The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-04-28
A LITTLE o
EVERYTHING,
Short pungent Paragraphs Of
Interest to Everyone.


fool Is bora every minute.
The population Of Germany Is i~oereas-
ing at the rate Of nearly a million a year
The chief source Ct wealth Of japan Is
her coal, which9.ooo. o0o tons rers mined
in 1901.
The Nefhodist Year Book for 1904 re-
ports a gaia Of nearly a thousand church
IS during the last year.
Before irving TO borrow money ofs man
ask his sdvice In some important matter,
aud you ~ili get both.
The "~elephsai beetle" OF veuezaeia is
the largest insect in the world. A full
grown one weights about one pound.
jealousy and .eihshness have always
been trouble breeders, yet they stili seem
to held sway regardless Of their reputa-
ton.
The Iowa legislature has passed a Law
making chicken stealing punishable by a
term OF two years Ia the penitentisry and
a fine Of $500.
A century ago boot hlacking was made
Of lsmpbisck mixed ~ith rotten eggs. This
esil-smelliug compound Was applied with a
sort Of a paint brush.
The famous cog railroad up Pixies Peak,
In Colorado. mav soon be s%uprlanted by
an electric road, plans for the building OF
shich are nov undet consideration.
II can be demonstrated With pencil and
paper that q family can live on less than
- q week aud that - the oulv way any
family should make the demonstration.
Chicago has 1000 miles Of Streets 4. 900
miles Of sewers,snd it costs about So. 000.-
900 a year to pay its running expenses.
fhs mayor has 10000 employees under him
According 20 the Church Economist.
the church members in the United States
numbered 29,0o0,0 600, or So per cent OF the
entire population, az increase of 19 per
cent sincc 100.
California is erecting a pavilion At the
St Louis fair, whose exterior IS 20 he cove
cred With dried spricots. peaches and pru-
nes. n the agricultural building. where
ii b. situated happens Go leak, it seapect-
81 20 Ice a very swell affair.
The railroads running into Chicago have
adopted O new rule. De- "rsv cash iu
advance for your sleeping car ticket or sit
nQ OFT night in the coach. This Co pre-
vent rcscrsing herihs hv Telephone aud
then failing 20 claim aud pay for them
10 Isl COOL rule, too.
80 you could look into human hearts YOU
would Dee surprised at the faces they cn-
shrine There, because beauty of spirit d.
more than beauty OF face or frouu. and
remarkable Intellectual qualities arc not
to Zoe compared with unaffected human
goodness and ssmpaths.
Charles ". Jenkins. of Corpus Christi.
Tex, "a millionaire. has perhaps thc odd
go tad OF any collector of curios Boo tho
United ~tatc~-that ofhuman skulls he
bias at present Zoo his private musrum 1855
perfect human -kulls. gathered in 900 parts
cot the country.
There are Within three million of OF.
maus persons enrolled Boo tho sunday
schools oi this couutr, as Boo the public
schools, there being thirteen million Boo
the former sud sixteen miliou iu thc lti-
ter. The total ~uuday-schoul mcmhcr-
ship throughout thc whole world BIZ. trcut,
live million.
% makes 40 the difference iu the world
how vou handle some people There arc
those Who should he handled with hid
gloves. then boxing mits might ao fot
others. aud bare N-t- for SOME. aud occa-
s@ionalie there isan iu-sultinefouch thatnu
cid fashioned elan club would Dee required
t' Goaud anything into.
The following communicable i- not so
bad. either Want bo, Properly Spank
ed-A teacher boxed ihc ears o; "a pupil
"a few DAYS ago. The hos told bis mother
and the next day tive teacher received tho
follow iue note Mature has provided a.
proper place Tor the punishment oi % ho,.
and it ts not biz eat. Will thauk sou Go
use 30 hoaraner"
To~rrcdoes lor che destruction of vessel.
ecfc hrst used iu the spring oflr6l hy tho
confederate iu che lanes river. ln I~6l
the secretary oi the navy reported that
more ships bad been loss from torrcdoiuL
than from al other causes General
haius, chief oi The confederate torpedo
service, put The number az h0y-cighf. o.
greater number than has been dcsiey,d n
al the vars since.
There are Just Two things necessary ior
advarccmcut-sork AVID ahility. The
poor hov chat works. does What be can inr
his employers, who takes an interest boz
thc business, who isn't expecting 81 Tor
crcrr Eve cents worth oi time he puts in.
Who does o., his employers as DE would
want au cmployc Goo do hs him. Is going io
get along iu this world today. He pnI
NOT hc oi The failures.
An lrishman. ia order 60 celebrate the
"
advent oi a uru era, vent cat on "a itrk.
lie didnt ger home tl three O'Clock boa the
morning, and wss barely iu the house be-
fore a nurse rusho no and uucoverlug BE-
bunch OF SOFT goods, Showed him ~trirleis
The ifshmau lcoked en AZ the clock which
SAID three, then az the three ui kind isa
the nurses arm aud saiIsOim mot supess-
utiuus, but thank hivens shat Oi didn't
come home az twelve.
One oi tac great advantages in selling
goods 90 MvXico - that failures are a.
most unknown, as the merchants OF Mex
leo are very conservative aud extend their
husiners ouls A. lac rs their canitsl will
permit. Fires and their results, Which
rain thousands OF bnsiucss men annually
iu the juiied States. are OF very rair Gee
curfcucc taese Naratls has not been
afsicted ~iih = FIRE for over thirty wears
One Of the leading companies manufa--
turing desks and other oihcc furniture
have devised = unique advertisement m