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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-06-09
Astronomical Progress.

The chief progress recently achieved in
physical astronomy is due to the spec
troscope. aided by photography. The
spectra of the stars, the nebula, the
corona and the protuberances of the sun,
are now photographed, and by this
means the powers of the astronomer are
considerably extended. He can study
the spectrum in its ultraviolet part,
which is not visible to the eye, as it hard
ly acts upon our retina, while its chemical
rays act very well upon the Photographic
sensitive plate; he obtains greater en-
largements of the spectrum, and he can
study the spectra at his leisure and
measure the positions of the bright or
dark lines which intersect them-the
more so as the spectrum OF some we'll
known body Gncandescent hydrogen or
from is photographed on the same plate
for the sake of comparison.
This method has already given some
excellent results. 1t has permitted us to
measure the movements of the stars in
the line of vision with a quite unex-
pected accuracy. The proper move
ments of the stars offer an immense in
terest; but while we always could ascer-
tain their movements north and south,
or west and cast, on the celestial sphere,
we formerly had no means of telling
whether a star is approaching us or go
ing away during its displacements in
space. The spectroscope gives those
means. The spectrum of star usually
consists OF band of faint light, inter>
sected by several bright Tor dark lines,
corresponding to the lines appearing in
the spectra of hydrogen, calcium, iron,
magnesium, natrium, and so on. But if
we produce under the spectrum of the
star the spectrum of, say, hydrogen, we
often see that the hydrogen lines in the
former do not quite coincide with the
same lines of the latter; they are slightly
displaced to the right or to the left.
William Higgins long ago explained
that this displacement is due to the pro
per movements of the stars and gives a
means of measuring them, and Mr.
Christie even measured in this way, sew
eral years ago, the otherwise invisible
movements of several stars. In fact, the
blue and violet light of the spectrum is
due to very quick luminous vibrations,
while its red light is due to much slower
vibrations. just as the high pitch OF a
sound depends on much quicker vibra>
tions of the air than the low pitch. But
if star approaches us with a great ra
pidity, our eye will receive from it more
vibrations in a second, and its light will
appear bluer, so to say; in other words
its spectral bright lines will be shifted
toward the blue end of its spectrum, and
they will be shifted toward the red end
if the star goes away with the same ra-
pidity. In our century of railways many
of us must have witnessed an analogous
fact when looking at an express train
passing by station. When the rapidly
running engine sounds its whistle, the
pitch of the whistle seems to become
higher as the train approaches us, and il
seems to become lower when it goes
away-the ear receiving the second OF
time more and more vibrations in the
former case, and less vibrations in the
second case. So it is also with the stars
The Nineteenth Century,
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Schedule of James River Division
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 18th 1901.

