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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16
The NIexican's Fayorite Drink.

Pulque is pronounced "pulky," and is
the national beer of Mexico. In the
Mexican cities pulQuc shops are as nu-
nerous rs wcro locusts in Egypt, the
prohibition eagle never having made its
fatal swoop in that languid land of tho
tropics. Some of these shops, from n
Mexican point of view, are neat and
clean, though it should be added that n
Mexican point of view, when cleanliness
is concerned, is not eminent.
Pulquc is the fresh juice or sap of tho
century plant, and Is consumed tho day
it is gathered, as it will become sour and
unpalatable within twcnty-four hours.
Tho method of its production is simple.
The long central shoot of the plant, which
naturally would be projected upward
from twenty to forty feet, like some
mighty club of Samson, is cut out of its
base in the very inception of its growth.
This leaves basin, in which collects the
sap which was meant for the growth of
the plant. A Mexican who deals in the
commodity has what is called q puloue
orchard, and this is large or small, &C.
cording to his ambitions. Once a day.
tho early morning hours, he dips the
pulquc out of the vegetable basin into q
pigskin, wherein it is at once purveyed
to the tavern keeper to be sold. That is
oil there is to the process, end it is dis
pensed at about one and half cents q
glass.
In appearance, taste, and sticky con-
sistency pulque much resembles yeast.
Connected with its sale is an exercise
which the barkeepcr performs, which has
driven many tender American tourist
without his pulque, after it was ordered
and paid for. The Mexican glasses have
no handles, and grasping it so as to pro-
ject ut least one finger and sometimes
two into the glass the barkeeper dips
the pulque. As necessity, from tho
method employed and the consistent
character of the liquid, considerable i'd
heres to the barman's fingers, and as he
shoves your glass toward you, by q dex-
ferrous firt of the hand, he adds this
puiquc on his fingers to the contents of
your glass, thus cleaning his soiled digits
and winning your esteem by giving good
measure ut one and the same time. a
dexterous dispenser will indulge in this
professional flirt and never get drop of
pulque out of your glass. This thing has
been known to disgust Americans, who
would push their pulque back without
tasting, all to the high contempt of the
man of pulque, who regards such stom-
achs as far too ladylike P;tts5ur3 Dis
patch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

Only two or three years ago it looked
as though the Mohammedans were sweep.
ing everything before them in Africa, and
there seemed no reason why they should
notacquire controlling influence over
the natives as far south as the zambesi.
All this Is now changed, declares the
New York Sun. In West Africa we sec
the Mohammcdan Kingdoms from the
Sahara to the Lower Niger and the Beuuc
falling, one after another. into tho hands
Of tho Europeans. In the Egyptian Sou
dan the Mahdiat dominion is dropping to
pieces. On Victoria Nyanza most of the
Arabs have been slaughtered by Mwanga,
their dhows have been destroyed, and
the Survivors have led into Unroyo, where
they cannot replenish Their ammunition
stores, and nearly 1000 soldiers Of the
British East African Company arc fast
upon their heels. Mr.. Stanley seems to
have very good grounds for his assertion
that shesc viii not be Mohammedan in
~ Central Africa, south of the equator,
In thp next i've years.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16
Gathering Wild Sumao

The collecting and curing of the leaves
of the wild sumacs occupies for several
of the summer months the time of hun
dreds of women and children in Virginia
and the Carolinas. This product, which
would otherwise be wasted, distributes
among the poorer country people of
North Carolina alone the large sum of
$4,000 to $4,000 annually. Sumac is ex-s
tensively used in dycing cloth and in the
tanning of fine leather. Besides our ma
tive product, from fifteen thousand to
twenty-five thousand tons are annually
imported from the South of Europe.
Northern buyers of sumac claim that the Z
gatherers carelessly or dishonesty mix
with the packed leaves sticks, stones and
other trash. This is very wrong and
does not benefit the packers, rs buyers
always remove such trash before weigh
ing. and deduct from the price of the /.
leaves the cost of removing the trash and
freight on same. The North Carolina
experiment station will investigate the.
advisnbility of cultivating sumac and the
value of leaves from the cultivated plants.
Manufacturers give the following direc-
tons for curing leaves: Leaves may be
gathered any time from June Goth to-.
October LIST, or until the leaves turn red
red leaves are worthless. The best
leaves are those gathered in June and !
July. As soon as picked spread t6fs,
leaves in the sun for ono or two hou,1
then remove to q rain tight covered 49,
and spread thinly on shelves or table,
and stir frequently to prevent the leave4S
from heating and turning black. Us#
the hands or a wooden stick for turnineE|
the leaves nevcr use iron. The greenerE
the dried leaves arc the higher will be L
the price they will bring. Tho leaves!
will not be dry enough to pack until tho. \
stems of the leaves break when bent.
Dried sumac sells from eighty-fvc cents.
to 81 per 100 pounds.-New Englandss
Homestead. IS
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16
Tie Galley Slave

