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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-17
NToTTcE 70 CREDITORS

Estate OF Mary Conway. decreased Mary E
Sheds executrlx Of Mary Conway, deceassd.
py order OF tho Surrogate Of Hudson county.
dated January u. 1871. hereby gives notice % ra3
creditors Of sam deeedsn. - orias ~ taslr deoss
demands ana claims against the estate Of said de-
eeIenL under o1rh or Affirmation within nfns
mouths from the date Of said order. o. they will b
eXecutrlL
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-17
NOTICE OF

Notice. IS hereby given that the account Of the
subscribers executors OF Alexander Forsyth. de
ceased. will be audited and stated by the SurrO-
gate OF the county Or Hudson. and reported for
settlement on saturday the slst day o. January
rext
\ FORSYTH.
ALEXANDER ROE.
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NorIcE oF sErrLEMENr.

Notice Is hereby given that the account OF ths
subscriber. enthusiastically Of Thomas J. Coigan.
deceased, VIII Be audited ana stated by the slrro
settlements on SATURDAY. the 7ta day OF February,
ISL.
Dated December : A. D. l9a
DELLA coLGAy.
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.


Notice Is hereby given that the account Of the
subscriber. executor OF Emma S. Traphagen. de
ceased. viii be audited ana stated by the surro-
gate OF the county Of Hudson. and reported Tor
settlement on saturday. the 1stn day OF March
next.
Dated January 5 A. Z. 1871
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NOTICE OF sErTLENENr

Notice Is hereby given thzt the final account OF
the subscriber, as guardian OF Edgar l. Pitcher
date minor. win be audited and stated by the
Surrogate of The County OF Hud son. and reported
for settlement on Saturday. the twsnty- nrst dAy
OF February. 1851
dated December lS A. D. l91.
STEPHEN L HARVEY.
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.

Notice Is hereby given that the account OF the
subscriber, surviving executor and trustee under
the viii Of Patrick COgle. deceased, Will be audited
and stated by the Surrogate Of the county OF Hud-
son. and reported for settlement on saturday, the
ssth day OF February, lsgi-
Dated December Is A y. 1880
/ v. MCKENZIE.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
Always a Gapin Cro1rL.

The interest which the arrival of the.
vans containing loals of prisoners who
are to plead or be tried In tae Court of
General Sessions has for the public is re-
marka5le. Day after day and year after
year, rs often us these vans draw UP
and it happens each morning, and often
In the afternoon-persons begin to gath
er on the sidewalk. Two policemen
and a roundsman are often needed to
keep the crowd in order.
OF course, when distinguished pris-
oner is brought down, the crowd fairly
BLOCKS the street. Policemen draw their
clubs, and with the court officers make a.
passagcway or the prisoner. lie is shot
across the sidewalk and into the build
ing with lightning-like rapidity and really
no chance is given the gaping people to
observe him.
Most of the crowd are simply curious
Office boys and other persons who hap
pen to be passing through the street, but
few ars friends ofthe prisoners. Some
times wife is crying ms she stunds near
the entrance to see her crring husband
pass along chained to another compan-
ion in crime.
When wcll-known Fourth Ward
tough is brought in, all his companions
form regiment in the street. Such a.
crowd is we'll watched, aud an attempt
Mt rescue would result in fusillade of
pistol shots that would surprise those en-
gazing in it.-Neu York. Timer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
The Story of a Genius.

