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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
Base Balls.

A fair estimate OF tho number of bnlls
made for the present scason is said to be
5000, 900, or ono for every ten of tho pom
ulation of the entire country. The hard
unyiclding base balls that aro now used
by professional ballplaycrs nrc very diff
fcrcnt articles from those which were in
vogue n quarter of century ago. In
fact they differ rs greatly as the present
game of base ball docs from that which
was played in those days. "Dcal" or
professional base bnlls arc made entirely
by hand. According to rules laid down
by the league they must weigh within
five and quarter ounces. A little rub
Der ball, weighing two ounces, is used rs
the foundation for two ounces of wooden
yarn that is wound around the ball, md
permits of il coming within the rcgula-
tion size, weight and shape. The limit
in size is nine inches in circumference.
The yarn used makes the circumference
of the ball considerably moro than
this, but it is corrected by undergoing n
hammerlng process, after which the little
spheres arc turned over to the covcrcrs,
who invest them with cns'ng of horse
hide, sewn with linen thread. Non-pro-
fessionnl balls are made by machinery.
To show the difference in the speed, care
and cost of manufacture of bnsc balls it
may be stated that a certain factory near
New York can turn out 4s. 900 machine
made balls in n day, while the limit OF
manufacture for "dcad" balls in tho
same time is eighteen. ."-Meio York Mail
and Express.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
right out couldn't holp it. An to
this day can't hear them few words
without foelin' jcs' so."-Rena Rircrton.
Rnm FIrht.ng IN tho Orlont.

The Pcrsians have their own peculiar
pastimes, and TINT somo of them corrc-
spond very nearly with our own. Stroll
ing down towards tho Shah Abbas
bazaar in Tchcran tho same ovcning after
talking with Mr.. b, my attention is
attracted by small crowd of Tchcrains
of the lower and commercial class con-
grcgatcd in an allcy-way, writes Thomas
Stevens in Outing. From tho excitement
and the dull thud of objects striking
against each other, it is apparent that
rival owners of fighting rams are permit
ting their champions to struggle for the
mastery.
These littlo contests around quiet cor
ncrs arc of almost hourly occurrence, and
stroll of fifteen minutes abont tho
streets of the Persian capital is impossi-
bio without cncountcring mild-oycd
"sports" leading their pct rams tcndcrly
along by string, Tho nccks of tho
rams are cncased in broad lcathcrn col
lars, gaily ornamcntcd with beads and
cowrics, and from which nrc suspended
amulcts to ward off tho evil cyc, and n
clcar-toned bell. This bell, dangling
from tho collar and jingling mcrrily as
he walks along, announces tho approach
of fighting ram and his owner or attcn-
dant. Sometimes ono meets process
sion cf several, cnch ono in charge of
separate attendant; these engage in n
regular tournament for the entertainment
of his guests.
Tho fighting rams of Tchcran nrc OF
the big-tailcd variety. Tho breed is
gcntlcncss impcrsonatcd, and their con-
tests are comparatively tame perform
nnces. The owners bet freely on the
prowess of their respective champions,
wagering anything from dinner of ba-
zaarkabobs TO stake of several tomans;
and plenty of Tchcrani sports depend
entirely upon their ram for living. Har-
asscd with no hair-splitting nicctics nor
worrying definitions between amatcurism
and professionalism, ho sallics forth and
fights his ram for the wager of n break.
fast for himself and a feed of barley for
his pet.
Like knight-errants of old, the Per-
sian sport and his fighting ram wander
the streets, seeking batt'o everywhere,
winning few kcrans to-day and losing
them again tomorrow; truo soldiers of
fortune these, often having to battle for
their breakfast before eating it. Many
of tho smaller merchants own fighting
rams, keeping them tied up in front of
their shop. When business gets dull,
they send challenges to rival merchants,
and fights take place daily, sometimes
purely for amusement and sometimes for
n wager.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
Small Arts.

It is quite wonderful to think how
strangely forgotten and lost the small
arts are in England. In some countries
the very children can carve in wood, in
others they can make artistic pottery; in
Egypt they cmbroider, inlay, and work
in jewclry; but in this country our pc }.
pie can do nothing, and have learned
nothing outside their trade. The agri-
cultural laborcr, it is true, possesses a
very considerable and varied amount ol
knowlcdge-he is skilled in many ways;
but the mechanic, the factory hand, the
shopman, knows nothing and can do
nothing outside his trade, and, which is
worse, he considers every kind of handi.
work as trade in itself, to learn which
would bc learning another craft, after
taking all the trouble in the world to nc.
quire one.
Shall he who has learned to make
shoes also learn to make cabincts2 And
shall the goldsmith also become stone
cutter9 And is tho evening ns we'll as
the sold day to be given up to laborl
And is it right to invade another mau's
traae territoryg-5Art lenrael
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20

The threat of the parents of Miss
Morse, of Tarrytown, N. Y, who re.
Gently disgraced herself by running of
to get married to the family coach
man, to never have anything to dc
with their wayward daughter, is even
greater shame than that of the girl.
She may have humiliated them, bui
they will only publish their own mean.
ness by casting her of at this time. II
would not change the fact that she was
still their child, nor would it in
the least help in relieving them OF
whatever discredit there may be in the
mesalliance. Two wrongs will moi
mako one right. It would be far no.
bier for them to swallow their disap-
pointment and make the best of the
situation. The girl has simply "show.
sd her raising"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
yyhen should ,.,r,. Marry.

