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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

No. 3 has Pullman Buffet Sleeper
New York to Chattanooga, without
change, via Harrisburg, Hagerstown
and Roanoke; also makes connection
ut Hagcrstown with fast mail from
Baltimore. =
No. 1 has through connection from
Philadelphia via Harrisburg and G.
V. Railroad, and at Shenandoah
Junction with fast express from BAL
Limore and Washington, via Il. & 0.
Railroad.
CONNECTIONS. !
At Hagerstown, Md, with the
Western Maryland Railroad to and
from Baltimore, Frederick, Emmitts.
oury, Gettysburg. Penmar; Wayncs.
boro, Pa, and points OH the West
ern Maryland railroad and branches.
With the Cumberland Valley rail
road 10 and from Harrisburg, Car
Isle, Shippensburg, Chambcrsburg,
Mercersburg, Martinsburg,and points
On the Cumberland Valley railroad
md branches.
AT Shenandoah Junction, w. Va,
with main line of Baltimore &c Ohio
Railroad to and from the West.
No. 3 makes close connection ut
Waynesboro Junction with c. & y.
Rv East and West bound trains.
At Loeb Laird, with Lexington
branch Of Richmond and Allegheny
railroad
At Buchanan with main line OF
Richmond and Allegheny railroad.
AT Roanoke. with Norfolk and
Western railroad.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
AT Boyce, for Wildwood and Win
chester, Va.
At Troutville, for Fincastle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
A Rat Tail Sumner

james Wallace, n wealthy Irish farmer,
Is to day, perhaps, says letter from
Shawnee Mound, Ind, to the Chicago
Hc'Da, more respected by all his neigh
bo:s than any other man in That district.
simply because his name was attactcd
to the following, found posted On all tho
school houses and prominent gate posts:
Take notice: The rat must go The farm
cis have boon tOrmcntcl 10y thcSs p.sty mi
mails long enough aud the cry for pro cctio ,
is abroad in the land Therefore, hc il
known that ON Tues lay night n week hence
there VIII lie supper =. wen at Fin lilo IL
school house, the proceeds of which will bc
gwen to the mln, woman or child who bring.
the largest number Of rat tails
1t would be expressing il mildly to
say that the farmers were pleased when
they read the above. The scheme was 81
plausible 10 them that they were almost
wild with excitement. Eat tail societies
we're formed among the farming youths
and various plans of determination dis
cusscd. In few nights the campaign
began. The scene was mn exciting one.
Dotted here and there for miles arOund
one could see the lanterns and torch.
lights bobbinG up and down among trees
and hedges, VIII lc the frequent report,
of pistols and sho' guns sounded to the
listener like sklrmishcrs mt war. When
single family turned out, the father
and sons welded the weapons of de
str;ction, while the women folks brough,
up the rear, armed with a pair of scissor,
each. with which to clip The tails from
the dead and dying, and it my be added
that large number of rats were running
about minus their tails
Wug tllp tnil ~
TO the tune of several thousand tails,
and ON the night of the supper it was an
amusing sight to see the Cupid stricken
farmer boy, in company with his best
glrl, walking arm and arm into tho
school house with bunch of rat tails in
each OF their hands. The school house
was packed full of country people, and
rat tails was the leading topic of con
vcrsation. Some Of the tail; had been
cut short and some long, thus alrording
an insight to the manner in which they
had been clipped by the excited women
III their great hurry TO carry away the
trophies of their labor.
Previous to the announcement of sup
per general handwashing took place in
large basin prepared foe the occasion
No ono can wonder ut this after til,
handling of SO many rear projections
Then came the supper oysters ate.
which the Ia X OF counting the tall
began, and lasted Tor over an hour, dis
turbcd frequently by the clapping O
hands rs Some prominent farmers mum
Der exceeded that OF his ncighbor. Amid
the shouts of every one in the schoo
house the result was announced in favo
OF James Wallace and family-tkc MAJ
who Ind carried the scheme through
and then followed congratulations from
all SIDES until that gentleman's ann wa.
almost shaken from its socket The ra
has lost his hold on shlwnec prairie, due
10 the famous rat tail supper.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
A PerIlOus Moment.

