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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
Twenty Questions About Electricity

=. How strong current is used To
send message over an Atlantic cabict
A. Thirty cells OF battery only. Equal
To thirty volts.
q. What is the longest distance over
which conversation by telephone is daily
maintained! a. About $50 miles; from
Portland, Me-, 10 Buffalo, N. Y.
q. Whit is the fastest time made by IN
electric railway a. \ mile IL minute by
II small experimental car. Twenty miles
nm hour on street railway system
=. How many miles of submarine cable
are there in operation! A. Over 100, 900
miles, or enough TO girIllc he earth four
times.
q. What is the mailman power gen
Grated by IN electric motnr2 A. Seventy.
five horsepower. Experiments Indicate
that 100 horse power will soon hc
reached
q. How is break in submarine cable
locatcdf a. by measuring the electricity
needed to charge the remaining unbrokcn
part.
q. How many miles OF telegraph wire
in operation in the United States? a..
Over Il million, or enough TO cncirclc the
globe forty times
~ Iiow many MESSAGES can be trans
mi'tea oVera WIRE nj one time. A. -Four,
by the qnadrnpleX system i'll daily use.
u HOW isteieglaphing from moving
Tram accomplished! "a. Through cir
cult from the ear roof inducing current
in the wire IN poles along the track.
-, nat arc the most widely separated
loii,'S ne,wech wiiich IL IS possible to
san,' tcie9ia'n' ~ BRUSH Columbia
IN" NC" |caiahu' via America and
i''n'rr;
" iiow many mi'es Oh telephone wire
IN operation IN the United States! y.
Nio'c 'ih'h 'o'o"o, over when 'o'o' ooo
messages &C., are SEM "'iiy.
0' =" n"t me greatest cihdic-poweI
", ''ie ,S"' "sv" ~ i'"ii'liohSes a.
i "o ni'ii''"' III i's'''''o''Se III llons.hoiin'
Do.,"',rN'
c. " iio" ,i,"iy persons III 'hc ohitcu
'''ilt' are engaged III business depending
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
With. and Tory.

There is some discussion regnrdine
the first use of the term "W lig" and
Tory" ms applied 10 political faction
Force" Is I'M IRISH word meaning give
mo, and ms such was used by bnmdila
md robbers. In Scotland "Whig'
means "fonr milk" Tory WAS first
used politically in 1879, when it became
tho name of the party nho-cns #
James, Duke of York Tho "Covc.
nanters" were tho first Wings, AMI il is
said they took their party nnmo from
the motto. awe hope in God"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
WORDS OF WISDOM.

How much the wi,r is dcarcr than the
bridal.
y wise man in his house should find
wife gentle and courteous, or no wife ut
all.
Nothing tlattcrS man so much rs the
happiness of his wife; lie is always proud
of himself as the source OF it.
y right of opinion is not consistent,
with Il dependence upon another to bc
taught what the opinion shall be.
Don't be afraid of wild boys and girls;
they often grow up 10 bc the very best
mcn and women. Wildncss is not
viciousncss.
Man will no: obstruct civilization by
acting his honest convictions unless they
lead him To Interfere with another. who,
by the same right, chooses to act differ.
emily
Fools with bookish knowledge ara
children with edged Weapons; they hurt
themselves, and put others in pain. The
half-lcarncd is more dangerous than the
simplcton.
In all evils which ADMIT remedy. i'm.
patience should lie avoided, hccause il
wastes that time AMI attention in com
plants which, If property applied, might
Icmove the cause.
Whatever you do, do it well. Tho
sighting of task because it is apparently
unimporiani leads to hahi.ual neglect, 50
That men and women degenerate iascus;-
bly, into bad workers
People are not so much taught bv the
expressions of others us they are cn-
couragcd, when such expressions coin
eide with their own opinion, for II man
is mere machine who depends upon the
opinion of another
The richest genius, like the most fertile
son, when nncutivntcd shoots up into the
rankcst weeds; anal instead of vines and
olives for the pleasure and use of man,
produces to it, slnihful owner the most
abundant crop Of poiSonS.
have livc,l To know that the great
,ccret OF human happiness is this: Never
suffer your energies 10 stngnatc The old
adagc of "too many irons in the fire"
conveys an untruth. Iou cannot have
too many, poker, tongs, and all, keep
them all going.
Sincerity (according TO Tillotsom is
The most compcndious wisdom, and an cx-
celicnt instrument for the speedy dis
patch of business. II is like travelling in
II plain, beaten road, which commonly
brings man sooner 10 his journeys cnd
than by-ways, in which men often lose
themselves.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
Men Who Rule EurOuc.

