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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-25
A SAFE INVESTMENT.

Is one which is guaranteed to
bring you satisfactory results, or in
case of failure q return OF purchase
price. On this safe plan you can
buy from our advertised Druggist a
bottle OF Dr. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. 1t is guaranteed
to bring rellot IN ever? case, when
used for any affection Of the Throat
Lungs or Chest, su II as Consump
ton, inflammation o. Lungs, Bron-
chitiS, Asthma, Who"ping Cough,
Group. etc, etc. IL is pleasant and
agreeable 20 taste, perfectly safe, and
can always be depended upon.
Trial bottles free ut Il. L. Har
graves Drugstore.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-25

! held. It is n sort of departmental house
I cleaning. No ether sale in tho city
draws such e crowd as Uncle Sans an-
nual u.lc OF dead mail matter" The
| packages are sold unopened, and al
though the contents arc known, the
value is not; it is what an lrishman
would call "bnying Il pig in a sack"
| OF course, it is u heterogeneous collcc-
ton, rs i'll these days almost every
thing goes by mail, from q tuningfoi'lS
TO u ,yet!;iinG trousscau--whicli latter
was bought ii New York several years
ago, and sent il the mail-baSs across
the continent to the pretty bride en- the
! Pacific coast.
llc muscum of the Dc:d-Ecttcr Of
fee always interests visitors. There
they see What extraordinary things
people try to send through the mails
and many interesting relics There are
two big axe, nn exhibition which l,,SS
fcri2ida1lu enough for Adu.iri..tra .on
weapons and cause tho practical sight
seer to wonder whose purse WIS long
enough to pay postage ON such wcighty
articles.
"a hitchinr-post, II loaded revolver
anu -t-pcllo lOItl - Oh CUilDSl-
Ties most unexpected among nail mat
ter. an Indian scalp and IL skull are
very appropriate relies for Uncle siarl';
cemetery, but they must be uncanny
objects to Gn.! iii Il mail pouch. Among.
the odd things which attract attention
i; - letter from the far Northwest
where .niabcr is evidently more lbr;n-
dnnt Than papcr-writtcn on large
shinf-ic.
1t has 'on;; been an open secret that
ailigatO.J, horned toads ard I'LL s,r: o:
rc;.iic3 arc 5uu%:ri, Il Through Tie
i:!:lili ii possible and Uncle Sam has on
cNiiii'i!iun several specimens cf tn. AMI
:n;,i kingdom With h. has c9n;isc::tc,l.
SURROUNDED by many strange and ia
conGran.,s Things is an old ln;:;l-bair
stained with blood, which tells the
story OF Il brave mans devotion TO duty
---"vcn unto dcat;:--an Arizona mail.
carrier who wis killed by the Apache
Indians i'll 1880. Another interesting
relic Is the ancient lcuthcr-bound vol
umc OF iIty-thrco pages in which ben
jamin Franklin kept the accounts OF
The Government when nc was Postinas-
tcr-Gcncral. In - still, smaller book il
n record of the uncallcd-for or misdi-
r2ctcd letters during eleven ycars-froln
lT!T 10 lISo-:yhich numbered three
hundred ;in:l aixtv-fiyc. We have made
rapid strides il: century to reach an
average CT eighteen Thousand dead
littcrS' day. Although, many of these
letters are resurrect"l, sent ont into the
"orll again, and finally reach their
destination. there arc multitrt!cs, Of
course, beyond the ken even of Il Dead
i4ettcr-Giticc clerk that can not be re-
turned to- their owners Alas! what
r,i;'ery and Misunderstanding may
ha'c been c;iuncd by the loss OF some of
tht:e iettersl The happincas OF u life
Sine, perhaps, or tl:s success. Never
thrica", DO not lay all the blame Mt
Uncle Sans door, for you know not
what y3n may have left undonc that
you ought - have done.
George Canning once said: II can
prove any thing by stat;,ic; except tho
truth" Those people who ;.rc .. his
opinion r:lay still have doubts, in spite
of peep behind the scenes of the
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-25
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALyE.

TIE Best SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rhcnm, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction.
or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by A. +. Har
grave.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-25
Tho Life of Trccs.

