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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-07

OF the most promising settlements have been
ruined in this way.
Where there are hundreds OF agricultural col
ONES, as there are in the Argentine, striking
contrasts are offered in their management and In
the fortunes Of the settlers. At San Carlos,
"here $4,000 acres are under cultivation, ana
wnere churches schools. hotels, factories and
steam mills have been built, nearly every settler
mas done well, and some Of the more thrifty and
industrious farmers have accumulated small fort
unes. In some Of the Central Argentine colonies
tAe prices OF land have been high that the
settlers have found themselves overwhelmed with
Tie Interest their debts and have abandoned
their holdings, sinking everything which they had
invested Not far from Rosario is Candelaria,
where, under excellent business management, set
Tiers, who originally had the choice of renting
small farms of sixty acres for $50 or buying them
Tor $500, have prospcrcd from the outset The
pioneers OF Jesus MdTla which Is also colony
Lear hos4rio, are also accommodating small fort
unes, although they were charged $500 a lot
wren they entered the settlement On the other
hand al Villa Urquza, where liberal provision
was apparently made for French and German set
ueIs, tie fortunes Of the colony have langul5hcd
'oI twenty-five years Many of the earliest col
ohies were exposed TO Indian raids and 10 ma
tauoihs expeditions from bandittl, but these dan
gers have all passed. Perhaps the Welsh colony
sl 'hupat, in Patagonia, has suffered greater
L:
highly prosperous state
Undoubtedly the Argentine is region which
ohers many striking advantages 10 European SET
tltrs. The climate is more uniform than that Of
tne United States. The difference between the
mean temperatures OF the summer and winter sea
sons is $3.50 degrees Fahrenheit, much less
.uan II is In our own Northern States The sum
Eer is not warmer and the winter is much nlder
lhan In the North. The rainfall in the Parana
regions is much heavier than in the central dis
~ OF the Argentine, but nowhere is it subject
lflAc mol tL4ca fI. IfVt1A
s.stes Patagonia is the only section which ever
"ners from dTouth. The climate is not ener-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
Floating Gardens.

The floating vegetable gardens of China
are prepared in April on bamboo RATS
ten or twelve feet long by half as wide,
the poles being dashed together with in
terstices of an inch Each raft is covered
with an inch of straw, then with two
inches of adhesive mud, which receives
the seed. The RATS are moored to the
bank in still water, and require no fur
thcr attention. The straw and soil soon
give way, the roots drawing support from
the water alone. In about twenty days
the RATS become covered with the creeper
spomoeo reptans, whose stems and roots
are gathered for cooking, and whose
blossoms present pretty appearance in
autumn. In some places marshy land is
proiitably cultivated in this manner.
Floating rice fields are similarly con-
structed the mud being held by layer
of weeds. They furnish the ripened crop
in from sixty to seventy instead Of the
usual one hundred days, and may be de-
pended on when the neghboring land
fails either from drought or flood.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
A Faithful Old Elcnl,nnt.

The Ccylon papers announce the death
of an elephant named SelIa which had
served the Public Works Department for
over sixty-ilve years, and had worked in
various parts of the island under differ
ent circumstances for an unknown period.
Originally Sella belonged to the last of
the Kings of Randy, Sri Wickrema Raja
Singha, and was one OF about one hun
dred elephants which passed TO the Brit
ish Government in 1915, when the Kan
dyan dynasty was overthrown aud the
whole island passed under British rule
1t was supposed that Sclla was fifteen
years of age ut the time, but this is sur
mise. His two friends, with which he
usually worked, and which fell TO the
Government at the same time, died
twenty-five years ago. In 1880 it was
decided TO sell ali the elephants belong
ing to the Public Works Department,
and Sella fell to resident of Colombo,
Mr.. dc Soysa The animal was n tuskar,
very docile, and worked steadily all his
life. He aided IN several operations for
the capture and tanning OF wild elephants,
but became totally blind about three
years ago. Notwithstanding this he con.
tinucd to work at the plow until within
a short time before his death. After
death the tusks were removed, and meas
urcd five feet in length, the height of the
animal being eight feet. lie was we'll
known to successive generations Of Brit
ish residents in Colombo.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
Grows Attnck an Ragle.

