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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-15
Lumber Manufactured to Order.
7. Points Il Moral.

r. p. Hutchinson. 'O!d Hutch, late
King of the Chicago wheat pit, has come
TO the end all gamblers reach. sooner pr
later. he vas Il constituencies fellow
wholly heartless also. He "biniicd inc
., horts with his pcihoric bank account
two wears ago and won FROM S2,ooo'ooo 10
s. .000, 900 by the game; just as any gam
bier in an unlimited game and holding Il
III. roll" bluffs his antagonist ont OF the
stakes. lie cared not Il penny who got
hurt. so he won: the poverty and misery
his winnings cost others he laughed at;
but like all his class he didn't know
when he had enough was like the rest
incapable Of withdrawing from the i"s-
ciuations of the play. He fnally. struck
III luck; it followed him like Nemesis
he became desperate, staked his ALL loS';
and the loss wrecked him mentally and
physicnlIy-he had no moral nature TO DE
wrecked. "When the wicked spring as
the grass, and when all the workers OF ,,
niquity do flourish; it is that they shall
he DESTROYED forever.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-15
WOUiEi: \ DELSiRTEAN MAID
Kept .,par. by Fate After Love had ir''
umphcu Over Crudities.
From the Chicago Tribune.

Did not drop down on my knees prop,
er]y. Miss Black" he asked, with Wild
vearuing anxiety in his voice
The Young woman took lace borueFeu
from her pocket WIN Il
graceful sweep of the hand, drew Ii IN "
correct geometrcal curve across hct i'PS'
and returned ii to her pocket Win Tue
same careful ACCURACY Of curvliinear mo-
ton ~,
while MOI strictly correct from Il Del
sar,ean point Of view, Mr. Savage sue
rrnl;rd. land not wholly pleasing 10 an
cyr and intellect trained in what is known
as the philosophy Of expressions yet gu.
~y;annt sincerity Of your feelings mlSh'
lead me TO overlook the crud:ty, II l ma:
so.cxpreys myself, OF their outward mani
:'csta;ion. 49,,
Mud rnas dare 70 hope
~ h,ye moi said so much rs that Mr..
"Wiss Black = Eta - hear me- he
,,,n.d.d -. do not claiEl to he posted III
ihjs Dclsa%tc.n business. 1! ii"o Ft"o
i;ced ON a yraceiul--um--il"p Tor Il "e'A
don't i,cIilvc could have got down on
my knees in anN heltcr style imam o'''
l.h,,.n't mad any instruction. ! Oh can
'.,m,,.t = Green hand to take hoid OF
new wrinkle in science the sa'n' 49,. 10 =
reoular iourncyman scientist Is mere
an2tiins in the text books that te''S no"
to d. this thing? ,.,,ishod
There arc certain clearly es'aolls ''''"
principles, Mir. Savage sa'd 'ne !"""s
woman, regarding the outward expr otnI
sion Of the inner nature, ana Tue c'''''
S'" "Certainiy, certainly, Miss Eta cor,
dinlly assented the young man '"' ' ,"5
ask if YOU have any objection 10 n u;
personality, aside from my-h"''' --'' ""'
faint Delsarteau blush passed WIN
graceful, waye-lihe motion across A''
lAs sWAy, Mr.. Savage" she " h;n" GA
.s,ossiLly might waive certain h'si az,
tistic considerations it-it / oou,u s'le ..,,'
a ~ voice that seems to rise from me cep'a'
Of INV inner consciousness ana pa me ~ :,
ware Of taking any irrcvocabie step Il
%. aIf FIT II Is ANYTHING about my bank nc 4;
count Miss Eta, let me assure you----
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-15

IN Offer Of 500. 0UU :. ,car 10 Mr.. Dcncw
and one Of $4,000 to ex-senator
Ingalls,.
ll'rom tie boston Journal.