Tho Present Emperor of Ceremony is
William II. lilo is % years of age.
Tho Emperor of Austria, Francis
Joseph, III IS years Of age, and has
worn the imperial crown for forty
years.
Tho roigning Prince of Montenegro
is Nicholas l., who is AZ years old, and
has roigncd for twenty eight years.
The King of Portugal, Luis T., is so
yeNre old, and is man of enterprise
and progress. lilo has boon twenty
years King.
Tho Emperor OF Russia. Alexander
Ill, is Az years of ago, and assembled
the throne after the murder of his
father, sevon years ago.
Tho President of tho French Rcpub-
10, hi. Carnot, il 81 years Of agc, md
wns elected to ollicc in December Inst
rs successor to NJ. Grrvy.
Tho Sovereign or Sultan of Turkey.
Abdul 1Inmid H., is As years old, and
succeeded to tho throne twelve years
ago when tho Sultan who preceded him
was dcsposcd.
Tho King of Sorvia, Milan l., is a.,
and was crowned only six years ago,
but before TINT he had held tho throne
for fourteen ycnrsby election ns Prince
Milan Obcnovich ~.
The King of Sweden and Norway,
Oscar H., is in his Goth year, and has
reigned for sixteen years. IIo in n
fairly liberal monarch, and has favored
some reforms during his reign.
Tho King of 1ioumania, Cnrol l., il
40 years of nge, and was proclaimed
hing only seven years ngo, but for
fourteen years before that time Ito had
been Chief of tho Rcumnnians.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
Bathing or thc Coromnndcl Coast.

smith promptly constructed ver
comfortable tent with the sails and BAN
boo poles OF our boats, and as there wm
good hour before breakfast set off I,
the sea beach to have dip in the surf-
Smith contenting himself with Il bath il
the qmeter waters opposite our camp
Surf bathing is sometimes condemned n
dangerous If INDUCED in when the sun
high i'll the heavens; but, by frcqucn,
experiments, l know it affords pleasun
and health, provided you wear pitt
topce, and do not battle immediately afte
Il meal. had brought an old ''mush
room for the very purpose, and | wa
enjoying swim, and the rolling owe
which each succeeding breaker gave me,
| was in no hurry to leave the surf, bu
the current was setting toward the south
nLd it bore me ere long to the entrance
to the back water, the bar being open n
that time OF the year Presently Smitl
appeared on the beach with his gun i,
his hand, and he suddenly began bcckon.
ing eagerly to me. | sang out To know
what he wanted, and his reply WAS
"Man, want you on shore us soon IL.
possible" "All right" "l'm coming
Just another dive This time lie shoutci
quite angrily. Come out at onccn
So struck ont somewhat lazily for thi
shore, wondering what could have hap
pencd to the worthy Captain to cNcit
him 50 much. lie was now gcsticulat
ing frantically aud began 10 wondc
whether he had got II sunstrokc and wa
delirious, when. horror he raised hh
gun TO his shoulder, took deliberate ain
at me, and fired! | heard the shot II,
over my head. and us he had another bar
rel loaded swan furiously to land to dis
arm him before he might kill or fatal,
wound me. AS il rushed out of the waite;
he flung down his gun and elapsed me ir
his grcut powerful arms. "Iou wcr,
nearly done for" he exclaimed. %!
think so, replied. for though you are
II good marksman you are not quite s
William Tell, and those shots were un,
comfortably near my head" l added, moi
i'll good-tcmpcred tones. at WAS moi
you fired at; il was the shark |" True
enough, while ! was swimming in the
smooth water III the entrance to the In.
COON, small shark had seen me. Smith
having bathcd and dressed had come ia
look after me and 10 hurry me up fol
breakfast. Fortunately he brought his
gun with him, and ut the moment he
reached the beach he saw the danger
was in and rescued me rs l have dc.
Scribcd. Later i'll the day some fisher,
men found the body of the shark, which
had died of the shot wound from Smith.
gun. 1t was about eight and one hall
feet long, and though it could not hay,
eaten me, it could have snapped oil s
limb, which would have suIiiced. In til,
surf / was perfectly safe. but the vora
cious fish had selected the slack wafer at
the bar asa happy hunting ground, and
he nearly got II prey which would have
been unpleasant for me. BioclrooT
.MsgdziHe
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
Facts About Catcrpillars,