But" said old Mr.. Northbyeast,
knitting his brows, 81 don't think you
are ready to marry my daughter You
are hardly abe to support wife, arc
you." laud, no." said the young
man, frankly. 81 can't even support
myself; ! was thinking but whatever
he was thinking, it wasn't spread on the
record, because the barometer fell so
rapidly at that instant that all hands
were ordered aloft to shorten sail. ana
in The confusion of the moment the
young man escaped, how and whittier
he knew not.--Bur.Lette.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
A Novel Way of Popping the Question.

young Aberdonian, bashful, but des-
perately in love, finding that no notice was
hken of his visits 10 tho house of his
sweetheart, summoned up sufficient courage
to address the fair one thus:
lean, | was here on Monday NIGHT"
"Ay, We were that" replied she.
An was here on Tuesday NIGHT"
So ye wcre."
An I was hero on Wednesday," con-
tinued The ardent youth
"Ay:. an ye wero here on Thursday night
an a."
"An' l wns here last nicht."
"Weel. snys she, what if We wore2"
An | am here the NIGHT again"
An whnt ntoot it, even if We cana
every nicht?"
What ABBOTT it, did yo say? Did ye no
begin TO smell rat?"-Now York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
WORDS OF WISDOM.

All genuine truth is orthodox.
Agreeable advice is seldom useful nd
vice.
The best armour is to keep out OF gun
shot.
1t is double pleasure to deceive the
deceiver.
Nothing is troublesome that VIC do
willingly.
lie is wise man who can preach q
short sermon.
As long as temptations exist, man will
hunt for them.
Censure is the tax man paycth TO the
public for being eminent.
Man may not reach perfection, but he
can reach for it; this is all that is re-
quired Of him.
Vanity, perhaps, has made more people
polite and even cndurablc than has any
one of the virtues.
Gentleman is u term which does not
apply to any station, but 10 the heart
and feelings in every station.
Mentally, m' rally and physically man
is composed of q things good, lad and
indifferent HoSis kind of human
From the thoughts reused in Ncwton's
mind by the apple falling to the ground
sprang the discovery Of the law of nature
called 'gravitation.
No statue that the rich man places
ostcntatiously in his windows is to he
compared 10 the little cxpcctanl face
pressed against the window pane,
watching for his father when his days
work is done.
great mind observes great laws,
broad inward principles. guides its con,
duct by fixed and detcrmina,c methods;
while n great mind sets order nj defiance
and imagines isclf to be free when it IS
simply lawless.
When self interest inclincs man To
print, he should consider that the buyer
expects n pcnnyworth for his penny;
also, that it is possible to publish book
of no value, which is too frequently the
habit OF mcrccnary people.
If right means will not compass a de.
sired end, then the desired end is not
right end. However attractive or dcsir
able an object ofat.ainmcnt may seem it
cannot justify the use of wrong means.
Unless the way itself is right, it cannot
rightly be taken us means 10 any end.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
"Thc Chautauuua Salute"

Sunday night. when Mr.. Bur,lick arose
to begin his address, the ladies, in ac
cordance with preconccrted plan, gave
him Chautauqna salute. Every lady
Ill the house waved her handkerchief,
and the effect was beautiful. We didn't
suppose there were so many clean white
hnnderchicfs in town. From the par-
quot, the circle, the gallery and the
stage iluttered the dainty fabrics. giving
eloquent though silent evidence OF the
warm place Mr.. Burdick has won in the
hearts of the ladies of the village. =
D0nsoiNe On ~ /drertiser
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
The MN in the Nom.

~ could gaze at the moon for hours,
Mr.. Sampson" she said, in voice full
of sweetness and pneumonia. II never
tire of it,"
"Ab," he responded, "would that
were the man in It'll"
eyes" she asscnted, softly.
"And why, Miss Clara." he asked,
getting ready to take her hand.
Because, Mr.. Sampson" she said,
shy!y veil ng her eyes with their long
lashcs, you would be four million miles
away. Tile ELoh.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
ropn,sr Education,

We sympathizo With tho feeling which often
Lea, citizen. TO boast that no child born In
yet IL is a fact that many people who have
learned to read and wrlte hayo mover taught
themselves to hfrk. A man who suffered
from catarrb, consumption, bronchlti', scrof-
ula, or "livcr complnInt," might read, till his
diseases have been cured by DR.. Plcrce's
Golden Medical Discovery but n he did not
take tho lesson to himself and test tho vi tues
thrown away.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
An Objectionable Man.