Recent information gathered ny tho
the German Forestry Commission as
signs TO the pine tree 500 and T1o years
as the n,aYimum. 435 years to the silver
ilr, "Io years to the larcl, 245 years 10
the rcd beech. 80 to tile aspen, a0o to
the birch, 40 to the ash, ll5 To tho
alder a:id $50 to the ella. The heart q
the oa.; begins tn rot 1T about The a;.o
800 ycnra. ':'hc holly ca,< alone cse;..,cs
this law, Il i said, and there IS :. .,,,sci
men OF this aged 40 year,: In existence
near 4 sclaIfenburg in Germnny.-Chi-
icago Times.
BANANA PiScUsuroN.--Pull n banana
apart very carefully. lay tho pieces OH
paper and trace around them. Cut each
out exactly the aizo and shape OF tho
peel, then trace tho pattern upon yellow
silk or satin and cut accordingly. allow
ing half an inch to turn in; stitch them
neatly together with yellow silk Before
finishing. fill with bran, thon with green
and brown in watcr-color initiate the
spots and strcalss, with real banana to
copy from. at one ond add bow o: vel
low ribbon and tiny loop to tic il by
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-25

THERE arc 14,3o5 women commercial
travellers in the United States.
THERE arc sixty-six liquor saloons in
New York that arc kept by women.
MORE bicycles are used ny ladies' in
Denmark than in any other Europeun
country.
a MATRIMONIAL BUREAU," with 2
capital Of $4,000, has been incorporated
at Tacoma
THE people of tho United States con-
sumo, it is said, 300. 900, 600 bottles OF
pickles annually.
a WOMAN who belongs to the cooking
school at Atchison, Kan, made two
pound loaf Of bread the other day out Of
pound OF flour.
a GERMAN resident of Glendale. q.
has sued for divorce from his vito be.
cause She throws sticks and stones n,
him. He says she has chased him fulI
mile from the house.
II may interest the slim-handed Amer
lean ladies to know that no glove small
or than six is kept in the ladies' stock
IN London stores. The favoritc sizes in
New York -5h and 5sf, arc RELOCATED t.
the muses. counter, there is so iitt!o dc
Mahd LOT shen by ladies'
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-25
WHAT SOME NATIONS SMOKE

RUSSIAN cigars AFRO simply long rolls
oil evil-smclling leaf and AFRO only
smoked by tho "moujills," or peasants.
ENGILsl cigars arc made of American
tobacco, but fail in manipulation. They
look bright and wooden" rather than
like natural-lcat product.
iii; French cigars are very POOR, but
NJ tho Government controls tho indus
try the people arc Obliged 10 usc thou,
or pay high pricea for Havana goods.
TIE cigar of tho native Dornean
living in tho Indian archipelago, is a
black roll three inches long, taporing
to other end, tho outer leaf covered
with a network OF gray veins, like a
cob web.
TIE Patagonian cigar IS mado OF
'petihoby" tobacco and is thrco inches
long, quite straight, of dull gray-groen
Golfer IL would take IL courageous man
10 Try it. yot tho native children smoke
them all the time
E6Yrr uses n heavy blacl; cigar.
Shaped like barrel, not quite thrcc
inches long. 1t looks strong enough 70
draw q load of wood and has thick white
veins upon it's wrapper, which look like
pieces of string rolled around it.
POSSIBLY tho most expensive cigars
ever made were the 20, 600 iavanas made
for Spanish Marshal Prim rs II present
for Napoleon Ill, each cigar being
stamped with the imperial n in gold.
They are said to havo cost Sla,O0O.
TIE Italian cigar is National insti-
tuition. 1t is eight inches long, with n
straw through it, and is remarkable for
tho fact that the manufacturer cxhausts
AL Inc fertile resources of his nature in
making it so that it will not light
IL llindostan the konds have for ages
allowed their hair to grow to u great
length, which they twist round and
round the head and fasten into knot in
'front.' in which they carry few cigars
made of tobacco rolled in green leaf.
TIE cigars of Germany arc bad. From
those smoked by tho Emperor down
they arc the vilcst trash, yet this is duo
only to tho public tastc, for some very
good cigars arc made by tho Germans,
but the demand for them is very linn
tied.
TIE first cigars made by tho Spaniards
wcle OF tobacco loosely rolled and held
together by the silltcn lining of corn
shucks and always with n straw running
through the center, TO be withdrawn be-
fore smoking, SO rs to secure a good
draft.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-09-25
fer Infants and Children.

