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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-23
Athletic Sports Growing I'm Popularity.

Baseball, horse racing, yachting,
rowing, sparring, and number of
other manly diversions divide the at
tention of the whole people, but few
failing to have their sympathies enlist
ed in one or the other of these pas
times. A proper degree of attention
paid to all sorts of manly sports, and
to athletics especially, win do much to
promote health and contentment
among the people, and will moreover
serve to gradually modify one of the
most pronounced and not particularly
admirable traits in the Americanichar-
acter. namely, q too absorbing appli-
cation to strictly commercial matters.
This all absorbing rush after gain has
kept in allegiance many of the more
attractive traits of the American char
acter, hence it is matter for congra-
tulation that there is growing ten
dency towards giving more time to
healthful amusement and manly exer-
else, as Indicative of a healthful change
of bits.-New Orleans Picayune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-23
TIA Very Easy.

She had purchased hammock at a
store on Woodward avenue, and as she
received her change she asked:
"Are there any printed instructions
to go with it2"
mo, ma'am," replied the clerk.
"You swing it between two trees, wait
for dark night and then go out and
practice falling in and rolling out. In
a week, if you are persistent and don't
mind the bruises, you can get to that
point where you can fall in before q
dozen people, but as to getting out you
had better put in another week on
falling down stairs and bringing up
gracefully in the hall. Detroit Free
Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-23
An InfallibIe Indicator.

You can tell pretty we'll how a girl
feels towards you by the way she takes
your arm. If she doesn't care cent
you know it by the indifference of her
muscles. If she has great confidence
in you the pressure tells it; and friend
ship is as distinct from love in that
mode of expression as in words or
looks. a woman can take the arm of
a fellow she likes much with perfect
comfort, even if she is six feet high
and he is four. But even if the two
arc just matched she can make him
feel disdain, contempt, discomfort, dis
like, anything she likes by the way
she does not hold on to him. am
told there is great deal of difference,
too, between the way girl fits her
waist to one mans arm as compared
with another; but l hardly believe it.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-23
To Destroy Weeds.

A recent reliable writer says he has
destroyed weeds in lawns by dropping
crude carbonic acid right into the
hearts of the plants. Roots of dande-
lions dug up week after the crowns
were dressed with acid were found to
be killed right down to the tips, a foot
below the surface. 1t is not sufficient
to merely kill the leaves of the plants;
the acids must enter the hearts quite
in the center. Carbolic acid is poison
Gus, and should not be allowed to
come in contact with the akin.-Bos-
ton Budget.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-23
The CIGARS WE SMOKE.
They Arc Made OF Tobacco Because Stained
Paper Is Too Dear to Use.

They Arc Made OF Tobacco because Stained
Paper Is Too Dear to Use.
There is quito common belief that
tho cheap cigars, of which there is an
immense sale in this city, arc made
largely of paper stained to resemble
tobacco. Whatever foundation there
may have been for this allegation
some years ago il is certain, says the
dealer, that there is nothing of the
kind going on now.
The best proof of this, they claim, is
furnished by the fact that there is not
now any necessity for such subter-
fugesas the cheapest straw paper, the
only kind that could be used, cannot
be bought and put through the neces-
sary chemical process as cheaply as
natural leaf tobacco can be.
The cheap cigars are, OF course, made
of domestic tobacco, and the cheaper
the cigar the poorer the quality OF to-
bacco. The odor Of the cheap cigar is
about the only objection to be made
against il, and this comes from the inn
perfect development of the leaf. No
process of curing will impart the agree
able flavor of fine leaf to the inferior
leaf, because the essential oils from
which it gets its fragrance failing to
come with growth, cannot be satisfac-
torily supplied by artificial means.
1t is true that various harmless prop
critics may be used to impart pleas
ing flavor, but to the man who knows
the taste of good cigar the artifice is
at once apparent, and to his taste is
nauseating. Besides. that kind of fra
GRANGE is short lived. 1t lasts only as
long as the natural moisture Of the
leaf, and dampening the cigar cannot
restore it.
There is a considerable prejudice
of domestic tobacco. But we are grow
ing an excellent quality of leaf in
Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, Ohio and
Connecticut. 1t is true that even the
best domestic tobacco contains ut least
10 per cent. of nicotine, while the
Cuban leaf has not more than 5 per
cent. 1t must be conceded also that
the Cuban tobaccos have a more deli
cate aroma than the domestic, and
when one becomes accustomed to
smoking it then nothing else can sat
isfy his taste.
The acknowledged superiority of the
Cuban goods comes from the peculiar
soil of that country rather than from
the climate. 1t is particularly notice
able that the crops from Vuelta Abajo
and Semi Vuelta, two districts lying
in the southwest of the island, are par
ticularly fine and cannot be rivaled
anywhere.
This portion of Cuba is subject to
heavier freshets than any other, and
all the refuse washed in these becomes
mingled with the earth, and tends to
improve the fertility of the ground.
Receding to the north, the quality
is not so good, but q comparatively fine
product comes from the Mancaraugua,
Remedies and Partidos plantations in
that territory. The poorest leaf, which
is thick, strong and ugly, comes from
Tara, in the southeastern part Of the
island, but very little of that finds its
way to this country, and for this we
may be thankful, as smoking it has the
effect of dulling the senses and feel.
ings.-New York News.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-23
Cab Signals.