Foresceing that the cotton crop might
bc attacked by catcrpillars, Mr.. Walter
DeWoif, OF the Agricultural Depart.
mclt, has made Il study of these pest,
and lie is able 20 give some interesting
facts about them.
"Thcsc cotton worms, he said ycstcr
day, ''are the most prolific creatures il
the world. There may be only dozcr
Of them i'll Il cotton patch and ut the enc
of three weeks there will be millions
They begin as moths. One female will
lay from four 10 six hundred eggs. These
hatch i'll three days. They are then littlt
skeletons of worms, but they quickly ut.
tain their growth. Then each one webb:
up and becomes moth and is prepared
to lay six hundred more eggs. The whole
growth from an egg to Il moth takc
three weeks. All the time the WORMS art
growing they cat surprisingly, and gen.
orally attack the plants when they are
full Of sap. In dry seasons they appear
first in the bottom lands, but during wei
seasons, like the present, they attack The
highlands as quickly rs the bottom lands.
The worst enemy of the worms are ants.
These small insects attack the worms anj
kill thousands OF them. If enough an.
could be placed i'll field it would soo1
be cleared OF WORMS. Heavy rain Storm
also kill quantities, aud constant working
also does great good. Atlanta C0nst'
tuition.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
A French Army Punishment.

Much has been said Of the hardships
endured by the private soldier at oui
military posts, and of the severity with
which little breaches of army regulations
are punished. Uncle Sans boys in blue,
however, seem Ia he well of in this re-.
spect when compared To the soldicry OF
France. Among the troops of that
country discipline is maintained with II
severity that certainly seems to verge upon
cruelty, as may be Judged from what FOL.
lows:
When French soldier has been court
martialed and found guilty of I'M olrcmsc,
he is sent TO II military prison, where he
lives on bread and water and has heavy
task SET him every day. If he is rebel
lious, or refuses to do his work, the ai.
thorities have an ingenious plan for ill.,
surfing that lie shall perform u certain
amount of hard labor.
lie is marched into II cell into which
there is = stream of water flowing, and
furnished with Il pump which affords the
only means Of keeping the water down.
Unless he sets to work to ply the pump,
the water rises higher and higher until he
must either go TO work or be drowned
In this way he has TO spend the number
Of days for which he is sentenced, wet
through, and pumping for his lie. If he
pauscs to rest his arms, the pitiless water
at once begins TO gain upon him, and he
has to rcdoublc his efforts to keep 1t he,
low the level OF his chin. So many rs
ninety days of this terrible punishment
may he inflicted on IN obstinate prisoner
-1,yosy.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
LITERARY NOTES.

W. Hamilton Gibsons might Witchery"
In Scribne''S Afugd<ine Cor September is n
profound study OF nocturnal phenomena
and piece of exquisite word.rainting.
The publishers OF 81. Nicholas announce
that that popular childrens magazine is to
be enlarged, beginning with the new vol.
that new and clearer type will he adopted
-Four important serial stories by four we'll
known American authors will be given dur
ing tie co,ningyear.
The Phrcnoiogicdi Journal proves that
increasing years of u periodical is no reason
for its less cning its enterprise or for dimin.
ishing its abundance of intcre sting matter.
If all magazines increased in merit as stead.
lily us The chronological journal, they
would deserve i'll timc to show equal cvh
dences of populnrity."-N. Y. Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
PLTII AND POINT.

