The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-04-07
CURRENT TOPICS.

Tn, American navy has practically
8 hecn built since 1883.
.oo,, SIS 600 for coal to take the
,.b cruiser Powerful out to China.
yo,xc man in Lafayette, Ind, has
on fined SAB for attempting to kiss
pretty girl
.,r,1 RETAIN has 994 torpedoes and
.nrdo boa, dcstroyers; Uucle Sam
rs only eight. >,
rvr hundred and forty-siX men and
officers are required to man the
rfai,er New York.
The guns of a battle ship can carry
ton SIX TO twelve miles, hurting a
3o, weighing half a ton.
WOODEN pavements in Paris have
Ken condemned, as they serve as
,-eedinr place for all kinds of danger
eGS germs
RIcclorT GARIBALDI says that he
n engage to send 40, 900 Garibaldians
A. an Italy TO Cuba If the United States
si dcfray expenses
"A Srcn IS the destitution in Crete that
A. sailor, on her Britannia majcsty's
sar Snip AnSon are sewing warm pet
Boots 'ot the needy.
81 Our battle ships have 4 speed of from
e,iol7 saot, an hour. Cruisers make
hqi92t fnot,. while the monitors can
.,rayci abou, - knots.
E>GMSnwoNEN are making vigorous
4,fort, 10 secure smoking cOmpart-
Sin.nt> FOR women ON railroads, accord
sinr TO the London Daily Mail.
>INU.uNE merchant vessels belong
70 TIM auxiliary navy. These ships
ere subsidized. and by contract must
~ given 10 the United States on de-
ssnand
Tnr biggest guns in the navy are 40
feet ione biz enough for n man to
crawl into; ! feet in diameter at their
arge part and weigh l55, 800 pounds
or ilercabout>.
AMOR plates are tested by firing
Ste. projcctilcs weighing from 100 to
$500 pounds at them from guns
charged with 500 pounds of powder and
alta distance of about city block.
Two french women have patented a
'Gabbing brush which is to be at.
tachcd TO the shoe by straps and a
heel plate. thus making it possible to
c.c'u floors while standing upright.
LoEn CHARLES EEREsFoRD has dared
the admiralty TO give the Belleville
boilers a real test by speeding the
new cruiser Dadcm across the Atlantic
under its full steam OF Il 500 horse
lowpr
1HE United States is the fifth naval
rover N the world. The navies of
treat Britain. France, Russia and
Italy rank ahead in the order named.
Germany and the United States are
about tied
NArrRAIISrS declare the kestrel is
possessed OF such wonderful powers OF
q. .gut that il is able TO see mouse
"aeu it is itself at such height in
II. air that il is invisible to the naked
human eve.
InE marquis OF Salisbury. who is at
present i'll, has been in public life
sncc 1874, when. at the age of "a, he
first cat red parliam mt. His lord
ships tui. name is Robert Arthur Tai
bo. Gascogne Cecil.
ERlrIsH purists regard with envy the
Du.ch village of DiuXvcrloo, where
hanging undercl0thes out to dry in
PAGES visible to the public is punish, d
Is heavy fine for the first offcnsc and
ty Imprisonment for the second.
InE death penalty is ly enforced
IA Germany. Austria, Denmark or
sweden. In New York II cut of IL
murccrers escape without any punish
mcn,; and in the United States only
on" murderer in so suffers capital pun
ishmeni
FREDERICK TENNYsoN, brother oi
Lord TcnnySon. and himself a poet OF
considerable IN rit. who has just died,
was noted for his great gentlencss and
Kindness. which he impar,ially be-
slowed upon all with whom he came
IN contact.
ENrLEoR MILAN, referring to the
coIorS Of the German flag, said not
'ong ago that the black represented
WORK. the white represented rest and
lcace. and the iTd represented blood
winch was necessary 80 cement tho
ON RS together.
1nE finest looking people OF Europe
are the Tziganes, or gypsies of Hun
gary Physically they are splendid
specimens Of men and women. and are
rarely ILL., So pure is the ir blood that
'hcir wounds quickly heal without th'
ipi licltion of medicamcnts.
] nE subjec: of odd occupations in. 4
oig city would fill book. A south
EN- lady in reduc. circumstances sup
phes a growing elientele with old
fashioned corn bread. A tinker II
,w'ding up a profitable house-to
nc US, business. in mending broker
dolls.
Miss GRACE A. ADAMS. of Columbus
u who was the first to benefit by the
new law allowing women notaries, Il
20 be brought into a test case on th'
PFou d that, as thS con tuition re
CURES that all officers shall be elect
otS. her appointment was unconstitu
uOaal.
W. Oldest piece of wrought iron II
existence is believed TO BE- r )uShiy
fashioned sickle-Llad, foand by BE!
H'hl IN karnac. ne Theb ;, II wa
IN " dded ia mortar un Ter the Da,c o
,he ; hinx, and Oh that account J
hhown al the sickle OF the sphinx.
j. row in the lir Iish IN, un and !
''le'sd " be nearly 1000 . ,aFs old.