The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-03-24
CURRENT TOPICS

- All the camphor used by the
o. ., .onc, from Japan and Formosa
,argc>t diamond in the worlo
r-.5 ~ for sale in London for s.,
.,ox ba, over 500 railway sta.
qnc>e fgures do not include
1 eli stations
a., .crc devoted TO the culture of ba'
,ic.ds lSS times as much money
4 an acre Of wheat.
Tn, c,ar has ordered the expcndi'
~ oo0laOJO roubles for the con-
,rc,ion of War,hiPS
r,.r by way Of memorandum. 1t may
.o.od that the fighting strength OF
4 r,,t,d States is 10, 726, POS men.
III Tan. snow fai, this winter at Mon.
lisa record breaker, the amount
10 i5s inches since December l.
E nv, rroro>cd consolidation of the
o.. and wire rod interests of the
rr,ry ha, again been declared off.
u11lr hot scaling wax dropped
nj, hand has just killed the earl Of
p,oeli. blood poisoning having set
E7 TIM highest church mot cathedral
sce,,c in this country is that of St
~, irrr's Preston, which is SOB feet
h altitude.
Arinc beginning Of the nineteenth
p,rrv spain controlled more terri.
rr in the western hemisphere than
d ID any otbc- country.
Admors superstition still prevails
n some rart> Of the country TO the
3Fccl lhal three drops of black cats
4 ooa are sovereign cure for Group.
4AIrrNCWVAN in his own country il
H. at lbcrty to marry without the
fon,,nt of his father, or legal guar
ban. until he ha, passed his Goth
5,ar
4 SAVE all bread crumbs and bits. Dry
'fn ,'oN oven, roll fine, sift tArnu in Il
4 arse sieve, put into jars and they are
D ais for croquettes, scallOped fish OF
kca',, etc.
IS old Roman tub well has been dis
toyercd Of SichcSter 1t is i'm a cOmpar-
D,yry perfect state of preservation.
ahough 900 years have elapsed since
II Was made
ErtANoE MCALrIsTER, of Newberg,
J, y, who was recently appointed a
Homan physician in the Manhattan
flaic hospital, will receive salary of
oOo per year
LmtmA is the land where clocks arc
tlmo,t dispensed with. The sun rises
INacliy al Il a. IN. and sets at p. IN.
throughout the year, and is vertically
Iyerncad at noon.
Miss NlNA LANCASTER has been app
pointed one Of the assistant superin-
iendcnts of the post Office of England.
Her salary viii he 81 900 and she will
have none but women clerks.
\ SMALL piece of cheese and an elec.
rIc wire form the latest rat trap. The
.hceNe IS fixed to the wire. and the in
.iant the rat touches the cheese he re.
cclvcS shock which kills him.
MARRIAGE in Spain takes place by
'ay or at night according to the for
une OF the young people or their sta
lon IN life. lfwell TO do the ceremony
ome> of in the early part of the morn.
ng
'tBo'If, a new product, extracted
rom the scum rising on sugar cane
ncc is claimed by a French chemist
have the properties of ordinary
te>waX, which il resent les in appear
nee
IHf heaviest baby known is report.
d from a village near Brussels; where
farmers wife has just given birth 10
child weighing over 81 pounds, which
declared 10y experts TO be the hear-
80 known.
~ smallest horse in the world is
hr'Iand pony, owned by the Marches,
arcane, in Milan. 1t is ~ inches
'gh and when standing beside its
"her The rony's back is only an inch
boyc his knee.
MRS LUCINDA NJ. HOFF, of Boston,
no sued a EoXbury hotel keeper for
images on the ground that she caught
'eumona in the hotel because the
Aher failed to provide sufficient hevt.
i> been awarded 81, 600.
iht Postmaster general says that
'e rule prohibiting the sale OF liquor
'nc nelghborhood of a post Office
"N not apply to drug stores in which
S dispensed on regular prescriptions
II medical purposes.
I'M average size Of the kangaroo is
ON three 10 four feet in height. !
'c''nens from six TO seven feet are
'fuently met with on the Australian
ans a kangaroo has been known
make leap Of 30 feet.
',''ofbING to a German publication
, ."cnist Of that country has prepared |
D"'n mat has the rover when in ject. |
.'''o the tissue Of a plant, near its |
o'N' oi an@slhetizing the plant, not |
NuoY'ng IT, hut temporarily sus.
hd'ng IT'S vitality /
"IS. GLADSTONE has just celebrated |
'o'h birthday. The elder of the
- daughters Of Sir stephen Glynnc,
: was married TO MIR. Gladstone on |
ny a. 1889. Her sister, Miss Mary |
, "'e' on the same day, became the
OF Lord Ly,tlcton.
~" MARGARET NJ. TRAIL CHRISTIE. !
~ mas been appointed by the Indis
l'' !" study the bubonic plague iu
hospitals for native women in
'n'oay' Is very young woman, anc
- ohIy TWO years since she got heI
= re from London university.
: -, ~ seal Of the treasury department,
&c" 81. mas been in use for S6 years ir
y, ! O'''s'on OF loans and currency. be
~ ',n 10 show signs OF serious wear. ano