"The use OF 'CGstoria IS so universal and
fte merits SO well known that IL seems II work
OF supercrogation 10 endorse it. Few n-e the
intelligent families who 90 not keep Cnstoria
Within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTYR, DID,
New York City.
Into Pastor BloomIngdalo Reformed Church.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-06


1fsmsn would - alone let him look q the stars"
AND now ell meaner things have fallen
away,
ignoble arts n triumphs OF the day.
From out tho sombre earth, 10 left, TO
right,
Arise the countless blunde.s OF the night;
Minute and striduiant, they blend and
swell.
Into one vast and solemn canticle;
Flect-footed winds upon the scafy trees
Play Mt viii their grander symphonies.
And ever the TUNED soul Is smota,
In swift response unto zach finest note.
70 anstere 400 sails on, serene and
proud.
With her shifting train OF dappled cloud;
But unto the limits OF Heavens bars,
Shine forth tho punctual legions G.. the
stars.
Oh, pure compellers of sublimer mood;
The humble heart ne'er counts IL solitude,
To wait i'm exultation, mite and awed.
Ia divine company of thee aud God.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-06
BANK -orE FACTS
POINTS on the Msnner OF Detecting
Counterfeit Paper.

"Iet me give you a few points on
the best way 10 detect a counterfeit
note" says an authority on the sub
iect in the Boston Transcript. Eek
perts don't Judge so much by the APP
pearance OF the bill as they do by its
feel that is, by the way it slips
through the fingers, but ii takes years
of experience 10 acquire the necessary
fine touch and even then il is not al
ways reliable. Every DILL is lettered
and numbered, and there is a connec-
ton between the numbers and the let
tiers which is made in such n way that
when you know about it you can tell
a genuine bill almost at a glance.
What are known rs the character let
tiers OF a bill are placed on either side
of the central figure or vignette, and
are A, Il, G., and ID only. The letters
stamped i'm colors before and after the
numbers have nothing to do with
the case so far as detecting
a counterfeit goes, but those
OH the Dli III iif paws iitNh
toned are rightly named char
acter letters. since they serve, ! n
connection with the numbers, to show
ii the bill * genuine. Now suppose
YOU have a bill numbered 12e22s26.
The character letter on such "A bill
should Ice ID. Whyg II you take the
last two figures, which are 26, and di-
vide them by 5, you will haze a re-
mainder OF 2. Now b is the second
letter OF thealphabet, and the remain
der after dividing the last two figures
by 4 must in every cas- be that rep
resented by the numerical position Of
the first four letters of the alphabet.
That Is, when one is left over the char
acter letter should be G.. and wh,n
there il no remainder the letter shou Il
be ID. When this rule fails 90 work on
any bill YOU come across you a bet
as many more as you can raise that
the bill j. counterfeit. It's rather
strange, but it'sstin anotherfact that
the counterieiters have not caught On
TO this little scheme OF Uncle Sans
currency sharps, and that they 81, p
in their letter. and numbers without
any regard 70 the relation that ought
TO be between them.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-06
JAPANESE PIPES. 8

Rich and Poor OF Both Sexes use To-
bacco IN a very Refined Way,
To be quite Japanese we VIII begin
by taking from our girdles the little
brass pipes and silken tobacco bags
filling the kiseru and inhaling one or
two fragrant whitfs OF thedelicate Jap
anese tobacco. In their use Of the
nicotian herb "a in very many other
things the Japanese display supreme
fnement.
The rudest coolic, the coarsest farm
laborer, equally with the lady OF
rank the pretty geisha and the Minis
ter OF State or continent are content
with this tiny pipe which does not
hold enough TO make even Queen
Nab sneeze. They stuff a little rolled
pill OF the tinecut leaf into a bowl
smaller than the smallest acorn cup,
thrust II in the glowing charcoal, ard
inhale deep into the lungs just n
fragrant Whit OF the blue smoke which
theN expel by mouth and nostrils.
Then they shake out the little burn
ing plug into the bamboo receptacle
and loadup again fora second ippuku;
v%aluing only the first sweet purity OF
the lighted luxury, and always Won
dering how We a smoke n great pipe
ful TO the bitter end" or suck hall an
hour on a huge Havana puro. "Kiseru
no shita nj doku arimasl' they say
eat the bottom Of the pipe there lives
poison" Much fancy and fashion are
displayed in the appurtenances OF the
pipe.
Ladies carry them in little long en-
broidered silk cases with silken
pouches attached, fastened by an
ivory bronze silver or ieweled clasp.
Men wear, stuck in their girdles "A PIPE
sheath OF carved ivory bone or BAN
boo and the pipe itself may be n small
commonplace article OF reed and
brass oil an exquisite object in bronze
silver or gold, worked up with lovely
ornaments IN lacquer OF enamel.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-06
La nernhardc. super.uuon-.

