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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26
Chinese {Yine.NIakin.-.

Winc-making is said 10 have existed in
China for thousands Of wears before the
introduction of distilling. The process
is simple. Glutinous rice or hwang-mi,
is placed over Il fire in q large iron pan
and softenod with warm water. 1t is
made into Il thick, solid sort of cruel.
This stepped rice is placed on Il table
with raised edges to prevent the fluid
from ovcrilowing. Over the rice, when
in this state, the lcavcn to aid fermcnta-
ton is sprinklcd. The whole is then
mixed and mashed with an iron mashcr.
and remains i'll large stonewarc jar for
several days. If the wine is desired to be
of sweet taste, two days are enough;
Int for wine without sweet taste four or
five days are required TO make the
second kind of wine stronger, the Chi
ncsc brewer often adds spirit. After all
this the wine, solid and liquid parts TO-
getller, is placed in cloth bar. and this
goes into II pressing chest Of wood, called
cha, the wine press. 4 heavy stone
presses it down and the wine flows out
from sort OF teapot spout in the side of
the press. The remainder of The solid
matter is called tsan, and is used TO feed
animals or as icrment. The method of
disabling was introduced in the Yucn
dynasty. To the wooden cylinder which
holds the milct there are three covers.
The outer and upper one contains cold
water and keeps the second one cool to
condcnsc The spirit. The spirit rises
from the softcned rcd millct below, which
has been under manipulation for several
DAYS and masses throuoh the first cnvnr
to the second. 1t here becomes con-
dcnsed and flows down the sides into
triangular trough which receives it and
delivers it from spout. Williams and
Morrison's Dictionary and Lcggc's Class
les seem to have been compiled with the
impression that the Chinese practiccd
distillation in ancient times. This is an
error. The Chinese only knew the ordi-
nary process OF fermentation. Chinesc
H,Jj1;cl.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26
FORMULATING Advertisements.

Original and taking" advertising
do''scs are cropping out every day I
witnessed the latest in the vicinity of the
City IIall--:wo wcll-formcd young women
bearing between them IL small banner
which set forth iii golden letters and
catchy phrases the merits of certain rat
poison and ladies face powder were the
features of the new dodge. Each Young
woman, beside wearing hcwitching smiles
and long, llXurant golden hair, was
adorned i'll attractive costume. Over their
shoulders and crossing their bosor's dag
onaly were red, white and blue ribbons.
l.oscttes cmblazoned with the national
colors ard the spread eagle we're pinned
10 each shoulder. a broad brimmcd straw
hat, fastened with lettered ribbon, sat
jauntiIy on their heads. Each carried a
small satclcl, which contained aluring
handbills and samples of the advertised
wares. The advertising couple walked
slowly down Broadway. attracting uni
versal attention. They distributed their
handbills right and left Accompanying
each handful was II sample" Many
gentlemen and ladies stopped and Qucs-
toned the young women relative TO the
article advertised, and in each instance
the inqnring ono was met with smile. a
ready, effective answer, ard an extended
hand, which held ont sample and the
inevitable handbill. The scheme caught
on. Nee York STIR.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26
Mimctic Suicides.

