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The rustler., 1891-09-04
Wreck OF the Peach business.

EAsros, Md. Aug. s5-The peach
business this year is bigger failure
than last year. when there was very
light crop. The trouble this year Is
that there is too big a crop and prices
are away down. Many growers have
become disgusted with the business
and are digging up their orchards
The local canning houses are buying
peaches as low as 8 cents q basket
The rustler., 1891-09-04

MoBERLY, Mo-, Aug. 9s.-The new
Wabash hospital was formally opened
here yesterday. Patients at the hos
pital at Kansas City were transferred
here and taken in charge by DIR. Capp
the hospital physician.
The rustler., 1891-09-04

Prom these returns Il will be seen
that the assessed value Of all property
has increased from SD. 90a. p9s. sss In
iss0 10 s2s. 2fa. $50 s0s In 1880. an increase
during the decade OF s.. SAC. SO. e6l. an
amount equivalent 10 the true value Of
all property rs returned by the United
States census In 1850 (sI. 1856. $50. ssTl.
Should Il be found upon the completion
of the inquiry in relation 10 the true
value Of all property in the United
states that the same relation exists In
1890 between assessed valuation and
true valuation as existed In 1850, the
absolute wealth Of the United States.
according 10 the eleventh census, may
be estimated at So, 6lO. OOo. 600. or near
ly 81, 900 per capita, as against s5i4 per
capita In 1850, $3.50 per capita in 1870
and $50 per capita in 1850.
The preliminary statement sho wing
the assessed value of real and personal
property Of the states of Kansas and
Missouri for 1850 and 1890. Is as fol-
lows:
kansas-Total assessed valuation
1850, si60, SOL, ,6s9; 1890, $500. sos, I'll. In
crease Of assessed valuation, si29, 702.-
O22. Population 1850, 9T6, O96; 1890,
l,497, ,O9G Assessed valuation per cap
ita 1850, Sl6i5 80; 1890, s203 g. Increase
per cent OF assessed valuation, so 81;
increase per cent Of population, a. 81.
Mssouri-Total assessed valuation
1850, s532, 795, sol; 1890, s7s6, 343, 75s. In
creased of assessed valuation, S953, 547.-
952. Population 1850. 2,16s, $50; 1890,
2,679 lst Assessed valuation per cap
ita 1850, s945.7l; 1890, s90S.5O. In
crease per cent of assessed valuation,
475o; increase per cent Of population,
o3 40
The rustler., 1891-09-04
TwENTY-FouR aILLIon.

TIE ASSESSED Naia.tisa 20 Real sd Per-
ssnai rrop~rty IN ths Unit~d state.
wAsmxorox. Aug. od-The census
ofhoe has issued bullctin on the value
Of real and per sonal property a. actin
ally assessed by the officials Of the
various states For the three decades
ending is9o estimated true value Of all
property and the value Of real estate
and personal property "a assessed. In
eluding the assessed valuation a. re-
turned In is00. was n follows
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
A Curious Property of the Diamond

George F. Kuntz, we'll known as an
expert in gems, recently called attention
to property of the diamond which may
be employed as means OF distinguish.
ing 1T from other substances. Expert:
ments made by Mr.. Kuntz demonstrate
that the statement (mede by Robert
Boyle as long ago as 1869 that some
diamonds phosphoresce in the dark after
exposure to the sunlight or an electric arc
light, is true, also that all diamonds
emit light by rubbing them on wood,
cloth or metal. This property will prob.
ably prove of great value in distinguish
ing between the diamond and other
hard stones, as well as paste, none of
which exhibit this phenomenon and will
be welcomed by the general public who
do not possess the experience of the
dealer in diamonds. The property is
evidently not electric, or it would not be
visible ON being rubbed on metal
Brooklyn Chisea.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
The Executive officer of a Cruiser