Though Mime Bernhard affects not
TO believe IN God. she Is. nevertheless.
exceedingly supcrstitious. The pro-
ductioa OF LA Tosca' was delayed
weeks and weeks because the tragedy
queen premptorily refused to act with
a certain wcll-known actor, for whom
Sardou had written a part. She OBJ
jected 10 him because she was con-
vinced that he had the evil eye
When Macbeth" was brought out some
time ago In Paris she had a notion that
the playing or singing OF the witches
music would as certainly entail mis-
fortune upon her; consequently some
other composition had TO take It's place.
Prom some eau " she displays n posi-
tive horror for anything Of saffron tint
nntipathy that i shared, To some
extent at least by n large number OF
people ON the stage.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-06

She came into the room, where he
sat alone, with a glittering knife in her
clinched hand amid the folds OF her
dress.
Her face was white and drawn, and
her eyes were wild and haggard-look-
my.
He, the man whose name she bore,
sat by the CRATE fire. deep in thought,
and V heard the slippered football
OF the beautiful woman, who now
stood behind his chair with "A strange,
cold smile upon her lips.
Suddenly, with a gasp, she east the
knife from her toward the bed Of
glowing Goals, but it sank silently into
a divan ut the other side OF the room.
81 cannot, - she moaned YEARLY
81 cannot" And she fell in n white
heap upon the floor at his feet"
A plying Kelceyesque expression
broke across the Gothic granite OF his
cheek, and he murmured i'm deep. ten-
der, Seventh Regiment tones, What
il it, my darling?"
But she spoke no word, only raised
one white hand toward him, in which
she clasped a le~adpencil.
She had tried TO sharpen il, poor
girl.-New York Mirror.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-06

The President Examined . Ksntuckisn,s
New I~avsntion.

New Invention.
While president OF the United States
and about three months previous 10
his death President Lincoln was visited
by Colonel Scott. OF Kentucky. and
Marshal Lamon. On this occasion
Colonel Scott carried with him n fine
specimen OF breech-loading gun. OF
which he was the, inventor and
patentee. The two on entering the
door OF the private Office OF Mr.. Lin
coin AT the white house were addressed
by the president from his seat with a
hearty welcome and one OF them with
the words. ''Hellol Scott how are you?
What have YOU got there?"
Scott replied: That patent gun |
was talking to you about some time
ago."
''Well." said Lincoln with a twinkle
In his eye. II should think you would
be ashamed OF yourself-a full blooded
kentuckian trying TO beat a Yankee"
Scott was mum. and thereupon Mr..
Lincoln handled the beautiful piece
very skillfully and interestedly. acting
rs though he missed an important at
tachment, and he inquired OF Colonel
Scott; Where Is that shoulder strar
which enables you 10 use the gun in
n hand as "A horse pistol?n Scott
replied. III did not bring that along.
but IL al be readily attached when
the gun IL I'm use.
The president loosely pointed the
gun at us. and swinging Il around.
laughed and said: Look out there.
| do IA good deal OF shooting around
here (seemingly taking in the war
going on). but don't know whether |
! hurt anybody" Still handling the
gun with interest, the president asked
Colonel Scott what he thought the
government would do with II II Il was
adopted. and quickly followed this
question with the remark: well |
guess IL will be with you as II was with
the lrishman and his sleeps head. I"
Then Mr.. Lincoln told n story which
"a thus: An lrishman had IA sleeps
head and was dressing II for his din
her.. AT "A moment when he was not
looking u fellow slipped around the
corner and captured the prize. and the
lrishman. seeing him disappear with
his Sleeps head. cried out. ''Niyer
moind, II viii do yc no good. have
the recate for cooking IT," This was
rather n pointed story for the com
pany
The president kindly promised that
he would 60 ont shocly with Colonel
Scott TO test the merits Of the gun.
and We parted from this grand noble
man. feeling that he had a kind. friendly
heart. ana that his soul was weighed
the mighty conflict then going on
between the north and the south.
Alas. he never lived to try the gun.
for shortly after he was taken from US.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-06
Conenrnlnr GIn.s E,c..

