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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
A New Pickpockct Dodge.

The Eiffel tower has, it seems, sug-
sestcd to an unprincipled individual
who this country can claim rs a subject,
new trick for putting other peoples
money into his own pocket; but now
that publicity has been given to the
dodge, it is doubtful whether he will try
it on second time. The pickpocket in
question, well dressed, and Of melancholy
but most respectable appearance, went
! up the tower the other day, taking his
seat on the left beside Frenchman who
looked ms if his pockets might be worth
attention. The Englishman, in q sad
tone, inquired of his ncighbor whether
any one had yet committed suicide from
the top of the tower, and on receiving
reply in the negative, he muttered that
nc would be the first to do So The kind.
hearted Frenchman took an interest in
the apparently forlorn and desperate man
beside him, and, thinking he had dis.
covered it was financial difficulties that
had caused him to mediate self-destruc.
ton, he, in rs delicate manner as posi-.
BILE, offered loan. His offer was, how.
ever, rejected, the forlorn one asserting
that he had large sum about him, con.
tanned In the pockctbook which he at,
tempted to thrust into the Frenchman's
pocket, telling him to divide the money
among the poor after his death. Finally,
the guardians persuaded the melancholy
man to come down from the top of the
tower and go home. The Frenchman.
shortly after he lost sight of his com,
panion, discovered, of course, that hi,
purse had gone with him.-London Stand.
ard.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
GAnNIsu For FISH SALAD

A pretty garnish for fish salad is
made by arranging six sardincs (the
bones carefully removed), OIL tie top,
with heads meeting in the centre, n
fringe of lettuce or parsley leaves in a
border, and lemon points at intervals.
The round red radishes Can be prepared
III such a way as to be very ornamental.
Cut OIL the root close, and with II sharp
knife pare the radish toward the top; the
knife can only take up n narrow portion
{: time; repeat this until all the red
part is cut, and the result will be that the
cut portion will look like petals, and the
radish will closely resemble flower.
Let them stand i'll water until they are
crisp, and serve them in blue boy, with
cracked ice. Olives also taste better if
served on bed of cracked ice.-.Melo
York O5scrrcr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
where had passed s6snany pleasant ham,

where had passed s64nany pleasant happy
hours, by one of Mary's younger sisters,
and, i'll a short time Mary made her an.
pearancc She was rs bright and CHEEKY
rs over and apparently harbored no hi.
feeling because of his past conduct, but
when he drew forth the engagement ring
she had so long worn, and attempted to
place it upon her finger and again
gam her consent to be his wife. she
drew back with quick, proud move
mcnt and said:
mo, James, shall always be friend
to you, but never your wife. You have
shown plainly that you did not love me
as you ought, and feel it is best we
should henceforth meet merely MS friends
and neighbors. 1 will own that I have
felt very badly over the way-the way
you have used me. But time heals ali
wounds"
eyes, time and John Graves" said
james angrily, rs he seized his hat. oI
have heard of his coming here, and ii you
care more for that lout than Tor me all I
nave to say is: Marry him."
Thus speaking, he ilounced out of the
room, not forgetting to slam the door be.
hind him. NIary's black eyes fairly
snapped with just anger and Indignation.
But the storm in her bosom subsidized MS
rapidly as it had arisen, and in low,
heartfelt voice, she said: "rhank God
for my narrow escape"
John Graves, whom james Monroe had
dcnoninated ga lout," was young far.
mcr living about three miles from Mr..
Murdock's. lie was steady, upright
young man, not given to "putting on
airs, " but honest and true to his friends
as the needle to the pole. He had
large farm bequeathcd him by his father,
which he cultivated to the very best adj.
vantage. In fact, he was considered the
best farmer near GAINESVILLE. His mother
aud maiden sister attended to the house.
hold duties, while he and two "hircd
men" were constantly employed in bring.
ing his broad acres into the highest state
OF productivcness. Him The following
autumn, Mary Dlurdocll married And
at about the same time Imogcnc Burton
was lead to the altar by ga gentleman OF
New York. - Yankee Blauc
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
W0MAN'S WORLD.
FhEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
LADY DUFF conDoN's PET SNAKE.