"Why should you object to marry an
auctoneer, my dcar' He's wealthy and
respectable what else do you wantl"
Ccclc twho is secretly engaged to
Gamboge. the artist)-"I don't like
his appearance, ma mere, And auctioncer
is always for biddingp-Judge.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

Chronic Coughs mud CoIdn,
And all diseases OF tho Throat and Lungs, tah
be cured by tho use OF SCoTr's EMULSION, us Il
contains tho healing virtues OF Cod Liver Oil
and lIypophosphitos In thoir fullest rm. |,
beautiful creamy Emulsion, palutablo as
milk. easily digestc !, and can be takcn by tho
most delicate. Please real: ~ consider S:ott's
Emulsion the remedy par.oxco lonce In Tuber-
culOus an StrumOus Alice ions, TO sag MOTH
Ing OF o binary colds and throat oubles."-
W. IL. ). CORNELL, NJ. d., Manchester. U.
NJ. Grevy saw twelve cibinets, with 100
ministers, serve under him.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
pORRINS' ELECTRIC

and take no other. Nearly every grocer
from Maine to Mexico keeps it in stock.
If yours hasn't it. he will order from his
nearest Wholesale grocer
Read carefully the inside wrapper
around each bar, ard be careful to follow
directions OH each outside wrapper You
cannot afford to wait longer before trying
for yourself this old. reliable, and truly
wonderful DouplNs' EiLcrRic SOAR.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
Chronic Cough. md Co,d,.

The Cinnamon In New York are said &c
send home $3.50, 600 year.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures when every
other so-called remedy fails.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

The children in Bogota carry their own
chairs to school,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

No. 4 makes close connection at
Waynesboro junction with G. & G..
Ry. East and West bound trains.
No. has Pullman Buffet Sleeper
from Chattanooga To New York with
out c';ange) via Roanoke, Hagers-
Town and Harrisburg.
No. 2 makes through connection
via Shenandoah junction md B. &
o. r. r. for Washington and Balti,
more, and at Hagerstown with w. NJ.
r. r. for Baltimore, and G. V. Rail.
road For Harrisburg, Philadelphia
and New York.
o. HOWARD ROVER.
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt,
DAVID w FL.cEwiE, Roanoke.
Superintendent, Roanoke, Va.
Z. NJ. FUTTEEER, Pass. Agt.,
Hagerstown. Md.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
Consumption surely ,

Two young Indies have embarked in tho
dairy business Mt New Orleans.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

Insist npon Dobbims' Electric. Don't
take Magnetic. Electro Magic, Philadelphia
Electic, or any othtr frand, simply because
il is cheap. They will ruin clothes, and
are dear ut any price. Ask for
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
Kleyerly kOncOcicd.

II Is understood that our esteemed Coo,
oel Franc B. Wilkie Is going TO formulate
reply to Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox s latest
poem, which begins us follows:
Il hold il MS n chanGolcss law
From which no soul can sway or swerye.
We have that in us which will draw
Whato or wo need. or most deserve"
We fancy the genial Colonel will start of
with some such qnntrnn rs this:
Il fnin would hnvo Your recipe.
II you'll but give tho snap away;
Now when four clubs are dealt to me-
How can draw another, prny?'
L-EUOeiie Field. ~ Chicago NctcS
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

An experienced Adirondack guide cs-
Inmates that there q C now in the Adj.
rondacks 90, 600 deer, 1000 bears and 100
wnlvea
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25
DOBBlNS' ELECTRIC SOAP.
The Best Family Soap i'm the
World.

1t is strictly pure. Uniform in quality.
The original formula for Which we paid
$50, 900 twenty years ago has never been
modified or changed in the slightest. This
Soap is identical il quality to-day with
that made twenty years ago
It coniai, s nothing that can injure tho
finest fabric. 1t brightens colors aud
bcaches whites.
1t washes iiannels and blankets as no
other soap i'll the world docs-without
shrinking leaving them soft and white
and like new,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

