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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
How We Divide Time,

A ''soIar day" is measured by the
time it takes the earth to make rota
ton on its axis, and is of different
lengths, owing to the ellipticity of the
earth's orbit and other causes; but a
"nean solar day" is twenty-four hours
in length. An astronomical day''
commences at noon and is counted from
the first to the twenty.fourt hour. A
"civil day" commences at midnight and
is counted from the first to the twelfth
hour, when it Is again counted from the
first in the afternoon to the twelfth at
night. A "nautical day" is counted in
the same manner as the "civil day."
only that the reckoning is begun at
noon, as with the Astronomical day."
A calendar month" varies in length
from twenty-eight to thirty-one days; a
''mean lunar month" is twenty-nine
Days twelve hours forty-four minutes
two seconds and 5.24 thirds.
A "ycar" is divided into 1865 days; a
"solar year." which is time occupied by
the sun in passing from one vernal
equinox to another, consists Of
1856. 1924 solar days, which is equal to
1855 days five hours forty-eight minutes
and 40. $50 seconds. York News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
FLEXIBLE Sandstone.

One OF the best marked characteristics
OF most rocks is their rig;dity, but II few
species are known which are more fiex-
ible than wood and readily bend under
slight pressure without breaking. The
itacolumite, or flexible sandstone, is the
most. abundant of these rocks and is
found principally in Brazil, although a
similar formation is met with in numer.
other Localities In small quantities.
The 1exibility of itacolumite is readily
understood when the stone is examined
with the microscope. All sandstone
consists of separate grains of sand trans
formed into solid rock by some cement
ing material which has percolated in
solution between the grains.
This cement varies in its nature, aud
may consist OF carbonate of lime, oxide
of iron. silica or many other substances.
even including in few rare instances
native silver and copper. All these ordi.
nary sandstones are rigid and brittle, but
i'll itacolumite the grains are cemented
together by mineral closely resembling
mica or sericite. These minerals, being
quite flexible in themselves, confer the
same property upon the sandston. as a
whole.
The way in which the cementine ma
terial was introduced into the itacoIumite
IS not easy OF explanation. Mica and
serlcite are not soluble and could not
have been deposited by water, like cal
cite or silica. 1t is most probable that
they were originally introduced in the
form of clay or some similar material.
and afterward mctaphosed By heat, pres.
sure and superheated steam into mica.
ceous mineral. Instances of n similar
change OF one mineral species into an.
other are very comnon.-Popular Sci.
ence News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
Insect Zoos.

Leopard moths which are com.
parativcly new insects in our country
appearing first in Brooklyn some five
years ago, threaten to become as do.
structivc as the Gypsy moth, and it is
feared that they will be more difficult
TO eradicate. as they are not leaf eat
ers, and not easily reached with in.
secticidcs. The moth is easily rec
,0gnized, being white with black dots.
and the larva is also marked In the
same way. She deposits her eggs
usually in or near the crotch of,a tree.
and the eggs hatch in June, and the
young then begin boring into it.
Usually ut the crotch, going either
Upward or downward, but always al
the heart of the tree, so weakening ii
that the limbs are broken off by a
slight wind, or even by their own
weight Thus far the work of the
leopard moth has been chiefly upop
theAmaples, but the elms, lindens,
whiAe oaks, mountain ash, hawthorns,
uluSerry, tulip and at least one va.
riety of hickory have shown their
presence, as also have apples, pears
and currants.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
Tho Tea. Eating Caterpillar.

