The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-05-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

oT OH Gins.
"a. ,,s ~. want" said the opera singer,
Is l'SsSs sor notes; large notes FOR h s
nstes'- Vogue. ~ "'s u
-i'c Who learns and makes no use Of
RS icara'ag is a beast of burden Win
6 load Of books. --saadi. 80
-c.scil was originally from the Latin.
meaniEs the dim-sightca onc. It was
originally used as . nickname
-how It rs. -Shc-.You are so a;f.
.ereni ron what you were before we
were married I.e-'gsow?" She
Indifferent Detroit Free Press.
VIII slington--"Don't YOU think
Sue has a neacl,y complexiono" De,a
Ware-"Yes; it's failure n-yonlors
Statesman
Tho power OF applying attention.
steady and undissipated, 10 a :,irrie
OBJECT IS the sure mark Of q superior
genius. Chesterfield.
No nnan can be brave who considers
pam the greatest evil os life; or tenn
rerate, who regards Pleasure as the
highest gool. Cicero
Potter seems to be familiar with
number Of the pictures in this dis
play Dash-"Yes: rvc noticed he
poHcd his umbrella through two
- didn't think that Eagglcs coulei
get any lever than he has been the
last year" ''iYell is hep" eyes; he's
got down 10 work in coal ward" -
Inter Ocean.
Most Of the so-called marble houses
OF the Rome of Augustus were moi
such in reality. The plastercrs hrt
had then reached u high state Of per-
lection, and gave to stucco the appear
ance OF the finest marble.
Robert Stephens, an early English
printer WAS SO anxious to have his
books free from Typographical blunders
that, after having the proofs carefully
read. he hung them up in public places
with q standing reward to any ono
who could find r mistake.
In the carly days of the last cen
tury there was . fashion prevalent il
both England and on the Continent Of
writing poems in the shape Of variou,
objects. Hearts, wings, affairs, true
lovers knots, gloves, spcctacles, shear:
and other articles were thus utilized.
Dignity had to be sacrificed 70.
safety the other day at Kansas City
whom maddened bull broke from the
stoclyards and rushed at rarity o
Missouri Pacific railroad officials. Some
OF the men found safety on and under
cars, but General Manager Dodridgc
who is short and fat, Skinned up {
nearby telegraph pole. ungracefully
perhaps but not less hastily.
"A certain lady of worldwide &C
lebrity is in the habit of having bac
carat parties at her house in London
A short time ago three or four intimate
men, friends of hers, dressed themsclve.
as police officers, and having knocked
at the door, boldly walked up to ths
room where they knew gambling was
going on. Their entrance was the sig
nal for general stampede, and grca
was the relief to all when the raid wa!
found to be a joke.
There is remarkable sand dune
near the lighthouse at Cape Henry, a
the mouth OF Chesapeake Bay. Tho
sand from the beach has been piled NJ
nearly 200 feet at an easy slope on th,
ocean side, but on the inland side i
descenGs in an almost sheer prccipic(
and particles of sand blown ND the
slope fall over the edge and are sprcaC
far and wide by the wind. 1t is sup
posed that the prccipice-lillc peculiar
ity Of the mound is due 10 the action O.
conflicting wind currents that blow
about the cape.
Atone period Of tho last century
there was a fashion of writing didactit
works in verse. Brumoy's art o.
Glass Making Vanicre's ''Trcatise OF
Raising Pigeons, Du Cerceau':
Tribes of Butterflies" are notable
examples, while works on orange cul
ture, on kitchen gardening, on tho
care of fish, on cooking, on the keep
ing of cows and the best way to make
butter are still eXtant. La Blun wrote
q poem on swectmoats, someone else
Oh mineral waters, Vida one on chess
lIuet one on the use Of tea, and an
other on the benefits of salt.
The Cooperative Union Laundries
OF indianapolis, a joint stock concern
owned by laundry girls, was started
with an investment Of S3. 500 in cash
A dispatch to the New York Tribune
states that the report Of the manager
at the recent meeting shows that the
years total receipts were over so, 600
with 81, 800 of good book accounts. Tho
average number on the pay roll during
the year was twenty-one, the lowest
wages paid, $3.50, with overtime al
once and a half the regular rate
Counting the debts paid and the
amount paid for new material, the ne;
earnings above the expenses yielded {
profit of over 80 per cent Considering
the business depression the girls fee!
that they have no cause to complain.
"A pretty fad Of recent birth among
members OF New York society is to per
senate neurological nymphs and god
desses in their photographs, and this
is done with great success by many
fair women whose forms and faces
would not discredit the originals. OF
course, such pictures are not for gen.
eral distribution, but form q most in
tercstinS collection, as the dress, pose,
and even expression, of the original
conceptions are often copied with won
derful fidelity. The growing popu-
larity of the idea necessitates the en-
ployment of a woman to attend to
that branch of the business The effect
Of wind-blown hair and drapery, usual
ly a feature OF these photographs, is
nrOducpd by means of q nOwcrfll cleo