Within ten days after the suicide of J.
Sidney Walters in a full suit at the
Richelieu Hotel in this city three similar
cases were reported in other parts of the
country, and doubtless others will follow
rs a result OF these. The influence of
morbid imitation i'll causing what saemsto
lie cpidemcs of crime against the person
or property of others is equally potent in
determining. not only the number but the
character or method of suicidal crime.
Tic n,udcrous criminal. whether sui
cid;i or homicida!. is invariably one i'm
whom appetite and instinct-the essen
TALLY animal quaiiiics-predominate over
the will; in whom reason and Judgment
are subordinate 10 Imagination and i'm
pulse. lie is the result of an imperfect
human development which favors and
fosters an abnormal development of the
mimetic faculty. shared in common with
monkey by unrul!ivated, uncducated man.
Students of this class OF crime have ac
cmmIlatcd multitudcs of Illustrations of
the influence Of mimctic faculty In his
ANATOMY of suicide Dr.. Winslow
furnishes curious coilcction-amonu
them the following:
Some years ago man hanged himself
on the threshold OF one Of the doors of the
corridor nj The Hotel dies invaidcs. No
suicide had occurred in the establishment
for the two years previously, but in the
succeeding fortnight five invalids hanged
themselves Oh the same cross-bar, and the
Governor was obliged to shut up the pas
sage"
Lecky, in his ''lIistory of European
Morals, recounts among the epitcmics
OF purely insane suicides that strange
mania which ragged in the NeapoIitun dis
tricts from the end of the fifteenth TO the
end OF the seventeenth century, the vic
Tins of which ''throngcd in multtutlcs
!! toward the sea, and often, as the blue
waters opened 10 ;hcir view, they chantcd
wild hymn of welcome and rushed with
passion into the waves.' An epidemic of
mimct;c suicide occurred among the
women OF Milctus, who killed themselves
i'll great numbers because their husbands
and lovers were detained by the wars.
This epidemic. like Il similar one among
the women Of Lyons, was only checked
by am order that the bodies of all suicides
should be dragged naked through the
streets and exposed i'll the public market
places. Chic0go Meas.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

States the New York Commcrcial Ad
rertiser: "During the peanut harvest in
The South everybody, from pigs to pco-
pie, gets fat. They are not known there
AS peanuts, but as goobcr peas, and raid
INTO goobcr patch has about il all the
delight of watermelon raid 1t is re-
lated that II Southern gentleman catching
two small colorcd children among his
soober vines, called them by way of pun
Ishmcnt goobcr Dan and soobcr John.
The boys, however, living to be proud Of
1t, adopted it AS their family surname,
and TO this day the descendants are known
as the COOLERS
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26
':hc lockwood Industry.

the trim little Yankee brigantirc
Edith, Of Boston, Captain w. G. Foster
master, was lying discbarging logwood
rom Jamaica at Providence, K. l.,
when the Jovrndrs marine reporter
itrollcd on hoard in search OF an item.
The mate gave HIM this Information
This brig is II regular West indiaman
hats what she was built for. She has
'arricd many cargocs Of sugar, moiasses
md mclado-mclado, yes; melado is :.
combination of sugar and molasscs much
ike that we call moasscs sugar. =
Nclado, when refined produces various
grades of sugars and sirups.
Logwood, the sap or juice OF which is
extracted very largely for purposes of
iycing in different colors, grows in
swampy places on low lands and is the
other branch of the business. The trees
lrc shape, somewhat like elm trees,
with large branches, hut these are more
lortuous and k,nky-much more clumsy
looking, iii fact. The leaves of the foil
age do not grow with any luxuriancc,
but arc dwarled and grow close to The
limb; they are simmer and longer.
The natives, in securing the wood, cut
lown the trees with huge, hcavy-hcadctl
axes, like beetles, and cut Off the bark
and sapwood with these and with
nachctcs, long cimctcr or cutlass- like
knives. The heavy heads of the axe;
assist them i'll breaking off the limbs
when nearly severed, and they proceed
to cut these into convenient lengths.
The hcariwood, which is red uhc sap
wool is yellow, is Used for dycirg, and
Is piled up and cartcd down to the
shore or quay, where it is piled up by
the natives The carts ere OF very rude
construction, with clumsy, ungainly
wheels made by the natives. If the ship
is to be loaded lying oil in the harbor,
the logwood is loaded in canoes carrying
two natives, who handle the wood from
the canoes TO the ship. The canoes arc
''dugouts," cut from the trunk of the
cottonwood tree The natives have cut
down all the trees near the shore, and
now have TO go from three to four, to
even ten miles inland 10 find good wood.
The older growth is the best
The Haytians are said to be Il lazy,
shiftless set, and addicted TO drinking
cana or sugarcanc rum pronounced
canya), and fond OF vondoo worship.
Human saariiices of infants even arc
said to be IL part of their weird wor-
chin
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26
Electricity in Your MoulI,