"Going, going, gonc!"-A sail at sea-
In the mist of an ocean voyagc-Fogs.
Makes attractive waist placcs-A sash.
Always gets ''iircd out''-Thc cannon
ball.
Even cloud occasionally gets ON
burst.
Some transatlantic lines - Ocean
cables.
The ups and downs of timc-Clock
weights.
Look for the germ seed and when found
make an oat Of it.
The original national. flower was III,
Maytlowcr.- Chicago Herald.
The man who is given to sober rcllcc
ZION seldom gets into tight place.
Some jails would make good public
speakers, they have such an easy de-
livery.
A citizen who lrls been run into by
safety bicycle says it hurts just as much
us the old kind.
Persons whose favoritc occupation is
rolling lawn-mowcr cannot be said 10
w nhheiis5 push
$50 live that when the summons
comcs"-you won't be afraid of the sheriff
who serves you with it.
Difference between ship and street
prinklcr-Onc walks the water and the
other waters the walk.
We occasionally hear the expression
''pockct the loss" when the meaning is,
the loss has been unprotected.
Greece Is to put UP monument in
memory OF Byron. 1t should be ''Naid
of Athens" marblc-Nco Orleans Pica-
yune.
"No one can tell the effect Of Il smile,
says a philosopher. Can't, chl Sup
pose you try applc-jack and see.-Ncto
York Journal.
Jinks-"Bcen TO the circus, ch? Sec
anything new?" Blinks-''Ycs, the
children who laughed ut the clown were
ncw.-Me,o York Weekly"
y barristcr her lover WAS
And of the proper sort;
He never Went to law, she said,
But often came to court.
-Wdshington Capital.
X runaway South Carolina convict
sprinkled snuff i'll his tracks, and when
the bloodhounds shifted it they said,
"Thats 'nuif," and quit. = Ne'o York
Ne'cs.
Peasant (afier having thoroughly
ihrashed a stubborn ox)-"Sec now, if
you were not so obstinate we two might
live together like brothers. "-FNifgcadt
BlGeticr.
Man may be afflicted with II, Iii;
diseases known 10 medical science, and
80, 900, 900 medicines ten times worse
than any OF the diseases. = Laurence
dmertcUa.
Singley-''IIow much You resemble
your sister, Miss Biones. l would take
you for her" Miss Bjoncs -"W well,
Mr.. Singlcy this is SO sudden; but yon
may ask pa. "-LGwrcHcG -4moyicaa
a Rare Entertainment: Gus ''Wha.
did you think of our amateur thcatricnls,
Miss Mamie? Rather IL rare entertain
mcnt, was it not?" Miss Mamic-.Wcll-
cr-yes; it wasn't very well done, to be
sure. "-Lnsper's Ba=ar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
A Bitter l:ypcricnce.

Wifo Ito husband)-"W What makes
you look 30 stupid?"
Husband makes no reply
Wife, asked what mado you look
so stupid?"
Husband-"I have just passed
through IL bitter experience"
Wito-"Not financial trouble,
hopc?"
Husband Worse than that. havo
Just read collection of anecdotes in
nm Eastern magazine" -1rkanSa,u
ITIucler
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
THE GOLDEN-Rop

Yes, let our nations emblem be
Fhe flower that blooms from sen sss
That filings by every roadside free
Its wealth of fcathery gold,
That decks the mountains III their prido
And waves along the prairies wide,
and smiles when frazier beauties hide
From autumns gathering cold
In fields where happy children meet
And hear the wild bees hmnming swee,
And tread the sward with nakcd feet
Among the orchards fair;
On banks where scarlet berries grow
In quiet lanes where lovers go,
Bright bursts Of yellow glory show
The Goldes:-rod is there
Where barrens hurn, where torrents pour
Where swclls Tie Hill, where sweeps the
shore,
Where sparrOws fit, where eagles soar,
1t shakes its conquering plume;
In the old gravc-yarls, brier-groSn,
BY cabined poverty, wcllknown,
l1an's friend the GoIden-rod alone
Maintains its faithful bloom
And eyes that weep the years decay
Smile last to see that flower display
ITS fulvid mantle DER the gray,
White meath Octoier's sky:
Its splen,,or that survives 50 wc
Flashing from every hill and dell
Continuous like Il sunset spell
Gilds summers long goodbye.
Symbol OF loyal life, confess
BY North and South by East and West
Faiths bravcst blossom blazons best
The empire Of the free
And breeze and Sunshine, ice and bird,
Will join when patriots spcal; the word,
And say: "Our floral sign preferred
The Golic;i-rod sllnll be-
M. Is. Chddtlock, in Youths Companion
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
Rcpnrtec on tile Window Pane.

Once, says 2taus .si'fings, a lady who
had been disappointed in love, wrote
with diamond ring upon a window
pane the following line:
"God made man upright, and he"
Here the sentence stopped. a gentle
man CHANGING tosee it some time after
ward, added to it the following, "might
have remained 20, but He created woman,
and She"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
Now Kind of House PLAINS.

