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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-11-07
Oliver Cromwoll's Watch.

Daniel G. Hopper, OF Baltimore, Nd,
has watch which was onco tho prop.
crty of Oliver Cromwell. 1t is OF an
English pattern, with u double case, tho
outer part OF which il removable. Tho
outer case Is covered with shark skin
iiveted OH with brass rivcts. Tho nu-
merals on tho dial aro regular Arabic
characters, aud tho timepiccc, like others
of tho period, hns no second hand. The
inner cnso was onco worry massive, but 1t
has been worn quito thin md is consid-
crably battered. Tho movement Is a
very peculiar one. It's machinery is
piled up In m odd-shnpcd bunch, which
is surmountod by nh deliberately en-
gravod shield. Tho name of tho maker
is not shown on tho movement or on
either of tho cases, but piece OF work
evidently inserted In repairing bears tho
inscription: "Jam's, Ilborry, London"
Within tho outor cnso Is circular piece
of paper on which Is printed n coarse
wood cut surrounded by tho inscription;
IA. Hiccl1lo, patent lever matchmaker,
st. james street 90, Liverpool" Tho
history of tho watch is vets 0rthanii,.
cntcd. 1t descended to Mr.. Hopper
from Professor Glover, an English odu-
Gator md naturalist, who was an cnthu-
siastlc collector Of antiquities. Professor
Glover was direct descendant of tho
Cromwell family and possessed ample
proof thnt the watch was worn by the
Protector. Weekly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-11-07
Tho Raw Material for cocnino.

Ono of the most important Industries
OF Bolivia, us we'll rs OF Pcru and Ecua-
dor, Is the cultivation of tho plant known
to science as crythroxylon coca. For
many years past Boivia's crop of AQ3Sl
coca leaves has averaged triflo 9 'sr
$500, 900 pounds. OF this vast amount
fully ffty-flvc per cent. is consumed Mt
homo by tho native Indians. About
thirty per cont. of the remainder is iii.
vidcd equally between Chill and tho Ar.
gentine Republic, Peru gots ten pcr
cent. of it, Europe fivo per cent. and tho
United States none ut all.
Since alkaloid cocaine has lately coma
into general use for producing local
an@sthcsia the demand for tho coca leaves
from which it is made has greatly in
creased, though without sensibly affect.
ing the markets of South America. Soon
rs tho application of cocaine to SURGICAL
uses became common tho British Govern
mcnt sont out n commission to collect the
plants and transfer them to India, and
already the plantations of those far.off
colonies are yielding SO profuscly that
they furnish plenty of leaves for tho
German manufacturer who supplies tho
world with most of the cocaine that is
used. = Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-11-07
Insane Chinese stranglca with Queues.

In China, where IN insane person is
Killed tho most common method is to
wind bis queue around his neck and
strangle him to death, though naturally
variety of methods are pursued as con-
venience or inclination may dictate. No,
the law does not interfere in such cases.
1t does not inquire into deaths unless
somebody is complained Of. If person
is dead all that is thought of is to get his
body out of the way. There is no subtle,
lmpersonal power of public opinion there
to force inquiries into misdccds. The
custom in this regard varies in different
parts of the great empire. AS l have
said, insane people often commit suicide.
know of one case where six women,
partly insane, bound themselves together
with rope, jumped into tho water and
were drowned. Insane people arc some
times taken away by their friends and
simply abandoned. An idiotic girl was
brought to our doorstep some time ago
and abandoned, and we have cared for
her ever since.-,Saa Francisco OA,vnicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-11-07
A California Mirage.

Any ono who will take tho trouble to
90 to the intersection of North LIZ
Robes avenue and Villa street, Pasadena,
by looking south on tho first-named
thoroughfare will SEQ OH n clear day about
noon time pool of water, or what ap-
pears to be such, about tho place where
Colorado street crosses thoavcnuc. There
would be nothing strange or startling in
the above information if the water, plainly
visible at Villa street, did not disappear
rs ono approaches its apparent location.
In other words, there is no pool ut the
intersection of Colorado street and Los
Robes avenue, and what the spectator
from Villa street is nothing less than q
mirage. To witness this rarc optical de-
fusion tho place indicated should be
visited between tho hours of IL o'clock
A. NJ. and noon, although tho mirage has
been seen rs late rs 1 o'clock. A per-
fectly clear day must be chosen, for when
there nro clouds in tho sky the water
does not show up. Tho spectator had
better be in n buggy, the elevation thus
afforded adding somewhat TO tho effect
of tho dclusion. Granted these condi-
tions, n small pool or lake is distinctly
visible off to the southwark, about half
n milo distant. Let vehicle pass Los
Robes avenue on Colorado street and its
shadow will DO plainly reflected beneath
tho waters surface. Tho water is seen'
most clearly from few yards south of
Villa strcet.--L0s Angetes (Cal.) Times.
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A JAPANESE DAcK-scnArcnrn.

