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i*18 Big Stone Gap Post. f t- S- Editor. b- "AYE-j. Bus!ne33 Manager. THURSDAY, mTyToTiSoT" Tkksjs or SUKSCIUlTIOS : Fayroent ttrtctlr in Auv.im-e. Tfe POSTha.Uhe largest circula? tion of any paper in Southwest Vir? ginia, and it is steadily increasing. An. inspection of its subscription list h invited by those contemplating ad? vertising, Activity At lilgSVonoGap. A resumption of activity is expect? ed to take place in the Big Stone Gap (Va.) region in tlie near future, as a number of industrial improve? ments are about arranged for.. The Big Stone Gap Colliery Company, which started work on fifty coke ovens last fall, is said to have secur? ed additional capital and will resume work to complete the ovens at once. Two Springfield (Mass.) men,Messrs. C. W. Mansfield and II. S. Miller, contemplate erecting coke ovens on Roaring Fork, and Messrs. Franklin Dache, of Pennsylvania, and a Mr. Trigg, of Abingdon, Va., arc endeav? oring to lease the J. d. Kelly lands, near Big Stone Gap, for the purpose of building a coal mining and coking plant ?Bristol News. The Book World. What a delightful entertainment does a good book afford. When wearied with over work or mentally tired, making even conversation a bore, how restful ?and soothing to one's spirits, is a -light, humorous, original book. Unlike the olden time, when one, or at most, two solid books were produced in a season? books ranking as highly proper and of the othordox type required for ad? mission into respectable households; and when "books for the young" held very small space in a publisher's an? nouncements, and even then only such as were very childish in senti? ment and style?such as"Geody Two Shoe.-." "Old Mother Hubbard," ".lack and the Bean Stalk," and such like, we now have, month by mouth, announcements of numerous first-class works in all departments of literature, science and art, suitable to all tastes, and to all circumstances; and in no; branchjof the book-world is the extension and improvement more seen than in "books for the Young." The present rising gener? ation enjoys immense advantages for the easv acquisition of knowledge denied to those of a past youth, and it cannot, with truth, be any longer said that for them there is no royal road to knowledge. A noticeable feature of the current literature' of the present day is the fact that the ladies are among its chief contributors?not. merely in the production of entertaining novels, but as authors of scientific works, of sonic of the best hooks descriptive of nat? ural history, and of first class works in other branches, showing, on the part of the writers, deep research, accurate scholarship, technical train ing, and profound acquaintance with human nature. To the ladies are doc ike best thanks of young and old for ve.y much of the healthy, exalted, artistic, solid and instructive mental food provided so liberally for their detoctation and bonefit. As "distinct from th ? newspaper wi???rid the press, as generally consid? ered, the B< ok world is. at the pres? ent dav, essentially an important lac tor in social life. The newspaper, especially to men of business, is felt to tie a necessity in these times, giving as it does a mine of information in small compass on all to pieces ap? pertaining to the hurry -scurry of the existing daily rush of life. But to the Hook, in ore than to anything else, do individuals in all circum? stances, turn for solace, instruction, entertainment and real, lasting, en? joyment. How few recollect, or care to recollect, from one day to another, what the newspaper has placed before them. At most, choice pieces, or such as posses-, humor or striking originality, are clipped out and past? ed away for future reference, "when wanted." Put not so am books dealt wUh. Those we have read in our youth are remembered. Favorite authors are quoted, referred to, re penised, and enjoyed, with fresh gtiKto, time after time, affording, on all occasion*, delight or apt direct? ness to our minds. Jt has boon the experience of thousands that a good book is the liest companion. Amongst the leading books pub? lished-during tho last few weeks may be mentioned "MarccUa/1 by Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the talented au-: thorec-H of ?'Robert Rlsniere," 'The History of David Grieve.rt&c. "Mar-; cetla1'jMnh}, hy cmmvni critics to: treat, with knowledge, splnpntbtv,aud a great degree of power, trf the active, though still vaguely defined and much misunderstood, force called so? cialism, showing the causes that have led to its growth, and neither over? estimating nor understating its influ? ence. It is said that while "Marcel la" herself is a perfectly proper young lady, she is not at all a model for young girls to build lipon; and that she is too selfish and too much inclined to "go as you please" in the race of life. Some idea may be formed of the present demand for the book from the fact that eleven presses, constantly at