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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
LoNc-nANDLEp EYEGLASSES.

Do you know the reason long handled
eyeglasses spring into favor with the ultra
fashionable2 Well, you know ladies
lace, don't you2 Yes, everybody knows
that, and those who know it from expert
cncc know it to their very great discom-
fort; for, with the sleeves made rs tight
as the skin, and the entire dress waist as
closc-fitting rs compressed flesh and bones
will permit, to lift the hand up to the
level of the eyes, if it is a possibility (and
sometimes it isn't, is certainly adangcr-
Gus thing to Acknowledgements because
the tightly strained silk of the dress may
split. Besides it is painful cxcrtion.
The expansion of certain muscles in an
elevated position of the arm and shoulder
beyond the narrow limits of the dress is
positive torture. Hence the long handle
to cycglass and opera glass was Il perfect
boon You will always see the slim
waist, tight sleeves and long handlcd eye
glass together.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
Buffalo Bills Father

An old-timc resident of Denver n day
or two since rclnted an incident of the
original "Buffalo Bill' Cody, father of
the present famous Snowman, which has
never been in print. Old man Cody was
prominent figure on the plains in an
early day, being the owner of an extern
sivc trading post on the Arkansas, in the
vicinity of old Fort Larned. Late in the
'50s he received information that the In
dians proposed to clean out his ranch,
which was an extensive adobe building
surrounded by stockadc. He did not
pay much attention to it, but the same
news continued to reach him, and was at
last confirmed by the arrival of large
band of Cheyenne and Arapahoes and
Kiowas, who campcd on the opposite side
of a deep arroyo from the trading most.
across which the military authorities had
erected bridge for the passage of sup
ply trains.
The savages pretended to be very
friendly and wanted to trade, swapping
furs and skins for ammunition, but their
real object was to burn the post and carry
away Cody's scalp as trophy-a fact of
which the old frontiersnan was we'll i'll
formed through the spies whom he had
among them. The place was we'll armed,
but not sufficiently manned to resist the
attack of so formidable band of red
skins, and old Bill cast about to see what
he could do to protect himself. In the
stock-yard of the post was an old howit-
ger which had been abandoned by some of
the plains military expeditions, and this
he carried up to the top of the post and
placed it so that it would sweep the
bridge. He had plenty OF powder, but
no other ammunition fit to load it with,
and so he charged the gun with old mule
shoes, nails, bits of iron and similar truck.
The cannon loaded, he awaited dcvelop
ments. Early one morning he observed
an unusual movement in the camp of his
pretended friends, and soon, fully armed
with war-paint on, the savages made
dash toward the fort. Cody was at his
howitzer, match in hand. The painted
redskins crowded the long but narrow
bridge, and just rs the foremost reached
the nearest bank he discharged his gun at
clear range of the bridge. There was a
wild howl of disappointed rage, vision
OF dead Indians tumbling in the arroyo,
OF legs and arms and heads lying around
loose without claimants, and fleeing and
frightened savages escaping from the fatal
bridge. Cody's single shot had saved his
post, and he was always thereafter left in
peaceful possession of his ranch. Just
what struck them on the bridge the In
dlans never knew, and the survivors of
the fatal charge always entertained the
firm belief that "Buffalo Bill' was in
league with the evil spirit, and, as such,
person to whom it was safe to give a
wide bcrth.-Denrer Nema.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
FASHION NOTES.