Eastern standard Time east of Clifton Forge
Central Standard Time west of Clifton Forge
No 9, daily, has Chair car between Richmond
Forge; through Pullman Buffet sleeper and solid
train to Cincinnati.
No. 4, T. F. V.-Vestibule Limited with Din
ing Car connects at Clifton Forge with No. 10.
No is a solid train ficm Cincinnati to New
York via Washington, with additional Pullman
sleeper running through to Old Point Comfort.
No. 10 connects at Balcony Falls for Lexington
r. & D., leaving at $40, p. M. North; and at
Richmond with r. f. & p, leaving at T.05 p m.
North.
NO. II has Through Sleeper from Lynchburg,
Va, to Rich1pond Va.
No. IL carries Sleeping Car to Lynchburg.
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Washington and Southwestern yestibuled,
Limited, operated daily between Washington
m; Charlottesville 2.50 p. m; Lynchburg 455 p.
m arriving Danvlle T.l5 p M; arrive Atlanta
go u. Returning, leave Atlanta No. SO, 1910
a. m; Danville, 11.15 p M; arrive Lynchburg
$50 a. m; Charlottesville $40 a. M; Washington
6.53 a. This train is composed entirely of
Pullman cars on which an extra fare is charged
MANASSAS BRANCH,
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Train Ais connects at Harper's Ferry with
Fast Limited Express trains eaving at LOT p.
m.arrivins at PjItsburg pm. Columbus at 313 a
M and Chicago II. ~ a. N. next morning, with
train leaving at 30 p. m.,ai1iving at Cincinnati
meets at Weaverton with train arriving at Hag
erstOWn at 200 p. M, and at Washington juno
ton with train arriving i'll Frederick 1.55 p m.
Train 4l6 connects With fast vestibuled trains
at Harpers Ferry at 1881 p. NJ for Pittsburgh;
lO.l5 p. M for Chicago and LOB for Cincin-
natl and St. Louis. arrive at Pittsburgh at roo
a. M. Chicago at 9.45 p. NJ; Cincinnati at 500 p..
M; and st. Louis $50 a. IN.
Trains Al and AS have Pullman Buffet Parlor
cars between Stau1GOn and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars run through to
Cincinnati ST. Louis, Chicago, and Pittsburg on
all express trains
For rates, ticke6s, baggage checks, apply to
any office OF the L. & o Il. r., or to G. E. DUD-
ROW, Travelling Passenger Agent, Winchester
Va. J. 7. ODELL,
CEfAS. O. SCULL, General Manager.
Gent Pass Agent nov2G
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for Infants and Children.

ssCastoriaiss so well adapted to children that
recommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me- II. A. ARCHER, II. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. y.
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Additional local trains leave Clifton Forge
follows:
Dailv except Sundav-At Cos a III arrives at
Charlottesville 1910
Dlily-At 1880 q m; arrives Charlottesville $40
M; Richmond daily except Sunday 1850
y
Except Sunday. Where no sign is given
d ally.
For additional information address c. g.
QUINN, Ticket Agent. Q. l. o. Railway, Clifton
Forge, Va, or JOHN ID. POTTS, ID. p. A, Rich
mond, Va.
OSCAR G. MURRAY, Traffic Mangr.
IT. w. FULLER Genl. Pass. Agent.
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Observation-Disclosures Nos o, 10, IL, and l3
connect daily to and from WarrentOn, and No.
II daily except Sunday.
FRANKLIN DIVISION Daily except Sunday.
Leave Rocky Mount $50 a. Arrive Franklin
Junction $40 a.. m. Leave Franklin Junction
$40 p. IN. Arrive at Rocky Mount $40 p.
GORDoNsvILLE-Trains leave Orange for Cor
louisville Sis P. NJ. 1245 ?. M. daily. Returning,
leave Gordonsvile tor Orange at 1880 A. NJ, 80
P. NJ. daily, and $50 A. NJ, daily except Sunday.
SLEEPING CA SERVICE.
On trains Nos. and 10, Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between New York and Atlanta, and
Atlanta and New Orleans.
On trains No Ii and IL Pullman Buffet Vesti-
bule Sleepers between Washington and New
Orleans New York and Washington to Hot
Springs via Salisbury; and Washington and
Angus ia.
On trains No. Is and 16 Pullman Vestibule
Sieepers between Washington and Cincinnati
and Louisville
On trains Nos. IS and II Pullman Buffet Sleep
ers between Washington and Memphis via
Lynchburg and Bristol.
Through tickets on sale at the principal sta
tions to all points. For rates or information
apply to any agent OF the Company, or to
G. NJ. BORUM, ID. p. A.
Lynchburg, Va.
JAS L. TAYLOR, g. P. A, Washington. d.
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a $ W HofioIksA'eslsnRR.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 22d, 1892
LEAVE BASIC CITY, VA, DAILY.
SOUTH BOUND.
MOI, No 8. No co
5f9 N $40 p m 0.0J III

