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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

the acid. After being builed for some
hours i'll porcelain pots the silver and
bascr metals are taken up by the acid,
while the gold remains as IL dark powder
at the bottom of the vessels. 1t is col.
lcctcd and taken to the mclting-room,
while the silver is easily recovered from
the acid solution.
The gold having been tested for purity
in the assaying room, is melted with suf.
ficicnt copper TO reduce the standard
from 1000 to 903, the precise standard
of ten per cent. being Obtained by sub.
sequent addition of copper, according to
the proportion indicated by the assay.
There are usually from thirty-six TO forty
ingots of gold, weighing sixty ounces
each, in one melt.
A question which hovers on the lips oil
every visitor to the Mint, but which is,
for obvious reasons Of courtesy and pro.
pricty, rarely asked, is this: Where SO
valuable substance rs gold is freely
handled by 30 many persons, how is il
possible to prevent peculation and loss2
The answer is found in the fact that
gold is so heavy metal that it is easy
70 kee" check or tally on oil who
handle It by the simple expedicnt OF
weighing, as it passes from hand to hano
and from department to department.
Gold is nineteen times heavier than water
No other metal, except platinum, could
be used effectively rs Il substitute or imi.
tation for it; and it so happens that pla.
tinum is itself very scarce, very valuable
and fromits extremely high melting point
altogether useless for the purpose Of
fraudulent substitution of alloys for gold
The weight test is therefore an eiTectual
check, and as each cmploye is interested
in conserving his own reputation for in.
tegrity, he cannot afford to overlook any
shortcomings on the part of the gold re.
ceiyed from his neighbor. Whenever .
bar or other portion of uncoined gold
passes from one department to another il
is checked and receipted for. Thus after
the anncaling process is completed the
ingots or bars are delivered to the mc!tc,
and relncr, and in turn to the treasurer.
Who weighs them accurately and then
delivers them to the coiner. Ingots thu.
delivered for $40 pieces arc about twelve
inches long, one and seven-sixteenthi
wide, and nearly half an inch thick.
The work of adjusting the planehcts
is done by females, each of whom sits in
front of little pair of scales and weigh.
every planchct without fear or favor. liz
consequence of the great specific gravit,
! Of gold. difference altogether inannre
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

London has completed its list Of inter
national temples by Mohammcdan
mosquc-,hc first ever built in Great
Britain. Still the total number Of the
London Turks is not believed to be over
800, while every other great nation of
Europe is represented by tens of thous-
ands. With all her msrulc grievances,
remarks the Iioice, the nations Of Islam
are, indeed, less disposed to show dis
content by emigration than any other
race on earth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Peru is taking her place among the
civilized countries OF the world. Arrange
ments are being perfected by which her
foreign Indebtedness is being placed on Il
living basis, such that not only shall the
bondholders be secured, but the Govern
ment be released from undue pressure
and be left free to develop the country's
resources. Little by little South Amer
lea is coming into line, and will, ere
many years, be a positive influence in
stead of blank in the worlds progress.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

c,aoie TO the eye is readily detected b,
tne scales, and, as before explained, in
those pianchcts which are too heavy, tn,
superiiuous gold is fled off, while the liyhi
ones are set aside to be rcmelted. Not onl,
Is careful tally kept of everything which
passes through the hands of the "scaics.
ladies" but there is u periodical house.
cleaning, in the course of winch the car.
pets and the gloves worn by the operator,
are burned to ashes for the sake of In,
precious dust which cliugs to them
San brancisco Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

A San Francisco newspaper thinks
that Sl2, 10000 is yearly "drained" by
the Chinese through various channels
from city of 100000 inhahitants. 1t
figures this way: There are 40,
Chinese in San Francisco. These per.
Sons earn at least one dollar day each
over and above their board. That is
$4,000 a day, S1,O4o,oOO n month Of
twenty-six days, and over $12, 900, 900 {
year. Most of this money, it thinks,
goes directly or indirectly to China wei
to return,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

The Chicago Tribune notes that on II
recent Sunday able sermons were preached
on such subjects MS "The Pcrils OF Immi-
grafton" "Rum's Everlasting Curse"
"The Dolan Double Tragedy" "From
Turkey TO Japan" "rhc Gamblers
Trap" "Thc Male Gossip" "Oriental
Despotism," "Unconvicted Fclons, sin
0uencc Of Heredity Oh Religious Train
ing" and ''What l Saw in Mexico" And
it wonders why no sermons on Biblical
topics were preached
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
Snakes on The Egg Shells.

