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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

John Desbouyric, who resides at Rou-
baix. France. has exhibited there iif-
teen swallows that he has trained after
the manner Of carrier pigeons. The
swallows were set tree, each ono marked
with colored ribbon, and they dispersed
in all directions. In fifteen minutes Ia
ter The one returned, and perched on one
of Desbouyrcs fingers; one after another
er the Others came back in quick success
sion. Desbouvrie is OF the opinion that
swallows are tar superior to pigeons for
the carrier service in time of war. Their
flight is higher and swiIter, and they are
more reliable, smarter and more easily
fed.
They need not rest when flying long
distances in order to parlake Of food be-
cause they can do 50 Oh the wing. They
are also trained with greater facility than
pigeons. Desbouvrie has also succeeded
in retraining a number ofswallows during
the winter in perfect liberty, and their mi
gratory incliualions did not carry them
southwark, 50 that even this obstacle would
not interfere with the systematic training
OF swallows for the carrier service.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

TX Senator Camden, whilr fishing in Flor
ida last week, caught a tarpou which weigh
ed l63 pounds He will have it stuffed and
put in his office at Parkcrsburg. Maj.
Kear-ley'~ larpon only weighed AZ pounds.
He'll have 10 bait hi- hook aud cast his line
again
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

The most famous opal in history WAS
that which WAS worn in a ring by the Ro-
man Senator Npuius in the days Of the
Tnumyirae. IL size scarcely equaled
that Of a medium sized hazelnut Yet its
beauty and brilIiancy rendered it a mar
vel among the dileltanli OF Rome, especi-
ally when il was known that The gold
smiths and money changer" had set iis
value az 81 100000 Mare Antony made
ovcrrnres To Nouiu- for IT, purchase In
tending. it j. thought. 10 pre.ent il TO
Cleopatra. but the senator refused To part
with il, anJ, for fear that it would be Ia
ken from him by sheer force, sought safe
ETY. IN flight H,re history loses all trace
of this famou. gem, here being no record
Of it. transfer from Nonius to any Of bis
family.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

Edwin Booth ba- Cancelled ali his engage
ments for the next season and intends 20
take long and complete rest.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

George Vanderbilt Is building genuine
old fashioned medieval barouial castle at
Ashevile. y C, at cost IF SlO,OOO000.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15
ns,cim, Ffsh. s,cim p,

Cut out Of a pi@e of ordinary paper a
'6sh OF naturai size. In iheeenire cut
bole communicating with the tail by
narrow canal. Fill an oblong.sbaped
pan with &aIss and place the fish on the
-nri;ice so that The under part will be
wet, while The upper aiII be perfectly dry.
Propose to your audience to make this
fish move without touching or blowing on
ii. All you have TO do is toilet drop OF
oil fall lightly into the opening; this oil
Will try To spread itself over the surface
OF the water, but this can only be posi-
he through The canal. BY the effect OF
reaction the f,h will be pushed inverse
ly to the direction taken by the oil,
that is to say, forward The motion will
not last long enough to allow the specta'
Tors to see with asionishment the move
meut of a simple piece Of paper on the
surface of The water. without knowing
how The effect has been obtained, unless
an exp auaiion is given them.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

Bishop Hendrix Of the H. E Church,
South, will deliver the commencement ser
mon at Washington & Lee University in
June
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

Pitts is a fast man, a sharp man, man
of business tact and when Pitts goes in
to store to trade he always get the low
est cash price, aud says,-"Well, I'll
look aoout and if / don't find anything
that suits me better, I'll call and take
this" Pitts, like all fast men, is partial
to women, and young ones in particular.
Now quite lately, Pitts said to himself.
I'm getting rather along in years, aud
guess I'll marry His business qualities
woulden'i let him wait, so off he travels,
and calls on lady friend, opening the
conversation by remarking that he would
like to know what She thought about his
getting married "Oh, Mr.. Pius, that
is an affair in which | am not so very
greatly Interested aad prefer 10 leave II
with yourself" But, says PilIs, you
are interested aud, my dear girl, will
you marry me 2, The young lady blush
ed very red, hesilated, aud finally, as
Pitts was very well to do in the world,
and morally, financially, and politically
OF good standing in society, she accepted
him. Whereupon the matter-ot-iact
Pits said,- well, well, Ill look about,
and il don't find anybody that suits me
better than you I'll come back.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

