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

Irrigation, 1t need scarcely be said, il
no new thing. Tradition asserts that
Noah constructed zunja from Mount
Ararat 10 water his vineyard, and it is
probably true that in nearly all Oriental
countries, extending far back into pic.
historic times, canals and aqucducts were
built to convey water long distances 10
fertilizc extensive desert wastes. This
part OF the subject, indeed, is very cx.
tcnsive, not merely because il deals with
u very ancient art, and one very widely
practiccd, but because The materials are
very varied, and in many cases difficult Of
Interpretation.
We know little of the history of the
extinct civilizations which preceded the
culture of the classic ages, says Professor
Marsh, and no nation has in modern
times spontaneously cmcrgrl from barba-
rism and created for itself the arts of
social life. The improvements of the
savage races whose history we can dis
tinctly trace are borrowed and initiative,
and our theories as to the origin and
natural development of industrial art are
coniectural. OF course, the relative nm.
tiiuity ofparticular branches OF human in
dustry depends much upon the natural
character of soil, climate and sponta-
ncous vegetable and animal life in differ.
cnt countries; and while the geographic
cal influence Of man would, under given
circumstances, be eXcrtcd in one dircc.
ton, it would, under different cond.
tions, act i'll IN opposite or divcrging line.
Man first interference with the natural
arrangement and disposal of tue water.
of this world was in all probability, in
the way OF drainage of surface. But il
we are to Judge from existing rcinain
alone, we should probably conclude that
irrigation IS Older than drainage: for, il
the regions regarded by general tradition
rs the cradle OF the human race, we fine
traces Of canals evidently constructed fo,
the former purpose at u Period long IRE
ceding the ages Of which we have an,
written memorials. There are in ancicni
Armenia extensive districts which were
already abandoned to Grsolati0n mt The
earliest historical epoch, int which in {
yet remote antiquity had been irrigated
by complicated and highly artificial sys.
TEN Of canals, the lines of which car
still be followed; and there are in all The
highlands where the sources of the Ell.
pirates rise, i'll Persia, in Egypt, in lndia
and in China, works of this sort which
must have been in existence before man
had begun to record his own ann;:E~-
San IraRcisco Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
Onions rs. Snnl;cs

y correspondent Of tie Kcnnc!cc .Lour-
nal sent in lhc following "snakc story
Captain John j. Farrow, of lslcsboro.
Me-, like many other retired shinmastcrs
finds amusement in his leisure hours by the
cultivation of II farm, on which he raises
all sorts of vegetables Ills onions in
particular were tlic envy of all around
Though he took no prccauion against
ma"go;s, the vegetables were never
harmed by these little pests, which almost
wholly destroyed his neighbours onions.
One day, willie surveying with pride this
model pntch, the Captain saw large
brown snake, some three feet in length,
cautiously emerge from neighboring
rock-pilc and, starting at the corners OF
the bed, slowly promenade up one row
OF onions and down the next, till, seeing
the visitor, he vanished amid the rocks.
Every day after this the serpent went
through the same performance, till Cap
tain Farrow, who has natural antipatly
to snakes, hit him in the head with IL
clcvcrly thrown stone. With reproach-
full glance he wriggled away, and, either
because the wound was mortal or from n
just sense of Indignation ut the ungencr-
Gus requital of his cxertions, he never re-
turned. From that time OH the maggots
and other bugs held high carnival in that
patch, and the Captain has been unable
20 raise any onions there since.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
The Tribes of Terra Del rucro.

The people Of Terra Del Fuego, said
mn English missionary, wear no dress
save Il small skin thrown over the shout
ders, but they smear their bodies with Il
mixture Of train oil and red earth us a
protection against cold. They support
themselves, us rule, by hunting, and
when all other supplies fail they sustain
themselves by feeding on shell fish.
This diet is very apt to cause indigestion,
To cure which they rely on fungus. They
arc nomadic in their habits, movin,.
about from place 10 place in their bark
canoes, in The centre of which II fire is
always burning. Each canoe contains
family, the wife rowing, while the hlis-
band is always Oh watch with his lave
lin.
Three different kinds of spears are nj,
ways carried, one for birds, II second Tor
fish, and II third for crabs On nndin~
the woman has, first of all To carry her
husband ashore, he holding the lire care
fully above the water. When every
thing is ashore the woman at once begins
the erection of their primativc hut The
men are rarely able To swim, but the
women are, as II rulc, expert swimmers,
and this, together with their constant
work nj rowing, gives them extraordinary
muscular power. 10 maintain their posi-
ton Us lords Of creation the men have re-
course to mysterious rites, from Which
the women are excluded. Polygnmy is
practiccd TO the extent Of each man
usually having two wivcs--an older and
Il younger one.
Without writing of any kind, they yet
preserve many rules and customs, more
Or less traditional, and mainly rclatin.. To
the cliasc. They are good naiurcd and
helpful, not addicted to lying or theft,
but are very tenacious in The defense of
their rights. They love long stories and
conversations, and in these IL good part
Of their time is spent One of their
tales, of IN extraordinary strong man
who was made of stone, and ultimately
was killed by Il thorn entering vuncra-
bic spot in his heel, recalls the story OF
Achilles. Devoid Of all religious ideas
and duties. they have Il vague idea of The
spirits Of The departed wandering about
IN the world, and rs greatly TO be feared.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