A wonderful freak OF nature, resuitin.
From the charming Of Il han by huge
rattlcsnake, is reported by Major Schcller
de Buol, who resides just south OF this
city, on the line Of the Burlington road
The Major states that he had occasion to
search for Il favoritc hen belonging to his
coop of rare fowls, and he found her
near Il pile Of brush, trembling like n
leaf, and gazing with strained eyes and
neck transfixcd ut II huge rattlesnakc,
which lay coilcd not four feet away, with
head and tail up, ready for his fatal
spring. Major dc Buol had hoe in his
hand ut the time, and lost no time in de-
spatching his snaI;cship. lie then at
tempted to ''shcw' the hen to the barn,
but she could not be made to stir, and he
accordingly picked her UP and carried
her in his arms 10 the coop. The strang-
est thing about the incident above mar
rated is that for three successive days
thereafter the hen laid an egg, on the
large end OF which was al exact repre-
sentation in miniature OF the rattlcsnakc,
the tla: head, short, Click body and but
ton tail Of this species of reptile being
strikingly apparent. Otherwise tho eggs
were perfectly formed and Of ordinary
size. The coils or representations OF the
snake are raised Il quarter Of an inch from
the shell, and are singuigrly formed on
the inside, showing conclusivcly that it
was the work OF nature. The eggs were
brought TO this city and presented TO Dr.
Il. r. Kttoc by Major dc Buol, and are
VOW Oh exhibition at Singers drug store,
where they have been seen and examined
by hundreds of people, Chicogo 7ri5une.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

The list of summary punishments in
flicted in the discipline of the British
navy during the year 1887 aggregated
1868 eases. OF these thirty-nine were
discharged as Objectionable and 263 boys
were punished by the administration of
the birch rod; sentences of Imprisonment
Tor short periods were passed in 14S9
cases, and 2711 were rclegnted to the
cells. The remainder were subjected 10
minor punishments proportional to the
nature of the olicnsc committed.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Amanda Nedson Williams, who died
recently at Indiantown, North Stoning-
ton, Conn.,, was the last of the Pequot
race. She was 62 years of age. She was
the daughter Of old Thomas Ned and
was educated with white children, and
was always self,supporting. She was
member of the Baptist church, and an
earnest worker in the cause Of religion
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
King OF the prcssmaKers.

The greatest of dressnakers is Charles
Frederick Worth, an Euglishman by
birth, but his fame was made in Paris
during the second empire. lie was born
Mt Bourne, Lincolnshire, and his parents
apprcnticcd him TO q printer. Worth
dislikcd the business exceedingly and
sevcn months after entering it abandoned
the printing Office and went to London.
lie had secured employment in n dry
goods store, where he remained six years.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

The Austrian Government, which con-
trolls the tobacco trade, made great
financial loss by raising the price of cigars.
Iu Vienna alone IS, 900, 900 fewer cigars
have been sold, with II corresponding in
crease in the consumption of cigarettes
and pipes. In all the loss amounted to
no, 900 forms.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

a European savant says that life may
be Indefinitely prolonged by regularly
drinking the juice of The lemon. And
another European savant, who knows Just
rs much-or rs littc-says that the sur
est way TO shorten life Is TO drink lemon
juice. Life would be Il very plain and
simple problem if it were not for the all
vice OF the wise men.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Kerosene makes up about onc-half the
stuff We sell to Japan. Great Britain sells
five times rs much merchandise there rs
we do. We buy SIG, 600, 900 worth of
teas and silks from that country. Steam
ship lines are TO be established on the
Pacific coast TO run 10 japanese ports.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Since the introduction OF mastlcss ships
some sort Of Il gymnasium has been rec
ognizcd us II necessity for providing the
scamcn with the proper amount Of cxcr-
else, formerly found in the work aloft.
Each warship will now have the needed
;rrnnnpmrnls
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