A gray eagle which had its nest in the
Fishkill Mountains, NY, has been seen
to alight several times in the asylum
grounds, Fishkill, presumably in search
OF prey. A great flock of crows had
chosen that locality us feeding ground
and resting place, and they evidently
looked upon the advent of the eagle as
an intrusion. The crows apparently de-
cided to give the majestic bird to I'M
derstand that it was poaching. At any
rate it is fact that dozen or more of
the crows attacked the eagle while it was
soaring over Rogers's fields and put it to
flight.
:. The battle lasted half an hour more.
THE crows which did not participate
.cpt circling around and around the com
batants and cawing necessarily. The
fight was witnessed by several persons who
picked up many blood-stained feathers
from the ground. New York At:ull.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14

'It's no wonder that robbers go ont to
rob" observed T. tramp the other day, rs
he sat on salt barrel in front of groc-
cry on West street. "Any man with an
ounce of brains can make Il sure thing of
it." 4%\
"Pleasc explain"
"Well, it's this way: While never
stole n cents worth in all my life, I've
been tempted thousand times. Let me
give you the lay of the average farm
house. There is always half dollar OH
the kitchen clock shelf to buy notions of
the peddlers. If the farmer is working,
his silver watch hangs on nail just to
the right of the shelf In the bedroom
jewclry. It's always kept in the left
hand corner of the bottom bureau
drawer"
''How Ito you knowl"
'You never mind. The deeds and
other papers are in tin box under the
bed. If there's any sum of money above
$40 in the house it's in baking powder
can on the top shelf of the pantry No
farmer goes to bed with over dollar or
two i'll his pocket. He lays his pants on
chair at the foot OF the bed, and they
can always be reached from the window.
The key to the barn hangs on II mil over
the kitchen sink, and the lantern always
hangs i'll the cellarway."
"You are Il close observer, my friend. {"
'Well, perhaps, but no more than the
rest of the boys. l can go through the
average farm house at midnight and
never touch chair nor squeak door, and
I'll find things just where l have told you
they were kept. "-Neio York san.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
A Genuine Hoodoo Cure.

II there i; am oic IN Macon who had
less faith in hcodoos and charms few
weeks ago, that person was Chief keenan,.
But At last all uub:licvcrs are brought
around, and it appea's this was the case
with the doughty chief, says the NIacon
-G,!jS Ietegr0pt. Some days ago he was
SuiiSsfhg considerable with neuralgia.
AI'eT trying every remedy under the
sun, lie at last came upon friend who
had receipt, which lie was not caring
particularly to 'c zeal to the chief, but
seeing the [ hi ;ial il deep trouble he
finally consented to apply the remedy.
Securing Il spool Of black silk thread,
he cut of several bits Olc he tied
around the neck of the chief, another
around his waist, another down the
back connecting tho one from tho neck
with that aioaad the waist, and a
fourth down his breast, connecting in
tho sa nc way tho two bands. This
comp cted the outfit.
When the operation was finished, the
chief, with IN incredu'ous smile asked
wha. came next. "O.,, you will talk
different in few minutes" replied the
friend, with Il shake of the head. In e
minute the ofiic nj felt n strange sensa-
ton in his facc and within five minutes
ell pain had left Him. To say that he
was amazed would be putting it mildly.
He hes already given the cure to q
dozen sufferers, and now he is astqBork
sowing the problem. OF how he was
crr-d. AS yet he has found no ono
who can give the cause for it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
EGG PLANT.

Egg plant, when nicely prepared, is
delicious. Cut in half; scoop out all
the inside, taking care to preserve the
outside shell; chop the inside very finc,
mix with bread-crumb, add half tea
cup of milk, season with salt and pop
per, but no butter; return it to tho
shells, and, after cutting little from
the ends to make them level, place in
your meat pan, adding n little water
and bake as you would roast, forty
minutes, then take out of the shells
into warmed dish. Make drawn
teaspoonful of hot water, butter the
size of small eg = and flour to make it
like thin gravy.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
HUM; ROUS.
If intercs \ pawn ticket.

