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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11

The recent establishment at Jerusalem
of n Municipal Hospital gave rise, chroni-
Giles the Brooklyn Citizen, to curious
dilemma. The question arose rs to
whom should be contided the care of its
patients. The population of the cit,
includes Hebrews, NIussclmans Amcri-
cans, Copts and Catholics, with tho
Hebrews in large majority, especially
since the recent cXpu,sions from Russia
The Catholics were IN decided minority
but the care of the hospital wa: never
thelcss placed under the Charge of the
Sisters of Charity, whose Christian dc
votion and unseiiishness have met .
worthy recognition even in that lant
naturally strongly opposed to them o,
religious grounds.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11

A story of unusual veracity and daring
on the part OF python has reached III
from Muka. At Judah, village six
miles from Muka, man and his son,
aged from ten to twelve years, were
sleeping in their house, inside a mosquito
curtain. They were on the floor neal
the wall In the middle of the night
the father was awakened by his son call
ing out. The lamp was out and the
father passed his hand over his son, but
found nothing amiss, so Ii, turned over
and went to sleep again, thinking the
boy was dreaming. Shortly afterward
the child again called OUT, saying that a
crocodile was taking him. This time
the father, thoroughly aroused, fc!,
again, and found that a snake had closed
his jaws on the boys head. He then
pried open the reptiles mouth and re
leased the head OF his son, but the bea.
drew the whole of his body into tn,
house and encircled tho body of the
father. He was rescued by the neigh.
bors, who were attracted by the erie
for help of the terrified couple. Tho
snake when killed was found to be about
fifteen feet long. The head and fore.
head of the boy are encircled with pune.
tured wounds produced by tho python's
tceth.-Saranak (Borneol Nescs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
A Wonderful Story of a Cave.

Judge j. w. Perry, of Owen County,
tells wonderful story of a cave found
on his farm in Morgan County. 1t was
found in traditional way, by party of
fox-hunters. They were pursuing a
quarry, and had arrived at a high edge
when suddenly the baying of the hounds
ceased. Searching about to discover the
cause they found hole in the rock.
They procured torches, and followed the
hounds for two miles, but could ffSt
overtake them. The cave inside con-
sisted of beautiful rooms adorned with
millions of crystals of all kinds. In one
of the rooms is an artificial wall seventy
yards long, four fee. thick and four
high. Many people think this to be the
famous Swift cave, where Swift mined
and coined silver hundred years ago.
-Louisville (Ry.) Courier-Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
Electrical Po,7cr for Ocean Steamers

An exchange suggests the use os cleo
trlclty az a motive power for propelling
ocean steamers. This idea i, by no
means as chimerical rs might be imar.
ined. The marvellous advances that
have been made in the electrical world
in the last decade furnish abundant reason
for believing that the uses to which this
subtle force may be and will be applied
have only begun to be discovered. 1t
would be nothing unexpected should a
method be discovered for utilizing it as
a power in ocean navigation. The great
difficulty in modern war cruisers is the
inability to secure sufficient coal capacity
together with the lines of model essential
to the highes. speed. The Charleston
has just furnished the country with a
striking illustration of this She burns
It's tons of coal per day when running
at full speed and her storage capacity is
only sou tons. AS u result she could
only run little over four days in her
chase of the Itata without securing a
fresh supply of fuel. OF course naval
authorities fully realize the disadvantages
of this condition of things but it is hard
to see how it can be avoided unless, rs
has been suggested, way be found to
make use of electricity us the propelling
power.-honnebzc Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
A Magnificent Dry Dock.