Anew York correspondent writes: can
article frequently seen in the cities Of the
Pacific Coast, where tho nimblc flea makes
life burden to objects of its attention,
was introduced into polite society In New
York not long ago in rather sensational
way by young lady of extreme habits,
but palliating beauty, whose shoulders
have long been the subject of laudatory
comment and magnet for admiring eyes.
AT dinner this lady was attired in q
gown that displayed dazzling expanse
of shoulders. While the dinner was in
progress the attention of the guests was
attracted by long, ornamental article
of ivory that rcposcd beside the dccollete
beauty. Everybody wondered what tho
use of this could bo. Finally they were
astonnded by seeing the young lady take
up the weapon, and, reaching it over her
shoulder, proceeded to scratch her back
with its sharp point. Up went tho eye
glasses, and the beauty. seeing that she
had occasioned surprise, volunteered an
explanation of her performance. The
implement was japanese back-scracher,
and as she was often made very nervous
by desire to scratch herself in spot
out of reach of her hands, she had resolved
to use one, hoping they might be made
the fashion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-11-07
Tho Rage for Umbrellas In Africa.

No article sent out to the Congo State,
where there arc 40, 600, 600 of people, and
any number OF small potcntates, is so
popular or sells so readily for largo sum
as the huge, gay umbrella of which Brus.
sells now produces tons every year. These
umbrellas arc, in certain sense, the in.
sigma OF royalty; that is, they arc much
priced by the black kinglcts who sit be-
meath their grateful shade. What tho
canopy used to be to tho travelling
aionarchs in the time of the Crusadcs, the
umbrella is to the innumerous feudal
chieftains of the Congo to-day. The nc
credited umbrella makers in Brussels
are acquiring fortunes. - Times Democrat.
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hN % tthtOu TWO WEEKS OLD.
husband, scratched little more dirt
here and dug little deeper there, until
he had apparently carried out the orders
of his spouse. She then sat down in thu
nest, .ruflled her feathers, kicked aud
scratched little and finally pronounced
the nest a fit. Then they both went gos.
siping around by the fence, letting the
inhabitants of the ostrich village into the
secret that they had the latcst-improved
and best-appointed nest in all ostrichdom
and were about to hatch n brood which
should be the envy and wonder of all be-
holders.
In an adjoining Enclosure an ostrich
hen was just going on her nest. She had
told her better half that he might take a
little stroll, and he was cantering to-
ward tho feed-trough at the further side
OF the corral as fast rs horse could run.
The female in this particular instance
was very Lad hen. Tho Superintend-
emit had taken two eggs from the nest.
and she had caught him at it. Hc had
the eggs outside of the fence, but he
couldn't put them back for fear the bird
would kick him. So, as the only alter
native, he laid them down carefully Just
inside the Enclosure and the hen rolled
them back ono by one, using her head
as a lever. Then she fuffed her feathers
little, uttered defiant hiss at the i'm
pudent visitors who had caused her nest
to be disturbed, souatted down over her
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%. !, tucked her head under her win.

