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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21
Diamond Mining In CeyIon.

Ratnapura, the city of gems, Is the Gen.
ter Of n district 20 or 10 miles square, IN
almost all of which n stratum of gravel y
feet to 10 feet under the surface exists
Throughout this area gem pits are to he
seen near the villages, some being worked
now, others being abandoned. The ma
tivcs work there I'm companies of six OF
eight and pay n rupee per man per month
for the privilege If working a certain al.
loiment. where they begin by marking oil
n square of about 10 feet.
After removing about three feet OF soil,
the sounding rod, n piece oil iron hall an
incl in diameter N six feet long, Is used
10 sound for the gravel. III successful, the
digging is begun in earnest TIL abou -four
feet deep. On the second day gravel is
taken out by baskets handed IRON one
man TO another till all within the square
Is excavated. Should the miners find the
soil fairly firm at the bottom OF the pit,
they tunnel all around for about two feet,
drawing out the gravel and sending u up
also To be heapcd with The rest, which
usually completes the work OF the second
day. a watchman remaining near II all
night. =,
On the third day, the gravel is all
washed i'm wicker baskets by "A circular
Jerking motion, which throws out all the
surplus light stone and ubbish until a
good quantity of heavy gravel is left at
the bottom. which is carefully examined.
There is hardly n baskctful that
docs not contain some gems OF in
ferior value, which are usually sold by the
pound for about nine upees Should no
valuable stones he found, another pit is
sunk, and so on until one or two or per-
haps three really valuable gems are nm.
carthed, wi en- the work is stopped, and
the whole party goes oil to Ratnapura
with the prizes. III these are worth, say, n
few thousand rupees, they are kept secret
and only shown to one or two men OF
money, who make the owners an advance
and look after the custody Of the precious
stones.
Then the miners gamble and drink for
some time, till another advance becomes
necessary, and SO on until half the value
Is obtained. Then the party, with the
mortgage, proceeds to Columbo, or Italu-
tara. where rich Moorish traders are sum-
moned to purchase, and the gems soon
find their way to London. The general
public knows nothing bou these transac-
tons, and valuable gems are never heard
Of in Ceylon, and scarcely see the light OF
day until they reach Bond street.
The natives have n great fear of expos
ing their finds until they are sold, and
they have superstitious ideas about show
ing them. This system has been in vogue
for centuries. II is only occasionally one
hears Of a native having enterprise
enough To dig a few feet below the first
gravel To see IL n second bed of gravel is
within reach, for they fear the expense of
bailing out water, which increases as the
greater depth il attained, although the
second gravel is well known to he much
richer than the first.-Jereiers' Weekly.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21
MINING NOTES.

The Elmorc, Idaho, Bulletin says the
Franklin mill at Pine Grove started up
last Saturday, crushing Mountain View
ore. Doubtless its stamps will continue
tai drop day and night until mex winter.
Beeser's mill commenced crushing Henry
Clay ore last Monday.
Mine Inspector Epperson OF Wyoming,
has made an investigation of the mine
fire at Rock Springs No. 4 mine, AT which
Ed. l.. Evans and Dan Thomas were
burned and a number of miners injured.
The theory has been that the mine was
either set fire To by some malicious per-
son or was fired by careless Cinnamon
who cook heir meals in the mine. In
spector Eppcrson made a thorough exam
nation, but reserves his report OH the
matter until some future time.
A heavy body of ore has been cncou
tered on the 3O in the %. II. & N. Previous
"a this strike the crosscut had penetrated
the vein about eighteen feet. finding first
six inches Of good ore on the foot-wall
and afterward numerous seams and one
body three feet wide. Then the main
body was tapped, which has developed
nearly twenty-five feet of solid ore. As
says from the other ore on this level
range from 40 to 10 ounces, and il Is fair
L. presume the big strike will do nearly
as well. Such being the case, the %. X. x
\, may justly be ranked among the great
mines OF Montana. on receipt of the
news in Helena the demand for the COM
pany's stock became very great, and
many block changed hands at prices
ranging from % To 10 cents.
An important strike is reported i'm the
Raven, one of the mines belonging To the
Red Lion group. A four-foot vein. bear
ing free-milling gold in paying quantities,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21


