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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Iiundor Lore.

The natives OF the Sandwich
Islands considered thunder rs being
Mauna Loa's echo from the clouds.
This curious notion has crystallized
weather DrOvcrb which Is now current
among many Of tho white resldentsof
the island, Wis.,, "Itwlll rain to-day;
Mauna Loa shakes the Clouds" In
this connection IL may be remarked
that the carly Scandinavian settlers
of Iceland believed that there was
some mysterious and supernatural
connections bctwcsn the roarlngs OF
Hecla and'the 'angrY muttcrings OF
Jove." In England many OF tho
peasnntrv still plant tho house cek,
"Jupiter's Beard" ON their house
roofs as n preventive against thunder,
lightning and evil spirits, custom
which reminds one OF Charlcmapne's
edict: "Et habcat qulsque supra
domnm sum Jovis barbum." Another
widespread superstition, and one that
has been noted among the tribes and
nations from China to England, and
from Cape Hattcras to the Golden
Gate, tells US that If tho "claps," or
reports of thunder come In even mum.
bers the storm will be of short dura.
tlon and very mild. But, on tho
other hand, II they come I'm uneven
numbers, especially IL the reports be
series of flvc nine or thirteen claps,
much loss OF life and property Will
result. For hundreds OF years thun.
der accompanied by hail, or thunder
In the north or west. was thought to
Dortcnd evil TO all British subjects.
During the time when this superstI.
tlon was rife the great bell at
Malmesburv Abbey, England. the one
known as St. Adclm's Bell, was always
rung for tho purpose OF driving away
the thunder and lightningl
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Live Mastodons.

The Stricken indians positively as.
cert that within the last five years they
bave frequently seon animals which,
from the descriptions given, must have
been mastodons, says the juneau (Alaska)
Free Press. Last spring, while out
hunting, one of the Indians camo across
a series OF large tracks, each the siz, of
the bottom OF salt barrel, sunk deep in
the moss. He followed the curious trail
for some miles, finally coming out in full
view of his game. As class these In.
dians are the bravest of hunters, but the
proportions of the new species of game
filled the hunter with terror, aud he took
to swift and immediate flight. He de-
scribes the creature as being as large as
q post-trader's store, with great, shin
ing, yellowish- white tusks, and a mouth
large enough to swallow man at sim
gle gulp. He further says that the ami
NAL was undoubtedly of the same species
as those whose bones and tusks lie all
over that section OF the country.
The fact that other hunters have told
of seeing these monsters browsing on the
herbs up along the river gives certain
probability to the story. Over on Forty.
Mile Creek Zones of mastodons arc quite
plentiful. One ivory tusk nine feet long
projects from one OF the sand dunes on
that creek, and single teeth have been
found SO large that they would DO q
good load for one man to carry. be.
lieve that the mule. footed hog still ex-
ista; also that live mastodons play tag
with the aurora every night over on
Forty-Mile Greek, in Alaska.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
POPULAR sCrENCg
Most spiders have eight owes.
The milky Way has 80, 900, 600 st

