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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
Remarkable Relics of the .xiccs.

y New York Times representative NJ
the City of Mexico says that extensive en-
caTations are being made u; the suburban
Town OF Coyoac;tn, ut place lying on
the outskirts of the wilderness, known rs
the pcdrcsal or stony ground, which in
former years was noted as a haunt OF
brigands, and is even now considered rs
Il resort for dangerous characters when
pursued by officers of justice. The OBJ
Ject of the excavations which are being
made 10y private associations is, il posi-
Bile, 10 recover treasures Of gold and
jewels supposed TO be hidden there by
Emperor lontczuna ut the time of thu
Spanish conquest.
Senior Mcrcado, one OF tine party eli
gagged in this work, is Il lincal descendant
OF the last Aztec Emperor, Cuantemac,
whose statue adorns the principal prom.
cnadc OF tins city Senior Mercado saws
chat he has in his possession hicroglyphic
documents which convince him that ii
was i'll the pedrcgal that NIoniexuma hid
treasures, among other things Il huge
golden sun. y few weeks ago valuable
black pearl was found and also Ill cmcr.
aid near some skeletons discovered in Il
subterrancan passage.
The Illness correspondent has visited
the excavations, and they are certainly re-
markabie, having already disclosed ii
subterrancan staircase, winding passages
and vaults, jawbones and skeletons, dcs,i-
tutc of tusk or teeth, thus, according to
Senior Mercado, proving beyond question
that the Indians there buried were pure
Aztecs. He estimates the value of the
buried treasure mt not less than $50, 000,-
600, but says that others engaged in the
work Of hunting the treasure put it ut
$50, 900, 900.
The foremost arch;rologists here are of
opinion TINT something may be found, and
they agree with Senior Mercado that the
intrinsic value of the things buried by
Montezuma are surpassed by their histori-
cal Importance. 1t has been held by some
that MontezIma hid his treasures i'll Lake
rcXcoco, and much has been done there
in the way of dredging, but nothing has
been found. Senior Batrcs, the great ma
tive arch;coiogist, is interested in this
search, and people high in authority are
said to be lending their aid
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
MONEY! MAKERS.
THE oIEN WHO COIN UNCLESANE'S
GOLD AND SILVER
n Visit to the Largest Mint in the
WOrih-Tlic Progresses OF Turnin.
Cold and Silver Into Coin
- How IL Is SiiI!cu.

The handsome structure ut Fifth ara,l
Mission streets in which Uncle Sans cur.
rent coins are turned out, in co-opcra.
ton with the establishments ut New Or.
leans and Philadelphia. has attracted re-.
ncwcd interest since The appointment of
General Dimord rs Superintendent in.
augaratcd new regime by which o
number OF patriotic san Franciscans hone
to bc furnished with an Office ut the carl.
lest possible date. TO these and to the
public generally il will DC Il matter OF
profit aud useful information to repair to
the mint abou: $50 \. VI. The waiting
room is by this time pretty well filed and
the early visitors have fully satisfied thci
curiosity i'll regard To the collection Of
coins and metals belonging To the State
Of California pioneers, and formerly
known as DIR. Spcrs's collection. Among
the contents Of tine cases is Il complete
set of United States dollars, fifty
two in number, one for every year in
which they were coined.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

to the fact that he is walking on floor
Ing consisting of movable iron gratings
about eight inches square. Inquiry leads
to the explanation that with oil prccau.
lions to prevent waste, such rs greasing
the gold with beeswax and the silver with
tallow, considerable amount of dust il
carried about the operating-room and
periodical sweeping is resorted to with
surprising results. The guide intimates
in a matter-of-fact way that the sweep
ings of the Mint are worth from $50 to
$40 day, and that in carpeted rooms
enough gold dust is cntanglcd in the
iibres Of the old carpet to more than pay
for new one. The sweepings contain
of course silver and copper as well ~
gold, the copper by cupelation and tn.
silver by the action of the nitric acic, in
which gold is insolublc The nitrate OF
silver is subsequently converted into
chloride by the action of common salt
and the chloride into pure silver by an
easy chemical process.
After the bars have been annealed ia
get rid of the hardness and brittleness,
the strips of gold with their coating OF
beeswax are passed through the cutting
machine and then punched into blanE
coins or "planchcts," which exactly re-.
Semble the futUS coin without the de.
sign and the milling at the edges The
strips, after the blanks have been punched
out at the rate of $50 minute. are sem
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
THE SAN FRANCISCO MINT.