Lady Duff Gordon had tame snake
ana used to carry her pet about with her,
wound around her arm Gnside the large
Daggy sleeves that were then the fash
ion), and it would put its slender head
out at the wristholc and lap milk out of
the palm of her hand. 1t was as fond of
gllttering things as Lucie herself, and
when she took her many rings off her
fingers and placed them on different
parts OF the table, it would go about col
Letting them, stringing them on its little
body, and finally tying itself into tight
Knot, so that the rings could not DC re-
covered until it chose to unite itself
Sain.-L0ndop Spectator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
Handling Hay in the Mctropolis.

The city of New York consumes daily
about 1900 tons of hay. The handling
OF hay in this city busies fully 5000
men. The tool of the hay handler is u
hook formed like the freight handlers
hook but shorter. A bale of hay weighs
from 100 to $50 pounds. There is a
special knack in handling it, and often a
small man with skill is better for the
work than n strong man who has not
thoroughly learned the trick. Ordinarily
two men handle bale. They thrust
their hooks into opposite ends and on the
outward side of the bale, tilt it inward,
then with the aid of their knees lift il
clear Of the floor Of the car and carry il
to the open doorway which looks out on
the waiting dray. Here an intelligent look.
ing pair of great iron hooks is ready ia
take hold. The hooks are controlled by
a single rope and an ingenious mechan-
ism in the loft by which bale may be
stopped by single jerk of the rope, AT
any point in the descent or ascent.
a single bale of damp hay in a cal
may make the whole carload musty and
almost worthless. Twenty-four hours
exposure to sun and wind may dry out
the delightful d cad green of timothy an6
rot it of its flavor. The owners of great
racing stables buy only the best timothy
and that known to have been carefully
curcd. Such hay easily brings $40 tor
wholesale at ordinary times, while inferior
timothy sells as low rs SID and clover
hay 81 or So lower. Tho retailer
expects to make about 15 cents Dc,
hundred on hay.-Ne,o York. Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
Pencils Male Of paner.

One of the difficulties which have
stood in the way of the substitution Of
paper pulp for wood in the manufacture
OF pencils has been the toughncss of the
paper covering, and its consequent re.
sistance to the action of knife. BY a
new process the molecular cohesion OF
the paper, it is claimed, is modified in
such manner that it can be cut as read.
iiy as cedar wood. After the comRletion
OF the process the pencils are gradually
dried at increasing temperature during o
period OF six days, and they are then
plunged into vessel of molten paraf.
fine wax, which has the effect of modi.
tying the texture of the paper pulp in
the manner described.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
FASHION NOTES.

To be fashionable your parasol should
match your dress.
Dresses made entirely of Grape are
worn only by widows.
The newest wrinkle in Paris is colored
gown with black sleeves.
Henrietta cloth is the material used for
the first mourning dress.
Warm weather fancy work should not
require the use of needles.
Never any fashion in dress died so hard
rs the hustle, but it is almost gone.
Every we'll regulated costume bears n
fan attachment at the present time.
Blazers arc closed with one button at
the throat, or three buttons placed lower
down.
Discomfort is known to be possible even
to girl with rcd checks and n dimplc
in her chin.
The straight skirts which are now so
fashionable measure four and half yards
around.
Wooden dresses of different weights
are the most appropriate fabrics for sea-
side costumes.
Shoe laccs ara made in thirty or forty
shades to match the many colors in which
shoes are now made.
Dotted white null, Swiss, and yelling
gowns are in vogue, along with striped
barred white dresses.
Entire dresses of red sateens trimmed
with ecru laces are worn ut French coun-
try houses and on the seashore.
Seaside parasols are large and mostly
in bright colors, sometimes softencd with
covers OF falls of ecru and cream lace.
Three small pearls in gold star mount
ings on the surface of plain amber side
comb are attractive in their simplicity.
Pale silver gray gowns with panels,
surplice waistcoats and revers, cuffs and
collars of tan color, are very effective.
Handkerchief are tiny, dainty marvels
of color and embroidery this summer,
and at the moment they are very cheap.
Broad brimmed picture hats of black
chip for wear at garden parties are
trimmed with large pink or lilac color
orchids.
The Marie Antoinettc and Charlotte
Corday iichus take the lead for light
wraps They may be made in cashmere,
muslin, lace, crepe du chine or silk mus
lin.
All sorts of white dresses are worn
silk, yelling, challi, China crepe, en-
broidered and plain nainsook, cambria,
lace, net, and host of wooden stuffs are
all utilized for white gowns.
Parisiennes carry the use of black trim
mings on colored dresses to the extreme
of having black mutton-lcg sleeves added
30 blue, green or pink gowns that are
trimmed with black ribbon and lace.
The potter's art is coming to the aid of
the stylish dresser. A handsome yinai-
grette made entirely of porcelain has
been produced. To the inexperienced
eye it looks as though made of ivory.
The ecru tints of Chinese pongee are
admirably relieved in French dresses of
that material by embroidered borders of
multi-colored and gold-dotted embroid
cry, in Oriental and medieval designs.
Old-fashioned Leghorn flats arc re
stored to fashionable favor, and they arc
trimmed in old-style Vandyke, Sir Joshua
Reynolds and Vatican arrangements of
flowers, feathers and ribbons. The wide
Tapping brims are unlined and unwired.
Utrecht velvet is the stylish goods for
walking costumes. It must be of a
dovc-gray color. The velvet resembles
corduroy and is made with plain,
straight skirt and Directoirc coat
which is ornamentcd with big cut-steci
buttons
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
A Story About Wild Bill.