One of the largest and most perfect
dry docks in this country is that at the
East Boston Dry Dock Company AS its
largest dock, then the largest in the
State, was too small to accommodate all
the craft in need of repair, it was de-
cided to enlarge, and work was begun
in March, 1890. The dnc'. was literally
-. 20 pieces. The step. like sides were
taken up, the bottom planking was re-
moved, the gates at the end nearest the
harboT were built over and complete
reconstruction was made. A gain in
length OF 12O feet was accomplished, so
that the dock now will take a craft that
measures 465 feet along her keel. The
optning at the end toward the harbor is
sixty eight feet wide. After the demo-
lition of the old dock, the end nearest
the street was attacked by shovel and
pick brigade. This end was carried
to within ten feet of the sidewalk. Con-
siderable additional length was thus Sc
cured. At the other end there is also
an extension. From the end of the old
dock. where the gates were formerly, the
dock is extended seventy feet, and at the
opening OF this, caisson or floating
gate is built. This caisson is a peculiar
craft, for it practically is a craft. BuilL
sharp at both ends, it fits the opening
with almost mathematical accuracy. 1t
is held in place by its own weight and
the pressure of the water on one side OF
1t. ln all, it is estimated that there is
a pressure of 23) tons to keep it in
place, the natural buoyaucy being over.
come largely by the ballast and the
water which is let in to sink it.
The company has expended about
S2oo,OO in this operation, and, rs
result, they now have in their possession
dry dock which has no superior in this
country. -Bostoa Transcript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Electric blasting is a success.
Sea water is heavier than fresh wat

AS~tAiS OioSs'uB 10 u ouCSGSS.
Sea water is heavier than fresh water
because ofth salt dissolved in it.
Warming of street cars IN winter isa
Few possibility of the trolley electric E&<i
TEN.
Professor w. A. Henry found that a
pound of mutton can be produced cheap
er than pound of pork.
For simple hoarseuess take fresh egg,
beat it and thicken with pulverized-
sugar. Eat freely of it and tho hoarse-
ness will soon ke relieved.
1t is said that Harry Edwards. the
actor who died recently in New York,
owned collection of about 300, 900
moths aud butterflies, which he had in
sured for S17, 900.
A sure cure fer inflammatory rheuma-
tism is made by taking one ounce pull
verified saltpeter aud putting it into
pint of sweet oil. Battle the parts
affected and sound cure will speedily
be made.
Sir William Siemen's method of apply
ing electric light to grow flowers and
fruit by night or on cloudy days has
been employed with good success on
board West Indian steamer to keep
alive exotic vines and other plants
A striking conclusion has been drawn
by Boulanger, that the great Cretaceous
Hydrosaurus of New Jersey was the an.
cestral form from which three great
groups OF reptiles, the lizards, Pythono-
morpha, and snakes have originated.
The only proper way to keep n gun
barrel in good order is to wash it out
with boiling hot water, dry with linen
swabs and oil with vaseline or cylinder
oil, every time that it is used. 1t should
never be laid aside unattended to for a
day or two after firing.
The sea-snakes are now regarded by
Boulanger, on account of the different
shape of the teeth in the three genera
known, as tho descendants of three ter
rcstrial genera, the close similarity in the
shape of the head, their color and habits
being due to n laptatioa to their pclagic
life.
A handy lamp holder has been devised
whereby perfect comfort can be secured
for the eye, while bright light is main
tanned. The holder can beplaced ip any
desired position and by use of ''half
shade the light cnn be concentrated on
any subject desk, Typewriter. copy
stand or piano-and all strain on the
cycsight is avoided.
Haistorms do not occur in we'll
wooded districts, according to the OBJ
servations of noted Swiss forester. In
evidence of this he points out that
district formerly exempt from such
storms has been visited by very fierce
ones, since gaps were made in the forests,
and that upon rcplanting the cleared
ground with frs, the storms ceased ca
tircly.
Blending rs q means of cffcctiug spec
ial improvement has, it is we'll known,
long been used for raising the quality of
wine. but q new application of the pro-
cess is now being made. A new method
of producing gas from oil and mixing
the same with coal gas has been invented
in England. 1t is said that the new pro-
cess has a wonderful effect in cnriching
the gas as whole. 1t has the further
recommendation of considerably cheap
enins the supply.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
How a wakeful Man May Get 10 sle,,

A writer, evidently of a practical turn
OF mind, tells contemporary how casilv
the wakeful dyspeptic can be made TO
slip off into the lands of dreams. He
says: "The dyspeptic, of course, eats a
light supper, may resort to the use of n
towel, wet with tepid water, and COW
cred with dry cloth, the whole then
applied to the pit of the stomach. Be-
fore the sufferer knows it he will float
into shadow land, SUCH is the sympathy
between the organs of digestion and the
brain. Owing to the position of the
stomach, light sleeper ought to sleep
on the right side instead of the left.
never on the back. If there is ten
dency to cold feet, thin wooden blanket
rnay line the lower third of the bed.
The limbs ought not to be greatly
fexed, a position which presents free cir
culation, and they should rest one upon
another lightly. The night light, where
used, ought to be tiny taper, and no.
gas or kerosene, both of which devtal-
ize the air. a. darkened room is the
best. Nature puts out her light, and
draws the curtain of darkness for pur-
pose. With good habits, physical and
mental, and determination not to deal
with anodynes, sleep may be won from
its shyest lair to watch over the restless
pillow.-DetroH Bres Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
HER I'M AL THINGS.

