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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20

Tailor-madc empire gowns are still in
vogue.
White shoes should not be worn with
colorcd toilets.
English ladies wcar broad wells, about
yard in length.
New dinner and ten gowns show II pro-
objection for stripes.
Tho skirts worn by misses in their
teens nrc new quito long.
Lockcts nrc circular in shape, Of nutcd
gold, with diamond in the centre.
il is unnecessary TO wear any outside
Wrapping savo tho fur cape, collar, or
boa.
Many of the newest flannel pctticonts
are made with full LOUNGES and clabor-
atcly embroidered.
Children under five wear soft, flexible
felt hnis with wide brims, which arc
caught mp in variety Of picturesque
ways.
Small sidc-combs Of tortoise shell, set
with brilliants, nrc used to fastcn tho
pulls or coils of hair to the head at tho
sides.
Mcdici styles ARE now meeting with IA
vor. The distinctive features are long
waists, high, still collars, cpaulctics and
stomnchcrs.
Striped fabrics arc noted in MI kinds
OF costumes, from the simple serge house
dress to very elaborate toilets for full
dress occasions.
The skirts of fine wooden costumes
show no pIniting ut the foot, but ara
bordcrcd in most cases with velvet, SOIL
tachc brliding or wide bands Of gimp.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
Popularity of Cooking Teachers

popularity of Cooking Teachers.
Cooking teachers are enjoying The pop
ularity bestowed on the mandolin and
bahJo artists few winters ago and com
mand their own prices for instruction.
AT the head of the list in Chicago stands
Mrs. Daniel Sherwood, most charming
lady, who is Il talented French scholar
and brilliant pianst. Mrs. Sherwood
gives private kitchen lessons nj tbc
pupils home, and il is perfectly sur
prlsing to know the nature of these les
sons. The young ladies, ms rule, learn
To bake paddles or lonvcs of cake, but
the more sensible girls begin with pan
cakes or frittcrs and go through
inc entire course of bread
making. The mistress of the house.
however, gives her girls day Off and
learns some new points about the fold of n
napkin, the placing of doilics, cutlery or
centre dishes, and the general makc-up
of menu. Madam may show her how
LIN Mode fills the finger bowl or flower
stand; how to trim spirit lump, cut
bread, cheese, pie or II pate tho ncatcst
way to serve celery or the least offensive
manner of cleaning the crumbs. If
there are special dishes in the prepare
ton of which Jane, the cook. is NOT n
success, an engagement is made, and
Jane gets lesson and card, which il
to be posted To madam if the next effort
is not a success. 81 New York Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20

While Mrs. Harrison, wife of the
president elect, was down town in In
diannpolis, the other day, she visited the
kHanil, where for several years tie Gen
gal has had number Of family relics
and papers deposited for safe keeping,
aud brought home with her two very In
;tcresting and historic medals, intending
Ito deposit them in day or two in box
at the new safe deposit vaults. The
larger medal is none other than the gold
medal voted by resolution of Congress to
Major General William Henry Harrison,
IN commentator of his signal victory
over the British and their barbarous
allies at the battle OF the Thames. The
medal is about three and cnc-half inches
in diameter and quarter of an inch
thick. 1t cost $500 ut that time. On
the diverse side are the features of Gen
eral Harrison in the uniform of a major
general. On the reverse is the figure of
victory. beneath which are the words,
Battle of the Thames, October s.
1873, while around the border is the III
sscription, "By resolution of Congress,
April 1, 1915"
The medal, when presented to General
Harrison, was set in small rcd velvet
rse, which is worn with age 1t was an
sSbiect oc interest to NIL the members of
the family who had not seen it for several
wears, but To baby Benjamin Mckee, its
Upright shining surface had an especial at
traction and he quickly abandoned his
numerous gifts, demanded possession of
sthc historic coin, and begged to play with
it.
The other medal is equally as interest
ing and comes through Mrs. Harrison's
family from he: maternal grandfather,
John Neal. an Engishman. 1t is sill
yer coin, two inches in diameter, struck
off by the imperial Austrian government
IN commcmoration of the great victory of
John Sobieski-King John III. of Po-
Sland-over the Turks in 1888. Mr..
Neal received the medal by Inheritance.
-tBrooklyn Citizen.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
Big Gambling I'roIlts