This is undoubtedly The DAY of big
things in literary ventures. a man who
want,; i success nowadays, IN the periodi-
cal field more especially, mast be prepared
TO send q small fortune after IT, The
small, commonplace things no longer have
their effect. Ia the editorial field the
freshness of literary material, novelties,
old authors brought into ncw pastures,
tell, and these things cost.
Only last week was in the company of
All editor Of one OF the largest periodic
ais in this country, who mad offered
Chauncev VI. Depcw Il yearly salary Of
$lGU. GOO for five wears il the railroad mag
nate would write his editorial page for
him over lis own nane. Think OF inNrs-
ting rouud half million dollars in one
man. and then think OF that :aan deciln-
inc the offer. Another editor ri my ac-
quaintance recently paid Tlo,eOo Tor Il
single feature for his magazine, and The
feature had TO he worked out, involving II
very large additional expense. Senator
INGALLS, has had ,wo Offers 20 take The cdl-
toral he.m; onc of Tl0,WlU Il year, the
other OF $4,000, 10 whicE latter oiler was
attached tie proviso that he wo"id write
ONLY three editorials each month SIM
Gle business literary idca-nothin" start
ling. only uniuue-brcught its creator a
check for 81 600, and it will take fully
50 ,HOo properly to advertise Tie lde'
one periodical recently paid 2.9oo Tor .
single short story bya famous pen, whlch
had never vet turned to fiction. Another
magazine pays one Of its editors sever!
thousand dollars per year, and all travel
ling expenses, just to trave! around, keep
his ears open, and his memorandum hooN
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-15
Beating Britain.
Chattanooga 1'imes.)

This country made, in 1890, 100000 gro;ss
toms more pig iron than Great Britain; nearly anl
Sv ooo ,oo more tons of Bessemer ingots; SOL,
s s'S'v more tons of Bessemer rails. Only in
u us in a any, iron product. We imported $l4.
OOOO worth of iron in various forms, ana eA
ported sci, 100000 worth.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-15
In u Nut Shell.

The following is the minority report offered ny Cal
itoruja ut the Commercial Congress IN KANSAS CITY
..w,. objcc, TO the free coinage OF silver OH The
ground that the taxpayers Of the United sinles afe
nor ourc. whereas is claimed that the free coinage
will raise the price against the taxpayers 10 $29 per
ounce. We see 10 ure of taxpayers advancing Tue
price Of the article against themselves for The bcnent
az the few that own the silver"
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-15
TT Vi u L

Prof. Proctor in his report SAYS Of the tim
hc:': about 80 per cent of the area included
in the Appalachian coal field III Southwest IT.
ginia, West Virginia. and Southeast kentUciyy
is covered with forest of valuable lardwo0'.s-
oak, yellow poplar, hickory, etc. The Black
Mountains, Immediately north OF Big Stone
Gap, arc heavily timbcrcd from base to sam
init with as magnificent forests as have ever
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-15

Mr.. SAVAGE. | beg o; you 10 believe
that no sotGid considerations in!lncnc,
N" III hesitatinS to consider the Galtcr-
ing Hr"posa YOU have made me. DO you
not seem to hear Il warming? Is their nc
impa'pahic shadow that seems to rise be
tween US? On, Mr.. Savage" she cx-
claimed. do YOU not sec ito
See any impalpabc shadow? We'll. ]
should rather sav-
oh, Mr.. Savage" and the Young wo-
man shuddcrcd in slow, gcomctricallv
correct shnddcvs. as the full realization
OF the awful truth was horne IN upon her
mind, "it is fate, 1t is cate. Do you not
see it,
Sec what
. he n.:;cs ilnpossiblity OF my ever be
coming your wiie?"
NO, How: Why What Do Won mean,
Mr.. Savage. said thc Young woman,
rising up, pale but strictly correct, and
speaking IN calm, ncxorahic accents that
smotc on his cars like hammer strokes of
destiny, sit is impossiblc II should
marry YOU. and again II Desartcan
Shnddcr dccorousiy agia,cd her frame
"if should marry YOU | would be-
What? Don't keep me III suspense,
tor heaven sake. You would bc WHAT"
u would he Eta Black Savage"
IT would never do. The Young man
saw it. Under cover .! tic thick shadow
that fate had thrown across the pathway Of
these two Young persons Mr. Savage
hastily brushed the dust of his knees.
pplckcd up lis hal, cane, and gloves. and
made his escape
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-15

Tract 1-Twcnty-two thousand hc counties Of Pickett
Tenn, and Wayne Ky, except 307
TRACT No. hundred thousand the counties Of Fe'tress
Oycrol and Morgan, Tennessee.
3-Four thousand lying the kentucky Contra!
Railroad between Livingston and Richmond. ny.
re,cr No. 4-Tcn thousand acres coal timber lands yas in
Of Ilockcaste and Pulaski Ky
Tract 5-Thry thousand situated u: the junction OF
l}ockcalc and Cumberland Rivers
Tract No. tlrtyfv thousand lying IN " nc
ar, Wayne counties, Ky.
vAcr No. -Consists thirty Thousand situated III y" ni
countv Ky am, Scott and Campbell counties, Tenn.
TRACT No. -wenv-cvcn thousand thirty thousand wing
on the Poor and Glover Forks in Harlan county Ky
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-15

tTrnlns stop only on signal
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19
A Plea for Roof Gardens.

