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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
TO Extirpate MOSQUITOES.

Mr.. Robert II. Lamborn is New
York phi lanthropist, and he proposes TO
rid the world of the buzzing, biting
mosquitoes. If his plan, for cxtcrmi
nating the insect cnn be carried out sue
ccs,faliy the residents of the tide. water
sections of the eastern shore and OF
other localities should erect monument
to his genius. Baltimore, too, would
be duly grateful. Mr.. Lnmborn's phil.
anthroplc scheme is to propagate dragon
flies, which will prey upon mosquitoes
as the hawk does upon sparrows. He
looks at the problem in this way If
millions of healthy fish can be produced
in a few laboratory boxes, if silk worms
can be propagatcd by scores of millions
from eggs carried half around tho
world to Italy, and if foreign humble
bees can be bred in Australasia to fcrtil-
Izc the red clover, then dragon flies can
he artiticially produced by millions.
scattered over the country and set to
their task of gobbling up the mosnui-
locs. Mr.. Lamborn does not saw
whether the dragon flies would not be.
come pest like the English sparrows.
l. Ike thes, birds they might find moro
toothsomc morsc!s than bony and lank
mosquitoes, and human beings and ami
mails might be the sufferers, rs tender
buds instead Of catcrpillars have suffered
through the English sparrows. But Mr..
Lamborn is not dabbling with possibili.
ties. Ho is dealing with cold facts,
and it is sufficient for him to know that
the dragon fly dotcs on mosquitoes.
MIR. Lamborn is fond of outings, and
one summer, while camping in the
woods of Minnesota, he observed dragon
HES gathering in scores to feed on the
| pcstiicrous insects which wero buzzinc
around his cars. The flies possess vora.
cious appctitcs. which mosquitoes in
great abundance fail to satisfy, and il
hustling after their meals they hav,
been known to gobble dozen or more
house flies. Here would DO another
field of usefulness for Thorn. Mr.. Lam
born believes sincerely in his theory o
discriminating mosquitoes, and ha
placed in the hands of Morris A. Jesup
President of tho American Museum O
Natural History of New York, the sun
of 5000 to BIO paid as prizes for essay
en- methods of producing dragon fies il
sufficient quantities to swallow all tn
mosquitoes in the world.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

Some time ago there was held in At.
lanta congress of delegates from all the
counties in Georgia, to consider and dis
cuss the subject of country roads, their
Importance and the best means of secur-
ing and maintaining them. After two
days OF dclibcration the following recon-.
mendations were embodied in memo
ria! to the State Legislature: First
That tue cOnvicts of the State he utilized
as far as possible. Second-That the
labor of the State bear its fair proportion
of the burden. Third-That the prop.
crty OF the State shall bear its fair pro-
portion by an nd ra,orem tax. Fourth
That large discretion be left to each
county as to the amount and character of
the work to be done. Fifth-That in
any law that shall be framed the interest
OF the public shall bear against and not
with the person in charge of the road
work
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

New Jersey property are con
sidcrably alarmed by the entertainments
of the Atlantic Ocean upon valuable SEA-
side land. 1t is well known fact that
the New Jersey coast is gradually sinking,
but the sea itself is also destructive.
''rhat the heavy northeasterly storms OF
each passing winter" says the Philadcl-
phia Inquirer, ''arc destroying the
beaches along the whole coast-lnc from
Sandy Hook to Cape May is cxcmplified
by what has been seen by the naked eye
during the last fifty years. In 1904 when
Cape May was prominently known as Il
watering place, the beach extended 200
feet further into the ocean than it does
to-day" The property owners al Can,
May recently held conference to devise
measures to protect their property.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
HUMOROUS.
IS. ". Foss, in Yam

Calling halt-"IIi, there. you Grip
plc!"
The road to ruin leads through the
wicket gate.
Why had poor singer better sing to
an organ than piano accompaniment
because OF the frequent stops.
Dairyman's SOMA mouse has fallen
into the milk. Ills Mothcr-Did volt
take it out' Boy-No; | have thrown
tho cat in.
The man who is in the habit of try
ing to get to the bottom of things
should beware Of falling overheard in
mid ocean.
-Sammic, how many bones
are there in the human body-your IA
Tiers, for instance! Sammic-One;
hes the ossifi9d man at the museum.
Young Lady-"That parrot you sold
the last week doesn't talk at all. :"
Dealer" Ycs'm; you said you wanted
one that wouldn't be q nuisance to tho
pcighbors."
'Why are you so agitatcdi' inquired
tho glass of tho palm leaf fan, which
was in great fluttcr. "Bccausc I have
teason to believe that you are about TO
get drunk"
a musician brought to despair by tho
poor playing of a lady in a DOM above
his own meets her one day in the hall
with her three year old child aud says
in most friendly manner: "Your
little one there plays quite we'll for her
Oge! hear her practice every day"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