There never was Il gambling resort in
the world like Monte Carlo. 1t is "A mine
of wealth to the managers of its mayni-
iiccnt tiger lairs, and very simple calcu-
laton will show how prnccly are the
profits of the tables. The management
admits that its annual profits arc So, 500, :
00O-in fact it is over So, 600, 600. Now,
inasmuch rs the chances of the table arc
| 10 ST in favor of the bank, to gain an
mnlly 81, 500, 600, which it processes to
do, $l20, 600, 600 must have been stakcd
on its tablcs-must have been won and
lost. The banks $4,000, 900 profits is
its royally--at the rate of 1 to 3G-on
tins enormous amount Of money, which
must therefore have been played, lost and
won. II is this fact of the gambler deal
ing with large masses of money that
partly accounts for the fascination cxcr-
ciSc'l by gambling. A careful player
who begins with, say $1,000 capital, may
have fingered, according TO the doctrine
chances, $50, 900 before he loses his capi-
tai. il lie plays long enough the bank
royalty of one in thirty-six is sure to
swallow up his capital, and then he has
had all the emotion of having been alter
natcly successful or the reverse, rich or
poor. At Monte Carlo the bank ROYALTY
must inevitably ruin all who play long
enough 10 have riskcd their capital
thirty-siX times. The annual profits of
tho tables exceed the annual aggregate
income Of all the Vandcrbits. During
the lifetime Of Mr.. Blame it was easy
enough to get Il statement of the amount.
Blanc delighted in letting it be known
what wonderful prosperous fellow he
was. His daughters, who married
princes, arc not proud of the source of
their wealth, and since their fathers
death have sought TO divert attention
from themselves and their affairs MS much
as possible. M. Wagatha is now the
general manager of the Casino, and he
has lately given it out that the net profits
OF the tables last year were only 81 ,250,-
600, or oncfourth of what they used to
be.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
hrf-onn Cinnamon

The Chinaman is not the child of ma
ture imagined by our philanthropic
friend. If so anywhere, he is not so in
Arizona. The Chinese of Arizona might
almost be said to form distinct class bv
themselves. They furnish Mt least an in
teresting field of study for the sociolo-
gist, since here on the surface can be
traced each of the successive steps by
which the Chinaman is transformed from
the conservative Oriental into the mod
crnized American. The strength of con-
scrvatism lies in numbers, and in Cali.
fornia, where the Chinese form n large
part of the population, this force is
strongly felt. But in Arizona the case
IS ditfcrcnt here the Chinese arc widely
scattered, and their conservatism
consequently is weakened. 1t is
astonishing TO see how quickly they
adapt themselves to their surroundings.
1t seems to be general impression in re.
gard to the Chinese that they work for
lower wages than other foreigners; that
they spend none of their earnings here,
but save up all their money to take back
TO China with them. We have not
found this to be the case in Arizona.
The Chinaman is indeed hardworking.
but it is not for his mother in China, MOI
have We found many of them who are
aiming to go back there. Neither do
they save much money. They work hard
to earn it, but when the money is theirs,
they spend it freely in presents, and
gamble it away in large amounts Per-
haps the Chinaman has lived too long in
this Western ain to be misery. III New
York Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20


riages mado by American girls with
prominent Englishmcn, much to the Oct
riment of the fair damsels, who also bit
terly resent this inroad on the homo mat
rimonial market. The Pail Mall Gazette
of recent date contains an instructive
article why tho American girl soars to
conquer. From this wc learn that the
transatlantic belle has more intelligence
and moro money. She is not kept in a
bandbox, but has practical experience of
Affairs. Her education, as rule, is bet
ter, and If her complexion is not always
so good, she makes up for it by her for
tune. 1t is curious that SO many of tho
English who marry Americans have tried
the English wife before they venture upon
marrying her American rival. Mr..
Chamberlain is case in point. Ho is n
widower. SO is Sir w. Harcourt, and
so, 1t may DO added, is Sir Edwin Ar
mold. Tho Duke of Marlborough mar.
ricd second time in America without
being exactly widowcr, but possessing
practical experience of nm English, or
rather of an Irish, vito. Still, tho
American girl does not limit herself to
widowcrs. Among the prizes whom this
Unsuitable competitor has snapped ND in
the Old World, to mention only two in
each country, arc in Germany, Count
Waldersco and General Schwcinitz; in
France, M. Waddington and nj. Glenn
onccau; in England, Lord Ran.
dolph Churchill and Morcton Frcwcn.
who married sisters. This only repre-
scnts samples of the havoc that they hive
wrought. Michael Davitt, like II. p.
o'Connor, went across tho Atlantic
wave, and so did Robert Walpolc, heir
to the Earldom Of Oxford, against whom
AN action for breach of promise has been
begun by II damscl of tho Old World,
which promises to be cause cclcbre in
decd. Clearly tho matrimonial market is
being destroyed by the wealthy hcircsscs
who swarm in tho United States. Against
such bountyfcd competitors whit Gun our
English girls, ''whosc face is their for
tune" hope to do7 We commend the
problem to the attentive consideration of
tho British mntron.--I Sun Francisco
Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
Who Directed Booths Captors,