For tho first time since 1859, Georgia
has made corn enough this season to sup
ply her own wants, and she will have be-
side surplus OF q million bushels for
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

The contract for postal cards for four
years to come calls for 1000, 900, 900
postal cards, which will he manufactured
at Il cost of $500, 600 and sell for 500, :
OOO, 600.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

The example of capital punishment Is
certainly effective i'll one way. The man
vino is hanged never commits another
murder.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
! The EifTcl tower comes high. 1t has
paid 1925 per cent. to it's stockholders.

There are over II 900 millonaircs in
the United States, according TO recent
estimate.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

The Sioux are to be paid $i4 600, 900,
or about dollara and auuartcr an acre for
their lands.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19

folly Of attempting to break it. before the
three weeks public notice is up.-
Then he went from the room to meet Cap
tain Starbright, who was waiting his COM
ing most anxiously. The lawyer related how
Mrs. Penroy had received his we'll meant
advice.
"Can it possible that she knows whereof
she asserts" queried the Captain. uneasily
81 think not 1t is barely possible, how
ever, that the young lady made discovery
when she rushed in on US that fatal night
SO Unexpectedly, as you Of course remem-
ber."
"How could that be,'
swell, some people have sharper eyes.
than we credit them with" proceeded the
lawyer. miss Penroy entered tho SICK
chamber just IS her grandfather expired,
and at that time, you will remember, the
will was unsigned"
81 had forgotten, but now that you speak
of it do remember that such was the fact,
yet do not believe Grace knew that the
old man was dead, or that the Will was Tn
signed" declared Captain Starbrigtt
"Possibly not"
Do you imagine sol"
81 do" with a wise shake Of the head.
Depend on It, Captain, you have both
mother and daughter to fight, and should
they be successful your character would be
ruined, and am afraid that should not be
able to keep you out Of the penitentiary."
"But there is no chance for their success
Grace would be fool to throw away fort
une-"
Perhaps"
The two men left the house together, the
Captain laboring under intense excitement
The Penroys, mother and daughter, seemed
to be in league against HIM, and among the
unknown quantities were Austin Went
word, the hunter Fingal and that witch
Lura Joyce, who, as the Captain now real
lied. was alive and working to thwart his
schemes.
10 n ooNTMuxD.l
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19
How Shoe-Pegs Are Made.

Some of the shoe-peg factories of
New Hampshire now turn out three
hundred bushels of pegs daily. The
wood. being divided into sections cor
responding to the desired length Of
the peg, is first passed under small
revolving cylinder which presses it
upon pointed knives, these making
minute grooves in the upper surface
Of the wood. as 1t passes on toward
completion. The block Is then taken
and passed under another cylinder.
the knives of which make grooves
transverse to those made before. After
this the block In placed under the
splitting knife, which Is so arranged
as to fall into each Of the grooves
made in one direction. splitting tho
wood to the base; it Is again passed
under . knife, which splits it cross
wise, thus separating each peg from
every other peg; finally. large re-
voving cylinder, heated, takes the
pegs and drives them, q revolving
wire cylinder Sits and sorts the va
rious sizes, and they are now ready
for shipment.-N.Y Y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19
HE FLEW ey HIMSELF.
Why Andy Schadrow Refused to Elope
With His Beloved Tapioca.