Captain Harry Horn of the Oklahoma
show tells story of Wild Bill, the no.
torious western desperate. Captain
Horn was deputy sheriff under Bill and
was in the saloon in Deadwood, Dakota
with him when he was killed. Bill was
playing poker and was looking over
hand when his murderer stepped behind
him, deliberately put a revolver to his
head, and blew his brains out. Bill wa.
killed almost instantly, but before he
toppled from his chair dead he managed
to throw his cards down, get both his
pistols out, and cock them. Such mar
'vellons quick action almost passes belief.
-Qhie1go News. Is
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
WONDERFUL. CORK WORK

Ono OF the latest crazes and perhaps
that carried out the least successfully is
the cork work which originated with the
Swiss people. 1t is said that number
OF studios are to be opened in the fall in
TINS city where the art of producing won
dcriul effects in cork is to be taught
The material is bought in its rough state
and piece of the required size selected.
1t is then put through course of knives,
sandpnper and emery dust until smooth
surface is obtained; then the landscape,
marine view or other design is worked
out with small, iinc-pointed knives and
chiscls, after which it is touched up with
water colors. In Europe most of this
difficult art is done by men, but, from
all accounts, some of our American girls
are coming in for honors in the near flu
turc. In an architects office on Broad-
way one of the draughtswomen carved
out several models in cork for which she
received both praise and goodly sum of
the ncedful. The task Of carving in cork
is rendered especially difficult because OF
the imperfectncss of the material and its
exceeding brittlcness. Iu ton of cork
there might not be five pounds of mate
rial perfect enough to be used in this line
class of work. The steadicst of nerves
is also part of the programme of sue
cess, as the slightest slip of the knife or
chisel is death to the result. The art is
not new, but its practice is only just be-
coming popular. The winter exhibition
Of the Academy of Design will no doubt
show us what can be done in this line of
work. -Ne,o York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
DESTINY.

I saw the bald cliff bathed in silver rain
While the parched fields stretched up their
s throats in vain:
Woo to the land whose unpluckod cars have
pined-
Whose harvests waste. and never yield their
liindl
Know You not, wise one, with what thank
less toll
You pour your love out on desert soil?
Still wars the heart if this be truth or no
What the priests say-that God has willed it
so.
Dora Read Gooaalc, in Lippincott.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27

same. Mouthc is grayish blue, goura,
another shade of the same. The dead
whites are called japonica and magnolia.
Veroncse, mephisto and cherry ripe are
shades of red; mogul is pinky red;
Vesuvian has dash of fame, while
Antique is color between terra Gotta and
mahogany. Hortcnsc and Ophelia arc
allied to mauye. Pervenchc is pale
pink that is neither salmon nor terra Gotta,
but something between the two.-Nc,o
York Commercial Adrertiscr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
CARE NECESSARY WHILE BOILING JE1LIy

