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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
Honor Among Women.

We are told that ''woman's notions of
property are aptto be hazy." and that the
"ideas of honor which prevail among men
arc not always binding upon women" Let
us consider, writes Emily f. Cole, in
Woman's Journal, if our experience up
holds this theory. A lady physician once
told me, 81 find, in my practice, women
generally more anxious that their bills
should be paid than men are"
How often Il woman marries man, her.
self free from debt, supposing the man to
he the same. A few months after mar
riage she learns from various bills and
notes presented that he is deeply in debt,
and somehow, the debts are never cleared
away; perhaps they accumulate. although
her husband has constant employment at
IL good salary. The thought of debt is
repugnant to her; she will deny herself
ncccssaries in order to avoid it. In one
case wife paid from her own earnings n
dentists bill contracted by her husband
before their marriage. These are not
fancy sketches, and might be multiplied
indefinitely from our own experiences.
Are We TO infer from them that mans
sense of honesty is inferior to wOman's?
Is it not as just an inference, and as we'll
sustained by actual experience, as our
opponents deduction?
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
DISCRIMINATING SHOT.
1. Was so Aimed as to Hit Deer or Miss
Calf.


The following story ;e told of couple
of sportsmen by the 81. Louis Globe
Democrat Their name. gero Hoffman
and Cowan, and both were excellent
shots, and not a little given to Boosting
of their skill. One day they went on a
deer hunting expedition, and, after get
ting into the woods where they expected
to find deer, they separated. Shortly
after Hoffman heard Cowan's gun fred
off; he Immediately went over to the
spot where he heard the shot, expect
ing to be obliged to help Cowan to
hang up deer. He found Cowan very
busy loading his gun, and shouted ont:
Halo, Cowan! What did you shoot at
just now?'s s.s.t
"None O. your businessl Go along
over the hill!'
Surprised at this short and crusty an
swer, Hoffman looked around and dis
covered calf among the bushes. Again
he cried out:
81 say, Cowan, did you shoot at that
calf?"
Eyes, did; but it's none O. your bust
ness!"
"Why, what made you shoot at it7'
''I took it for deer"
swell, did you hit it??''
''No; missed it!'
"How did you miss it?"
az wasn't quite sure that 1t wasn't a
calf"
"You are pretty sportsman, re-
Joined Hoffman, Ito shoot at calf for a
deer, and miss it at that"
Don't make fool Of YOURSELF" re-
Joined Cowan. II Shot at it iustso as to
hit it if it was deer and miss it II it
was calfr'
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
violets. Her parasol was dome OF ruff

violets. Her parasol was dome OF ruff
fed mauve-colored gauze
The cotton frocks and the lowered
delaines were very pretty, but it is nee
essary to say that thoy trailed slightly
on the ground. Frocks indulging in
this bad habit become soiled at water
ing place very easily. There were more
panier toilets than should have ex-
pected, the paniers being OF black lace
over black or colored silks 1t was mo-
ticeable too that in tho freshest toilets
narrow millinery ribbons were giving
way to quite wide ones. In tho concert
hall of the Royal Pavilion-George Nv.
built it whom Prince of Wales. but Vic
toria sold it out in 1S5G-some tall girls
in pretty hats were worth observing
The one whose eyes were brightest
wore small. fat-shaped or black crino-
limo with small scarlet poppics decking
the brim. The one who had gallant
yachtsman attending her wore yellow
hat of Japanese gauze much puckered
up and trimmed with black velvet loops
and large rhododendrons- The fippy-
flappy-flop Leghorn hat Is moro French
and American than English. but there
were one or two specimens trimmed
with field flowers, as we'll as great,num-
bers OF small. black bonnets, mere scraps
OF things, trimmed with tiny ostrich
tips set upright in the familiar "ich
Dieu" fashion.
There is not much 60 say for Brighton
bathing costumes The darkest and
clumsiest garments are apparently
viewed with most favor as being least
attractive and hence most proper; and
from blue flannel or serge with little
braiding in white or black there Is lit
sse variation believe did see one
suit OF white flannel braided with blue,
but nothing that in home latitudes
would scare tho fishes or turn the Side.
The tennis groand was lively. the sun
set gorgeous; thon ono must HE eack
to London, for wero not Irving and Ter
~ to read and would not good sharaof
the world be there? London fails to
empty itself as completely IS usual, the
summer is so wet and cold and 40 it
happened that Mrs Alma Tadema sat
near mo In white silk with broad bands
Of black .yclyot Mrs Campbell Praed
was In tho audience In . printed India
SILK. and somebody more or less distin-
pushed who wore low red gown and
magnificent diamond ornamentA
ELLExs OsBsnss
z s Saqif
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
A noticeable fashion was the largo,
,laited pauze of muslin iabot or null