Coral is said to be coming rage.
Let plated skirts have their
day, by all means. 1t won't be long
one.
Twentyonc is the orthodox aye for n
girl to resume the responsibilities of u
bonnet
Ten brcadths of ordinary dress material
are required to construct an accordion
plated skirt.
Bedroom furniture of white wood has
been lavishly INDUCED in for summer
houses this season.
Flower brooches are the daintiest and
prettiest of anything in jewelry to be
worn ut the throat
Millincrs declare that it takes much
less time to suit pretty woman with n
hat than plain one.
Fashions decree this season allows
ladies more comfort than they have had
for many n long year.
Many of the tart" tea gowns have Di-
rectoire sleeves which reach to the hem of
the skirt at each side.
The Eiffel brooch, the EiiTel hairpin,
the Eiffcl bracelet and the Eiffcl bonnet
are ready for importation.
A thing of beauty, which requires
care to make it joy forever, is tulle
parasol with Il coral handle.
Large watch chains have been relegated
to curiosity cabinets, or sold for old gold
or brass, rs the case may be.
Among the lovelcst of summer mate
rails is tamise cloth, with white ground
silk-stripe in various colors.
The Empire style of drcss-round
waist, full sleeves and slightly draped
skirt-has not lost its popularity.
For dressy wear in the city, jct-em.
broidered toques with garnitures of fine
flowers and leaves are very popular.
Charming little Connemara cloalSs of
lightweight scarlet cloth are made up
for little girls under eight years of age.
In many new striped bodices darts are
taken up only in the lining, the material
being drawn smoothly to secure perfect
fit.
Some of the new Connemara cloaks are
made of fine tan color or gray cloth, and
tucked in half-inch folds from the yoke
to hem.
Many dressmakers now use velvet and
brocaded ribbons,in Pompadonr patterns,
for trimming costumes of delicate wool
fabrics.
Dressy polonaises are made with deep
Louis Quatorze vests of embroidered silk,
which are cut to fall low and broad be-
low the waist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
TITAN RED HAIR.

The tigress at the circus and the average
woman have one point in common Just
now-thcy arc both streaky as far MS their
hair is concerned. Tho woman who has
bleachcd is now endeavoring to get her
hair back to II darker shade, so that she
may make it warm red. 1t cannot be
done while it is so very blonde, and she
is undergoing this streaky condition that
she may attain her end. She hopes to
reach such color as that which belonged
to the Borgia, and she does not see why II
single thread of her hnir, granted She
gets the right shade, might not be pre-
served by the United States Government
and exhibited as is the one so proudly
shown in Florence rs having belonged to
the wicked Lucretia. 1t is odd how many
famous women have had this Titan red
hair. Catherine of Russia gloried in it.
and Anne of Austria had brown hair lust
on the verge of being red. Ninon de
LEnclos was equally proud of her warm
colored tresscs, and Mary Stuart seemed
a very daughter of the sun. One wonders
if with the red hair will come the
knowledge of womanly wiles so we'll un-
dcrstood by all these enchantresses. Jane
Hading and Mrs. Potter, both have warm
auburn hair, but 1t does not reach the
real tinge, which is that which crowned,
in all her glory, the head of the Empress
Eugene, she who hns known the extreme
of happiness and of Sadness hicao0
Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09