and steel. AS finder they use partly the
woolly hair OF various animals and rartly
dry fragments of different kinds of
plants. The steel and pieces of flint are
Kept IN skim pouch suspended from the
neck. Within this pouch there is a
smaller one containing the finder. 1t is
thus kept warm by the heat of the body
and protected from wet by its double en-
reiopc. The Eskimo fire bag is pouch
containing the implements necessary to
get spark to light pipe or fire. The
essential parts are II piece of pyritcs, n
piece of flint and finder. The finder is
made of the seed down of an arctic plant,
or frequently Of willow catkins. 1t is
prepared, Mr.. lIough says, by carefully
picking it and then soaking it in Il strong
solution of gunpowder in water to make
it "quicii.' This gunpowtcr treatment
is Il modern idea. Sometimes powdered
charcoal is mixed with the willow catkin
timber. When prepared the finder is
put i'll little round pouch with o
flap i'll the middle of one side. Tho
pyrites belonging TO the outfit in the
museum looks like Il short pcstlc, it hay
ing been worn into that shape by use.
The flint is an oblong piece, square at
one end and rounded ut the other. 1t is
mounted i'll short wooden handle,
rudcly made. An oblons pad stuffed
with deer hair is sewcd to the mouth OF
the fire bag to protect the hand from
sparks and blows of the flint. TO get a
spark the Eskimo places the piece of
pyritcs on the pad, held in the left hand
over the curved forciingcr; it is placed
with the large end down, The thumb being
set in the cavity in the top The flap of
the finder pocket is turned back and held
On the foreiingcr under the protecting
pad. The flint is held in the right hand,
and by Il scraping motion little pieces OF
pyritcs ut IL dull red heat fall into the
finder. The finder igniting, II glowing
pullet is transferred to the pipe or to the
kindling for the fire, and the flap of the
finder pocket is turned down, serving to
keep the finder dry and TO cxtinguish it
if necessary. The usc of the flint aud
steel and finder survives in "A ciaar
lighter, called a strike light, purchased
i'll Paris by Mr.. Thomas Wilson, and
forming part of the National Museum
collection. L; has braided fuse of in-
ilamnablc material, the end Of which is
lInitcd by the spark
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
| NEW
NEW WAY OF BEATING TIE
RAILROADS.
dow Thousands Of People Manage 10
Make "Trip to Pittsburgh FREQ
of ChnrrN

Tho plan is rs simple as Il is effective.
Since the opening Of Tho Pittsburgh En-
position hundreds OF thousands of ,cople
from Western Pennsylvania, Eauorn
Ohio and West Virginia have visited tho
Great Iron City, and among them there
wero many VINO were shrcwd enough
to earn their travelling expenses while in
Pittsburgh. They simply went to KAUEa
MANN's GRAND DEror, THE MAMMOTH
OuTFirrINo ESTABLISHMENT, at tho Con-
NER OF Firth AVENUE AND SMiTuFInID
STREET, and thore supplied their rospcc-
two wants in the line Of CLornlNu,
CLoAKs, AND WRArs, Doors AND SHOES,
HATS AND CARS. FURNISHING Goops,
Ere, and owing to the MArCnLEssLY
Low PRICES prevailing at this house they
saved more than enough money to
pay for their travelling expenses
a perfectly Legitimate way of
beating tho railrvads-don't you
think But. if you can't visit Pitts
burg personally. You can do quite ms
well by writing for Kaufmanns' lllustrat.
cd GG'pngc catalogue. 1t contains
plates of NIL til, latest styles and tells
how 10 order goods by mail. 1t will b.
sent free to any address on application
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
WORDS OF WISDOM.