Food for the blind-Sea biscuit.
SoothingsyrLp manufacturers are paid
consi lciable hush money.
The average college oarsman is no
chicken; no, not whca he i, in his
she l.
Crus,y-B, careful, waiter, youl
thumb is in tie soap. Waiter-I don't
mind i, sir, m used 10 it.
Il will toss c,ppers with you," re-
marked one steer TO another as they
made Tor couple of policemen.
He Condlins her hand)-Your little
hand is neicr chapped, is it' She
(coyly)-No; wish it might be. Aud
thea he popped.
The burglar who was caught in
shoe store after midnight asked to be
discharged By the judge on the
ground that it was a fitting place for
everybody.
&The Toronto Globe tells of man who
"a cooked his own breakfast for fifteen
yeDfs. Apparently he has no regard for
Shakcspearc's famous receipt: .If it
were done when it's done, thea 'twerc
well it were done quickly"
Car crowded. Al! fat people, very
fat. Car stops, very thin nun gets in.
Has great diff II ty in Squeezing himself
into a bit of a seat. lie gets angry and
says, 'Peop.e ought to pay fares ac-
cording to weight" Fat ncighbor
answers, "If they dill, The car wouldn't
stop for you"
They Legged him TO play little
He seemed to feel bashfull at first,
but aftc: II white began to paw the ivo-
RIGS Vigorously "What powcrI" said a
listener to the owner of the plan o.
YES" exclaimed the latter, in alarm;
''hc seems to have considerable muscle !;
but he ought to know that this ism n
gymnasium"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
Effect of Great Attitudes on Dogs.

a former Bos;onian who is now in
Coz Mo, many thousand feet above
the sE level, is in grief over the loss Of
twq}End some dogs which he took out
thcs1with him. They were, lie writes,
the pride of the mining camp where he
was located, and they seemed TO be i'll
excellent health until the week before
their death. Everybody prophcscd
that the San Juan country would not
hold them long. but I had begun 10
feel perfectly safe about them. At first
the change in the altitude did not seem
TO affect them SO ba lily as it did ME.
OF late, however, they felt unusually
sleepy and languid. and began to OK
hibit symptoms of an alarming nature,
and they startled The camp by rush ing
arouad and swapping at the air in O.
manner quite sugg .s.ivc of the rabies.
They ended by going into commissions
and were shot by n badly frightened
miner. Cats and dogs, as rue, live
but short time when taken to these
IL n attitudes, while men, on the other
hand, often find them moro healthy
than the sea level. Why the man can
live where the smaller animals cannot,
Us matter which has never yet been ex-
blamed. -Boston Adgert.scr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
0rchards IN 0ld Mining Camns.

One of the curious results OF the deca,
of placer and hydraulic mining in the
foothill region is the development of
orchards where it was once thought the
only valuable thing the earth produced
was gold LII Butte, Yuba, Ama,ior, Ell
Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Calaveras,
Stanislaus and Tuoumne-the seat of tho
richest early placer miniug--thc chief IN
dustry now is fruit-growing. These
steep foot hills, which were once looked
upon rs worthless, are now being planted
to vines and the choicest fruits. 1t is
found that this land, which has received
for ages the wash from the tops Of the
mountains, possesses some peculiar prop
critics in which the richer valley soil is
deficient. For choice European wine
grapes it is unsurpassed, and for all kinds
of fruits it is specially fitted, us il gives
n flavor that ran never be gained on the
irrigated land. An old miner who has
he is dreaming when he revisits his old
haunts. When he left, the places where
he had worked presented good subject
for picture of the abomination of desc
lation. Thchydraulic miner literally tore
up the surface of the earth and left MS
complete destruction in his path as IN
army that intrenchcs itself against attack.
Wherever he worked hills were laid low,
and great unsightly pits yawned where he
removed the pay dirt clear TO the bed
rock. In other places great ugly heaps
of gravel and cobblc stone showed the
fruits of his activity Nature, however,
has been kind, and chaparral covers most
of these Scared fields, while others are
smiling with orchards and vineyards. 1t
is one of the modern miracles in California
as great wonder as gathering figs
from thistlcs. GioJe Democrat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
RELIGIOUS READING.

rIs WORTH OF HOURS.
Believe not that your inner eye
Can ever in just measure try
The worth of hours as they go by;
For every mans weak self, alasl
Makes him to sec them while tho ..,rss
AS th-c@Ch dir, v.>..+:--.t.c:5, ,s;.s.ss;
But If in earnest care you would
Mete ont to each its part of good.
TRUST rather to your after mood.
Those surely are not fairly spent,
That leave your spirit bowed and bent,
In sad unrest, and i'll content:
And more-.bough free from seeming harm,
on rest from toll of mind and arm,
Or slow retire from pleasures charm
II then painful sense comes on
" something wholly lost and gone,
'ainly enjoyed or vainly done
or something from your beings chain
Broke oil, nor to be linked again
By all mere memory can retain
Upon your heart this truth may rise
Nothing that altogether dies
Sutlices mans just dcstinies:
So should We live that every hour
May die rs dies the natural Hover
n sclt-reviving thing of power;
That every thought and every decd
May hold within itself the seed
vi future good and future need;
Estecming sorrow, whose employ
Is TO develop, not destroy,
tar better than u barren 10y.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14

