The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

condensed milk, CLOCKS and watches.
He can nevor speak well who
knows not row 20 hold his peace. -Plu-
:aYc:,.
The sexes we're made for each other
and only 10 TIC wise and loving unicn
Of the two is tie fuilr1ess OF ;lcaith and
3,.ty and happiness to be expacsod.
, W. Hall.
-C,sto1ncr-"Is this 4 -i- loa.c shat
yon kacw wei Or Ce>k-WaiL I
shoula think 40. Is's ec~c az snc sh.l-es
, here fcr ths lsss csr, Soss.-- ~1an.rst ever
bea.g dissrebo2- "-zsses O2,en.
--%n rssvaaadcxra ae>aAPt,w -"
sscaaA think yoa woseid lA1o q Darb&a
bash al gxsr AuGAseaA" ssSA R.-A"1
esaiak r1as rs aAvae-geys, o. -areveea kfnA
IA qsexTsA 3m ga oA4Avseos 1res Rreas
81 sAa fapSaaaaas ee .tAs CAsed
0sstaa aass Aa>e hssn If Welsh e.
een4--Sohn Adams, Thomas 5efcmoa,
5an>es Madison, James Monroe, William
Benrs Harrison, James 4. Garfield, Beo-
je17in Harrison and John Quincy Adams.
--casharine Psrr tnc 1adJ who hnd
the Singular good fortune 60 become
the widow Of henry Viii. woald haze
bee. in luck II ,hs had remained
widow She married Cir Thomas SeT-
nou1. wish whom she live~i very unhao-
PLY. and finally dicd under suspicion
OF poison
--Tha photographic Office has Issued
report concetDing wrecks ard dere-
lots. Il Is e.,,lnated chat che average
period OF drift Is thirty anys, but notice
Is called to the case of tao shCcc-lnsstcd
schooner Fannie T. Woolsson. aban-
doued October II, 1891, and last seen on
February 30, 1894, : period Of $50 days,
during which she drifted 1923 miles,
IN, longcst trao:t Of the hind on record.
-~,s.tharinc Do Meaici. widow o.
IieAry H., rul@d France With absolute
rowoc for 1any Fc.rs (l:uing tho nom
nal roigns Of nor sous, Francis II. and
Chwles TX. Il was under her auspices
that tina rsrasscore OF st. Bartholomew
was planned and executed In her lass
DAYS she perceived thc evil consequence
of hyr policy In regard both to the
rcoplo aad the mobility. and advised d
change
-Ona oS the 1oost famous widows Of
antiquity wss Agripplna. the wife OF
(,erm>ntcuA Daring sha lifetime o&
her husband aho attended him in all
his oc1p patgns ana HhaTed his dangcrs>
Supporting that kes husbaud had boon
poisoned. sSo had DDS presumed rnur>
aoror aeSass;nateA, and was hsrSAf
socr. after treated vith snch indignstE
BIZ :Tibsr;ns thns she w-oo driven b
despair and starved herself 70 death.
an OLA Scotch lsAy who bad 40 relish
&cx modem church 1anssa was exf~m~
sing her dis!ike TO t.Ss singing ef az an
the!n la hcs own church ONE day, when
netshboS said: Why. That is worry
old anthem, D@~A sang that anthem
10 &aul.1 20 tAis tho CID lady replied
'WeeL wecl. nc, fox she first time
uadsrstna' Why seul threw his jSveiin
,.t David when tho Ind ssn2 fo- him y
Presbyterian.
Lady Huntingdon, tho ilinstrtous
patroo Of tia MstAod.sss, wes widow
Of kuy$y- Ave 7oaos. Sac Mrsd to b 80
years old, and retained Tho Igor of
ln:ddla life almost 70 che end. Her
hercvoleno.s were iNnumerablo, and
sh. ioundrd number Of chapels and
.cle OILS fo7 She Metbodlsts Not torg
beto7e her .!eath it was esti:nstcd shat
from = luoderato income Sac had OK
psndod over 100000 In public and pr1-
vato charity.
Some one who understands human
nature has written the following:
Mosher-'L wish you would rake up the
dead leaves Ia sho yard" Small Sammy
I've go& F. sprain IL M wrist. an
tho yhenmatistn IN lny bach, an grow
ing ya'ns In my highs leg, sn'-an
esaeuoe Ia ny lex ono, en' hoadacAe,
an sasahnoAa Mssha~-"Afsee you
hexe ras7csi ths lsaves in&s yi4c, you
raae ess r. oaa age snA jarp opee H"
eataaar~|e -esh eayzs. sS&as~as ESQ rsks9~
-<asza Ssxsssss aab @aS aea Whar
s1vGsn~s eassras assssd as~ sa aadaaAa
iar psssusta&ag tsse casasah fsscAicza
Company ffom laying tss tracks above
the water mains becauo OF electro
lysis. The ease WAS argued May ), and
JuAga Sadlex said. I'D il * an important
issra that invdyns millions OF dollars
wo-th cf property throughout tho
cau"tfy II must ba fully investigated.
IN, c, q va, >nsinnaA SO that tho
II. lwey CO., any nay taka testimony.
Englisa collars have somewhat lost
popularity in Naw York. 1t is not
many years since cgln7s OF English
make were usually offered 20 q man
whon he asked FOR tiro best; but some
OF tho houses wshero tina was the case
no longer keep such goods In stock.
One dealer IN mems furnishing goods
gay4, AZ excuse for tho change that En-
glish collars arc too heavy fox summer
wear, and added that buyers sometimes
complained that sach collars shrunk In
the washing.
1t was nos unt;l July /. lSi7, that
tho adhesive stamp wSs issued In this
couatr2. May Of that ycar au act OF
congress was approved, and stamps Of
chs denomination OF Ave and ten cent;
were issusd Tho ive-oeEt stamp bore
Ge portrait Of Franklin, and the ten
cent stamp she likeness of Washington.
In each case tao picture wss enclosed
in rectangular frame. In 1881 tho
postage rates were reduced, and three
new stamps, enc, three and twelve
eeats. were issued Then came TWEEN
ty-two-cent stamp and later on thirty
sent stamp
-Sorae unpleasant appearing eSatis-
tics have just been issued by the French
gotcrnncnt. Explanations of the fg-
ures may come later to tone down the
evil impression. or explain it away. In
1885 about $1,000 hectohtres Of absinthe
were retailed in France; in 1892 over
1925, 900 hectolitres were similarly sold,
and there has been marked increase
in the consumption of all other alco-
holic drinks in the republic. Between
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