work, are unable to produce it with the required rapidity. Mrs. Celia Thaxtcr, weil known to every lover of poetry?old or young?has endeared herself to the hearts of the young, especially, by her "Poems for Children," which has passed through many editions. Mrs. Thaxtcr is also well known as an accomplished essayist on practical gardening, especially in the domain of flowers. It is said that she is at work among her flowers every Hum? mer morning from four o'clock until six, and she is said to be as fond of music as of flowers. Mrs. Olive Thornc Miller, called the "Laureate of the Birds," is a leading writer on bird life, and in "Bird Ways." "In nesting time," and "Little brothers of the air," she has given to our youth delightful books full of kindly sentiment,and of instruction in a most pleasing form on a very interesting topic. "Total Eclipses of the Sun," by Mabel Loomis Todd, and "The Story of our Planet," by Dr. Bouncy, arc charmingly attractive to all inter? ested in astronomical science. ' Bill Nye's History of the United States," liberally illustrated, avoids all dry and undesirable husks of his? tory, and forcibly and humorously tells in its author's own and well known style,thc story of our Nation's birth and growth. The book, as a rare combination of information and entertainment, is certain to have a very extensive sale. To such of our readers as desire knowledge of University Life in England, we commend Professor Gold win Smith's "Oxford and the Colleges," recently published, and which may be read at one sitting. London and Paris' literary circles are a stir over the prospective publi? cation of the memoirs of Napoleon's private Secretary, Baron do Meneval, who assumed that oftice in 1802, when Napoleon became dissatisfied with De Bonrriennc. Marion Crawford's "Katherinc Lauderdale," very popular, and hav? ing an extensive sale, is to be fol? lowed by the author's new work, en? titled "The Ralstones." In the May Forum is an article by Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, entitled "Is faith in a Future Life Declining?" based largely on cvi lence received by letters about the author's work, "Gates Ajar," pub? lished upwards of 20 years ago. We may return to this important ami interesting subject in a future issue. LETTER TO EDITOIi. Scott County, Va., May 4,1894. Editor Post: I notice in your paper of April 19th that you set out the platform of the organization known as the A. P. A., without comment thereon. This platform is misleading und calculat? ed to make false impressions upon those who have not read the acts and doings of its members, it is in part a revival of knownothmgism of for? mer days.-which was a secret. Oath bound organizations reflects t isgraco on a nation. This last named party of proscription and in? tolerance was completely crushed out of existence by the brilliant campaign of th.e late Hon. Henry A. Wise,when he ran for Governor of this State in 1855. The knownotkings were the opponents of foreigners, and sought to effect a change in the naturaliza? tion laws, requiring every foreigner to remain in the United States 21 years before he could become a nat? uralized citizen, and like tho A. P. A's. were hostile to Catholics. The A. P. A. organization is not opposed to foreigners, but, on the contrary, is largely composed of Canadian Orangemen, Slavs, Poles, Norwegians and Swedes. The res? pectable native Americans, who be? long to it are few in number. This organization is reviewed in detail by the Rev. Washington Gladden, an eminent clergyman of the Episco? pal Church. His article is publish? ed in the March number, 1894, of j the Century Magazine and should be read by all Americans. He is bold, clear and fearless, and shows forth thejhidden malevolence of this organ? ization concealed under a specious exterior. The platform of principles of the order is paraded to divert the attention from their real purpose. He states that "this is the exotric doctrine. The exoteric differs wide ly from it, it is a secret political oath-bound organization, whose prin? ciples are intended to ciente civil war and to deprive Catholics of their social and political rights. The oath which each member takes hinds him, 1st, never to favor or aid the liomiuatfcm, election, or appoint-1 mcnt of a Roman Catholic to any political office. 