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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

This cut, made from photograph
taken on the spot by Colonel Clay, who is
an enthuaiastic knight Of the Gamer Il.
Slows Ills con John standing by the fallen
beast, and gives Il good idea of the com
paratiyc size of the animal. lie measured
SIN feet two inches Mt the withcrs, this
beng rather under the size for full
grown bull. Colonel Clay has shot
moose six feet eight inches in height,
and feels that the group to be placed in
the museum is not ms characteristic as it
might be.
1.-The moose is queer animal" sail
Colonel Clay the other evening to Star
reporter as he sat in his coy parlor sur.
rounded by his trophies and scores of ex-
cellent photographs. "IIe will not leave
place until he knows why lie should go.
He is not afraid of anything, but Inc is
generally good natured. He is not an
aggressive animal, but is inclined to be
curious. l have seen them come step
ping softly through the woods headed
Tor our clearing, with curiosity written
III every line. When he is satisfied he
turns around and walks away, but if YOU
give Chase or wound him he goes plung-
ing through the forest ut n remarkable
rate when one considers the immense ant.
lers with which his head is crowned
which sometimes grow to be six feet
from tip to tip.
"lhe moose sheds his horns each year.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
How lie Conceals IIimsc,t.

Those who have seen animals only in
mcnageric can have little idea how
differently they appear in their native
forests. The giraffe, for example.
eludes observation to degree almost
Incredible, rs is shown by the follow
ing:
When we como to tho giraffe. we
cannot Mt first understand that the size
height, and bold coloring that make it
SO conspicuous on open ground should
become it's most cffectuul means of
concealment when among trees. Tho
animal feeds mostly upon the leaves of
a species of acacin called bv the
Beers "kamecldorn," or giraffe-thorn
stretching its long neck among the
branches, and with its 1.-the, slender
tongue plucking the pendent leaves
from the twigs.
When it is standing among the
acaclas, it can with difficulty be tiistin.
guishcd from them, its long slender
legs resembling tho trunk, and the
head and neck being lost among The
branches; while the spots, which are
so conspicuous in the open country
harmonizc so faithfully with the broken
patches OF light and sha,ic thrown by
the leaves, that even the huge body is
lndistingmishablc at little distance.
Not even the native hunters, with their
highly trained vision, can decide
whether little clump Of three or four
acacias be tcnantcd by the giraffe or
whether it be empty. Even tele-
scope or ficld-glass will fail to asccr-
tain the presence of the giraffe.
The anaconda, also, can lie unseen
III the forest, the beautiful diamond
shaped patterns of the body resembling
the lichcns, mosscs, and ncckings of
light and shade upon the trcc-trnnks.
so close is the resemblance that n man
has been known to seat himself unon
the body OF gorged and sleeping ana
conda, MISLEADING it for the object which
1T simulated. Similarly, tho spotted
Iaguar of tho New World, and tho
leopard in the Old World, arc practi-
cally invisible among the branches of
trees and depend on this fact for their
ability to capture the wary and active
monkeys
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
FairClerks in the Treasury Dcpartmen,

Some Of the prc.tiest women in the
country are i'll the Treasury Department.
\ great many of them are Washing
innians, but, as class, they represent
the beauty of about the whole country.
They are blondes and brinettes; short
and tall and medium; some plump, some
queenly, some of lythe and willowv
form-thcy are fairly the types of the
several great cities and about ali the States
of the Union. In that one building.
covering four blocks, is to be found more
beauty than Il hunt through many large
cities might discover. \ large propor-
ton OF the female clerks are young, or at
least on the minus side OF the line be-
yond which lies old maidenhood. Office
life is no. promoiiye OF longevity, and
many OF the elderly women have died Off
or reached AN age beyond usefulness.
Those who have come into the depart
meat within the past four or five years
are mostly young women, who have lust
passed through the normal schools and
have entered the Government service
through the civil service examination.
They are bright lot of young women.
In many cases it is, perhaps, that they
are the prettiest girls of the family,
which inspires them with an ambition
beyond the dfugery of housc-work or the
trials OF schoolmarm and induces them
to strive for the more agreeable worl;
and better pay under the civil service.
And this may account for there being
such prcponderancc OF good looks
Washington STIR
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