A noticeable fashion was the largo,
plated gauzc Of muslin jabot or null
tie worn usually in color contrasting
with the rest of the toilet Women in
white wore pale heliotrope null ties
and white hats yelled in Others wore
green silk sashes knotted behind white
frocks, with green jabots at the throat
and green hat trimmings A not
unusual embination was q skirt OF
fawn-colored or gray wool with broad
band OF black velvet az the bottom.
whito silk shirt white gloves and black
hat trimmed with mArgucrites, tho
favorite flower next the poppy OF she
English summer. A flaming brunette,
more pronounced In type than one often
sees in Briton. wore white silk skirt,
yellow silk shirt and white hat piled
with flowers and tied down with yellow
satin ribbons
English people who have money know
how to enjoy themselves There were
the little girls on the ponies. One pink
and white creature in dainty white
frock guided hers with white ribbons
and dangled white silk stockings. She
wore the much bcpuffed and ruffled
white cape bonnet, which is standard
head covering for English children. and
which always makes me laugh because
it reminds me of the gift volumes that
lie about in country inns. where the
stout and prosaic Queen Victoria is
styled ''tho little blossom of May" and
wherein it is stated that she in her
childhood wore cape bonnets and was
never allowed to have her hair curled
until she was ten years old. To return
to our muttons, the children's ponies
were led by liveried servants. One
bright-looking boy in Highland kits
had quite formidable retinue, o man
to guido his pony, maid to walk at his
side and another man to walk behind
1t is impossible not to pity the toddlers,
for their white stockings are invariably
short and their knees bare.
Cream-colored silks were among the
most striking carriage toilets These
were trimmed lavishly with gold. Ono
had a gold-embroidore belt, broad
band of gold about the hem and gold
cuffs combining the full sleeves; white
cloth dress had bodice laced with gold
cord passed through gilt eyclet holes.
Another had q white zouave jacket
edged about with gold drop fringe.
One very pretty black dress was foul
ard scattered over with bouquets, the
hem bound to depth of five or six
inches with bright cherry-colored vel
vet, which also formed the belt, and
slashed opaulets on the shoulders. With
this was worn black gauze hat trimmed
with cherries The handsomest woman
on the parade sat very straight in
frock OF mauve cotton, wearing black
hat shaped like Beefeater's and
trimmed with clusters of Neapolitan
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
THE BAnIEs OF THE WORLD.

(From the ST. l4bui> Rcpublic.)
II has been computed that between
SO, 00O. 600 and 31,000,000 babies are born
in the world each year. The rate of pro-
duclion is, therefore. about seventy per
minute. more than one for every beat OF
the clock With the one IL minute calcu-
lation every newspaper reader Is familiar.
but il is not every one who stops to calcu-
late what this means when it comes to Il
years supply. 1t will therefore. probably
startIc good many persons to find, on the
authority Ola well known hospital writer.
that, could the infants of year be ranged
in line in cradles, the cradles would he
overAowing and at the same time extend
around the globe.
The same writer looks at the matter in
still more picturesque light. He imagines
the babies being carried past given point
in their mothers arms, onc-by one, and the
procession being kept up, night and day,
until the last corner in the twelfth month
had passed by. a sufficiently liberal rate
is allowed; hut, even in going past at the
rate of twenty minute, the reviewer Mt
his post would only have seen the sixth
part of this infantile host after they had
been passing him at the rate. of 200 an
hour during the entire year. In other
words, the babe that had to be carried
when the tramp began would be able to
walk when but mere fraction of its COM
rades had reached the reviewers post, and
when the years supply of babies was
drawing to close there would he Il rear
guard, not of infants, but of romping six
year-old boys and girls.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15