Unto mine car set a faithful shell.
That as OF old 1t might rehearso to mo
The very music of tho fer Off sea,
And thrill my spirit with its fluctuant
spell;
but not tho seas tones there grew audible,
But Loves voice, whispering low md ten
DERBY
or things 50 dear that they must ever bo
Unspokcn, save what heart to heart may
tell;
And hearing in the shell those tones di-
vine,
Where once heard the seas low sounds
confer,
sail unto myself: This life of thine
Holds nothing, then which is not part of
Her,
And all sweet things that to men minister
Come but from Love. who makes Her
heart his shrine
-PB. Marston, in New England Mayczine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
A Billion Dollars.

If you were to eat penny cake every
second for AZ, $40 years, you would have
bill of $1,000, 900, O0U to pay the
baker. Don't try it.
A billion dollars stacked up in n single
column would make pile 14O4 miles
high.
Ii the dollars were taken up in the air
and thrown to earth in a shower, thcy
would cover m area of more than half a
square mile.
The weight of 81, 900, 900, o0ois equal
to that of Al, GAS American men,.
1t would pay the salaries of 10000
Presidents of the United States, and sup
port the royal family of Grea. Britain for
several years.
Placed edge to edge 1000, 900, 900
in bills would carpet an area of 81
square miles, with liberal fraction left
over for repairs. Laid in line lcnrth-
wise they would form belt 3.0625
inches wide and la ,2S9 miles long, that
would so around the earth nearly five
times and reach halfway to the moon.
a billion dollars in paper money would
make, if spun together in one sheet and
then cut up into pieces of proper size.
gowns for 127, S67 women, or dresses for
3S5, sol children.
1t would pay for the education of
2oO, 900 children from the kindergarten
to and through college, and buy city
lot apiece for so, 00O, 900 persons nearly
the entire population of the United
States.-NeD YORK -4doertiser.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
frightening his honest, Drowned

Frightening his honest, sun-browned
face.
Miss Ferobia shook hands with he,
visitor, and drew forth chair for him,
with secret fluttering at her heart as
she remembered her sister-iu- laws insin-
uations.
But Felix was evidently bent on max
ing himself agreeable.
AN SO you've struck out for your
self" he observed. "Gittin' along first
rate, I opine. You must show me your
garden"
II haven't got no garden, an you
sha'nt see it," declared Miss Ferobla,
inconsistcntly. sits all choked up with
weeds-I couldn't keep 'em out. An
what with the bugs, an' rabbits an pigs,
l amt got cabbagc-head left skeer-
cely."
"Sho', now, you don't sayl Why. if
that amt too bad," replied Felix, sym
pathetically.
can the varmints has took all my
Young Chickens" continued Miss Zero
bia. can Farmer Nubbins is a-goin' to
shoot my COW, an. AM"
The thought of all her woes was too
much for her, and she began to sob,
Historically.
"Dont cry, Miss Fcroby; please
don't" urged Felix. "Hc sha'n't shoot
your COW, promise you"
But Miss Ferobia shook her head aud
dried her eyes on the corner of her
apron.
"I'll sell the cow" she declared,
soberiy. can I'll 80 au' hire out some
where. can coo. if can't make gar
den"
"No need to hire out" put in Felix,
eagerly. ell want somebody to cook
fur me. Say you'll marry me, Fcroby ~
But Miss Fcrob;n in her surprise stared
at him, then hung her head, blushing
like girl.
CTS so-suddcu," she whispered.
"What's the oddsi" asked Felix.
boldly. 81 wanted you long ago, only l
couldn't somehow git the courage to ask
you. Say yes, won't you, Feroby7"
And after little more urging Miss
Ferobia did say yes, and felt very well
contentcd with her future prospects, in
spite OF her wccdy garden.
"Timothy will say thc truck business
was failure after ALL" she reelected, az
she washed up her supper dishes at
night, with very light heart, "but he
can't say it wasn't Il successful failure,
anyhow. y Frank LeSlie's.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11