Hygiene in architecture means to
have, if possible, an exposure Tor the
morning sun, dry cellars, no dark
rooms, or even dark closets, perfect
ventilation and easy staircases. Rather
the stairs should not be cased at all.
But do not believe the story, when
is often told, that in cholera epidemlcs
those fall easy victims who live on the
sunless sides of streets, while those who
inhabit the sunny side are compara-
lively exempt For what is true in
cholera must be comparatively true In
other epidemics, which is unproven.
But when we are advised to build roof
gardens, no better counsel could be
listened to. Almost every city house
should have q roof garden. The OBJ
iect of such gardens is not only to grow
flowers and grapes and other fruits,
but to furnish summer arbors of beau
ty for rest and sleep.
l could show you gardens of this sort
where families grow a large proportion
of their vegetable luxuries, such as let
tuce, tomatoes, pie plant, radishes ano
grapes, figs and strawberries. An abun
dance of flowers can also always be had
| believe we shall come around after
while to an architecture that makes a:
much of roofs rs of the other floors
There we shall have such opportuni
ties for pure air as nowhere else. Blu
at present, quite unlike those who liv'
in eastern lands. we make no use at al
of the roof 1t is simply our waite
shed.-Exchange
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19
The TerraniD Disease

The terrapin is thought to have much
influence in causing sickness, and the
terrapin disease is either a rheumatic
affiiction about the chest and ribs or
possibly some pulmonary trouble. The
association of the terrapin with diseases
in this portion of the body, doubtless,
originates from the fact that the ribs OF
the terrapin are not free, as in the case
of most of the higher animals, but are
united into one piece.
An Indian who was i'll applied for re-
lief to a shaman, and was asked, did
you not, when boy, tie strings to the
terrapin's tail and worry the creatureP'
The patient admitted that he did.
''Well, " said the medicine man, ''that
is what is the matter. 1t is the terra
pins turn now, and the terrapin is
paying off old scores. You have the
terrapin sickness, and all your ribs
have grown together, and to your
breastbone"
The shaman administered the proper
remedy prescribed in such cases, for
get what it was and the man thought
he was cured.-Youth's Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19
n Thi. yybat All. Youf

Do you have dull, heavy headache, obstruc'
tion of the nasal passages, discharges iaillne
from the head into the throat, sometimes
profuse, watery, and acrid, at Others, thlck'
tenacious, mucous, puruent, bloody ana pu'
trid eyes weak, watery, and iniiamedi ring
ing in the ears. deafness, hacking orcoughihH
to clear the throat, expectoration OF offensive
matter, together with scabs from ulcers
voice changed and nasal twang; breath OF
fensive; smell and taste impaired; - there
sensation of dizziness, with mental IeRtes
sion, a hacking cough and general deblliN
If you have all, or any considerable nuinoel
of these symptoms, you are suffering ron
Nasal Catarrh. The more complicated your
disease has become, the greater the number
and diversity of symptoms. Ihousands o.
eases annually, without maniiesting nan o.
the above symptoms, result in consumption
and end in the grave. No disease IL so com
mon, more deceptive and dangerous OF iesi
understood, or more unsdccesstully treate'
by physicians The manufacturers OF Ut
Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer, in good iaith
n reward of $500 for a case OF this dlseas'
which they cannot cure. The Remedy Is SOLD
by druggists, at only so cents.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19
ANCIENT BUDDHIST STATUES.
Valuable Stone Carvings Found in India
by Some Children Mt Play.