NORTH BOUND.
No. 2, MOI, No. co
f2.bt-Night AT p m 600 pm
No 1.-For Roanoke, Radford, Pulaski, Bristol,
Knoxville, Chattanooga and the South.
Also for Bluefe!d, Pocahontas, Elkhorn,
and all points on Clinch Valley division
also for Louisville and Cincinnati, and
all points on r. & N. Il. X. via Norton.
Also all stations Winston Salem division,
via Roanoke. Pullman Sleeper to New
Orleans ana Memphis via Bristol, also
Pullman Sleeper Roanoke to Louisville
via Norton.
No. 3-For Roanoke, RadfOrd, Pulaski, Bristol,
and Chattanooga. Pullman Sleeper to
Memphis via Bristol.
No 2.-iFor Washington via Shenandoah juno
tom Hagerstown, Philadelphia and New
York,
Pullman Sleeper to Washington, also to
Philadelphia and New York.
No For Washington iiagerstown, Harrisburg,
Philadelphia and New York. Pullman
Sleeper to New York Also Pullman Par
lor Car TO Washington via Shenandoah
Junction and Is. & O. II r.
NORTH CAROLINA DIViSi0N.--Lcaye Pu-
lask Daily co A. H., Ivanhoe aud l.30 P. NJ. for
Ivanhoe and GoSSan, and is 4. NJ except sun
day for Betty Baker
For tickets time cards and all information
call on Agent Norfolk s. Western Railroad.
W. B. BEVILL. Gen. Pass. Agt.,
June 2. Roanoke, Va.
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SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY IS. 1892.

Additional local train leaves Clifton Forge
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CONNT(TlnNS

#DaiIY except Sunday. +Sunday only.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13
WHAT IT WAS.
The Stiffness of the Twilight Hour Wa
Broken
1t was eyeninp

IL was evening
Softly ceine the summer zephyr from the
shadows sleeping in the valleys, cooling as
the breath from scented fans, yet with no
touch of chill.
The lowing herds, now silent on the lea.
lay resting in the fragrant fields of gently
waving grass, where daisies nodded kisses
to the red Tipped clover
Inc dusky air, low lying on the shaded
mis- rose purpling to the sky about their
tops and here and there far off in the Silly
Instance twinkled one or two lone stars.
the first to come. and they stood there
blushing near the dark blue curtains
draped above the threshold of the night,
uncertain yet if they should enter now or
wait until the gay and glittering throng
ID which they moved had come to bear
them company.
The song of birds was stilled in every
bush and tree, and every warbling throat
was tucked away beneath a tired wing
me hum of insects, resonant all day,
mad hushed itself amid the quiet leaves,
and every fiuttering tinsel wing was rest
ing till the morn.
The lazy stream had seemed to stop and
now no longer babbled to the flowers
which grew upon it's pretty banks.
Above, below, beyond, the soft, delicious
stiffness of the bedtime of day pervaded
the air and touched the earth and foated
to the sky
They sat there in the cleaning, he and
she, and watched the silent shadows creep
slowly out from those dim hiding spots in
which no man can find them in the day
Suddenly they heard crash as if some
one had struck Il heavy timber with an ak
and shivered it.
What's that man breaking2" he in
quired with start.
'The stiffness of the twilight hour" she
murmured softly, and the man passed
them on his way to the woodshed with a
stick of kindling on his shoulder Detroit
Free Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13
IN EMIN'S DOMAIN.
A Bold stroks of the Free State-Oonso
Soldiers at Wadelai.