An unexpected enemy, common
harry caterpillar, has turned its attention
to the tea gardens. This caterpillar was
previously known aud disliked in other
parts of India; fol any nerson who i'm
prudently laid hands on it found the long
hairs sticking to his fingers aud produce
ing most Irritating blisters. II hair got
into man's eye, it set up an inflamma-
ton that sometimes ended in blindness.
When horde of these hairy caterpillars
unexpectedly invaded tea garden in
Assam one morning, the effects were most
disastrous to the native laborers, or
coolies, whose naked legs and feet came III
contact with them. Tho wouen and the
children who are employed in pluckin9
tho shoots and leaves OF the tea plants
soon found their hands aud arms sting
ing with pain from the hairs of the
caterpillars that they had fearlessly but
imprudently handled. Before the morn.
ing's work could be finished sixty of the
men, women and children were obliged
to. go to the medical officer for relief,
with their hands or feet clustered aud
suppurasing.
There was no apparent cause to ex,
plain why these caterpillars had sud-
denly come out of the neighboriug
jungle to prey upon the tea plants, but
it is to be feared that if they once ac-
quire taste aud preference for tea
leaves, the tea planter will have u new
enemy to reckon with, and the cost Of
tea will eventually be enhanced to the
human consumer. It is said by some
authorities that the catcrpillars have in-
creased out of due proportion because
the wild birds that used to feed on them
have been reduced in number, as the
native laborers in the gardens are given
to the pursuit of birds, aud ruthlessly
destroy their eggs and the young birds
in their nests. But this is hardly suf-
ficient explanation jour
| nal,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
whcB pauser Lura

Among othr curious objects which
Bolten brought homo from the West
India IslandsMere two pods of the
sand box tree,curious circular store.
houses for thu seed;' deeply ribbed.
each rib running from top to bottom
OF the pod, hese received places OF
honor in lacqur trays. and with the
rest of his objection, adorned his
bedroom manti-shelf. One night he
was awakened by what he thought
was pistol sht in his room. at
the same time missiles were flying all
around. He slang out of bed and
lighted the gas Then he saw that
che treasures II the mantel.shelf
were scattered bout the room. The
sand boxes lad vanished. He
searched the RON carefully. There
was no trace, solar as he could ace.
ypf the cause of he explosions. Not
long after friAd was in Bolten's
tuom, ana l0okilg over tho remnants
of his collection, remarked "Heljni
here is piece ola sand boxn
What is that" asked Bolten.
well It's theRruit OF tree that
f.oWs IN the WSt Indies, and got
t.s name owing the planters using
u, In the days beore plotting paper
was invented, for sand boxes. The
SEEDS were cut GU of the center and
enc pod was filed with sand. 1t was
aaSiel an unsatisfactory box, how.
1sei, LOT as soon % the seed arc ripe
~ eHploaes with Q report like gun,
ono seeus ana shell of the pod being
,oaI.ereo IN all objections. So great
}ts Cne force OF the explosion that the
eStoAen pieces are thrown forty aud
uiCy ieet. Fowls, as soon as they
ueaf an explosion run toward the
Tree ana are sooi busy looking for
Jug see1s' which ale greedllY swal-
"Ihat explains IL" said the other,
ana ne then told The story of his
shattered works ofart.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
some Dainty HanEinas.

The work exhibited at the Chicago
Society Of Decorative Art includes
quite number Of pretty and hand.
some hangings we'll worth descrip-
ton, writes Maude Haywood in an
attractive article profuscly illustrated
In the Ladies' Home Journal. Ono
entailing comparatively little labor
was worked entirely In shades of
green, with Japanese gold thread in
troduced. The ground chosen was
crinkled tapestry or rather a dull
metallic green, and the design was n
bold spray OF large leaves and flowers
extending far down the curtain.
Some OF the leaves were embroidered
solidly. and some were OF green plush
applied and worked In long and short
stitch In silks either of lighter or a
darker shade than the plush, in order
to gain variety OF effect. The flowers
mad radiating lines extending from
them rendered In green silk and gold
Unread worked side by side. The
whole design was also outlined In the
gold thread. The curtain was inter
lined with Canton flannel to give il
substance. Another porticre was
ecru-colored silk, with a lattice work
across 1t and embroidered In silks. A
border In conventional tulips extend.
ed across the lower part. Some cur.
tains were made OF a plain, heavy
material and turned over at the TOP,
the design being worked on the frieze
formed In this way One in gobelin
cloth had large roses for the subject.
A hanging which was harmony of
yellows and browns had marshmallows
powdered all over the ground, and
yet another, effective in dull, quaint
coioring. had band OF Venetian
embroidery placed about one third up
the curtain
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
The Rain Tree of PERU