An ingenious apparatus for signal
ing in hanson cabs has been patented
in England. 1t consists of an index
plate, on which are the words stop
left" turn left, go ahead, turn
right" and stop right" fixed inside
the vehicle, and by turning the pointer
to either one of these bell rings and
works a similar indicator placed at the
back of the lamps. 1t is claimed for
this device that it is simple, easily
worked and self adjusting and that it
enables instructions to be conveyed to
the driver with the greatest facility.
1t is adaptable to old or now lamps
New York Telegram.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-23
Tho Highest Speed.

According to The Engineer there is
no properly recorded instance of q
locomotive attaining a greater speed
than eighty miles an. hour; back
pressure and various resistances, in
GLIDING that of the air, will, it is as
serted, prevent any higher speed than
this being reached.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-23
.STRANGLED.
There Is legend in some Spanish book

There Is a legend In some Spanish book
About noisy reveller who. at night,
Returning home with others, saw light
Shine from window, and climbed up to look,
And saw within the room, hanged to hook,
His own self strangled self. grim, rigid, white
And who, struck sober by that livid sight,
Feasting his eyes, In tongue tied horror shook.
Has any man fancy to peepin
And see, as through window, In this past,
His noble self. self choked with coils cf SIN,
Or sloth or follyf Round the throat whipped
fast
The nooses give the face s.iffened grin
Tis but myself Look well Why be- aghast.
Eugene Lee Hamilton.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
Considerations Of postofIices.

The first-class postoiiices are those the
salaries of whose postmastcrs are $4,000
or over; second-class where the salaries
are $4,000 up TO $4,000; third-class where
the salaries are $1,000 up to $4,000;
fourtl-class where the salaries are less
than $1,000. The salary of the postmaster
in turn depends upon the annual receipts
of the office. Where the annual business
is $40, coo to $40, geo the salary is $4,000
where the annual business is S45, 900 to
100000, S3100; $50, 900 to $50, 900,
S32OO, and so on. In second class Offices
annual receipts of $4,000 to $4,000 give Il
salary of $1,000, and so on. In third
class offices receipts from $1,000 to $1,000
brings salary of $1,000, and so on.
Fourth-class postmasters are paid accord
ing to the amount of stamps cancelled
yearly. Where the total cancellation is
$50 or less year he receives 100 per
cent; for the next 500, 60 per cent. ;
for the next 5000, so per cent. for any,
oiing above that, 40 per cent hicago
Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
A YOUTHFUL BOWLER,