Why Andy schadrow Refused to Elops
With His Beloved Tapioca.
"Tapioca, dear, come and put on
your little red hood and fly with me to
Jersey and I'll make you Duchess of
all Gloucester"
Thus spoke Andy Schadrow in q
tremulous voice that sounded as If it
had just been newly polished. His
warm breath dallied with the ruffled
collar around Tapioca's neck as they
sat together in the parlor of an Ellis
worth street residence. Is it to be
wondered that the breath dallied with
the ruffies when they both occupied
the same chair?
Come, Tap, let us fly out of this
cruel. tax-burdened world and take up
our abode in Jersey"
"Oh. Andrew, this is so sudden. II
you'd only give me ten days notice
I'd have been ready to do the flying
act"
"But, Tapioca, my pudding, you
needn't stop to pack your collar-box,
but fly with me now"
well, if you say fly, we fee"
Then the young girl bounded into
another room and presently reappeared
with jewel box and a package under
her arm.
I'm ready"
''What have you there?" asked
Andrew, with look of suspicion on
his manly cOuntenance.
"Those are my letters l received
from Freddie Malone and the bracelets
he gave me last Christmas. l wouldn't
elave these treasures behind"
Treasures, chi" exclaimed Andrew,
with his tremolo on full. "you can re-
main here with your treasures, and
I'll fly all by myself"
And then Andy Schadrow went out
and scared high in the air. so that he
could drop on Freddie Malone. the
disturber Of his peace and happiness.
Philadelphia North-American.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19
Go to the Foundation.

Iwould have the teachers study tha
heart and endeavor to implant right
motives-to go to the very root and
establish sound principle. Outward
goodness is a mere shell. the shadow
OF shade. There must be something
within, or it has no substance. Such
goodness will only follow religion. like
one of John Bunyan's character, while
it wears its silver slippers. Such
goodness falls in the hour of tempta-
ton. 1t reminds one of the Oriental
tale Lord Bacon tells of where a cat
was changed to lady, and she be-
haved very lady-like till a mouse ran
through the room, when she sprang
down upon her hands and chased it
So with children; If their goodness is
only an outward thing. when tempta-
ton comes they will down and follow.
Give the right motives, sound prin-
ciples, and they will be firm. In after
life the waves of affection may howl
around them. but they will stand
serene amid the tempest-N. Y.
Ledger.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19
The Value of Longevity.

DR.. Felix L. Oswald, in writing Of the
value Of longevity, says:
"Can there be Q doubt that Burns and
Keats foresaw the issue Of their struggle
agains. bigotry, or that Cervantes, in the
gloom of bis misery could read the signs of
the dawn presaging q sunburst of postum
nous fame?
''Spinoza and Schiller died at the threshold
of their goal; Pascal, Harvey, Macauly,
Buckle and Bichat left their inimitable
works half finished; Raphael, Mozart and
Byron died at the verge Of a summit
which perhaps no other foot shall ever ap
proach.
"Who knows how often, since the dawn
Of modern science, the chill Of death has
palsied a hand that had all but lifted the
veil Of Isis templel Or in how many thou
sand lives time alone would have solved all
discords into harmoniesl An increase Of
longevity would indeed, solve the vexing
riddles of existence; it would furnish the
peculiar endorsement Of Mr.. Mallocks con-
clusion. 1t would give the vicissitudes OF
fortune q chance to assert their equalizing
tendencies, IL would supply missing link
in the arguments Of that natural religion
that trusts the equipoise of justice in the
apparent caprices of human fate.
1.-THE price Of longevity would redeem the
mortgage Of our earthly paradise"-and it
can be prolon sed and should be, with care
and the use OF proper medicine at the right
time.
Owing to the stress, the worry, and the
annoyance OF everyday life, there is no
doubt but that tens Of thousands Of men and
women yearly I'LL premature graves.
Especially after middle life should a care
full watch be kept over ones physical condi-
ton. The symptoms of kidney disease, such
as becoming easily tired, headache, neural
gis, feeble heart action, tickle appetite, a
splendid feeling one day and an all gone
one the next persistent cough, trouble in
ETC., should be diligently looked
into and at once stopped through a faithful
use of Warmers Safe Cure, which has
cured tens of thousands of such troubles
and will cure yours.
Experiencing no pain in the region of the
kidneys is no evidence that they are not
as those great purifying organs
have very few nerves Of sensation, and
oftentimes the kidneys are positively rot
ting and being passed away through the
urine before the victim is aware he is
suffering from advance kidney disease,
which is only another name for Bnght's
Disease.
To preserve life and to be well while you
live are two cardinal virtues, and it is time
well spent to give this vital subject earnest
and careful attention, and to use the knowl-
edge acquired in judicious and intelligent
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19