The conductor having satisfied himself
that lie has as large Il party rs he can
conveniently take in charge, gives the
signal and dcsccnds to the basement with
the preliminary remark FOR the visitor:
"You arc now in the largest mint in tho
world" There is a heavy sound Of roll
ling wheels as the cnginc-room is en-
tered. The motive power for the i'm
mensc wheels and machinery is furnished
by two engines, one for the coming
presses, the other for the rollers. There
is also a smaller engine for general pur-
poses, which is constantly working. AZ.
tcra brief glance mt the fires and huge
boilers, the visitors pass on to the deposit
and melting room. In this department
the rlncoincd gold brought by private
holders is taken in and rccciptcd for.
Each deposit is melted separately and on
the following day the value in coin is paid
by the Treasurer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
Fire proof Houses in Buenos Ayres

They build iire-proof houses in Buenos
Ayres and Montevidco without thinking
of it, and while using all the wood they
can afford TO; and they use neither iron
nor the arch. Trees are scarce in the
ncighborhood, and timber has to be
brought down from the upper waters in
hard woods. Being dear, a little of it is
made to go rs far as possible. The floors
and the roofs are supported by josts of
hard wood, as among us; across these
are laid flat rails of the same, and the
spaces between these are bridgcd over
by thin bricks thirteen inches and half
long, with their ends resting on the rails :;
another layer Of bricks is then laid with
Lime, and generally on this a layer of fiat
tiles. The doors and windows have no
boxes, but simply frames, which are set
up when the walls are going up, and
built in. There is no lathing, or wains
cot, or skirting of the bottom of the
walls. A house thus built cannot be
hurncd.-Pqpular Science Monthly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

While there he conceived Tie idea Of be-
coming dressmalicr, and thought of
Paris rs the most eligible place i'll which
to follow out his inclination. He had
learned the French language before going
TO Paris, where, when he was about
twenty-five years old, he found employ
ment. After a few years he and part
ner began business for themselves. Tie
partnership continued until 1870, in
which year Worth became the sole name
of the establishment. Worth had re-
ccived medals for designs ut the cXhibi-
tions OF London and Paris before he was
SD fortunate rs to make dresses for the
Empress Eugene. This was the begin
ming of an illustrious reputation which is
still maintained.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

back to be remcltcd into ingots. TIL.
sight of these bars never fails to make tn,
visitors eyes flash with cupidity.
The next operation is tho waship, Of,
the planchcts in hot water and soap to nei
rid OF the bccswax, after which they are
sent to the adjusting-room to be weighed
Zach blank or planchet is passed upor
most carefully in this Particular; if too
heavy it is filed down to standard weight,
il too light it is rcmeltcd and rccoincd.
When the machines are in active opera.
ton gold coin can be turned out Mt tn,
rate of $3.50, 900 an hour. The milling
OF the coins is effected by raising an edge
on them, with suitable machine, for the
purpose OF protecting the face OF the coin,
for III well-worn specimen it will be
noticed that the milling disappears first,
ard when this has Happened the inscrip.
ton, ciiigy and date quickly follow suit.
When the milling has been completed,
the blanks 20 through another anncaiine
process TO soften them for the final i'm
preston which is to convert them into
Uncle Sans currency. The stamping is
mn operation requiring pressure equal Ia
100 tons on every part of the blanks, and
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