2nd, not to employ a Roman Catholic in any capacity if the services of a Protestant can be obtained." Mr. Gladden shows "the j danger to society by sacred conclaves j of men bound together by such an oath * * meeting together in concealed places and carefully I hiding all their operations from the i public eye; any man is at liberty to conjecture. It is evident that these ! assemblies will be hot-beds of malic | ions rumor. The most preposterous ! lies can be strrted in these conclaves orjtherc is no one to challenge them." These men have already deluged the land with falsehoods, calumnies and foreigners against Catholic citi? zens. They have printed numberless documents, one of which is styled "Instructions to Catholics," and to which the names of eight Archbish ops, and signed with the counter sig? nature and confirmation of Cardi? nal Gibbons. This document sets forth, among other vapid nonsense, that "the Catholics must secure the control of all the cities, railways, manufactories, mines, steam and sail? ing vessels?above all the press; in fact,every enterprise requiring labor, and remove or crowd out the Ameri? can heretic, &c." "So absurd are these charges," says Mr. Gladden, that sensible men, it would seem, should only laugh at it; yet the forg? ery has been taken seriously by tens of thousands of American voters. We might have thought it an easy task to convince this multitude that these prelates were knaves, but who could , have imagined that credence would be given to a document which repre? sents thein as preposterous fools." Another document of a still more as? tonishing nature has also been freely employed. This is a prendo encyc . Hal of Popeleo XIII addressed to the Jesuits, patriarchs, primates, archbishops and other ordinaries, and ' given at St. Peters, Pome, on Dec. 25th, 1891, the fifteenth year of our Pontificate. In this the Pope is made to declare that "this continent discovered by Columbus, belongs to him that he has long forborne to take forcible proscssion of it. He, there? fore is made to full minateas follows: ''We proclaim the people of the United States to have forfeited all right to rule said republic, and also all dominion, dignity and privileges appertaining to it. We likewise de? clare that all subjects of every rank and condition in the United State, and every individual who has taken an oath of loyalty to the United States in anyway, whatever, may be . absolved from said oath, as also from all duty, fidelity or obedience, on or about September 5th, I Silo. When the Roman Catholic Congress shall convene at Chicago, Jlls., as we shall exonerate them from all engage? ments, and on or about the first Ig? natius Loyola in the year of our Lord, lS9o. It will be the duty of the faithful to exterminate all heretics found within the jurisdiction of the United States." 'The Christian Ad? vocate, of New York, a Protestant journal, says: "We do not know of a more transparent fraud. We arc astonished that am- human being acquainted with the Roman Catholic Church could have believed either in the Pope or his advisers such dull idiots as his document would prove them to be." "It is the work," says the Advocate of some "whose men? dacity has intoxicated their minds to such a degree that, though they wanted to lie, they could not do it shrewdly." Mr. Gladden says: "The aforesaid 'Instructions to Cath? olics' and the 'Prendo-EncycliaP are: the principal documents which have been employed in working up the anti-Papal jury. It is difiicr.it for intelligent men to bclicvejthat litera? ture of this description can be intend? ed to be taken seriously. It reads like the fabrication of a very clumsy humorist. But one who is as famil? iar as I have been constrained to be. through the constant attention ol members of this order, with the newspapers, leaflets, circulars and manitesto's, by which it carries on its propaganda, knows that they are nil of a piece. The most eXtraviganl humorist could not invent anything more absurd than that which thcypitb lish weekly as current history. And whatever may have been the origin of these documents it cannot be de? nied that they have been used as campaign litcrarturc all over the land, in all manner of publications, and that their genuineness lias been been editorially asserted and defend? ed in the organs of the (.oder. With these documents have been combined a variety of alleged oaths of Papal leaders and garbled extracts of Ro? man Catholic, writings. In every community oral tales of the same teuor are tlilligently passed from lip to lip. A consignment of arms has come to Father so and so. They are drilling every night in the basement of their churches. Von arc met on the streets by excited persons, who ask you what you think about these Catholics drilling in all their ohurch cs and getting ready for war. If you demand definite information as to the'precise church where this drilling is-going on, as to the name of the priest who had received these arms, the reply is apt to be evasive. In some cases, however, names and plac? es have been given and investigations have followed, resulting in no dis? coveries. These J identical stories I have been told, 1 suppose, in hun? dreds of communities, and they have not, so-far. as I have been able to hear, been verified in a single in? stance. Several churches have been freely opened to their search, but not one single firearm has been dis? covered in any Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Not a particle of evidence of such warlike preparrtion have been procured. The i stories are, however, still cirdulating i as freely as ever. When thejground | has been well