When Sidney Thomas was seventeen
years of age his father died aud the youth
was obliged to give up his dreams of
matriculating at London University and
becoming n medical man. For some
time he took classical mastcrship in a
school, and then accepted clerkship at
the Marlborough Street Police Court.
While conscicntiously fulfilling his
duties he was ut the same time an earnest
student of science.
Up to 1855 the finest steel used in
England was of Hindu make, and it is
said to have been quoted ut $50, 900 n
ton. Cort made discovery, however.
by which he produced equally good steel
n prices ranging $3.50 to $500 ton.
Then Besscmer came; but even after his
discoveries there was still great dcsid-
eratuu of the highest practical impor
lance, namely, the elimination of phos
phorus from the process of converting
pig-iron into steel. Sidney Thomas
made this notable discovery, but when
he announced it ut the spring meeting of
the Iron aud Steel Institute in 1878 he
was received with sneers and smiles of
incredulity.
But everything comes to him who
knows how to wait, and Thomas finally
perfected his invention. The discovery
made him suddenly famous, and the
stcelmasters of Belgium, En- gland and
the United States raced each other in
their efforts to benefit under his patents.
Splendid pccuniary results followed the
discovery, but, alas! they were pur-
chased Mt the cost of the inventors
health. His hour of triumph found him
with physical strength rapidly declining.
He accordingly went abroad, visiting
Switzerland, the Cape aud the United
States. He also went to the NIauritius,
India, Ccylon and Australia. His diary
and letters describing these travels arr
most interesting, and many of his OBJ.
servations testify to the singular keen
ness Of his mind. AS last resort he
spent winter in Algicrs, then he moved
homeward, but on reaching Paris died
there, on February 1, 1885. lie was
thus not quite thirty-fve years old, an
age which has proved fatal to SO many
men of genius.
Sidney Thomas's life speaks for itself,
but in connection with his great dis
covery one fact of moment may be men
toned: Whereas in 1878 there was not
even in existence any public record of
successful dephosphorization of pig-lron,
IN 1870, only twelve years later, the pro-
duction of basic steel under the Gilchrist-
Thomas process was no less than 2,6O3,-
uS3 ns.-L97A3a Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
Cape Cod Is Disappearing.

There isn't the lcast doubt but thu.
Cape Cod, MISS, is gradually being
eaten up By the greed ocean. Less than
LOG years ago II lighthouse was placed
on the headland By the Government.
The original ceei calls for a plat of ten
acres in extent. At the present time the
enclosure embraces hardly six acres. Ga
point just north of the Murine stations
at Highland light the face of the blun
has moved in nearly 25J feet in the last
seven years. ~ this rate it is only a
question OF time when Cape Cod will be
thing of the past.-St. Louis Rspub,ic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
a Pinno Played By Electricity.

A number of wcll-known musical peo-
pie and newspaper men met in one Of
the parlors of the Brunswick Hotel in re-
spouse to invitations to q musical reccp-
tlon by IN automatic piano company.
Two upright pianos were i'll sight, aud
when the hour arrived Mt which the
mus cal programme had been scheduled
10 begin no performers had pu: in an
appearance. At length, A. d. dc Frece
pressed an electric button, and Oh the
instant there came from one of the in
struments the notes of the march from
Alcadessohn's midsummer Nights
Dream"
The ivory keys OF the piano worked
up and down as they do When n musi-
cian presses them. Following the march
came selection from "Tannhauscr.
1t was rs if an invisible hand were work
ing the keys, and the effect was wierd
and uncanny.
But there was nothing uncanny abou.
the performance. Within the pianos
had been p'acei a machine which
worked by electricity. 1t was very SIM
pie. a long strip OF heavy paper or
thin cardboard hal been perforated with
holes and little slots representing the
notes OF the selections. This was ar
ranged to pass over series of metallic
points with springs under them. As the
strip passed. along, these points were
firmly pressed down until one of the
hoies or slots clme along, when the
spring forced the iron point upward
through the hole and it struck one of the
hammers OF the piano. The slots and
holes represented all the notes of all the
parts OF the musical pieces. A little
electric motor, worked by storage bat
terry just behind the Piano turned the
rollers and kept the strip of paper NOV
ing. The pianos were fitted with
cranks which served the same purpose if
the operator cared to shut off the current
and do the WORK by hand.
Many pieces of musi: were played
yesterday, including wa.tzes, marches,
and familiar airs.-Me,o York Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
Mushrooms as Food.