After the lovelorn maidens and tho
romping children have retired, the gen.
tlemen disappear from the hotels They
steer for one or two high rings of lights
that seem to hang in the air, so high are
they above all else at Long Branch.
Beneath the domes wherein these lights
are hung are spacious circular rooms ex-
travagantly furnished and beautiful to
look upon. Sometimes it IS expensive to
look upon them when the ball goes round,
for they are gambling rooms. The rooms
are attractive and are visited nightly by
hundreds of men, not all of whom are
by any means professional gamblers.
They are the centers of life after ten
o'clock, and remain so until the circles
of light above them pale in the growing
morn. The frequenters are mostly bust
ness men, who never enter a gam
bling house in the city, but who feel a
little wicked when away for the summer.
They seldom play beyond certain limit,
although now and then one loses his head
and consequently his CASH in an attempt
to break the bank. A very generous and
well served supper is provided every
night and it is quite the thing, even for
men who don't gamble to drop in about
that hour to lounge about and watch the
play. Women when they go the seashore
do not leave their curiosity at home.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
TIE ROSS RATHER

Every night the hotel piazzas are the
centre of life until about half past ten
O'Clock, when the music ceases aud the
mothers and younger children go to bed.
The older children then get n chance to
watch the sea from the summer houses
and whisper away us if they had not seen
each other for years. Papa alas quite
frequently strolls around to study the
habits of that unconqucrablc animal, tho
tiger.
The nightly display of dress in the no.
tel parlors Mt Long Branch is magnificent.
There are more finely formed, beautiful
ana cNquisitely adorned women here now
than ever before. No wonder the young
men arc losing their heads, and the first
crop of engagements is announced The
average young lady here, while far
more shapcly being than cheap wood
cut artist design, and as lively maiden
MS one would wish to see, is modest,
well behaved girl in the water and out of
it. The girls love the waves They
Ego in" by the hundreds, and the bath
ing masters tell me they learn to swim
easier and better than men.
One of the sights of the Branch during
bathing hours is the "boss bathcr," as
the children disrepcctfully term her. If
she is not fair and forty, she is certainly
the other thing, for n ninety inch belt
could not make both ends meet around
her waist. Every chance she gets TO take
n roll in the sea she improves, so that in
all respects she is great bathcr.
While watching this ilcshy nymph of
the sea tumbling about in the water,
noticed that several ladies in bathing
wore their. diamond earrings. They
said they felt that the Jewels were safer
in their ears than anywhere else, but it is
n queer combination, Il bathing suit and
diamonds.
After her bath the Long Branch girl
takes drive. So does everybody else
Ii they can afford it. There are n num-
Der of carriages out in the morning be-
t8re the day grows hot, but the "passing
faow, ms seen from the West End piazza
5p the cool of the afternoon, is one of the
features of Long Branch life. The dull
clattcr of the horses, many of them
thoroughbrcds, the gingling of their
chains, the glitter of their trappings, the
roll of the carriages, filled with elegantly
alfred women, makes pleasant music us
the panorama moves along the bluff. 1t
Is indeed pretty picture, this daily dis
play of beauty on wheels. The moving
line is thanked by beautiful lawns; it runs
between imposing hotels and cottages.
ALI is color and animation in the fore
ground, while behind lies the ocean, calm
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

