The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-04-29
Trxir,a TO b eat g. 10.


Trsinss 20 Beat g. 40.
ii convict Of the Indiana penitentiary
hit the nail an the head when asked now.
his downward course began, E g SAID e 9.
began in trying to beat z 40 with 9 s,oos
horse. How many people in all branches
OF business are trying 70 beat Z ~ win. {, :
8 90 business. The man Who has as, q smaa
business that is paying him, ana goes e. ~ &.
d debt and tries to spread himself oyer
too many eggs, is trying to beatss.4O w ~.
) . 8 100 horse. The young man who gers 9
small salary, and spends more mon ey Sip !,
Ice cream and perfumery ana necA'les
than he eaens, is trying TO beat Z Az WEI s,
: az, horse. The girl who is Calculated aleu-
Inv nature to be the wife Of . mechanic'
aud gets above her business aad loo On.
. ,r;tl scorn UPON a man who earns MS s liV-
-, i, bard work, will look at an old
maid il the glass few years from now Y
realize stuNt 2HS
heat s 40. with 500 horse.
The ordinary, everyday sort OF man.
,r,,.; elected to a small Office with q pig
majority, ON account Of men voting 1or
him for charity, and who thereupon as
nires to big Office for which ne Is unit
I'd. will be nominated for the big ONCE
- Z. n
some day and be beaten higher 'hah q
life and lie Will then feel OF his a ll |.
head examine his empty pocketbook'
z,ook; mo around at the debts he has con-
tracted and the enemies he has MADE
and it will suddenly come tohim thath ne IS
has been tryingto beat S.4o with a o'Vo
horse The men or women who leave q
profession or employment TO which they
a,e fitted, and in which they can be pros
porous and happy and have friends ana 50
upon the stage to compete with men ana
women who have been brought up TO II,
and who have made success bya Lifetime
of hard work, will some day reaiize to
their sorrow that they have failed to beat
$40 with 800 horse.
The Young man who has been LETT tor
tune by dead father who has worked
lfetime to accumulate riches, and VINO
CHANGES from beer, which was good
nnonSb for him before, to champagne,
and nlenty of it, and who can't md
olaces enough to spend money without Ut
sitting up all night, and who hnds ola
sledge and penuehle too tame and adopts
d,aw poker and faro. and yho forSets
that his sisters are splendid company,
and eets acquainted with quick girls and
I,uys them diamonds as big as pieces OF
alum. will in n few years be walking on
his uppers and having fur collars pinned cd
nm 70 linen listers for winter, and he Will
wake up some morning with the almighti-
est headache on record, and come to the
conclusion that trying to beat 2.4O with
800 horse is what ails him.
The whole-sould good fellow, every
body's friend, gets to drinking too hard,
and as he is healthy he gets an idea he
can boat whiskey, game that so many
have tried and failed. He keeps it up
until his nose gets red, his eyes bleared,
and his voice shaky, and he has whlskey
cough, and his friends try to reason with
him and get him to let up, but he.langhs
at them with his good-natured laugh,
and tells them he.has constitution like
a horse, and that nothing can hurt lin,
and he asks them to take a drink. Some
day he gets the jim-jams. and all has
friends say, 81 told you So" and they sit
I'D night with him and drive away snakes,
and just before he dies it suddenly occurs
to him that he has been trying TO beat
.240 with 800 horse. Oh, there are
thousands of people who make mistake
in trying to beat $40 with $500 horse.