eS.s, tucked her head under her wing
and went to sleep.
"Comc this way now" said the Super
intendent, "and I'll show you the full
grown birds, not yet mated off, over in
the big paddock. They are bad lot
just now, for they are mating aud the
males like to show off. Don't get too
near tho fence, for they will kicS you il
they can"
AS soon as wo stopped they camo up to
the fence and snapped at our hats in q
friendly sort of way. The Superlntend-
eut took up stick aud ratified it be-
tween the boards Of the fence. INSTANTLY
there was crash as of heavy blow, nc
companicd by shrill hiss. Crash after
crash followed as ono of tho ostriches
kicked at tho stick held in tho Supcrin-
tendent's hand. He thrust his great foot
forward with ightning-like rapidity and
every time his horn-shod great toe struck
the fence it left an indentation almost an
inch deep. 1t was an exhibition of kick.
ing such as I had never seen elsewhere,
and had much rather sec that ostrich
practise on tho plank fence than on any
part OF my anatomy.
Inc teedlnS OF the giant birds is in
teresting In the evening they eat grain,
principally oats and rolled barley, but for
their other meals they are fed finely
chopped green alfalfa. The fields of al.
falfa on tho ranch afford IN unlimited
supply of nourishing food for tho birds
and they thrive upon it perfectly. 1t is
the food the ostrich gets in SoutS Africa,
md ho does Nc wall nm IL in CaIiforn;o 90
there. Tho alfalfa is brought in from
the fields by tho wagon-load, then chopped
ina feed-cuttor very finely and thrown
into the fecding-boxes in the various in
closures in unlimited quantities. Tho
birds eat little at time, but cat often.
They are not gluttons nor gourmands,
though they will eat and swallow any
thing. Thoy drink large quantities of
water and spend their time in chasing one
another around the paddocks.
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TIL LABOR WORLD.

A NEW Iman's free school is to be es.
tablished iiorrisania, New York.
A CATHo congress to deal with labor
questions lbe held in Coblcuz, Germany.
FEWER iadians than usual have
crossed ovSe line to help Maine farmers
to get in tlShay this year.
NINE. JEAEpE FRIENBERG, head watt
ress of a Fra normal school, has just been
made cheYr of the Legion of Honor.
In trajectory in London, England,
500 girls area thrae cents an hour, and
are subject stringent rules and heavy
fines.
NEARLY 1QO men are idle on account of
o great strikeVales. There is much suf-
tering In port Of the country owing to
the strike.
FEMALE fistborers, both in Italy and
Germany, are common that they excite
little attentioftsr one has been there a
month or SO.
THE Guardianship COMPANY empioys
not less than pc men, and during tho past
forty-four ye4as lost neither vessel nor
life througEident.
ALL the sfrts and officers servants on
the new UnBtates cruiser Philadelphia,
Just gone Hcommisson, are Japanese.
There are tvsytwo OF them.
BY order oaiser Wilhelm, all Govern
ment factortrkmen's children who are
weak or ailifill have holiday at the sea-
side at the qnment's expense.
IT seems al italy only women and con.
victs do the II labor. In Rome, where
there Is an irtiss amount of new building
and work beidone, the women find as
much emploht as the men.
FEMALE Tsawyers in Munich, Bava-
ria, are yei1nmon. The women do the
saving, then stand by and split the
wood--atters sawed-or pile it into the
rack for the FEN to carry to the cellar!
THE striketnployes of the railways in
Wales continl The greater portion of the
men nave tuftheir uniforms over to tho
railroad oihf and have received their
wages up 10 eme they went on strike.
THERE areeoyed on the railroads of
United Stat1out 200, 900 men; nearly
$1,000 OF thea employed on an average
only one day enonth. A great many are
employed onbn one to Two months
year.
THE union is and firemen Of Portland,
Me-, Will henr demand the following
monthly rat9wages: First mate, $40;
second mate, seamen, $50; donkaymen,
s45; cooks afterwards, $40. No union
sailor will bssged to shin with non-union
men.
THE goldbekin New York and vicinity
are greatly AID over the contemplated
reduction OF Y. They are now receiving
20 for each "lhg," and mt this rate man
can make abdl2 q week, and if excsp.
tionaily goodfe trade this figaro may be
increased to 3
EMPEROR AIRS proposition to have
the English II unions help him to form
uiate legislator the workingmen has
given great s1,tion in English labor cir
cies. tie otto organize a privy coun-
Gil composed Oily OF workingmen, whose
members shoueirs salary, to advise
the Governing labor matters and pre-
para ie2islatioi
The generality OF common labor Is
beginning to Hously felt in tho whole
sale lumber-y1nd at the mills and camps
OF Wisconsin Michigan. Strikes have
occurred at Eflaire and Ashland, but
have subsidede first-named place. There
Is some apprebn among lumbermen in
the States narhat tho labor situation will
become seridoblem in the coming fall
tnat VIII REIMBURSEMENT OF wages and
the value OF lad lumber.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-11-07
AN INTERNATIONAL nrAurl snow.

