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The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
Mothey Earth Unstable

1t Is held that the axis of the earth
is not fixed in direction. but that 1t
swings round in such way as to
cause the North Pole itself to revolve
once every fourteen months round =
circle ten yards In diameter.
1t Is evident, according to some au-
thorities, that such webbing" or
the earth's axis Of rotation, small as
II may be, must produce some effect
upon the level OF the ocean at its
shores, and examination Of the very
careful records which have been kept
for many years of the height of the
tide In the canal at Helder, In Hol-
land, has been made for the purpose
Of determining whether such an effect
could be perceived The result Of the
examination showed that the average
level Of the water had varied with
great regularity. in recurring period
Of fourteen months, ever since the
tide records were begun In 1851.
The inference Is that this regular
change Of level must be due to the
swinging round OF the axis Of the
earth. The amount Of which the level
changes little less than fve-eighths
Of an inch-also corresponds to the
calculated change that should result
from the supposed cause.
A curious result OF the slow changes
Of level proceeding at various points
Of the earth's surface has been pointed
out by q member OF the Geographical
Survey of Canada. This Is a gradual
tipping up OF the shores Of Hudson
bay. as II some gigantic power were
engaged in an attempt to empty that
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
Strange Birds DeVeIop
Sense of Location

I, inches from the spot where II was inc
bird is evidently disturbed and tussee
around considerably before mak'hs
sure that II is her egg. But finally sue
will decide IL 10 be hers and settle Oh
il. Ii the egg is removed Is Inches
from the spot where she left II, the
bird is absolutely at loss. she can
not identify her egg and Will pay ho
attention to II. Having found her way
back over the 260 miles. she canho'
correct the little error caused by tue
lS.inch removal.
Next, the experiment is tried OF cut
ting down bushes or any landmarks
near the egg. and smoothing the SAND
thus changing the general appearance
OF the surroundings. This makes no
difference Ii does not fool the Diru'
She identifies the egg IL it Is left III
the same place.
Next the professor builds little
tower twelve feet high and eleVateS
the egg from the spot where II was.
, The bird returns and is little sur
prised TO find the egg so far up III
the air, but has no difficulty in decid-
ing that Ii is her egg and hatches II
sitting on the tower. But before the
chick matches. In another experiment
the professor removes the tower ana
puts the egg again on the surface.
The bird. having been away and re-
turning. looks for the egg at spot
mp in the air twelve feet above the
ground. hutters around In very dis
turbed manner at not finding ii there,
gradually and very reluctantly settles
down TO the surface OF the earth ana
cares for the egg there. For q period
OF two weeks. every time the bird re-
turns to the nest 1t will flutter up III
the air where the tower formerly was,
looking in that spot for the egg, but
by that time she becomes resigned 10
finding II on tile ground again
All these experiments appear 10
show that there is an absolute sense
If location possessed by the bird. II
as not dependent on landmarks, the
appearance Of the surroundings, or
the appearance OF the egg itself. The
bird is fooled by a displacement or
only Is inches from one side to an
other, although changing the location
upward or downward does not per-
manently deceive It,
The professors are experimenting
with Noodles, Sooty Tarns, and the
Man-of-War bird The latter, although
the strongest flyer known, has great
difficulty in starting from the ground
and may be caught by hand when
nesting, as II Is likely to topple off the
nest on the windward side and be
unable TO rise They are also drown
ed II thrown into the water. as they
cannot rise from the waves.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
Uncovering Babylon