prepared by the dtV I semination of such dreadful docu- i mcnts and snch ha?rawing tales, the work of organization will proceed. The meeting places of these orders are intended to Ic secret; all their operations are catricd on in the most stealthy manner. It will be readily seen, however, that a claw of per? sons, who could accept as genuine, the documents which I have descnb ed would not be likely to preserve such secrets and the existence and the main purpose of these orders speedily transpire. That the preva? lence of this insanity will be brief is certain, but it may spread widely enough to do incalculable mischief. May I not venture to call upon all I intelligent Protestants, and especi? ally upon Protestant Clergymen, to consider well their responsibilities jn relation to this epidemic? Can we afford, as Protestants, to approve by our silence, such methods of warfare against Hornau Catholics as thi?> society is employing? For the hon? or of Protestantism is it not high time to separate ourselves from this class of 'Patriots?' In any large town, if the leading Protestant cler? gymen will speak out. clearly, the plague will be staved or abated." The OW/oo/;,aI'rotestant journal, in speaking of the A. P. A., states that "it is high time that public atten? tion was called to this anti-Catholic movement, which is founded on falsehood, promoted bv forgery, and imposes perjury upon its members as a civic duty. Nine. THE iJRESS. RicinioKD Dispatch: It pains us to read in the New Orleans Times Democrat the stoXomeut that "never before has the sugar industry been in so critical and dangerous a condition as now"; and that paper adds that it will take all the efforts of the friends of sugar to prevent the des? truction of an industry upon which half the population of the State de? pends for a living. It is a straight in which theLouisi ana people find themselves when they are asked to agree in the interest of the Democratic party to the destruc? tion of an industry which provides the means of living to half their own number. If it depends upon the votes of the Louisiana congressmen wheth? er this shall be done or not, we take it that it will never bo done. How? ever, let us await a time with pa? tience, as the sugar men hope to be liberally treated by Congress. The President Againgt the Income Tax. The Washington Post of yester? day reports that the President de? clared to two gentlemen on Wednes? day last that he was opposed to the income tax. This report is based upon the authority of a senator, who vouches for its accuracy. We arc not surprised to learn that the President is opposed to the in come tax. It has never been clear to us that such a tax would be levied by the present Congress. Neverthe? less, Mr. Cleveland may follow the example of Mr. Mills, who says that he does not like all the features of the Voorhecs bill, but intends to vote for it. Certainly there arc strong reasons why the tariff question should as soon as possible be disposed of, not only for the present Congress, but for the whole term of President Cleve? land. The clamor for the removal of this rock of offence is increasing rather than diminishing. The Post .says: "Probably the best thing that could happen to the country would be the prompt passage of the bill on the details of which debate of indefi? nite length has now opened. It can never be made a perfect measure, or in all respects satisfactory even to the party which has it in cliaigc." But the Republicans in Congress will not let that be done. It is for' the Democrats tt) remedy tin wrong of the situation.?Richmond Dis? puteh. And What Will Happen Th er.? If an international agreement for bimetallism shoul.l le arrived at, it would, of course, provide one ratio, leave France with her ratio of h'ftocu and one-half to one, and America with her ratio of sixteen to one. A uniform ratio would need to Ire adoj.ted for all. Very well. When this is agreed on, what shall be the next step? Shall coinage of silver be left where it is?or shall each country be allowed to coin a certain sum each year, or shall the mints of all coun? tries be thrown open to the free coinage of all the silver that is brought to them? We know, of course, that neither of the first two propositions will suit the silver men, j and an international argument rest? ing upon either of them would ac? complish actually nothing. The fight would go on for free eoinage af? ter that agreement was made just as actively as before. The silver men must have absolutely free coinage or nothing. Consequently, we appre? hend, that the international agree in'ent, if it is ever made, will be for entirely free coinage at a ratio for the whole world of, say, sixteen to one. What must happen when this takes place? We can now mine as much silver in this country as neces? sary to-make a silver dollar on the basis of sixteen to one, for about fifty cents in gold. This proceeds from two causes; first, the richness of our mines, and, second, the great