life is cruciblc; we are thrown into
it and tried.
Labor ribs us of three cvils-tedious-
uess, vice and poverty.
Quarrcls would never last long if tho
trouble was only on one side.
The man who can support himself IL
always on top of his obligations.
Remember impertincncc isn't wit, amy
more than insolcncc is brilliancy,
Our greatest glory is not in never fall
Wg, but rising every time we fall.
That action is best which brochures tn,
greatest happiness for the greatest mum
berS.
Our grand business is not to see what
lies dimly ut distance, but TO do VIVA,
lies clearly at hand
We go and fancy that everybody is
thinking of us, but he is not; he is,
like us, thinking Of himself.
1t requires great talent to affect cxtrav.
nality is simplicity, which no talent can
initiate.
Some one has well said that while we
can not control our circumstances, vet
we eau control wha, We shall do in the
circumstances.
Pride, like the magnet, constantly
points to one object, self; but, unlike
the magnet, il has no attractive pole, bu,
ut all points repels.
Men do things which their fathers
would have deprecated, and then draw
about themselves Il ilimsy Gordon Of
sophistry, and talk about the advance of
humanity and liberal thought, when it is
nothing after all In; preference for in
dividual license.
y certain amount Of opposition is y
great help 10 man. Kites rise against,
and not with the wind. Even head
wind il better than none No man ever
worked his passage anywhere in n
dead calm. Let no man wax pale,
therefore, because of opposition.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
LOUDER THAN WORDS.

Dear little thin hands, famine wasted fingers.
Holding on to dreary life that struggles to
be free;
Hands where not 4 tender curve Of baby
roundness fingers.
Lift yourselves, that all the world the wan
reproach may see,
Tint all the worlds gay. thoughtless heart
may break, such sights TO see.
Dear little pale lips, where no mothers
Leave the print of mother love 10 sink
into the heart;
Lips that could not tell nc aught of child
hoods tiny blisses,
Cry aloud your loneliness, that all the
world may start,
That all the world of pleasant ease at grief
like yours may start.
Dear littlo tired eyes, weighted down with
weeping,
Opening every day 20 Ills that harder grow
to bear,
Eyes where gladness never shines in waking
or i'll sleeping.
Look reproach that all tho world may come
to know and care.
Dear little bent forns in your narrow alleys
Hidden from the searching sun that longs
TO make you well,
Sorms that never ran and leapcd i'll grassy
groves and valleys,
Stand before startled world that knows
not where you dwell,
That all the world may shuddcr Mt the
places where you dwell.
Mary PiaEimcr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
Tattooing Among Savages.

In paper in the British Associate
on "rattooing," Miss a. w. Buckland
said that in Africa, Australia, and the
islands of the Indian Ocean, tattooine
consists of a series of short cuts, which
heal, leaving cicatrices In New Zealand,
America, the Pacific islands, among the
tribes of India, and in Burmah, Bornca
and New Guinea, patterns arc first drawn
upon the skin, and then punctured with
thorns, needles or splintcrs of human
bones. Color is then rubbed in. The
process is very painful, and can only ba
carried on at intervals, several year.
being sometimes required for its com,
pletion. Among men tattooing is valued
as mark of bravery. In the case oil
women devices are worked upon she CHR
to signify marriage
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
EXERCISE IN PRONUNCIATION

The provost rode TO the frontier ON
his palfrcy. There Ito saw tho licdou-
ins, who nro nomads, lctding their do,
cilc donkeys across tho desert, Ills
purpose was to gather pollen from the
hrur>dc lis to feed his p t plovor.
did you hear tn, fulsUlnc speeches and
loud huzzns Of the tIu:uleh. llussnrs9
Tho mai give the baton to the apos>
tie who lived in squalor.
Tho viscount wanted chnngo OF
venuo in his trial for conduct OF revolt
ing character whilo in tho Lcvaut, visit
ing his aunt, Inst autumn.
After tho melee tho Khedivo went
l-isurcly out, AMI shot tho potrel
Tho tenuda ion Of tho domcsno went
on without molcstutiou.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
Tho Flower. Tint bloom

In tho Spring" fragrant and fresh In their
vcrhni beauty, are Welcome indeed nftor win
tors long and cherries reign. The birds also,
breeSes. tho running hrnoks, and tho far
reaching meadows ro0cd in velvet grccn-nll
tncsc charm every sonso aud MI tho soul with
gladncss. hut there is something that Is moro
welcome In spring THU ilowcrs aud birds nni
Dr bro, r., running brooks and meadows grcGn,
md cicnnso the 5leod OF the fatty nr,i nn,xio11s
impurities that have collected in H. durin,, tho
winter anu l'nvo II pure and wholesome md
medicine is Pc.ru-na, tho great blood puri.
ner ana Tonic. Take Il IN tiino and tono your
eystem WI II Will fortify. you utyninst tho
nlost debilitating effects OF tho heat Don't
5 5f MH Map also. for your bowels. 81 a
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
When They We're New.