The alarming symptoms which occa-
sionally follow the use Of fungi when
taken as food are familiar to most of our
readers. The risk in this particular,
however, is less than it might be. In
actual market custom we recognize but a
very few forms of edible fungi, though it
must be allowed that even in these we
are liable to deception of somewhat
dangerous kind. It's therefore matter
of some importance that the public mind
should be informed as far as possible of
the qualities which distinguish the edible
from the poisonous varieties. To give a
precise definition which would also be
comprehensive is, however, no simple
matter, aud as matter of fact the num-
Der of edible fungi, even in this country,
Is much greater than is commonly under
stood. 1t may be said, however, that
high color, scaly or spotted surface,
and tough or watery flesh are usually as
ISOLATED with poisonous properties, while
the edible species are but seldom highly
colored, scaly or spotted, but usually
white or brownish, aud brittle on frac-
ture. The former, moreover, grow
clustered on wet OF shady ground, the
latter sinsly in dry pastures. The CON-
mon British mushroom Is known by its
pink hymenium or gills. Fungi which
have bitter or styptic taste, or which
burn the fauces, MS we'll rs those which
yield a pungent milk, those of livid
color, and those which on brushing as
sumo various hues, ought to be avoided
1t should be remembered also tina. all
plants of this class readily undergo de-
composition, and should therefore be
Gated as fresh as possible. -Londoa.
Jcacst
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
The .sand Auyerv phcnomona,

One of the most curious wind phe-
noinenons is the ''sand augers" which
are observed on wide plains where the ut
mosphere is hot aud dry. When the
Union Pacific Railway was being con-
structed the workmen had frequent o2-
portunities of witnessing tho formation
and progress Of these ''sand- auger" whirl-
winds. They were especially frequent
in the Lodge Pole Creek Valley, through
which the railway, leaving the Platte
River, runs in northcrly direction.
The first indications of the near ap-
proach of one of these ''augers" would
be the formation here and there in the
valley of little dust whirlwinds or baby
cyclones. These would be whisked
away by strong currents of cool air,
coming from no one knows where. but
all drawing across the valley towards the
eastern range of hills, their places being
almost instantly occupied by fast-ad-
vancing, funnei-shaped cloud, like that
observed hanging over water.spouts
forming at sea.
From under the surface of this low
lying cloud q swaying tongue of lead
colorcd vapor would prolong itself to-
wards the earth, from which, as if to
meet the monster of the air, would rise
cloud of dust and sand. This earth
column would rise higher and higher,
with swift, whirling motion, becoming
more compact all the while, until the
bldc-blacS vapor from above and the
brown mass from below would unite and
form tho typical "sand auger of the
plains"
The diameter of these augers seldom
exceeded fifteen or twenty feet at the
ground, but their bulk increased with
their height, until they were merged
into the broad surface of the thick,
murky vapor of the cloud above When
this occurred, lightning flashes would
sport about the upper stratum of the
cloud and immense hailstones be formed
in the dark point beneath. When all
conditions were favorable these hail
stones would be thrown, by centrifugal
force, out from the revolving cloud.
These hailstoncs were almost invariably
of fiat disc shape, from three to six
inches in diameter, al inch to an inch
and half thick, and made up OF alter
nate layers of sand and ice.-sS. louis
RepuJiic
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
Sun Spots AID Weatiler.

Mr.. Tacchini, the Roman astronomer.
has been devotiug good deal of time
and attention to the study OF the sun aud
its relations to the earth. He SAYS that
of the heat radiated from the sun the
earth receives bat one twenty-five hun
dred millionth. Mr.. Tacchini has teen
engaged during the past winter in OBJ
serving what is going on in the sun. He
has found the solar disc in an extremely
disturbed condition. "During the first
three months of 1891" says Mr.. Tao
chini, "the phenomenon of spots anil
faculac was much more pronounced than
In the previous three months, aud, by
reason OF the greater activity of the sun,
the number of days without spots has
been much smaller than before" Dlr-
ing February the activity was particularly
marked, metallic eruptions being an ,ag
the striking phenomena MOTEL by the oo-
server. The temperature of its rallatin =
surface and the temperature of the earth 5
sur.acc must, according to the prevaiea.
theory, be thereby affected The in
crease OF the suns power may be very
minute, but Il very slight addition t, i.
woul u produce considerable difference
in the meteorological condition of our
globe. '-Picayuae.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
Best Way 10 puaish Children.

oae OF the best ways to punish n
child is to find out what the child wants
to do and then prohibit ii from dong
that thing for while. Perhaps it
may be well to prohibit certain kind of
food of which the child is fond, as nun
ishment for misdcmeanor. The going
without will teach him self-control and
Ee constant reminder of his error.
Some method of this sort is much bette,
than corporal punishment, which usually
hurts only for few moments and the
chief effect OF which is to make the
child angry.--Dr. j. II. Kellogg.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18