In an Asiastic empire TO which Tur-
key is now withdrawing. there are
mary monuments of human history
OF deep interest TO all the races of
the west. No section OF the habitable
world Is perhaps more absorbingly in.
teresting today than the valley OF the
figris and Euphrates rivers. in which.
according 10 tradition and science, the
human race had its cradle.
The ancient empires OF this near
east are being uncovered by the eff.
forts or the archaeologists, and we
are beginning to see how the AS
syrians. Chaldeans and Babylonians
lived. These investigators are In part
confirming. and in part apparently
contradictory, OF the descriptions
given by the classical writer's. All the
checkered history OF Babylon as II
passed through the hands OF its varl-
Gus conquerors is told in the inscrip-
tons that have been and are still be-
ing deciphered by the learned archae-
ologists Of Germany France and Eng
land. The Germans have been par
ticularly active in the excavation and
exploration Of the ruins OF the city
OF Babylon.
The valley OF the Tigris and the Eu-
pharates, generally known as Meso-
potamia, was at one time one OF the
richest agricultural regions of the
world. Early In the history Of the
human race two splendid cities. each,
in turn. capital Of the Assyrian en-
pire, arose in this valley-Babylon.
on the Euphrates. and Nineveh. on
the Tigris. Babylon is undoubtedly
one OF the most celebrated cities OF
al history. The ancient chroniclers
tell us that these walls were Az miles
long and rose 800 or 400 feet In the
air. The Chaldean priests ascrbed
10 II the antiquity of 100000 years,
but the book OF Genesis in the Chris
tian Bible fixes it's foundation within
the historical period. II ascribes the
building OF Babylon to Nimrod, the
mighty hunter Semiramis, the famous
queen. was one OF the Babylonian
monarchs. II was she who constructed
the quays and built the hanging gar
dens and the wall. When Nineveh
was destroyed in 7S9 g. c.. Babylon
fecame supreme. Nebuchadnezzar
its king. defeated the Egyptians, de-
stroyed Jerusalem. took Tyre. and
adorned its capital with many mag.
innocent monuments. Cyrus, King of
the Persians, captured Babylon and
mace 1t one OF hts capitals SO did
Alexander the Great. For. centuries
nothing was seen on the spot ii occu-
pied except heap Of ruins, for which
the Arabs had such a superstitious
reverence that they declined TO pitch
their tents there, and which remained
only lair for the beast OF the desert.
-eview Of Reviews.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
From Another POM of Vesv

of $500. 900
lso
Maine the the hat he
married
observed that will keep lot
a planting
Of New Havenh be not o
ostrich
bought speaking OF being knocked down by feather
An
Which be another
Of the mea n
New York has 2osas Industrial city hall
Tuesday to F. Cipher" There nothing
that Q
Is"
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
Worldly Wisdom

A noble failure is better than liz.
noble success. although not In so
great demand.
The laxative barber illustrates his
story with cuts.
When woman Is in love she is
self-appointed detective. And at
other times as we'll.
Courage Is the thing that makes
people forget they are afraid
Some men show good judgment by
showing lack of self-confidence.
The end man in a minstrel show
can tell Joke as well as the next
man.
Kind words are more than coronets.
but sometimes judicious kick Is
more beneficial.
When a woman says, Il don't care
what the neighbors say" she doesn' t
say II loudly.
Many man would rather ride
around on a pneumatic tired mort.
gage than patronize the street cars.
Become familiar with the workings
of the tariff. It's your duty.
A girl can enjoy kiss In the dark.
She doesn't have to worry for fear
she can't blush.-Philadelph Bulle-
tin.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
Stirs Sea Monsters

A week ago persons on the Anchor
liner Caledonia were sure they had
seen a sea serpent fifteen feet long
forging its way through the ocean at
incredible speed. Capt. J. Tut OF the
Hamburg American liner Carl Schurz
which arrived later from Port Limon
gave this account of a collision with
a monster Of the deep:
ION April s." said the captain. lat
1888 o'clock in the morning, an hour
kncwn as the graveyard watch by
mariners, a shock was felt at the fore
part of the ship. The Carl Schurz had
left Santa Maria on the day before.
and was steaming at sixteen knots an
hour along the Colombian coast to-
ward Port Limon.
After the shock the ships speed
seemed to diminish. although the en-
gines were working well and the sea
was smooth. Ii was bright moonlight.
7 went to the bow to see what was the
matter and found that We had struck
sea monster, which | estimated to
be some forty-two feet long an three
tons in weight. The collision k,1ed the
monster and II hung on thl/stem SO
that We had to go astern to get clear
vi tHe DOuy. MS Silk lmmeUlately,
leaving the surface Of the sea a bright
crimson
The captain said that the body had
broad stripes on the back and head,
with patches like textile prints the
size OF hand on the sides. 1t was a
species Of whale now almost extinct
he thought. The shock aroused the
passengers, who came on deck to loo,,
at the dead monster. One OF the
officers said that many strange ser.
penis and large fish had been seen in
the waters Off the Colombian coast in
the last three years OF species that
had not been seen there since the
lays OF the buccaneers on the Spanish
Main. They thought that the blasting
In the Panama canal had disturbed
them In their submarine caverns and
driven them to the surface of the sea
II would not surprise him IL so-called
sea serpents were caught in the locks
when the canal was opened. one officer
said.-New York Times.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
Never Alone