Looking cut from my window in a room
AT the hotel In Goldsboro. says a New
York SIM writer. | saw a young colored
man couvcrsing in a tender way with n
dusky maiden, but all Of a sudden the girl
turned and ran away. A later
n second colored youth hove In sight, and
the two stood glaring al each other across
ten feet OF space. Finally the one who
was on the ground first huskily de-
handed:
"what yo' want"
"Hu."
Look out, hoy. Doan' yo' hui at me!'
life!"
"Who is you, sah?"
AN who's you?"
"Who is I, sab? l'ze de gem'lan who
is payin' his 'tcnshuns 10 Miss Rose"
AN Tze lie gem'lan gwine TO marry
her."
"Hurr
"Hu"
"Boy, I'll broke -FOUR head"
AN I'll smash ye all 10 pizenl"
They walked around each other for a
time, seeming about To spring, but sud
denly both stopped and number two said
boy, I'll wait for yo'!"
Ire right yere!'
"Doan' you forgit dat I'll wait fur yo'
I'll wait iii yo' married an'hey TO- chilen,
n den, when yo' has forgot all about,
I'll steal into de cabin some night an
"Heah, yo' niggars, what yo' doin' ont
Oar, when dars work a pressin ~ called
the head cook from the kitchen door, and
both were out OF sight in five seconds,
Then i heard the same voice growing;
III dem boys doan' misbehaye mo-
oncry shant invite 'cm to see me MARI,
Miss Rose Thursday eyenin'."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21
THE GREATEST MINING STATE.
Montana ~ountain Alive with Men 1,
search Of Buried Treasures.

Montana Mountain. Awe with Men in
search of Buried Treasures.
Reports from all mining districts in this
section are to the effect that more pros
pccting and developing work is being
done than ever before. The prospect of
q free coinage bill passing has
enhanced the price Of silver 10 mi per
already and il the bill goes through
very many mines carrying low grade ore
will be worked. Mining investors are
coming from all sections of the country.
Experts from California. old and New
Mexico. Arizona, Colorado and Europe
pronounce this the greatest Of all mining
countries in the known world. Any prop
erty tina has "A reasonable amount
of development can be sold Ia good
advantage. Big mines are in demand,
prospects are being developed all over the
state and hundreds OF new ones are being
daily recorded. The mining outlook was
never so bright as at the present time. for
the next five years great activity is pre-
dicted. Tho mines aud lodes In the vicin-
ity Of st. Louis. Radersburg. and Indian
Creek are attracting the attention of min.
ing men. There is little development in
the district, but the ores so far, are very
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21

good. running well In silver gold and lead:
Capital is taking hold i'm earnest now. ahd
the time is not far distant when q credit
able showing will he made. j. w. Buskett,
the wcll-known mining man, yesterday
bonded the old ST. Louis prospect for the
sum Of $500 n the property Is 10 be de-
velopcd. Ten Mile district Is looking up
and promises TO turn out well with he in
PRODUCTION Of new men methods and cap
ital,-Hefena I~adsDendent.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21

TTUHl NIlVIIrl.
Nurse: "See, Williel you have two lit
tie brothers. Aren't they pretty ?'
Willie remembering the usual DISMISSAL
81 kittens: (which one are YOU going To-
drown ~
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21
CURIOUS PLOT.
A Man Throws Himsel From q street-Car
to Recover Damages.