1 had an interesting chat with a COL
ored woman who was slave in Mary
land just previous to the sassination of
Lincoln, writes Washington correspond
ent. Speaking of that tragedy, she said ::
81 didn't see Booth when he came to
DIR. 'Dludd's, but 1 saw his boots and
razor. The boots wcro long ones, and
must have reached to his hips. You
know that Booth was captured in Mudd's
barn, which was burned to the ground.
The soldiers came down there with n
rush, and were going by when little
boy, not more than five years old, told
them that there was man in tho barn.
Lie was betrayed by that little boy"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
SOn.brc Grape.

Grape is light, transparent stuff in
manner of gauzc, made of raw silk
gummed and twisted on the twill and
woven without crossing. 1t is princi-
pally used in mourning, and was origin.
ally manufactured in Bologna, Italy. and
afterwards in England.
The manufacture is said to have been
introduced into France by one Jacques
Dupius, at or about the middle of tho
seventeenth century. French grapes arc
chiefly manufactured at Lyons, and arc
of two kinds. called, according to N.
Bezon, crepe and lissc.
China Grape, as the name implies, was
originally manufactured in China, and
the process for long time bafflcd all at
tempts at imitation. The secret was,
however, at last discovered by NJ. Dugas.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
lie. sorro,p Dtde IT'S Hour.

The following remark came from the
lips of little Pearl Mcncllcy, 5-ycar- old
girl, whose father was getting in rcadi-
ness for three months trip. Alice, her
older sister, was feeling bad over her
papa's prospective long absence, and
Pearl, hearing her cry, approached her
father, saying:
"What day is today, papaa'
"Why, Friday, my dear; why do you
ask?"
"Thcn tomorrow is Saturday, and the
next day Sunday, and then comes Mon
day, and you are going away On Mon.
day, papa2"
eyes, my little darling, am sorry t.
say am"
"Wcll, then, papa, I amt going tc
cry till Monday."-[omaha Bee.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
The HISTORY Of HanlMritinr.

Tho earliest writing of tho Western
world, that of the so-called Uncial manu-
scripts, was copied more OF less directly
from the inscriptions cut ON brass or
stone. The type of letters was practi.
cally the same. But with tho change of
the mat,ria used there came almost nee
essarily in time change in tho mode OF
forming the letters. Cursive manuscripts
that is, manuscripts written in run
ming hand, with flowing and connected
letters, took almost universally by the
tenth century the place of tho earlier
uncial manuscripts, with their stiff up
right, isolated letters, and handwriting,
as we now understand it, emerged. But
during the Middle Ages writing was the
art of comparatively few highly
trained scribcs, carried by some of them
to wonderful height of perfection.
After the Introduction of printing the
very finest writing disappeared, for the
profession of the scribe was superseded,
but the number of those who could
write passably increased us the habit of
correspondence grew, and writing was
no longer for the ordinary man the dill.
cult, laborious process that it used to be.
With increased practice handwriting be-
came somewhat easier and more free.
The progress in this direction went on
with little interruption from the sixteenth
to the eighteenth century; each genera
ton shows somewhat of an advance on
that which had preceded it. The writ
ing became continuously less awkward
and less stiff. But it is in our fathers
time and in our own, that the great
change has taken placc. The increased
number of letters which are now written
Inns led To increased speed
in tho writing of them. With
increased practice the hand comes
to move more speedily and easily; there
is no longer The same care in the forma
ton of the individual letters which there
was while people had moro time FOR
writing. Words are, SO to spcek, dashed
off; and we are content if wo can make
the whole word Ineligible without con-
sldcring too infinitely the letters of which
ii is formed. think, too, that the i'm.
provements which have been introduced
III the mechanical appliances for writing
in pens, ink and paper have not hccn
without their influence, and this inllu-
encc has tended in the direction of Civ
ing greater freedom and facility to tho
writing. The great superiority which
in these mechanical appliances VIC in
England enjoy over most of the nations
of the Continent, will also explain why
it is that the handwriting of English.
men has Il boldcr character than that of
most foreigners. = AIurray's Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
Costumes in Pnraguny.