Valuable Stone Carvings Found in India
by Some Children mt Play.
The Pioneer of Allahabad reports an
archaeological discovery of some inn
portance at Maheswar, in the Rungpore
district. Some children, while playing
among ruins there, unearthed two
beautiful groups of statuary, cut from
the hard black basaltic stone found
near Gya. Both represent mytholog-
ical deities, with features of a Greco-
Buddhistic type. The first is 2 feet in
length by 20 inches in breadth, with a
depth of inches. 1t represents Vishnu
or Basudeb, the emblem of the pre-
serving power in nature.
The central figure stands on a lotus,
and its four hands grasp club, wheel,
lotus and conch. On the head is a tiara
three inches in height, which, with the
earrings, necklace, bracelets, waist chain
and sacred thread, are rendered with a
wonderful degree of delicacy and finish.
To the r;glsS aud left stand figures of
Laksmi, the goddess of wealth, and
Saraswati, who patronizes learning,
each ten inches in height. Round the
central group are seven minor deities,
armed with bows and arrows and rid
ing on horses and elephants. The en-
tablature is surrounded by a head of
the Avalar, known as Nrisingha. On
the base is an inscription said to be in
the Landsa character, a mixed form of
Devanagirl and Tibetan.
The second piece of carving is smaller,
and the workmanship. though good, is
not equal to that of the other group.
1t is 16 inches high, 20 inches broad
and deep, and represents a Pauranic
goddess. The figure is seated on a
lotus, and is four armed. The lower
left hand supports male infant, the
corresponding right hand holds a sweet
meat, and the two Others grasp branches
of trees
This group also has an inscription in
Landsa, which, however, has defied
elucidation. Both pieces of sculpture
are in excellent preservation, the tracery
being as clear cut as if it had Just left
the artists hand. History and tradi-
ton are alike silent as to the origin of
these curious relics, and it will prob
ably remain puzzle how an inscrip-
/ ton in bastard Tibetan should be dis
covered at so unlikely a spot.
The keenest excitement was caused
by the discovery among the Hindoo
population. Apart from the intrinsic
value of the carvings, which is con-
siderable, they are objects of worship.
During their temporary sojourn at the
local police station they were visited by
crowds and smothered with sweet oils
and flowers. Various claimants came
forward, and to avoid litigation the
district made them over to the local
Hindoo religious association. They
have been built into the wall at on'
end of it's hall, where they were in
spected with interest by Steuart Bay
ley during his visit to Rungpore.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19
ODDS AND ENDS.

A year ago Harvard had 2,079 stu
dents; Columbia. 1,G20, and Yale,
/, AT.
Pointed slippers and ties, as well as
shoes, should be one size larger cIan
those of an ordinary shape.
Take two large spools, drive large
nails through them in the wall about
two inches apart and hang your broom
up, brush end up.
On a recent Monday morning in New
York city 105, 600 letters were taken out
by carriers in the first delivery.
The new 10-inch guns are expected
to range 13, $50 yards at 20 degs. eleva-
ton. The 12-inch guns will range Ia
700 yards at 90 degs. elevation.
Fifty-five ladies practicing medicine
in India have presented a memorial TO
the viceroy that the age of consent in
marriage may be raised to Ia.
Prince Valdemar, the youngest broth
er of the Princess of Wales, is a naval
officer. He has worked his way up
from n humble position 10 the rank Of
captain.
The average stipend of curates of
the church of England who have been
twenty-five years in holy orders is only
els a year. So it is stated in the re-
port of the curates' augmentation fund.
One of the most vulgar and unbe-
coming things in the world is devotion
to dress, which, in many minds, grows
into form of insanity, and leads TO
the worship of dry goods and dress
makers.
A good remedy for bee or wasp
stings is common earth mixed TO n mud
paste with water. Apply TO the af-
hicted spot Immediately, covering with
a cloth.
The venerable preacher, DIR. Robert
Collyer boasts that he has never been
sick abed. In spite of his advanced
years he is hale gs.d robust His near
est approach TO n severe illness cam'
when he had Ia grippe.
The bureau of vital statistics in New
York city has received n certificate an
nouncing the marriage of a Chinaman I
a Chinese woman. IL is said TO be TN
first official record of n Chinese ina
riage in New York.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19

the events here recorded, was in her
drawing room receiving calls.
''By the way" said a fashionable
visitor 81 am to have your relatives,
the Loves, for my next door neigh
bors."
Next door neighborsw exclaimed
Mrs Beaumont, in amazement. What
do you mean|
''Is it possible that you have not
heard of their good fortune? Mrs.
loves uncle has just returned from
the East Indies with an immense fort
une. He has taken a house in the
same street with ours, and when they
have moved into it he will take up his
residence with them. Meanwhile he
is stopping at the Clarendon hotel"
''What! Henry Beaumont
''The very same. But / thought you
knew it"
When the visitor withdrew Mrs.
Beaumont ordered her carriage and
Immediately drove to the hotel where
! her husbands uncle was stopping. She
i Sent up her card and requested an au-
dience
The servant soon returned with an
other card, on which were traced the
significant words, ''Not at home. y
New York World.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19
One of cbiearo,s Hellenic Treasures.