CARE NECESSARY WHILE BOILING JELLIEs.
The experienced housekeeper is care
full not to boil preserves and jellies too
long after the sugar has been added, be-
cause the acids in the fruits may cause
the sugar to 'invert," or split up into
two other forms of sugar, neither of
which possess much sweetening power.
Neither will she boil jellies made from
gelatine too long, or a chemical change
will take place, and the gclatine lose its
power of setting" or gelatinizing.-
Boston Cultirator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-27

Great Britain owns nearly half of the
North American continent and twenty of
the principal islands of the West Indies.
She also has colony in Central America,
another in South America, and her capt.
talists have invested in railway and gov
ermental securities of the various nations
of South America at least eight hundred
million dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-26
Christmas on the Squadron.

special cable telegram to the New York
Herald says beautiful. warm sunshine ushered
in Christmas at Lisbon. Tuesday night there
was midnight mass in all the churches. The
king of Portugal passed Christmas in bed with
the influenza. The American squadron cele-
brated Christmas in quiet manner. The adj
miral went the round OF the ships for the first
time since his arrival Capt. Howell took
breakfast with Capt. O'kane on board the Dos-
ton. A large number of officers and cadets
passed the day visiting Cintra, among them be-
ing Lieutenants Knox, Fuiiam, Hutchins. Gu-
lick, Chief Engineers McEwan, Ardrade, ana
DIR. Lumsden. On the flagship Chicago a re-
markably good bowl of punch was brewed
andfhe health of everybody drunk. In the
evening two plump turkeys graced the ward
room table. In fact the whole squadron de-
molished several focks of turkeys and acres Of
growth of chestnuts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-26
The National W.C.T.U. Trouble.

Chicago Special to New York Tribune.
Mrs. T. b. Walker Of Minneapolis, prominent
as one of the organizers of the national nom
partisan movement of the WoInan's Christian
temperance union and q member of the ma
tional committee, has just prepared an address
on the recent Chicago convention. The writer
makes extended reference to the advent OF
politics into the organization. Woman suf-
frage. she says, has been made to appear to be
one OF the necessities OF the Temperance cause
and has been made an adjunct of the union to
tie great detriment of both temperance and
the suffrage movement. A reference to the
stormy scenes of the convention is as follows:
"A convention of Christian women has reached
nearly to the level of an ordinary ward caucus
when one of its members cannot speak her hon
est sentiments and beliefs couched in proper
and respectful language, without being met by
a chorus of Misses and jeers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-26
Foreign Notes of Interest.

general strike of Golfers has begun in Bel
GUM.
The public prosecutor of the grand duchy OF
Baden has declared himself socialist.
The French government has offered a COM
promise for England's acceptance in regard to
the Egyptian debt and English occupation.
Italian anarchists have posted placards in
Lugano calling upon Italians to follow the ex-
ample of Brazil and overthrow the monarchy.
As soon as the Samoan question is finally set
tied Knappe will resume his position as Ger
man consul at Apia.
remarkable correspondence between Gen.
Boulanger and Gen. Da Fonseca, Brazilian chief
OF state, is published. Boulanger, writing in a
confident vein, said his aim was to establish
liberty, equality and fraternity in France on
the model of the United States and Brazil. and
Fonseca's reply concluded, Long live Bou-
| LANCER"
The ailment of Mr.. Sturgeon, the WELL
known London divine, has assumed grave
| aspect.
Max O'Rell sailed for America from London
yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-26
A MILuoNAIRE DAY LABoRER.
Working for si.3o Day 60 Isuy a VAL
uablc Property.