Wifo-John, 1 do wish YOU would
write to Edison and got few of those
electric light plants that l road of in
tho paper.
John-What would you do with thcm ?
Wife-I think it would be so nico TO
mix them with tho other plants in tho
conservatory.
John-I'm afraid they wouldn { stand
tho temperature thcro. Yankee Blade
Tho Mothor's Friond, used n few
weeks before confinement, lessons tho pain
and makes labor quick and corpnrutivuiy
easy. Sold by all Druggists.
IL afflicted with sorc eyes uss DIR. Isnnc
IhompSon's Eyo-water. Druggists sell at 25c.
Americas finest "Tansllrs Punch " Civor
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

WLadieS wanting CIoAxs or waArs
should patronize the we'll known, reliable
KEr ST., and 81 FIrru AVE, PITTSBURGH.
Their line Of stylish goods is immense, while
their prices are guaranteed THE LOWEST.
Infants and Misses cloaks aro shown in
greatest yariety.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
No Cure No Ply.

IL is pretty severe test Of any docior's sk m
tional upon his curing his patient. Yet after
hnvinE, Tor many years. observed tho thou.
sanis OF marvellous cures effected IN liver.
bioun and lunH discnscs,by Dr. I'icrccs Gul,lru,
Medical ID coycry, its manufacturers feel
Warranted in sci ing H. M they are now doing,
through all druggists, the world over, under 1,
crrllhcatc OF l1Slirc DitdInntre tint u Will
either benefit or cure In every cnsc OF iii cas-.
Tor which they re nInIncDd II, If inkcn in time
ana wen q inlr trin, on nancy paid Tor II wilt
DC promptly refunded. Torpid liver, or bill
loiane:is," impure blood. nkin crmplions. acr0f-
VI us o es and swcllings, consumption (Which
dcrfu medicine. IL h both ionic or strength
oring. and nlicrativ or b o .d-ccnnsng.
:, Chronic Nasal Catnrrh positively cured by
Ut SaSc's Remedy. 20 conts. by druggists.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

Any article that Inns outived "a yenrs OF com
petition nnd intuition. aud sells moro nnd
more tach year. musf hnyo ,ne1n. Dohhins's
Electric Soap frat inndc in 1876 Is Just that drh.
eie: ASK your grocer for IT. Ito Las II, or will
get
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

Fourteen hundred men nrc now employ.
cd mt the Brooklyn navy ward. .
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

There will be no watering place season"
after the 20lh of September
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

Irrigated Area of tile United States.
In the United States it is estimated
that the irrigated area is divided about
as follows:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

\NANTED.- yUliNG Nh: ~ rood address tn nct
W Ia the so ret -rryicr. Wages. 81 to
$ 10 per day. Ear particulars nir,-a ',im nia,,, ~
.uu1iilkN DETECTIVE BUREAU. IDurNil,p X ,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

I AnY Agents clear $40 Week selling our rclr-
hrtiru IpIH't~ iuprt ma raj terms Iirlistl
II rriinrN guaranteed tanInvlr fcrc. Apply NJ ones
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
PEERLESS DYES A Al'n Ti' G,.i nrsr;

DtTENTS SECURED, no d-lnyl q. q. I.Evis
Ia1 Fiit,i ave-. f.ttsbuii,n IL. 2Dyis practice.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

BuhlE fcnninnsl,ip. Arithmetic Shot lani. etc.
~ ihoinnrhly innrht by MAI. circul.rs FREQ
Hrynmt'- College, 49, Main III, buffalo. H. Y.
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GpBERRA aa AnHT o%'y ;a cf W"a T S@,
ob pObS6 j. l.. s,TErlli:Ns3, Lebanon, U
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S2ls AL RGUR %rfs Biz 81 eT %fi afK'rrss: is
eDDiV MEDICAL. CO.. EiriinUnd. Va.

T)hLiH HtlS. co.. I.E.E. Philadelphia Pa.
i hrlInarahIh and Iortinn. .sIn. Nrir Tor crlIlnr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

D11-,rJ FINE BIooDED Cattle. Sheep, Hogs,
with 10 cng'v'Hn cr. N.lIy cr Co Coatcayiiic Pa
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

tihGlsiA FARMS hn @ iar l. frn S"y% Z, ~
a. nrr.s, AT 20 90 $40 per Address rYI.f;
~ Drii y I'm, Real iAint" Agents, Petersburg Va
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

Americas finest "ransilrs Punch Cigar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

>, Chronic Nasal Cntnrrh positively cured by
or SaSc's Remedy. 90 conts. by druggists
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-07

Children CITY Fof PItchofIs CastOfIa,