The uses OF electricity are ever multi
plying. Who could have ever dreamed
that the electrical current manufactured
by the public lighting companies con-
veyed along the streets would be switched
off on special wires to go into the very
mouths of the people. 1t is fact. 4
man sits down in dentists chair nova
days and has his teeth repaired by the
huge dynanos that are located out at
Twcnty-sccond and Chestnut streets. The
patient lays back in the darkcned room
Gf it is a dull day., an incandcsccnt light
Illuminating the cavcrns of his mouth.
The tooth is washed with water heated
by electricity. II is dried and kept dry
during the filling by air heated in the
bulb Of little blow pipe by two red hot
platinum points. 1t is gouged and scraped
and secured and hammered and sawed by
little instruments that wrigglc around on
the end of the same electric current
Eyes, says a dentist, laughing, ..and
if you fall asleep during the operation we
can just give you a little shock TO wake
you up. '--IAi'GdeIpA;a M3Hiyer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26
Rats Can he Tanned.

| have seen and handled /. pair of tame
rats belonging TO some young friends,
and prettier, more playful and more in,
tcliigent pets could not be imagined.
They were accustomed TO run about on
the table mt meal times. They never
stole food; but, when anything was
offered them, they sat M on their hind
legs, held the lnorsel between their fore
paws and ate it daintily.
They were fond Of Ia game which saw
them play. The rats were put into
the boys cap, which was hung on the
hatstand in the hall. The boy and his
sister then went to the top of the house
and whistlcd At the sound of the
whistle the rats jumped out of the cap,
scrambled to the floor, and then ran ur
the stairs and pcrched on their owners
shoulders.
The general idea # the ret is that it is
an ill-savored animal, dirty in its person
aud revolving in its diet, whereas it is
dclicately clean in person and equally
dainty in IFS food. 1t is ever washing
itself and never cats without washing
iafterWard,-PaN AalI Gasette.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26
Queer Bird Nests.

Birds have some queer iancics in select.
ing spots for building their nests. Some
Time ago, near Seavillc, y. j., | noticed
III grove Of oaks that nearly every tree
had an old tin can nailed up in il. /
found on examination that the cans were
were all occupied by wrcns and blue.
BIRDS. But what attracted my attention
most WAS an old boot fastened in one oi
The trees. As approached ii blue.
bird flew out, and although, twenty-five
fee, from tie ground. climbed up aud
saw inside five yOun% birds comfortably
sitting in tlic nest.
| once round - v-r;inblc tower-nc,t.
built by 81 pair of ROBINS. Tlcy had built
= nest III ~ cedar tree, and il had been
found unsuitable for some reasons that
they alone knew. Immediately after.
ward they built Il second one on topof il.
and still being unsatislicd they built n
third one. But ;hc! were very hard tc
please, for SILL another nest WIS con.
strtcted on top Of ;oul;l, before ihoy
were contcnt"d to begin housekeeping
Not long after that four little heads were
pcci'iny ovcr the edge Of their loft.
home.
I'm OLD gentleman once told ne thai
liiS wife on Il certain wash day missed Il
lace cap that she had hung out on the
line and fastened with Il clothespin. Scv.
cri'l days aftcrwari, when walking in his
garden, hc noticed something white
n";tering i'll the branches OF Il chcrr,
tree, and an examination showed that
pair OF robins had taken the cap from Tho
line and fastened ii among The twigs and
grass Of their nest. The birds had un
doubleday pulled the cap from between
The prongs of the clo.lcspins, for they
could not otherwise have obtained it.
They were left in mndislull,cd possession
OF their prize.
y pair of sparrows in Central Park, New
York, have regularly for several years
built their nest and reared their Young
ones in The right hand OF Daniel Web.
stcr's statue. But stranger place than
that has been used by pair in Charina
Cross, London, for six years past. These
brave little fellows have made their home
right IN the mouth Ola liom-but the lion
is made OF stone.
In st. Thomas. Canada, several nests oil
wrcms were found inside Street gas lamps.
where during the night Il bright lgh,
WAS always burning, but they seemed in
no wise disturbed b. -IGHade{J,iia
T';yD<>
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

