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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-09-21
IS OUR ARMY LIFE UNPIC-
 TURESQUE
Dorothy Lundt, in Boston Globe

Dorothy Lundt, in Boston Globe.
 Nym Crinkle, in a clever and ap- preciative notice, in the Dramatic Mirror, of the recent production of "Bootles' Baby" lately voiced a very general conviction in the following lament: "'Bootles' Baby realizes for us as accurately as did Held by the Enemy the military conditions, and lets us into the English barracks life with its stir, its comradeship, its jolly good. fellow life, as no recent play has done. And every strsining American playwright who sees it regrets again, for the millionth time, that the life of the American soldier offers no equiv- alent picturesqueness for dramatic purposes"
 There are many of us, who, having had a glimpse of the s'life of the American soldier" in garrison town or frontier fort, deeply resent this idea, which is undoubtedly 6 quite universal one, that our army life has nothing which plAywrights could find worthy of reproduction, or audiences of enjoying, in the counter felt presentment of the stage. It is, indeed, a perennial wonder and regret to those even superfcially familiar with army life in the west, and es. pecially at our cavalry posts, that its stirring possibilities are 90 imperfect ly utilized in literature, and so en- tirely ignored in connection with the drama. The fault, we venture to state, lies not with army life, but with the dramatists, who have hitherto neglected the study of it with an eye to business, as it were. Take the background of possible army play, for instance (since scenic effect are of such prime consideration nowadays): and what could promise more in the way of pictorial than 6 prelude, let us say, at West Point, where the hero might be shown either as just graduating into his shoulder straps, or as bronzed frontier captain, visiting old scenes; in any case, of course, meeting the heroine, with adjuvant effects of moonlight on river and cliffs, or sunset in Filtration Path. Then imagine the scene shifting to the far frontier post where the hero is sta-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-09-21
The Engine of Civiliz ation.
New York Weekly

NoW AUHk WcokIys
 Sub -Editor-"The owner of the paper was in here today"
 Editor in- -Chief-"Indeed! Did he ask who wrote that stirring editorial on The Problem of the Hour'?" s. E.-"No. He didn't mention the editorial page"
 E. I. C.-"Oh! Wanted to com- pliment us on our improved new ser vice, I suppose?"
 S. E.-"He said nothing about that"
 E. I. C.-"He didn't7 What in the world did he say1"
 s. E.-"He asked how many Want advertisements we had.n
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-09-21

City Man (on a summer jxunt)-"Are you going to have an agricultural ex- hibition here this year?"
 Farmer (sadly)-"No-o, Pm 'fraid not. Most -of the old ladies what makes quilts is died of, and there ain't c decent race hoss in the county."- Ncsc Fork Weekly.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-09-21
Consumption Surely Cured.

To THE EDITOR: Please inform your readers that I have . positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy free to any of your readers who have consumption If they will send me their express and post-ofioe address. Respectfully,
 T. A. SLoCUM, M. O., ls1 Pearl st., NY.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-09-21

Ethel (entering parlor)-"Oh. Ag- gle, 90 glad to see you. (They kiss.) Why, you arc engaged to be mar ried."
 Aggie-"How do you knowf"
 "T can tell by the way you kiss."- Rochester Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

ocean thus describes this splendid
American palace: Tho entrance is
through tho court. The vestibulo is
large and lofty, and gives tho motto of
tho house. 1t is lincd with Sienna mar
bio with deep friczc of marble mosaic
i'll upright slender floral forms. A
crystal limp hangs from tho vault, and
broad marble steps lead up to glitter
ing glass doors TINT open into tho main
hall.
Tho hnll runs Mt right angles nnd
into tho central room of tho drawing
room suite, and into the muaic-room nj
tho other. Here il broadcns md ro-
ceivcs the wilo sweep of the marble
stairway.
Tho hall has superb proportions, and
ii ii iloorcd, lined and ccilcd with mnr-
Bile. Tho marble in Sicnnn, the soft
wnrm, creamy tint of which is sn ngrcc-
able. Tho side wallis arc pnnclcd md
tho panels nro scpnrnicd by narrow
strips of Lighter tinted marble. The
ceiling consists of II series of shnllow
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

