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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
Darametric PInnfs.

A French publication contains list
OF prognostics apropos of the aspect that
different plants present according to the
state of the atmosphere The following
nre few examples: If the head of the
9Th (Nigalla sativa droops it will be
warm; if the head of the same plant
stands upright it will be cool; If the
stalks of clover and other leguminous
plants stand upright there will be rain;
if the leaf of the wood sorrel turns up it
is sign of storm; if the leaf of the
whitlow grass slowly bends up there will
be q S, orm; il the flower of the convol.
vulus closes it will rain; If the flower of
the pimpcrncll closes it will rain; if the
flower of the hibiscus closes it will rain /;
if the flower of the sorrel opens it will be
fine weather; if the flower of the same
plant closes it will rain; il the flowers OF
the carlinc thistle close there will be Il
storm; if the flower of the lettuce ex.
pands it will rain; if the flower of the
small bind weed closes look out for rain
if tho pitcher plant turns upside down 1t
will rain, but if it stands erect it will be
fine weather. If the flower OF the cnoue
foil expands there will be rain, but If it
closes the weather will be fair. II the
flowers Of the african marigold close it
will rain; If the scales of the tease be-
come close pressed against each other IL
will rain.>
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
Sad Fate of Brave Drummer boy

A''N n 49, Va - DAR'O IA lbOJ .
Alexander Wycisk, the only drummer
who has worn the iron cross, killed him
self in Ratibor, Germany, n short time
since. He went to the Franco -Prussian
war with the Twenty third Infantry.
One afternoon he lay with his com
rades behind the wall OF a courtyard
which the French were trying to take by
storm. In the heat of the struggle he
threw away his drum, snatchei rifle
from a dying comrade, punched hole in
the wall with bayonet, and began fir
ing on the enemy. When the order to
advance from the courtyard on the
attacking force was given, Wycisk could
not find his drum. The Germans broke
over the wall, and werc Immediately
within but few rods of the enemy.
Wycisk spraag far ahead, seized q
French drummer by the waistband,
wrested from him his drum and sticks,
aud began beating the "double quick. y
For this deed he received the ordc,
given only for bravery on the field oil
battle. Poverty aud inability to find
work were the causes of his suicide
Ne,o York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Death IS the unforgetable.

Death IS the unforgetable.
We are to ourselves like closed
book.
Music first; after that, take you.
choice.
The beautiful hidden virtues arc the
most lovely.
An hour for oursen, tho rest of the
day for others.
You should not fear, nor yet should
you wish for your last day.
How delightful arc the beauties of alb.
nesasion-in the retrospect
A good man is kinder to his enemy
than bad mon arc to their friends.
Some men are fated to see no further
than the top round of the treadmill.
The flowers, the grass aud the leaves;
what would nature be without them3
No man ever offended his own con.
science but first or last it was revcnged
upon him for it..
He who receives good turn, should
never forget it; he who does not, should
never remember 1t.
All the while thou livcst ill, thou hast
the trouble, distraction, Inconvenience
of life, but not the sweets and true uso
of it.
Transact business with the men of the
world like person in shower of rain,
staying no longer than is indispensably
necessary.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
sp.rl,r M, K,,,.

The parent who flies to the rod to
correct levery trifling fault or INSIDE
meanor, says The Ladies Home Jour.
nal, will have no influence with her
,hildren when they are too old to be
governed by force. A child should
never be struck in anger. A box on the
ear may rupture the membrane that
forms the drum, and cause permanent
deafness. A hasty blow may do mis-
chief that years of repentance cannot
undo. Punishment is for discipline,
not for revenge. 1t is to teach the child
70 avoid evil and TO do right. It never
should he vent tor the angry pussions
Of the mother. Love, patience and
irmness arc the instruments she must
use to mold her child's character Pun
lshment is a means to all end, let her
pray for grace to use it wisely.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
Yellow Pine tho Peer of ANY Wood