First jury, 9O7.
Pins made, 1850.
Needles used, 1914.
Matches made, 1929,
First cast iron, 1914.
First newspaper, 1494,
Coal used us fuel, 1884.
Surnames used in 1852.
First gold coin, b. c. 206.
Tobacco introduced, 1888.
First steam railroad, 1880.
Lead pencils used in 159!
Window glass used in 694.
First postage stamps, 1910.
Kerosene introduced, 1926.
Electric light invented, 1874.
First insurance marine, 533.
First American express, 1921
First wheeled carriages, 1859,
First Illuminating gas in 1892.
Iron found in America, in 1915.
Latin ceased to be spoken, $50.
Musical notes introduced, 1928.
Bible translated into Saxon, G37.
Gunpowder used by Chinese, so.
Old Testament finished, B. C. 22O.
Bible translated into Gothic, 972.
Photographs first produced, 1902.
Paper made by Chinese, b. c. 22O.
Bible translated into English, 1884.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

All the old potash, mercury
and sarsaparilla mixtures left far
behind. S. S. S. never fails to
cure. This magic remedy builds
the system up instead Of tearing
it down. If you ever had blood
disease, don't fail to take S. S. S.
If you have ever taken mercury
and potash, get it out of your
system by using Swift's Specific.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

In consequence of the decline in the
supply of gum arabic the postofiice de-
partmcnt las been obliged to abandon its
use as scalcr of letter envelopes In
lieu of gum arabic foul tasting COM
pound has been substituted
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Thoce who use Dobbirs's Electric Soap cach
week tdnd their 10 is2tonl, savo their
work: ID yUu ever try it7 II not, do 80 next
Monday suJe. Ask your grocer for It.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Il but tho stopping stone To those divine inst,.
tntions, Tho family and tho home, which con-
stituto the very foundation on which our M
ton rests; and upon tho health aud strength
OF tho wife, mud moth. T, depends the sunHhlno
nrd enjoyment OF t"c home, md tho prusp RI
" Of tho family. Thousands of wives and
thousands II single lniics. drug GU, a weary
existence IN consequence OF pcrpluxing re
lnnlo disorders" In total Ignorance of the fuct
that DIR. Iicrccs tavorilc Prescription /. "A
positive cure for tho noSt complicated and Oh
ftinntc cnscs Of lrucorrl,ca, Irolnpsts veal;
bnck, fcinnlr weakness" nnicvrr,iun rel rn-
version, brRrin down scrsniinns, chronic
congestion, iniinmnIntinn ulcrrnti "a aud kin
uicu ailments. Guaranteed To xiv" sntisl nc E
ton, or money refunded All druggists
DIR. Picrce's Pellets -clcansc and ropulnto
tho stomach, bowels and system gcarrniiv
Ono dose; purely vegetable.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
Two norri.l.s.

Two boilcn Of .iwills Specific cured mo AZ bad
condition Of my blood finn which Ind emit rec, for
III months. had bioIch,r aud iorcn which wrro
painful nnd houblranmc. =. y - In much better
than poiaih and mercury mixtures, aud recommend
II above Nil blood remedies
Il. u. Cunrros. Homeland. Va
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Tho race is not To- him who doth the swiftest
run,
Nor The btttlc 10 he man who shoots with tho
longest gun"
ana, All The hnncc' n long: gun d0rs count, and
the 'niiG,t pole gots the pcrsinmons." lie YOU
arc mol satisfied with y.ur cquipn ont for thr
fncc Tor financial success, ar position In the hnt
tie OF life, tnkc our advice nnd write To- H. f..
Johnson Dc GO, ltichmond. Va. md our word
start, with tho best possible chance OF winning
bomc or tho biz prizes.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

An Eastern Ohio man only 81 years of
age is II grandfather.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

post,oilicc in North Carolina is To b,
named "liaby Mckee"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Michigan's new $500 liquor tax law he
gins 10 operate on October /.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