The duty of First Licuto.ant aboard
one of the big cruisers of the new navy is
acknowledged to be the hardest in the
service. The officer known us the First
Lieutenant is the line officer standing
next in rank to the commanding officer
of the ship. He Is the chief of staff, the
mouthpiece of the captain, and the ex-
ccutive officer. The First Lieutenant of
such ships Us the Philadelphia, Chicago,
San Francisco and Charleston is Lieu
tenant Commander. Aboard the York
town, Petrol and Bennington the First
Lieutenant is Lieutenant. Every de-
tail in the ships management must be
perfectly familiar to the First Lieutenant,
and where the crew numbers 400 or 500
men the duty often taxes him to the
limit of endurance. The new ships
require constant alterations and shifting
of fittings, all unknown aboard the old
type of craft. This work dcvolves on
the First Lieutenant.
When all hands are called on deck the
First Lieutenant takes the bridge and
delivers the orders. The Captain of the
vessel will at such times stand by his
sue anu III TIC mas occasion TO address
his chief of staff will usually do SO in au
undertone. In time of action the First
Lieutenant has immediate charge of the
battery. All orders affecting the control
of fire, the pointing and concentration,
devolve on the First Lieutenant. He
remains among the guns throughout,
the fight, only quitting them to assume
90 nd Of hn ~ la
handing officer be disabled. During
the past few months cndeavors have
been made to secure the detail of an off.
Ger to each of the big cruisers to act as
assistant to the First Lieutenant. The
matter has been brought to the attention
of the Secretary of the Navy, but has not
yet been acted upon.-.T. Louis Glo5e-
Democrat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
Apparatus for Treatin, Dsarae,,

An electrical apparatus for the treat
ment OF deafness has been invented by
one George F. Webb, of Jefferson.
Ohio. 1t comprises a battery, belt. an
electrode supported upon the belt and
SNAPPED to rest upon the ear, and having
an opening on one side to receive the
ear, aud connections between the cleo
trode and battery. An efficient and
simple device is thus provided for con.
slant use to remove the source OF deaf.
ness, one which may be safely applied,
aud is designed, while serving as a rem.
edy, to enable the patient to hear dis.
ctly.-Boston Transcript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
A Snake with Two Tails and No Kena.

"Talking about snake stories" re-
marked Mr.. w. F. Dowden, ssreminds
me of curious thing once saw done in
Dixie. Marmaduke's column of Coufed
crates were marching through the pines
away down in Arkansas one morning
hurting for locality where grub was
not so distressingiy scarce as it had be.
come where we were camped. The Gen
cral and his escort were riding at the
head of the column. Looking down in
the road saw peculiarly shaped snake
and at second glance remarked :.
General, here is snake with TWO tails
and no head" General Marmaduke and
several members of his staff stopped thei,
horses to get better view of his snake
ship. Upon close examination it was
seen that what appeared to be one snake
was really parts of two. That they were
about the same size and one had partially
swallowed the other--had swallowed il
too far to disgorge bsfore discovering
that it was a physical impossibility tc
swallow it entirely. "This is a true
story" continued Mr.. Dowden, "and
often think of the peculiar appearance
of the thing. Marshall (lIo.) Democrat.
M,Jos
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
A NATURAL Curing House.

"The lake near Salton, which is now
attracting so much attention, is a most
singular sheet of water" said General A.
N. Townc, OF the Southern Pacific Com
pany. "Saltoa," he continued, sis
about the lowest point Oh any of our
lines. 1t is 26O feet below the sen level,
and would be at the bottom of au inland
sea if cut to the Gulf OF California
should be made.
'Such cut need be only mere ditch
at first, the rush of the water would flow
until the inland sea was on the same
level as the ocean. There are immense
tracts of common salt all about Salton.
and heretofore the lake and salt marsh
near the station have been supplied with
water by great cloud-bursts, which occur
at short intervals. Some of the cloud
bursts have been so heavy as to raise tae
level of the lake many inches in few
hours. immediately after the water falls
the lake is only slightly SALT or rather
brackish, bat in little while the water
becomes saturated with salines, aud is so
strongly impregnated that ANYTHING
dipped in it is instantly covered with u
coating OF salt crystals.
Two years ago curious thing oc.
CURED down there that illustrates the
intense saltiness of the lake. A big flock
OF wild ducks, estimated to number sew
eral thousand, came flying over tac
desert from the direction of Los Angeles.
The lake had not been recently flooded
from the clouds and the water was con-
sequently q strong brine. When the
ducks saw shining sheet OF water near
them they at once pitched into the lake
and began pluming themselves and div
ing as we'll as they could in water a foot
deep.
"Thc Chinemen working at the salt
mill took guns and crawled toward the
lake to try for n shot. When they got
near enough to kill they rose and blazed
away. The ducks attempted to take
wing, but were unable to jump but few
inches from the water, only to fall back
again.
"Then the Chinemea took sticks aud
waded into the shallow water and
knocked over hundreds of birds.
They carried the ducks up to the
station, skinned them and left them
hanging in the open air, which was so
dry and pure and hot that the birds
dried without spelling and furnished a
supply of meat for months The salt,
which crystalized on their feathers when
they pitched into the lake, had prevented
their flying when approached by the
Ch;aamen.
"Salton Lake is more salt than Salt
Lake itself, and the salt is just about pure
common salt. San FRANCHISE Examiner.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
quickly down the road in tho gathering