One of Chicago's Hellenic Treasures.
1t is narrated that Socrates was wont
to observe ST. Valentines day more
rigidly than any other feast day, ex-
cepting only Thanksgiving, upon which
occasion the gift of fine, fat, corn fed
hen turkey from his pupils made that
particular day time for special joyous
ness.
Whensoever the feast of ST. Valen-
tine came around it was the custom OF
the Athenian philosopher to embalm in
violet writing fluid upon papyrus those
tender sentiments which he harbored
toward that superior woman, Aantippe,
his wife. To this delicate task-viz.,
that of inditing this persuasive missive
was Socrates wont to invite the co
operation and collaboration of his friend
Plato, who, being poet, was qualified
to give Soc points as to the most direct
path to the feminine heart, for poesy is
of all ways the one royal avenue to the
affections of womankind.
One of these valentines, the 'joint
| product of Soc and Plate (as they cal
one another), is now owned by oul
| townsman, Mr.. Gunther, and is exhib
tied, if we err not, among the ante
bellum, prehistoric and antediluviaI
curios of the Libby prison show. /
is pretty well faded out now, but still
there is enough of it left to shoy
that hundreds, ay thousands, of year
ago obtained the sweet custom whicl
we would fain see restored in the mids
of us in all its Athenian simplicity, pu
rity and fervor.-Chicago News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19

a prolonged newspaper correspond
ence upon almost any topic under the
sun will rarely fail to evoke, after 4
time, personal retorts and disparaginl
reflections, more or less courteously ex
pressed.
A country squire, who entertained Q
profound contempt for all botanical,
geological or geological investigations
lying outside the domain of sport
had a quarrel with a local natural
history society, the members of which,
by trespassing on his estate in quest of
Iichens and fungi, had disturbed his
game.
This led to a number of bitter letters
in the county paper, in the course of
which the secretary of the society al
luded to ''that taste for natural histo-
ry now almost universally prevalent
throughout this country" Next week
the squire's letter began, According to
Mr.. IS statement, Great Britain is an
island inhabited by 80, 900, 900 of people,
mostly naturalists" unmistakable
paraphrase of Carlyle's famous dictum.
All the Year Round.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19
NEAR NO NATURES HEART.

I'm alone tonight in the solemn wood
That murmurs afar like chatting seas,
For the wandering winds, in fitful mood,
Are playing march on the towering trees,
And the balsam frs are signing soft
To the gentle touch of the courting breeze
Ihave pitched my tent on messy bank,
And kindled a fire before the door,
Where the flames leap up with many prank,
From the pitchy knots that hiss and roar,
While l turn my steak on a wooden spit,
And the grateful odors upward pour.
When the wood nymphs pour their fiavors rare
Ye housed up kings in vain may wish
In banquet half so rich to share
As rerales the palate of him who drinks
OF the sylvan stream and the tonic air.
But now the evening meal is past,
And the wings of flame have flown away
From their nest of Goals, now fading fast,
And drowning deep in the ashes gray,
And to me- when alona draws Nature near,
And talks in q sweeS, familiar way.
She whispers love from every breeze,
And laughs in the brooklet soft and Tow.
And, down through the netted limbS 4trees
She looks on me from the stars tn low
As a mothers eyes, VIXEN ii p bear
On her first born babe begin to flow. "
And l, as child in the mothers arms,
O'ercome with sleep and with love careSsed,
Full far removed from the world S alarms,
Lie down in the soft embrace Of rest,
While Nature chants her lullaby song
And soothes me to sleep on her gentle breast
Forest and Stream.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19
Tho Worm in tho Cigarette.

The worst trouble that cigarette
dealers have to contend with Is the to-
bacco weeviL 1t is n new insect, or at
least it was few years ago, when &c
appeared at leading cigarette factories
in the south and bid fair TO ruin tho
business. IL was the only insect, so far
as known. except the tobacco worm.
that could thrive on tobacco, and no
insect powder had the least effect on il.
One or two factories i'm Richmond were,
some years ago, compelled TO change
their quarters TO get rid OF the weevils.
They finally succeeded, but every little
while big box of cigarettes is found
spoiled, the insects having bored
through it i'm every direction. They
seem 10 prefer cigarettes as places 20
deposit their eggs, and IL any one per
ceives n strange taste or smell In n
cigarette he is smoking, just let him
stop, pull il TO pieces and ascertain
whether or not he is smoking tobacco
bugs. Interview in St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Climbing rntea will soon end.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-19
Survivals of Bygone Times.

The hat cords strung along the roofs
of railway compartments have long
survived their disuse. No one now
ever thinks of hanging his hat on them,
although doubtless they were most con-
venient in the cramped and crowded
old stage coaches. The straps or slings
at the windows of first class railway
compartments are survivals from the
old coaches, whose four occupants
held on to them like grim death when
the coach was jolting and fitting over q
bad bit of road. Even now some OF
the railway coaches are rounded off al
the bottom corners in the style of the
old coaches, this being simply a sur
vival of habit in the builder.-Londor
Tit Bits