Louise M. Alcott snys in the IroolSlyn
Magazine; My reply to tho important
question, "Whcn shall our young women
mnrrya" is from 90 to 80, as few girls nro
rcady for the duties of married lfo be-
fore then, either physically or mentally.
Many arc never 1T, owing to tho serious
defects in our modern education and
inherited ills.
"Whcn shnll our young men marry"
Is n still moro important question, to my
mind, because the sins of the fathers Wis.,
ltcd upon the children aro too often the
cause of tho fcoblcnoss which is usually
attributed to the mothers. When young
people nrc wisely prepared for marriage,
aud taught its sanctity. il will cease TO be
tho leap in tho dark it now is to both
parties, and the beauty and vigor of youth
will make it what il should bc---safc md
happy. AS teacher, nurse, author and
coniidantc to old and young have had
many opportunities of looking behind
the curtain, and nm convinced that books
on the health of our boys nrc much moro
needed thnn any addition to the library
of ndvicc our poor girls arc supplied
with. Begin Mt tho right end, gcnto-
men, and do not visit upon Ewes daugh-
ters tho sins Of Adams sons, making il
unsafe to marry at all.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20

long, light stall he waves it in graceful
curves aud cvolutons in the mir as hd
runs in advance of tho horses, clearing
the way. Then como in great state the
cunuchs-two, four or six, according to
tho rank of tho "pasha" to whom be.
longs the cortcgc, and then, lying bnok
as only an Oriental woman cnn, is u soft,
lovely, fat creature, with great, lnnguish-
ing black eyes, whose softnessand bright-
ness arc enhanced by tho "kohr with
which brows aud lashes arc colorcd.
They shine like great stars above tho
white "yashmak" which covers tho lower
portion of tho face. Sometimes mny bo
seen little, soft dimplcd hand, with
palm and iinger-tips rosy with "hcnna."
Tho whole woman is cnvclopcd in clouds
OF soft, white drapcry, with hero and
there great jewel cleaning. Tho
"saicc" flies on With his light, swinging
pace and musical cry. The cunuchs rido
rapidly and well, but with great "stata
and ancicntry." Then tho carriage
bearing Fatima apponrs-a mass of whito
ur"pcry, CLEAN of jewels, II flash of
dark eyes, vision of bcautyl and then
"A cloud of dust.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
Hope.
laYin priaf

/ lay in grief
And hope drew near to whero tossed alono
Without relief,
And paused q moment when she heard TINT
moan;
Then raised her glowing eyes and met mino
own.
Never word she said,
Yet still gazed and still was comforted.
Then b,nding low with wond'rous grace
She laid her hand upon my eyes,
Hor cool hand on my burning face,
And ut her touch bright visions rise,
Fresh woods and streams and unimogincd
skies.
In softest tone
She sang the song that has no close,
That deathless song which no ono knows,
Save she alone;
The song that leaves no memory.
The song of endless victory
And future love;
And as listened to tho voice above.
felt rs one returning from the dead;
Slowly rose and raised my dropping head.
-Siftings.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
A Iady,s I;ouipaue,

Rose Eytingc writes in the New York
Null and Erpress that it is very pretty
sight to see Turkish lady of rank taking
her afternoon drive. This is always in q
coupe or clarence; never in an open car
riagc. First comes the "saicc" or run
ming footman, always tall, 1.-the, hand
some young Arab, with bare legs and
feet, clothed as to body in thin white
shirt, with wide, open flowing sleeves; n
snsh of gay colors around his waist, his
head covered with the inevitable "tar-
boosh," around which is rolled great
turbap Of soft white mualip, Armed with
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20

THE abandonment of red in the far
ing advertisements is one of the queor
results of the recent anarchist riots in
Chicago. Kohlsaat, the rich bread
maker, who made hit out of his red
flag advertisement, has been converted
from red to blue. The morning after
tho Haymarkct explosion his wagons
camo out with shoots pasted over the
red flags. Now they have all been
painted blue. A tobacco manufacturer
who had red flag for his insignia was
thrown into similar panic All in all,
the bomb throwor did very bad thing
for tho vermilion color makers. That
tint will not bo fashionable for awhile.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
New Foshlons In Feather ron..