| A Bold stroks OF the Free State-ConSo
Soldiers at Wadelai.
The most sensational news that na'
come from Africa in long time is TUE
reported arrival OF Mr.. Van den kercA,
hove at Wadelai on the Nile, the oio
home of Emin Pasha, says the New
York Sun. For 18 months Van dep
Kerckhove has been gradually moving
eastward along the Mobangi-Makua
and Moomu rivers for the purpose OF
taking possession of that large
region in the name Of the Congo
state. we have heard OF new stations
he has founded and severe battles he
has fought with Arab slave raiders, by
which he released hur dreds OF
slaves and drove the Arabs north
of the Makua river. England did rot
wake up to the fact that his purpose
was to occupy the old territory Of Emin
Pasha, which, according to the conven-
ton signed between Germany and Eng
land in 1900, was to be part of the
British possessions. England, in fact,
has decided to abandon Uganda, Wade
lai and all the country which connects
the Upper Nile with the lake district, OF
which she has never yet taken effective
possession. In case of this abandonment
the immense territory will fail perforce
into the hands OF the first occupant.
Van den Kerckhove, under orders
from his superiors, has been looking out
for this opportunity, and now he has
reached the left bank of the Me, where
he has taken up strong position. The
uhi hoo
says that his force numbers 1000 fight
ing men. The London Times says
however, it has good reason for an
nouncing that his force is nearer 5000
men, that it is we'll armed end carries
with it at least 20 boats suited for river
navigation. Van den Kerckhove has
now established a chain of stations from
the lower Mobangi river to the Nile, and
seems in fair way to carry out the am
billions of the king of the Belgians to
extend his Congo domain so as to pro-
cure as his eastern frontier albert
His possessions would thus have two
Congo and the other by the Nile
made proposals. at the British foreign
UnASo Aoi az aiioheOmonV Vi eHio eOI1.
The proposals were without effect The
Congo Free States action now will either
compel England to declare her inten-
tions or will leave the Free State in pos
session of large part of the Upper Nile
basin.
Van den Kerckhove's expedition has
collected large quantity of ivory, the
proceeds Of which will 60 to replenish-
ing the Golfers of the Free State. This
is rather bold step on the part of the
Congo State, inaemuch as the Belgians
have now established themselves in
territory which has been clearly de-
clared to be within the British sphere of
influence. 1t is probable that the pres
ent news will be followed by very de-
cided protest from the foreign Office in
London,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13
BLowl
Family Financierire.

Family Financiering.
"They tell me you work for dollar a day.
How is it you clothe your six boys on such
pay?"
II know you will think it conceited and queer,
But do it because I'm a good financier
There's Pete John, Jim and Joe, and Will
liam and Ned
A half dozen boys to be clothed up and fed
"And buy for them good, plain victuals to
eat;
But clothing--I only buy clothing for Pete.
when Pete's clothes are too small for him to
get on
My wife makes 'em over and gives 'em to John.
when for John, who is ten, they have grown
out of date
She just makes 'em over for Jim, who is eight.
when for Jim they become too ragged to fix
She just makes 'em over for joe who is six.
And when little Joseph can wear em no
more
She just makes 'em over for Bill who is four.
"And when for young Bill they no longer will
do
$50 you see, If get enough clothing for Pete,
The family is furnished with clothing COM
plete."
"But when Ned has got through with the cloth
ing, and when
He has thrown it aside, what do you do with
it then?"
"why. once moro we go round the circle COM
plete
And begin to use It for patches for Pete"
Mercury
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13
STILL SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.
No Light on the San Jose
Strangling Tragedy.
Three or Four Men Evidently En-.
gagged in the Crime.
Several Suspects Being shadowed-It Is
Now Thought Robbery Was Not
the Object of the
Murder.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 12.-The coroner's in
quest in the Planz murder case ad.
journed until Monday morning, after
devoting an hour this morning to exam
lining witnesses. There is no doubt that
three or four men were in the party
which committed the deed, and that it
was done about O'Clock Friday morn
ing. There are various theories and the
officers are sitting them. Suspicion
rests on several men and they are being
shadowed.
At the inquest yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Fitzpatrick stated that after hear
ing OF the tragedy che went in Planz's
room and found his watch and chain,
diamond ring and scarfpin.
Juvenal, the lunch man, testified to
hearing parties with Planz at the corner
of First and St. John streets, Plantz 60
ing toward Market street.
W. S. Leon, railroad man, who re-
sides on Santa Teresa street, testified
that somewhere between IL and O'Clock
be was awakened by dogs barking furi-
ously. This continued for some time,
see what the cause was. He walked out
to Julian street, where he saw four men
apparently engaged in a row. They
were going in the direction OF the scene
OF the tragedy. When he turned around
and went home they were within few
rods of the spot where Planz was killed.
Abe Jones stated to a reporter that
about l O'Clock Friday morning he
was walking north on First street, and
caught up to Planz in front of the st.
James hotel. They walked together on
First street to Julian, and about 10 min
utes past O'Clock they parted, Planz
saying: Come out to the Fredericks-
burg some Sunday afternoon and we'll
have good time"
1t Is possible that Leon was mistaken
as to the time of night when he was
awakened, and that Planz, after parting
with Jones, continued on Julian street,
and it was he and his murderers whom
Leon saw.
The theory generally accepted is that
robbery was not the object of the crime,
and sensational developments are ex-
pected soon.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13
safeguards Araipst Cholera.