frequency than in men have been claimed
by independent writers in different parts
of the world as the result of compression.
The most important arc anemia, ulcer
of the stomach, gall-stones, movable
{, kidney" This is formidable array,
and it must be noted that it is not
catalogue of all the diseases said to be
produced by tight lacing, but only list
of few which have been recently added
to very much longer series. "Anemia"
itself, in its ''pernicious" form is, as n
rule, rapidly and hopelessly fatal. But
even when it is not "pernicious" it is the
prolific parent of manifold diseases,
some of which are fatal, while almost all
Elrc extremely disabling and distressing.
"Ulcer of the stomach" has an alarming
sound even to the "lay" ear; but the
sound is not nearly SO alarming as the
reality. When u doctor is convinced
that he has met with n case Of undoubted
ulcer of the stomach he anticipates weeks
or months of misery for the patient and
OF harrassing care for himself. He
knows that recovery is possible; but he
knows also that in many instances the
chances are largely in favor of death.
Treatment in many cases is quite power
less. One day the patient may be walk
ing about, filling the air with complaint
of her troubles. The next day she may
be dead, with small perforation in tho
wall of the stomach as the result of the
lucrative process. "Gall-stones" it is
unnecessary to dwell upon. The pain
and danger of these arc known almost
universally.
ENJOYABLE kidney" though less i'm
mediatcly painful and dangerous, is
condition which no woman who wishes
to be well should for moment run the
risk of becoming acquainted with This
IS the barcst summary of facts, which
might be so set forth us to appear truly
appalling. Will any woman reader be
frightened into rcason2 The answer, un-
happily, is not even doubtful. She will
not. But in case such phenomenon
should occur, the following suggestions
of the Annudl are worthy of her considcra-
ton: "The one thing that is most OBJ
jcctionablc is the formation of an arti-
licial waist. To simply order the removal
Of stays will be found altogether in
sufficient for stays arc undoubtedly pro-
lection against the tight ligaturc of skirts
which accompanies their use. The only
satisfactory way is to abolish both. Every
article of clothing, whether of upper or
under garments, is to be made in COM
b:nation, or without division at the waist
The weight of each garment is then borne
mainly by the shoulders and bust, and no
construction of the waist is necessary"
1t is useless to appeal to the wearcrs of
ladies' clothing, the case must be carried
to the makers. Will Worth do anything?
If he will not, will those educated and
titled ladies who are said to have devoted
their talents to the art of dressing their
sisters come to the rescue? There is
splendid field for enterprise and original
ity of mind.-7Hc Hospital
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
Buried Treasure Uncorthed

The people at Friar's Point, Miss, ar,
much excited over the discovery of n hid
den treasure, and crowds were recent,
out digging, as if the town was golt
mine. One morning when the steame
Belle Memphis arrived Mt the town, tn
passengers saw n fisherman and his tw,
little sons "grubbing" in the loose loan
hundred yards below the wharf boat
Soon afterward the boys rushed ND t
their father Mt the landing, and Shove,
him several dingy pieces of metal tina
they had found. The fisherman saw tina
they were twcnty-dollar gold pieces, an,
ran to the place and began digging. TIL
passengers on the boat followed, and tn
spot was soon alive with eager miners
Pocket knives, parasols, and fingers wer
the tools used, and they yielded rich re
turn. Tie fisherman got about 5000. /
lady passenger secured $500, and Other
got smaller sums, the whole amount ap
gregating several thousand dollars, all i
twenty-dolar gold pieces bearing date c
1859 and 1860.
The money was buried early during til
war by somebody unknown. Sever,
years ago wealthy planter spent abor
$4,000 on excavations on DIontezuma Ba,
some distance above Friar's Point, to fin
q treasure that was supposed to be burie
there. He failed in his attempt. b,
managed to furnish another channel fl
! the rive. OF that poipt.--New York Time
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
wooLEN GARMENTS IN su,,Mrn.

1t is not easy to make people under
stand the reasonablencss of properly made
WOODEN undergarmcnts for summer wear.
1t is not easy to make them believe that
such garments arc cooler than even those
Of linen or cotton. 1t is difficult to
make any considerable number of people
believe that wooden garments, no matter
how skilfully and carefully made, can be
worn next the skin without positive dis
comfort in the shape of irritation, excess
sivc heat and numerous other tcrrors
which Cypress those who are welded to
linen or cotton underwear. Our work
ingmcn, athletes, tennis players, yachts
men, bicyclcrs and others whose summer
pursuits require the coolest clothing,
wear flannel, not cotton or linen, and
they wear flannel because experience has
taught them that it is not only cooler
than any other material, but also, and
this is pcrhaps the most important point,
the wearer is much less likely to take
cold after excessive exercise and when
the garments are damp with .pcrspiration.
-Ncio York HcluM.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
Birds Nest Som.