uoss spiuerS nave vl2nt eyes.
The milky Way has 80, 600, 900 stars.
At Manistee, Mich., water was struck
at depth of 1920 feet that carried i've
per cent Of bromide.
Phosphorus is admirably adapted for
removing the essential nervous matter,
lecithin, OF the brain and spinal cord.
Tho atmosphere is so clear in Zulu.
land, Africa, that, it is said, objects can
be seen by starlight distance of seveu
miles.
Water is compound OF oxygen aud
hydrogen, air u mixture OF oxygen and
nitrogen with small amounts Of othe,
gases.
In manufacturing occupations tho
average life of soap boilers is the high
est. aud that of grindstoue makers the
lowest.
English medical authorities are com,
ing to the conclusion that the smoking
of pure opium is not nearly 50 injurious
to Cinnamon as has been supposed.
According to recent report ther.
were 1872 electric-lig plants
throughout Germany, excluding Wur.
temburg and Bavaria ut the end OF June
last.
To have an invention protected all
over the world, 1t is necess AIRY to take
out sixty-four patents in as many differ.
cnt countries, the estimated total cost
Of which is $1,000.
There are some sixty.scven elementar,
bodies recognized aud probably there
are others. These bodies have not BY
any application of science been resolved
into two or more bodies.
The governor of the electric light
works in Sedalia, Mo-, broke the othct
night and the engine jumped from 500
to 1000 volts. The globes burst in the
street cars and there was great excite
ment for awhile.
Probably. the largest steel plate eve,
rolled in the United States was lately
rolled in the Pottstown Iron Company's
works, Pottstown, Penn. In length il
is 150 feet, in width twenty inches and
in thickpTss seven ,sixteenths of an inch.
AS a rust protector slack piece Of
quicklims with just enough water to
cause it to crumblc in & covered pot,
and while hot add tallow to it and work
into paste, and use this to cover oycl
bright work. 1t can be easily wiped
off.
Epilepsy and allied nervous diseases
are more common than is generally sup.
posed, and. under the high pressure OF
our civilization they arc apt to increase
unless medical science finds some more
cilicacious remedy than any now in gen.
eral use.
a new cable-mal1ing machine is the
result of the increasing necessity for lay
ing telephone cables underground. The
machine is five feet wide and lifty-six
long aud makes and, by another electric
device, measures the cable on the ground
as it is laid.
1t is reported that 1T was demonstrated
by tests made at the Chicago stock.
yards by representatives OF the United
States Bureau of Animal Industry that
lumpy jaw, in mild form at least, is
durable, and is not dangerously con-
lagious, if at all.
The recent renewal of hydraulic min.
ing in California has again attracted
the attention of mining engineers to the
problem of removing the talings or
debris after the gold has been taken out
from the earth in its passage through
the sluices and other scparators.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Chssinr a Hu.ban,d.

Husbands are NOT made to ordeS;
they just grow. TO get good one Won
have to know him when you see him.
BE may not look like the man youi
fancy painted. yet you will rocoRnixs
in him tho qualities that 90 to make uu
Tho reliable, enterpriaing, arniablo mon.
AS q rule women are not possessed OF
aoute business minds, and are net "a
observant "a they might DO. One after
another they will fall into tho same
open trap. just az though they were
blindfolded or were impelled by some
uncomfortable force. The majority OF
Thorn eeem to think they must marry,
aud all that is necessary is to find a
man that is good-looking or rich. The
average girl first takes n fancy to q
pretty man, and thinks and dreams OF
his lovely hair, charming eyes, olo.
CANT dress, divine mustache and dove.
like voice. She declares that no is
too sweet for anything. This fever
passes of in time, but too often leaves
perverted taste. A dandy figure,
swell manners, and Gathering tongue
are apt to oven outweigh good heart,
industrious habits and moral worth.
Even after marriage visions of the
carly ideal rise up to disturb tho
ierenity and tranquility of tho domes
tic scene. Better such an ideal had
never been formed. --Pi.tsburq CAro,,.
iclc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
3, ssssf NJ ss.v cs-.. s..s.s.

. HS ~
gaa q SnAetlend's most bus,
HS ssss.l| s9 Ss.s ss8, being s1s; ;ns
~ 9 WQ8s sessssl9QSl .snd distressing
&afagsgr. A young lady, radiant 10
AL the loveltness that usually attends
fweet II, travelled three entire blocks
literally on fire, and yet gave no sign,
apr old she betray her distress to any
one, although .passers-by who hap
Pened - be. possessed of keen olfac.
tory organs may have detected the
odor OF burning woolens and aanuels.
1t Is related by those who know tho
particulars that the young lady was
engaged in the mysteries OF her toilet,
preparatory to street promenade. A
corset string refused to be cut bias or
something of that sort and was sub.
lected toithe discipline of a lighted
lamp In order to shorten IL Burning
the string in two pieces was success
lor the time, and the young lady com
pleted her. make up and hastily
started downtown. She was moro
than quarter of "a, mile from home.
when the horrible fact was discovered
that her under-clothing was on fire1n
an Inaccessible region. The material.
noweyer, was all wool. and there was
q great deal more smoke and offensive
DOOR than fire. Still. no young lady
approves of being on fire in the street
or anywhere else,. and so she fastened
IS rapidly as possible to the shelter
of the house Of a. friend, and reached
o harbor OF safety just before the
dames broke out, but it is said she
was smoking like lime kiln when
She friendly door closed behind her.
strange to say, her person was not
oven scorched, although :she is now
ehe owner of very dilapidated outfit
el wooden underwear. = CHAMBERLAIN
IND. News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Lightning anu Lightning Rods.