Ky local applications, ns they carnot reach
tho diseased portion OF tho ear. There Is only
one way u euro Deafness, and TINT IL by con-
siitutionh remedies Deafness is caused by
tho Eustach Inn Tube. When this tub gcts In.
nrmed you have n rumb ing. sound or imlrr-
iect hearing, and when IL IL entirely closed
Doniness Is the result, and unless the innin-
nation Gun DO taken out and this tube 1t iorcd
toits normal condition, hearing will be de-
elroycd torcvcr nine eases out Of ten nrc
caused by cntarrh. which In nothing but an Ia
iinmcd condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We Will give One Hundred ID liars for any
case OF Deafness tcauscd by CntnrrlD thnt wo
cannot cure 10y ,akng Halls Cntnrrh Cure.
Send for cir, uln +, nee.
]. j: CHENEY g Co.. Toledo o.
az Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
CHRIST IN TIE HEART.

The ve.o;An soldiers Of Napoleon ;dolized
.liin. In their estimation he was the per-
fiction of all military genius and nobility.
They would fight for him, suffer for him.
and die for him. As emperor lie was rs
much their idol as he was on the tented
field. No language could exaggerate their
devotion to him. An old soldier, who bore
the scars of many battles, was brought under
the surgeons knife in n hospital. 4 tumor
was to be removed from the breast. AS the
knife did its work, and came very near to
the heart, the hero exclaimed, doctor, cut
little deeper and You will find the enpc-
yorl" lie carried the emperor in his heart,
so true was his devotion.
The believer, i'll whose heart Christ is
formed the hope of glory, can say the same
about the Captain of his salvation, "Go a
little deeper and you will find the Master"
To him Christ is 1.-THE chief among ten thou.
sand and the one altogether lovely" Chris;
has no rival in that soul. Its conservation
Is honest, and 1t sings,
II love TO kiss the prints where Thou
Hast set thine unseen feet
l cannot fear thee, blessed Will,
Thine empire is SO sweet.
"When obstacles and trials seem
Like prison walls to be,
do the little can do
And leave the rest to thee"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
MIROTfN OF BEEF.

Take two medium sized Spanish
onions, slice them finely, and fry them
in some clarified beef dripping until n
nice golden color; season with q little
pepper and sat; add bunch of herbs
and little vinegar and not quito u
pint Of good thick brown sauce; stir
all we'll together and let simmer until
the onions arc tender, taking care to
skim off any fat tina. may rise to the
surface. The sauce should then be
passed trough hair sieve; place a
little of it in dish the miiotin is to be
served in, and lay some thinly cut
slices OF cold beef On it, then add more
sauce, and so Oh until the dish is full,
taking care that the last layer is sauce.
Sprinkle few Drowned crumbs over
the top, then stand the dish in tin
containing hot water, and bake in n
moderate oven for about twenty min
utcs; garnish with vegetables.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
In Iiu,.py Days.

Tho harvest moon stands on the sea
Her shining rims a-drip;
She g'lds 'iie sheavcs on many lea.
The "'ilson many ship;
Glitter, sweet queen. upon the spray,
And gIimmer OH the Leather;
Eight fair thy rays to show the way
Where lovers walk together.
The rcd wheat rust;es, and the vines
Are purple 10 the root,
And true love, waiting patient, wins
Its blessed time os fruit;
Lamp of all lovers. lady moon,
Light these glad lirs together.
Which reap alone a harvest sown
Long ese September weather.
-Edgin Ai1,old.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
DISHES FROM STALE nnEAn.