During the recently ended social season
when the retiring leaders were vieing
with each other in giving gorgeous Gu
tertainments and setting elaborate tables,
the chef of the Stanford mansion tickIcd
the palatcs of the guests on dinner &C.
casion and set their tongues to wagging
about delicious soup most daintily
served. Every one present was slipping
it and discussing its excellence, uncon
scious of what they were eating, until
some one curiously inclined vcnturcd to
inquire what it was. 1t was real Chinese
BIRDS nest soup, culinary concoction
which, if made and served as they are
wont to make and serve it in the ilowery
Kingdom, attests the fine discrimination
OF the Oriental gastronomc- this line
oil dclicacics at least. As Senator Stan
ford employs Chinese cook, the service
was doubtless original. The soup is made
from the real nest Of the birds. These
birds are bats or swifts, much like the
American swallow, and congrcgatc in
large numbers in caves mostly along the
coasts of China and British North Bor-
nco. The nests are made from little fish
and scawccd taken from the ocean in the
spring of the year, and soft fungoid
growth that incrusts the limestone in
damp places, about an inch thick, dark
outside and perfectly white inside. This
latter the birds take in their mouths and
draw out i'll filamcnt backward and for
ward like caterpillar weaving its CO.
coon. The nests are gathered entirely by
candle light at n height of several hun
drcd feet, and though these caves have
been worked several hundred years, there
seems to be no apparent dimnution of
the supply. The authentic recipe, as given
by the Chinese cooks, is MS follows: Take
SIX birds nests and soak over night in
cold water. In the morning wash clean
in fresh water and then steam for six
hours. After steaming, pick out all
feathers, retaining the juice for the soup.
The stock of the soup is then made from
either chicken or veal. In this put Il few
pigeon eggs, and the seasoning is then n
matter of judgment with the cook
Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
The Kissing Habit.

A writer in Good housekeeping vigor-
ously condemns the kissing habit, and
calls for its abandonment in this wise
"rhe kissing habit has been carried to
its greatest extreme among English-speak-
ing people, and the people of other blood
are often amazed and amused by the
universality and cheapness OF the kiss
among the English nations. It is not
necessarily an argument in its favor,
however, that it is thus found to be an
accompaniment of the highest civiliza-
ton, for it may be promptly retorted that
vice and crime also increase with civiliza-
ton, and that even civilized and refined
peoples often keep alive barbarous prac
ticcs inherited from savage ancestry.
The kiss, in its pSoper functions, has a
fine significance, and may be mad. the
vehicle of the purest emotions, the honest
expression of legitimate feeling, greet
ing full of genuine, voluntary sympathy
and love. The kissing habit is IN abuse
and misuse. 1t has brought the kiss
into disgrace and made it vulgar, CHEAP
and hypocritical. Be it the province
of this generation of refinement and
education to rescue it from its degraded
estate and res tore it to its natural elevated
and elevating place and use in the social
economy"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
A Cocoanut Gives Clue to a Murder

During the trial of Gilbert Lowe Mt
Birmingham, Ala, for murder, the testi-
mony OF Ben Elzcy disclosed the fact
that the superstition of five murderers
was largely Instrumental in the identified
ton of their victim and their arrest
One night last January, Ben Elzey, Law
renee Johnson, Joe Halachi Gilbert
Lowe and Henry Joe, all colored, found
j. W. Meadows, white man, drunk on
the streets; learned he had about $500
in money in his pocket, and they took
him out on Red Mountain and robbed
and murdered him. Meadows had CO.
coanut in his hand when murdered
One of the negroes picked it up and was
going to cat it, so Elzcy testified, but the
others told him if he ate the fruit the
ghost of the dead man would haunt him.
This frightened him, and he left the CO.
coanut laying by the body. 1t was six
weeks before the body was found, and
then it was little more than skeleton.
and could not be identified. The shell
of the cocoanut was still laying by the
body. A fruit dealer, hearing of this,
remembered selling a cocoanut to a
drunken white man who went away from
his place in company with five colored
men. This was the first and one of tho
most important links in the cham of evil;
dence which led to the Identification of
the body and the arrest of the murderers.
atlanta Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
Starving tho Teeth.