A remarkable instance of profitable
agriculture is afforded by n jersey far
mer, (not New Jersey. explains the New
York Times, but the island OF Jersey,
the home of the Jersey cows,) who pays
$3.50 rs yearly rent for fifty acres OF
land and is yet in II prosperous financial
condition. lie grows ten acres of pc,
tatocs, keeps sixteen COWS, sells butte
and Jersey cattle. His sons and daugh
tiers help 10 manage the business.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
Wood Papcr.

Ordinary printing paper is now made
almost exclusively of wood fiber, instead
of rags rs formerly. The wood fiber was
formerly prepared by wholly mcchani-
cal process, the wood being ground or
rasped of from blocks by action applied
obliquely to the grain. In lace of the
old mode of obtaining wood pulp, chemi-
cal treatment of the wood is now in vogue.
AS formerly, the bark is stripped from
the wood to secure fiber Of uniform quail
ity. All discolorcd or dccayed parts are
removed for the same reason. Then the
wood is cut across the grain into thin
chips, which are carried to the top Of
the mill and dropped into large drums
about fourteen feet in diameter, and
twcntY-four feet long. The drums are
made strong enough t. bear pressure of
from seven,y-tivc to 200 pounds to the
square inch. When drum is packed
full of chips it is filed with sulphuric
acid and other chemicals. The wood is
converted into COCO ''i-e product,
which is tbo .-s,rcssed dry and -tuasheo
7. : - aiixed with water, rolled fiat,
and cut into shape for bundling. In this
condition it is said to be made UP OF
sixty per cent moisture and forty per
cent. fiber. In this shape it goes to the
paper mill. 1t is found better to pay
the freight on the contained water than
to cheaper the cost of transportation by
pressing out the water, for the pulp packs
hard when it is dry. One cord of spruce
wood is estimated to make 1900 pounds
of dry fiber, worth from 81 to $3.50 a
hundred pounds. A sulphitc plant that
will use up from eight to fifteen cords OF
wood every twenty four hours costs abou,
$40, OOO.-Nco Orleans Picayune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11

n lew years ago correspondents used
10 send their papers column after column
describing the many deli gifts Of summc,
iiic at Long Branch. The parades OF
fashion upon Ocean Avenue, tho fines,
rond In the country, wcro pictured in
detail By the enthusiastic writers. The
most noted people of the land wert
seen in those days driving upon Ocean
Avenue and adjacent thorouchfares
Long Branch was thea the first WATERING
place in the country, but for several wear,
past it has been declining fast in popu.
larity. The many elegant cquipages
with their distinguished occupants, are
now conspicuous by their absence.
Gambling houses haze helped to drive
away the best social element. Many
cottages which formerly rented a. hi,h
rates now go begging at one-third OF
their former prices. That grandest Of
drlVeways, Ocean Avenue, has been nj.
lowed to crnmble away until in MANY
places carriages can with difficulty
pass each ether. 1t would be hard to
dnd watering place with such Door
roads. The summer residents declare
they pay very high taxes, and complain
that the roads are in miserable condition.
snjuring their horses and carriages, and
causing general discomfort. tits a great
pity that this once most popular of sum.
mer resorts should be running down So
rapidly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
SmOkeless Fuel.

Pittsburg is at last assured of a smoke.
less fuel. During the last three years
the Westinghouse Company has spent
several thousand dollars experimenting
upon process for the manufacture of
artificial gas. The gas manufactured ut
this point will be piped to tho various
places where it is put into use. The diff
culties which many mills had last win
ter on account of natural gas will be
ayerted. 1t is said that the new inyen-
ton will be cheaper than coal.-Ne,o
York Telegram.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11

