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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15

Ernie Hodge seems 10 be the same
earnest little worker as OF wore His
Altic trick Of getting hit has just as
many fringcs on 1t as in the old DAYS,
but we don't look as it now in the same
way.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15

With three men given bases by Pfan-
miller in the visitors first inning and
two men out. 1t locked shaky for the
Erooms, hut Ptanny settled down, and
by striking out Captain Jimmy Gilman
relieved the tension
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15

Our old friend, l2helan, umpired in
Lancaster yesterday. AS remember
him Phe!an ism, much OF an improve
ment on McNamara
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15

ED.-Postinn to do any kind Of Of
flee work. Address ". Nj, this Office.
mai3-3t'
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15
A GLORIOUS VICTORY
The RroOms Meet the KeWarkS and Shut
Them Out With Ease.
TIE BOY PFAEMIlLER A HERO
lie Was Ably Assisted IL, the Field
Fine Work by Wcditgc ma Nc
Fnrlnn- Sfc and Scchrist Released
Same To-day Called nt 3.30-Ihc
ofJmpics Open ut Newport News.
Yesterdays Games.

Yesterdays Games.
Norfolk, 4; Newark, O.
Hartford, I; Reading, t.
Lancaster. s; Athletics, 4.
Richmond. 10; Paterson, A.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15
WANTED.


WANrE.D.-Onc TO six draught horses:
must he aCCliWatC, good ruliers: weight
about 1880 pounds. App!y 5l2 Columbia
Build ms, Norfolk. na!J-2i'
WANTED. 800 WOMEN AND GIRLS
do cooking, Chumhcrma.d laundress.
work and housek ccpers. White and col
or',a women come IT once, situat tons
ready IN Norfolk ana also North, in
every C.iy. paying hest Of prices. also
wanted men TO do every Kind Of woi X.
Please call Is l. Walden, iGS Church
street. Norfolk, Va mi! l5-3t'
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15

Two clean. hard drives iuaugulatc ted
the proceedings and run getting in Nor
loiks lourth. Shaffcr pushed a hot line
crive 10 left field and Weihl sent one
70 left field fence for two bags, scoring
Shafler.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15

HOW quickly bal! players admirers
lose Their regard for player, when he
isn't playing for the home team any
more was demonstrated in Yesterdays
game In the cases of Gilman, Hodge
and O'Hagen
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15

WANTED For the summer months
small cottage near Ocean View. Address
TTAGE. N.,giui;u office. nall-iw'
WANTED a HOUSE To BUILD, or any
kind will hu!d It according 10 plans ana
sI"c!nt"u"ns 10 give sSusrnc';un in
Tor a iylnE price, country or city. work
Thankfully received executed with DIS
patch. w II. WiilTE.ICRST, Carpen-
Ter ~ Cove street. city, inall-lw "
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15

Inc scrappy ana kicking proclivitics
Of the whole of the Newark team are in
Sharp contrast TO the quiet behavior OF
the Paterson Club.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15

as ErR CHECKS IN SIN HOURS:
AMI - s,CGi<lGS IN 3 DAYS. AT
40 ! fSl & ID us store IS3 ChuIch street.
Nortoik, Va E.I?-Gln
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-15

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az he test SAFE h@i"i,Ie. rake no
othef, Send &c, STAMPS for purtiCu-
lars. Relief for Ladies' ia letter by
return mali AZ druggists CHICHESTER
Chemical Co. Philadelphia. I'm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