Somc lovely now arrangements of
feather flowers, calling themselves fans,
arc great novelty. They nro in the
lyrc-bird fun shape, with tortoise. shell
handles, and aro composed entirely Of
quill feathers dyed to initiate leaves and
carved and bent into requisite form.
Some resemble cluster of largc, white
lilies, with green leaves, others largo,
rcd poppics, or yellow lilies and tulips.
A bow of ribbon is placed Mt the june
ton of tho handle. Some aro all In
white, pale yellow, or exquisite shades
OF blue and pink, with q few icathory
marabout and ostrich plumcs introduced
amolg them. Several of tho painted
lace fans nro bordorcd with bands of
curlcd ostrich fcnthcrs. Red gauzo and
lacc, with painted designs, and black,
edged with row of good-sizcd rcd pop
pics touched up with gold, arc favoritcs
Of the day.-Lonaon Queen.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20

THE will OF tho late Thaddeus T.
Stuart, of Burlington, VT, bequeaths
5000 in trust to tho Vermont Methodist
Conference. Tho will provides that Mt
each annual session of the conference
one of it's members shall be appointed
to visit tho grave of the deceased the
frat Sunday in June, and there "preach
full and free salvation to all that may
attend to hear" The minister np-
pointed is to give timely notice to the
churches of the hour this sermon will
be preached, and is to receive $40 for
his services, tho interest on tho 5000 to
be used for that purpose.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20

Miss ALICE JORDAN, the young lady
student in the Yale Law School, will
not be ablo to obtain the degree OF
bachelor of law from the university
upon her graduation. Professor
Dexter being asked, said the
matter had not oven been considered
by the corporation, and added; "Tho
corporation has never granted degree
to woman, and I don't think it ever
WILL"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Opposed to Curtain Lectures.
Speaking of wcdlock, a poet says:

SP9"n"S vi "cuioch, poet says.
Marriage when rightly understood,
Gives to the virtuous and tho good
A Paradise below"
These arc beautiful lines; but they do
not exactly fit tho case when man re-
turns home in tho evening, and is mot
with tho salutatiou, "Is this tho time of
night you como homo, you good for
nothing thing2 You nre nico man |
Why didn't you tell mo you were going
to net i'll this way before married youa
Why don't you come into the house2 Do
you want to stand there all night, blink
ing Mt mo like an owl2 Why don't YOU
tato off your clothes and sleep on tho
doorstcpf You don't care whether
catch sold or not, standing hero with
nothing on. No you don't caro- whether
1 do or not, you aro''-But why con-
tinuc.-Boston Courier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
j. p. 81. 81. Kelly, Publishers.

( TIE present wheat harvest is the
largest which has ever been known in
Chill. In spite of the number of YES
soils loading wheat at Talcahuano and
other Southern ports thelbodegas are
full, and the bodegueros have in
structed their constituents in the inte-
rior to suspend in tho meantime all
further supplies.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
A Difference of Liycrs.

s'No, SIR" remarked the iratc cus.u
mer, banging the bottle down upon the
drug store show-casc "I don't wan,
any more of Potts Liver Cure"
''lt's very good remedy, SIR" sug
gested the clerk, timidly.
Yes; maybe it is for Potts liver
Probably it is. But it wasn't worth Z
cuss for mine.-PpE.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
Eash lion Notes.
Chantilly will bc worn by ladies.
Jcwulry of all kinds ia much worn.