Think of six men chained to benchA
naked as when they were born, one foe@
on the stretcher, the other on the bencfB
in front, holding an immensely heayys
oar (hfteenfeet long,, bending forward
TO the stern with arms at full reach to!
clear the backs of the rowers in front.
who bend likewise; and then, having cot.
forward, showing up the oars end to let
the blade catch the water, then throwing
their bodies back OH to the groaning;
bench. A galley oar sometimes pulls
thus for ten, twelve, or even twenty;
hours without moments rest. The.
boatswain, or other sailor, in such a.
stress, puts piece of bread stepped in
wine in the wretched rower's mouth to.
stop fainting, and then the Captain
shouts the order to rcdouble the lash. If
q slave falls exhausted upon his oar
(Which often chances, he is logged I'll
no is taken for dead, and then pitched
unceremoniously into the sea.--.ss 7'as.
Bar5ary Cosairs.' 3
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

"Thc Nihilist young woman" ac-
cording to tho Paris edition of tho Now
York Herald, "is the most inexplicable
of her sex and sect. Other young women
learn to make bonncts and dresses or
amuse themselves by making cake, but
the young feminine Nihilist gives her
whole mind during leisure moments to
preparing dynamite explosives. When
she has learned her daily lessons on
anatomy or physiology she springs up
with light heart, puts ON her apron
and exclaims, ''Now I'll just run into
the laboratory and make up batch of
bombsl" Tho three young women who
were arrested here the other day do not
appear to have been making bombs for
use in any particular Emperor's house
hold, or for sale on race courses or else
where. Obviously their motive must
have been tho same which induces the
ordinary young woman to go into the
kitchen at intervals and make cake with
her own hands. That dynamite bombs
and amateur cake are dangerous and
deadly does not in the least disturb these
light-hearted maidens. They will have
their little amusements, no matter who
may suffer from them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

Bismarck, by whom It was laid before tho
Parliament Of the North German Con-
federation on the 10Th. England, on tho
18th, had recognized the existence Of
war by her proclamation Of neutrality.
In tho next war of any moment, tho
Russo Turkish war Of 1877, we hayc a
reductio I'D absurdum of the doctrine of
the necessity for o declaration 90 far as
demanded in the interests of the enemy.
On the oath of April the Gar emitted a
declaration of war ut Kischeneff. Copies
werc circulated among the commanding
officers Of the various regiments, and the
diplomatic agents OF the Great Powers
were also properly enough apprised of the
contents, with the result that England,
Franco aud Italy issued proclamations OF
neutrality six days later. The sublime
Porto, for whose information tho decla-
ration was presumably, in tho first in
stance, intended, of course got copy of
the manifesto; but the precise extent to
which it benefited by the war being do
clared (not simply bcgun) will be apprc-
ciated when it is remembered that by the
evening of the day when the Emperor
made the proclamation at Kischeneff,
$4,000 troops had already crossed the
frontier into Rournania.
Among struggles of less Importance
the Ashantee War of 1873, the Trans
vaal War, the French wars in Tonquin
and China, and the Egyptian War, oil
began without declaration. In tho last
mentioned case, Arabi-Pasha was re-
quired, on the 10Th OF July, 1880, to
surrender the forts of Alexandria; and
on his failure to do so within the time
specified, the bombardment began.
Lastly, VIC have two instances in which
small States have recently reverted to
tho ancient practice. On the 18th of
November, 1855, King Thebaw, of Bur-
NAH, favored England with declaration
of war, tho information conveyed by
which, however, appears rather supcrflu-
Gus, as the English troops were already
advancing on his capital. The reply was
proclamation deposing his dusky
majesty.
In tho same month Servia went to war
with Bulgaria. Servia, to be SO juvcn-
lilo power, seems to be good deal of
Journalist. In both of her attacks on
Turkey-in June, 1876, and December,
1S77-she duly declared war before at
lacking; and when she came to differ
with Bulgaria, she acted consistently,
sending most orthodox declaration Of
wnr, the challenge in which was cordial
ly accepted by Bulgaria in duo form,
scion les regales, just Us if the disputants
had been couple of fcudal Barons of
the middle ages.
Nowadays, however, steam aud cleo
tricity have rendered communication SO
rapid, md the state of Organization
not merely national but international
is so complete in modern society, that
two nations cannot approach rupture
without both being fully aware of it.
The withdraw, and, still moro, the dis
missal of IN ambassador is therefore suf-
ficicnt warning how matters stand tn
warrant an immediate commencement of
operations, whisl in fact declaration
Of war Onco-a- THecb.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