Above this she had bnttoned smart
white jacket and on her blonde hair was
q largo Gat-topped black straw hat,
turned up in front and behind, the two
flaps OF the brim held together on the
crown by standing bow OF black rib
bons.
The silk shirt might be called, with
tho younger women, the prevailing
style. It was invariably belted and
showed considerable flouncc OF ma
terial below the waist line, being in this
respect much less trig and finished than
tho shapes affected in America. The
yellow-haired girls wore blue and white
striped shirts, combined with blue ties
fastened in sailors knot and with tho
long ends secured beneath the waist
band, and very narrow-brimmed white
sailor hats with three bands OF hlue
ribbon about the crown. The brown
haired girls wore pink shirts. pink tics
and black sailor hats with pink ribbons
All sorts Of girls woro the .sbeauty-spot'
veil. which at Brighton Is black and bas
only one patch, that being quite large
& Just undeR the iefs eyes ,.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
SYNONYMS FOR MOTHER.
Children OF Culture Taught Love-Makins
Instead OF veneratIon.

ln3Idttu Oh t6H0EH6tOus
y Mother, that dear, sweet, matchless
name, synonym for the tenderest, truest
love man ever knew, has been elm
mated from the fashionable vocabulary,
says the St Louis PostDispatoh. In
the revised edition Of the giltredged Leg
icon 1t Is bracketed obsolete.
Only few years ago war was made
on the common pronunciation OF tho
word mamma, and Ia spite OF usage the
French method wss carried, that is, with
the accent en- the last syllable. Now,
mother, mamma, and old-fashioned
''ma" have been set asioe as common
place and various terms of endearment
substituted. One OF the wealthiest
ladies in New York has taught her two
little sons to call her precious" Dear
one" is the favorite address in the homo
of a rich and distinguished politician,
and the scions of the largest estate in
the country call the young mother love
of mine" and the proud father prince
Charming" But the most common term
of endcarment among tho children OF
the upper class is sweetheart" Com
ing from the little folks. scarcely able
to utter the sounds OF tho letters, it is
very pretty, especially at table or in the
nursery, when the small child has griev-
ance or heartache. 1t is not, however, a
convenient or callablo name at the foot
of the stairs, when the immediate pres
ence or audience of a gentlewoman is
needed. Since the abrogation of dear
est" which had as long run as the
Fauntleroy sash and collar, "dearie" has
enjoyed considerable popularity, but OF
late intrenchments have been made up
on the lovers territory and all their
tender appcllations appropriated.
"Sweet one" my own" lovely"
.'heart's-ease," dear heart" Queen"
darling" and Sweetness" are some of
the pet names to which loving and Iowa
BILE mothers respond. And after I'LL
there is something very tender and very
sweet in this love-naking of parents
and children, albeit the dignity Implied
by plain mother" may appear to be
lacking. 1t is just possible that there
is too much severity in our relations
with the little ones, and that better,
truer, firmer friendship may accrue from
this child worship. One thing is GER
tain, that there can be no arrangement
between the real lovers of home. 1t is
the sweet privilege of every mother to
be the idol of her daughters and the
sweetheart of her sons, and she has
ONLY herself to blame if the child-lover
tires of her and in the monday of life
forgets the glory that frightened his
morning. Mother" may do for the
daughter and son that the marriage
ties will bring to the roof tree, but if a
sweeter, dearer name can be invented,
by all means let US have it to use, to
hear and to love.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15