The practical question which concerns
us in this country is the danger to which
we are exposed. This is not very great
In the first place the fact of the exis-
tence of the disease is known, and in
such matters to be forewarned is en-
phatically to be forearmed. Second, the
period of incubation of cholera is very
short, being from a few hours to three
days Consequently should any person
infected board one of the ships coming
here the disease would manifest itself
before the arrival of the vessel. The
advantage of this is obvious-no vessel
could arrive here with cholera on board
without the quarantine physicians find
ing or hearing of cases. The outbreak
of typhus which occurred in this city
some months ago was produced by
people who, owing to the long incub-
alton OF typhus, passed quarantine
while apparently WELL
OF course the germs might come here
in rags, but the chances that rags have
of passing without disinfection are ex-
traordinarily small nowadays. As water
and food are the carriers of the germs,
1T follows that these must be carefully
watched should the disease find lodg-
ment here. 1t is most fortunate that
the cholera bacillus can neither stand
heat nor cold. A few days of sharp
frost will stamp an epidemic of the dis
ease out. Food must be eaten while hot
and fresh from the fire, and water in
cholera times must be boiled.-Cyrus
Edison, NJ. D., in North American Re-
view.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13
THE COLORADO DESERT.
Items Which Show thatsIt Is Changil
It's Features.

Items Which Show that 1T Is Changing &
It's Features.
The following extracts from the
Yuma Sentinel indicate that the re-
gion known as the Colorado desert is
becoming very fertile section:
). S. Carter was up from the Algodones
Monday. While looking after his cattle
last week he had occasion to visit the
great crevasse in the Colorado cut out
by the great flood of 1891. A large
stream still runs off to the southwest,
notwithstanding that the driftwood
closed the entrance to both Carter river
and Riley slough. The water still runs
into Lake Julullu in large stream and
thence into New river and through it
back into the Colorado near it's mouth.
Charlie Thieson, the well-known
hunter and trapper, is back from Los
Angeles, and will now look after his
mining interest up the river. He agrees
with all who have seen that section of
the Colorado valley lying along New
river, from it's mouth to Salton lake,
that it ia one of the richest sections of
good soil on the coast. Charlie is the
orly person who ever went from Indian
v ellis down New river to Salton in q
boat. J. s. Garter and party went down
Carter river to Salton. The two rivers
are from four to 25 miles apart. One
runs from the Alamo Mucho basin and
the other from Indian Wells basin.
Refugio Sortillon left for Flowing
Wells on the Southern Pacific railroad
Wednesday, where he went to look out
the trail over which Roberts and John
son will take the 1000 cattle which they
are moving to the lake on Garter river,
about 20 miles south of Salton lake.
Refugio is well acquainted with that
section, having been across the country
two trips end back, with Engineer E L..
Swaine. These cattle, with the 10,500
now in the Indian Wells region, make
l4,5OO head feeding on the great desert,
and yet there is room for. twice as many
more.