The scarcity of most kinds of fruits
throughout the Eastern and Central States
makes the good crop of California fruit
this year of greater importance than ever
before. The people of the United States
have the advantage, congratulates the
Boston Cultioator, of living in country
so large that they can supply themselves
with necessaries and most luxuries de-
spite any local scarcity that may prevail.
California fruit has heretofore been rcck-
oned superior in appearance, but hardly
up to the mark in flavor and quality.
This has been due perhaps to excessive
reliance on irrigation, just as many of
our own fruits are watery and poor in IN
extra wet season. But good or poor, tho
fruit of the Golden State will this year be
a demand.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16
THESE hats WE'RE pIcTU RESCUE.

tunatc Austrian Queen presided while
her good naturcd, if weak, husband
played childishly with the secthing fires
of the great volcano under his feet. For
round about the American were tho
cooked hats, bordcrcd with lace md
sometimes trimmed with softly waving
plumes, which swept and waved as tho
courtiers greeted and 1attcrcd each ether.
Yet Franklin's hat, n survival as it was
OF those Puritan hats which were pro-
test against the follics and fashions of q
court rs foolish and rs fashionable rs that
of Louis XVI, was destined to furnish
the idea from which was elaborated hat
which has now been in use for century,
and which will probably be worn rs long
rs mon shall remain rs they arc now The
silk, the plug, the high, the beaver, or
the dress hat, for it is called by all these
names, may fairly be said to celebrate its
centennial in this year of 1890.
The popularity of franklin, and still
more that of the country he represented,
was indicated by the style of hat which
was seen during the carly part of tho
French revolution. But curiously
enough, twas in England that the beaver
hat was to find its true home. It was at
first looked upon Us Indicating revolu-
tionary tastes in its owner, and on this
account Catharinc IL. of Russia would
have none of it among her subjects.
When, however, Napoleon I. declared
himself Emperor of the French and
trampled out under the feet of his guards
the last embers of the Terror his cnmity
to England caused hat which had OF
ono time been popular among the sans
culottes to be ut once adopted. Napoleon
himself wore the cooked hat, which there
by became especially French and added
to the English desire to wear something
radically different. -. -.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

One of the lotcst proposals, announces
tho Commercial Adcertiscr, is to 10y Pipe
line for supplying New York with milk,
as Pittsburg and some other cities arc
supplied with natural gas or oil from tho
wells. Tho tactical supply, of course,
cannot be got by boring, but it is to be
collected ut various points and sent along
the pipe for distribution in New York.
1t is said a company is being formed
with capital of about thrcc-quartcrs of
q million dollars to carry out the scheme.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16
Professor Jacob Grimm, the author of

Professor Jacob Grimm, the author OF
the most learned German grammar and,
jointly with his brother. tho best Ger
man dictionary, says: "Among all tho
modern languages none has, by giving
up and confounding all the laws of
sound, and by cutting off nearly aii the
infections, acquired greater strength and
vigor than the English. Its fullncss of
FREQ middle sounds, which cannot be
taught, but only learned, is the cause of
an essential force of expression such as
perhaps never stood ut the command of
any ether language of men,"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16
Kangaroos for America.