Tho following directions invo been
given for those ladies who wish to COM
pcto in tho international beauty contest
Mt Vienna, Austria. All competitors must
send photographs, with thqir addresses,
to the committee. Those who arc nd
mittcd must attend in ovciing dress or
costumes representative of the country
from which they came. The committee
state that should the competitors desire
it, travelling expenses and the cost OF
living at Vienna for five days will bn
paid out of tho funds at the disposal of
the managers. Each lady Who is in the
competition will receive souvenir of the
occasion. Tho total sum to be awarded
to tho winner is $780, Washington
Star.
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Shooting by MOTOR pornr.s

Electricity is becoming an important
factor in all calculations pertaining to
warfare. The latest conception in this
line is the firing of Gatling guns by
elcctric-motor power. The Croker
Wheeler Motor Company now have in
their new shop Colt Calling gun, to
which they propose to attach one of their
motors, by the operation of which it will
be possible to fire 1000 per minute. The
heating OF the barrels will be the only
Limitation to rapidity of firing. BY the
hand method it is possible to discharge
500 shots per minute. Ono thousand
shots n minute would soon annihilatc an
York Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-11-07
Wild Horses of tho West.

Tho wild horses of tho Western
prairies were descendants of the horses
abandoned by De Soto, the Spanish OK
p!orer. The first horses imported here
were landed in Florida by dc Vacc in
1877. They all died, and in 1925
brisk trade of the Dutch West India
Company was the carrying of horses to
New York from Flanders. Many died
on the way, but seven horses were sue
ccssfully landed in America.-Detyoit
TLse Press.
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eff you will walk this way" said the
Superintendent, 1T will show you tho
youngest ostriches ever exhibited IL
America, here or anywhere else. 7 have
number in little Enclosure down here,
which were Matched only day before yes
I terday, and they are we'll worth seeing"
We walked toward little brook on
athe bank of which stood framework Of
aboards which looked something like
l1hot-bed in n vegetable garden. 1t had
;aroof partly of boards and partly of glass,
aand underneath the panes were several
Thirds about the sizo of half-grown gos-
%aings. They were as lively as sparrows,
Humping hither and thither. pecking at
the gravel in one corner of their cage or
3hibbling lot the tender shoots of alfalfa
blower growing in another. The sash
$gas lifted of and the Superintendent
a3yent into their cage to catch one of the
$&ovey. He had pretty lively chase of
~ around tho narrow limits of the in
losure, but finally succeeded in catching
81 Inc of the largest. The young ostrich
{as covered with down soft rs satin and
glossy rs if it had been oiled. There
n as slight moulting of white-tippcd,
5Snffy feathers oil over its body, and down
be back of its neck was broad stripe
&} jet-blacls color, merging into shaded
Eown and very pretty. There were ten
oil, ranging in age from three days to
rev weeks. The Superintendent
opped the ono he had caught and
tked up another and smaller one a
Pment later. The rapid growth of tho
&rich can be imagined from the Super.
endent's assertion that in sixteen
nths the bird will have reached
ture of eight or nine feet when stand.
$ H erect.
What is the value OF a young ostrich2"
bked.
'Wc value them at 500 each when
are matched, and their value in
3scs with their age. They yield their
crop of feathers when they are six
months old. After that we get at
two crops of feathers every year
them"
81 And @or how many years will bird
inae to yield paying amount OF
les9"
ph, they live to good age, and so
! as they live yield first-class feathers.
male birds--all those big black tel.
you see up there on the hillside arc
E-of course pay tho best, for it is
them that we get the finest plumes.
the female birds we get the brown
kray feathers. These have to be
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FASHION NOTES.
.rc now cut very short.

Bangs aro now cut very short.
The newest bonnet is large black laco
butterfly.
Golden hair has long been left to
actresses.
Tho latest novelty in triflcs is tho por-
fumcd pencil.
Both high and "guimpo" waists aro
in favor for children.
Icaving mourning Is going out of
fashion among English women.
There is note paper in uso which
exactly matches Russian leather.
One of tho PROTEST dresses seen this
season was mado Of iivo-ccnt challie.
However much it may be dcplorcd, it
is 4 fact that tight lacing among eight out
of every ten women is "the fashion,"
Silk blouscs are worn all summer
They aro light and cool. Black silk
blouscs arc worn with half mourning.
Yellow table covcrs arc now and have
heavy blacl1 fringe or black embroidery
around the edge. Tho sty.o Is Chinese.
Amethyst or stem green velvet ribbon
is used for trimming of white cashmere
gowns. The buckles arc of mothcr-of-
pearl.
Tho Stanley jacket and sash with
the Dorothy blouse vest nro natty gar-
mcnts that arc very popular in London
just now.
Little girls can be prcttily dressed in
American ginghans ut sixteen cents n
yard. These como in charming plaids
aud stripes.
In fashionable stationery tho faintcst
shade of pink Is the latest, thoro being
watermark of Cupid with his suggestive
bow and arrow.
1t goes without remark TINT tho sailor
hat is ut tho height of fashion among
women, who show their taste according
to the color of tho hat.
In tho handle of tho newest tennis
rnckcts is place for tiny bottle of
amolling salts, which tho fair players use
to invigorate themselves.
Tho nest stylish slcovo is full bishop,
mado with loose slip wristlot one inch
wide and banded just above tho elbow
with n two-inch ribbon.
Amethyst, stem green, silver, blac!,
I. Al
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MRS. oLEvELANp's pIA,roNps.