improvements that have been made in raising und smelting ores. If, then, we can emit in no to get a dol lat? hy spending fifty cents there is no probability that the industry of min? ing silver will fail into decay. On tho coutray, it will certainly become more active than it has ever been, lint, under the stimulus of such enor? mous profits, new'mines wilt he hunt ad all over the face of the earth, and processes will be improved still far* Hier, until the very latest possible^ eriiioiiiout is mftdc, How we can ? ' / tn fail to take from the earth the last ounce of silver it contains ander stich a condition of things we are at a loss to perceive. Now the first fiat of a government has enormous power, and the joint flats of all governments is stronger than any other physical power on earth, and yet there are things be vond even the power of that, one of which is the tastes and tempers of men and their minds. When silver shall become as abundant a state of things must make it, men will prefer gold in spite of all the governmental decrees that earth can frame. And, when that becomes the case, it will be simply another form of saying that gold has gone to a premium and that the world has become debased. We would like to be shown the defects of this view of the case.?Bichmond Times. ;_ A Congressman's Pay and Duties, The absence of members of either house of Congress from their seats is too often spoken of as if ali the ab? sentees were engaged on business of their own, and neglecting that of their constituents; and we constantly read what are intended to he sharp reproofs of our representatives, based upon the assumption that when they arc not in their seats they are neg? lecting their public duties. The usual remedy proposed is a deduction from every congressman's pay for all the time that he neglects to devote to his country's service. We have not heen remiss in urg? ing upon Congress to hurry up tariff legislation. Indeed, we believe that the Dispatch was one of the first papers in the land to dwell upon the importance of an early settlement of that question. But it must not be forgotten that our Virginia roprcsen taiives spend a great deal of time in waiting personally upon their con? stituents who visit Washington City for one purpose and another. In? deed, we suspect that they firmly hold to the opinion that they would earn all the pay thoy get if they did nothing but second the efforts of peo? ple fiom their several districts to se? cure employment in the government service. Day after day our tele? graphic columns testify that Mr. Jones, of the First District, or Mr. Tyler, of the Socond, or Mr. Wise, of the Third, or some other Virginia Congressman,has been pressing upon the head of some department the claims of certain of his constituents to places under the National Gov? ernment. In like manner, these same congressmen have to attend to the requests of delegations of their constituents S3iit to Washington to see that peanuts, Irish potatoes, oil, sumac, tobacca, iron ore, coal, and what not arc put upon the free list. Again, a congressman's duties arc not confined to the work of constitu? ents when these happen to visit Washington. It is just as impor? tant a part of his duties to prevent bad legislation as it is to promote good legislation. Much of the time which a congressman spends out of his seat is devoted to committee du? ties, if he happens tobe on a com? mittee empowered to sit during the sitting of Congress. Much more of his time is spent in appearing before committees of which ho is not a member to prevent legislation which1 would be injurious to business inter? ests in his own district. In a word, a congressman's place is not a sinecure. He has- no time to spare from his duties, though these duties may not always ksep him in his seat. Let us not over-work him, nor censure him for not being at one and the same moment in the hall of the House of Representatives and in one of the departments.?Richmond Dispatch. FOR COLDS. 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Clmncc.Exr., Ac. et al, Oft*.) lite ofcjert of this oittt in to racorer of J. C. C'uenre. Fxr.olf\v. I>. J??i^,?ieceniK!?!,|?7J?, with Intamst from March 21st, 1?JU, and forrcloa* ? v?nd.r'- U,n rats ,cd ft, a .loe? dated March 31?, tSSS, from Zlo" Iool.s an.t ?rir? to Wm. 1). Jon?, upon ? tract jj lnn.J In Lee County, Virginia; containing *Ut* acre* jJSS?f , *?munrit having he*? ?,Vfc ,^ BtaUiiM the defendants, J.C, Chance, Exr. of Wm II. Jones. ?kv?w*l, Catherine n. Jones, Joliu M. iouwj, Nancy K. AJJen, 4. (,. Allen SV.!'.'1 , " Jonwsre not realdeut* of ti,, JSS "WftitiWl" or?fere<i thai ?hev du appear her?. ?-Ithin ttteendays afterdae publicantiou tamf. and HUa wit. And jt la-further ordered that a con* hereo piU.IM.ed once.a w*vk f,*foir wclk?K he rtlz St-.ne (lap 1>,W, ??d ,n3t a cepy be xZi!d at th? front door of the eourt-lmm* i,f this" S?W ? the n>?| fry of the ?c,t term of th? 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