Consumption surely Curod.
To the Editor:-Please inform your readers
that | have n positive remedy for tho above
named disease. by its timely use thousands OF
hopeless cases have been permanently cured. |
shall DO glad to send two bottles OF my remedy
FREE to any OF your readers who have con-
sumption II they will send mo their Express
and J.. o. address. Respectfully,
4. A. SLOCUM. NC, 1871 Pearl St. y. Y.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

the world arc English, spoken by OO,OOo,-
900 people; Russian G0,000,000; German,
10000, 600; Spanish, 60.000000; French,
"Ah mol" sighed Potts, I'm tired Of living,
no world Is follow, ambitio Is vain"
symptoms;
It's all Your livcr-that's very plain.
"You need not suffer, for help Is Easy;
Pleroa's Po.lets go right to tho place.
"A friend to the biliouD,'I well might call
them-
There's nothing bo. ter; they suit your casc.~
let's"
No moro no mourncth his hapless lott
His face Is cheerful, his heart is lightsomo,
His melancholy Is quite forgotl
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

NO MAN can SO successfully convert n
man TO the theories of Bob Ingersoll ms the
fcnd who unloads coal by the pavement
and throws shoyelful of coal-lust on IN
unsuspecting pedestrians new summer hat.
Isl. Louis Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

II afflicted with 1ore eyes use Or. Isaac
JhompsOn's Eyo-water. Druggists sell at
25c. pcr bot tie.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-25

Ei Live ahone and make money for n, ihan
uSHb anything else In the world Either Costly outct
yREE. Terms SEEk Address, TRrE Co., AuEu,is Maine
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-07

! after all. Thank tAv.ns,' ce uattere!
I 10 himself. and for TIE first time sine he
heard OF RJbrr. OswId's death be felt
really easv II as mind
My good matan." ha ss;t- in his usual
o OF ErUS determination --Ou- son
sought re Voluntarily. He aai ample value
for VIVA: he sold TIE. / AYE nothing more
10 say on the matter. ani / must TlSa you
goodnight
But hava something more TO say 70
you" said the laiy. who rose from her
chair ~ caa same tine that be did. Had
you given ~ the twenty pounds I you'd
lave been content 70 let YOU go il peace.
As it is you must hear why YOU are the
proper person TO pay for the funeral OF nv
son Come here: l have something 10 .eil
you which you viii remember q, the last
dav OF your Life. Sec"
She threw open the folding doors that
separated the trawiny-roou from a bed
room whico was brilliantly lighted with
candles. On the b~i Iay the body OF Robert
Oswald His mother went round AMI stood
a: the far side OF the oeI. facing Heath.
who advanced a little way into the inner
room as II he were drawn By a spell.
Vow. sir. she exclaimed. do you rec oe.
nize ner
Il cant sag / do. madam said Heath,
whose eyes were fixet on the face OF the
corpse, and wao hardly Iooaei az her.
twenty-five years MAKE d difference, no
doubt she said. as she removed a scarf
which was tied round her head and IL, her
long auburn hair fall ABOUT Ter shoulders
Now. Philip Arnott look AZ me again and
see il you recognize the taoe OF the wife
whom you forced TO Leave you. Look On
that bel and see if you recognx, yo-r own
features il the face CT your dead son.
NY SON. exclaimed Heather Arnocc
as he really WAS.
Yes" said his wife. s'it IS rot many DAYS
since. BE- An accident. I found OF cnac YOU.
waou I NEW 20 have ruined him and from
whom l tried TO save him. were also his
father. When you forced me 20 ~ from
you twenty-five years ago I found a protec-
tor for myself and child. We wen: 20
America. where we lived for years as MAJ
and vita In a. evil our We cans back 20
England God or fate brought your SOC
and you soge:ner-tae little darling child
whom you used ID nurse on YOUR lap-tne
little child who used 10 pull your WHISPERS
and throw his arms around your neck. Yov
loved hin, though you cid not love ne: but
on. ses-there Is the resCir'"
For a Aruorr. VINO WAS deadly
pale, looked in her face and uttered one
word, Alice" Then re looked ~ the
corpse again. and said mechanically, as lis
eyes were riveted on il: Bob"
Yes. Bob ard Alice cried his wife.
You recognize Us now: bUt what : the
c-arrer-r
Philip Aruott was swavinZ from side 20
side. suddenly he fell senSeless on the
So, -,,,- y,,.- ha-N-n ~ ,--af
any signs Of returning consciousness. bit
when lie did 80 ne was ii a state OF iGiocy. in
which condition ne remained Until ne died.
about three months at-erwa-i. As De lad
made 10 VII his property vas divided under
the statute OF distributions. I have only
20 add THAT Alice AruOtt succeeded. as his
widow. 20 her share OF the property. and re-
turned 70 America shortly after MS death
2s.rrr..
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-07
The FRIEND OF AGES AGO.