Two young women went 20 the natl.
nee. They could not get seats to-
gether, but were told that each could
have an end seat, center aisle. In
adjoining rows, and most likely some
body who came alone and had chair
next to one OF them would obligingly
exchange seats. Near the close OF
the first act one OF the young wo-
men timidly whispered to heavy.
middle aged man at her side, who had
been sitting stiffly and looking
straight ahead:
Are you alone. sir"
The man hurled one side Of his face
in his program and breathed:
Sh, Wife."-Everybodys Maya
zine.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
An Easy One

The topic that was being talked in a
Washington club the other evening
turned to fine distinctions. when Con-
gresham Lincoln Dixon, of Indiana,
told Of an incident that happened in
his state.
Musical matters were being discuss
ed by a party of local celebrities. the
congressman said, and during the con-
versation one Of the group referred to
the sacred concert.
Just q monHnt." argumentatively
interjected another, "so-called sacred
concert you mean, don't you?"
II do not" was the prompt response
OF the first. II mean just what |
said"
Probably you do" returned the Sec
ond, but will you please tell me
wherein a sacred concert differs from
an ordinary one?"
why, certainly" answered the
first; "a sacred concert Is always CIV
en- on Sunday'-Philadelp Tele-
graph.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
The Song Of Solomon
EsAl-:J br Sertoo Br,o.lev

Get and
Gather the pies,
Gather together the sandwiches and the jelly,
And the voice OF the pcnker is heard in the land
a wilderness.
CT | good.
We say W hen was
Behold cometh OF the air.
lie
| We ked
We a
a
o
AND s
burdock
And he leaves
And we are not did
declaring
nevertheless and Notwithstanding
l bid away"
Is
Of
And heard in the land.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04

gibson GARDNER shown that IL Is
something more than the fact that the
bird can find its way home. There Is
apparently an absolutely sense OF loca-
ton which works as accurately over
hundreds OF miles as the most accur-
ate surveyors instrument in making
a triangulation.
The Carnegie institute has an ex-
pertinent station on the bird reserve
which includes many OF the Dry Tor
tugas islands, and here Professors
Myer and Watson have been making
scientific tests of which the following
Is sample.
The professor goes into group OF
nests where the seabirds have laid
their eggs so thickly that 1t Is almost
impossible TO walk without stepping
on an egg Many Of the islands are
literally covered with birds during
breeding time. The nests are not reg
ular nests. but are merely slight de-
pressons in the sand. In this depres-
sion the female bird lays single egg
and proceeds 10 hatch II. The expert
menter takes the bird from of this
egg, and puts her into a basket which
is covered with painted canvass TO
entirely exclude the light, and the
package is shipped away, sometimes
TO sea, sometimes on land distance
OF $50 miles or more. The bird. with
green mark painted across its back
so that 1t may easily be recognized Is
then released. In very brief time IT
has found its way back to the nest. II
the egg is left undisturbed. the mother
settles on her egg and proceeds to
go on with the Matching operations.
II the egg has been removed three
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04

having no relation
TO sight, touch.
hearing. taste or
SMELLS the inter.
esting fact just
proved scientihcal-
ly by experiments
which are being
conducted on one
OF the islands OF
the Dry Tortugas
at the extremity OF
the Florida PENN
sula In the waters
OF the Gulf OF
Mexico.
This sense Is one
OF location. Ii Is
what enables a
bird to perform
the W on d e r ( u |
"homing" achieve
ments. But these
oxparip,apto hnva
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04

PORTLAND, Ore, June 4.--Returns
from Mondays commission govern
nent election are still Incomplete. but
thoy arc sunicient to make 1t prac-
IDEALLY certain that H. r. Albee has
~ elected mayor. His election IL
ooncsded by A. @. Rushlight, his near.
Ut competitor. The result on audi
tor ana the three other commissioners
axo sun In doubt.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04

bad" Bridegroom Roughly Handled.
PITTSBURGH, June Mike Milko,
who claims to be amateur heavy
weight champion Of western Pennsyl-
vania, started to get married, but
brought up sharp in police station
with bruises too numerous to detail.
But you should see the seven other
men. Milko stopped on his way for a
wedding license, and told the occu-
pants In saloon he was the best
man In the house. He whipped the
bartender, a mail carrier, few police
men, and others, but was finally over
powered. II he gets out Of court to-
day he may get married yet.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
The Country's Clalms