vnults carried down To the side walls,
md these are ornnmcntcd with shells,
garlnnds. and ribbons in marble Of
lighter tint. The principal feature of
tho hnll is the FIREPLACE above which il
n hcmicyclc containing the gracious iig-
urc of Hospitality, with two smaller nj
tcndnnt figures. These were modelled
by MIR. Augustus Snint Gnlldcns and
are carved i'll low relief. linlnncing
this panel in another opposite, coninin-
ing mn llcrnldrc emblem with it's leg
end i'll marble mosnics
Where The grand staircase enters the
walls ARE carried up two flights to IL
ceiling composed of pnncls filed with
flowing ornament III relief. The wallis
are lined half way up with Sicnnn
marble. The stairs nrc marble and the
bnlustradc is also of marble cut in
some different design. But the beau
tiful and salient feature of the siair-
way is the clock placed in the wall
above tho wide spaces of the lower
landing. This is carved in the marble
pancling i'll the form Of n square made
of the signs of the Zodinc in low relief.
These Indicate the hours. In the cen
ter of the panel, amid waving silver
rays, nrc the clock hands, and above
these the silyerraycd pendulum
flashes across the creamy marble. A
table OF white holly and hall seat re-
produce ~ nearly rs possible the tints
of the marble.
The drawing room consists of thrco
rooms, or rather it is ono room sepn-
rated by panels and pillars into three
divisions. The pillars, pilasters, and
wainscoting arc mahogany, but tho
wood is everywhere only tho basis for
ornament. This consists of light,
graceful designs, in inlays of white
wood and mother of pearl, and amid it's
interlacings tho monogram II. V. The
wnll panels are hung with light yellow
silk, covered with nm all-oyer design
embroidered in red, or with these tints
reversed. Tho furniture is upholstered
in tho same manner. Tho mantels
make panels of great beauty. The in
lays are fit for museum pieces; the fire
facings arc of Mexican onyx. The
dining room is opposite the great stair
case, and Is entered through double
oak doors. One end of the room is re-
cesscd by n perforated screen of oak
into small brcakfast-room The
mantel is of Verona marble, cop
led from an old Italian piece, and
has procession of buffaloes covered
in low relief rs fricze The walls
are wainscotcd to the ceiling in small
panels, plain, except where they merge
into the fricze as German legends
written in inlays. The ceiling is spanncd
by cross-beams, and within these are
color decorations of garlands and
womcn's faces. The end OF the room is
pnncled to the ceiling in Sienna marble
Above the mantel there are three lig-
nres Joy" "IIospitality," and "Mod-
Grafton" The peculiarity of these
figures is that they are full length, but
seated, the arms clasping the knees;
IN this manner they form bold medal
lions that are connected by broad rib
bons. On each side of the mantel ire
inches lined with marble, which has
been carved to represent dolphins
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
The Flower Idcn Mt Weddings.

Thcro nro to bo hnlf II dozen swell
weddings immediately after Easter,
and in honor of tho vornal season most
of tlicm arc to DO flower weddings. for
which, M it happens, the names of tho
prospective brides give tho cue. Ono
OF these young womon is known to her
friends na Lilly, and tho lnco of her
beautiful gown and veil il mn,lc in Pat.
tcrns of wrcaths of lily of the valley.
She will carry III hcr hnnd great
noscgay of tho littlo white odorous
blossoms tied with long iloating whito
satin ribbons. Tho six bridesmaids
will bo nll in grccn and white, tho
first ono wearing green of tho delicate
tint of tho limo leaves, and cnch one
after her wearing slightly dnrkor
shade, 80 that the dress of the last will
ho of the clear dark lily-lcaf green.
Tho dresses will-ho made with under.
skirts of grccn silk over which falls
strniEht full skirt of white lncc. the
green moirc Dircctoirc conts opening
over lace wnisiconis and trimmed with
hig silver buttons; The hats are of
white Lcghorn wiihgrccn feathers, and
the gloves and slippers ARE of wIiia
suede; there will not he IL touch Of
color nbont the whole pnrty except
whit" and shades of green, and MI Of
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them will carry lilicH of tho valley sct
III their own green folingc. Another
one of these brides il named Margarct.
more commonly known by the dimin,.
tive Daisy, and hers il To bo IL wedding
of field flowers All tho nornl dccorn
tions ut the house and church are to be
of daisies, md shc herself will wcnr
diamonds mndc in this form and cnrry
The real blossoms in her hand. Her
bridesmaids number ten and will 10 i'm
couples ns io dress, the first two wear.
ing Josephine gowns of the pnlcst pink
Chinn crepe, with hugo sashcs tied I'M.
der their arms, and on their heads wide
hats wrcnthcd with wild roses, their
gloves and shoes will be suede of the
same tint, and on their arms they will
cnrry bnskcts full Of these hcdgcrow
blossoms. Thoncx couple nrc to wear
pale lilac, the color of tho wood violet.
and will have their bnskets filled with
these pnlc, ,sccntloss flowers of the early
spring. Following them como two in
pale green, Il wreath of ferns upon
their hnts, and their baskets filled with
ferns, Brnsscs and vines; next are tho
two bnttcrcups, with the littlo yellow
sntiny flowers M their decoration. md
last two handsome brunettcs dressed
in the scarlet Of tho poppy and carry
ing the flowers of slumbcr. Another of
the coming brides, who is not named
after any flower, but who has n passion
for roses, will mako hors rose we'd
ding, she herself carrying white ones
the first two bridesmaids being in pink
of the shade of the Catherine Mcrmet
buds of their bouquets, tho next follow
ing III the deeper shades of their Gloiro
de Paris roses, with tho last two
dressed in the deep shade of tbs Jacquo.
minot. t.-Nc,D York WOrld
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
The Whole TrutlI.