quickly down the road in tho gathering
dusk. e
No one was coming, but to Pegs es
cited fancy there was some one hurryino
along, this<way and that way, up and
down and around.
1t was the beauty OF Peach Blow-thal
little village down on the Eastern Shore
begging, .'up our way.n Not for
bread; that any one who is hungry may
beg for; but for beef tea and chickens,
grapes aud oranges!
a singular sick and giddy feeling came
over her. She knew she mus. do this,
God had punished her sin of pride,
surely.
&c! must, mustl" muttered Peg. Then
she darted down tho stairs, quick as a
flash, and stood at the gate waiting for
her own and the Company's money.
John Wagner cried out: siWe'rc
caught" aud Will shouted: ERIN it
fast" but it was no use. Peg took the
money-hcrs and the Company's.
The old clock inside the door struck
nine. What was that down the dim
roadway Another buggy.
She stood aud waited for her money
this time.
Why, there was double team COM
Ing, and auotherl Was there u party
somewhere She had not heard.
One after another garages came pour.
ing in, the one horse wagons, two.horse
wagons, six-horse teams and Lighthouse
teams; there were little limping ponies,
whose trotting day had long been over,
and carts and sukies and horscmen.
and mules, donkeys and goats.
Peg dropped her money from her hand
to her apron, and stood there holding 1t
up. The lamps from livery stable
carriage threw their light upon her face,
showing the great, wondering black
eyes aud the kinks of the brown hair.
Some laughed softly as they jinglcd
the toll into the apron; some reproached
her for sitting ups late to catch party;
some declared vchementlY that they
weren't going to pay at this time in the
night, but they paid just the same.
One voicc-an old man 's-uear the end
of the cavalcade cried out triumphantly,
''By Georgeh and tho last of the train
passed through.
"Did you catch 'em, Peg2"
Thin and weak came the voice from
the bed, with just trcmor ofhumor in
it. Peg looked at him. She could sec
that he was much better.
Peg held open her apron so that he
might see that it was full. Then she
went down on her knees beside the bed.
''They done it a-purpose, BILL" she
said, and could say no more Youths
Companion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
A Juvenile Confidence Game.

This is how Chicago boy works it,
according to the Chicago Mil:
Tue wind was blowing stifily and the
bridge at Dearborn street was open.
"IIook out for your hat, my boy!"
shouted an oil gentleman of portly ap-
pcarance, but he was too late. That
hat-a battered straw-rolled into tn
river. The boy began crying and du.
bis knuckles into his eyes.
"Wcll, young man, you'll have ia
buy another hat now"
"Ain't g-g.got nuthin' ter buy with, z
snuftlcd the youngster.
That's too bad. Here's dollar for
you"
Twenty minutes later L was at CLARK
street bridge.
"Catch that hat, please, misterl" and
as the old WORKOUT head-coyering fioated
into the river small, barcheaded bow
sank down on the pavement, sobbing
violently. Three mems hands went into
their pockets and three silver quarters
gravitated toward the small boy.
peercd into his face. 1t was the same
lad. n
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
IN ABSENCE.

- - ~
My love is far away from me to night.
Oh spirits of sweet peace, kind destinies,
Watch over her, and breathe upon her
eyes;
Keep near to her in every hurts despite,
Thatno rude care or noisome dream alright.
So let her rest, SO let her sink to sleep
As littlo clouds that breast the sunset
steep
Merge and melt out into the golden light.
My love is far away, and am grown
A very child. oppressed with formlcss
glooms.
Some shndowy sadness with namo un-
known
Haunts the chill twilight, and these silent
rooms
Seem with vague fears and dim regrets
astir,
Lonesome ana strange and empty without
her.
Archibald Lan,pman, in Scrioncr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
ANswE.!REEp.