DISHES FROM STALE BREAD.
French Toast. -B,at two eggs, adj
ono cupful of milk, with pepper and
salt to taste; dip into this slices of
bread, and fry them in hot butter until
brown.
Hash Toast. Chop very fine cold
roast beef, and boil IN little water,
add q little milk, and thictcn with
flour; season to taste, and pour over
slices of toast.
Buttercd Toast. Cut tho slices some
what thick; when toasted, butter them
on both sides, and keep warm until
served. A toasting- fork should be used
and care taken that the bread does not
get burned.
Shrimp Toast.-Chop up some fresh
ly boi:cl and shellcd shrimps, pound
with them two ounces of butter and n
little pepper and macc spread this
mixture ON toast that has been buttcrcd,
and serve hot.
Milk Toast. -Toast the slices of
bread, pile them in dish, which must
bc well warmed; boil some milk with II
little salt. tcaspoonful of flour, one of
butter, rubbed together; pour this over
the toast, and serve hot.
Ham Toast. Crate some cooked
ham, add IN egg we'll beaten, small
piece of butter, aud little cream, mix
all together, and stir over fire until
hot; fry slices OF bread in q little but
ter, and pour the mixture over them.
Anchovy Toast. Wash and pound
finely quarter of n pound OF anchovics,
mix them with some curry powder, a
little mustard, few drops of lemon
juice, and n tcaspoonful of butter.
Cover buttcrcd toast with the mixture,
and serve hot.
Sausage Toast. Fry some sausagcs,
strip Tie skins Off, and mix with the
meat some scalded parsley, chopped
veiy fine, add n little cheese grated,
mix IN 4 very little mustard and
spread the mixture on brown bread that
has been toaste,l and buttcred
Chicken Toast. Chop cold chicken
very fine, put into n saucepan, season
with pepper, salt, and mustard, and a
small piece of Lutier, one tablespoonful
of cream, and just enough water to
cover the chicken, simmer altogether
fifteen minutes, and serve on buttered
toast.
Lemon Toast.-Take the yolks of
three eggs. beat them we'll and stir
them into cup!u of milk; cut some
stale bread in slices and soak them for
minute in the eggs and milk, then
fry to light brown in butter, and dust
on little powdered sugar, and then
add little lemon juice
Vegetable Toast Take the remains
OF any cooked vegetables, the flavor of
which blends well, season with little
pepper, salt and French mustard. add
the yolk OF an egg and mix well; thi OK
en- over the fire, then sprcal the NIX
turo over slices of toast, brush over
them BEATEN egg, strcw fine bread
crumbs Oh Tic top and serve hot.
Peach Toast. Cut some round slices
off milk rol', remove the crust, and
fry them pale yellow in butter. Take
tin OF preserved peaches, turn out the
juice into saucepan, add little sugar
and glass of white wine; boil it up,
put in tie peaches, simmer few min
utc5, drain them and place half a peach,
concavc side uppermost. ON each piece
OF bread, place piece of currant jelly
in the cavity of each peach, pour tt
syrup round, and serve.
Il I'hemon,fnaL Place.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
4 Ihemon,fnnL Place

Mr.. Go!ham-'Live in Dugoutvilla
Kansas? Um-is it much of town."
Western Man-"Wall, it amt much
for size yet; but it's phenomenal
place, all the same"
''Phenomenal' CHI" IL
"Yessirrce. Digou:villc is the only
Town west of the Ohio what min made
claim fer the Worlds Fair. "-N.w
',rs WeaEly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14

You may sling of tho beauty of springtlmo
That CLOVIS on tho check or tn. young,
But sing OF n beauty that's rarer
Than any Of whichyo have sung.
The beauty that's scon In the faces
or women whose summer Is DER,
Tho autumn. like beauty that chnrms us
Far moro then tho ke,uty Of yurc
But this beauty Is seen tho rarely The faces
or most women lose tho beauty OF youth too
room. Female disorders are like frosts which
como 10 nip the lowors which bctokon good
heolth, without which there can be NO real
Rca9ty. n our Atcrlcen women would forth
lielc disorders 30 prevalent among them, by
usirg DIR. Picrce.s Favorite Prescription, their
go. q looks would b. retained To a"swcct old
c.. This remedy Ia n guaranteed euro for ali
TIC distressing wcakncsSo1 and Heterogeneous
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
Ono Good Turn neserres Annther.

Fond Wifc-It's so kind of You,
George, to go to tho Intelligence Office
and got q cook for me. You know how
I dread that ordeal.
Husband thinking of buttollcss
shirts aud holey stockings)-Mell, my
dear, now how are you going to
pay mop
Let mo soc. Ohl When you need
typewriter I'll select ono for YOU"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
A Pleasing Scnnu

VI health and strength removed and OF case
and comfort follows the use of Syrup of Figs
IA 1t acts In harmony with nature TO ercotual.
. ~ cleanse the System when costlve or bilious
For salo In &c. and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14
RELATIONSHIPS.

= Little Boy-"Did you ever sec my
big brother joint Hes distant rel,
tive of mine.'
>vlsitor--"A distant rcla'ive:"
:.:.o Billy, .E-ccd. Ii ..yes
an Francisco"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-14

Il PET vo hef CUTE supper. 1
schmells somediug nice, Johann; cook
in cabbage?" NO; 1 lief dropped a
match i'll my combines basket; dots vat
you schmeli."