Iron roofs are often struck and badly
damaged by lightning, as also are the
large petroleum storage tanks, which arc
made wholly of iron; consequently they
canrot be Chased rs protected structures.
There is wide difference of opinion in
regard to the value of lightning rods.
Sometimes they appear to have guided
or conducted q bolt OF electricity safely
to the ground, whilo in other instances
the injury has appeared to have been
greater than if no rod had been present,
although the latter may have been the
result of faulty construction or insulation
of the rod. A poorly constructed rod,
with bad earth connections, would only
add to the danger of injury by lightning.
OF course, there is much to be said on
both sides, for and against tho use of
rods, but we notice that of late years
they are going out of use in the older
States, where the people have had the
most experience with them. On very
high buildings and steeplcs lightning
rods are still used, but merely us con-
ductors of the electricity which may
have gathered in low, drifting clouds,
but they are not supposed to attract
from any considerable distance.
Large bodies of iron ore do not attract
for if thu was the case it
would be exceedingly dangerous to work
in iron mines or in any of our great
manufactures where immense quantities
of iron and steel are collected. If u man
and his family think they would feel
safer and sleep better in house to
which one or mole lightning rods are
affixed, we would say put them up by
all means.-New York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
q 4 iron wire was drawn At Nursm-
peafhsas uar,e hn f,urse

diseased portion OF the car. There Is only one
, way % cure deafnsss. and that Is by eonsttp-
s.r,d rSmed iis Deafness Is caused by an
Eusta9hian Tube. Whom this tube eeta IL
lamed you havea rumbling sound OF Impair
deafness Is tho result, and unless the infiaSS..
nation can b taken out and this tube re-
stored TO tts normal condition, hearing will b
caused by cnterrh, which is nothing but an IL.
nsmed condition of the mucous surfaces.
case OF deafness Caused by catarrhj that We
cannot cure by taking Halls Csterrh Ours.
send for circulars, free. = 800
sald By Druggists, $50.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

THE Germans believe in doing
things decently and In order In the
large cities before they can start for
the scene of n fire the flremen must
salute their commander.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

There are 3 largo number OF nygonic phy.i-
einns who claim that disease Is always the re-
suit OF a trnnsgression OF Natures laws. The
proprietors OF Garfield Tea are both physician,
how to nvoid sickness by following Naturs's
laws; They give away with every package OF
Garfield Tea q little boDk, which they claim
will onable oil persons, II directions sro fol.
Iowrd, to avoid sickness Of all kinds aud to
have no need for Garfield Tea or any other
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

WHEN man is sick. he says no
suffers so that he wants to be put out
of his misery, and scares his wife by
asking for butcher knife or poison,
but he is living about it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

THERE are hermlts In CnIna who
tear out their eyes in order, they say,
that by closing the two gates of love
they may open the thousand gates of
wisdom.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
The greatest depth of the. Atlantic ocean,
Is ~, $3.50 feet. sa
A Complete Ncw.pap per For Ono e.sr

A Complete Newspaper For Ono Gent, ,hS
The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph is sold hys
evorywhere, for One Cent n copy or Sir Cents q
week II contains. daily. THO nows of the
tho Associated Press and tho United Pross. Nd
othor paper which soils for One Cent receives
both OF thoso reports. Its Sporting, Financial,
eoaaled. Ordor It from your News Agent Y
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