Our country has not given us birth
and reared Us without expecting from
us In return some "nurturefee." She
did not mean only to make herself the
slave OF our convenience. and fur
nish us with safe shelter TO idle
In, quiet spot for our repose.-
Cicero.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
THE INTEREST WANTS A BLANKET
BROUGHT BEFORE 1T rs DO WIN

Nv RKOUGdI BEFOkE III 10 DO w Nv
There was crowd on being human got into it.
lay horse strong glossy bay the pavement
sight Detroit streets in winter and in sum
~ too asphalt covered with the oily pngs
I hpm automobiles.
the having to lift the load from the horse
nd spare has also with determination to suppant
him survives floor him with its drppngs completely
Es A alp this horse had fallen fiat
reaced subby sandy mustache suggested that the
animate tail be twisted
n All hands the tail
We feared for spell for the TAIL the who had suggested the
twisting having mentioned limit
didn't doubts the tail will again either
Finally edged wedged his into the of the crowd
wearing expression indignation carrying
hey by right who Immediately placed himself beside
s driver and inquired him the effects Of his included horse
hnket
Informed did, get it,
blanket brought and after
around several times, spread under
couple with the whip then did the
vs. on again
Why the blanketi
Towit
There gotten up by himself
'saaded
The horse however THOUGHT he couldn't get up
Eyes they
do) would be impossible
The blanket served simply to give tho horse
We have told you incident of the we know
diagnosing
every the tariff touched that unless way
THEY revised ALL they will
have 60 out Of business.
Their panic really aggravated
tie who Of his footing
Edward Fensdor the buyer the middle told
The readers Of this article himself the other day.
M business would suffer the through the the tariff
wool
he did however that he intended dispensing with his
and his and boarding the
fear that he would be compelled do this eventually
What he did with relation eventuaity that the situation
would adjust ITSELF and he expressed his that the country
pat what,
It il going to accomplish
I'VE going fall and having
going to Be unable to get up and know it."
This ID the cry Of the special interests
q the the horne the deserving patience
PATTY in it, state Of
The horse actually believes it, s helpless
np. ''''' ''''' ''''' '''D'' y
M In fact knows better
lies down and make believe position
II wants . blanket protective tariff brought up
Woodrow Wilson understands its game
He has prescribed crack Of the whip opossum
~ whip has been cracked
A. matter Of fact q number
A distress convinced that the president game
They have made their stand
who isn't be bund and for whom they particular respect
yscause he has the solid backing Of q conAding people
The prospect Of being hung higher than Haman preoptang
money panic, isn't exactly % their liking
Criminal wealth. the wal lobby
% have backed against real president this time and already
bssa beaten ct their own
PROSPERITY WILL CONTINUE FULL STEAM AHEAD JUST AS
dY hull
Bee IL does not
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04

working underground on the new New
York aqueduct have been killed or in.
Jured every year since the work began
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04

great basin Of water into the adjoin-
ing sea- One Of the earliest indica-
lions Of what was going on came to
the attention of the officers Of the
Hudson Bay company when they found
that the water at the mouths OF the
rivers where their posts are stationed
was gradually getting shallower and
navigation consequently becoming
more difflcult. Examination showed
that the shore was lined with old
beaches of sand and gravel lying as
high as fifty feet or more about the
present level Of the bay. When
Henrik Hudson, in 1910. discovered
the great body Of water that bears his
name, he wintered with his ships on
the east coast Of the bay in harbor
that now has disappeared, or at least
has been so far drained OF as no
longer to be recognizable from his de-
scription.-Harpers' Weekly.
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04
By gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-That GER
tain birds have sixth sense--a sense
The Detroit times., 1913-06-04

job Printing Done Right. Tfmes
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-12-19

Will Kiser returned yesterday
from the Fork Union Military
Academy.
Colonel Jas. S. Browning, of
Abbs Valley, was visitor to
this city Monday.
Will Hager, of Thompson VAL
ley, was here consulting Santa
Claus this week.
The Pocahontas postofice is
causing quite a lively contest.
The resignation of postmaster
Mustard was asked for by the
department. and his successor is
to be named right away.A num-
Der of the leading Democrats of
pocahontas are applicants for
the office.
D. w. Wyrick, a well known
character living on Cayitt's
Creek was shot and killed last
Friday night by Deputy Sheriff
Geo. B. Fuller. The officer was
attemting to execute a warrant
upon Wyrick, which charged him
with wife beating. The facts
in the case as brought out at a
coroners inquest, showed plainly
that Mr.. Fuller shot the man I'M
defense of his own life and he
was completely exonerated.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-12-19