A Chicago paper says workers in or
namental wood now assert that yellow
pine, hard finished in oils, is the rival
in beauty of any wood that grows, not
excepting the costliest of the hard
species, it being susceptible of receiving
and maintaining as high degree Of
polish as any known wood, while, when
impregnatcd with ell, it is almost indie
structible. In suca condition it is i'm
pervious to even hot grease and other
substances that leave an ineffaceable
stain upon white pine, maple and various
other woods. The yellow pine referred
to is the long leaf pine growing SO
abundantly in East Texas. Trees can be
found in this species with curled grain
little on the plan of "curly maple"
No other wood can be made into more
beautiful cabinet work. There are a
few small mills in the long-leaf pine
regions further east that cut this char
acter of pine exclusively, shipping the
product to Northern cities. Boston
ITanscriBt.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
To summer In Death Ynllex.

j. II. Clery, mild hammered, blond.
moustachcd young man who has been on
United States Signal Officer Connor's
staff in the Rialto building, has left tho
city to become dcscrt-dwelling her
init. Mr.. Clery goes to California--to
Death vallcy-and in Death valley no
will dwell six months in solitude abso
Lutte.
Death valley is in the southwestern
portion of the California desert. a moro
utterly dcsolate spot there is not on
earth. 1t is the bed of dried sand lake
forty miles long aud twenty miles wido
and surrounded by steep hills. There is
absolutely nothing there except sand and
alkali and blistoring heat; for Death
valley is said to be the hottest place in
the land. Shade there is none, the sky
never clouds, and tho mercury seldom
or never goes below 100 degree. Even
the breezes come like furnace blasts,
laden with scorching bits of sand. II
there is any water to be found in tho
valley where once was great lake far
below the ocean level, it is strongly i'm
prcgnated with alkali, and there is not
living creature in the district save rattle
snakes AMI scorpions.
Sixty miles from the railway terminus
Mt Keller the signal service hermit will
journey into this blistering .desolation
and set up his tent. Here for six months
or more he will observe the phenomena
of the desert now unknown to man. Ho
will study the sand blasts, keep record
of the temperature, ascertain the exact
level of the valley below the sea, watch
for rainfall-not II drop has fallen, they
say, in twelve ycars-and tabulate all
these things for the benefit of scientists.
In the same desert, but practically as
far removed from one another us if in
the Sahara, will be three other solitary
investigators. The signal service ha.
long desired to collect facts concerning
this region unknown ana unpeopled, but
has not wished to order any one to un.
dergo the dismal task of exploring it.
The present investigators are volunteers
Mr.. Clery goes about his task as
checrfully us if he were going on sum.
mer outing. He knows nothing OF the
details of the arra6 cement except that
food will be brought him from Kccler.
"And what will you do for watcrn
asked reporter as Mr.. Clcry prepared
TO set out for the depot.
"Indced haven't the slightest idea,"
was the reply. al suppose they will see
that for me. "-Kansas City Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
Great South American Railway.

The station of the great Southern
Railway on the Plaza de Ia Constitution
Mt Buenos Ayres is vast and handsome
building, which will bear comparison
with the best modern railway stations in
Europe. The monumental marble stair
case and entrance hall, the offices OF tho
administration, the waiting rooms, and
the arrival and departure platforms,
SPAWNED by tasteful iron roof, are all
rs fine Us anything of the kind in the
Old World. The adjoining goods sta
ton and depots are of enormous extent,
and during the season form the great
wool market of Buenos Ayres. The
plan and distribution of the various serv.
ices are most conveniently arranged. The
rolling stock of the great Southern Com.
pany for passenger traffic is, like the sta.
ton, of the most modern and improved
description, built in England, the ordi.
nary cars on the North American plan,
and the sleeping cars on the European
system, with compartments of four beds.
This company runs also vestibule trains
between Bucnos Ayres and La Plata,
and these cars, likewise built in Eng.
land, are fitted up with the greatest
luxury, and provided with every conven-
fence that traveller can desire. l con.
fess that I was agrccably surprised tc
find such an admirably appointed rail.
way in the new republic. In the Old
World, even in these days of international
expresses and through trains from the
Bastille to the Sublime Porte, the public
| is not accustomed to such sDlendor as the
Buenos Ayres great Southern Company
offers to the nil admirari Argentine farm.
ers.-Ha,per's Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
Mexicans Are Not Rich in Expo,lients