an infant of six years and his jacket OF
a waiter, smartly gloved and offering
his very slender arm to his big sister
or mamma. Englishwomen were out
in force, very straight, very stiff, very
much rouged One slim, correct
creature, whose carriage for a time
kept abreast of ours, had put on her
makeup most literally high on her
cheek bones and behind her ears. She
inclined her head constantly to ac-
ouaintances, trusting to the elevation
of tho carriagc, is to the stage, to tone
down crude effect into soft brilliancy.
Almost every woman ono passed was
powdered, some thicllly and unpleas-
antly. Many had darkened tho eye
flashes and brows and the hollows
under the eyes. One pretty girl came
to speak to the occ lpants Of carriage
drawn up by tho walk. She was fresh
and sweet and fair and eXqulsitely
dressed, but her lashcs were powdery,
like a miller's, except that she had
BACKED instead Of whited them. One
sees enough OF this sort Of thing in
New York, but English fashion is
much more unplcasantly artificial
People tell mo that Engliskwomen
powder because they take too much
wine and il makes their noses glow.
at all events. it is not pretty.
The crowd was motleys but less 80
than at Long Branch or Rockaway.
larry and his 'Ariette do not get fifty
miles out of London The turnouts
clanked with silver and were gay with
color as during driving hour at New
port; tho promcnaders had the lighter
tone of Narragansett pier, while the
bath chairs, and tho donkeys, and
the cutter-rigged. often sbrown-sailed
boats and tho heavy. blue-green at
mosphcric toges. only partially relieved
by the chalk. lent piquantly for
eicn tone. The women wore white or a
rich red mauve that glowed in the sun
shine or canary yellow or blue COM
bined with cream or gray. They dared
contrasts of color that would be, ven
sured by few AmericansEout on the end
of the chain pier was tall girl in vivid
lyred gown of o thin silk that swathed
her figure with every puff OF the breeze.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
TALK OF INFANTS.
When Docs tho Language OF Babies Be-
come Intolllgible7


The Listener, of the Boston Tran
SCRIPT, mentions the case Of fond
mother of his acquaintance who had a
remarkable baby, who, the mother in
sists, says Mammals little girl SO dis
tinctly that anybody in the world could
make it out And this is the way, ex-
actly, that the baby pronounces 1t:
Hubble, hubble, lubble."
This is not nearly such plain English
as that used by friend of the Listen
er's, now o man and an honest and abie
one, who, when he was two years ole.
mystifled the members of his family by
calling out in the imperative mood:
"Bixit, baxit, cloxit!"
All gathered round and tried hard to
make out what the youngster meant.
But the most definite statement that
they could get out of him was: "Bixit,
baxit, cloxit" At last by dint of a
good deal of pantomime, tho child got
them into tho pantry and indicated a
particular placn in it, and then his re-
mark translated itself to them. VIVA
Is meant to sa.y was: II want biscuit,
In the basket in the closetr'
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
oNLYAL1TTLE RIM OF STEEL.
AL Tint There is Between Railroad Pas
senger and Death.
[Ero,n the KANSAS CITY Star. |


81 tell YOU what it is" remarked an old
railroad man to-day. ut used to be that
they couldn't turn n wheel any too fast
for me, hut it is different now. The way
these fellows run nowadays makes my hair
stand on end. We used to think that
twenty-five or thirty miles an hour was
high running. People were just az well
satisfied, if not more so, than now, and
there weren't so many accidents. Those
days when man got on the ground there
was some chance Of his getting away alive,
but when you touch ground on one of
these fast runs now you're mighty liable
to stay there. People are beginning to
look upon mile n minute as common
thing, and are just bowling mad Mt road
that doesn't make it. They never stop to
think of the danger. All they think
about is getting TO their destination
.:Why, when stop and think of being
whirlcd across the country fifty or sixty
miles an hour. down hills and around
curves. with only an inch and half iron
between me and eternity, get so scared
swear never to get on coach
again. What 10 mean by an inch and Il
half of iron? Well. you know what pas
scnger coach is, don't YOU? You know
how the IRE built. \ coach is a pretty solid
thing NOWADAYS, and to look at one per-
son would think they were pretty safe, but
that's because YOU don't know ANYTHING
about. it, The coach itself is all right
us far as il goes, but it's the wheels. Did
YOU ever look at the wheels? If you did
Won may have noticed how they're made.
Il 81. hna
enough, and with fire of the finest kind
of steel. But on the inside of the tire,
YOU see sort of rim or fiange. That
fange is about an inch and half thick
and about the same depth. 1t doesn't
look az it amounted to much, that little
piece of steel. but that's just what the lives
of all the passengers depend upon. That
hangc keeps the vince! to the rail and
keeps the coach from running off the
track"
well, now, when train is going fifty
miles an hour around IL curve YOU see how
much depends on the hangc. The whole
weight and speed of the train is against
that hangc on one side, the outside of the
curve, and is all that keeps the coach
from whirling from the track. Suppose
the hangc broke. or. AZ is often the case.
was worn down and had been missed by
the car Inspector The chances are ten
to one that the hangc couldn't hold, but
would climb the rail and thcrc'd bc an
other accident. The reporters would he
told the rails spread or something of that
kind, and no one but the company would
know what caused the accident"
There are Il good many accidents that
happen that way. but it doesn't appcar to he
any of the publc's business. As Il gcner-
al rule coach wheel is watched mighty
closely, and the minute a tangc begins to
wear new ones are put on.but many Il time
an inspector will Miss wheel. and then
the chances are big that thcrc'l he an
accident -
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
BRIGHTON FASHIONS.
Gay Summer Scenes in London by
the Sea-
Under Chalk Gifts and Along tho Parade
Where England Sports Eta Summer
Erocks Rnsl There Arc li~sy limos
for the Bathing Machine.
Especial London Lstter.l
fcopYHyoR1, 1901