tally for that gun. Eleven, are there nots
yes. have brought down eleven moose
with this rifle, and then l once shot
another with Johns CUR. Those twelve,
moose have Kept us in incat many day
Good to eat? Why of course moose meal
Is good. IL is very fine" aud the Colo.
mel smacked his lips in remembrance. at
makes Il good steak and also dries IN
into line material for future use. 4 large
hunk oil moose meat, several inches
square, is taken and worked round and
round with Il knife until il is laid out
fiat, strip of flesh several feet long.
This is hung over Il fire and dried. and
then we are provided with food for 8
long time.
Cone morning" continued the Colonel,
ms eyes showing the depth of his reilec.
tions, Il was up early getting some trout
had caught the day before ready foi
breakfast and had sent my companion
down to the lake for some more, wheu
all of sudden here he came back,
breathless, his hand up to his mouth, tip
tocing over to where | was. lie inall,
managed to whisper that there was a
moose i'll the water, and so, without an
other word, grabbed my rifle and we
stole down to where our canoe wa.
moored. The mist was just rising from
the water. The sun was not up, but
there was CLINT and spirit in tho
atmosphere that gave promise of beauti.
tul day. There he stood, magnificent
beast, one of the largest had ever seen,
some rods out from shore, wading across
the lake. The cold water was up to his
withers and ut every step he took into the
almost icy depths he shivered and gave
that hoh! in the characteristic language
of the moose. He would put foot for.
ward and then stop and shrus hi.
shoulders, grunting. 1t was cold and he
did not like the prospect of swimming
across the lake. We got into the canoe
softly and padded out toward him. Fol-
some time he went on stepping
and granting, never noticing us I'M.
iii we were about hundred yard.
from him, when his quick car caught
the sound of our paddles and he turned
full upon us.
'It was, 1 think, the finest sight cvcl
witnessed. We padded ahead and
raised my rifle ready to shoot. AS l did
so the moose turned to the shore from
which he had just come, but before H.
could get started 1 had fired, hittin.
him, l think, somewhere in the side
Then he plunged on at terrific rate, hi
great legs rising and falling like the fan
of windmill, churning the water int
foam and scattering the spray, so that al
we could see was dark center in n mas
of flying water. We forged on afte
him, but only ut comparatively snail
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

When the snow comes they arc still ON.
but about january they begin to drop off
iirst one and then the other. The wound
lett by the horn soon heals over. The
horns do not lie on the ground louu
They disappear in most remarkable
iii''hher' inc ants and other ground in
sccts probably destroy them, for IN.
sci"om sees perfect moose horn in the
moous Ill summer time. The new horns
peSih TO grow late in the spring and de-
rc.op very rapidly, first appearing as II
ii''ic Knob and then branching out into
nose peculiar spade-likc masses that dis.
'ihguish the moose. They arc then GOV.
ercd with soft, vclvety skin. and they
are plant and fcshy. The blood circu.
lates freely through them and they bend
quite easily, but during the latter part o
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

Professor N. S. Shaler, of Harvard.
after careful consideration of the much
neglected condition Of the common roads
IN this country, makes the following sur
gestion IN Scri6ner:: ~ would in the first
place suggest that in the Federal Dcpart-
ment OF Agriculture there should be n
commissioner of roads, having at his
command sufficient means 10 prepare and
print rs public documents accounts of the
condition of roadways in this country
with essays on the method Of their con.
struction. Each State should likcwis,
nave a commissioner of public WAYS.
whose duty should be to advance cdrc,,
ton in this class of questions in ever,
possible manner. TO him the town AND
county road commissioners should be re-
quired to report. lie should cause to b,
constructed map showing the locatio,
and condition of all the roadways in Tn,
State. These ways he should classify n
regards their condition. Our countr
folk wallow in the mirc Of their WAYS
pay excessive tolls, endure, in word,
grinding taxation, generation after gen
Grafton, without approaching the bur
den which rests upon them"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