Tho women of Paraguay are us bcauti
iul as any in tho world. They are of
medium height, slight and 1.-the, with
figures OF matchlcss grace. Their dress
is OF the simplest form; short tunic or
robe not unlike IL skirt and shoulder
covering not unlike shawl, both of
pure white and adorned with pretty mn
tive lncc. In the midday scsta they lie
IN their hnmmocks slipping their mate
and singing in their low, sweet voice.
yet with touch of melancholy. thc
"Nanncaros,' or songs of the orange
gathcrcrs. Dancing is their only pnstimc.
aud into that they throw their whole
Joyous nature. The slightest excuse is
all that is necessary for getting np ball,
at which the whole ncighborhood mt
once assemblies. The girls and women
are dressed in the robes described. Tho
men wear white linen trousers aud red
poncha. The dances nrc in quaint origi
nal figures, and sometimes the festivities
will be kept up the entire night. Dos
ton Transcript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
The Queen of Greece.

The Queen of Greece may often be
seen seated in little wicker chair ON n
balcony of her palace crochcting little
lace tides, which she gives to people
whom shc wishes to honor. She is n
very handsome woman, of a rich and
superb type, with magnificent eyes and
hair and fresh color, though mother of
n marriagcablc son. She is fond of
active exercise, and manages the routine
oil the royal housekeeping with skill and
economy, besides supervising her chill
drcn's education. She never wears any
color but blue and white and they be.
come her we'll. Blue and white stripcd
SILK is one of the national products, and
shc wears it to encourage the industry.
She is like queens we read about, and
emulatcs Penelope in industry. She is
her husbands companion and adviser,
and by birth is II princess of Russia.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
LADIES, DEPARTMENT..
Een,ininc Wood Carrcrs.

very pleasant and "genteel" way of
making little pin money has been
found in the new feminine fad for wood
carving. The tools required in carving
arc OF the lightest, requiring the excrtion
OF no muscular strength in their manipu-
lation, and almost any woman with a
quick eye, little artistic feeling, and a
steady hand can master the art in few
weeks time. If tho taste for wood
carving continues to increase it will sup
ply an occupation in which women who
go into it for something more than
amusement will find, if they are artists,
ono more welcome resource. Chicago
News
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
A Family Of Cnincidonces.

On Glade Mountain, w. Va, resides
perhaps the most peculiar family in the
country. 1t is family of condolences.
The father and mother were married on
the 18th day of October; they have had
nine children, all of whom were born on
the 18th Of October; five of tho chill
drcn arc dead, and all five of them
ceased to breathe on the 18th day OF
October. The name Of the head of the
family is Joshua Franklin. He says that
he was a Confederate soldier; that he
was captured twice by the United States
soldiers, and that he lost two brothers in
the war, and that all four of the mishaps
or misfortuncs of war occurred on the
memorable 18th of October. In the
neighborhood the Franklin family is re-
gardcd with superstition, and not hui
man being can be prevailed to stay either
in the house or on the premises on either
day or night on the 18th of October
[Chicago Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
noO a Letter Was Proved oon,.tmc.