A man need not be in doubt
as to whether he has a heart in
him and what it is made of at
Christmas time.
The death of ]. L. Walker is
reported in the papers as occurr-
ing at the home of his brother,
in Graham, last Friday, after
a brief illness from pneumonia.
He was a brother to Mrs. DIR.
Hicks, of Clear Fork, and sever
al other we'll known ladies' of
that section. At one time he
keptmill here now managed by
j. B. Caudill. He was about 62
years of age.
Frank Yost, who lives near
the new cemetery, had number
of boys before the Mayor yester-
dy, charging them with dis
turbing his peace and quiet on
Wednesday night, by throwing
bombs and other explosives at
and gainst his house. Frank said
that some of the aforesaid ex-
plosives sounded like dynamite.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-12-19

- be here next Tuesday,
& -: 23rd to purchase a car load
S5f horses and mules.
Services at the Christian
church Sunday night beginning
at Ills. A cordial invitation eX-
tended TO all.
You'll you be live ii? There
are folks in this town-good
folks too. who never saw a
moving picture show or rode on
a railroad train.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. H. Buchan-
an and Miss Alice Harry, were
among the Christmas shoppers
here on Wednesday.
S. A. Leffel, the Clear Fork
truck peddlar and his bright boy
Omer, and w. l.. Shaver, of
the same community, were here
recently.
Don't fail to see the spring
and summer patterns. which
will be on display at Jno. S.
Bottimore's the Goth, Both and
31st of this month.
There will be preaching in
the Tazewell Bapt. church next
Sunday II a. m. and 7 p. m. A
scrlptural talk on Home Missions
will begin at the morning
service. A large attendance is
desired. L. H. Campbell, pastor.
News reaches Tazewell that
w. G. HARRISON, native of
Tazewell. now living in Florida,
underwent an operation recently
for appendicitis in a sanitarium
at Tampa. and that he is doing
finely and will soon be well.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. T. Larimer
took a day off from Sunday
School and spent last Sunday in
Thompson Valley with home
folks. Mr.. and Mrs. Will Tarter
did likewise the preceding Sun
day, and got an absent mark on
the books.
Is Mr.. and Mrs. LID. Ball, Steels-
burg, were shopping in the city
on Wednesday, and failed not
to drop into the News office, and
leave a Christmas subscription,
as did also Will Hager and Mr..
l.. S. Heninger, c. H. Peery
and others.
Our old friend and standby,
Giles R. Karr, called to see us
while here on Monday paying
his taxes. He caught fresh cold
while shocking corn recently,
and he is now some deafer than
the editor of this paper. When
he and Mr.. Karr get together
no secrets can be exchanged.
Every word must be hollered out.
Mr.. Harvey Lockhart is able
to sit up now and move around
after several months confiine-
ment to his bed. He is still I'M
able to do any work or attend to
any business. Mr.. Lockhart is
70 years old. His wife is 80 and
feeble. These two good old
people have as they richly de-
serve to have, the sympathy of
their neighbors and family.
The crowds at the Amuzu
theater this week have been
good The entertainment given
by the D'Esta Roads Company
on Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday evenings was greatly
8R1iSSs1 1t is a show of "uni-
8 81, new, clean
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-12-19

ten, accompanied by II. f. Peery,
Robert H. Ireson, and Nye
Britts, of the North Tazewell
Lodge, established a Pythian
lodge at Osaka, in Wise county
last Saturday night.
The Grassy Spur school house
on Cavitt's Creek, was burned
one night last week. Origin of
the fire is not definitely known
but supposed to have been from
a defective fiue.
Walter Bowman, who escaped
from the county Jail here along
with nine other prisoners, or
October 4th. 1912, was arrested
at his home in Horsepen Cove
Wednesday by a specially ap-
pointed deputy sheriff anc
brought here to Jail. The county
authorities were very anxious tc
recapture Bowman, who was
charged with horse stealing.
DIR. DIP. Hurley returned ear.
ly in the week from Grundy
wwhere he held quarterly meet
ing. and is still alive and hearty.
He has a couple of fine Christ
mas turkeys fattening, but they
were not presents from the PEG.
pie of Grundy, but from his son,
Prof. Hurley, at Blackboard, Va.
1t appears that Prof. Hurley is
a crack shot-but that is anoth
er story.