The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-05-26
A LITTLE ABOUT
EVERYTHING.
Short Pungent Paragraphs Of
interest to Everyone.

Short PunRont Paragraphs OF
interest to Everyone.
ose IN >ixss q all Asserisans vas born
IN Europe.
GERMANY sni increase its consular
corps. especially In the Unitsd States.
Italy hs, gs.7 oi acres OF grange and lem
on gFoses containing i~e.s3o--97 trees.
Its funny ho~ big a borro~ed dollar
looks When time comes 10 pay IL back.
som. men own their success 10 Plaek
sud some Of their ability TO pluck others.
II Is human nature 10 swallow the camel
Of a.t,sry and strain At the gnat Of truth
4, !. opinion of New York physician
that electricity will supplant vhiskey.
Andrew Carnegie did his work as
Plttsbarg telegraph messenger at Ss'
week.
II Is generally more profitable TO reckon
% our defects than 10 boast Of our attain
ments.
A curious Theological student asks:
~Hsr old Vas Adam When he lost a RIB
and gained a vifef'
Mo-, people -ouid succeed in small
things IL tbey were not troubled with
great ambitions.
The sugsr kiug Of Hawaii Is said to he
In debt 81, OG0, 900. A man must feel rich
10 owe 80 much.
A caterpillar l. 80 greedy that in one
month Il s~ctusiiy devonrs 5000 times its
own weight in food.
The average depth ofth ocean between
-iKty degrees north and sixty degrees
south j. nearly three miles.
japan l. everywhere rich In water
power. consequently even in small c0un-
Try towns there are electric iights-
In i've minute. the average man would
die for want Of ar. for want Of water. In a
week Tor vaut Of sleep. in ten dsts.
The dog fought valianiiy. hui Filipino.
az the 81. Louis fair killed him 81 Last.
and on the hill Of fare the item appeared
Piece De resistance a Ia dog
One million dollers a mile is the est.
mated cost Of constructing a tunnel. foui
miles IN length. on the line of the neu
Monst railroad. from Denver. Colo, Cd
Salt Lake City. Utah.
Are YOU saving mp something io use
rhcn vou grow oldf You should taxi
special pride IN your bank account hu'
not stunt yonr family.
Calculating The cost Of raising a per
son in Ireland ~ San-and this BE- one
18th Of the supposed cost in ths Juitc'
Sfatcs-cmigratiun has cost ireland sinc|
1851. whcu tho sfai.siics were fret kept
shout s~o.uon .uln.
Energy. purpose and enthusiasm ar
sufficient 20 transform the most nriuar
tack into an elevated and rlcfsiiug pur
suit. The individual plo Lacks aud rc
fuses 90 cultivate these qualities vii
make drudEery OF amy occupation.
The average ngc ct The japanese na,
is toeer than that of any other na,y Boo th
World. No Que over ~ years old Is a,
i. ceptcd for enlistment Tho arcrag
I height h. feet 9 iuchcs-irss ihau Oh
d average height of any other navy in OBJ
4 world.
Oniy through school work de,clorc- Oh
powers of the pupii- iu cariier dave. Oh
VI tcsrhcr'- work Was often Judged hv ti
number uf readers through With ihc nl
ril- sud read disrrgarding che thorougl
ness OF the work, or The tact that tho pup
vas urged iorvard iu reading at thc 81
. pence oi SEINE other study.
Dr.. Harper OF she Duivcrsit, ofChicai
safs that rheu . souug man has reach,
CD. age ct t~euts -h,e ycars Dee should
thinking about getting into lut,ucss
other li1s oi life sioux. hc -avs be- o.
y given fhi. advice Co tecnts cor more youl
men Who have been to see him about q
matter durins ihs past ycar.
Every isy This world has a larger c.
tnr men uhu can do DIS work with 81
and competence BOZ diverse lines. Ee,
d.y h. = more uncertain world fer lo
IT, pho cr'e cap .hiiflr..lD. stalking caauce
be- on what they shall De-. There Be- ssi,
/ aud refuge in a r"nd trade ~ell lrstu'
hi. The huv b. a g-iucr Nhn lcarus "a ttn'
Even 10 De- becomes = lawNrr. merchant
" doctor. he unl not he Cd vorsr one hcosr
~ be has lee him for any cmcrscuce. @
- clc'crues-, the strength and resource
The tisiued mechanic.
Rev. jane. Ro,d Hradt. oho ha. d,
p bevn commissioned boy th. New Eneii
Mcthodi.ts Co raise b fund oi $3.50 .uOl
aged clcrg,mcn, tslks sound -cusc vi
he save Il don't see any reason VIII,
IN mcu Who Do the most for the COUNTRY
building up character should be iorsk
- aud lru be- 81 nsapcrs condition o., fh'
whom thew have chnchrd murail,. noe
tally, sqiritnaly and even financially.
the credit ul the Mcihodi~m hc % s.
its msmhcr- are rofkiug euefgcticaii,
: improve that SD state ol sfairs.
So. TRa-