The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-22
Airy Tongues.

Many thugs are required To make lie coniiortaoie
anywhere; and, though have many blessings al
Big Stone Cup, there times when the supply ol
lemons and lines Is exhausted. Ii WAS Dean Swift
who said no civilized nun should live ten miles from
lemon, and he was right. The juice Of 1t mikes
we'll with 50 many things.
"Whai's all this hear bout KILN man In New
York with lcciricity," asked Il Harlan county man
the other day, Of one of our doctors.
"Yes, they killed him with it," replied the doctor
sand the papers say it took them too long To do IT,
"Ain't they got 10 winchestrrs up thar"
"Ycs; but they wanted Ia kill him quickly"
swell, Of they kin iud any quicker way wv KILN d
man than with Winchester, I'd Ike ter know it,
Our "natural advantages are not building tn,
new hotel very rapidly doing any great deal to-
ward paving the streets.
Cardinal Newman, who died last week, incurred hy
all cr.edS In England va, perhaps the most learned
hcoogian Of the agn IT, was prolific writer aud
his prose is perhaps the best In the language. He
by means bad poet. One OF his poems L. quite
celebrated, the first verse Of which is follows
Lead kindly Light, umid the encircling gloom,
Lead thou ne on;
The night is dark and am far from home,
Lad thou me on.
Keep thou my feet: do not ask 10
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
Dr. David ". Yarlcll, II Louisville, the creates,
surgeon except, perhaps DR.. Gross, who ever lived in
Kentucky has just recovered from serious Illness,
during which tw" very serious operations were per-
formed When Louisville loses Yanirll, 1t will be
many day before his place is supplied, II ever. lie
is the vcsalns Of his profession there. and has TO
tend with quite rs much hostility and envy
Middcsborough Is ut work on charcoal furnace.
There was an Increase Of l2,eNO immigrants arriv-
Ing In this country last year the previous year.
the total numbrr 5':ns +5i;sisi
1t is gratifying to Engllsh-spcaking people to learn
thu, the only Language that seems 10 make much
progress toward universal is our own mother En-
S,isl and its progress is marked and unmis'akabc
Al the beginning of the century, it Is estma'
tod only about 81 100000 pcrsohs spoke English
while French was the native tongue of ai;sssp'o'o'
German of 3O,0OO,OOO, Russian of 3l,oo0,O0O, aIi
Spanish OF 26,OO0OO1, The chief languages of
Eurupe-tlr Ave named, with Italian and Portuguese
NeIt SpOhtH w ioS,VVV,''V I'"'f VI WYNN "s' '"n'
10 per cent. spoke English. Those same Languages are
now used by 4OO,OOO,OOO people, Of whom about 1885,
OK, 900, or 81 per cent. are Engsh.spcaklng. The
English Language is now used by nearly twice Us
many people any OF the others, and Its rate OF
growth is every year Incoming more rapid. II Il
speIddly adapted to become the universal language,
and appears be destined for that postion--f It be
possible for any language ever to attain It,
Rurnor has Il that Hon. j. r. F. Mills will be CAN
Aidate for Congress against Buchanun, who WAS re-
nominated by the democrats ut Pulaski Mr. Mills Is
moderate republican aud "a popular man. His
friends say he win, but the democrats are equally
~ sanguIue II not more 80. buchanan Is man OF
ability and has made an industrious and Influential
member OF Congress.
Big Stone Gap has, yet but one railroad and for
heavens sake let Us have that In peace. II seems 10
be the little eve lamb OF railroads, which everybody
covel. aud is trying to seize.
Captain Walker and bis brigade Of warriors have
given Zig Stone Gap the aspect VI military station
One fan, les himself nj Warsaw OF Berlin. Our rall-
road Is nor long Us the Texts Pacific, nor IN
vnuahle us the New Yvrt Central but II /, some.
.ml,g to fight for. ITS all we've GOT, the Irish.
zen said when he slept uIe .hu .oost whcrs his last
cuckeu -rched.
The Cup. sddics have their equlpnn''. and
they are -" sDxiOus r., Are. II We d Il have
one sonu til y will have OH. Themselves, ,.cii
hook an ladder They "a. .. noh!ng now but
-. .lirg the roofs Of houses nd rlng dish, eIe
III unircs,cd madcrs from the laws Of the red
u.no',.
"Wu;. the operation -, less, do'ilr:i'
~. ~: one VI the best Ter performed
'.wh, will the patient b- out -
"Oh. he's dcsd-but I'm nicely speaking VI the
Surgical operation--it MAS beautiful
Thr Posr'' smoke stack Is the First ever erected y,
iis STONE zap.
An simircr writes Ia the Posi-, "Your paper Is II
splr;idd surprise and will prove the best advertise
nIrnt the town possibly have"
l. that so! Then let the color of yonr
,unnnv-twn ,lnjlars mgr wear in 0drnurr