Tie cold weather an4 ffo>t, almost un-
precedented in the SoJ,h at this season, are
unfavorable to the fruit crop
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15
Nnnr Persnns

arc broken down ifom overwork O. household
cafus LSr0wa-. Iron Bifters
reGilds the system. aids digestion, rem Us cx-
cess Of Bile. and cufes malaria. Get ihe genuine.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

OA HOUR Nickle Clock given away with
~ Snap Powder at C. j EBY'S.
EULL line of Chewing and Smoking Tobac-
i CO Ask ~ sse Banana Twist; only Sc.
a pound, at G. d. EBY'S.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

Aad thase troubled with nervousness resulting
fon cane or Oyervo-k viii he iclleTei b. taking
BroWIi's Iron Bitters. Genuine
has trade marx and croerirsd lines on nvrapper.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

OUGAR-COATED Yeast Cakes, Patapscoand
= Roval Baking Powder at c. d. EBH'S.
VUHTEWASH Brushes, Tubs, Buckets
w and Churns, full stock al c. D. EBH'S.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15
NOW THE EAR IS MiDE.
4 WoHdsrTnt apparatus and WY II
Cannot BE DiSSected.

"The human ear" said scientist 10
Star reporter, SIS au organ tbs true IL
warduess of which the physicians hav
never been able 10 get at. They can ex.
anime The interior of the eye with case b,
throwing into It's dark eham9er ray o.
light reflected from Il little mirror, aud ol
late they have found il possible even &
see the gray matter OF the brain by look
ing through the little caal By which the
optic nerve enters. The cavity behind
the nose they inspect with the aid Of %
light placed far back in the mouth.
They have no diffiruIly.in seeing into the
stomach by an electric apparatus the
inteslines likewise are readily enough
investigated and the bladder also. Bu
the ear, as to its internal arrangements,
is unapproaehable. 1t is even impossi-
bic to dissect it satisfactorily after death,
for the reason that the parts collapse a
once when the vital spark leaves the body.
The drum int a living person bars rhe
way to observation, and, evcathough il
he pierced, the winding passage beyond
cannot be seen through. On'the other
side of the drum are the three little bOue'
the mallet, the auvitaud lhe'siirrup-
which act upon each ether rs levers. lh.
drum acts rs sor, of bufSr, and The
mallet, Immediately in coplaets gilh it,
CONVEYS The sound waves lhrough3 3he az
vii and the >tirrup 10 the 'cochlea, a spi.
raj shell shaped chamber just lehiud aud
above the external opening Of the ear.
This she'll is composed Of filaments Of The
auditory nerve, coiled spirally and each
one erect and waving tremuously in re-
sponse to the slightest waves Of sound.
They carry the sound Impressions direct
ly 60 the brain, and so delicate is their
sen>iliyene>s that the nearer periceves not
only ihe 4 gree OF louduess, but even the
finest quality of a sound, the harmony Of
tones. and the distance from which IT
comes. The moment that life becnmes
extinct, however, the spiral shell Of ner-
ves collapse and the marvellous organ / a
dead thing. unsatisfactory to the invesIl-
gazing aualonist. II only it had been
found possible to examine the internal
structure OF the living ear aural surgery
might perhaps amount 20 something To-
day. The : fence of treating the eye was
born when IIelmhots invented the simple
instrument called the ophthalmoscope ioi
inspecting its interior. There are plenty
of ear doctors, and people pay biz prices
for being treated by them for deafness
but did you ever know Of a case where
the patient was really much benefited by
anything he could do ? have known
dozens Of deaf persons who have persist
emily sought relief at the hands Of AURA
specialialists, but not one Of them has
been cured or materially helped, simply
because science has achieved hardly any
thing in that branch of knowledge"
I
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15