The stupidity of servants is q trial
to the most eyen-tempered mistresses,
but it sometimes serves to amuso tho
other members of tho household, says
tho Youths Companion. There was
girl who belonged in the familiar
category of children and FOOLS"
If any one should call this afternoon,
Mary, say that I am not we'll, said a
mistress to newly servant.
I'm afraid 1 alto little too much of
that rich pudding for dinner, and it,
or something else, has brought on q
severe headache. am going to lilo
down"
A few moments later tho mistress,
from her room near the head of the
stairs, heard Mary say to two aristo-
cratic ladies who called for the first
time:
"Ycs'm. Mrs. B is to home, but
she eat so much pudding for dinner
sho Ind to 90 TO bed"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
plunging downward beneath rippling

plnnsing downward beneath rippling
water.
a pretty feature is tho elevator.
which belongs to small concealed hall.
ihls hall mny DO ontorcd from the vcs-
tihulc, and is intended to DO used on
gal" occasions that guests may reach
tho dressing rooms unobserved.
Within this inclosurc, which is lined
witt, smnll squares of mahogany, is n
winding stairway with light, gay bal
nstrnde. Above is gildcd dome and
lantern.
These complete tho state apartments,
but tho house Throughout. with the OK.
ooption of small boudoir, which is
Frcnch, is Carried out with tho snmo
careful attention to consistency in tho
dotnil.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
The Cooks Fnult.

Hungry Guest Whose fault is it
that am kept waiting so long for my
order?"
Waiter-"The cooks, sab. The cook
don't like me this mo'ning"
@IIe don't, oh>"
"No, sah You see, L didn't hab no
quarter to CUB him. Thanks, sab.
III go win his affections, sab. "-Ne,o
York Weeklu.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
A. .J.&S. MAY
TAzEWELL co. AND CLINCH VALLEY
LAND AGENCY
TAZEWELL G. H., VA
Ii. @. ANDERSON

ds oeis % for sale Coal Iron Agricnl Grazing and Timber
snoS IN the counties OF RUSSELL BUCHAN-
An, DiCKENSON and WISE, State of Virginia, and Nc
VEIL County, West Virginia This section being rap
opened oy extensions OF the Norfolk and Western Railroad
ana olers the pest held for investment in the South
those desiring to realize their lands speedily will do
well to place them with this agency possessing unusual ayau
tages for making sales. ~
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

HE house which
Henry Willard
built in Now York
when lio was in
tho zenith of his
financial lprospcr-
Pity liz one of tho
Finest private res
lidcnccs in Amer
lien. 1t is now
i ho HON q of
IWhitclaw Reid.
Ut is built i'll tho
Rcnnissnncostylc
of architecture. 4
correspondent of
thn CLisnnn b,I,,.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
AN AMERICAN PALACE
TIE MAGNIFICENT HOME OF A NEW
YORK EDITOR.,

Description of tho Willard House, Now tho
Homo OF Whitc,aw Ncid-Tho Marble
hnii' Grand stairway, nnd Bronkrnst-
Room of This rnintini House,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-28
MARYLAND MINERS OPPOSE FREE COAL.