The last Harvard College bulletin
shows that our American colleges have
counted some long-livcd men among
their graduates. Nathan Birdscyc, Il
graduate of Yale, lived to be more than
103 years old; the Rev. John Sawyer,
Of Dartmouth, WAS also over 1913 when
he died; he received from his college the
degree of ID. ID. at the age of 1902;
Judge Timothy Farrar, of Harvard,
lived TO he over l01, and received the
degree of LII. D. on the completion of
his hundrcdth year. VI. Chcvrcul, the
French chemist, who recently died in his
one hundred and third year, had also
received degree from Harvard Col
fe,rr
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Ruscbc lie

1nto EUcntfmt Career Of an Infant
a very small baby, who has had {
very large experience crowded into his
brief career, sailed for England recently
from New York. IIo is tho youngest
child of Griffith Williams, who, with
his wife and four little ones, is return.
ing TO their former homo in Wales. after
having lost everything but their lives in
the Youngstown disaster. Tho baby was
born surrounded by the horrors of that
awful night, when tho food swcpt
down tho Concmaugh Valley. The lit
tic fellow, who has been appropriately
named Moses, was born at 8 O clock
Saturday morning. His parents had
hours before fed from their own house
driven by the rising water 10 seek
another pace of safety. They went TO
the house Of II relative on Lincoln street.
The Hood overlook them. They were
driven 10 the attic. Soon aftcrward thu
house was swep. from its foundations
AMI began mn awful voyage down the
surSinS torrent. When tho railroad
brl'iSc was rcachcd-that bridge where
rose the funeral pyro of n multitude
the house was wrcnchcd in halves, aud
the Williams family were divided from
their friends, that part of the wreck
upon which they were being forced by
the pressure oil back water up the creek.
which flowed into the Concmaugh at
this point, and there the baby wa, born.
lie was wrapped up in picco of old
shawl his mother wore. 1t was
drcnched with rain, but there wasn't
dry thread in the attic. They had no
food. The children shivcrcd and cried.
The mother was almost dead. Between
and Z o'clock the second evening helm
came. Mother and babe were lifted to
shutter and carried over the roofs of
houses TO shelter OH the hillside. The
ia'her Is sturdy man of perhaps thirty
years OF age. lie was an cmplcyc at tho
Cambria Iron Works ut Johnstown,
where he settled when he came from
Wales three years ago. The mother is
quiet little woman of modest de-
mcanor, whose young face shows unmis-
taxable traces of the fearful ordeal of
that night upon the ilooIcl Concmaugh.
The older children, John, 6 years old,
D'vy, five years, and Howell, two years,
are bright little fellows, but the baby,
Moses is the star of the group. lie is
hearty nnl rosr
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

Slowly the great falls OF the Niagarg
River. observes the New York 7riJunr,
are changing in shape. through the eat
ing away of the slalc rock which under
lies The hard rock that forms the bed of
the rapids. 1t is almost, misnomcr now
TO speak OF The Canadian portion of the
great cataract us the "Horscshoc Falls, "
and lately this designation ha, become
.Morc than ever misplaced in consequence
of the recent fall of large section of the
bed rock in the very center of the falls.
So much rock fell tina; an eddy below tina
falls near the Canadian side OF the river
has been narrowed more than half, and
the little steamer, Maid of the Mist. has
less difficulty than before in running
into the curve of the falls.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
4 Summer Soenc.
Tho painting cattle seek the shade
IT,. I,,,, e,,.t,,.. a.. ..~s..x

