The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1895-01-17
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--tnt9ithe close Of tile seventeenth
century il was almost impossible tonl,.
tam fen,sic dancers. az ladies rrs,lI
rot dance IL puSlic. so yoanr men an1
ooys were habited as women and took
the female parts
"p Polish i, now used rs ..,.Shineo,
the bootblacls's form OF INQUIRE. ,rhe;
change docs not result from the spread
OF education. buf from tie Introduction
of the russell shoe. l.-3e isia manifest alb
surdity to talk about shining a thing,
that was ncvcr meant to shine. and so
the adoption Of the word polish.
The latest application of the au-
tomato sign has lseeBsspa he by 1. maau-
factnrer OF chewing gum lie displays
girl of twelve. ar thercabouts. most
realistically pulling from between her
teeth and stretching ont al arms length
bit OF the manufactured article. OF
course rubber is substituted. for. yum.
but the illustration at y little distance
is startling ~ = s. as e 6
Seaside conn,s fals Esrs s,Ssss
county. Del. have b wiasiseE cssteia No
that of their .IcTscg G,&. al,solS. i at
rare intervals the Sussex country folk
descend upon the little watering place
of Rchoboth and bathe in the surf. 1t
used to be that the-wosnen contentesl
themselves with simply pulling off
their stockings aud wadills with high.
raised gowns far enough out TO let the
breaking waves reach their knees z
President Tyler's favorite son, who
was his fathers confidential secretary
and lived in the White house during
his administration. has, been a resident
OF Georgetown for E}daprs gears In
1887 he was stricken with paralysis,
and since then he has been physically
helpless. Mir. TpicrsJ is seSent y!fige
years old He was soldier in the
confederate army. a warm FRIEND Of
Gen. Grant, VINO. gayr him Il federal
position. AMI in Virginia. his or. ,inai
home. he is still recognized ;.> Il man
Of letters.
1t is curious to observe that per-
SONS who believe in luck aud signs
agree that it is unlucliv if certain
things happen to- them on certain days.
For instance. it is considered n,slueley
to DC struck by Lightning on Monday,
or to take hold Of 4 Circular saw in
motion nn Tuesday, or to tcmblc down
stairs with Il coal >cuttlc on We Ines
day. or to be bit on the heasi ny Il steam
crane or Thursday. or fall overheard
on Friday, or marry on Saturday girl
who swings tcl-pn,nd .ly,,nh bel IS. ni
TO he one of thirteen at din.l"r ON Sun.
day WHEN there is.only fuo,i for ten. Z
-Novcrrc, ,hr great dancer nf the
eighteenth century, WAS called The
Shakespeare Of the ballet lie did
much to elevate its ch1ructrr5 and Il
said to have invented regular figures
and movements tQ1ybe seNccrltctts ny a
large numbcrof pcsferiners. lie t,lug hi
ballet dancing in nearly every capital
in Europe. lnaking however, his Head
quarters in Paris. Iledecl;ired Il ballet
to be picture drawn from life Of tln
manners, dresses and ceremonies of al
nations, asserted that it should be q
complete pantomime and ought to bc
as regular in It's composition us. tho
most exactly constructed drama. : (
-"Whv don't You post.a placard tell
ing your customers how to drink nilk::'
said u customer to- IL &eWs York milk
dealeraf,era man that hattil,st e.nl,ticd
his glass at two gulps had gone out:
s.Mills is a food and should be treated
as such" continued the speaker III
should I've drunk slosyiy in: sWpll sips
90 that saliva sl.oufda sbeSm fscd SyS;tt%it
Il 10 better. indeed 10 eat something
o. one drinks. SO us To- excite the flow
OF saliva. When t!seSloeiors puU thci,
patients on the exclusive milk diet
they recommend the use of chewing
gum during the continuance OF the
regimen. That Is why all the make
Of chewing gum advertise then wares
asa cure Cor Indigestion. 49,
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