Baltimore Dee. - (>pecal.-The coal miners In
Western Maryland making vigorous protests against
the removal of the tariff. To that region free coal
means reduction OF wages for the workngmen for the
merchant a dimnution Of profits, and for the employ
ing coal operator reduced sales. III Of the mines
of the Consolidation Coal Company meeting 0i the
miners was held by the glimmer of the mine lamps IN
the dark galleries under ground representative
was appointed carry their protest against free coal
to Washington at once. Other mines have taken
similar action and fight for protection Will be made
At a meeting held yesterday in FrOstburS. the heart
of the btuminous coal region, resolutions were
adopted declaring that the existing daty OF seventy
five cents a ton foreign btuminOus coal was
barely sufficient 10 enable the employ ing operators 10
maintain American coal in the markets OF the country
al such prices would afford reasonable rate oI
wages 10 employees, and that foreign coal partially
or wholly free Of duty CORES pOndlnE or com
pete paralysis Of home production, less compensation
Tor labor loss Of employment for hbOrer,. ana DIS
aster 10 the many interests dependent upon the nor
mai rate of development.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-28
KILLED BY CARELESS BLASTING.
FLYING STONES INFLICT FATAL INJURIES ON
4 MAN PASSING BY.

FLYING STONES IMPLICIT FATAL INJURIES on
4 MAN PASSING BY.
James Harrington, age forty-fve of No. 315
East Ninety-nnth-st., was killed yesterday after
noon at Eeventh-ave and SiXty-third-st. AT
this place cellars are being dug for a row of
houses and there is a large amount of rock that
requires blasting. Harrington worked in the
neighborhood and was driving a cart loaded with
stone through EleVenth-ave. when there was an
unusually heavy blast set off. Proper pre-
cautions had not been taken to prevent the frag-
ments Of stone from flying, and the air for
moment after the explosion was filed with pieces
of stone
large rock struck Harrington on the side OF
the head just above the temple and crushed IN
his skull piece of stone also struck Harnng-
tons horse and the animal ran away. Harrlng-
toll eil out of the wagon and narrowly
escaped being crushed by the cart. He was alive
when picked up, but died in a few moments before
the arrival Of an ambulance from the Ninety
nintll-st. Hospital
James Allen the foreman, and M!chdcl kosSa
who set on the blast away when they fouhd
that Harrington had been killed, and the police
were looking for them last evening. IL Is sald
that the blasting has been careless since Johh
McKinn, the contractor, has been confined 10 his
home with severe attack of influenza, and that
the air would be filed with stone after every
explosion. There are no houses IL the nelghoor-
hood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-28
THE EVERETT BUILDING DAMAGED.

ALL ITS OCCUPANTS ESCAPE DOWN Az IRON
STAIRCASE-THE DAMAGE ABOUT $4,000
The fvcstorv Everett Building, owned by eX-
As,embyman Samuel Everett. which fronts in Ann-st'
and extend, from Nassau-st 10 Theatre Alley, caught
fire last night for the third time in ten years Ihe
fire last night broke out on the top floor OF NOS
81 and 20 Annst In the rooms occupied by schhchuhS
& Rendsburg cane manufacturers. At 1;4o p. m
Yesterday Joseph Kramer, ianitor Of the building
saw smoke issuing from the door Of the cane factory
lie rushed downstairs and sent out an alarm ot hre
and then ran round the building, warning every one
in it 10 get ont About hundred persons were OH
the premises at the time but they all escaped without
difficulty down the iron staircase which runs up the
Theatre Alley side Of the building. The hrcmen VINO
soon arrived seeing that the fire likely 70 be an
obstinate one, sent out a second alarm. by nara
nghting the flames were confined 70 the top noor
The rest Of Nos. Fl and % occupied rs follows:
Basement Michael Fitzgerald barber; first floor
Metznger liduor seller: second nOOr-W Il. Osrander
tube manufacturer; New York Tablet the Craus
Publishing Company. William GOdthwait, map manu-
facturer; third noor-JO,eph saOin bookseller: ::
William Delaney, wood turner Clark scott,
stationer and G. W. Adams, contractor; William
Dirley Editor sunday Tines; fourth floor" The
Sunday Tines composing rooms, Frank Reed, dealer
i'm patnt,. George Burke. wood turner, aud tic
automatic Bank Punch Company. The total damage
10 stock and building by water and fire a estimated
at $4,000, most of which j, covered by insurance.
Four fiTcmcn were injured. Joseph llynes, OF
Engine Company No % was burned about the iacc
and hands Adam f. Blair, of the same company, Wa,
slightly burned about the hands Martcn stokes 0i
Engine Company NO I, was overcome Iy smQhe %c %ii.lc
glass. Blair Hynes and stokes were taken u
Chambers street Hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-28
Is IT TYPnrs OR IA GRIPPE