In the United States court what has
proved to DO most interesting case has
been brought to nm end. 1t was tho
case of man named McCloskcy, who
was arrested about two years ago on war
rants from the state and United States
courts on the charge of violating the in
tcrnal revenue laws. Mr.. Jake Mcnko
stood his bond of $500 for trial, and Nc.
Closkcy shortly disappeared. Search was
made for him, and finally, Mt tho last
term of court, Mcnko produced letter
said to have been written by McCloskey
to his wife in this city, and later on Ger.
tiflcatcs to show that the man had died
at n county hospital mt San Fernando,
Cal. The case WINS continued, however,
and was again brought up Monday
morning. The letter was shown to tho
court. 1t WINS signed CIV. d. HILL"
and the certificate described HILL. saying
he died, &C., and fitted McCloskey
exactly. In order to make sure of the
evidence, tho letter purporting to have
been signed by McCloskey was turned
over to DIR. l.. b. Clifton, the chemist,
for examination. The date and address
had been blotted out with another kind
of ink, and it could not be discovered by
the natural eye where it came from nor
where it was written. BY series OF
chemical tests Mr.. Clifton caused one ink
to turn deep purple and the other
carmine, and the name San Fernando,
CAL, stood out in plain letters. When
court opened the chemist produced the
letter and showed to his honor, Judge
Speer, that the original address was San
Fernando, whereupon MIenko was res
leased upon his bond Macon GAP
! Telegraph.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
HUMOROUS.

Every bakery has its pic rate
Aquatic Water spcuting.
Regular church gocrs-Sextons.
A soldier IS known 10y the company he
keeps.
The hog trust will make the lover of
pork chops bristle with Indignation.
According to the market reports,
onions are strong at ten cents a bunch.
Your washerwoman may be good
soft-soapcr, but she is not al ways white
washer.
a tramp is sometimes called nomad;
and when q farmers ddg grabs him
there's nomadder man in tile ucighbor-
hood
First Lady: What an impcrious, die
tatorial, arrogant man that 3Ir. Pompus
is. Second lady: Yes; you know he
has never been married.
y chemist declares that wood can be
converted into palatablc food. Those
persons who pay for "board'' will not
be surprised ut tic statement.
The man who first suggested the use OF
an \ us the signature of a pcrson who
could not write was no philosopher. The
fitness of things should hare led him to
Splnrt film nipbo,. ,,l,;,1, r. :.
is cIircntly significant in. most cases.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

l
MIR. Avian Clark has gone to Denver,
Col, to arrange for the construction of
a telescope with q twenty-inch lens for
the college there
"A Texas newspaper says that twenty
five:years ago in that State the deaths
from yellow fever averaged nearly one
half of all the cases.
Tho deepest ocean souudings were re-
Gently made by the British surveying
ship Egeria, the one depth being 1895,
the other 4430 fathoms about equal to
five English milcs).
Remember that the improper manage
ment of boiler when in operation, and
the neglect of proper inspection, arc the
causes that operate most frequently to
produce explosions.
Eucalyptus honey is looming up MS one
of the important medicinal articles. 1t
contains more than II per cent. of the
essential constituents of the eucalyptus.
California should try to accimatizc the
peculiar Australian bean that produces it.
a patented material said to have all
the properties of good lignum Vita is
prepared in Leipsic, Germany, by NJ.
Stockhardt, from ordinary soft wood.
The wood is first imprcgnatcd with oil,
then subjected TO great pressure, causing
considerable increase in density.
a new industry has sprung up lately
i'll New York City. Every morning,
early, two little, dirty imps go from one
electric light pole to another gathering
the fallen carbons. These are sold to n
chemist, who uses them, after they are
reduced to powder, for filtcring pur-
poses.
Quiet an ingenious way of cooling
journal that cannot be stopped is to hang
short endless belt OH the shaft next to
the box, and let the lower part of il run
in cold water. The turning of the shaft
carries the belt slowly around, bringing
fresh cold water continually in contact
with the heated Shaft, and without spill
ing or spattcring a drop of the water.
At recent meeting of the American
Ornithologists' Union Ernest L. Thomp.
son, of Canada, said that some birds, cs
pecially sparrows, have vcntrloouial
powers. Birds, when surprised in the
net of singing, will be silent for
moment, and then give forth faint song
that seems to come from n distance,
though the singer be not further than
ten feet away. Thrushcs and robins, the
lecturer said, also have this power.
Since Humboldt witnessed fish thrown
from the volcano Cotopaxi in Mexico, in
1903, it has been found that the pho
nomcnon is repeated from time to time
during cruptions, and that it occurs also
in other volcanoes of the Andes. Tho
fish are sometimes elected in vast GUAM.
titles. All belong to one species, which
exists i'll some of the lakes on the sides
of the mountains.