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A Brief Grammar.
Three little words you often see.
Are articles q, an and the.

Three little words you often see.
Are articles q, an and the.
A nouns the name Of anything.
AS school or garden, hoop or swing.
Adjpctivea, the kind Of noun,
AS great, small, pretty, white or brown.
Instead of nouns the pronouns stand,
Her head, his face, your arm, my hand.
Verbs tell something 10 be done;
To read. count, laugh, sing, jump or run.
How things are done the adverbs tell,
AS slowly, quickly. i'll or WELL.
ConJunctions join the words together,
AS men and women, wind or weather.
The proposition stands before
A noun, as in or through the door,.
The interjection shows SURPRISE.
AS Oh how pretty. Oh! how wise.
The whole are called nine parts of speech
Which reading, writing. speaking teach.
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Selections from The Christian Ncighb0r
"Pounding."

The publicity given to the "pound-
ing" of preachers has become so dis
tasteful to some brethren that halt or
hold-up is called for. Nothing is said
against the Founders or the poundees,
but against publishing such things in
the official organs 81 the church. The
good people do not mean any harm in
pounding their beloved pastors nor
does the latter shrink from the pleas
ure of enduring the infliction, nor
from an humble acknowledgement of
the favor in the "church papers,"
Well, it does look somewhat like
there has been about enough said in
the official organs on poundings. But
as the NE1aHBoR is not "official" its
editor would say that its columns are
open for pounding accounts or reports,
provided: That zone tenth of the
spoils" be sent, prepaid, to the editor
along with the report or it's equivalent
n cash. Cash preferred.
This looks fair from the standpoint
of an editor, and is about the only way
an editor may reasonably expect to re-
alize even a small dividend from
poundings. Pummeling is the portion
for editors, not altogether SO either, for
they are sometimes pounded with conf
pliments. If for every compliment
the editor received sugar cured ham
he might not have to buy any meat,
may be, for whole year.
But, waving pleasantly, what do
the scriptures say? "And thou shalt
take no gift: for the gift bIindeth the
wise. and perverteth the words OF the
righteous" Elk. xiii :S.
This cannot be understood as forbid
ding the poor and needy receiving Of
fered help, but rather the receiving of
a present by one who does not need it,
especially, if not exclusively, by a
judge or other civil officer who may
thereby be so blinded as to pervert JUS
tice in favor of him who made the
gift. !"
How far, if at all, gifts or poundings
may blind the "seeing" marginal
reading] of preachers is question for
every one to ponder: Contributing to
the support of the preacher is not giv-
ing but rather paying a just debt.
Gifts are over and above the support
of the preacher. Do gifts or pound
ings affect faithfulness il preaching,
in discipline, in pastoral visiting, in
Z private admonition and reproof? If
gifts blind the ''seeing" of either civil
or ecclesiastical rulers should they re
ceive them?
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WHICH Is WoRSE?-A little girl
came running in from her play one
morning, and going up to her mann
ma, said:
(which is the worse, mamma, to
tell lie or to steal?"
The mother replied that they both
were so bad that she couldn't tell
which was the worse.
"Well," said the little one, "I've
been thinking good deal about it,
and / think that it is worse to lie than
to steal. IF you steal Il thing, you can
take it back, unless you've eaten it
and if you have eaten it, you can pay
for it. But" and there was look OF
awe on the little face, "a lie is for
ever"
What do you think about it?
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In prosperity the prudent man pro-
vides against adversely.
Don't worry, it interferes with the
healthful action Of the stomach.
He who tets considerations of busi
ness or society hold him back from
Christ is unworthy OF him.
To rejoice in the happiness Of others
is to make it our own to produce 1t Is
to make it more than our own.
Fortune; whether good or i'll, does
not change either men or women, but
only tends to develop their characters.
It is the blacklist ingratitude to &C
eept the best Of any ene's endeavoR rtt
please you and then repay it with os-
difference.
Moral supremacy is the only one
which leaves monuments, not ruins
behind them.
It is easier to find a score of men
wise enough to discover the truth than
to find one intrepid enough to stand
up for it in the face of opposition.
To keep the heart is no easy matter,
but there is no profit in fretting over
the difficulty. 1t has to be done, and
helped by Gods grace, we can do it.
The essence of true nobility is, neg
Iect of self. Let the thought of self
pass in, and the beauty Of great action
| is gone like the bloom from a soiled
| flower.
What we do for ourselves will soon
be forgotten what we do for others
may be the vision to cheer the soul
when the eyes can no longer behold
the loved one.
We are too fond of our own will,
We want TO be doing what we fancy
mighty things but the great point is
to do small things, when called to
them, in right spirit.
Yielding utterly to the inner inn
pulse of conscience gives an intelll-
gent power, moral insight, q eapaei-
ty of expression, a freshness, an Incl
siveness of phrase entirely unobtaina-
ble by mere will, or any method of in
tellectual prudence.
| A self-willed man is more likely to
be weak willed than strong willed.
His very habit of willing for self is o
condemnation Of the principle or self
will, because it strikes at every other
mans right to will for himself. The
self-willed man is, therefore, too weak
willed to subdue his own self-seeking
propensity. His is lack of that will
bower which subordinates self to the
common good.
Is friendship a mere name, or not?
If we say that it is. we practically ad-
NIT that our friendship is not to be de-
pended on, however it may he with
others. But if we are sure that we are
not untrue in this realm, we thereby
claim that friendship is q positive re-
ality. TO assert that there is no such
thing as true and unfailing friendship,
is to confess that we are thoroughly
untrustworthy; and that is all there is
in such an assertion.
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Christian INQUIRER.