Three men who are believed to be suffering fro'1
tvphu, fever are in the Riverside Hospital on North
Brother Island. one Of them is the young butcher
strousc. who was taken from Bellevue Hospital on
Tuesday evening. Another Lawrence Richter, was
taken to the Riverside hospital Thursday evening
from the Emggant Hospital. on Wards Island The
third man. George Baer. went from house in West
rhirtieth-,t to the Vanderbilt Clinic in West Fifty
ulnth..t on Thursday, and was sent 10 the hospital
on North Brother Island the same day. All three
men came To this city December on the steamship
Westcinland Of the Red star Line, and they had
slept i'm the same lodging house In Antwerp before
going aboard the vessel
Health Commissioner Bryant said yesterday that
the mon were heinc kept under observation IN tie
hospital bn it was not certain that they were suffering
from typhus fever. Their symptoms were not al
together like those Of the dreaded disease. but had
cen bouph wise 10 keep the men where they would not
e dangerous To- the public In the cases OF all three
,.ioIent .nec1nc was followed by chill, and high
fcvrr DR. pryart said IL possible that they
might have caught the Influenza abroad and that they
mirit Lc be nrst real sufferers from la grippe in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-28
SWELLING THE DEATH RATE
TWO CONTINENTS SUFFERING FROM THE
INFLUENZA.
MANY FATAL CASES OF THE DISEASE IN PARIS
HOSPITALS CROWDED IN vIENNA-A
SERIOUS EFFECT ON BUSINESS
ROYAL INVALIDS.

Paris Dec. 27-The influenza is spreading ana
is exceedingly fatal The number of deaths IN
the city from all causes on Christmas Day was
3ls For several years past the regular average
has been 200 for that day. Fully one-thlrd OF
the populace is PROSTATE. The Editor OF the
Moniteur Universal" and three soldiers died IN
the Versailles hospital to-day.
The large number of deaths resulting from the
disease is exciting the eravest apprehenslons III
this city IL was reported this morning that
$50 deaths from the disease had occurred within
twenty-four hours The papers printed this re-
port, but some of them discredited the figures
St. Petersburg. Dec. 27.-The Gar is making
favorable progress toward recovery from his at
tack of influenza. He has never been IN crit
ical condition. and no fears have been felt as TO
the outcome Of his illness.
Vienna Dec. 27.-The hospitals in this city are
crowded with patients suffering from influenza
accompanied by Inflammation of the lungs. pleu-
risy and peritOnlts.
There are over 90 cases of influenza in Prague.
There have been several deaths here from
diseases that began with influenza.
London. Dec 27.-The Countess Of Flanders,
sster-n-law of King Leopold Of Belgium; Prince
Baudouin, eldest son of the Countess, and the
Queen of Rumanla suffering from the H.
nuenZa.
Berlin, Dec. 27.-For some days past there have
been few sporadic cases of influenza at hoenisS-
berg, but the disease has now become epidemic, and
some Of the cases are of the most serious nature.
The influenza is increasing throughout Ter
many Ii has crippled operations IN the ship
building yards in Flensburg. Kiel and Dantzlc. In
cases where the disease is slighted not treated
it engenders pulmonary disorders The doctors
say that the climax is passed in this city, ana
that the disease is the wane. In cOnseq lence
Of the many cases in the Guards, all furloughs
suspended
Lisbon, Dec. 27-The number Of cases OF IN
nuenza in this city and Oporto is increasing
Two thousand people have the influenza here,
including the Queen and Senor Cones, the Foreign
Minister
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-28
ALLEGED CASES IN CHICAGO.

Chicago Dec. 27,-Russian induenZa has shown
itself in Chicago and already large number Of Eases
are reported. Dr. r. o. summers, who passed through
two epdemics of the disease in Russia has since last
Monday lad fifteen cases for treatment
"Al of the cases have had" said DR.. summers
have shown the unnistakable symptoms of Russian
Influenza and some of them have developed into
lad cases was in Russia in 1875 and 1851, when
the disease was 50 prevalent, and know. from eX-
pcrnce gained there, that there is no use endeavor-
ing TO check IT, for it can't be stopped. The first case
that came to in this epidemic showed the presence
Of the bacteria in large numbers. l examined some
Of the bacteria under the microscope. They are the
most active of living things | ever saw and are con-
stantly moving" ,
Dr. Montgomery, Of the Health once. sad that
several case. of supposed influenza had come under
his notice but he not prepared to state that they
were the genuine type of Russian influenza.