n ma throws Himself From q btreet-Car
To Recover Damages.
Erst Pisrewsky. his vol Pasiah Pisrew-
sky, n his son-in-law. Henry SteinberR,
all three peddlers of Polish and German
extraction. were, q few days CO., held for
trial in $500 bail each on a charge Of con-
spiracy to defraud the Philadelphia Trac-
ton company. The only witness ex-
amined was Chuna v~crschouski, a Pole,
who with others of the same nationality
boarded with the eldest of the defendants.
He testified that for six or seven months
past the defendants frequently discussed,
in the presence of himself and others, a
plan by which one of the three should
throw himself from n car OF the Traction
company and thereby obtain damages for
the injuries received from the company.
The sun they expected to get was
5000, with which they intended To open a
clothing store and forsake peddling. IL
was finally agreed by the Pisrewskys that
Steinberg should do the falling-of act.
He objected tn the assignment, but was
finally forced into "A compliance by the
threat of his father-in-law that II he did
not do il he would turn him out of the
house and compel him to shift for him.
self. For various causes, principally be-
cause a crowded car could not be always
oun at the time selected. the execu-
ton OF the plot was put oil. But the
appetite OF the old man for money was
so whetted on the morning Of May
10 by his having n man pointed
out to him who had been paid 5000
by the Traction company for injuries
received for falling OIL a car that he hur-
ried home and said to his son and to
S%teinberg: "The time has come when
this must he done; il must be done to-
day." and to Steinberg: IF you don't do
il now I'll not give you house ROOM"
The witness heard all this and vent ont
peddling. He returned in the evening
and found Steinberg in bed, and was told
hat he had thrown himself off, was
picked up and taken to the hospital, where
his forearm, which was supposed to he
broken, was splinted, and he was brought
home. Steinberg complained that he had
beer hurt worse than he intended. The
younger Pisrewsky said that IL Stienberg
got the money he would do the same
thing. Information of the plot was con-
veyed to n detective by one of the board
ers IN the c~onspirator's house.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21

The City I'm Summer.
From the New York Weekly.
Citizen: 81 wish to see the health Off
cer."
Clerk: "He is not in"
Citizen: "Where is he 2"
Clerk: "Gone out of the city for his
health"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
THE RICH SOUTHWEST.

Southwest Virginia is yicIl sec
ton of country. 1t combines agri-
cultural resources and mineral and
timber resources. There is proba.
bly, 10 section of country in the
United States equal to it. The in
dustrial development now going
on there is attracting the atten.
ton of the whole country. 1t is
indeed q revelation.
The business men of Richmond
arc interested in Southwest Vir
ginia. Richmond's manufacturers
and Wholesale merchants will find
it valuable territory. All that
is needed is first class railroad con
nections. With good railroad ia
cilitics Richmond will profit great
~ by the thrift of the Southwest
and the Southwest will find .greal
advantage in trading with Rich
mond.-State.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
A WONDERFUL SHOWING.


Tho industrial progress of the
South III Tie pnst three years, rs
m:rrored in tho Manufacturers Re-
cord, shows n marked increase in
every branch of industry, and the
year 1899, which is yet 10 young,
leads NIL the others in tho nur Dor of
established and projected enterprises
The word "boom," in it's general nc
ccptunoe, can hardly be applied to
the activity, enterprise and wonder.
full development of Tho South in this
short space Of time. Boulns there
hnve been, md they arc we'll enough
in their way and do much towards
advertising tho advantages of the
sections; but it has been more of a
stendy growth, n gradual but sure
progression, tho faith of the mun in
the laan. aud the courage of his con
victions in the Development of ith re
sources. Time was when people
were content tn fold their hnnds and
wait for others to do this work.
They feared to risk dollar Of thoir
own money to invest i'll anything
WHICH did not promise immediate re
turnsi they kept their talents buried
when they might have had them out
at interest, and calmly waited for tho
Northern capitalists to start the ball
roliingi to build their furnaces, to
dig their mines and start their cot,
ton factories. But they finally dia-
covered they llad to mako q begin
ming themselves; they had to show
the world TINT they had faith in their
country and were willing to give theft
all 10 its upbuil'liugi and whom they
did this capital came to their roliel
and locked hands with them in the
great work.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
- -
TAZEWELL'S BOOM.

The following from the Abing-
don correspondent of the Bristol
News calls for a comment:
Chief Deputy Marshal John ID.
Daily was here last evening from
Tazewell G. II. and reports great nc.
tivity in business at that point. Tho
Norfolk and Western people and cor.
twin other northern men of cupitul
have just purchased 500 acres OK.
tending from tho court house to
Tazowoll depot-one mile-at prices
ranging from 1925 to $500 per ncre.
Capt. George w. Spoits sold, in the
transaction, about 500 acres, being
his whole farm save his homestead OF
twenty acres, Mt Sl25. Capt. A. j.
Tynes, Capt. G. A. Fudge, 31rs. Gil
lespie and Stras Bros. furnished the
remaining 800 acres. a largo glass
factory and other business enter
prises will speedily follow. Captain
Daily says Tuzowoll county is now
almost vast aggregation of strang
ers in q6est of nonicd investments.
Wait q week or two. Capt. Dai
~ evidently left on that particular
Monday, heretofore mentioned.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
BEST THING HE EVER SAW.