LAURA JONES, tho Georgia girl who
has invented now pillow and corr.
planter, is snid to be cousin of Lulu
Hurst, the famous electric girl. Geor.
gia girls seem to DO determined to sur
prise the world.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

IL not only contains all the netcs, but moro
special telcIraphic and exclusive features
appear in It's columns than In any other news
pnper in this section OF the country. Every
body reads 1t. everybody advertiscs In 1t; &c
RhOuiI you y -
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
YAo SEsos rtsasant vysy

ofprsvsstins Tho grippe. colds, hecdscAsssa,a
fsyss Is 70 sss shs liquid iAzssiys rssasax.
Syrup Of FIGS, whsnevsr she syatsa nsess .
gentle, yet effective cleansing. ~ " bsnsatssa
ono aast got the srus yesasdy nlAssfesssrSa
by tho California; Fla Syrup Co. only. For saio
by all druggists In 800. and 81 bottles
The first iron wire was drawn ct Nursm-
berg In 1851.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

Schools In France. \
France has SO, $50 schools and IA, 500
private ones
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Russia invented wood paving.

Usg BRown's BRONCHIAL TRoon.s for
Coughs. Colds and all other Throat Trouhlcs.-
sPre-eminently best" Rep. Henry Ward Bsseher
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Pay the Price of the
Royal for Royal only.

Actual tests show the Royal Baking
Powder to be ~ per cent. stronger than
any other brand on the market. If an
other baking powder is forced upon YOU
by the grocer, see that you are charged
the correspondingly lower price
Those baking powders sold with gift,
or advertised or sold at half the cost of
Royal are invariably made from alum. and
are dangerous to health.
Every Royal Baking Powder
ing the best practical cooking
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

II nffiicted with sore Dyes use DIR. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-wator Druggists soil Mt 25c per bottle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

MosT great works are accomplished
slowly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

st Steam first applied to sewing mach ines in
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

nlTFNT0 THoMAsP. SIMPSON, Washington.
PAIEMIN D. c. No attys fec until Patent OBJ
tntIN u tanned. write for Inventors Guide.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03

To the Honorable Board Of County Commits.
sionerB Of Elko County, Nevadn.
GENTLEMEN; We herewith submit our Quar-
tcily Report Of the Finances OF the County
for the quarter ending Mar. 81, 1893.
Respectfully ssbfnitted:
GEO. H.MEIGS,
Auditor,
NJ. II. MILLER,
TfIaauFeP.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03
Artificial Strawberries.

"In certain New York town." says
commercial traveller. II once ran
across some artificial Strawberries,
which were sold by q local grocer.
After he had been selling them for a
week rival grocer discovered that
they were all of tho same size. A
whole quart might be searched and
there would be no one berry larger or
smaller than any other. This excited
suspicion, and close examination
showed that the alleged strawberries
were mixture Of apple jelly solored
with Rniline dyes and favored with
strawberry essence. The moulds
were perfect, and in each one of the
irregularities timothy seed were
dropped, 30 that when the mess was
poured in and moulded the seed
stood out on the outside, just as those
in tho real berry stood. This looked
so natural that the genuineness Of tho
berries had not been questioned. II
the fellow had not made them go
large and perfect he might have gone
on for long time without detection ;"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03
storey County.

Much speculation has been ihdulaSd
In OF late, owing to recent drafts in
the mines and departure Of people
from tho Comstock, regarding the
actual force at present employed in
our mines.
Tho Assessors hAvo concluded their
labors OF collecting poll tax from all
the miners employed in the county
liable to such taxation, and their re-
ceipts amount to 81, 950-S3 from $50
men. Allowing for those under and
over age, timekeepers and others who
are exempt, the total number of men
employed by the mines in the county
In all capacities can be safely esti-
mated at 700.
This is a small number OF men en-
ployed, considering tho present popu
lation. Ofcouree all people Working
in the county are net miners; never
theless our mining force at present
employed lie small compared with for
mer times.
The total number of voters regis
tered in the county for the general
election last Fall was 2,4oO. Com
puted at three Of the population to
each voter would make the total pop
ulation here at that time 7,2W'. Many
have departed since then, making it
considerably less.
Storey county is rapidly becoming
depopulated. According TO the
eleventh census, taken in 1890, we
had population of 1906. According
to the above figures, our population
has decreased 1000 in three years.-
Virginia Chronicle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03
An Old Postmaster.

