?
ing, in this age, to find persons re?
plying in the negative to this propo
position, and holding that our schools
are having very little effect in reduc?
ing the amount of. crime and vice in
this country; and they even point to
the criminal records in support of]
their view and to the large number
of crimes committed in Boston and
other cities where the school systems
arc practically- perfect, and where
everyone can get a good education.
If we examine the criminal and
police statistics, however, at the
United States Commissioner of Edu?
cation, Mr. W. T. Harris, has just
done, we will find that they make no
such showing as is pretended, but
quiet the contrary. There are, ofj
course, some educated as well as illit?
erate person arrested, but the differ?
ence in the number of arrests of these
1 two classes shows how great is the
effect of the schools in the elimina?
tion of crime.
The number of prisoners confined
in seventeen States which have com?
plete statistics on this point?four?
teen of them Western or Middle
States?is 110,538, and among these
the illiterates, in proportion to num?
bers, contribute six times their quota.
The records in the towns show an
even greater proportion of crimes
among the ignorant, and the illiter?
ate for the winde country furnish to
each thousand of persons eight times
as many prisoners as those who can
read and write.
It is plain from these facts that
our schools have already greatly re?
duced the amount of crime, and that
when we shall have succeeded in get?
ting rid of all illiteracy we will still
IV ther reduce the number of crim?
inals.
O'iJAKDICWOltKNiS OUT.
llv No Lunger UoIUm Mock in The Tcn
nr.HKot* Uourpany.
New York, May 25.?Theremain
der'of II. H. DeBardeleben's holdings
of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail?
way company's stock has been taken
by John IT. Jnman and associates.
The stock sold by Mr. DeBardcle
ben today to this syndicate amounts
to 18,000 shares and the price pai
was 16. Previous to this, blocks o
22,500 and 12,000 shares were
bought by the syndicate at 25 1-2
ami 19 respectively. Mr. DeBardel
eben will remain with the company
as a salaried officer.
The recent failure , of "Deacon"
White is his fourth disaster of the
kind. Neither, of these, however,
made much of a sensation in Wall
Street, nor kept the '.'Deacon" long
out of business. The third, how?
ever, which occurred Sept. 22, 1891
was an affair of greater importance
and involving larger liabilities. In
that year he had turned his atten?
tion more to corn than stocks, and
his operations were conducted for S.
V. White & Co., the firm having a
Chicago branch. They set out early
in the year to create a corner in corn,
but as the season advanced it came
out freely and this, with the addi?
tion of a bountiful crop, forced the
concern to fail and settle for 50 cents
on a dollar. Feb. 5, 1892, Mr.
White was reinstated on the Stock
Exchange, with actual debts of a
million dollars ahead of him. He
was successful and paid off his in?
debtedness, and was apparently do?
ing well until overtaken by the re?
cent panic and forced again to fail,
but has already provided for 25cU.
on the dollar, and proposes as before
t i pay in full.
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English ironmasters arc astonish?
ed at the fact 4hat the "protected"
Germans are sending steel into the
centre'of England at prices against'
which the native workers cannot1
compete.
Gospr-1 and Whiskey,
Editor Post:
We clip the following quotation
from the Voice. "How can Mahamc
dans respect the religion of Christ
when they believe that the products
of that religion is the gospel, tobac?
co and whiskey." These three come
to them in company, anil they sup?
pose they are of the same root. We
shall be obliged to send over a race
of school masters to teach the people
that the gospel is the antagonist of
whiskey.?Christian Inquirer" hut
we think those "schoolmasters"
would have a hard time of it since
the Mohammedans who know the
facts could point to the very country
from whence the Gospel is sent to
them as among the most rum-ridden
and whiskey-cursed people on the
face of'the earth. Many Huehsr.hool
mastcrs could have their hands well
filled right here with that sort of a
job, since there are so many people
here who profess to he renewed and
led by the gospel who never antag?
onize whiskey except when they can
do so without antagonizing public
sentiment or casting a shadow across
their own popularity. The shipping
of rum from this Christian country
to heathen lands could be readily
suppressed by law if the Christian
people wanted it done. But instead
of that, this trafic that blights and
withers the greater part of our mis?
sionary efforts among those benight?
ed people, is provided for by laws
that could not exist except by the
consent of those who claim to belong
to that company to whom Jesus said,
"ye are the light of the world."