lido not know OF any occupation more
amusing-until ono wearies Of it-thsn
driving on the Esplansde at Brighton.
which one may call the Long Brsnch Of
England. save that. considering the vast
extent of tho British watering place.
the American resort is only camp COM
pared with it. The fine expanse OF sea,
the white chalk cliffs, the long rows OF
bathing machines, lowering tho British
matron to the water by windlass. the
lively music of the band on the roof of
the aquarium and the gay crowds of
visitors make up scene that. while it
is novel, is wonderfully entertaining.
1t was typical Brighton afternoon.
whom our trap turned into the parade
at four o'clock or Whereabouts: tho
three miles of its length were all
wind, glaro and fashion," for this
London by the Sea has no shade and
the sun, for marvel. was bright and
even warm. The British school-boy
was very much en- evidence, with his
plug hat of grown man, his collar of
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
l.srfor.teh by Lightning.

A terrific rain AMI ligbtning-storm
visited the vicinity OF Lexington, o. a
great deal of damage to crops was done
in the towns OF Fremont and Speaker.
Leonard Pratt, ). farmer living about
two miles norsn Of Roseburg, while
walking along the road near this place
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed. A hole was made III his head by
lightaing, and the s.rinRs Of his shoes
wsss cur rs smooth Us though doae With
knife. No injury WAS done 70 his
clothtng.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15
HEDGE PLANTS.

The val.e q the Osegs Orange aaA the
Mccartney Rose - Hedge Plants. -
We know Of no plant that is superior
to the Osage orange for hedge plseS
II is obnoxious to the objection thst IL
is naturally inclined to grow too large;
but this tendency may largely Be con-
troled by judicious pruning and cutting
hack. This plant Is in almost universal
use in the West, - was observed By
those who were parties to the recent
farmers excursion to Ohio. The Nc
Cartney rose is also . good hedge plant
and is preferred by some to any. 1t does
better when combined with ditch and
bank. Cut ditch on the oatsido Of the
proposed hedge row, say three feet wide
at the top. and sloping according to tho
character Of the soil, % that 1t may b
two and half or three feet wide and
Two feet deep. Throw the soil on the
inside so a to make. bank of the
same cross section as the ditch. Pre-.
pare the cuttings by taking tho current
years growth In November, cutting in
lengths Of about eight inches. PlOw the
ground and manure it. il not, already
rich, along the inner side of the bank.
Set the cuttings one foot apart along tho
row if abundant; il scarce they may be
put several feet apart and made closer
by subsequently layering the bottom
shoots 1t II best 70 start With rooted
cuttings. As the plants grow now they
should be trained TO grow up the side Of
the bank. OF course il an effective
fence Il wanted at once, it will Be necesr
ssry to have straight four or hve-rail
high fence along the top Of the bank.
upon which, the rose plants will b
trained IS they grow. Tho hedge sbopld
b cut back every November 50 as to
give . bushy. thick growth. The single
white Mccartney rose is the best; the
Cherokee rose is not recommended.-
Dixie Farmer. ~ -Tfff i.ft s.iii'