Our "down-grade" is along the lines
of worldly conformity. Pure, earnest
simple piety is not popular: Christ
ians resort to the theatre, patronize
races, neglect public worship, indulge
in card-playiDg, as if these things
were not inconsistent with devout
life. AS blotches on the face are sym
toms of more desperate disease, 30
these worldly pleasures are symptoms
of disease in the Christian, life. "A
game of cards will not harm any
body" Nor will a bloteh on the face,
if that is all. The blotch may be the
tell-tale sign which shows something
within that will kill. The card-play-
ing, theatre-goiug, dancing, mirth-
seeking of Christians may be the signs
of consumption, the end of which is
death to piety. -.
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Aiken, S. g., March 8, 1891.

DO IoU Love TO PREACH ?-It is 4
very dangerous symptom when Il min-
lister is disposed TO avoid filling his ap-
pointment; either by having some
one to preach for him, or allowing
some triliing circumstance to suspend
the service. The most faithful servant
of Christ, ut times, under the pressure
of the great issues involved, will cry
out, "Who is sufficient for these
things ?" but he will delight in break
ing to his people the bread of life.
Said DR.. Edward Payson 81 had IA
ther Il man would eat my dinner for
me than preach my sermon for me-"
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\ class of preaching inferior and
pcrnicious is prompted By an over
wecning desire to interest the multi
tudc. The preachers bait their audi
ence with wit and humor, pathetic
tales, sensational anecdotes, and
laughter-provoking stories. They
play on the fancics of the people, and
bring into the churches multitude OF
souls rs light and frivolous as the gos,
pel-which is not q gospel-that is
preached to them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-18

THE FOLLY OF Night WoRK.-A
great many people think they econo-
mize time by working into the night.
A great mistake. In the morning the
body is 50 worn out that you cannot
do your work properly. This results
even if the sleep has been long, for it
takes some time for the body to recup-
crate after q strain, if it ever wholly
catches up. There is never a loss
when the body is consigned to the ten
der mercies of sleep.-Herald of
Health.
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yerns Christian Advocate.