his mind on what lines to work in con-
structing his electrical machine and
then gave the plans into the hands of
Mr.. George Thompson, the mechanician
of the Jefferson Physical laboratory.
Mr.. Thompson devoted all his energies
to the construction of the apparatus,
and, with frequent consultations be-
tween himself and Prof. Trowbridge
the machine gradually grew to COM
pletion.
1t consists essentially of sixty plates
of glass, coated on each side with tin
FOIL These plates of glass are charged
with electricity by means of ten thou
sand storage cells. The most ingenious
part Of the whole scheme is the man.
ner in which these cells are discharged.
After many failures a mechanical con-
trivance was constructed that enabled
the cells to be discharged one after the
other, thus disrupting the atmosphere
with the cumulative force of electricity
of this apparatus, through all resisting
forces. The great efficiency Of this ap-
paratuS, and its superiority over those
hitherto used for X-ray experiments, is
shown by the fact that the vacuum
glasses have been pierced by the flash
from the TroWbridge machine, after
resisting the discharge of the electric
spark from other apparatus for so long
as to convince scientists that vacuum
in the path of an electric spark would
compel 1t to turn aside from it's course.
BY means OF this apparatus two or
three horsepower can produce effects
which would require thirty or forty
horse power to produce by transform
ers, for no coils of iron cones are used
in the Trowbridge mechanism and no
energy is therefore lost in magnetiZing
such iron cones or in overcoming the
resistance of wire coils
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
ICELAND ELDER DUCKS.
About 10000 Pounds of EiderdOwn
Collected Annually in Iceland.


All accounts I have read about elder
ducks say that nests are robbed of
their down twice, the duck supplying it
each time from her own body, and the
third time the drake gives his white
down and this is allowed to remain; but
| was told by farmers in Iceland that
now they never take the down until the
little ones are hatched says Good
Words 1t has been found that the
birds thrive better and increase faster
when they are allowed to live as nature
meant them to do. So now the poor
mothers are no longer obliged to strip
themselves of all their down TO refu-
nish their despoiled nests. Sometimes
If the quality is very great, little may
be taken, but enough must be left to
cover the eggs when the duck leaves
her nest for food.
A writer from Iceland in speaking of
a visit to one of the IsafjOrd farms,
wrote:
ION the coast was a wall. built of
large stones, just above high water
level, about three feet high and OF
considerable thickness at the bottom.
On both sides Of it alternate stones had
been left out, 50 as to form series OF
square compartments for the ducks to
make their nests in. Almost every com
Dartment was occupied, and, as we
walked along the shore, line of ducks
flew out one after another The house
was q marvel The earthen walls that
surround it and the window embyasures
were occupied with ducks. On the
ground the house was fringed with
ducks. On the turf slopes Of the roof
we could see ducks and ducks sat on
the scraper."
About 10000 pounds of elder down
ara gathered annually in Iceland, 1000
pounds being exported to foreign
countries Formerly the peasants used
to receive over twenty-one shilings
pound, but the price has now fallen to
half of that amount The peasants sell
com receive money, and are obliged to
barter their down for merchandise fur
nished by the Danish merchants at the
little settlements at the fjords. A pound
and one-half Of down is enough to fill
and ordinary bed puff. These very
comfortable articles are found in the
guestroom of every Icelandic farm.
however poor and small 1t may be.
After a long, hard day in the saddle,
the traveller longs for warmth and
shelter. These little guestrooms have
never had a fire in them, and, built as
they are. on the ground, there is a
dreadful chill in them. Once tucked
away in bed, however, and well covered
with the down puff, delightful sense
of comfort follows and tired bones lose
their pains and STIFFNESS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
HARD TO KILL.
The Monitor Lizard Has More Lives
Even Than q Cat.