There was 1.250,000 gallons of rum
shipped to Africa from the city of
Boston in IS months' time, and we
incidentally notice where a ship sailed
to a heathen land loaded with one
half a million gallons of whiskey,
eleven cases of gin and 14 missiona?
ries, all going out to christianize the
heathen; and yet the authorities of
this Government durin" the last ad
ministration used a part of the peo?
ple's money for the purpose of preach?
ing the gospel of rum to benighted
Africans. The iState Department ;it
YVnshinton ::l the request of Ameri?
can brewers, instructed our consuls
in Spanish America to investigate
the condition of successful beer trade
in their respective districts, and the
result of those investigations was
published in pamphlet form and dis?
tributed among the brewers of this
country to faeiliate the building up
of their soul-destroying business
within those ignorant nations of
Africa where our Christian mission?
aries are laboring to establish the
gospel of Jesus Christ. The fact
that this state of things continues to
exist while the church people have it
in their power to stop it at their will
is a fearful commentary on the pro?
fessed Christianity of this country.
We are missionary it regards sending
the gospel of Christ to the destitute,
hut as it regards sending the gospel
of rum and the rum too, as this Gov?
ernment is doing, we are anti-mis?
sionary first, laat and all the time.
How many Christians will say
"Amen" to this sentiment? We
shall sec when the ark of our law
making covenant comes around again.
W. L. Jehsee.
Cleveland, Va., May 30, 1893.
The Only Specimen on Earth.
The remarkable rerolite which fell
at Oosowatomie, Kan., on the after?
noon of April 8, striking the monu?
ment to John Brown, was evidently
one of that meteor swarm called the
"Porscids" because when they fall to
earth they come from the direction
of constellation Perseus. At the
time this fell that constellation was
nearly in the zenith. This meteor?
ite weighed a little over fourteen
pounds, and contained iron and oth?
er minerals usually found in meteors.
About one-forth of the mass is an
unknown metal, with a specific grav?
ity of four times that of gold. When
a fragment was volatilized in the
electric arc, it gave the same spec
trtnn lines which are found in the so?
lar spectrum, and have been attribut?
ed to a conjectural element, licluni, it
is the only known specimen on earth
and the Osawatomie aerolite will be
the most valuable ever known.
THE GUBEIt NATO KIA L FIGHT.
Public Sentiment h.h <:Hiliered From Va?
rious Quarters.
The Alexandria Gazette's Wash?
ington correspondent writes to that
paper as follow: Among the visitors
here Sunday evening last was
Mr. Leonard Marbury of Alexandria,
a member of the democratic commit?
tee of Virginia, the recent meeting of
which at Richmond he attended. He
said he went to Richmond under the
impression that Colonel O'Ferrall
would have an easy walk-over for the
gubernatorial nomination but found
that that impression was <far from
correct. He said that while that
matter was not hroached in the meet?
ing of the committe, the members of
the committee did talk about in the
hotels and other places, and that
from what he nail lieard he is indue
ed to believe that Mr. O'Kerrall will
not be nominated, that is if the mem?
bers of committee reflect the seuti
ment of the members of the party.
Mr. Wilson, the Washington corre?
spondent of the Rrichmond Times,
who went to Richmond to attend the
metting of the State committee as
proxy?hut, along with all flic blue
proxies, was not allowed to partiei*
pate, because most of the others were
in favor of holding the convention
[in Richmond for the benefit of the
! hotel keepers there and no discrimi?
nation could be made, says that the
was not at all disappointed at what
he heard in Richmond, ami that the
combined forces of Buford and
Tyler already ont number
those of O'Farrall and will
grow from now until the day of the
convention, while those of the Colon?
el will decrease. He says the time,
place and ratio of representation fixed
by the committee were all against
the wisheR of O'FerrraH's friends.