Ifan American writer had taken fol-
his text the fact that recent statistic,
show q decline in the rate of London.
growth, and drawn from it the inference
that the British Empire bod. -, '"'
mcr;d;or of ;ts <-eatheSS, his opinion
',Jecn received, maintains the
c. e Aicisco Chronicle, with impa tienc,
..Id perhaps attributed to jealously. Blu
when an Englishman, in publication
like the London Spectator, gravely dis.
cusses the subject, we suppose Ameri.
cans may be permitted 20 call attention
to the fact that other nations which ono,
enjoyed supremacy in the worll of trade
had their day and passed away. England
has performed a mighty part in tn,
worlds history. But as soon as the i,ic.
began to pcrmca.c the mind of cnlirht
cncd peoples, that the nation, which
grow the rude produHts OF the earth mus.
always be hewers of wood and drawer.
of water for the more cunning pcop,,
who fashioned them into finished pro.
ducts, the star OF her supremacy began
to set. And so it may yet come to pas.
that peoples now unknown to fame mn,
marvel that n comparatively small island,
such as England, should have once cxer.
ciscd so much power, although they need
never, like in the case of Carthage, lac,
for explanations o. TIE cause of her ris,
and decline.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11

In Egypt surgical operations do not
result so seriously rs in Europe and
America. This has long been known Ia
scientific men. They uniformly assert
that the reason is the Egyptian, being n
NIohammcdan, is total abstaircr from
alcoholics. lie is also, by force of cir
cumstances, absteminous in diet, and he
works outdoors.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11

We have had our age of stone and
iron. Now has come the age of paper,
not merely newspaper, but paper imp!c-
mcnts of all kinds from water buckets TO
car wheels. Even the navy is about to
Try the experiment of paper boats, of
which 1t is said they are light, inexpcn-
sive and scrviccabc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11

From calculations recently made by
the British Board OF Admiralty it is evil
dent that the naval engagements of the
future will be expensive affairs. 1t was
estimated that one vessel, carrying two
110-ton guns, would, IT. two ordinary
engagements, use up guns and am'nuni-
ton to the value Of 1860. 900.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11

Heinrich Schmilinski, one of the mil
lionaires of Hamburg, Germany, has de-
cided to leave his immense fortune to
his native city. The money, however,
is to be used to build an asylum for I'M
married women.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-11
William Redmond, Member Of Par
lament, declares that English juries "aro
not gifted with much intelligence"

OF the nearly 100000 inhabitants
of New York, calculates the World,
about 10, 900 own the whole city, and
there are only about $4,000 people pos
sessing any real estate.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16
QUEER DIVORCE SUIT.
Bake Wants Separation from a
Wife of Six Months.
HER MATRIMONIAL TROUBLES.
Judge Lichfenbcrg ON the Law OF Con-
structive Appearance-A Real
Estate Firm in Court.

r. L Bake brought suit in the superior court
yesterday 70 secure legal separation from Lii
liam j. Bake. 70 whom he was married but little
more than six months ago The plaintiff asks
in the first place that his m rriage with the de-
PENDANT be declared null and void, as It took
place within six months after she secured CT
vorce from j. N. Fox. Should the court decide
the marriage legal he prays for divorce on the
ground of cruelty The complaint further sets
out thst the plaintiff owns $50 worth of the
stock OF goods In an art store, and prays for the
appointment of receiver TO take charge OF the
store.
The hearing on the application for receiver
was set for yesterday afternoon at o'clock. but
when IL was called the plaintiffs attorney had
the application Withdrawn without prejudice to
the snit
Lillian J. Bake the defendant in the suit, has
had a very interesting matrimonial experience
since her first venture, little more than year
ago. Her maiden name was Lillian +. Osborne,
and on June S, 1896, she was married 20 DIR. J.
NJ. Fox. of this city, In q runaway match.
On February Il, 1891, she procured q di-
vorce from Fox on the ground OF cruelty.
On March 5. less than three weeks later, she
married Bake. The second alliance was no
happier than the first, and on August IL she
brought suit for divorce from Bake, charging
him with extreme cruelty She also claimed
that she was the owner of the stock of goods In
the store carried on in her husbands name and
asked for an Injunction TO prevent him from
disposing OF the property. Only few days
later reconciliation was effected between the
parties, and the suit was withdrawn. They
were reported TO be living together peaeeably
Bake was formerly the senior member of the
arm OK Bake, Cole & Co., and Is now conducting
an art store at the corner OF Second and James