Ino painting Cattle seek the shade
The lazy swine tho miro.
Along the hedge tho shop arc laid
Like sacrifices for tho blade
And hazy altar-ilro.
Tho mcadow-lark, with open om
And weakened wing and tone,
Like ono who's lost his force Of will,
Is languid, dropping, sitting still,
Dishcartened, aimless, lone
Tho tender germs of hidden seeds,
Unseen beneath tho crust
or the burnt earth and wilted weeds
Wait for tho coming rain that fools
Tho lifo within tho dust.
Now from behind the eastern bills,
Like dusky sails unfurled.
Dark clouds arise, tho thundor thrills.
Sound like tho grinding of tho mills
That feed tho hungry world
Q glorious bow in splendor rolled
Through tho vast realm above.
Glowing in colors manifold
Blue, crimson, violet, and gold;
In heaven n sign Of love.
In sunlight, rs tho mist moves by
Whore tho dim clouds woro rivon,
Upon the bluo wall of tho sky
promise and prophcsy
In sacred scrip nro given.
God wiclds with mercy and with might
Tho flashing b0lt-lIis rod.
Behold the brilliant arch of light!
The colorod bow that greots our sight
Is the autograph Of God.
-Gco'yc ". Bumgay in Fionk LeS,ic's.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Rmsstam Double Dinners

The Russian cas- on an average once
every two hours. The climate and GUS
tom require such frequent meals, the
digestion of which is aided by frequent
draughts of vodki and tea. Vodki IS
the Russian whisky, made from pota-
toes and rye. 1t is fiery and colorlcss
and IS generally favored with some cx-
tract like vanilla or orange. 1t is drunk
from small cups that hold perhaps half
Il gill. Vodki and tea arc the insc para
bic accompaniment of friendly as we'll
as OF business intercourse in the country
of the Car. Drunken men are raro.
Russia and Sweden are the only coun.
tries IN which the double dinner is tho
rule. When you go to the house of a
Russian, be he n friend or a stranger.
you are at once invited TO side ia bic,
where saltcd meats, picked eel, saltcd
cucumbcrs and many other spicy and
appctizing viands arc urged upon YOU
with an imprcssivcness that knows nc
refusal. This repast is washed down
with frequent cups of vodki. THAI
over, and when the visitor feel, as il
he has eaten enough for twenty foul
hours, the host says: "And now fol
dinner" At the dinner table the mca
il served in courses, with wines grown
in the Crimea md Bcssarabia. -Argo
| naut
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Asleep on tho Track.

A weary tramp crawled under n flat
chr ut Tenth and Broadway, on n recent
night, and laid down to rest. Taking
ono of the rails for pillow, and resting
his feet on the opposite one, he was
soon sound asleep. BY the morest acct
dent man passed that way, and seeing
the imminent danger tho man was in
notified policeman. The latter started
to tho place. but before no could yet
there heavy freight train backed in to
pick up the fiat car, which afforded the
tramp temporary shelter.
The policeman called to tho eng inesr
to stop the engine. which was done, but
one of the wheels of the fiat car was
found resting against tho tramp's neck,
who was still sleeping as soundly as if
he was mile away from danger. He
was pulled out and asked his name, but,
with grunt, no shufflod away and was
lost in tho darkness.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
The Sllape Of tho Skull.

Is man stupid, or brilliant or visa
Surprisingly able or dull;
| 1t all depends on his cranial bumps.
Depends on the shape of his skull;
| And thoro are some thugs that some men
cannot do
Lot thcm struggle and try till they're
dead,
Unless they can build big l. on their brain
And alter the shape of their head.
Then do not attempt those impossible feats,
And strugglountil you are gray,
On tasks for which you were mover designed
For your skull isn't shapol tho right way.
Shape the shape of your liEo by the shape of
your SKULL
Build your lfo to tile mould OF your
brain;
for your use
Unless you would wreck the whole train.
a church is not used for storehouso u shed
Is not used for home or hotel
81 the Shape OF the house, rs by shape Of
the head
Its various usos wo tell
Then don't try to fight against natures
design,
You'll find itlrrd work and small pay.
Don squandcr your strength on impossible
feats
When your skull isn't shaped tho right
way,
For the world is filed up with irrational
mon
Who struggle and try to attain
The cloud-bannered peaks of impossible
heights,
Without tho right bulge of tho BRAIN
For tho plastic skull of tho man is shaped
BY fate that is greater than he,
And he must judge by the shape Of his head
Tho trend of his destiny.
Thon judge by tho fit OF your Uranium case
Don't squantcr your powers pray,
In reaching for unattaiuubo things
When your skull isn't shaped tho right
way
S. ". Foss, in Yankee Blade.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Strongest Nan In the World.