We are assured on what seems good
authority that the project of importing
kangaroos into this country 10 seriously
entertained by several enthusiastic and
wealthy sportsmen of the west. The
animals have been successfully accli-
mated in England and France, and we
are assured that there is no reason why
they should not thrive here. The prac-
teal extinction of the buffalo has left the
plains without any big game of impor-
tance, and experienced sportsmen declare
that hunting tha kangaroo, as practiced
in Australia, is second in excitement and
in interest only to killing the buffalo.
The scheme is not without commercial
importance. Kangaroo leather is very
valuable product, and the animals breed
rapidly. The promoters hope to be
privileged to introduce the new game at
the beginning of the warm season in the
Yellowstone Park, and SO insure them
for few years Government protection
and immunity from scnselcss sportsmen..
Montana Independent.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

. The TYorlmen's Allocate of New York
city claims that the railroad system of
the United States can be operated at an
average cost of sixty per cent. of its
gross earnings. According sto Poor's
Manual for 1890 the total amount of
gross earnings reported by the steam sur
face and elevated railroads in operation
in 1889 reaches the sum of 81 ,oo3, 737,-
596, sum fifty per cent. in excess of the
public revenue of tho United States and
almost equal to the national debt.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

SHARK Twain" has made tho discov-
cry that, whereas lecturers always affect
to have a sober end in view, which can
be best reached by sugar coating their
bolus Of ripe thought with q paste of il
Illustrative anecdotes, their real aim is to
tell as many good stories as they havo
time to narratc, letting the professed sub
jcct-matter of the address serve merely
as thread on which to string them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16
A clever swindlcr has been doino

A clever swindlcr has been doing
Florida, chronicles the Chicago Herald
He guarantees to rid cotton fields
,of catcrpillars, and on receiving his
Aisc-usually SHE goes from stalk to
stalk hunting for the ''king caterpillar"
Presently finding a big fet fellow
ha-e. him by q string toe- Sree. He
then tells the crcdulo that the
strung-up insect will die at sunset and
that then all tho other caterpillars will
leave the place.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16
The London Hospital tells of n sen

The London Hospital tells of seam
stress, who, like Hoods pathetic heroine
in the "Song of the Shirt" worked till
the stars shone on the roof. Her eye
sight failed, and the story goes on:
i"Shc saw at the same time four hands,
four needles and four seams. She ut
first treated them as an illusion, but at
the end of some days, in consequence of
weakness aud prolonged mental anxiety,
she imagined that she was really sewing
-four seems at once, and that God, touched
BY her misfortune, had worked miracle
in her favor"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

Hugh Macleod is O Ross-shire High
lander, ono hundred and seven years old.
Though in the gray twilight of IN almost
blameless and fairly active life spent in
his native county, he is full Of strength
and yigor, taking lively interest in tho
affairs of life, having good appetite,
being generally healthy and cutting and
carrying his peat for household use. His
food has always been plain and nutritious,
relates the Chicago Herald, and his habits
are not unworthy the attention of many
that are fastening by an opposite course
the end of merrier and shorter but not
happier life. 1t is difficult to say in pre-
else terms what forces IRE directly con-
nected with the production of hale and
happy old ago. Certainly much more ID
involved than mere strength of constitu.
ton, for to this must be added healthful
surroundings, contentment and active,
temperate and regular habits. Hard work.
SO long as 1t is not carried beyond tho
limit of repairing regularly the worn out
tissues, is both harmless and conducive
to longevity. Civilization is ct once
helpful and injurious as regards longevity.
Under its protecting influence normal de-
yelopment at all ages is allowed and fos-
tered. But civilization affords great OPP
portunities for self-indulgence--and as a
rule they are not allowed "a esnona
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