The Christian man who employs q
woman at 81 a day to do work fol
which he would have TO pay man s.
or 81 a day, had better hide his Christ
iauity under bushel.- New Orleans
Advocate.
That would be a waste of space as
it is completely covered by the dol
lar.
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How q truth is told has much to do
with making a truth attractive or re-
pellent. 1t is not enough to speak O
truth that ought to be spoken : it is
needful to speak it in such manner
as to influence in it's favor those who
hear it spoken. A fault may be point
ed out in a spirit that will prompt the
one corrected to turn from that fault,
or in spirit that will tend to fix him
firmly in its defense. When promi.
nent English artist was told that his
portrait of Ruskin tlattcred its origi.
nal, his answer was, mo, it is only
the truth told lovinglyn How much
more of gladness Of heart, and of add.
ed interest in the right, there would he
if the truth, when it was told, were
always told lovingly! But, III order
to tell the truth lovingly, we must
first look at it lovingly.
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7 am really at the point of finding
that this world would he worth living
in without any lot of ones own. Is it
not possible for me to enjoy the seem
ery of the earth without saying to my
self have cabbage garden in it,
TheOphrastus Such.
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Come here, Bobby. Do you re-
member me ?n "Oh yes you're the
uncle who came here and staid two
months, and never offered to pay a
cent for board. I've heard papa
speak of you SO many times"
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Are the views Of Mr.. Cleveland on
the coinage of silver so important that
democrats with heads on their shoul-
ders must hold back their sneezing
until Mr.. Cleveland takes pinch OF
snuff? Shall freemen sneeZe when
they feel like it or only when the par.
ty sneeze lag is up?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-18

The difficulty with municipal gov
ernment oftentimes is this: There are
too many heads with too little iii
them. and too many pockets with too
much III them.-H. W. Beesher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-18

What do the vast majority of the
people care whether Mr.. Watterson
wrote Mr.. Hill letter, and what do
the people care whether Mr.. Hill re-
ceived the letter if it was sent?
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Tenderness of spirit is a distinguish.
ing characteristic of Christianity, and
those persons who have little tender
ness of spirit are little Christians.
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BENEFITS OF GOING BAREFooTED.-
7 consider the following, taken from
the London Lancet, very sensible and
worthy the respectful attention Of par
.ents. have ever found the writer's
views confirmed by personal expert
ence with my own children
"Children who are allowed to 60
barefoted enjoy almost perfect immll-
nifty from the danger of cold by acci-
dental chilling Of the feet, and they
are altogether healthier and happier
titan those who, in obedience to the
usages of social life, have their lower
extremities permanently invalided
and, so to say, carefully swathed and
put away in rigid cases. AS regards
the poorer classes of children, there
can be no sort of doubt in the mind ol
anyone that it is comparatively better
they should go barefooted than to wear
bouts that let in wet, and stockings
that are nearly always damp and
foul" There could be added to the
above testimony of many eminent
physicians, who give as an additional
reason the impossihility of g child's
foot growing naturally, shod as it has
fo be, with the conventional shoe.
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"Johnny," said the teacher, "you
may spell Sarcophagus."
"S-a-r, Sar-"
"That's very good for start"
"S-a.r-sar.n
"Well, why don't you go Oh and
spell it?"
rCause / can't.n
"EVhy not?"
"I'm spellboInd."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-18

CHANGES ARE BENEFICIAL.-A
well-known medical authority is SO
strong an advocate of change that he
says: "Change your climate if you
can if you cannot do that, change
your house failing your house change
your room, and if MT your room, then
rearrange your furniture" Ifpossible
every family should 60 away once a
year for q months stay under differ
enl surroundings; if this be not posi-:
ble, changes of Il week at a time will
probably save you DOCTORS bill ifyou
have become "run down" in health.
Make as many expeditions as you
can during the summer; go once Il
week if possible and you will find
them more etlicacious to build up the
strength shan any tonic that can be
administered. If possible get differ
ent food for the family ut such times
than they are daily accustomed to,
even if it is not us delicate. A change
Of food will often stimulate a jaded ap'
petite. When children or grown peo'
pie begin to lose appetite and seem
listlcs5 better than Il spring tonic for
the blood is Il visit at distance where
there is Il complete change of scene
and food.
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Ncu York Christian Advocate.