hiatt Kramer, of Putnam County, W.
va, who Is supposed by men who know
hun to be the strongest man in the civ
ilized world, is attracting attention far
and near. One of his recent feats, in
which almost superhuman strength is
CALLED into action, wss witnessed only a
lew days ago by number of the best
citizens. he raised, apparently with tho
greatest ease, huge pedestal weighing
1900 pounds, and held it aloft above his
head for several seconds. Dir. Kramer is
hver six feetin height and tips the beam al
iR85 pounds. :, = ------i g. :
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

The New York H,,wh declares that
this years protractcd rainfall, which led
to the May cataclysm nj .Tohnstown. il
the most memorable physical phcnomc-
non in American history. During July
1853 inches of rain fell in New York
city and $50 inches in Philadelphia.
Eight inches, therefore, may be taken ~
fair average of the midsummer month
fall over belt of the Atlantic coast at
least fifty miles wide and stretching from
New York 10 Charlcston-an area cx.
cecding 30, coo square mics. Computed
by avoirdupois this deposit from the
clouds over this area is fourteen millions
nj IONS, ~ more than seven times the
mean discharge of the Lower Mississippi
from all its outlets per day.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

shoc-buckles camc into England with
the Restoration.
A Cincinnati judge has decided that
ice cream is not a luxury but ncccs.
'ity.
The College of Mexico has the reputa-
lion of being fifty years older than Har.
! vard
a man IN New York has offered a
prize of 5000 for the best essay on the
! musqu;to.
Over onc-half tho inmates of iails ana
pcnitcntiaries arc under twenty eight
years of age.
Tho richest Chinaman in Seattle,
w. T., rcjoiccs in tho discouraging
namc Of Bad Luclcc.
Every German regiment now has q
chiropodist. A soldiers foot is n sim
rortant as his trigger finger.
The people of the United States us.
annually about seven postal cards for
every man, woman and child.
In the last eleven years nearly 40, 600
persons have lost their lives in Brit
ish and Colonial trading and fishing yes
sells.
The Au,trians tic the hands of the
corpse and extract tho iin.er-nails that
the dead may not scratch his way out Of
The grave.
A lazy convict in the Salem, Oregon.
prison recently chopped of his left
hand with hatchct in order to avoid
being put to work.
John Hart, who drives bakers war.
on in Wcstchcstcr, Penn, is great
grandson of the John Hart who signed
the Declaration of Independence.
In Galway, Ireland, it Is considered 50
unucky TO catch sight of fox that
fishermen will not put to sea if they
notice one while going to their boats.
The Persian Shah's famous emerald is
described as being too big for effect, be.
ing about the size of an ordinary watch,
mud exactly like bit of green grass.
Melbourne, Australia, is to have
public clock, which will roll off popl.
lar air every hour except during Sunday,
when only sacred music Will be played.
The museum Mt the Hague has Jus.
been presented with the tongue of John
dc Witt and the Toe of Cornelius de
Witt, the two Dutch statesmen, wha
were torn to pieces by tagging mob il
1872.
Paris has always led in the art Of
oookbinding since the time when Gro
Fer, who was Treasurer TO Francis |.
for the Duchy OF Milan, founded
library that for its beauty astonishcd
the world.
1t is believed that 10, 900, 900 of Brit
ish soyercigns are boarded in India,
chiefly IN the Bombay presidency where
the impression on them of st. George
and the dragon appears to be valued on
rclig ious grounds.
Jordan Blair of Montrosc, Penn. is
colorcd mau possessed of remarkable
courage. He was afflicted with gan
creme in his leg anil foot and the doc
tors said he would die ii they performed
ampu'a.ion. Blair thcrcupon cut his
leg of with jack-knifc and is now
limping along the road 10 recovery on
crutch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

One Of the valuable minerals of this
country of which the output is largely
increasing is tale or soapstonc. 1t is
used for dressing skins, leather gloves
and similar purposes, but its greatest
use is as an adulterant. For this it is DC.
culiarly fitted on account o its lightness,
being employed as n filler chiefly in the
manufacture of soap paper and rubber,
and to certain extent as lubricant
with other substances. 1t is also used
for making slate pencil, crayons, stoves,
ovens, ime-kiln Innings and hcarths,
and also, being acid proof, for siz ing
rollers in cotton factories. In Alabama
it is used for headstones. The Amcri :
can aborigines used it for culinary arti-
clcs, and the Chin csc for the carving of
their idols. Its lightncss and its fibrous
character admit of its almost entire in
corporation go per cent.) with paper
stock, while clay and other materials
which it replaces are only available to
the extent OF thirty or forty por cent.
1t is known to commerce by such names
as pulp. mineral pulp, agalite asbestina
pulp and others of the same character.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Il LfLLiputfan Wonder.