1t is not surprising to find that when tho
latter are fed into the presses and
clasped by the upper and lower die, they
receive infinitely exact impression,
while toothed collar clasping them at
the same moment, produces the rceded
edge. After being once more indi,
vidually weighed the coins are piled un
in trays by an ingenious method which
does the work almost automatically. The
workman plunges his arm into the heap
OF coins, gives the tray shake, and
''hcy, prcsto!" i'll less than minute the
bright gold "twcntics" are neatly piled
away i'll rows, ready for circulation.
by this time the party is on the way
out, and the conductor begins 10 count
noses i'll the visitors waitin.-room. ia
sec if the arrivals are numerous enough ia
form new party. The survey thus dc.
scribed and concluded is that which falls
to the lot of the routine visitor, but il
cannot he said to be in any sense Il com.
plcte inspection of the mul,ilarious opera.
tons i'll progress ut the Mint. Pre-.
sunably the complete calculation of the
processes would merely weary the average
curiosity seeker, besides consuming 50
much time that but one batch of visitor;
could he taken through in the brief two
hours and Il half allowed for daily i'll.
spection by the outside world.
Among the departments not usually
shown is that devoted to refining. Cali.
lornia gold contains from three to twelve
per cent of silver, and this has to he sep.
nrated. For this purpose the crude pro.
duct is melted, more silver is added SO as
to enable acid TO act on the alloy, and the
metal is formulated" by being poured
into cold water while still in Il fluid state.
The effect of this granulation is to con.
vert the metal into n condition rescm.
bling popcorn or pumicc-stone, so that q
large surface is exposed to the action OF
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Gold requires y toierably intense heat
Tor fusion, though not nearly SO great as
In the case of iron or steel. Yet the Wis.,
ltor is able to convince himself by u pass.
Ing glance ut the crucblcs in the furnace
that the temperature approaches white
heat When perfectly fluid the metal is
run into steel molds, whence it comes
forth as bars or ingots. A fragment OF
each ingot is removed and sent to the rs.
saying department, where the percent.
asc OF pure gold is determined by cupcl-
hhon. The value of each ingot is about
Sl7O0, and it should be mentioned that
ten per cent. of copper alloy enters into
The composition Of both silver and gold
ngots that are to be used for currcn W
The ingots are taken TO the rolling mill,
where they are repeatedly put through
steel rollers until the original short ban
becomes long strip of the width OF the
desired coin, and by reason of the rolling
assumes Il very dense, hard and brittle
condition. During these operations the
VISITORS attention is drawn very strongly
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
A New Swindle on patentees.

Numerous owners Of patents are open
ing their eyes to the fact that they are the
victims OF II gang of swindlcrs who are
operating in very systematic manner.
IL seems that in various localities, and
notably on lie Pacific Coast, there arc
certain so-callcd patent agents who arc
making a good living ont Of patentces
without rendering any service. Onc Of
these agents will write to u patenter at u
distance and ask if he is willing to sell
his interest in his patent, aud at what
price. Generally II reply is sent fixing
the price. Then the agent writes
that he has found a purchaser, but that
the title must first be Investigated, and
from twenty to fifty dollars is demanded
for the expenses Of sach investigation.
The owner of the patent is in 4 hurry to
sell, and he, therefore, sends on the re-
quircd fee.
After that the patent agent is never
heard from again. Letters To him are
returned through the dead letter office,
showing that the swindlcr uses a new
name i'll each ease. This game has been
played so often of late that patentccs
should make IT Il point to deal with none
but reputable and well known patent
agents. Especially should Il man in the
Atlantic States exercise great caution
when a stranger on the Pacific Coast
nakes him proposition, and asks for u
Ice i'll advance. Attanta Constitutions.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