Mr.. Edmund Yates writes to the New
York Tribune that French sentiment is
now nearly extinct in Alsacc. But in
Lorraine everything is different; the
people still detest the Germans in their
heart and TO everything in their power
to disconcert them. "NIetz is ms French
u city as Orleans or Roucn, in spite of
the desperate efforts of the German
authorities to convert its inhabitants.
Everything is stagnant there, and there
arc whole streets Of empty houses, for all
the French who were able to leave have
gone, and the only Germans who settle
there are officials. The officers of the
army cannot help themselves.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
"Saltcd' Silver Mines.

Congressman J. i. lIubbrll. oj
Michigan, millionaire mine owner. i;,
Il Keen perception of the humorous. Re.
Gently .haa aad E.tpre&S reporter hai >
/ conversation with him at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel about salt and the attempt
TO form - salt trust not long ayo.
al have never ,iabb!cd III Il salt mine.
but have i'll mine sailed" he said,
with rather strong vclcmcuce.
"Do yom mean to say that thu old
trick WAS played on you3''
"lcs, do. 1t was silver mine.
The specimens were the finest eyer SAW.
became interested, and went to work
with an expert 10 examine the mine. We
found rich specimens, and it appeared to
he the beginning vi another Comstoch
lode. | WAS satisfied, and never once sus.
pcc;cd that Il trick was being played. A
number of us bought the shrcwd pro.
prictor oui, each OF us giving him $500.
induced james g. Blaine to put in
5000 on the strength of my report, Very
soon after work began we discovered
that the mine had been sailed most skill.
fully. went to Mr. Blaine and told
him the mime had been sailed and that
our money was lost. He took it very
philosophicaliy."
"!iavc you been taken in since?'
No; that experience taught me Il
lesson. found out that sailing mines
and preparing specimens is fine art
Why, these scoundrels that manipulate
sailed mines can put fine quarts spcc;-
mems in so clcvcrly that it looks like the
work Of nature. To make upon solid
rock of gold or silver surface they shoot
the metal from pistol. never go into
any mining venture unless do some
careful investigation beforehand"
us there us much mine sailing now us
in times past."
"No, and not so much made in mines
as formerly. Ma who buy mines now
are conservative ard do not go in with
their eyes shut, Naturally so many have
been irickcd with sailed mines shat it is
difficult 10 repeat it over and owe. c.:ain.
Instead of doing the saltirg t;ick the
wildcat spectators have now methods
aad !orm large companies that deceive the
tmNary. 1t is getting more and more
difficult TO swindlc even by the wildcat
method because the newspapers have 90
thoroughly cXposed it. In fact, mining
Is beginning 10 assume 81 normal, bust
ieSs-likc character and tie avenues for
Duhco miners arc growing rapidly less"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
A Nice Little Worm.

little worm, not us large as bab.
finger, is crawling over the green leaves
oil ;hc cotton-patchcs OF the South. lie
isa fluffy fellow, light and feather
footed. and yet he makes more fuss in
the world than an army on its way with
banners! The rasping of its teeth MS
they cut the leaf is heard round the
world, and the web it weaves so noise
lessly comes rs u rnmbling cloud. To
England its silent trcspass means moro
than the advance of II Russian army on
the English outposts in Asia.-Atloatl
Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