The Philadelphia Press says: GA New
Hampshire paper which has been study
ing the problem Of insect pests declares
that one-third Of the product Of the far
mer's toll is dcvourcd by these plaques,
and predicts that the earth is about 10
swing into thc age OF insects, as il has al
ready passed through the agcs Of fishes
and reptiles and is now in the arc of
mammals. II suggests that the best way
to fight these winged enemies of the far
mcr, most of which are night flyers, is to
light torches and boniircs in eligible
places, LET them fly into the flames and
burn them up. The well known tendency
Of insects 10 fly into u fire is relied on to
make the plan effective. A better and
cheaper way, however, would be to
abolish the shotgun. Let inscctiverous
birds multiply, as they will if not killed
by sportsmcn, and the insects will be
killed of better than by fires. The far
mcrs are largely responsible for their own
misfortune, for they permit shooting on
their lands, and too often indulge in thc
alleged sport themselves. The way to
save their crops to spare the birds"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26
Discovering the Efficacy Of Sulphur
SPRINGS.

Robert S. Campbell, in the 81. Louis
GtoGe- De'nocr0t says the discovery of the
peculiar virtue attaching to the Sulphur
Springs of Virginia was due to a striking
incident that has been preserved in my
fanily history. My great grandunclc,
Andrew Lewis, was riding one day when
n snake struck his horse about the fctlock.
The venom caused the leg to swell, and in
order to get remedies to save him he took
n short cut home. While passing over
the ground saturated by the springs
water lie noticed secretion cXuding from
the wound, which close examination
proved 10 be poison, it being drawn by the
water in the ground. Dismounting, he
left the horse for few hours, ut the end
OF which the flow ceased and tnc horse
suffered no mere from the sna,-c bite.
The property which the water possessed,
in common with liquor, caused the rumor
20 90 forth that the ground was soaked
with whisky, the idea that Il snake anti
Gotc must possess intoxicating qualities
being very popular.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

The Unborn thirst for the acquisition
81 territory which is inherent in the
Anglo-Sayon race, is again illustrated, aus
'crts the New York Mil anil Es7rcss, in
the appropriation by Great Britain Of the
Suwarrow Islands, that lie in the South
Pacific, northwest of the Cook, or Her
vcy Islands, which also have recently
passed under British rule. All over the
globe the last refugees Of savagcry and
barbarism are gradually coming under the
control of powerful and bcneiiccnt civil
ization.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

The Child Labor Inv of Connecticut
that WAS enacted three years ago prohibits
The employment Of boys OF girls under
thirteen years Of age in mechanical and
manufacturing establishments. In re-
port on the subject which has just been
printed il is said "rhc Child Labor
law is easy Of administration, and has,
without question, accomplished its pur-
pose OF preventing the employment of
children" The law provides penalties
for its violation by factory owners or 9th
crs, but there have been few prosecutions
under it. There are State agents who
compel obedience to it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

That heroic young priest, Father
Damien, has died in his devotion TO a
sense of duty so exalted that his case is
probably the most remarkable of modern
times. Sixteen years ago Father Damien
left his home in Belgium to 90 us Il mis-
sonary among the lcpcrs at AIolokai.
Sandwich Islands. Only one prospect
lay before him. There could be no WAY
OF escape. But he gave himself will
ingly to the service, and his work will
live after him. When lie went to
Molokai the lcpcr colony was as n bur
row of beasts. Ills labors were hard and
disgusting beyond belief, but his zeal
considered no rcbuiTS. And to his min
istration is due the change in the dread
ful settlement where now the unhappy
people wait their death like men and not
like animals. The last time that new;
was brought from Father Damien by n
passing ship the disease had ALREADY
seized him. Still he abored as before.
and waited; now he has gone TO his re-.
ward. We do not recall modern
parallel, observes the New York Sun.
to the serene sacrifice of Father Damien.
the missionary and The martyr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26
Hon. James F. wilson, United States
Senator from Iowa.