OF all living creatures, says Pear
sons Weekly. there is none more diff
ficult to kill than the monitor lizard, SO
called on account of it's habit Of whis-
Ting to give warning of the approach
of crocodiles. The Nile monitor. or
varan, is probably the largest member
of the family, and has been known to
attain a length Of six feet. They live
on the eggs of crocodiles, or on the
young crocodiles themselves, which.
probably. accounts for the represen-
tations Of them on the ancient monu-
ments.
A naturalist who caught monitor
lizard, and wished to kill 1t without
mutilation, gives an idea of the trou-
BILE he had to effect his purpose.
He first stabbed it several times in
the heart with large worsted needle.
but this seemed not to make the least
impression. He next stuck the needle
deeply into the Uranium, piercing the
brain In half dozen places, but with
the same result. He then gave the
creature several hard grips about the
chest. tied it's feet together. and hung
it by the neck in a moose which he
drew as tight as he possibly could.
Forty eight hours afterward he found
that the reptile had escaped.
Having discovered it close at hand.
he again tied it's feet together, and
plunged 1t into a recepticle full of
brandy (Which he kept for preserving
specimens), and held it under the sur
face. Although the lizard was nearly
exhausted by what it had gone
through, yet it wriggled about for
more than a quarter of an hour before
1t succumbed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
PERRINE'S COMET
stiII Visible, but Only Three-Fourths
as Bright as When Discovered,

The comet discovered by Perrine at
the Lick observatory. Oct 16, accord
ing to the Philadelphia Record, is still
visible through an opera glass. When
discovered it was between the pole
star and the bright star in the breast
Of Perseus, at about one-third of the
distance from the former to the latter
star 1t has been moving in a south
westerly direction, toward the head of
Draco, and it is now very near the
star Gamma Draconis. the more east
erly Of the two-third magnitude stars
which form the dragons eyes"
The comet is on the side of the pole
star opposite the great dipper, and it's
course has been nearly parallel with q
line drawn from the second star in the
bowl of the dipper to the star at the
extremity of the handle. The distance
it has thus far traversed is about twice
the length of this line. The dragons
head is low in the northwest Of
course, to see It will require a tele-
scope. and when seen it will not be
found a particularly interesting object
for the ordinary observer-a faint, neb-
ulous star, nothing more. The only
notable fact reported about 1t Is that
when first seen 1T had a small tail,
which is not unusual in the case of
so small a comet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
TROWbRIDGE'S WONDER.

length have shown this disposition to
avoid vacuum. But the powerful dis
charge from the machine with which
Prof. Trowbridge is experimenting,
show no such shyness, and the vacuum
seems to have no power to resist them.
The discharge from the Trowbridge
apparatus through such so-called
vacuum tubes were of a dazzling X-ray
nature, and the skeleton of the hand
could be plainly seen by their aid
These results are destined to change
the scientific conception of what con-
stitutes vacuum and provide an en-
tirely new field for research that will
keep scientific brains busy for a long
time to come, and will shed much new
light on the mysteries of nature.
Curious experiments have been made
by Prof. Trowbridge with Photographic
phenomena. Taking set Of photo
graphic plates, he placed them, care
fully shielded from the light by plate
holders, at some distance from the
wires of his apparatus that carried the
powerful discharges. Turning the cur
rent on these plates, Prof. Trowbridge
secured photographs, which, when de-
Veloped, showed various curious cleo
trical effects which are invisible to the
eyes. These Photographic experiments
opened up still another line of investi-
SdlIOll " IIOl. ITOW anu SHOWeu
him that by the careful study of such
powerful discharges turned on photog-
raphic plates it would be impossible to
bring to light many powerful things In
connection with the mysterious action
of electricity in passing through the
air and in the rarified spaces that exist
between us and the sun, which are
ordinarily called a vacuum and have
been supposed to be a non-conductoh,
of electricity.
The machine constructed by Prof.
Trowbridge for the working out of
these wonders has been exhibited to
select few at Harvard college and win,
in time, when Prof. Trowbridge has
completed the series Of experiments
upon which he is now working, be ex-
hibted to the scientific world AS a
matter Of fact the apparatus is a. very
great extension of form devised more
than twenty years ago by Plaute, who
invented the storage battery. There
were many defects about the machine
Of Plaute, however, which had to be
remedied before a perfect apparatus,
such as was necessary to aid Prof.
Trowbridge in his plans, could be con-
structed. Prof. Trowbridge made up
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