To the observant eye of the. Washing
ton Star, Turkey exhibits the infalliblc
final symptoms of decay as n power of
the world. Tho brigands who infest the
mountain businesses meet with no rcsis-
lance in levying blackmail. For years
the sultan's power has been nominal over
several of his provinces in Asia. England
has virtually appropriated Egypt. Large
slices of his European possessions have
been taken from him, and he seems not
10 be able to govern the part remaining
under his nominal control. 1t cannot be
long before the total dissolution of
tho semi-barbarian empire which in the
middle ages caused all Europe to trcm.
Bile.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
doors; and the nen with sucb weapon,

doors; and the men with such weapons
as they could obtain were standing read '
to defend the premises. Believing that
Gordon was surely killed, they were sur
prised aud delighted to see him emerge
SO unexpectedly from his perilous situa.
ton. The people of the neighboring
houses were equally awake, aud on learn
ing the facts in the situation the more
courageous ones approached aud looked
down upon the selfentrapped animals
restlessly moving about between the high
walls and the fire.
Some soldiers that arrived from the
British garrison, and force of the
Amlr's retainers, including the chief
hunt5man and his assistants, now set to
work to capture the tigers. The natives
worked zealously from the certainty that
il the tigers were not recaptured-per-
haps even if they werc-that some per-
sons would loose their heads on general
principles of disapproval of the animals
escape.
From the wall coir rope nooscs were
launched Mt the now thoroughly de-
moralized AMI mails, which, after various
misthrows and mishaps, were caught sue
cessively by the neck, legs and body,
until they were at least SO we'll secured
that one OF two bold fellows lcaped down
into the compound, and finished the
tying Of them in safety. Rolled, tied,
aud twisted In II network of ropes, the
two struggling brutes, slung to long
poles, were borne on the shoulders of
natives to the Amir's palace and returned
to their cages, which it is to be hoped,
were suitably strengthened.
1t was only after the event that Cor
don Trautwine, who had behaved SO
coolly through his time of peril, realized
how badly frightened he really had
been. He left Haiderabad the next day
to brace his nerves by the adventures
and excitement of II trip up the Indus
River.-.St. Louis RepuJlic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
Electrical Progress.

The inability of man to limit the DOS
siblities of electricity is becoming daily
more manifest. Passenger rapid transit
Mt $50 to 200 miles an hour is close upon
US, and may possibly be adopted before
MIR. Edison perfccts the instrument that
will show us the actual image of an
actor on distant stage with every action
and expression accompanying the voice
which is heard at the same moment.
Teiegraphing without wires has been al
ready practised, and now Mr.. Nikola
Tesla convinces us by actual demonstra-
ton that not only can incandescencc be
maintained with one wire, but that for
certain descriptions of electric lighting
wires may ultimately be dispensed with
altogether. Little less wonderful than
these marve.s, from another standpoint.
is the gun, exhibited in New York dur
ing the past week, which fires with such
astounding rapidity that by sufficiently
elcyating the muzzle, 600 cartridges
which constitute one charge can all be
discharged before the bullet from the
first of them has fallen 10 the ground.
and each cartridge is discharged singIy.
--Cojamel cial Adrertissl.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
Rotten Logs as Breeders of Borsrs

A newly noticed evil resulting from
mismanagement i'll forest affairs has been
pointed out in Garden ani Forest by
Professor Feruow. 1t comes from leay-
ing large parts Of fclled trees on the
ground and allowing fires tc run through
woods, by which the multiplication of
borers and other mischievous insects is
promoted. A large proportion Of the
beetle larve which infest living trees
can not exist in II thoroughly healthy and
vigorously growing tree; those larve in
particular which are found in the cam
blum layer between the wood and the
bark would be drowned in the sap of
the healthy trees. They are, therefore,
mostly found in those trees which, for
some reason or other, are less vigorous
or on the road to decay. When n fire
has run through the pine forest, or when
the Misunderstanding caterpillar has raw
aged the foliage and thus reduced the
vigor of the trees, these beetles find n
most favorable breeding place in the
weakened trees, and their larv;e multi
ply rapidly and ialsh the work of de-
struction in q short time. For this
ieasoh IL Is oiIen necessary to cut mill
ions OF feet of timber or cord-wool at
once, or it will be entirely ruined. The
frequent forest fires and the failure of
tine farmer and lumberman in disposine
OF large parts of the felled trees must be
considered ms among the principal
causes OF the prevalence in North Amer
lea OF these insect borers. The fiat
headed borer of the orchards, the oak
primer, grape borers, q blackberry borer,
the apPle-twig borer, aud several bark
borers are mentioned as among the in
sects the growth OF which is encouraged
by the prevalence of dead timber.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18