On the tramway between the towns OF
Zat:atecas and Guadalupe in Mexico,
which are few miles apart, the way
from Zacatecas is down grade. The
cars go at great speed by their own
grayitation; no animals are attached,
for the descent is as steep rs a toboccan
slide. 1t requires six mules, however,
to draw each car back again. The ami.
mails are harnessed three abreast, like
the horses in the Paris omnibuses. Even
the projectors of the tramway had no
fixed idea as to how it should be
operated aud an American overseer has
been in charge from the beginning.
'Fhe cars were ordered from Philadelphia,
and while they were being built, the
steel rails, which came from Liverpool
by way of Vera Cruz, were laid down
from one end of the route to the other.
When the cars arrived, it was found
that they would not run on the track, az
the rails had been laid on guage three
inches narrower than that for which tho
cars were designed. The Mexicans, in
their Ignorance, saw but one way out Of
the difficulty; that was, to rebuild tho
cars, make the bodies narrower, and cut
off the axle:trees to fit the gauge of the
rails. The present superintendent, q
practical American engineer, was in
Zacatecas at the time, and took in the
state of affairs at glance. He offered
for five hundred dollars to show the
owners how to get over the trouble with
out altering an article on the cars. The
money was paid, 9nd with twenty mcu
and proper tools the American took up
few rods of the track, made gauge for
the rest, and in one day had the cars
running over the short distance. The
managers of the road ut once put the
American in charge, and he has held the
position ever since. -Argoaam.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
Rural Argentine.

All the country travcrsed by the above
railway lines is devoted to pastoral and
agricultural industries, and the landscape.
with the exception of the hilly district
of the Sierra de Tandil and the Sierra de
Ia Ventana, is always the same-bars
pampa, with stretches of marshes and
small lakes Astounding in wild-fowl. AS
for the estancias, towns, villages, and
colonies, when you have seen one vol
have seen all, and all are equally un.
picturesque. The life, too, has become
less fertile in picturesque incidents since
the enclosure of the land with wire
fences, which makes the management OF
the herds much simpler, and enables the
estancieros to dispense with the guard OF
mounted gauchos, who are now to be
seen only in the very distant interior. AT
present the majority of the population
has no particular character, being COM
posed of Italian and French immigrants,
of Basques with red or blue cloth caps,
and few native gauchos with broad
belts consolidated with silver coins, long
ponchos, and wide Oriental trousers like
petticoats, generally black, but some.
times striped with brilliant colors.
Nowadays, however, the gaucho is losing
his individuality, abandoning his pecu-
liar costume, and becoming assimi'ated
in dress and habits with the swarms OF
miscellaneous Europeans who have PEG.
pied the modern Argentine, and made
the hundreds of colonies and towns that
have sprung into existence within the
past ten years. To visit these young
centres Of .so-called civilization is nc
pleasant task.-Hdrper's Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
Speed.Indicator.

A fertile brain at DEBORAH, Iowa, ha,
invented experimentation, which is to
be fastened to the drivers wrist in such
away that the dial may be seen at all
times. Asmall cord connects the novel
device with the sulky-wheel. A driver
can tell by glancin2 at the machine how
fast he is going. = Chicoao Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
HOW Tall chimners OscIllate.

The extent or degree of the oscillation
OF tall chimneys may be exactly taken
by close observation of the shadows
they cast upon the ground. An instance
to the point is that of chimney 115
feet high and four feet In diameter exj
ternally at the top, near Marseilles,
France, the oscillations of which were
observed by the shadow during high
wind to attain maximum of over TWENTY
inches. Detroit Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
Ala.asn sIe.aa,,e.a

Meas, shrubs aud berries grow In
great profusion along Yakutat Bay
shore. and over the moraine regule,
stail was formed as the largo brown
bears crossed and reorossod Ia search OF
food or berries, writes NJ. B. Kerr. in
Soriener's. The glacial stream divided
into . Thousand branches aud formed
sn ideal delta. depositing silt and ola.
ciai debris. Our course took us over a
mountain spur and across gu interior
basin about one thousand Ave hundred
feet In height, filled with numerous
lakes and swarming with mosquitoes.
Indeed, there were such myriads of the
latter that imagination suggosted that
each flake Of snow had concealed within
it q germ. and thus the misquito had
generated. Here IL Is that sometimes
huge brown bears. driven TO fury aud
desperation by these tormenting little
beasts, finally tear their flesh and die
In agony,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29