august the velvet begins to rub of on the
trees, the blood vessels to close and the
horns gradually turn into bone. This
period is one of irritation to the moose,
for the horns itch furiously and he goes
clashing around among the trees, rubbing
his antlers against the bark until the vel
vet hangs i'll shrcds from them and they
present II most disreputablc appearance.
Then in lew days more he has rubbed
all the velvet off and bears pair of fine,
hard horns, after which he is game for
the hunter. who scorns to shoot moose
with the velvet ON his horns. This is tho
mating season and the bulls 70 hunting
for the COWS, coming down TO the streams
most frcquented. During the day time
they lie in the thickcts on the hills To
avoid the flies and in the cvcnin. they he
gin their ramblings. An old bull will
get up and stretch out his great long
legs, giving peculiar grunt-hoh, holi
That sounds afar Off rs warming to
the hunter. Then the animal goes step.
ping awiwardly down hill through one
of the paths they have beaten, followed
by Others, his great horns clishing here
and there among the trees.
Il have often spent hours i'll my canoe
with my rife over my knees waiting for
moose to appear. Still hunting is proba-
bly, the most spor;smanlikc way 10 take
moose, hut this takes time and lots oil
patience. One would have find IL moose
run and wait Some hunters who are in
a hurry call their game to them by ini-
tatin@ the below OF COW, which is
probably one of the most hidcous noises
ever produced, and is done by shouting
or calling in Il peculiar manner through
the hands, IN, better still, through roll
Of birch bark. This is great India
trick, but lonot like it,.
The Colonel paused and reached Owe,
for his gun, light Winchester rifle in
cascd i'll 81 yellow cover made nj moose
skin. 1t was made light tn iccomuodatc
the strength of the hunter, whoS5 left
arm WIS lost during the Civil War; On
the stock were Il number Of noichrs cut
into the wood. The reporter WAS exam.
lining these silently, counting them, WHEN
Colonel Clay explained: "That is my
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

The people of the United States lose
millions OF dollars yearly 10y the dcstruc
ton by fire of ilimsily constructed build
1ngS. Moreover they pay out hundreds
OF thousands o! dollars in the support Of
fire departments. E1rc Gnd IIate, states
also that the value Of the lirc apparatus
and the building devoted exclusively TO
purposes of fire protection amounts to
the large sum of $'3S, GA, 755.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
TIE STORY TOLD ANEW.

In the dusk and down the lane
Two walked, hand in hand. together
Blew the wind and fell the rain;
Little needed they the weather.
Cold fall winds might storm about;
Warmth within Knocked cold without
Had the road been paved with gold,
They had never seen simmer;
Had the stars left heavens high fold
Night to them had grown no DINNER,
Earth, unto its widest hem,
Consisted of four feet for them!
What said he TO make her start,
Flush and glow with sudden pleasure
What could cause the woman's heart
Then to beat faster measure
Why did eyciids, prone to rise,
Hide the light of glowing eycsi
Twas the story told anew.
Old, yet never antiquate,l:
Just the same worts-just few
Just the case 50 often stated.
just the same i'll every wise
AS once was told in Paradise.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

At dinner not long ago, Wilkic Col.
Inns related instances proving how i'm
possible it WAS to introduce into - novel
descriptions Of places and things wholly
imaginary. In one of his works he de-
scribcd Il house which he had never seen
and which was entirely the offspring of
his imagination. A few days after the
publication man called upon him 10
protest upon the introduction of his house
into his novel. Strange to say the pages
OF the novel contained perfect dcscrip-
ton of the mans property. At another
time he used as one of his characters n
man who was 80 exact about his ea.,no
that he weighed every lnorscl that en-
tered his stomach. Mr.. Collins had in
reality never heard Of such n man. lie
was greatly surprised one week after the
appearance of his book by the visit of an
utter stranger, who wished to know by
what right Mr.. Collins made him ridicu.
lous in print by mentioning one of his me-
culiarities.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
Holes Caused by Dccayip~ ycrctotiou

In New Providence and other islands
OF the Bahama group are numerous So
called "banana holes" ranging in size
from that OF pint cup to that OF II large
cistcrn. Professor G. S. Dollcy, who has
lately studied these holes. finds that they
cannot have had the same origin as pot
holes, and do not appear to have been cut
out by the waves, and he can only ac-
count for them as an effect of the action
OF decaymg vegetation. Large quanti-
ties of leaves and other vegetable matter
are found in the holes, and it is probable
that the soft calcareous rock has been dis
solved by the fermentation products and
washed away.-zrenton az J.} True
american.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22
A Penui'ious Widow.