Should aud acquaintance De forgot
Yes = vO- : .u.t q lie: as not
JOHN PACL-
Tree a.. several things that trouble ones age,
And xo-k tS- = man much woe.
SGca A. .pl--4ld doub--ieots .hAc ~. TN,
A-t -a--s r2at VII Tot .ov
BIT When a. LIS been said. do We Tot Eos.
dread
-. tle ua-- bC--s thai ~. know.
Thai uolcC--ao-s baa. the WOMAN or Eat.
Vlc knew one 'a-es A-o"
= To--z-vuu were To1nr and foolish perhaps;
You e.--e6 With high and with low,
FAC c. love or re hill anc on. dowa oy he
-III-
Ee- lever were wicked. ar ne.
Ard ck-s .-5--d -n.< -ou II = tA-Svay -zy.
liz W. Tat was only 20. So
Jus e-o-Eh % give lie 20 -he cry about yoU:
.. I knew aia ages ago
You az harmed now ard quite circunspect-
EoC- Pare. E1- yoC- Speech = SLOW;
You -eIl = = bank Keep silent = church
are one = : proper 20 know:
But tbs viel4rt friend W. never consent
Thz- your virtues unch1I.-c.d shall 90
Though he nevs- d-Cc-s. 5ut Only AYERS
TIA Sc S-eF voU -ay-s ago"
anc sra an.ha- .a-e- wiz
T 20 p~iac~AxEe-e hope - &c
p ~ aC-o-z llr---per1aps TIE chief
L lament - wL.te a. Sow.
BET re a1E busy among iE- best
Pe-arus II M -slrsan- row
Isoa- srt ~ 6a-- -h.- w0u-an or naa-
We Kew ne -E-es ago.
A-e s-a- hear - voice l 50 OF have heard
D vo- -1rz : sweet .ai low
A. wz--2e-- ~-I 9Th accent sh--
r. -az- La % vel I Know
go VOC -@-t- : - >r-r.-- E-cl s-ors q ils
---e- zl-a nor much o. q szJs.
E -s- %. 500 SAINT E1o - : scqua-1--
C-- : k-e- an Ages a-o
ttr~.s HIM Heb. IL I..-a-y
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-07
DOES WEALTH CORRUPT 2
Walter SCOTS Theory That saving. No:
Getting. Il the Mother of Riches.

Getting. Il the Mother of Riches
Wealth Is said 10 corrupt our species.
We do not believe Is Wealth Is one
of the great civilizers OF man Wealth
corrupts when it is suddenly got. or
uniuscly distributed: when. owing 70
monopOties or entails. or some other
b~aroarous system. It Is prevented from
difusing itself naturally and justly.
But where all have an equal chance:
where all start nearly even; where all
have a certain degree of instruction to
begin with; where superior skill and
virtue alone give one man an adyan-
tage over another. there wealth Is al
cauixed blessing.
We ought TO rejoice that the desire
OF wealth Is so universal and so strong.
It keeps the vast machinery of the
world going. II has suggested the
most beneticent enterprises and the
most usefulimprovements. We owe to
it the fact that a man who can carr one
dollar a day can De better lodged. bet
ter fed. Letter clothed. better taught.
Iltt AIMS dtiO uOCA-S CON-u I've uIlS
dred years ago.
SIR Walter scott truly says that saw
ing, not getting, Is the mother of
riches. This truth IS wonderfully IL
lustrated in the history Of sons families
once poor bu: now noted for their
wealth.
John Jacob Aston had a brother. no..
so well known as himself. but who
possessed in an eminent degree the pe-
cUliar characteristic of the family-the
art OF saving moneg- It is told OF him
by an old New Yorker. that intending
to operate upon the feelings of an ac-
q~uaintance OF whom he was about To
make some purchases. ne gave to the
SOL OF the latter. who was piayiny
about the store entrance. a bright
penny The trade having beeo con-
Guided. the thrifty Aston said 20 the
little fellow: johnny. you've PLACED
nit the penny long enough; give it
back 70 me-"
Johnny. much surprised and not a
little disheartened. handed over TIE