ascertained, says the Philadelphia
Record ia discussing the subject, that
waters containing little lime. but an
appreciable quantity of dissolved car
bonic acid, were observed to exercise
a solvent action upon the iron. and the
course of the action was traced. A
known quantity OF iron filings was
placed in each of three vessels, which
were respectively filled with ordinary
river water. and the same water after
carbonic acid had passed through it
for few minutes. and after the add-
ton of sufficient lime to just neutraliZe
the carbonic acid. The vessels were
sealed by mercury from contact by
the air, and. after the lapse Of a GER
tain time, the iron dissolved in each
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

bridge, of the Lawrence School of Sci
ence at Harvard college, and which is
unquestionably the greatest electrical
machine in the world. 1t was con-
structed by Prof Trowbridge especial
ly for the study of electrical discharges
in the air, and is the result of an eX-
tended study of the subject by the sci
entific designer. By means of this ap-
, paratus many problems In relation to
electromotive force that have hitherto
remained unsOlved will be investigated.
1t has been known that the light
ming coming from the clouds to the
earth flashed through a mile of at
mosphere on its course, and Travelled
at a marvellous rate Of speed. But it
has never been known how great the
force must be that produces discharges
of electrical fluid one mile in length in
an infinitesimal space of time. With
the assistance of his wonderful new
machine Prof. Trowbridge has solved
the problem.
His apparatus is a lightning gener-
ntor on a larger scale than any that
has heretofore been constructed. By it
electrical discharges of great body and
ytrength can be produced and made to
! and even more. Having made it pos
sibIe to produce a flash of lightning
four feet in length, Prof. Trowbridge
found it an easy matter to ascertain
, the force necessary to bring about this
result, and from that basis to make a
calculation Of the force required to
send the electric fluid from it's lurking
PLACE in the clouds to its burrow in
, the earth.
I Prof Trowbridges electric spark,
four feet long, was produced by means
of an electromotive force Of one mil
lion. two hundred thousand volts, and
if was shown that the length of the
Aspark varies directly with the force
which is necessary to produce it, Hav
ing proved this conclusiVely. Prof.
TroWbridge made the calculation that
for the discharge Of a flash Of lightning
one mile long at least one thousand
million volts would be required, show
s ing the immense force that nature has
stored away in her aerial workshop.
Another valuable scientific discovery
made by the aid of Prof Trowbridge's
machine upsets theory that has long
been undisputed regarding what con-
stitutes a vacuum. When glass tubes
from which all air had been carefully
excluded, have heretofore been placed
In the pathway Of a spark discharged
from one of the electrical machines
used for this purpose. it has Invariably
been the case that the spark avoided
the vacuum and has preferred to pass
around the glass, rather than through
1t. Sparks of even eight inches in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
FEET LONG A PULLING PROB
LEM IS SOLVED.
THE SPARK PIERCEs A VACUUM.
SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTION OF a
VACUUM IS KNOCKED TO
PIECES.
QUEER PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS.
on Shielded Plates Produces
Strange Figures.

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. 23.-This
year has been a great one for the tear
ing aside of the veil that hides from
scientists the cause of various natural
phenomena, and it looks as IL the last
month were to witness the greatest
stride of all. Science has tracked the
lightning to it's lair and forced it to
work for the comfort Of King Man, in
stead Of terrifying and occasionally
killing him. But science has never
been able to gauge the tremendous
-5rce behind the lightning that sends
ii t. earth in so short a space of time
as to make the lightning flash a favor
tie smile with those who wish to IL
lustrate a happening of fraction of a
seconds duration. It has been made
possible to accomplish this by means
of an apparatus that has been espe-
cially constructed by Prof. Trow-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

case was determined In the first case
the water had dissolved about 00003
per cent, in the second O.O2 per cent,
while in the third only traces of iron
could be discerned. The water in the
second case was clear, but on stand
ing exposed to the air ferric oxide
separated It was therefore Inferred
that waters containing carbonic acid
and very little lime dissolved iron IS
ferrous carbonate. The latter is then
decomposed by the oxygen Of the air
and ferric oxide is deposited and car
bonic acid formed. The latter can
again attack the iron. and thus water
containing little carbonic acid may
have a powerful action upon iron
pipes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
"ALARM FRITZ"
One of the Nicknnmcs by Which
Emperor William Is known.

