The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-06-09
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short Pungent Paragraphs Of
interest to Everyone.

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tn. heart ef a Green whale iss yard In
diameter.
Cansa. Is an Indian word, meaning
collection Of hats"
A man who refuses 70 paw his debts
When be can Is a thief At heart
In san Jean. Porto Rico. there are i've
families for every two dwellings
The membership of'he BreiAstheod Of
1 Locomotive Engineers Is neHriy SN'ooo
Th.r. ~ only one thing more elusive
than ! collar baton and that isa ~o~""-
STEADY e~myleyment at fair and Just
-.~cs rndrr acceptable conditions - the
thing which makes a town prosperous
The output OF maple sugar Ia Vermont
for this season y estimated comnefe,a",
at from i5!OO0.oe nv TO sn,voo,o"o pounds
One Of our witty exchanges aHs dis
roxerd that a Texas doctor, who owns an
oil we'll. makes money from the sick ana
the we'll, too.
Ifnnv one can point TO a single usetai
~ Sp.irable thing which has come 20 pass
a. a result Of" knocking" let bin stand
NJ and bc counted
The export trade ia bananas from Porto
Rico 10 he United states began in 1851.
and has grown from $500 punches 20 up
wards OF 1000 900 punches annually.
The age Of the sierr. Nevada noun
,.ins. the Youngest Of the American
ranges. is estimated at 3,0oo,uo . Years L.,
Professor Lawson. Of the University OF
California.
The Telephone may he developing a one
e,red race. but any Que who has occasion
. 10 use a telephone much knows that th'
process l. 80 slow lor any aQprrciahie re-
snits TO be accomplished
Almost every man Who has worked, an'
women also. will tell you that the hatdes
boss /. one Who has been taken from a.
ranks. The uew grab Of aathoritt nhhi,
them, 20 20 speak and those who Tor th
first time are under them are made 10 res
ii1e the great change.
/. ia pound Of coal is subjected TO a Dr.
v dist.iatign aud the products aud residn'
treated chemically-the processes Tor Oh
tanning the ~eli-known coal tHr c9l -
il Will WELD enough magenta 10 color ..
wards OF flannel, vermiiliun for 2.'hn yard
aurinc tor i2U yards aud alizarin suhciei
&c. for i55 wards OF red cloth.
= Ouo secret Of a sweet and happy life
TO live hy the DAY. IL b. the long street
e. that tire ~. We think oi lhc rs
whole. running on TOR wears. We canu
carry this load until ve are thr'csco
wears and teu-wc cannot night thts COZ
t~iuuaily for half a century. But real
there are no long stretches. Life do
20 not come 10 az an az once. II comes on
= day At a time
The recent report OF De. c. T. Dear
that the total outunt Of the California
DR., wells last year amounted Go ovcr -@.uN'
ooO barrels only partially represents
important influences aud value of che
du~iu. IT, true significance BE- point
. out hy !. " Harrison, "a promiecnt lw'
coal dealcr Who save d prscticall. d
places 6.uou. uuu tons OF coal ~as.iUcl
The fellow Who puts bic paper back
ems the postofhcc 10 Ice marked refused
so when he g. owiug the publisher tur wi
nds he has already received, will SOME day
ORR CARVED hv the wonderful postal rcr'
ial- Of the universe 60 pcsrlv portals thron
lei which he marked refused" aud dung
. iato che general couhagration ofthc co.
wie-EN-
81 tell you, said the man With the e.
~ BE- corucrcd lace, "thcrc's too much freed
nEs ofthc press ia THE country. lm iu is
iehs ofhasiu' the editors cluckcd into jail
tor their machinery broke. Ia got o a
ties; can't even Throw his wife down staifs
aud w,rr viu,out ha,iu these s~cu-tii,
cinE .h~.t. ri,r nietutc ol the spot where
4. ma. outf.r. has Got Co l, ID
ho't rcd.-EA
The authorities t Washington LaNt
] hy ed a penalty OF ffN' nh an, on, '"'
irec mail out % the r"s'uN''e ''".' '.'' p
III ovu. All pnstmastcts arc liable Co. n
mistakes aud get the mail iu The v|
- ho1es. aud the Jaw saws that the pc
- must examine their mail before Tea
the Office. aud ii they have mail ,
than their o~u. it must Doc rcturu'
ones. That it rs the fault of The post'
ter makes 40 difference. 1hi. hA
ciudcs newspapers ss we'll as hr,t-'
4. mail.
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