Some of the hide and leather mon
are amusing themselves in discussing
the largest skin in the world. A Gin.
cinnati firm elaine to have tho lead in
TINS line, with skin that measured ca
teet from head to tail and O feet wide.
measuring in oil az feet of neat, fine
skin.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
To piopel Colas

Headaches and Fevers. to cleanse the system
enectually, yet gently, when costiveor bilious,
or when tho blood Is impure or sluggish, to
permanently cure habitual constipation. to
awaken tho Kidneys and liver to a healthy 40
uvity, without Irritating or weakening thOn,
use Syrup OF Figs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29

cess OF reforming is constantly progress.
ing and the attentive watcher may Sc,
the crystals appear on tho surface in
much the same wey that snowflakes
gather aud form in concrete mass.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29

LyCAB COUNTY, g.
senior partner OF tho Sm V OF c ne Is tas
Co., doing business In the City OF Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
Will pay the sum of 500 for each and every
caso OF cetarrh that cannot DO cured by the
use OF HALLS Catarrh Cure.
Sworn to before mo andtsubscri6ed in NV
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D., 1851
iszsL a W. al4A'0s'
FOturu Public.
Halls Catarrh euro Is taken Internally and
Acts directly on the blood aud mucous surfaces
VI tho system: Send for testimonials, free.
+: j. CHENEY d Co., Toledo, o.
40 Sold By Druggists, f5c.
Two boys are held for trial In New York
upon the charge of stealing 3 cents.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29

It's sometimes said patent
medicines are for the igno-
rant. The doctors foster this
idea.
1.-THE people," we're told,
care mostly ignorant when it
comes to medical science"
Suppose they arcl What
a sick man needs is not knowl-
edge, but a cure, and the medi-
cine that cures is the medicine
for the sick.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
lcal Discovery cures the "do
believes and the "don't be-
lieves." There's no hesitance
about it, no eff" nor "possi-
bly,"
1t says-"I can cure you,
only do as | direct"
Perhaps it fails occasionally.
The makers hear of it when it
does, because they never keep
the money when the medicine
fails to do good.
Suppose the doctors went
on that principle. eve beg
the doctors pardon. It
wouldn't do
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29


There may be other. good
Cough Remedies, but there is
no other that will cure a Cough
as quickly and effectuaIIy as
DR.. Whites PuImonaria. This
great remedy has cured thou
sands Of hopeless cases of
consumption, and brought Joy
and sunshine to many a home.
1t has cured others, why not
you're 1t Is entirely harmless,
and pleasant to take, and lar
ger bottles for the price than
any other, and every bottle
warranted.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
"RciIcvcd by tho rir., Do,o.n

li.AosvILI.E, TENN, April 10, 1900.
am under many obligations TO you for send
ing me the sample bottle OF = al,lerton. it
saw. would like 10 have n large bottle. and
lsincerely believe that IL will do nll that YOU
rocommend II to do. The first dose rolievod
me, ana am so much better than l was.
Miss :. ARMSTRONG.
tIordplsr,on IL the speedy nnd permanent
sin; Biliousness, Liver Complaint, Nervous De
bility and Consumption. Il u the only suro
for 1t, and get Welt
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29

Can tho sale of an inferior article constantly
incrSaso for y yoarst Dobbins's Electric Soap
to-day ms ever, the bes, and ptirsst family eoap
mado, Try II. Your groeer will got IT.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
ccrtuin1y,

II you remember how much easier il
Is to ren ,mber what you would rather
forget than remember, thin rcmembe,
what you would rather remember than
forget, than you can't forget how much
easier it is to forget what you would
rather remember than forget, than for.
get what you would rather forget than
;emember.- E[mira Gazette.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29
STATE on ONO, Orrr or roLrpo, | ;.