In the northern part of Peru, in what
is otherwise an arid dessert, the cele.
brated "rain tree" grows. This ope.
cies, Batas vapeao, though not large or
of much commercial value, is a verltable
South American wonder, having the
extraordinary property OF condensing
what little moisture there is in the at.
mosphere so as to cause continual mist
to exude (scemingly) from its leaves and
branches. The leaves are of thick,
succulent nature, and when examined
with strong glass exhibit many Of the
qualities Of tue common sponge. st.
Louis Republic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
HOW Dead Horses We're Utilizoa.

Among other army contractors of high
aud low degree at or about Washington
: during the war was one who had pur.
chased, as the highest bidder. the dead
horses of the Army of the Potomac, for
which he had paid $I.76 each, delivered
at his establishment. They averaged in
the wittcr about fifty day, and were
thus disposed or: First, the shoes were
pulled OF, then the hooffs were cut off,
then the'manes and tails were SHARED.
The animal was then skinned, the car.
cass was boiled that the tallow might be
extracted, the best of the bones were
sold for knife handles, and the remain.
der to DO ground for fertilizers. The
total results was that these different
parts OF the dead nag were worth, when
prepared for the market, at least $25 a
head, and the profits of the contractor
were consequently very large. -Bostoa
Budget,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
French Peasants.

NJ. Betham Edwards, iu her 'sFrance
of To-day" speaks again and again of
the benefits accruing from the owner
ship of land by the peasantry. AS a
native of England she seems to have
been peculiarly impressed by this feature
OF life across tho channel. She writes
with special enthusiasm of Osse, ia re-.
mote Pyreneau village admirably adapted
for the study of rural life" ga beautiful
spirit of humanity" she declares, IA
delicacy, rare among the most polished
societies, characterize these frugal sons
and daughters of the SOIL"
AS sordidness carried to the pitch of
brutality is often imputed to the French
peasant, let me relate an incident that
occurred hereabouts not long before my
visit.
The land is infinitely divided, many
possessing a cottage and field only.
One of these small owners was suddenly
ruined by the falling of rock; his cot
tage, COW and pig were destroyed.
Without saying word, his neighbors,
like himself in very humble circum.
stances, made up purse of 500, o
large sum with such donors, and too
delicate minded to offer the gift them
selves, deputed an outsider to do it
anonymously.
Another instance in point came to my
knowledge. This was of young wo-
man servant, who, during the illness of
her employers, refused to accept wages.
"You will pay me some other time. I"
said the girl to her mistress. az am
sure you can ill afford to give me the
money now"
Peasant property and rural life gencr.
ally here presented to me some wholly
new features. One of these is the al.
most entire if-suffi,insness of very
small holdings, their owners neither
buying nor selling, making their little
crops AMI stock almost completely supply
their needs.
On field or two enough flax is grown
with which to spin linen for home use.
enough wheat and Indian corn for the
years bread-making, maize being mixed
with wheaton flour. Again, pigs and
poultry are raised for daily consumption.
Expenditure is reduce to the mini
mum. Coffee is a luxury seldom in
dulged in, but al! are lar &c milk drink.
ers.-American Farmer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
The Lonyost Swim or Rpcord