Mr. J. E. Clements of Alexandria
county, in talking about the same
subject Saturday morning, said both
Mr. Bnford and Lictcnant Governor
Tyler had many friends in hin couijtj
and that O'FerralPs course in the last
Co tigress had not been particular!;,
satisfactory to the Democrats there.
Two well known, old time Virginia
Democrats here to-day, one from
Warrcnton and the other from Gul
peper, in talking to the Gazette's
correspondent on this subject, said
that of the three candidates spoken
of. Ruford was their choice by long
odds.
\ aiK.Ulllt.lltl.K AND seurrt:?v;>
KXVOSITION.
Tin* Grant! lUMIcol Speolnele.?Solomon
? His Teiiiplc~,iiud tliu (jlltMMi of JshHKrT. ~~
The Enquirer, The Commercial
Gazette and other leading papers,
both German and English, of Cincin?
nati, are prolific in their praises ol
this new and most impressive of all
spectacle, which, at an expense thai
would seem fabulous, the enterpris?
ing management of .John Robinson's
Great World's Exposition produce
this year in connection with their
myriad of other attractions. There is
no sense so void, so lasting and so
conclusive as the sense of seeing, and
however studiously we may sereh the
Scriptures or other sacred history,
the ideas we may form and the im?
pressions we may receive concerning
the patriarchs and sages, and the
scenes, incidents and events eonse
queut to their time, can be but frac?
tionary and imperfect. To have re
porducod those personages and events
and placed with sceneographic effect
before you; to hear Solomon its-utter
his wise and prophetic words ; to sec
in person Sheba's illustrious Queen,
and the pomp and circumstance of
her surroundings; to view the great
Temple of Solomon, not by descrip?
tion but by actual inspection; to wit?
ness personally the sumptuous and
replendent festivals of the great Sol?
omon's court?these are the inestima?
ble privileges which the .lohn Rob?
inson's Great World's Exposition
accords its patrons in connection with
the great circus, the menagerie, and
the royal Roman hippodrome. The
spectacle of Solomon, His Temple,
and the Queen of Sheba will be
displayed Friday, dune 9, at Rig
Stone Gap.
TWO IHlUMMKItN OfMYUON?.
Keinnrknlde Kxperleneo of n Couple ?>i
Traveling Aim.
Proprietor Eden of the Great
Northern Notel, sat in his private
office with a very pnzzcled look on
his face, examining first one and then
the other of two letters almost identi?
cal in text, hut sent from widely
separated cities, says the Chicago
Journal.
One was from Omaha, Neb., and
the other from Buffalo, N. Y. Roth
complained bitterly of treatment the
writers alleged they received in the
hotel at the hands of the railroad-tick?
et seller.
Last Monday Carroll 0. Carter; of
Omaha, and R. S. Barnett, of Buffalo,
arrived in Chicago and registered at
the Great Northern. Both were
drummers and old friends. Night
before last the two friends told the
ticket agent to send down and engage
sleeping-car berths for them, as each
was going home?Carter to Omaha
and Barnett to Buffalo. At the en?
trance to the tracks each pulled out
his ticket ami exhibited it.
"There's youah train, sah! And
there's youah's, sah," said the por?
ter.
Each man was soon snug in a berth
dreaming of huge sales and other
things.
Wednesday morning Carroll was
awakend by the startling Cry of
"Buffalo!" from the porter.
?'What's that?" screamed Carroll,
an he stuck his head out between the
curtains. "Ain't I in Nebraska?"
'?No, sah; dis am Buffalo, N. Y."
And at about the same time Barnett
was having a similar experience in
Omaha. Each had taken the others
ticket.
The statement now made that
President Cleveland in covcrsation
with Congressman James W. Mar?
shall, of Virginia, has reiterated the
purpose of the amiuistration as out?
lined by Postmaster-General Bissell
not to remove fourth-class postmas?
ter unless upon charges dnly made.
A chain made for the United
States Government at Troy, N. Y.,
in l<SS:i, was six miles and a fraction
in length. It was made of bars of
iron each 2^ inches in diameter.
In the six months of 1892-93 $7,
832,671 passed through the money
order office in New York, and only
33 cents in that time remaind un?
called for.
F.U:Kim; ?.\ ..K YltollV.