Salmon fishers in the Fraser get 81 apiece
for fish delivered ut the cnnneries
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29

FITS stopped free by On. KLIss's Omar
NERVE ,ItEsronER. No flts after first days use.
Marvellous oures. Treatise AMI S! trial bottle
free. DIR. Kline, ool Arch ST.. Phlia, Pa
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29

The average width of the path OF
destruction with tornadoes is said to
he little more than 1000 feet.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29

II nniicted with soro eyes uss DIR. Isaao Thomp
sons Eye-water. Druggists soll ut 25o por bolt q
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29

Many sorrows shall DO to tho wicked" Pa aga
ELIZA NOE Poaitlvc rurc. Nervous < Phyaicni D,.
,nty, Mental Depression, Lack OF CONFIDENCE Paln
,re",,n weak Memory etc. by mail 81 one NO.
LEVY MEDICINE Co.. ~ Washington Ave, scranton ia
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-29

y
counting for the presence OF this wonder
full salt deposit, but the one most gener-
: ally accepted is that the surrounding hills
and mountains contain Immense sodium
deposits, which are dissolved by natural
courses of water, either rain or under
ground, veins, and then carried to the
lowest ground which in this case is the
basin that contains the salt deposits. All
I creeks in this vicinity ,discharging their
water into this lake have salt water be-
fore getting to point even several feet
higher than the surface water of the
lake, which has no communication what.
3 ever with the sea. 1t is only fed from
these creeks flowing from the adjacent
hills and mountains.
2 The salt found on this island is of a
very superior quality and is believed to
be the only pure, white, natural, refined
salt-deposit or mine-in existence. In
its natural deposit it is found in even
layers from five to eight inches in thick
ness. 1t forms even and pure white crys-
.als, and is ready for the mill as taken
from the lake. When fine table salt is
required no other refining process is
needed than that of milling.
The actual deposit, extending over
620acres, lat d uniformed depth of twelve
ieet, gives $40, 10, 900 cubic feet, or
tl2, las, 92S tons of pure, perfectly refined
Ialt. AS soon as the workmen have ex-
sayated given number of cubic feet
they abandon the site and operate at an
,ther point. In the first cavity the brine
comes quickly to the surface, reforms or
irystallizes, aud in two weeks is ready
gain for the native miners This nrnc-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
Narrow and Broad Gauges.

How many people remember the IA
nous battle of the gauges?" The vic
tory OF what was once known as the
marrow gauge" but is now the stand
ard or national gauge, since narrower
ones are not unknown, is so absolute that
this is the last year of the existence of
Bruners measurement for the Great
Western Railway company's permanent
way. For many years on that line the
broad gauge has been disappearing, and,
as announced in our report of the COM
pany's half yearly meeting, the change
is to be complete by the Goth of May
next. The disappearing gauge, origi-
nally adopted on the Great Western
railway on Brunels plans, is feet.
The common gauge, now roughly
called the 4-foOt way, is really fit. s. in.
That is the difference between the rails,
the fractional measurement being, wa
believe, explained by the fact that origi
nally the width of the rails together
made up an additional 81 inches, and
gave wheel track of exactly feet to
suit the earlier locomotives and trains
The heads of rails are now much broader,
varying on the different lines from 81 to
"a inches, or together from 8 to Oh
News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-30
BICYCLING BREVlTIES.

w. W. Windle, of the Berkeley A. c.,
New York, successfully defended his title
to the American amateur bicycling cham
pionship at Springfield, Mass, recently.
Windle rode a safety, and covered the mile
in Pm. % 3-5s. Berlo, Zimmerman and Rich
gave Windle hard fight for first place.
That bicycling is booming in Georgia is
shown by the fact that Augusta has about
$50 wheelmen.
o. W. Lawson, secretary and treasurer
of the Kentucky division L. A. W., mar
rowly escaped death in recent railroad
disaster in North Carolina He went down
sixty-ive feet with car.
a woman in Wichita. Kan, rides safe
ty bicycle with her babe strapped on her
back after the Indian fashion
German bicyclists are at odds over the
location of proposed statue to Baron Won
Drais, the father of wheeling.
A big tournament with 81 900 in prizes is
scheduled for Oct. Is at Cincinnati
Arnheim. Holland, is said to possess the
swiftest track on the globe.
Harry J. Hall. Jr., the Brooklyn rider,
believes that useful articles are more val
ued by wheelmen as prizes than medals.
P. J. Berlo's work on the track this season
has been of a truly remarkable character
He took second place in Windle's Ameri-
can championship race at Springfield,
Mass.