The longest swim ever made without
the aid of artificial help, such rs life
preservers, life s,fits, etc., was made by
Samuel Brock, n Yarmouth (England)
beachman, fifty years ago, the
night of October Ia, 1885. On the
afternoon of the 18th Brock had noticed
snip at sea signaling for pilot. He,
In company with nine other seamen,
started for the vessel in the yawl Increase.
AT 4 o'clock they came up alongside the
ship, which proved to be the Spanish
brig Paquette de Bilboa. A pilot and
three beachmen were put on bourd and
the Increase then headed for shore.
which was twelve miles distant.
At $3.50 o'clock, when the nearest
land was still six miles off, suuall sunk
the Increase aud drowned all on board
except Brock. From the way that flood
tide was beating off shore it soou became
evident to the man in the water that il
he ever did manage to reach the land
alive he would have to swim about fifteen
miles in und-about way. A swell
sea drove him out over Cross sand RIDGE
before the o'clock bell toled at St,
Nicholas's Gate, and it was long two
hours and half later before the nearly
exhausted swimmer caught sight Of the
bell and light buoys themselves. 1t was
now nearly midnight, and Brock had
been in the chilly water about i've hours.
Within the next hour he sighted Il
vessel at anchor, and by an almost super
human effort managed to get within 200
yards, when he hailed the lookout. a
boat was Immediately lowered and the
half-drowned man taken on board. The
vessel proved to be the Betsy of Sunder-
land, and her place of anchorage about
Log miles from whore the Increase cap.
sized. Thus it was proven that Brock
had made the remarkable distance of
nearly seventeen miles in seven and a
half hours, on that chilly October night.
New York News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
A Bread Waking Machine

A bread-making machine company has
been organized in Western city with
seven women directors The machine
can be operated almost entirely by wc.
men. Loaves of bread, perfectly kneaded
and shaped,> are turned out from tho
material almost as rapidly as newspapers
are issued from press. The loayes arc
lifted into the oven By means of auto.
matically opening and closing slides. and
the molds and pans are cleaned by re.
volving brushes. Chicago Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
Common-sense marriages.

Modern society has welcomed com.
nonsense shoes and common-sense
iorms OF dress, writes John Lambert
rayne In an attempt to solve the
question why Young Men Defer
IIarriage,' In the Ladies' Home
s sourhal. 1t would seem that the
omaS e Is opportune for a widespread
1es VI, OF common-senso marriages.
nresa a., eYents, II q change from the
th raonv sIagnation Ia to be effected,
Eirss '1,ngs seem 10 me necessary:
kno,v, .d mere must be a popular
people ~ u thS second. ths
Third. there mss mn n s'S
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Whenever ain can hide its head il
feels safe.
The shortest cut to happiness is to Try
TO give it.
No matter where faith walks it always
steps on rock
1t is the cowardly dog who is always
showing his teeth.
Every man hates his own sin when he
sees it in another.
False worship will kill the soul as
quick as no worship.
The only heavy burdens are those we
try to carry ourselves.
Ono of the most beautiful sights on
earth is happy child.
No one can be made rich with money
who would not be rich without it.
The man who wilfully continues in sin
Is conscious that he deserves no help.
Not one man in dozen will tell the
truth If you ask him why he wears plug
hat.
Tho man who does his best in his
present place is on his way to better
one.
1t is good thing to know right
principles, but it is better thing to have
them.
With man more money meaus
moro to eat; with q woman more to
wear.
The only people who are discouteudod
are those who are not doing their whole
duty.
1t is hard to believe that sin will
bite when it comes to US with gold in
its teeth.
There are so many reformers who want
10 go as far away from home as they can
to begin work.
The man who loves his neighbor as
himself can put up with thousand aud
one things that nobody else could stand.
One of the biggest fools in the world
is the man who thinks he can make
something by only putting seven quarts
in peck.
1t would probably be hard to convince
a bantam rooster that his Growing
doesn't have good deal to do with
making the sun rise. -Indianap oils Ind. J
RAMS Horn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
HOWE TIilaQ

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case OF catarrh that cannot be cured BY
taking Halls Gatarrh Curs.
b; J. CHENEY d Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Two, the undersigned, have known E. j.
cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transact
legations made by their firm.
WEST Ss TRuAS, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WALpINo. KINNAN G. MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Caiarrh Cure is taken internally act
Ing directly upon tho blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Testimonials sent FREQ.
erice zoe. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30