The following ie IN extract from q
letter written by Mr.. D. A. Rey.
nolds, editor and proprietor of the
Herald, Lyons, Mich, under date of
January IL, 1890: lyon will observe
that have given your advertisement
position on tho fret pnge of tho Her
nld, while other proprietary medi
cines have had to take the run
of tho paper. The reason for
doing this IS, That upon receiving
your copy a number of the cures
effected seemed similar to that of
which my little son was suffering, n
case OF blood poison, or irritable
sores breaking out all over his body.
To-day he is entirely free from dis
ease, and one bottle of Swiit's Spe.
cific rs. s. S.) did the work. Now
this is the reason for giving you the
position, rs l consider Swift's Spe.
ci6c Is. S. S.y the best medicine
ever saw. | wish you unlimited sue
cess in your business"
The above is sample of letters
which are coming to us all tho time.
$. s. $. is nearer infallible than any
remedy made, and has probably done
more good than any medicine knowI
to mankind. We will mail q TreM
Use on Blood and Skin Diseases I'd
who will send their address.
SWIFT SPECIFIC col
y Atlanta
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
FROM THE SOUTHWEST
YIRGINIAN.

The last stone pier in the N. &
w. river bridge is nearing its CON-
pletion.
Work on the Dickcnson City de
pot has been commenced and all of
the stone work completed.
The railroad bridge crossing Lick
Creek. which marks the entrance to
st. Paul, is being very rapidly push
ed; one of the piers is completed
and the other one together with the
trestles footing vii! be completed
at no distant day.
Track Lying on the n. s. W.
road is being pushed as rapidly ms
possible. Tho track is laid TO with
in five miles of this place and az
many different times are given for
the first arrival OF the train here as
there ale persons asked, but all
agree that it cannot he long:
The 3 c railroad is certainly on Il
boom if one is to judge from the
loud rcpUlts of blasting which
comes from it all along tho line.
The work seems to 10 pushed as
fast as human skill and labor can
push it. Work is being done nil
along lie line and tile grade is fin
ishcd ut many places.
Jovial Jim Harrison, of TazewcIl,
who every one knows and likes, &C
companicd 10y Messrs Griffith and
williams, of Maryland, and Mr..
Harmnn, Of West Va, passed
through en- route to Russell Creek,
to their excellent coal property,
which We understand they expect
to begin to develop at an early day.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25

While towns are booming ant
factories building men must con
tinue to wear clothing and have
hats and leggings and gum coats
and umbrellas aud valises and
trunks aud things. The ouly ques
tion about tile matter is rs to where
to get them under the most favora
ble conditions. Well, 1. Frank g.
Co, the leading Clotiiers aud gents
inrnishcrs, have nothing in the
world to do hut to supply any and
every demand in this connection.
Tho healthy people you meet have
healthy liyers. They tuko Simmons
Liver Regulator.
Do not weaken yourself by drastic
purgatives. Take Simmons Liver
Regulator.
10 feel bright and cheerful attend
to Your stomach. Take Simmons
Live, Regulator.
Handy for travellers is Simmons
Liver Regulator i'll powder. 1t can
be carried III the pocket.
My wife cured of malaria by Sim
mons Liver Regulator.-J. n. Thomp.
son, Pastor NJ. Il. Church, Leigh,
Mob.
Tho NEWS office is under obliga
tons to Mcssrs Geo. Hall and VIM.
Britts for some much needed and
accurately made printers furniture.
1t is luxury. BY the way, Messrs.
Hall Il Sons have Il boom ut the
planing mill, turning out windows
and doors. We understand that
Mr. Britts will DO offered tho con.
tract to put up the newspaper
building ut Graham and that
Messrs. Hall 81 Son will manufac-
ture the windows, doors, &c. Ifso,
there will he no delay.
There is more Catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together. and until the
last few years was supposed to be in.
cIirable. For great many years
Doctors pronounced it II local ,lis
case, and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure
with LEGAL treatment, pronounced it
incurnble. Science has proven en-
tnrrt to DO n constitutional disease,
and therefore requires constitution al
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
nfnctured by L. j. Cheney g. Co.
Toledo, Ohio, is tho only conaiitu.
tlonal cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in dones from 10
drops to tenspoonfui. 1t acts di
rectly upon the blood and mucus
surface of the system. They Offer
one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials. Address l.. j. CHE
NEY 81 CO., Toledo. o. e@"Sold
by Druggists, 75c,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
A SCRAP OF PAPER SAVES HER
LIFE.