There ID ono testmaster that Cleve-
laAd will not remove. His name is
Roswell BardSley, of North Lansing,
TompkinS county, New York. He
wsa commissioned by John Quincy
Adams, on juno 18th, 1888, and has
been postmaster ever since. He was
then 10 years old. He is still able to
attend to his small country store and
receive and distribute the mail.
Sixty-Ave years he has held the Office,
always Democrat aud gentleman,
always the same old country store and
the same postofflce on the corner.
His wife is also still alive and they
celebrated their golden Wedding IF.
teen years ago. The revenue from
his Office never exceeded $50 year.
II you do not believe it call at Bards-
ley's Corners, Tompkins county, New
York, and enquire. He has acquired
by strict honesty and small savings,
fair competence.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03
The Buckeye Trouble.

Sheriff Mccormick went out to
Buckeye yesterday and placed the
following under arrest: Lou and Ed
Stevenson, Pete Milich, Trimmer
Brothers, Dudley, Parker and one
Wyatt. Instead of placing the men
in Jail, report comes from Genoa
that the Sheriff kindly allowed the
men to remain in the Central Hotel.
When the Sheriff served the warrants
the men quietly submitted tv arrest
and accompanied the Sheriff to
Genoa. The arrested parties claim
that Arthur Raycraft fred the first
shot. VIM. WOODBURY. has b,en re-
tainod by the stevenson faction to
defend them and started for Genoa at
IL o'clock to-day. Interesting de-
velopments may DO expected shortly
Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03
To Purify Water.

A tablespoonful of pulverized alum
spriukled into hogshead of water
(the water stirred at the same time)
will, after few hours, by precipitat-
ing to the bottom the impure par
ticleH, 30 purify it, that it will Be
found to possess nearly all the fresh
ness and clearness of the finest spring
water. A pailful, containing four
gallons, may be thoroughly purified
by single teaspoonful Of the alum.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03
lawyers Mistakes

Apropos OF the lawyers pitching in
to experts on the witness stand in
murder trials, the case ia recalled
whore the lawyer looked quizzically
at the doctor who was testifying and
said:
"Doctore sometimes make mistakes
don't theyr"
"The same as lawyers, was the re-
ply.
"But doctors mistakes are buried
Six feet under ground" said the law.
yer.
eyes," said the doctor, "and law
yers' mistakes sometimes swing six
feet in the air."-Boston Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03

Homer Index:--Duripg the past
week we have been martyrs 70 atmos-
pheric wretchedness, or something
that sounds like it. Wednesday was
80 depressing that every man felt as
il he had been drawn through GIN
let-hole and hatttend out in a clothes
wriDger.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03

The advertising of Hoods Sarsspa
rilla 10 substantiated by endorse
ments which in the financial world
would be accepted without q mo-
ment's hesitation. They tell the story
HOODS CURES.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03
Notice.

j. F. Holland has sold his store, on
Commercial street, to Keyser & Craig
head, and requests all persons in
debted to him to call at the Depot
Hotel and settle I'D. Sort
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03
Spring and Summer Samples.

We have just received about 500
samples of mems suitings for custom
made clothing for Spring and Sum
mer. Suits made to order from 800
up. Give us call.
tt Nd. REINHART.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-06-03
Krause's Headache Capsules-War

Allegheny, Pa. March 16, 1901,
Mr.. Norman Lichty, Des Mones, Iowa
DEAR SIR find Krause's Headache
Capsules a ready seller, and can say
from personal experience that they
are n good thing, az the other night
they cured me of bad attack of neu-
ralgia in about one hour, when it usu :
ally lasts day or go. c. w. SMART.
For sale by F. F. Muller.