People overlooked the importance of per.
manentiy beneficial effects and were satisfied
with transient action, bat now that IL "a .an-
orally know that Syrup of Figs will perma-
nently cure babitual constitution, we'll in
tormo1 people will not buy other laxatiyes.
which act for time. but finally injure th
system.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
August
Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. I could not
speak aloud. Everything that / took
into the Stomrch distressed me. I
could not sleep. I had taken all
kinds of medicines. Through
neighbor I got one of your books.
l procured bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. I am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
saved my life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sarah ] Cox, Defiance, o. o
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30

The Pittsburgh Chronicle TcieDruJh is sold by
I'll News Agents and delivered by Carriers
Werywhere, for Ono Cent Il copy or Sic Cents a
week IL contains daily, the news of the
world, receiying as it does, the reports OF both
NE Associated Press and thu United Press No
,ther paper which sells for Que Cent receives
Fashion, and Household Departments arc un.
sQuaied. Order it from your News Agent -,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30

FANCY prices are being offered for
the Worlds Fair half dollars, but
oddly enough Jay Gould, the Wander
bilts and other extensive coin collect
ors are showing no interest In the
matter.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30

GERMAN physicians class cholera as
. filth disease. They contend that
In communities where premises are
kept clean and sweet, and only pure
food and water are taken into the
system, the people have little or no
cause to fear the disease
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
A year matches are worth 500, 900, 900.

BEEoHAM's Pills cost only q conts boz.
world 10 be "worsh a guinea box"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
Pm U as
'9y

II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp.
IONS Eye-water. Druggists sell ut &c per bottle
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In OIden Times

In Turkey they call the bicycle the
Devils chariot ;"
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The morning call., 1892-02-12

and consequently cannot be concluded with
cut the sanction Of Congress. The reciprOc-
ity clause in the Mckinley tariff limits the
articles which may be made the basis of
agreements to sugar, coffee, tea and hides
ANY commercial agreement which includes
a reduction of duties on other articles must
be submitted to the Senate for ratification
and to the House for an appropriation TO
carry it into effect. Reciprocity on the lines
laid down in the Mckinley tariff is simple
matter compared with reciprocity as con-
tempIated in tile negotiations with France
and with Canada. The four articles which
the Mckinley tariff makes the basis OF
agreements are articles which OF necessity
we import All our coffee and tea is In
ported, nearly niEe-tenths of our sugar and
a large proportion Of the hides consumed IN
our boot and shoe factories. Putting these
articles on the free list does not therefore
leave a large industry unprotected. The
sugar industry is cared for by a bounty On
homemade sugar. But when we come to
reducing duties on goods from any one
country through an agreement that these
special rates shall be maintained as against
Ike goods from all other countries we
stand on less firm ground. The reciprocal
agreement under the Mckinley tariff
may be made Of universal application.
Any and all nations which export
sugar. coffee, tea and hides may enter these
articles free providing they make conces-
si0ns which our Government deems eqult-
able France, to the extent Of her sugar
ard hide exports, can take advantage OF
this measure Of reciprocity; ard so may
Germany. England, Austria and other ma
tions which export enc or all Of these four
articles But the proposition 70 admit
SI2OG0Q00 worth Of merchandise from
France at reduced duties would, If carried
out. involve US in a series OF reciprocity
treaties which would render the tariff a
mere piece Of patchwork. Why admit mer-
chandise from France and not take mer-
chandise from Great Britain at reduced
duties if Great Britain offers 10 make con-
Cessions as valuable as those France o1erSY
Ii is true that Great Britain receives our
grain now without duties. but if we should
discriminate against merchandise from
Great Britain the act gbtprovoke retalia-
tions. Great Britain may at any time i'm
pose duties OF our grain and meats, and
very probably will if we admit merchandise
from other countries at lower rates Of duty
than British merchandise is required to
pay. Good faith with all commercial ma
tions requires a common rate Of duties on
products from all. We may admit free
articles we do not produce, and we may I'M
pose duties on such articles from any one
nation which refuses to admit American
products on the terms American products
are admitted into other nations from which
we receive certain articles free Of duty; but
to enter upon a policy Of discrimination
among nations, reducing duties from one
for a consideration while we maintain
regular rates against all others, Will give
the nations Disseminated against Just cause
of c0mDI0int