Lafayette Cornett. residing near
Brownstown, Ind, is tho happy father
of tho most inter csting specimen of hu-
nanity on record. Tho babe when it
was 16 days old weighed only ono
pound. A lady's finger ring can readily
be passed over its hand and tho full
length of the arm to The shoulder, while
a pint cup will cover its entiro head,
body and limbs. Mr.. and Mrs. Cornett
arc both of good size and sound health,
and have several children of full
growth. Tho lillipu;ian wonder /.
lively and apparently in good health
Tho child ia of tho feminine condor.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

Lewis Miller, President of tho Lake
Chautauqua IN. W Society, says that
when the society was first formed its
ground was worth about 5000 an acre,
and the cottages, together with the build
ings belonging to the association, did
not amount to more than $1,000 or $4,000.
THE value of the Chautauqua grounds at
present is about $500, 900, and there arc
yet unsold about $50, 900 worth of lots
valued at from $3.50 to $500 each. Tho
management intends to Greet permanent
buildings in the future. The first gradu-
year 1900, and this year it is 5000.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

The suggestion that the Posioilicc De.
par'mcnt should Issue twenty-five cent
Fifty cent and ~ postage stamps is one,
observes the Baltimore Sun. which will
doubtless meet with genera! favor among
business men. Many foreign letters and
packages, it is stated, are mailed rc1uir-
in. stamps TO the amount of So and mp
ward, and considerable time is wasted
i'll calculating the number of thirty cent
and ninety cent stamps that are needed.
With stamps OF the denomination pro.
posed the calculation would be much
simpler, and the convenience, especially
60 the business community. would he
sufficient to amply Justify the new de-
parillre.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Rananna In the r,ontoa

Bananas in the tropics are eaten raw
or with sugar and cream, or wine orange
juice. Cooked when green or ripe they
arc fried alone or in butter, baked with
the skins on or mado into buildings OF
pics. They are made into paste which
is tho staple food of many Mexican
tribes.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

cold B lis best days are over, and
ne must be put in with the Himpcrs,' u"
superintendent OF street car line re-
marked as bay horse whose ribs al
most proirudcd through his skin limpcd
from a car toward the stable. "This is
the season when we dispose Of our
limpcrs," he continued. ain the early
MINER farmers come 10 the city to pur-
chase WORKOUT Car horses. l suppose
there are at least 5000 horses in the diff
fcrent street railway stations in Phi!a-
dclphia, and from 400 to 600 must be
disposed of a. useless every year You
would be surprised at some of the prices
paid for these seemingly worthless ami.
mails. We sold five lame and emaciatcd
horses yesterday for $40 apiece. After
six months good feeding and light work
OH farm the animals will be fat and
brisk and might rcndily sell for $l25.
have known cases where we have sold
our animals us low as $50 head, and
in years time the purchasers have re-
fused $3.50 for them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
A Stumbling Block.

Rev. Primrose - ''Your mother
doesn't secm as fond of you as sha
might be-"
Little JOhnnie--"No. sir. She says
if it hadn't been for me she'd havo had
sistor married years AGO." -Ha,peY's
R0ear.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
abuse Of The Enc.


The abuse of the eye is the crime of
the age. 1 am prepared to demonstrate
that at lclst nnc-tcnths of tho prevail
ing slccp!cssncis of which VIC hear SO much
is due TO nervousness directly traccablo
to the optic nerve. We are wearing
our eyes over books and desks and
types, and the effect shows itself not
only in the appearance of the organ it.
self, but in its retrospective effect on
nerve and brain. 1 have discovered n
remedy for slccplcssness, and for the
reason that have never known il to
fail l am fortified in my opinion that
the whole trouble arises from oyerstrain
of the eyes. Take a small cloth-say a
piece of mapped towcl-and fold in it
two small pieces of ice at a proper dis
tancc apart to exactly cover tho oyos
when the cloth is laid across them.
Then lie down. adjust tho cloth with
the ice over the closed eyes, and you
will be asleep in a very short while.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

bly,. 1s'posc somo folks would call you
mortal queer for dom it, but what Of
thatf Dear-bought and far-fctchcd isn't
always tho best in the long run"
And endorse Aunt Druslla. The
LEDusc,r ii.