An ordinary man exhales every
dav one pound of carbonic oxide.
The Bengal Canal, built in 1854,
is 900 miles long.
In Germany iron workers work on
Sunday as well as on other days.
The bankers and financiers of the
world will hohl a congress al Chica?
go from 10 to 25.
Only 170 persons in Florida have
deposits in savings banks.
Electric looms are already in op?
eration in Saxony.
A special brand of ?China tea is
s >ld at .$20 a pound.
A lump of coal recently mined al
Parkerburg weighed seven tons.
California oranges are sold in Lou
don f<?r $3.50 a box.
Tbe laborers of St. f.uiiis nie to
?\rect a "'temple/' at :i cost of $ l!n -
000.
Thk finest specimens ??! loose flesh
in the world are with Robinson's
shows.
Sixty per cent, of the shoes of the
United States are made in Massa?
chusetts.
Xo British sovereign has vetoed a
parliamentary bill during the past
185 years.
There are -(?,755 members of the
Knights of Labor in the United
States.
The farmer in Japan who has ten
acres of land is looked upon as a
monopolist.
About 0,000 intoxicants of differ?
ent kinds are known to custom?
house officials.
No lack of mirth in .lohn Kobil?
son's circus where the funniest
clowns on earth bold forth.
KvKitv act in the monster program
is a revelation to the people as seen
in .lohn llobinsou's great circus.
There are none dwelling houses in
Philadelphia than in any other city
in the United States.
Thk hippodrome races arouse the
greatest enthusiasn/al .lohn Robin,
son's great exhibition.
The tomb of Mohammed is cover?
ed with diamonds, sapphires and iu
hies valued at $10,OUO,00U.
Thk highest salaried artists in tho
circus profession are with .lohn Kob
iuson's big circus this Reason.
The canal across the Isthmus of
Corinth, which is soon to open lo
navigation, cost $20,000,000.
Telegraph wires between London
and Paris arc now very little used,
the telephone being used instead.
Four ?1,000,000 notes have been
struck at the Bank of England. AH
are in existence and accounted for.
The Sultan of Turkey has ordered
that no newspaper shall be published
in his kingdom until the afternoon.
The value of tropical and semi
tropical fruits grown "under the
American (lag is nearly $20,000,000.
Tbe revenues of the United States
for tho year ending June 30, 1892,
from all sources were $425,908,260.
The Lord Mayor of London re?
ceives $50,000 annually to enable
him to support the dignity of his
office.
Postal cards or letters addressed
to go all around the world will
go no farther than the Dead Letter
Office.
Elast hound shipments of dead
freight from Chicago last week were
00,333 tons, against 57,902 tons last
year.
The total gold holdings of tho na?
tional banks in ten sub-treasury
cities a few weeks ago was $103,
390,720.
Articles prohibited from domestic
mails are also excluded from circula?
tion in the mails to or from foreiga
countries.
There are now 27 royal familio?
in Europe which have about 400
members. Of these 27 families 18
are German.
The block system on the Erie lines
will he completed for tho entire
distance between New York and
Chicago on May 4.
The total coinage of the United
States mints for April was: Gold,
.$1,410,000; silver, $868,000, and
minor coin, $125,100.
The depositors in savings banks
in Massachusetts number 1,131,203,
or nearly one-fourth of the total
number in the United States.
The grandeur of the scenic suc?
cess, Solomon, his temple ami tho
queen of Sheba has never been equal?
ed, in John Robinson's great shows.
There are no laws for the protec?
tion of inventors in Holland or in the
Dutch colonies, nor is there any
means by which protection may be
obtained.
Beautiful beyond expression is the
attribute of all who have witnessed
the superb scenic triumph of Solo?
mon and the queen of Sheba with
John Robinson's great shows.
A Veritable masterpiece of scenic
magnificence is what critics pro?
nounce the spectacle of Solomon and
the queen of Sheba as produced in
John Robinson:? combiucd shows
There is now on deposit in the
Snb-Treasurv of New Vork City
more than $3.000,000, representing
outstanding postal money orders, ami
of this amoant more than $2,000,000
represents money orders which ar,e
overdue.