An unpublished letter of General
Sherman correcting an erroneous re,
port that had been printed about him,
says "Distance and time swell a ru.
NOR in the ratio Of the cube of dis
tance, or as Horace records the flight
of a rumor, is like that of an eagle
which ascends from its perch straight
for time, and. then in circles larger
and larger, till its original starting
point is lost" General Sherman, as
soldier, strategist, and converser, is
worthy to be remembered among the
great men of oil time. AS a letter
writer, he makes a sensation, but new
er struck the target more directly in
the center than in the above quota
ion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-18

KNEW HIS MAMA lawyer tells
the following story concerning a eli
ent, something of a wag in his way,
with whom he had long kept account.
When the latter was finally made up,
the bill, mostly for trifing services,
covered several yards of foolscap, as
the items enumerated the most minute
details.
When the client came around to set
tie he refused to enter the office, but
stood in the door, and holding one end
of the bill, unrolled the voluminous
document in the direction of his legal
adviser, with The request that he re-
ceipt 1t.
iCome in," said the lawyer, in his
most cordial tones.
mot much." replied the client
"you'd charge me rent if I did. ."-Bos-
ton Traveller.
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ECoNoMY.-Many people would be
economical if they knew how. 1t is
an art to practice economy. To do it
we'll one must know the art. All can
have it if they will. It is an arithmet-
ical art. 1t is the conclusion of num-
bers. All must live and ought to live
well, but how to live best at the least
expense is the work of figures to tell.
We must count the cost of ways and
means and compare them. Many peo-
pie use expensive articles Of food and
dress when cheaper ones would be in
every way better and more serviceable.
Especially in regulating the table ex-
penses Is there great want of econo-
my. A little useful information con-
cerning the qualities of food, the
amount and kind of nutritive matter
they contain, the wants of the human
system, and the best way of cooking,
would often save fully ore-third, and,
in many instances, half the expense.
A wise economy in table expenses is
favorable to health, and in this way
saves time, drugs, expense and doc
tors bills, flesh. strength and happi-
ness.-Boston Herald.
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Begin your morning meal with fruit
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American Methodist.

We Methodists have a reputation 10
maintain. Other churches look upon
US as warm hearted and enthusiastic
in our religious services, and so we
must cherish that characteristic. DIR.
Herrick johnson hegs his Presbyter-
ian brethren to become like US in that.
He says, MANY minister has fail
ed of the precious fruits of revival be-
cause of having spread over every
meeting great blanket of carefulness'
We Presbyteriars, as class, are too
much afraid of the emotions. we
seem to be in constant dread of the
contagion of q little Methodist enthu-
siasm."
Gilderoy says in the NeO Orleans
advocate, sin some portions of Mis-
sissippi all evil practice is becoming
common and popular with class in
our pulpits. I allude to extrava-
gance, amounting to falsehood by rea'
son of over-statement. and to real
downright vulgarity. 1t Is high time
an end were put to those things. Pre-
siding elders and preachers in charge
ought to frown these thifigs down.
No amount of real or apparent good
accomplished can justify coarseness
and vulgarity in the sacred desk" II
is sad fact that this is not confined to
Mississippi.
Nashville Christian Advocate.
In spiritual matters it is a false hu
mility that contents itself with the
lowest things. Humility, while II
takes the lowest seat at earthly tables
seeks the highest place in Gods es
TEEN. 1t makes no strife with men fol
precedence, it is content and patien
with their meanest allotments. Witt
God it strives for his best, and is only
content when filled with all his full
ness.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-23
Shareholders Meeting.

The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Appalachian Steel 4
Iron Company, will be held at 2 p. M,
Wednesday, November 4tll, 1881, i'll the
Office ofthe Big Stone Gap Improvement
Co. Intermont Building, Big Stone Gap, a.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year, and all other and general business
will be transacted.
JAS. F. PETERS, President.
II. C. MCDOWELL, jR., Sec'y
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-23
VIRGINIA: In the Clerks 0fHce of the Circuit
v Court OF the County of Wise on the 14th day OF
October, 1891, in vacation.
LoHH W. G1.Y, PFs) On cross bill

