The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-03-17
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Chiha Ken.
INN 4, said TO he preparing for
.-.,,olc with Russia, which is believe'
70 he inevitable.
c,rrv VICTORIA has been married 81
-. on February 10. She has been I
widow Tor Sc years
& Tn, prrcnrss Of Marlborough viii
.,.,, in few days on tour of Italy
a't;cb will last several months.
Arsea level an object 100 feet higl
:, v;sible little over 1S miles. II 50(
t.e, high il is visible nearly so miles.
Tpr burning of Moscow by the Rus
ans 10 drive out the French caused
an estimated loss of over si2O, 900, ,0Oc.
E Tn, wars Of the ninety years down
e., $50 caused war expenditure of
G., 92,. .ooo Oo0 and the loss of 4,47O, 900
lives
Tgr first piece Of cotton cloth made
IN America was presented to the wife
n Gen. Nathaniel Greene. a dress was
made Of IT,
4 WOMAN correspondent of an lndi;.n
newspaper has been refused admission
10 the ladies gallery in the horGe of
s.. parliament
According to the London Telegraph
the custom of women smoking in pub
"a lie i, extending from the aristocracy
81 10 all classcS
MRS CELIA WALLACE, of Chicago, who
oae-ed to adopt Evangelina Cisneros,
has purchased the famous Upham dia-
mond FOR S!L5OO.
q THtRE is curious superstition in
81 Venice that if q stranger dies in hotel
the number Of his room will be lucky
I at the next lottery.
THE cost Of an Armstrong steel gun
is estimated at $500 for each ton of
weight; Of Krupp gun 5000; of
4 WhtNorth gun. S925.
4 THE first printers used to print only
on one side of page, and then pasted
tcyether the two blank pages to give
the impression of one leaf
Az attempt in the Delaware legis-
latnrc 10 repeal an old law under
which Sunday schools each receive s.
year from the county failed.
The trustees of Colby university,
Nateryille, Me, have formally accept
ed gift Of S2j, 900 made by Chester w.
Kingsley, of Cambridge, Mass
Is London one policeman is required
for every Sl2 of the population; in the
borougbs one for every 697, and in the
rural districts one for every 1,l5O.
THE royal crown of Persia, which |
dates back TO remote ages, is in the |
form OF a pot of flowers, surmounted !
by an uncut ruby the size of hens !
egg
MAR the Caspian sea there are sew
eral eternal fires, p so called by the
natives where natural gas issues from
the ground, and has been on fire foi
ages.
APoSr-MoRTEM examination of a COW
which died at Sheerness, Eng, showed
that lady's hairpin, six inches in
length, was imbedded in the animals
heart.
PAUL CAPOUI., the well known tenor,
owns three trunks filled with locks of
hair and FIVE filled with photographs
which his admirers have showered up
on him.
TIE household of her majesty, the
queen OF England, was recently horri-
ned to see the queen turn down
'nohing lamp with her own royal and
imperial hand.
II Is said that the name of Sienkie-
"lc% the author of Quo Vadis," is
Pronounced Chenkoyvcetch, with the
ccent on the second syllable, and
'ch as in child.
IhE Russian government has ordered
nat all sardine boxes be opened by the 1
us'oms officers, because nlhilistic
Tacts were often sent into the country {
acked in fish tins. I
oNt of the wreaths placed at the l
dSe oi the statue of Charles |. at Char '
x 'roSS' London, January 50, bore
'e inscription: Prom Loyal America t
the Martyr King"
h' SNIA has the most rapidly increas- ]
= population of any country in the t
"'@ The growth during the last T
'nored years has been fraction less 9
ian 200, 900 annually. /
4 NOTABLE event in municipal en- I
neering is the operation of an elec- II
IL lght plant at Shoreditch, London, G
winch the steam is generated by the q
lhousuon of city refuse. u
'ohN WESLEY realized fortune by I
; n'erary publications. He is said o
nave made by his religious writings '
'''OOo' Every penny of the money !
;, - expended by Wesley in charity. p
i Nv 'nlrd annual conference for min d
''s ana christian workers, under the o
''''oh OF Mr.. Moody, will hold its
''ons IN Chicago, at the Bible insti-
~ throughout the mouth of April.
! Is sald that the earliest mention
"e OF The use Of coal as fuel is i'm the
orus OF the Abbey OF Peterborough.
'"e year $50 A. d., where is found
en'ry OF i2 cart loads of fossil
y e,erInany' when the vote of the jury
nus ~. eN against SIX. a prisoner is ac. =
''ou, a vote of seven against five =
" '.S Tie decision TO the court, and on
o'e Oh eight against four the p"s.
r IS convicted
GEORGIA marble man says IL all the
DO not only in the United States, 81,
VI 'oe American contineat, were Al
"oyed' so inexhaustible is the sup IN
~ n'"ey could. every one, large and na
W.T. oc reSuilt out OF Georgia mar. rs rs
nE cam,.hou tic