II is now asserted that there arc fully so
varieties of tomato.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Entire freedom from injurious drugs MAXI,
sTansills Punch " Sc. Cigars most popular.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

oregon, the Pnrndisc of Fnrmnrr
Mild, equahlc climnt cert min mud abundant
Try In the world. Full information free. Al
ureaa OrcEOn lm'iKrntn Hnnril pnrtlnn,l nr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Think SwiitH Specific Ia thu best buod remedy
In the world. I have knnwn Il to make rome onicr-
u curcp Of patients who were conr!dcicl incurablc
d. II. GnAYeoH. CrowvIllc In
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

S~ifrs specidc ontlrc!y cured mo OF severe caos
OF blood poison which obstinaciy rcsisted and no
fused to be cnred for over 90 years. The regular
medical remedies OF mercury nnd potash only added
fuel I" the flame. sunerrd durin. mort of thiu
long time with ulcers blotces and Gorra Of the most
Offensive character. and for n lolg ino pracli-
cniiy m invalid In less thnu thirty dnya iiro Of
y. T. y. wnn all cleared up sound aud we'll. This
has boon nearly year ago. md no rlEn OF any re.
turn OF the old enemy. Jomm II. VILLAS.
N Clark Street Atlanta. Ga
lmvc Eccn Swifrs Specific used md kuown OF
mnny cascs ot tho worst form Of hlooI dlsasses
Which hnve been cmivd byh. know the proIrio-
torn to be gentlemen NJ tho highest type md nlnost
reliability. recommend II na gr,at blood remedy
unequallcd lay nythlng TINT know of.
NJ Is. WHARTON,
Pastor Lot l'aptlrt Church.. Montgomery. Ala.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Blood aud s'' Disease" mailed free" T"n
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-23

ATTEMPTS at denial that the ladies
HARRISON and BLAINE would go out of
their way to kiss each other are evil
IDENTIFY made in the BLAINE interest,
but with small success. The Maine
and BLAINE Congressman BoUTELLE
is credited with the declaration that
BLAINE will be secretary of state in
spite of the dislike of Mrs. BLAINE by
the coming mistress of the White house.
1t is not claimed that any encourage
ment has ever been afforded this theory
at indianapolis, or an intimation that
a visit from the BIAINES would be ac-
.eptable. There is no reason to sup
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-23

tariff reform. Yet, with all its defects,
it is move in that direction, and as
long as it is recognition Of the princi-
pie of tariff reform and tariff revision,
for which the Democrats have con-
tended, we are rather inclined to the
opinion that the Democratic majority in
the house should pass it. By do
ing so they would surely main
tain their consistency as tariff reform
ers. We can imagine no greater
surprise to the Republican senators
thus to have their bill concurred in by
the Democratic house. The truth is,
the Republican senate did not frame the
substitute with the expectation that it
would be enacted into law. If such
notion had prevailed in the senate, we
are confident that more than one-haIt
of the Republican senators would have
voted against it. In fact. it is believed
that Senator QUAY, Of Pennsylvania,
was disposed to vote against the
measure anyway, because he was afraid
to take risks On it, even though party
advantage might be gained by passing
the bill. 1t would be a good joke on
the senate and the Republican man
ayers if the house of representatives dis
appointed their expectations and
spoiled their plans by adopting the SEN
ate substitute.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-23
SENATORIAL RUMBLES.

Southern Minnesota is Tin the SOUP" as
usual, in the senatorial business, but South
ern Minnesota Republicans rather like soup.
La Crosse Chronicle.
The editor of the Gazette wrote to friend
in St. Paul several days before the caucus
was held and told him that Washburn would
get it. We ran the generals private tele-
graph office in Minneapolis for while about
fifteen years ago, and he was noted then for
always getting what he went after.-Cedar
Rapids Gazette.
Another very wealthy man and railroad
owner has been selected by the Republicans
OF Minnesota for United States senator from
that state. There is no room for doubt where
his votes will always be recorded. In these
times money, and money only, is the qualii-
cation for high Office in the Republican
party. A Republican should throw away the
old musty tradition he heard in his youth
about industry, probity and ability being the
stepping-stones to greatness, and teach his
boy to get money.-Burlington Gazette.
Mr.. Washburn will make q typical Re-
publican senator, He is man of money and
was the candidate of the corporation mag
mates. He is the proprietor of the Washburn
Touring mills; president Of the $500 rail-
road; principal owner Of the stock of the flax
trust; a large pine land owner, and in fact
has an interest in almost every big combina-
ton that is likely to ask legislation from con-
gress.-Madison Democrat.