1t was just an ordinary scrap of
wrapping paper, but it saved her life
She was in the last stage of con.
sumption. told by physicians that
she was incurable and could live
only short time; she weighed less
than seventy pounds. On a piece OF
wrapping paper she read of DR.. Kings
New Discovery. and got a sample
bottie;it helped her, she bought a
large bottle, it helped her more,
bought another and grew better fast,
coRVeued its use and is now strong,
healthy, rosy plump, Weighing lao
pounds. For fnller particulars send
stamp 10 w. II. Cole. Druggist, Fort
SmithA Trial bottles of this wonder
fui Diseosery free at AT. Har.
graves fszrsz1hcc sPRN,N,uun-,,.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.

The BEST SALvE In the world for
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grave.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
ABOUT BooMs.
There is always danger Of o,

There is always danger of over
doing booms. Initiation of values
is wrong, and is always followed
by serious depression. Let tho
"promotcrs" Of our land develop
mcnt companies and new cities
pursue u conservative course, and
everybody will BIO better of in the
end. The wealth is sure to come
-RichmOnd State.
This is all true and we'll stated
by our contemporary. I'm some
localities in our State we feaI
there is rather too much boom all
at oncc, and there may br - recoil
before it is anticipated. We hope.
however, such may not be the case
MISUNDERSTANDING Advance.
Both of our contemporaries arc
right. 1t is not always easy to
distinguish real growth, or pros.
poets which are bound to bc real.
lied, from mushroom progressive.
ness and manufactured promises
Of fortunes easily to be made.
Richmond is on "bOom" all the
time, and hers il tho genuine arti.
cle.--Rlchmond Dispatch.
With Norfolk rs with Ricemond,
and Lpnchburg, there can he no
going forward q step and slipping
back ~ step. The boom here is a
steady, sober, hcalthy, wrll-bal-
anccd, regular, iirmly.ruun,lr,l, for
ward movement. The apple tx rs
sound as it lU0ks-nO rottcnncss at
the c0rc.-Norlolk Landmark.
Roanoke has been in constant
possession Of boom, during tho
eight years of her existence, and
1t is prospecting moro rapidly now
than at any period of its exist.
cncc. Booms do not hurt some
places. 1t in only those without u
solid foundation that are disas
trously affected by Roam
ollc World.
Right you are.s Speaking of
solid foundations, what is the mat.
tor with thousands of acres of the
finest coking and gas Goals in the
world, hills of iron and other ores,
acres of fine tiItbcr, soil too rich
to be richer, atpcoplc of grit and
brains, by way 81 a solid founda-
ton There is backing enough in
Tazcwcll county to build Il healthy
town every ten miles from cast to
west. And we arc going to build
'em, and don't you forget it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
is MISS WINNIE DAVIS TO BE
MARRIED.

NEW YORK. April ia special
to tho Herald from Syracuse, N. Y
says that tho announcement is made
there OF tho betrothal of hIiss Win
ME Davis. daughter Of the Iute JEFF
fersOn LAWS, to Alfred Wilkinson,
OF Syractsc,a grandson Of the great
Abolitionist leader. Rev. Samuel j.
May. Mr.. Wilkinson is IL Young
lawyer, abont twenty three years of
age. and stands very high in the
community. He first met Miss Da
Wis OH tho occasion of the visit of
that lady to Syracuse about four
years ago. 1t will be remembered
that Miss Davis received a very
cool reception from one or two fam.
lies in Syracuse, and this treatment
is said to have brought her and
Mr.. Wilkinson in worry close rcla
tons. He resented the GOODNESS
shown her and calamity champion
ed her cause. The friendship thus
cngendered between them blossom.
ell into love in due time. Some
two months ago Air. Wilkinson
went OF Europe to sec Miss Davis
and spent several weeks with hel
on the continent. The actual time
for the wedding has not been set
but it is understood that the date
will be in the near future.