Senator James + Wilson was born
ut Newark. Ohio, Oct. 10, 1928. He
received AN ncademical education, ut
the conclusion OF which he studied law,
commencing its practice in Iowa,
where he had removed in 1853. Three
wears later he was elected member of
the convention TO revise the State con-
vcn!ion. In 1857 he was appointed by
the Governor of the State Assistant
Commissioner OF the Dcs Nloines River
improvement. being elected il the
same year TO the State Legislature. In
1859 he was sent to the State Senate
He soon won the confidence of that
body, 50 that il 1861 he was made
President of the Senate. Mr. Wilson
has always been II determined Rcpub-
licnn, and i'll 1861 lie was elected a
Representative from his State to the
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

Thirty-seventh Congress for the mex
PRED term of S. II. Curtis. and re-
elected to the Thirty eight Congress.
he served rs Chairman OF the Commit
tee of Judiciary. He also served i'll the
two following Congresses: he continued
at the head of the Judiciary Commit
tee, was also Chairman of that on I'm
finished business, Mr.. Wilson was
also one Of the managers of the i'm
parchment trial Of Andrew johnson,
and in 1869 was appointed Commits
sioncr for the Pacific Railroad. In
1872 he was elected to the United
States Senate rs Republican to suc-
coed james Harlan, of the same party,
and took his scat March i, 1873. His
term ot service will expire on the Sd
Of March, 1891.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

Robert p. Porter, Superintendent of
the Census; DIR. j. S. Billings and DIR.
Gallaudct recently had II conference with
regard TO the classification Of deaf mutcs.
An injustice, hurtful TO their feelings,
had been done in the last census by pub
fishing the statistics relating to the deaf
and dumb in the special volume treating
OF the insane, paupcr and criminal
classes. Mr.. Porter said the facts rcla
tive to deaf mutcs and the prison and
pauper statistics would be printed
separately.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

We learn from Bells JYeeGly 1tesseao1,
Qondon, England) that Sir ]. i. Lawcs.
the eminent agricultural chemist and cx
perlmenter of Rothamstead, England, la,
devoted the handsome sum of $500 OOo
Tor the perpetuation of his invaluable
held and laboratory experiments. The
series of investigations which were begun
nearly fifty years ago will therefore be
continued permanently, the income OF
the money so munilicently given for this
purpose having been put in charge Of
nine trustees of the highest character. one
Of whom will be the proprietor of the
Rothamstead estate for the time being.
Thus the first experiment station in the
world, both in existence and character.
rs well rs in usefulness, will be made &
per1,anent establishment.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

With the development of the South
west the arch;cologist will find opened to
him region rich i'll objects which he de
tights to study. New railroads and stage
lines will afford facilities for travel, and
Journeys to interesting points can he
accomplished without facing the dangers
and hardships Of long marches where the
loot OF man has not trod since the ancient
races disappeared from the face of the
earth. The pioneer will be followed by
the antiquarian, and the new world will
perhaps be found richer in traces of for
gotten times than any othsr part of the
globe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

A woman's directory is to be pub
lishcd in Chicago soon, giving the names
and addresses of 80, 900 Chicago women
who belong to various religious, bcnc-
VIOLENT and political organizations. The
book was compiled for the purpose OF
estimating the number of women in
Chicago who were interested in work not
purely personal and to encourage them TO
greater unity of effort.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26
Jerusalem Oak Drives Away Rats.

Galloway Franklin, of Mcriwcthcr
County, Ga, says by throwing Jerusalem
oak, aweed that grows on all plantations,
among corn as it is cribbcd rats will be
Kept away from the grain. He was
greatly annoyed last year by the ravagcs
Of rats in his corn; this year he scattered
Jerusalem oak i'll his corn as he threw it
into the crib, and has not been troubled
at all. MIR. Franklin says the weed has
been worth many dollars TO him this year
-Chicago Hoald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-26

The Chicago Sun thus comments on
the commercial status: All sorts of trade
manufacturing, railroad and business
combinations are talked of in business
circles in order TO prevent fcvcrish COM
petition if possible. Every man secs that
If mill after mill be built, factory after
factory, and furnace after furnace, and
wheel after wheel set going, that over
production, lower prices, stagnation, de
preston, terror and devastation will
result