nFFERS 90 the people Of Jefferson County,
~ Insurance in 4 safe Company at the actual
cost of insurance. which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged, and keeps the money
at home Good risks from responsible parties
are invited
Executive Committee meets every Friday
D,arcroEs-Jos Trapneu. Henry b Daven-
port. J. Garland Hurst. John " Rider, W H..
+. Lewis. r. Preston Chew. VIM. l.. Wilson,
Eugene Baker. ;. W Washington, II. l.. snyder
Charles p. Wilson, jain II. little, Jacob ;.
Melvin. f. c. " Herr ,sasc II. Strider.
JOS TR ....... President.
H. B DAVENPORT............ $4,000. Treasurer.
Executive CoNNlrTEE-J. q Hurst, VIM.
II. +. Lewis, Eugene Baker. Isaac II. otrider,
Jos Trapnel, $. W Washington.
Local AeENrs.- -Middleway-J. G. Shirley
Harpcr's Ferry-Chas + Trail. shepherds
town j. = Fleming, DuilieldS-C. l.. .Barnhart.
Charlestowu-Wa Washington & Alexander.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-04-15
AUGCsr SCHULTZ. L. PEDNEUx, Jr,
Painter smith.
New Car iage Tact.ry,
Charicsiolca, Jefferson County, u Ia.
REPAIR work 4 SPEgIaIfY

We have >ecered the service .nCs.
Ryan SD fayorably known for ,ca,r e1ae--
ti0u with Maj. Hawks Factory ,e the
woodwork ou our manufacture
Hoping Co received fair share -2T-
s-c W. pledge ourselves % 81
ceived.
Schultz & -DN EUX
rs-Shops ou Bl0omery Turn &c. e.2Squares
from Main ST.
Nav 3f fSS5-rf
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18

thrills his soul. He may have been
weeks at sea and have seen nothing. If
he make the coast at night the first thing
that the man at the masthead sees is
light. The captain of the ship, know
Ing the whereabouts of his ship, can tell
unerringly just where he is the moment
his lookout tells him the character of the
light. lift be flash light the captain
examines his chart and determines from
that where he is. If it be fixed white
light he knows where that should place
him. If it be revolving light, he
again scans his chart, aud on the instant
can come within ten miles of his posi-
ton.
There are 500 lighthouses on the
American coasts, counting the Atlantic
and Pacific 81 ores of the United States.
Since the establishment of the lighthouse
system, which, by the way, is older than
the Constitution, and antedates the Revo-
luton by more than half century, the
theory of lighting the coast has been that
every lineal mile shall be 80 set with
towers that the rays from their lights
shall meet and pass each other, SO that
vessel on the coast shall never be out of
sight of light. This has never been &C.
oomplished, but each year the Govern
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
OntIays That Bring Incomes.

An advertising agent gave me some
Interesting items to-day about the
amounts paid by some of the leading
houses here for advertising, writes New
York correspondent. The company who
is supposed to lead the list is the ROYAL
Baking Powder Company, who spend
S5Oo,O0 yearly to make their wares
known. Following them the Pearline
people come, spending 100000 an i.
nually. The Sapolio Company are cred
tied with spending $3.50, 900. Among
the dry goods people, who are about
the largest advertisers in the daily pa
pers, E. j. Denning 6 Co. stand first.
They lay out 500, 900 year in news
paper advertising. Lord & Taylor are
reckoned next, with an expenditure of
$50, 900. The big Sixth avenue bazaars
runi anywhere from $40, 900 to $50, OOo
q year, and the merchant who does not
spend S25, 600 year nowadays, simply
isn't in if, so far as heavy advertising
goes. OF course where such large sums
are expended there is great deal of
thought put upon the subject, ani the
advertiring maa is an imp ,rtant persoa-
age. So deeply interested, indeed, are
advertisers in the art that distinct lit
erature is rapidly springing up, publish
ing the latest ideas by the best experts.
Who knows bat talented writer's of ad-
vertisements will yet be admitted to the
Authors Club.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
The world,s BIggcst Spring.