AN OUTLiNE OF TIE ''ANGELUS."
forthcoming The men VINO i'll Gallo
exaltation, when the picture was put OF
sale the second time, subscribed hundreds
of thousands of francs, were not to IL
found.
Challonier then sent for Mr.. Sutton, Of
the American Art Association, and asked
him to take the picture at his bid oil
$110, 400. Sutton had advertised hi;
willingness to give $40, 900 to the poor
of Paris if allowed TO take the Gauge
lus" ut the figure at which it was bid of
for the Louvre, and his delight knew Tic
bounds when told of the new turn of al
fairs. Before he could get to Challonicl
with certified cheek high officers OF tic
Government had induced the auctioncel
to wait until . o'clock A. NJ. of July 1,
and in the meantime Baron Rothschild
had been induced to give his cheek for
the entire amount on behalf OF the Gov
crnmcnt. Believing he had no further
show to buy the picture, Mr.. Sutton de-
cided to apply to the French Government
for permission to exhibit the picture in
New York next autumn, and, rs an i'll.
duccmcnt intended to offer to make over
half the proceeds to NIillct's widow, who
is now living i'll extreme poverty in Bar
biZon. However, the cables announced
that NJ. Proust had written letter in
which lie announced the withdrawal OF
the request of the Chamber of Deputies
for n credit for the purchase of the paint
ing. The cable also announced that Mr..
Sutton had secured the famous painting
which will he exhibited in the American
Art Gallery in New York after it has been
shown in Paris for the benefit of the
painters widow.
Jean Francois NIillct, the "paintcr of
PEASANTS" was born October II, 1914. in
the village of Gruchy, commune of Gre
vile, canton of Beaumont (NIanche),
France. With the exception of his last
years, when his genius had been rccog-
niZcd and he received many orders for
paintings, his life was one long struggle
with sickness, disappointment and sor-
row. He died January 20, 1875.
SO little were Niillct's works esteemed
during his lifetime that for the "Angc.
lus," his greatest production, he received
only 1000 francs, or $500. or this mas.
tcrpiecc inc artist, kicAaru Heath, writ
ing i'll 1882, said: "Thc religious senti.
ment which pervadcd 0iiliet's paintings
from the time he first began to follow
his true vocation attains its highest cx.
pressions i'll the 'Angclus.' 1t is that
moment of the day when the whole Gre
alton is one in alteration. The sun has
just passed away, and the purple after.
glow suiTuses all things. y man and a
woman have been digging up potatoes;
the sound of the angelus floating through
the air has just reached them; they have
risen and are repeating the traditional
words: 'Angclus domini muntiavit ma.
ria The man stands solemn and mo.
tionless; the woman, her head bent, is
wrapt in prayer. This painting, to our
conception, exceeds in feeling anything
the medieval artists produced"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
a Painting Tint Cost $4,000 Con-.
ing to America.

The American public, says the Chicago
Herald, will soon have the pleasure Of
seeing masterpiece of modern art. Jean
Francois NIillet's wonderful painting,
''rhe Angelus," for the possession Of
which much desperate effort was made Oh
behalf of the French Government, haa
been secured by the American Art As.
sociation, and will be exhibited through.
out this country. At the Sccrctan sale III
Paris, Monday, July l, AI. Proust, who
bid the Government, offered 81 10, 600 foi
the painting, and it was Knocked down
TO him as the representative of the Louvre.
The fact appeared that Mr.. Proust did
not have anything like the amount nc Of.
fercd, and wien Challonier, the auc.
t;onecr, asked for the money it WAS lot
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

North Carolina has had bad luck with
her histories, remarks the Atlanta Con.
stitution. The Rev. DR.. Hawkes., spent a
life time collecting material and writing
the early history of the State, but after
his death all his collections were sold tn
the New York Historical Society. Mr..
Hugh Williamson collected many valua-
BILE historical documents, but they have
all disappeared. Judge Martin was
checked in his historical work by the
damage sustained by his papers on a sea
voyage. Colonel John H. Wheeler made
extensive and valuable collections, but
they were sold at public auction and scat
tered throughout the country. All this
is enough to make a writer pause before
attempting history of the old North
State.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
"A Mystery.
What art thou, o thou strong, mysterious
MightI

What art thou, thou strong, mysterious
Might
My beings deep
Tint mov'st?-thnt, still, By day and night
Yea, cen i'll sleep,
AT thine approach / tremble, weep and sigh
Say, whence dost WELD
Such sovereignty that. though fain would
ny,
yet must yield?
And ah! why art thou 50 strangely wildly
sweet.
And wherefore art
IN thine attained bliss, so short. so fleet.
To human heart?
Say, hast thou learned the whirlwind's secret
force,
That, over hill
And dale, sweeps all before it in its course,
And then Is still?
power,
The gentle breeze,
That. wooing, bends and thrills the shudder-
ing flower
For thou'rt a sneeze!
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