If we do not furnish to the teeth OF
The young that pabulum they require they
cannot possibly be built up. 1t is the
outside of corn, oats, wheat, barley and
the like, or the bran, so-called, that VIC
sift away and feed to the swine, that the
teeth actually require for their proper
nourishment. The wisdom of man ha.
proven his folly, shown in every succeed
ing generation of teeth, which become
more fragile and weak. These flourino
mills are working destruction upon the
teeth OF every man, woman and child
who partakes of their fine bolted flour
they silt out the carbonatcs and the
phosphates of lime in order that they
may provide that fine white flour, which
is proving whitencd scpulcher to the
teeth.
Oatmeal is one of the best foods for
supplying the teeth with nourishment.
1t makes the dentine, cementum and
enamel strong, flint-like and able to re-
sist all forms of decay. If you have
children never allow any white bread
upon your table. Bread made of whole
wheat ground not bolted, so that the
bran which contains the minute quantities
of lime is present, is best. To make 6
good, wholesome, nourishing bread, take
two bowls of wheat meal and one bowl
OF white or boltcd flour and make by tn,
usual process. Nothing is superior te
brown bread for bone and tooth building
This is made out of rye meal and corr
meal. Baked beans, too, have con
siderable supply of these lime salts anc
should be on your table, hot or cold three
times week. In brushing the teeth al
ways brush up and down from the gun
instead of across. Brush away from the
gum and on the grinding surface of tn,
teeth.-Neo York Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
THE HERO OF the coNEMAuaH.

= d - . IT, aN .
z Above the valley OF the Conemaugh
Black boiling clouds frowned down;
The spirit of the tempest s!irieked
Its voiceless warning to fated town.
y Flee, flee for your ivesr ~ 1t CRIED
Escape the surge of the relentless tidem
Yet no one heeded-no one understood:
No warning reached those oft-warned cars.
Fathers but laughed and mothers fond
But smiled, and soothed their children,s
fears,
While still the tempest sobbcd and cried:
"Flee, flee for your livesl Ridel riden
Far up the valley one man understood;
An unknown hero heard tho awful cry,
And Ikea whirlwind rode he down
To warn them of deaths horror nigh.
'Flee, flee for your livesr he cried;
Escape the surge of the relentless tide.n
Hes mad" they thought. Few needed whit
he said;
Some laughed and scoffed, handful fed,
But nearly all remained behind
Within that Valley of the Dead.
Still on he rodo and madly cried:
"Flee, flee for your livcsl Ride, Ridew
On, on he rode and raced with death.
Till, beaten in that unequal strife.
Tho torrent caught him, and his CORPSE
Swepton with those of men for whom In
gave his life;
And over all the tempest vainly sighed,
'Flee, flee for your lives! Ridcl Rideln
-Nev York Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
WORDS OF WISDOM.

The love of money is the root of all
evil. n.
The man diligent i'll his business shall
hold four kings. 81
1t is better to have permanent income
than to be fascinating.
If it is not right, do not do it; if it is
not true, do not say it.
Flattery is sort of bad money to which
our vanity gives currency.
To have what we want is riches, but to
be able to do without is power.
He that winkcth with his eye should
take heed lest he become slowed.
Short is the little which remains to
thee of life. Live as on mountain.
If there is to be any fibre in our char
actcr, there mist be Spartan discipline
to make it.
Good manners, rs we call them, are
neither more or less than good behavior,
consisting of courtesy and kindness.
Wealth governs in the interest of the
rich; intelligence takes advantage of the
ignorant; righteousness does justice to all.
Choose the course which you adopt
with deliberation; but when you have
adopted it, then persevere in it with firm
ness.
He who does good deed is constantly
ennoblcd; he who does a mean act is by
the action itself contracted and scf-dc-
graded.
The man who sits down and waits to
be appreciated will ind himself among
uncalcd for baggage after the limited ex-
press train has gone by.
High minds are rs little affected by I'M
worthy returns for services as the sun is
by those fogs which tic earth throws up
between herself and his light.
We understand what we ought to do,
but when we deliberate we play booty
against ourselves; our consciences affect
us one way, our corruptions hurry us an
other.