took my sorrow where tbs swelling fields
Lay circled by the low. caressing sky.
Tho soft enchantment that the mesring
yields
He'd eli the murmurous air, aud only
marred tho rejoicing day, and drew apart.
When Joy came flooding till my pulse leapsa
high,
| told my gladness to tbs woods desp heart.
And all the forest answered with sigh.
She heeds-sweet Nature--nay, she is not
dumbi
When from my prisoned soul the bars shall
fall.
There waits an answer to my every cry.
Though yot her speech 1 may not know, in
Glad times my soul, bond-sundered, shall re-
call
In thousandfold the sure aud blest reply.
--Nannio III. ntzhugh,. in Harper.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
Relcrmation plays no part in the wor

Reformation plays no part in the work
accomplished by Hamilton County's
worshouse In Cincinnati. james Nor.
gan, its superintendent, tells the Times
St0r of that city that it is an invariable
rule that person once placed in the in
stitution will be returned. ".Once n
thief, always thief, he says, "and if
man is arrested Tor beating his wife,
he will beat her more than once. A man
who is disorderly enough, when drunk,
to be sentenced to this place will be
sentenced more than once From this
city, suppose, that there have been
nearly $4,000 cone to this workhouse
and you may be sure 1 am well nc.
quainted, because see workhousc faces
more than once here" The only cxcep-
ton that Mr.. Morgan can remember is
the case OF Il man arrested for stealth q n
watch; after serving his term, he went
to Philadelphia aud became the prosper
Gus proprietor of .arge restaurant.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23

Cincinnati's first years experience with
the Truant Law, requiring all children
fourteen years old and under to attend
school, is said to be satisfactory. The
enforcement of the law has increased the
school attendance by more than thou
sand pupils. Fines to the extent of
only $50 have been collected for the
infractions that have been detected and
punished. Nevertheless this sum does
not represent all the cases of the employ
ment Of children who should have been
In school, The Truant Officer charged
with the enforcement of the law finds
many parents so avaricious OF so indif-
fercnt to the education OF their Offspring
that they have not hesitated to falsify
ages, and detection has not always been
possible. The manufacturing establish
mcnts that heretofore have been accus
toned to employ from one to twenty
five "minors" have been obcdent to the
law
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23

The Commissioner of the Missouri
Bureau of Labor Statistics says that the
Fortuightly Pay Law, which went into
operation last March, meets with general
observance. Previous to its enactment,
the miners and other operatives in the
State were subjected to grave injustice.
Their pay was not only often long over
due, but frequently large percentage
of it was held back to be forfeited in
case of any trouble with employers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23

DR.. Ernest La Place, of the Philadel-
phia Medico- Chirurgical College, says
that within n very short time the world
will hear again from DIR. Koch. He will
make important scientific revelations that
will prove he is on the right road toward
azure for consumption. The Importance
of this statement is due to the fact that
DR.. La Place keeps himself fully informed
of all that is done in the studies and la
boratorics of European scientists.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23

So vigorous has been the war on the
opium-smugglers in San Francisco with
in the past few months that the good re-
suits are becoming manifest in the local
market. The Chr0nic'e of that city says
that, in consequence of the seizures, the
price of opium has increased from So. %
to $500 II tin. All the opium factories
have been driven out of Chinatown, and
their proprietors have either abandoned
the business or sought new fields of OPP
crations in the interior where surveil-
lance is less thorough than in the city.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23

The counties in Kentucky that own
stock in the turnpike companies, which
are doing 50 much to provide the State
with COOL roads, regard their Investment.
with much satisfaction. Ia Warren
County, for example, states the New
York Post. this method of encouraging
road building has wor,1e so SATISFACTORY.
ly that the people will vote shortly
on the proposition to take another $50 j..
ooo block of stock in the turnpikes, and
there appears to be no doubt that i. will
be adopted. The county is now pro.
vlded with tifty-nine miles of turnpikes.
and most Of them are paying good divi-
dends to the stockholders. warren
County" says the Bowling Green Times
giving the results of the county's cx.
perience, ''never took wiser stem or
one fraught with more benefits to tho
people of the county than when she cot
an act from the Legislature enabling her
10 induce the building of turnpikcs by
taxing stock in them. AT the first cleo.
ton under this act $50, 900 were voted
for pike construction. In short while
this amount was expended, and after.
wards an additional $4,000 was voted,
and all this, except 1000, had been put
in pixies
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
To Cleanse a Snnnye.