Mrs. Grover Cleveland is the posscssor
OF diamonds the total collection of which,
set and mounted, is estimated ut fully
$50, 900. On tho day of her marriage
she received a magnificent ring and neck
lace of solitaires from her husband, and
diamond pins for her hair from Secretary
and Mrs. Whitney, but the first diamond
ring she ever possessed was given to her
by one of her Buffalo friends. 1t was n
tiny little star of diamonds, and sho wore
it upon her little finger the day she be-
came Mrs. Cleveland. Since this time,
upon birthdays and ut Christmas, Mr..
has salwSSs presented his wifc
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every crack stopped
up, massive, iron bound gates, of the
same heavy material, and little franc
house occupied by two sturdy and deter
mined looking men, guard the secrets of
that odd looking Enclosure on the side of
tho little mountain.
! To the sightseer or casual visitor who
passes the great plank iuclosed fields, m
array of moving heads, with bullying
eyes and gaping mouths of immense
size, convey very little idea of what sort
of stock is being reared there. These
heads, numbering dozens and even scores
at times, seem to be lifted up out of
nothingness, poked high into the air and
lunged swiftly over the top of the plank
fence in the direction of the visitor. A
sharp hiss emitted just as the glaring
eyes and widc-open mouth como into
night might prove very effective object
lesson to hard drinker.
But the heads are not those of monster
scrpcnts. The eyes which glare and
never blink or move are not the eyes OF
s4tcdiluvian reptiles, but belong to IN
ilf6tfcnsive bird. The gaping mouth i.
the mouth of an ostrich, and within that
eplankcd Enclosure are moro than hun.
.dred of them fully grown. But the array
of heads and bare necks, twisting and
writing to and fro, cannot fail to con-
jure up before the mind of visitor a
nest of gigantic scrponts, wriggling and
Kissing in their cndeavors 10 get over the
high fence to devour him.
Once within these iron-bouud gates the
sightsecr will witness sights which can
not be seen elsewhere OF this continent
and nowhere else or tho globe save in
the vicinity of Cape Town, South Africa.
The ostrich industry was begun in this
country eight years ago, but the birds
then brought from Abyssinia did not
thrive, and after n year or more, this at
tempt to raise them for their plumes was
abandoned. But other persons wero
quick to see that if birds of q suf-
ticiently hardy nature could be imported
to stand the climate of Southern Cali
forna, there would be large revenue of
profit in the business. Tho gentlemen
who own this farm determined to try the
South African ostrich and young birds
were imported under tho skillful manage
ment of the foreman, who still has the
farm in charge. There were twenty OF
these ostriches and they first saw the
farm near Fullerton, n little moro than
six years ago. OF the original birds i'm
ported, sixteen still survive and of tho
four dead, -c2ly. o;.o died from sickness.
the Others having injured themselves
Satally, by falling into bitches in tho
night time. From the flock of twenty
birds, no have been reared, but owing
to death from accident, only 124 of them
were on the farm when the World party
visited it last week.
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a NEW rIrLp oAMn ror lanes.

a new field game for ladies hs been
invented by Mrs. Constance Amelia
Hartshorne, of Bradbouro Hall NNirks-
worth, England. Tho new Iastimc,
called "tho colors," was givon4 public
trial by some fashionable and prErcssivo
ladies in Inner Temple Gardensa short
time ago. ~ space thirty by sin feet is
planted with four sets of ti} posted
platforms, from each of whic colored
hoops are played according to 10. The
once popular Les Graces suggested tho
colors, which fashion is ready adopt.
Detroit Free Press.