1t is very unhealthful work irving TO
collect taxes from the bold mountain
tribes in North Morocco, whose con.
tempt for the Sultan's authority nearly
worries the life out of the great potcn.
tate. A while ago he sent word to Benz
M'sara tribe that they must help support
the Government. ooh, yes" they replied
to the Sultan's soldiers. "Tcll that lord
OF yours that if he wants our taxes he
must come for them, and we will make
sure he gets them, in silver coins, too,
Tor we will roll each coin into bule,
and deliver it to him ourselves" Mo.
rocco is one of the worst governed coun.
tries in the world, says the New Yor;
San, but many of its highlanders escape
the yoke, and independence thrive.
among its mountain ranges.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

Before our Civil War the money value
placed upon the working force in "A slave,
u young negro field hand, was $1,000 and
upward and upon skilled mechanic over
$4,000. DIR. Farr and Edwin Chadwick.
both eminent sanitarians, practically con.
firm these estimates. DR.. Farr.say thnt
in England an agricultural laborcr, Mt the
age of twenty-five years, is worth, over
and above what it costs TO maintain him.
Sl191, and that the average value OF
every man, woman and child is S771.
Edwin Chadwick says that each individ
ual of the English working classes (mere
children work there, we must remcmber)
is worth $3.50, and at forty years of age
$3.50. Our values in this country arc
much greater. Take the probabilities O.
our length of life from the INSURANCE,
tables, and put our labor on the marke
for that term of years, and you will fine
what we are worth to the community
Medical Classics.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
CURIOUS FACTS.

There are 200,0 900 men, women anjr
children in this country wearing ARTIFICIAL
limbs, not including old soldiers.
\ Californian has quartz mine tina,
has paid him $50, 900 in two years. He
does his own work, and his only mill is u
hand mortar.
y well recently found near Pittsburg,
Penn, delivers fresh water, salt water
and gas ut the same time. There are two
hastings, one within the other.
a projected canal across the upper part
Of Italy, connecting from the Adriatic to-
the Mediterranean, would take six years.
to build and cost 1925, 000,0
\ silver bell has been hung in tower
i'll the village where the railroad accident
to the Emperor of Russia's train hap
rened, and it will be tollcd every day ut
thc hour Of the accident.
a curious foreign bird has appeared tx
several districts of Austria among the
cartridges and quails 1t is about the
size Of small pigeon, and has glossy
black plumage and long bcak.
One hundred and thirty thousand per-
sons sleep in the station houses in New
DIRK city during the year. The larger
number of these in previous years were
'ncn; now the majority are women.
Perhaps the largest individual telc.
graph bill in the world is that of the
Chinese envoy ut Washington, Chan Vow
Worn, who regularly pays $1,000 week
for his dispatches TO China, using cipher
which costs 81 word.
In analyzing congregational generosity
1t is found that among the Baptists thir-
ty-siN cents is the annual contribution
per head; the Methodists, sevcnty-four
cents; Episcopal, Sl.37; Prcsbytcrians,
S3.l7, and the Dutch, 1921.
a recent discussion about the height OF
trccs in the forests of Victoria, Australia,
brings from the Government botanist the
statement that he has seen one 525 feet
high. The Chief Inspector of Forests
measured fallen one that was 1875 feet
high.
When petroleum was first discovered
an the United States it was bottled and
sold for medicinal purposes under the
name Of rock oil. Its medicinal proper
ties were lost sight of until they were re-
introduced in scmi-solid form us vasel
inc.
The purifying department OF the Erie
PENN gas works is an efficient whoop-
ing cough hospital The fumes of the
spent lime give immediate relief. The
Superintendent says: '.Erie doctors
now send wlioopng- cough patients down
here every day. Last Saturday we had
nineteen callers. They ali returned home
yell'
In Dublin, Il small town in Lauren,
County, Ga, there lives II blue man. He
is Caucasian, hut instead OF being white
is Il greenish blue, and is known rs "3lue
Billy His whole skin is blue. his
tongue and the roof of his mouth are
blue, and where his eyes should be white
is seen the same ghastly grcenish-blue
color
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
Flies rs Carriers Of Contagion