Chantilly will DO worn by ladies.
Jcwclry of all kinds is much worn.
Wash goods aro much worn this aca-
son.
Very drcssy bonncts aro made Of
colorcd Grape.
New silk goods arc striped with sccr-'
sucker effects.
Black silk stockings with lislc thread
feet arc popular.
Bonncts entirely of jet aro in high
fashionable favor.
jet is MS prominent MS ever in millinery
and dress trimmings
A largo bow of white ribbon dccoratcs
tho handles ofstylish sun umbrellas.
Light summer corduroy Is used for
skirts with light wooden ovcrdrcsscs.
Blnck aud colorcd vovcts arc used for
trimming cotton us woll MS wool dresses.
Street costumes of wool nro preferred,
although dark and black silks arc also
used. -.
Nlnny round waists arc worn, but point
cd and position basquos arc equally fa-
vorcd.
Woven tucks in wooden robes aro
among tho attractive novelties OF tho
season.
Tho most fashionable combination of
color in millinery is heliotropo and moss
green.
White canvas, chuddah and scrgo nro
combined with black velvet for dcmi-
toilet tcs.
Many of the newest laco mautlcs aro
very long In front and without sleeves.
They arc profuscly trimmed with beads.
Tho cardinal jackets, trimmed with
black mohair braid, so popular this sea-
son, arc called "pink coats" by tho Eng
lish.
Soft vests Of crinklcd Japanese crapo
nrc very stylish with my silk costume,
and may be either in white or delicate
color.
Woolcns Of dark blue, Havanah
brown and black, hair lined with whito
"ro made up into tailor suits with soft
white wool waistcoats.
Hnlf-inch stripes of red, white and
blue with black hair line between are
seen on light chalic dc laincs intended
for seaside frocks for young girls and
little people.
RIB ons arc worn in profusion, md
nothing is prctticr than ribbon tastefully
managed. Tho fashionable ribbons of the
season are striped gauzc and satin, or fnille
with pearl cdgn5 like lace.
Narrow striped challis dc laincs aro
mado up 10 hayo the width of the stuff
form the kilt of tho skirt, so that tho
stripes run horizontally, not vertically;
but this style is not arbitrary.
Light wraps of cloth are very popular,
and some styles are braided or cmbroid-
cred around the neck and sleeves and
across the ends ol the fronts, and 1ccd
no other trimming save ribbons to tic ut
the throat
Vests of white or fancy linen or duck
are worn w; h stylish tailor made dresses.
With these the pale linen collar and cuffs
arc arbitrary, and n tic of silk or satin,
not unlike those worn by gentlemen, ia
worn with this very manni,h costume.
Light colored mcrinos and cashmcres
make pretty inexpensive curtains for
incxpcnsivcy furnished rooms. They
may be bordercd with wool brochc or
bands of woolcn stuff of dark color,
plain or figured.
If the craze for rough goods suits,
"stablc clothes" rs tho French call them,
has done no other good service to tho
woman's world, it has certainly helped
I, to Danish the unnecessary wearing of silk
and satin in the street.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1886-08-20
ApromIslng Mnn.

Jones-Havc you heard from Smith
ately2
Brown-No; i think he is out West
somewhere practicing law.
Jones--Hc was promising young fel.
ow.
Brown with fervoD -Promising2
should say he was. He borrowed $40
from me five years ago and kept promis.
ing me he would pay it back up to the
duy he went away.- Graphic,
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The Wilmingtonian., 1886-06-05

The special presidents car of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad conveyed this year some
very distinguished visitors to Louisville.
Among them was that jolly old boy, Gen.
Simon Cameron, Of Pennsylvania You see
him on the right Of the picture of "distin-
guished judges" On the left is Mr.. Leonard
Jerome, of New York. These two gentlemen
were among the judges of the Derby.
Mr.. Cameron is well past 80 years old, but
he shows that he is still young by the lively
interest he takes in horse race. He says he
Is too old for politics, but he is plainly not
too old to pack his little carpet bag and flip
himself off to a race 600 miles away. Own
ing large fortune, carrying the state in his
pocket politically, so that when Simon says
wig-wag all Pennsylvania wig-wags, having
made his final peace with the Widow Oliver,
and presumably that for the next world,
Mr.. Cameron has right to amuse himself.
He has earned it. Happy old boyl
When the newspapersspeak of Mr.. Leonard
Jerome they always add, "father-in-law of
Lord Randolph Churchill" This is a toady-
ism that is insufFerably disgusting. If It is
hny distinction to be the father-in-law of the
most notorious Tory in England, man that
married for her money a silly girl who looks
down on her own family, who loses no
chance to fling contempt upon her native
land, and who declares with a sniff and a
sneer that she married out of her belief in
republics" and the equality of mankind, old
Mr. jerome has that distinction. But really,
come TO think, he is probably not to blame
because his daughter is fool
Well, with these two famous gentlemen
looking on, the horse Ben Ali won the race.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-06-05

1t was a mile and a half course and run
ming race, with dozen steeds fighting for
the blue ribbon. Ben Alis owner Is Mr.. J.
B. Haggin, Californian. Because he was
a millionaire, he won S25, 900 on this race
"Them that has gifts, the Bible says" re-
marked devout old lady. "All Kentucky
is dead broke" mournfully writes a Louis
vile reporter.
1t was race of 3-year-olds, and one of the
best ever run ON the American turf The
mile and half was made by Ben Ali in
2;3Gl5. This was half a second better than
the time made in 1879, which has stood as
the record ever since. Thus the record for
S-year-olds has been lowered half second.
Ben Ali only won by the skin of his teeth.
Blue Wing, another famous colt, was only
half length behind.
Yet Kentucky has one big consolation.
She was beaten with her own weapons. Ben
Ali is a Kentucky born and bred horse He
first opened his high-priced eyes on farm
near Lexington, KY, and gambolled on the
blue grass there till he was year old Then
Some of the turfmen bought him for So, 500,
and they have been gambling over him ever
since The blue grass forever. Probably
his owner would scarcely now take that
many thousands for him. Comparatively
few men earn so much money working at
days work in lifetime.
Ben Ali is brown colt, and no great
beauty to look at