Tho greatest spring in the world Is
mere, says letter from Mammoth City,
Ark. The greatest volume of water
gushing spontaneously from the earth
gushes here. Ninety thousand gallons
of water every minute como from some.
where away down under the very roots
OF the Ozark Mountains and burst clear
and sparkling into the golden sunlight.
One hundred and twenty-nin million,
six hundred thousand gallons every day /
The spring IS at the base of an immense
hill. The water comes up SO rapidly
that it forms lake about the orifice-a
lake Of q blueness that rivals summer
sky; lake that is warm in winter and
cool in summer. The big hill forms a
high, dry beach for this strange body of
water, which is restrained on the other
side by gentle slope. The hill is Gov
cred with trees and great boulders, some
OF which jut out several feet iuto the
water. A company has erected mod
ern dam OF immense proportions ut the
lower end OF the valley, over which the
clear, blue water breaks and falls into a
snow-white foam on the rocks below.
AT this dam, Spring River begins. 1t is
river whose source is almost rs great az
its mouth. 1t is one of the most beau
tiful streams in this country. The water
runs along rocky bed that preserves in
great measure its pristine purity, and
on each side for miles the ruggedcst,
most beautiful of Ozark scenery hens
the narrow river.
No one ever has explained satisfac-
torily the origin of the spring. The
volume of water is so great and so I'M
varying year after after year that the
source is admittedly some great stream.
The only river of consequence north or
northeast of this place is the Current
River, fifty or sixty miles away. The
Current River gets very low at seasons,
so that any idea that the spring gets its
supply from the stream is prcposterous.
The most plausible theory is that the
water comes from the Mississippi, 200
miles northeast. The river bends dis
tlnctly westward at a point near st.
Genevieve, Mo-, and the course of the
land from that point to this one is down
ward. There can be no doubt that the
spring is the outlet OF an underground
river. 1t may come from the Missouri,
or even from a point in the Mississippi
further north than stated, but it is sure
that this great subterraaean stream has
for its supply some body of water that
retains large volume the year around.
Records of the stage of water here have
beea kept for nearly ten years, and in all
of that time the output has not varied
100 gallons day or the temperature
changed half a degree. Winter and
summer the spring remains at fifty-ninc
degrees. In the cold months heavy
fog hangs over the lake, and in summer
a boat ride on the clear, broad bosom of
the water is the most cooling of past
times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18

ment by its action is leading up to it.
Year by year the length of the dark
spaces on the coast are lcssened or ex-
plunged entirely, and the day will come
when the whole coast line from Passa-
maquoddy Bay to the Rio Grande on the
Atlantic, ard from San Diego to Point
Barrow on the Pacific, will be distin-
guishcd by bands of light by night and
by well-markcd beacons by day.
The cost of maintaining the light
house system has nearly reached 81, 00O,-
eco year. This is free gift of the
American people to the commerce of the
world, and for the benefit of the whole
human race. The cost is borne by the
National Treasury No foreign ship en-
tering our water has to pay penny for
the benefit it derives. The United States
Government is alone of all the nations
of tine earth in this grand benefcent
work. Every other nation charges
lighthouse tolls OH its foreign commerce,
and lcvics other taxes upon foreign ship
owners for the support of its lighthouse
system.
The oldest lighthouse in the United
States was built at the er trance to Bos-
ton Harbor, on Little Brewster Island in
1715, sixty years before the battle of
Bunker Hill. 1t cost 22S5 pounds
sterling. 1t was erected by the order
and Mt the expense of the general court
of the Province of Massachusetts Bay,
and it was supported by light dues of
one penny per ton upon all incoming
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
ETHICS OF GAR SEAT SELFISH
NESS.
why Fur-Co,lered Dude vss Made 20
kido Two Stations 10y ond His own.