William II. Smith. a millionaire. interested
N coal and salt mining, has a bill OF S260
against the Retsof salt mining company OF
York, Livingston comfy, n. T.. for two days.
work rs a common labo-or in the Retsof mines.
Smith presented himself at the Office OF the
Retsof company the other day and asked for
work He was engaged rs a common lsboref
at $3.50 per day. On the third day he pleade
sickness and was granted lay of. He We
well enough. however. TO drive 70 the farm
house OF 5. II. Gray. who owned q valuslle
tract OF salt territory which the RstSof people
had been negotiating for. Smith said he was
an employe Of the Retsof company and asko
Mr.. Gray what he would take for his land
Two hundred dollars per acre for the 400
acres, was the reply. and the words had barely
oeen uttered when the indsposed miner pulled
$4,000 IN bills from his overalls 10 bind the
bargain. An agreement was drawn up whereby
smith was to transfer his entire estate for
Sco.OOO, and MIR. Smith returned TO the shaft
announced that he had recovered from ms in
disposition and resumed his work underground
Mr.. Gray, happening 20 meet an officer OF
the Retsof compsny on that same day. remarked
that he had finally concluded a bargain wish
one of their men. The explanations which
followed were not calculated to put the Retsof
people IN good humor. They called the men
up from the mine in order 20 allow Mr. Gray
10 identify the party Of the second part OF
the sale he had consummated. ana when smith
was pointed out he was promptly dis
charged The Retsot people were chagrined
over the way they had been outWitted.
The millionaire culprit received his dismissal
phllosophicaily and IN extraordinary good hu-
NOR. In business-like way he presented bis
bill for two days labor at the Office but it was
not honored lie tOld the Rotsof people that
he was Gbundantly able to stand lt and that he
was going TO sink shaft on his new purchase
at once and start opposition. Ir. smiths
achievement is looked upon as a clever piece
OF business as well good joke. He had
been approached on the subject of investing ina
western New YORK salt lands. but had never
been satisfied in regard TO the prospects OF
profit. The Retsof people guarded their inter-
ests so closely that be coald get nothing from
them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-26
i % on BSLT1MoRE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD
NOT SO PEACEFUL.
BraziIs Provisional Government to
Fight the Monarchists.

Dispatches from Rio Janeiro received in
cipher by the newspaper Nouidddes at Lisbon
contain important and deeply interesting facts
about the political upheaval reported there as
having occurred on the 18th instant. From the
information contained in the cipher kilograms
it is undoubtedly correct that the provisional
government found itself confronted by very
formidable and active opposition, among the
members of which were numbered many sol
diers, good contingent from the navy backed
up by several officers from both branches of
the service, while numerous citizens also joined
In the revolt in favor of the monarchy. These
banded together and paraded the principal
streets, giving full aggressive show Of their
sentiments, and very serious fighting resulted.
The revolt was not suppressed until the
morning of the goth instant, when the regu-
larly organized troops overcame and dispersed
the monarchists. The provisional authorities
arrested quite number of leading participants
in the revolt
The Brazilian imperial family attended mass
In the Lapa convent and visited the chapel in
which is deposited the heart of Dom Pedro I,
the father OF the imperial exile.
Dom Pedro and the ex-empress of Brazil are
In Oporto. The ex-empress is still indisposed.
The London Times Lisbon correspondent
reports that English and Portuguese bankers
have within the last fortnight greatly reduced
their remittances to Brazil.
FATAL STREET RIOTS.
The Brazilian journals just received in New
York bring news of several riots that have not
found their way to publicity. Besides those in
Maranhao and Para, of which an account has
been given, there was another in Bahia. There
the people and the authorities hesitated twenty
four hours about giving their allegiance to the
republic. There was some riOting in the
streets, and the result was that five people were
killed and several wounded at Pernambuco.
Jose Marianne, a man of great influence, pub
hshed a manifesto demanding that the province
be constituted an independent state, separate
from the government of the United States of
Brazil He continued holding meetings to that
end. The provisional government has deter
mined to continue the pensions formerly paid
by Dom Pedro out OF his private income. The
army, which at the time OF the revolution num-
bered 14,0C0, is to be increased to 10000. The
resistance by the monarchcal party in Rio was
from the first more serious than reported.
The NOUiotades of Lisbon publishes. under
date Of December 8, the following interview
with MIR. L. Geodel, belgian. who was per-
sonally acquainted with the Count dEu: The
Brazilian republic is far from having the sta
bility that it is thought to have in Europe. An
imperialist movement not only will be supported
by the colored men, but also by many other
elements that Europe does not know of.
EiSht-tcnths of the population of Bahia are
imperialist notwithstanding the republic was
accepted there"