Since the recognition that i'll many dis
eases the infcctivc principle is particu-
late, the possible means of conveyance of
the virus from one TO another individual
have widencd. Attention has lately
been recalled to the part which may
conceivably be played in this direction
by the agency of the house-hy. Our
contemporary, the Liverpool Mercury, re.
minds us that the granular ophthalmia
of the shores of the Mica true plague
of Egypt-has been shown to be propa.
gated through this medium; and has fur
Their alluded to the discovery by DR..
Alessi that the bacillus tuberculosis NAV
exist in the intestines of flies which have
been feeding on phthisical sputs. Indeed,
itwould appear that there is hardly any
direction, either in our mode of living.
eating or environment, whereby we can
avert the possibility of the transference
to ourselves of this ubiquitous bacillus,
and life would become intolcrablc were
it not for the well-groundcd belief that
phthisis is not dependent for its develop
mcnt upon this microbe solely, but upon
the concurrence of many conditions of
almost, if not quite, rs much Importance
as its implantatlon i'll the body. Apropos
of flies, however, it has been stated that
the lamented Father Damien attributed
his leprcsy to incubation, through their
agency, of an abrasion in the SCALP
London Lancet.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15
Strange Popularity About a Shin.

A strange peculiarly about the clipper
ship Henry Failing, Captain Mcrriman,
recently loading at Philadelphia with
oil for Japan, is that none of her sailors,
when once joined to her crew, ever care
to leave. The chief officer, now man
of twenty eight years, joined her when
mere lad. She was the first vessel he was
ever in, and he has remained there ever
since. This is an incident probably I'M
precedcnted in the annals Of shipping.
Captain Merriman has never had any
trouble with his crews, although he has
frequently shipped notorious scamen de.
spite the fact of having previously been
warned Of their dangerous character.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

"Wi;at is the cause and cure of bclch-
ing2 Although my meals ar no. over
hearty, my stomach feels full aid SOME
what oppressed after eating Between
meals, and especially for two hours before
one, the gas forces itself upto my mouth,
and the result is, the habit IS disagrcea-
bic to me as il TO others"
Two or three general cause, may bring
about such Il condition of the stomach
The first cause is over-uitinr, bY per-
sous whose normal digestion is not par
ticulrrly faulty. Less food-say one
third lcss-woultl he attended with no
such annoyance. But the stomach is ,ln.
equal to the amount usually taken. and
more or less OF it fcrincnts, Instead Of
digcstiny, and thus generates certain.
gascs.
il should be remembered that the powc,
OF some persons to digest is naturally
weak, while that of others is vigorous.
Oh course. therefore, the question of the
proper quantity OF food is one to be de-
cided in each individual case. Again, u
naturally strong stomach may have be-
come weakened by over-much care. coz
fnencnt within doors, lack of hcnlthfu
exercise, bad hygienic surroundings, OK.
ccs,ivc brain work, insufficient sleep, Oh,
perhaps, by habitumlly eating jus: Il it'll.
too much.
The second cause of habitral belchins
is chronic dyspepsia. This may have
been induced by marked Jycrfccdiny, cx-
cesSiyc brain-work, or hurassiny cares
long persisted in. But, however induced,
the condition is essentially the same. The
digestive fluids are much lesscncd in
quantity, and the action Of the stomach
is greatly weakened.
AS Il consequence, the food remains toa
long in the stomach, and passes out Of il
sour and fermenting, beyond the power
OF the bile to ncutrllize its acidity
The cure, us in the former case, will
depend on the removal of the cause, on
careful attention TO all hygicinc condi.
tions, with more OF less medical treat
ment, all persisted in for II long time.
a third cause of bclching, or Il proba-
bic one, is the habit of swallowing air.
1t is believed by some experts TINT many
persons, of peculiar nervous susccpti-
bility, wnconsciously form such habit,
since chemical analysis shows that what
is belchcd up is not gas, but atmospheric
air. BY the heat oil the stomach, this is,
of course, greatly increased in volume
In such cases the cure will follow the cor
rcction Of the habit t. Youths Gem
p0aion.