Why Fur-Co,isrsd Dude was Made Co
hdo Two stations beyond His Own.
It is worry funny to SEQ selfish mau
IN the present keep-your-seat era Of city
travel labofiug to establish system Of
ethics, or whit my friend links calls
etiquette, which will satisfy an uneasy
conscience.
Soon after o'clock the other oven
ing crowded Third avenue car train
went northward, and, as is always the
case, there were more mou than women
sitting. and moro women than men
standing.
Among tho latter were three Grand
street shop girls--loud mouthed.
slaugy. profane (if tho truth DO told)
aud pretty. They made no secret OF
what they thought of the mon who
would not rise and give them their
seats. 1t was not complimentary.
AT Twenty-third street a remarkable
specimen OF humanitY-one Of your
smooth-faced, cigarette.smokiug, fur.
collared tribe-having reached tho end
of his ride, arose, and with an elaborate
smile offered his seat to one of tho shop
girls. A nimble-footed man near by
slipped into it. Everybody laughed
but the girls and the dude. Tho lot.
ter turned look upon the enoroncher
which was calculated to crush him TO
earth so that he would not riso again.
and. as he passed tho maidcns, said
with n dcprecating mir:
That follow Is an awful cnd-nn NV.
full cad"
He's got face" snid one OF tho
shop girls, and ell thrco collected about
the cnlprit and proceeded TO piss high
favored remarks about him, which he
listened to with apparent amusement.
Stung with indignation young man
sitting next to him got up and gavo one
of the girls his seat.
Another man who had not thought Of
giving up his scat turned around and
said:
you ought to DO ashamod OF your.
selfl You had,.no right to that seat. A
man can do with his sent rs he chooses"
That's what did," said the cul.
prit unblushingly. IL sat in it."
You ought to be ashamed--"
oh, give us rcstl" cried another
passenger. Got up and give tho lady
your own scat if you are SO troubled
about it."
Indignant passenger subsidies.
By this timo MIR. Dude feoling TINT
he had made rather neat exhibition OF
himself got near to tho door, when n
strong hand was laid on his collar. He
turned and saw voay angry working
man looking into his eyes.
See here, You dirty whelp, you," eaid
tue lattor in q tone which made the fur
lined fraud quail. "l've good mind to
black your eye for you."
"Wa-wa.what is tho matter2" gasrod
the follow.
Tho idoa of your trying TO do tho
purity afier riding all tho why to your
own station You deserve cowhiding,
you do, you mean, cigarette smoking
whelp! No, you don't! Yell ride 10
the heXt station"
Aud amid the plaudits OF the entire
carful tho Indignant workman gnve the
furlincd collar twist that mado its
owner black in the face, and would not
let him on until the train reached
Thirty-fourth street, two stations be-
yond whore ho wanted to go.
1t was grand revenge. --Ne,u York
Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-18
MlNoT's LEDGE LIGHT.

and cutg DING vessels. The accompany.
ing picku-e IS from an old engravin ging
of this light, and with it is shown one Of
the first lighthouse tenders, pinnace of
some tonnage.
From that time until 1889 there does
not seem to have been built more than
eight lighthouses of the first class. OF
these Sandy Hook light. Cape Henlopen
ut the entrance to Delaware Bay, the
ilain light at Charleston, and the light
at Portsmouth, N. H., were the most
conspicuous. At that time, 1880. the
lighthouse system was then, MS now,
under the Treasury Department, but it
seems that not even an order concerning
a lighthouse could be carried oit with
out personal direction of the President,
rs is evidenced by the following letter,
the original of watch haags in the Office
of the Lighthouse Board.
MOUNT VERNON, Oct. - 1900.
Sir-I have received your letter of the 5th
instant. The public service requiring the
arrangement which You have made relative
to the lighthouses of Newport and Portland,
they are perfectly agreeable to ms AMI re-
ceive my APPRECIATION. L an, SIT, your
most obodient servant,
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
To Alexander Hamilton, Esq. Secretary of
the Treasury OF the United States.
From this little beginning has grown
the stupendous lighthouse system of to-