The Berliners and the Germans in
general, says the Boston Traveller de-
light in giving nicknames to their
popular idols or antipathies. These
nicknames are not always fiattering to
their owners, and there have been
Hohenzollerns less popular than the
Emperor William, who is not afraid to
ask for his popular sobriquet. He
proved this at a regimental dinner at
which the Duke of Connaught and
Prince Henry were present! In the
course of conversation the Kaiser said:
They call me the travelling Kaiser,
don't they? l wonder if that's the only
nickname I've got?"
Prince Henry laughed, and Maj. Won
Plesson, unable to control himself, join
ed him.
"What is it?" asked the emperor
do you know of any other nickname?
If SO, out with it?"
The major mumbled something about
his respect, but the emperor said:
"Well, if you don't want to do it to
please me. 1 command you to speak, -
The major then confessed that the
emperor was known among the COM
mon soldiers as Alarm Fritz" on ac-
count of his habit of suddenly, In the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
Persons Who Are magnetixed.

Recent French experiments have devel-
oped the curious and unexpected fact that
certain persons possess a magnetic polarity
that is. they act magnets, having north
and south poles Such a person, when com
pletely undressed and placed near sensitive
galvanometer, will, when turned on YER
teal axis, cause detection first in one d.
rection and then In the opposite. just as
magnet would. All persons do not possess
this polarity. Prof. Murani, an Italian, upon
whom the experiment was tried, exhibited
this phenomenon. and it was found that his
breast corresponded to north pole and
his back to q south pote.-San Francisco
Chronicle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

New York World, but the old lady
blocked the way.
Il tell you 1 put ten cents there, all
in pennies" she said to the shop girl,
angrily.
well, if you put them there they
would be there now; and there are only
nine cents" replied the employe.
"Oh, pay the cent and move along"
said an impatient woman behind
The fioorWalker was called and he
charged the missing cent to profit and
loss, something the saleslady was not
allowed to do. When the innocent
purchaser got out of earshot she said
to her companion:
well, that was a cold bluff 1 drop
ped that penny in the cable car, and
had only nine cents and an elevated
ticket home. But I was not going
home without that tooth powder for
John"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

middle of the night, rousing the gar
risons of the town in which he might
be staying. The emperor laughed
heartily at this, and Pnince Henry re-
marked to his brother:
"Well, you have similar name in
the navy The boys call you 'Gondola
Billy for 'gondoling' about, as they
call it. on your ships constantly during
the summer, and being anywhere and
everywhere on the boats.''
Well" said the emperor, chose are
three fine nicknames; but, inasmuch as
all Of them paint me as a busy man,
I rather like them"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

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SOUR STOMACH,

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
RELIEF SOCIETY
t. -. ~

RELIEF SOCIETY
Employment Register.
Office 141 East Ninth Street. Telephone 1872.
We want work for the following worthy
persons:
YOUNG woman stenographer and type
writer; the support of an invalid mother.
AN EXPERT penman to address envelopes
or invitations.
MAN 20 put out calendars
MAN to attend furnaces.
BOY to do chores or drive; the only SUD-
port OF widowed mother.
WOMEN 20 do washing. housekeeping and
caring Ter the sick
MEN to saw wood: clean of snow. and do cd !
Jobs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
FINANCIAL.

BEFORE YOU RENEW OLD LOANS. or
make new ones. see The State Savings
Bank. Germana Life Building Fourth and
Minnesota SITS. This home institution loans
at lowest rates. charges no commission or
exchange. requires gold clause and gives
you the ION or before" privilege.