Will-Talk about penurious people
I've had experience lately with one
that think beats the record in that
respect. You know. I've been court.
,ins that rich widow, Mrs. Waikin. and
the other day, after she promised 10
marry me, she refused what do you
think?
R;!l-I can't guess.
Whistle actually refused 10 adj.
vance me Il dollar TO get out the mar
rage license. What do You think 81
that for pennriousncss
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

ricd in Il fancy 10y the mystic charm of
the words from the launts of the civilized
man back into the wilderness of woods,
where the wild beasts and the untamcd
birds dwell in tangled mazcs seldom desc
dhy the foot of man. He sees himself
rs he stood years ago with every sound
about him hushed in expectancy, his ears
strained to catch the first note Of warning
that tells of the approach of Il moose, the
king Of the northern forests. The sport
is fascinating, cXhilirating, tempting, in
volving an amount Of pleasure and hard
ship mingled in that delightful combine
ton that make the blood Of the true
hunter of large game leap more quickly
at its mention
Colonel Cecil Clay, of this city, the
chief clerk of the Department OF Justice,
is "A hunter such us this, and his home is
filled with trophies of his warfare on the
moose family. For several years back he
has gone to Canada each summer and,
aftcr providing himself with Indian
guides and the paraphcrnalia necessary
for months sojourn in the woods, he
plunges into the forest. If there should
be nayigablc waters the party asccnds
them i'll canoes, but sometimes the spot
selected for the hunt is accessible only by
land, and then the good muscle OF every
man is tried TO the utmost Colonel
Clay's fayoritc hunting ground is among
the lakes and streams forming the head
waters of the Ottawa River, some dis
lance into the Dominion of Canada, al
though he has gone To several places dur
ing his hunting experiences. But it is
altogether likely that he will not kill any
more moose for Il long time, u prohibit
tory law having been put in force in the
Dominion which! make it an olTcnsc TO
shoot moose until the year 1896. This
was done in order 10 prevent the aunhi-
lation of the animals altogether.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

a reporter the other day paid visit
TO Blllingsgatc and made some inouir.
lcs. One of the largest eel dealers in
The great l-ondon fish market .rlvc
some Interesting information on The
subject.
We'll, he said, 81 know of numbers
OF cases III which they have been used
with complete success. They uro
stretched on board and dried: thea.
to make them p!innt, they are slightly
moistcncl and tied around he sufrcril. :,
limb. They are Worn rs gartcrs. ank
cts, bracelets and armlc,s. Thry arc
even worn around :llc Wal ,l--n"yt Ia
The skin, of course for lrmha.yo and
sclatica Hundreds OF London cahnicn
wear them and swear hy them: ana I
have number OF gentlemen customers
III the country who ask ne To send
them eel skins 10 give away TO he ruor
people Of their districts.
IL" Persons who haze once worn thr,,
will never do Without them ii they can
help it. Hnt can not tell yon wha.
medicinal property they possess: per
haps after all ii il only warmth. for If
course they must form IN Amos. air
tight bandagc, like piece Of gut.a
pcrcha or gold heaters skin. PEI haps
1t Is only fancy, and that goes very
long way, rs You probably know. Whv.
l have heard that a akcin of silk tied
round the waist will cure lumhaeo. o..
round The knee Will cure rheumatism
III The leg. Now, villa, earthly mcdici-
nal property can there he in Il .ksin Of
silk? OF course the skins are gcrc.ul-
~ considered rs refuse or off:.l and
are consequently thrown away. "-raH
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

millions of these orders, involving $11S,,
00O,0 900, are issued every year, and to
ship the excess of moneys received to
where it will be needed for payment. ard
to examine properly the entries of these
millions OF orders, involves stupendom
amount of labor, which could hardly he
accomplished ut all withou, thoroughly
sys:cmatized methods and incessant in
dus,ry. But the feat is performed, and
IL another branch Of the clerical force
-MiJ,er's IIieeiIv.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-22

-Four Mandarin natives arc about to M.
pear at the German Court rs Ambassadors
from their African Sultan, who are said
to be marvcls of intelligence, and with
moral standard extraordinarily high.
Though they will dress in their own COS
tune, the etiquette of the German cour.
cannot he forcgonc, and SO the regular
dress coat will be worn over the African
Costume