john w. GiL!Y, P!Hs) On cross bill
against filed by
j.. C. CHANCE, Exor, ct al, Defs.) John Giily.
The object OF this suit is to OF G. Chauce
Executor of the last willof VIM. D. Jones deceased,
James w Fox and r.. j. Whisridge the sum of sixty
dollars with interest thereon from May q 1889, till
paid being for note executed to said John Gilly by
VIM. D. Jones the said 81 day of May 1889, and to
subject the land conveyed TO said jones' Whitrdgc and
Fox, by said John w. Gilly, on the 81 day of May
1889, and for other purposes in the bill mentioned
And affidavit having been made and filed that the
defendants j. c. Chance Exor.. Catherine 3. Jones,
John Al. Jones. Mary E. Allen,J. G. Allen, w. s. ca
mack, r. B. Whitridge. James w. Fox, Benjamin D.
tones, r. Jones, John and Eua Jones are not resi-
dents OF the State OF Virgn, is ordered that they
do appear here within 5duys after the due publication
hereof and to do what may be necessary to protect
their Interest III this suit And it is further ordered
that copy hereof be published once week for four
weeks In the BIG STONE posT, and copy be posted at
the front door Of the courthouse of this county
the first day Of the next term Of the county court Of
said county.
Acopy-Teste: ]. + Lprs, CLERK.
IS n. T. IRVINE Atty. for JoHS GrLiY, psQ,
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Meeting of theoCommercial Club

Oct. l6, '9l.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-23
Insnentor of Post Offices.

Postmaster Goodloe has, in conse-
quencc of his being in charge of the
largest post office in Wise county, been
selected by the Postmaster-Gcneral to in
spect the other Offices of the county and
report upon their condition with sugges-
tions as to improvement and the needs OF
the people. He STATED on the round on
Wednesday morning to be gone ten days
on horseback as most of the Offices are
not accessible by rail-
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-23

LEAVE NORTON DAILY.
for Graham, Bluefeld, and intermediate
stations.
Richmond and Norfolk. Also trla Roanoke)
for Washington, Hagerstown, Harrisburg,
PhiladeIphia and New York
Pullman Sleeping Cars from Louisville to Norfolk
via horton and Radsofd ALSO Kadiord to New
Yoth. yia Shenandoah Ju uction.alsc laitord 10
washington. 4 also from Lsnehhurg To Riti-
,.ehd.
Trains Tor Poealinhtns, rowiann and Goodwill lease
Hluee.d atiiy ~ :55 n. nj, ami 10 p. 10.
40 PM. l0:5U r. M.
riiis arrive 1t Norton from the East Daily rs d.
IN. and 5.i5 m.
Tor fuftherfnforEiaion IA 10 schedules rates, etc.,
etc, apply TO agllit of Norfolk & Western
Railroad or 10 W, H. BEvIl.l,,
General Passenger Agent, Enans,fe, Va,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-23

VIRGINIA: In the Clerks Office OF the Circuit
Court OF the County OF Wise on the 18th day of
October, 1881.
CnAs. A. MILLER and TREssEE
j. MILLER, Pitts. In Chanc.rv
against
j. D. Collier, Deit.
The object OF this suit is partition certain tract
of land lying and being in Wise County, Virginia, on
the waters o. Pound River which was conveyed to
Tresse j. Miller formerly the wife OF said j. D. Col
er and the said j. D. Collier jointly By the said D.
H. Short, and which is particularly described in
the bill filed in this between the said Tresse j.
Miller and j. d. Collier. and to assign to each an
equal money in said land, and for other purposes tx
said bill stated. And affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendant j. d. Collier is not resi-
dent OF the State OF Virginia, it is ordered that he do
appear here within fifteen days after due
publication hereof, and 80 what may be necessary to
protect his interest in this suit And it is further
ordered that copy hereof be published once week
for four weeks in the BIC SrONi: POSI- and that copy
be posted the front door OF the courthouse Of this
county Tie first day Of the nest term o! the County
Court. A coPy-Teste: }. h LIPS. Clerk
ALpREsoS VIcAES p
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Oct. Is, 81.
REPORT

Ofthe condition of the BANK Or Big STONE
Gar, at Big Stone Gap, in the State of
Virginia, at the close Of business. Sep
TENDER 25th 1891.
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Stockholders Meeting.

We, the undersigned owners and hold
ers of more than onc-tenth Of the capital
stock of the Intermont Building Com
pany, hereby call general meeting of the
stockholders of the Company, to be held
Mt the office of the Big Stone Gap Imp,
Co. in the town Of Big Stone Gap, Va, on
Monday, the 10th day Of Nov, 1891, at Il
o'clock, NJ.
BIG Stone GAR IMP. Co.
BY r. A. Ayers, Prest
Va. Coal Iron Co.
By j. X. Taggart
r. B. WHIrRIDGE.
JAMES w. Fox.
Oct. 16. 'gl