"There is young fellow up at Yale
University now who WILL" predicts n
Wall street man in the New York Icle.
gram, ''if he lives, become Millionaire.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., in twenty-five
years, If his father dies, will have, in all
probability, $500, 900, 900. Although
there Is large family of children, Cor.
nelius, Jr., will get tho bulk of the mil
lions. In twenty-five years more he
ought to be able, with this tremendous
capital, to make billion. In fifty wears
The William x. Vanderbilt fortune ounht
to mass up nearly billion if kept intact
Then ii the country keeps on increasing
the number of millionaires will be nrettv
nearly 100000. Just think of it. What
tremendous aggregation of wealth we
'hall have If the mighty millions keep up
The present pace for half century more.
AS fortunes go nowadays, in fifty years
The man who is worth 500, 900, 600 will
,otbeconsidered particularly great along
iide of men who are worth q thousand
lines that amount. think the future
Cr@sus of the world will either be an
Aston o Vanderbilt"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
THREE STREETS

sought the new. unknown to meet,
And found gay and fayorel street
Where fashion walked with fitting feety
And as watched a golden CLEAN
Pierced swiftly through the summer air
And darted Ger the human stream:
Then nestled midst some dusSy hair,
l gaAed upon the hairs dark grace,
The tender frame to woman's face,
That pictured all its charms SO sweet.
Then rs looked, 1 met her eyes,
Deep rs the blue of southern skies,
And from them glanced baby smile
My own poor treasure to besui.e;
Through every vein, throughout my frame
There swept dry, an ardent flame,
Loves passonl
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18

The head master of large school in
New York City says that almost every
American girl of good parentagc, living
in the cities, is, Mt the age of sixteen or
seventeen, taller than her mother, with
large whist, better physical develop
ment and more ''staying power" rs dis,
played in gymnastic exercises. lie at
tributes the Improvement to the lncreas-
ing practice of outdoor games and walk
ing excursions.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
KINDNESS MIsArpLIEp.

'What's the matterl" asked the kind
hearted old gentleman of the boy who
was weeping bitterly,
~ g-got two nice clean blocks, an
them fellers took EN- away from me-"
well! welll' exclaimed the old gen
tleman. "Did you want them very
bad2"
"Y-yes, sir"
"Hasn't your mother any kindling2"
"No, sir, She ai-aint"
'Father too poor to buy anyi'
"N-no, sir2"
"Does he drink"
"S-snme."
"Humph. Very proper pride. sec
it ALL" was the kind hearted comment.
''But you wanted the blocks for kind
ding, didn't youl'
"N-no, sir"
"What did you want them for, them"
III want 'em ito hit together and
m-make dickens of n-noise with,
SIR"
The kind-hearted gentleman turned
the corner almost at q trot to avoid miss
ing IN appointment Washington Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18

The recent census in England shows
large reduction Of population in rural
districts. In some of the villages of the
county of Essex, which is typical wheat
growing district, the decrease amounts
to ten per cent, and in few cases to
thirty per cent, while the instances of
increase are very few. "Gonc to the
cities" is given as the reason. This city
ward migration is alarming the farmers,
says the New York Times, and decreas-
ing the supply of labor.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18

Says the Dallas Texas) Mews: Some
day railroads will have in them no dan.
gerous and deadly curves. Over half the
disastrous collisions and large pcrcen-
tage of runoffs are caused by curves.
Of course it will sometimes be found
difficult to straighten out curve and
keep legitimate grade; but if the law
requires oil railroads to go straight in all
cuts and other dangerous places some
plan would be devised by which this
could be done.