NOW, wnae mas become OF the sIauRh.
tered: Well, some of them are in their
fathers or mothers house broken down in
health, waiting to die; others are in the
hospital; others are in Greenwood, or
rather their bodies are, for their souls
have gone on to retIibution. Not much
prospect for Q young man who started life
with good health and good education, and
q Christian example set him, and oppor-
tunitiss Of usefulness, who gathered all
his treasures and put them in one box and
then dropped it into the sea
Now, how is this wholesale slaughter to
be stopped? There is not person in the
house but is interested in that question.
Young man, arm yourself The object Of
my sermon is to put a weapon in each Of
your hands for your own defense. Wait
not for Young Mems Christian associations
to protect you or churches to protec: you.
Appealing to God for help, take care of
yourself.
First have a room somewhere that you
can call your own. Whether it be the
back parlor Of a fashionable boarding
house, or room in the fourth story of a
cheap lodging, care not. Only have that
one room your fortress. Let not the dis.
II they come up the long fight Of stairs
and knock at the door, meet them face to
face and kindly yet firmly refuse them
admittance. Have few family portraits
on the wall, if you brought them with you
from your country home. Have Bible
on the stand If you can afford it and you
can play on one, have an instrument of
or flute, or cornet, or melo-
deon, or violin, or piano. Every morning
before you leave that room, pray. Evesy
night after you come homo in that room
pray. Make that room your Gibraltar,
your Sebastopol, your Mount Zion. Let
no bad book or newspaper come into that
room, any more than you would allow Q
cobra to coil on your table.
Take care Of yourself Nobody else win
take care OF you Your help will not coms
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19

A boarding house runner named August
Anderson was shot and instantly killed
recently ON board the Norwegian bark
Emring Captain Hansen from Braxil) By
the mate of the bark Osmond Tholsen at
New York. 1t was said the murdered
man was trying to induce the sailors t.
desert
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19

keep it wound up until it gets to my
friend, DR.. Doremus, in New York, and
then he will keep it wound up until his
life Is done, and then want the watch to
go to his young son, my especial favorits."
The great musician, who, more than any
other artist has made the violin speak
and sing and weep and laugh and triumph
for it seemed when he drew the
bow across the strings as il all earth and
hea, en- trembled in delightful sympathy
the great musician, in q room looking on
upon the sea, and surrounded by his
favorite instruments Of music, elouded his
eyes in death. While all the world was
mourning at his departure, sixteen
crowded steamers fell into line Of funeral
procession to carry his body to the main
land There were fifty thousand Of his
people gathered in an amphitheater of
hills waiting to hear the eulogium, and it
was said when the great orator Of the day
with stentorian voice began to speak, the
fifty thousand people on the hillside burst
into tears.
o! that was the close of life that had
done SO much to make the world happy.
But have to tell you, young man, if you
live right and die right that was q tame
scene compared with that which will greet
you when from the galleries Of Heaven
the one hundred and forty and four thou
sand shall accord with Christ in crying:
well done, thou good and faithful SER
want"
And the influences that on earth you
put in motion will go down from genera
ton to generation, the influences you
wound up handed to your children, and
their children until watch and clock are
no more needed to mark the progress, be.
cause time itself shall be no longer
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19
LONE HOLLOW:
Or, The Peril Of the Penroys.
A Thrilling and Romantic Story
of Love and Adventure
" JAMES n. MERRILL, AUTHOR OF "BoGus
BILL" FISHER JOE" AND
OTHER STORIES
CHAPTER XXL-CoSr1NuEp.

iCopyt0hz, 1859, by The A. n Kellogg Ee,os-
paper Conspdny1
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19

-AWashington correspondent states
that but one Senator smokes cigarettes.