GOOD glass eyes come high. said
an oculist 20 a Buffalo News man. ''ln
the first place the greater share OF
glass eyes. SO called, are not glass.
The bcst quality OF artificial eyes Ia
manufactured In America by a process
that Is kept absolutely secret. These
arc the light6st and best and will last
the longer. The Germans also make IA
fine artificial eye. The best eyes are
made OF stone. The German article is
cheaper than the American. The vein
ing in the foreign eyes is not so well
marked
What makes the trade proftable?'
'Ill tell you. One-eycd men are
likely 10 be rather scarce. aud one
would think that having one stocked
mp they would buy no more. But this
Is not the case. An artificial eye gets
TO be a nuisance after IL has been on
duty two or three months. Another
one has to be purchased. This ex-
plains the reason for the lively trade
In these articles. ThereW always be a
trade in them. and a good one. too"
How Is IL we don't notice n glass
eye in some menu
because they know enough 10 keep
still about the matter. and wear the
best eyes obtainable. In this way II
you notice anything al all peculiar
about their optics you imagine they
have n squirt or are cross-cyed."
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-06
J. TIDFITT, NJ. d.

Gersham's Corners hadn't been stood
up so since the time that Abner Hubs,
the blacksmith. married the Widow
Snively. The widow was not only old
enough 20 be Abner's mother. but she
was the relic Of ''Jedge" Sniyely. wio
died leaving her sole owner Of the big
%tannery. That marriage was not
simply an event at the Corners. IL
was an epoch For years afte- wards
every previous or subsequent occur
renee ~thereabout was fixed as TO date
by the union OF Abner and the widow.
Things never happened at Gersham's
Corners before the war" nor since
tho war" The death OF any one In
the community. the selling out OF some
one by the sheriff. or any similar hap
pening OF Importance was remembered
as having occurred the year afore 40
Hubs mar'd the Jedges widdor in the
tan'ry. or the year arter. z a. the
case might be. Even so unheard-of
a thing as a citizen OF Gersham's Cor
ners being put up fer the lcgislatur'n
'lcctod' failed TO overshadow the
INTERESTINGLY epoch. Absalom Burt
ley was elected 10 the Legislature years
aftcr the t%anncry wedding. He was
still serving his term when n dispute
arose u day at the tavern between
Uncle Sol. the landlord. and young
Jcp Sarly over something that had
happened in the history Of the Corners.
''Wull, / know durn well" said
young Jep, 'fh't IL were just a year
fore Absalom went 20 the Legislature. y
ID know nuthing bout that. re-
piled Uncle Sol. but | do know tn
it kim OF five year arter Ab Hubbs
mar'd the OIL Jedge's wilder
And long after Absalom had served
his term and was forgotten. the time
that Abe mar'd the wilder fixed the
era 81 happenings at Gersham's Cor
ncr8.
And since that time Constants Cor
ners hadn't been stirred up ~ it was
the morning il woke up and saw a tin
sign on the side OF the tavern I'M
scribcd with these words:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-06
Islands That Disappear.

In the Chesapeake and Delaware
canal n short distance from Delaware
City are IA group Of islands which APP
pear In summer and disappear in the
winter 10 an unfathomable depth. Some
are only a few feet In diameter. while
others cover n quarter OF an acre in
surface. Their formation Is apparent
ly a marshy surface grass and bushes
but u terra firma foundation Il
evident. Many scientists have exam
ined the mysterious plats. aud they
generally advance n theory that the
islands cover the outlet OF submarine
center, and are the injection OF It's in
terror. A. birthstone has been found
on the surface OF the islands. some
people In this vicinity declare that they
are the sweeping OF hades. Just now
there Is no trace Of the land. but as
soon as the winter ends. and the sur
rounding country takes ON n garb OF
verdure. the islands will once more
rise above the surface OF the water
and remain visible until the winter
again sets in. Residents Of this local
ity are greatly Interested In the
phenomena. and no known contrivance
can determine 10 what depth the IS
lands annually sink.