First boil your sponge in strong solu.
ton of borax, then wash In cold water /:
then again boil in salt and water, and
free it from the salt by washing in cold
water. Repeat this until the sponge is
quite clean. Lastly, add few drops of
hydrochloric acid ard few grains of
Iodine to quantity of water, and per-
nit the sponge to soak therein for a time
then wash in cold water. BY this means
you will have clean sponge having the
characteristic odor of the sea. -Taila-
delphia Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
CURIOUS FACTS.
de. Death lives in Ohio.

A\As 1(CasA iiNeS III OulOs
The onion originally came from
Egypt.
The royal standard of Persia is a
blacksmith's apron.
Locusts are eaten by many tribes Of
North American Indians.
James Tyson, of Australia, worth S15,-
QUO, 600, was coachmaa.
Tho fnger-nails grow between one
and half and two inches in length
yearly.
Graveyard coteries" is the latest for
group Of bores who "talk each other
to death.n
Halley's was the first periodical comet
discovered. 1t has period of 76t years,
and is due again in 1911.
Richard Tells, who lives near Clifford.
Mich, served in thirty-six engagements
during the war and never lost drop of
blood.
A Connecticut man has gouo into the
business of propagating sewer rats. He
sells their skins to "kid" glove manu-
facturers.
a Lawrence (Kan.) drug store window
IS ornamented with two native leeches,
which measure foot each in length,
and have, combined, blood capacity Of
one gallon.
There is an island near Menominee.
Mich, which is literally alive with
worms that swarm over everything, and
another one that is so infested with
snakes that no one will visit it.
In the reign of Edward l., of England,
it was declared that the dealers in fish
should not be permitted to make a
larger profit than one penny 0wo cents)
on each twenty-five cents worth sold.
As large sum as wes ever obtained
for any invention was enjoyed by the
American who invented the inverted
glass bell to hang over gss jets to pre-
vent ceilings from being bleckened by
smoke.
The buttonwood tree to which Master
NARROW, of the ship Kent, lashed the
cable when the first settlers landed ct
Burlington, N. j., in 1876, is still stand
ing on the river bank in front of the
OioDO hOulCotCuNt.
A marble slab has been placed on the
house in which Pagauini died in Nice,
Italy. Tho inscription concludes with,
"The powerful bow that drew forth
magic sounds now lies inert, but its
supreme sweetness still survives in the
scented breezes of Nice"
There is laundryman in Paris who
has discarded all soaps, sodas and bleach
ing powders in his establishment. He
merely uses plenty of water and boiled
potatoes, and can cleanse, without en-
ploying any alkali, the most soiled of
linens, cottons or woolens.
The first use of gunpowder as an agent
in warfare was made in the course of
the twelfth century. The Chinese de-
monstrated It's propulsive effects in the
fifteenth century, in the reign of Yung-
lop, this being fully 1000. years after
gunpowder was used in e-crackers
The Bahama Islands now produce the
finest sisal. The plants were imported
from Yucatan, aud the coral soil, com.
bined with the temperature of the
islands, has greatly improved the pro-
duct. This is very profitable business
in the Bahamas, as land worth not more
than 50 au acre will produce crop of
sisal worth about $25. The plant is very
hardy, reaches maturity in three years,
and will then furnish crop annually for
twenty years.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23

A scheme is on foot at Ottawa for
promoting patriotism among young
Canadians. A committee of leading ed
ucationists have in hand proposal to
issue text book on Canadian history,
showing the patriotic deeds of the past
three centuries. They intend offering a
prize OF $4,000 for the best manuscript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23

Physicians of this country are paid
annually nearly 81, 500, 900 for medical
examinations for lifo insurance compa.
MES. Three companies pay over $780,
600 each.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23
A New York newspaper man estimates
that American tourists spend 500, 000,-
600 annually in Europe.

The greatest number of fires in the
world per 1oO,o inhabitants is IN New
York City, being IA; the least in St.
Louis, forty-nine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23

The New York Post AYERS that the iron
trade is usually taken by statisticians as
an index aud thermometer of trade in
general.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-23

a company in New York oity is buy. I
ing old horses, fattening them up, and
shipping the meat to Franco.