The beaver hat-so called because the
body, aften being made of felted rabbit
fur, was covered with the fur of the fat
tailed dam builders was in general out
line like the silk hat of to-day; that is.
it possessed brim and q crown. But
the variations demanded by fashion pro-
duccd wonderful changes in the appear.
ance of the hat. AS the brim was made
wider or less wide the crown was given
fuller or smaller belt. The Constitu-
tlonal Convention, whose centennial we
oil celcbratcd last year, was attended by
men who wore hats looking something
like squaro-toppcd derby bodies placed
On the brims of exaggerated Texan SOM
Dreros. These were not beavers, but NAV
be numbered among the grandfathers of
those hats which sheltered the heads of
thc men who volunteered for tho war of
asl2. General jackson in private life
wore hat with q bell crown and rolling
or rather narrow brim, on which the
beaver fur mado long, brownish nap.
This nap, by tho way, was believed to be
OF sovereign benefit when one had cut
ones finger and was applied as lint to
stop the flow Of blood.
This particular form of hat is familiar
enough to us in the cartoons of the day.
1t was good, solid article, warranted to
wear we'll if properly made. Strange as
it looks now it was fashionable enough
then, and doubtless the "bloods," as the
"dudes'' of the carly part of the century
were called, were we'll enough satisfied
with their appearance.
When Bolivar struck the blow which
liberated the South American countries
from the control of Spain. the fashion,
able hat was something like that which
we wear to-day; that is, in shape, for the
material was still beaver fur. In fact,
the shapes worn by these bygonc handles
were to all intents and purposes those of
last year, this or next. But beaver silks
became more and moro expensive, and to
take their place the cotton plush-called
Angora plush-was invented somewhere
about the year 1926. As this was cheap
the purchase of high hats became far
more common, and tho plush did not
look badly fer q few months. The fur
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

A fire broke out few days ago in a
town in Hungary and the account of it
which appeared in the newspapers, said
that the Mayor called meeting of the
chief inhabitants to consider whether it
might not be advisable to pull down q
house or two to prevent the possibility
of tho flames reaching o certain quarter
of the town where tho buildings were all
.t:~oou. This says Max O'Rcll in Q
London letter, would read stranger, TO
Americans, who if their houses take fire,
have but to touch an electric button on
their own premises, and lol all the doors
ut tho fire station fly open, whip
touches the horses and sends them for
ward, the harness comes down on them
as they pass ont, and in twenty-five Sec
onds the engine, fully equipped, is on its
way to the scene of the fire, which has
been shown on on indicator also con-
nected with tho button pressed by the
householder. saw the performance for
myself at Pittsburg, and it was the near
est approach to phantasmagora that
ever expect to see en- this planet.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

In his formal taking possession of He'll
goland, just coded by England, Emperor
William of Germany announced that the
local laws aud customs prevailing in tho
island would be changed as little as pos
siblc. "Tho retention of the faith of your
fathers" he concludes, Sand the caro- of
your church and schools will have my
earnest attention."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

Tho Prairie Farmer states that the car
works all over tho country have advanced
the prices of building passenger coaches.
a coach which WINS built year ago for
$4,000 the works will not build now for
less than $500, and the car-works are
steadily advancing tho price of box and
coal ems.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

A correspondent of the Journal Of Aq-
Ticunure gives the salaries of the officers
of tho Farmers Alliance as follows Pres
idcnt, $4,000 per year and expenses; Sec
rotary, $4,000 and expenses; Treasurer,
$500; Lecturer. $4,000 and expenses.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

The New Orleans Times Democrat says:
pennsylvania has been one of the largest
investors in Southern enterprises. Phila-
delphia alone has $50, 100000 invested,
mainly in Virginia and Alabama, and tho
State probably three times as much"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

Insubordination among the English
soldiers doing garrison duty has occurred
SO often of late us to alarm the timid and
to give the sensational newspapers ma
terial for very long editorials.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16
annually.

Thousands of miserable city waits,
says the Philadelphia Christian Standard,
only know the green grass as something
10 s'keep off" of.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16

4 Fashionable entertainments have been
enormously cxtravagant In London this
season. Several have cost between $780,
900 and $4,000. The flowers for
bachelor party cost $4,000.