the big receptacle alluded to soon ue-
comes uncomfortably hot to the touch. At
the same time the reluctant lime is giving
up the gas it holds in volumes, which
pass out by au escape pipe and through
water, to cleanse the volatile fluid, pro-
ceeding thence to n tube, which fastens
on to the mouth of the ten gallon tani:
that is to be charged. The tank is pre-
viously filled two-thirds full of water, and
while the charging is going or rests in a
sort of swinging cradle, which keeps it
shaken violently, so that us much as pos
sible of the gas is taken up. The pressure
with which the gas-composcd of two paaa.
of oxygen and one of carbon-c,sinra
through the pipe from the bubbling gen
orator is tremendous, and the tanks have
to be made of heavily hooped steel, 10
keep them from bursting when loaded.
As fast rs one tank is charged to the ut
most point another is attached to the sup
ply tube, placed on the shaking-cradle,
filled and corkcd up ready for shipment.
In this simple manner is soda water
made. There is one such factory here
the biggest i'll New England-which was
i'll the business 100 years ago In those
times soda water was sold in wooden
casks, and it was not so good as you can
buy nowadays, for the reason that the
barrels would not stand very high pres
sure. The occupation is regarded as a
dangerous one at present, fol-: occasionally
a generator Will explode and blow a
whole building into everlasting smither-
Gems. Nearly all the mineral waters sold
are made by combining soda water with
solutions prepared by chemical formule.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

Just as soon rs the evening falls visit
ors from all along the beach flock to the
West End Hotel to join in the dancing or
to watch the children dance. This is n
pretty sight. The picture of the brill
iantly lighted room with happy little tots
circling about to the music is Il familiar
one 10 any one who has spent an evening
ut the Branch. The broad piazza outside
is crowded with onloolicrs in evening
dress, while proud fathers and mothers
gaze fondly at the merry little ones.
1t is ON the piazza, while the soft
music floats out from the parlor, that
Cupid binds his victims. 1t is there that
the young men, gathering courage per-
haps in the uncertain light, talk their
sweetest, and the girls, who are there for
that purpose, look their prctticst and
listen. So far there have been only three
engagements whispered to confidential
friends, but from the prospects the net re-
suit of the season will be many times three.
No such nonsense as lovcmaking
bothers the children, who seem never
theless to have the best time Mt the sea-
side. They romp from morning to
night. The beach is their favoritc spot,
and high times they have there Not n
lew lads and quite number of girls of
tender years are good swimmers and
brighten their nurses twenty times dayI
by darting away from the life lines. JUST
now baseball is enjoying the attention OF
the boys. l noticed youngstcr hardly
ms nigh as the table playing billiards ono
cay and he made runs of eight and ten
i"'e iregnentl y. Another little fellow
spends his time in the Ocean House
bowling alley. He disdains small ball i,
ana always picks out the largest he can
iind to roll 1T the pins.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
LONG BRANCH.
LIFE ALONG NEW JERSEYS
WAVE-NNASHED SHORE.
Happy Summer Days for Young and
Old Who Love TO Dance,
to Drive, to Bnthc or Do
u Little Flirting.

All along the New Jersey coast, from
Sandy Hook to Point Pleasant, pleasure
reigns supreme. Every day the beach is
dotted with bathcrs, the cottage and no.
tel lawns swarm with tennis players and
the roads arc marked by lines of dust
kicked up by horses worth all the way
from fifty to thousands of dollars. There
are far more Of the latter, however, than
of the former, for the wealthy summer
visitor generally brings his turnout"
with him, but it is an open question
whether he enjoys the glorious drive
along the shore any more than the occa-
sional Jersey farmer who comes in with
his corn fed team and ''dcmocrat WAGON
to see "thcm stylish rigs"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

There has lately been unprecedented
activity in building new cotton seed OIL
mills, most of which are independent of
the Cotton Oil Trust, though the Trust
has, 1T is generally reported, recently vir-
tually secured control of the Southern Oil
Company, with its eight large mills. The
Manufacturers Record, of Baltimore, pub
fishes complete list of all the cotton
seed oilnills in the South, showing 213
mills with an aggregate capital of about
$40, 600, 600, against 80 mills, with a
capital of So, 500, 600, in 1880.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

With all our boasted scientific progress
we really know very little, asserts the
San Francisco Chronicle, of the laws of
meteorology. We can measure the force
and intensity of the wind when it blows.
and gauge the rain when it falls; but as
for foretelling wind-storm or rain
storm we do not know much more about
'ltthan the untutored Indian, who watches
the chipmunks and muskrats and makes
his representations in accordance with
their movements. Even the barometer
takes freaks and gets unreliable at times,
and then we are all at sea as regards
what is coming next, except that we shall
probably have 'spell of weather"