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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
How Stephen Girard Made a Man Rich

Seeing story about old Stephen Cir
ard the other day reminded inc of an in.
cldent that shows one of his peculiari
tics. Girard had drayman who was ,
| decidedly poor man. One day the draw.
man, who was an industrious. bright fel.
low, with good many mouths to fill nj
home, was heard to remark that he wished
he was rich.
whats that2" sharply said Girard,
who heard the grumbie.
"Oh," said the man, 81 was only wish.
ing was rich"
"Well, why don't you get rich?" said
the millionaire harshly.
81 don't know how without money. p
returned the drayman.
"You don't need money" said Cir.
ard.
"Wcll, if you will tell me how to gel
rich without money won't let the grass
grow before trying it, returned tho
other
''rlierc is going TO be ship load ol
coniiscatcd tea sold at auction tomorrow
at the wharf; go down there and buy il il
and then come to me-"
The man laughed. 81 have no none,
to buy ship load of tea with, he said
"You don't need any money, tel
you, snapped the old man. $50 down
and bid on the whole cargo and thcr
come to me-"
The next day the draymau went down
to the sale. ~ large crowd of retailer:
were present, and the auctionccr said that
those bidding would have the privilege
OF taking one case or the whole shin
load, and that the bidding would he on
the pound. He then began the sale. 4
retail grocer started the bidding and the
drlyman raised him. On seeing this the
crowd gazed with no small amount OF
surprise. When the case was Knocked
down to the drayman the aUctioncer said
lie supposed the buyer only desired the
one case.
"I'll take the whole ship load, = coolly
returned the successful bidder.
The auctionccr was astonishcd, but on
some one whispering to him that it was
Girard's man who was the speaker his
manner changed and he said he supposed
it was all right. The news soon spread
that Girartl was buying tea in large guam.
titles, aud the next day the price rose scv.
cral cents.
600 and sell Your tea said Girard TO
the drayman the next day.
The drayman was shrewd. aud he went
out and made contracts with several
brokers 10 take the stock at a shade be
low the market price, thereby making Il
quick sale. In Il few hours lie was worth
$50. 900. Gl0je- Democrat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Men md Things In Liberia.

Henry w. Grimes, ex-Attorney-G Cen
eral, of Liberia, Africa, arrived in New
York city recently, from TINT young
republic. lie is n bright young colored
man, West Indian by birth, and is full
of information about his adopted country,
to which he is warmly attached. But
while enthusiastic about its future Mr..
Grimes does not hesitate to point ont de-
fects in the Libcrian Government when
lie finds them. "'rhc country is advanc-
ing steadily he remarked, i'll discussing
lis affairs, but the people are ahead of
the Government. Our Government, rs
you are perhaps aware, i, modelled after
that OF the United States, only We elect a
President every two years instead of four.
This is too often. The Government is
iianipcred also from the lack OF good,
able men rs public officials The salaries
are small, and men of ability prefer to
engage i'll other pursuits that are more
lucrative But all this will be rcncdicd
in time, OF course.
"fhc country is improving rnpidly in
agriculture. Over ! 900, Geo pounds of
coffee was exported from our county,
Moniscrr;de. last year. Our exports of
SiHSc', iloNIcot, ctc., are increasing
rapidly. We need better means OF trans
po,tation, though, very much. The
roads are poor and there are no railroads
whatever. Nearly all transportation is
by water, and this is slow, toilsome and
expensive. There is Il fine field for Amer
lean enterprise. Concessions for railroads
could be obtained, and legitimate invest
ments would find good returns. There
arc no revolutions to he feared. Tho
people arc peaccablc and law-abiding."
In answer to question about the pro-
gress of Christianity, Mr.. Grimes replied:
lit is not gaining ground as rapidly as
should like to see it. The NIahomctan
missionary is more successful. lie comes
into village with perhaps nothing but II
mat. On this he sits and instructs people
that there is one God and Mahomct is lis
prophet.
"Thc climate is hcalthful, the tcmpcra-
tnrc ranging between seventy and eighty
degrees, seldom over ninety degrees
Nc,o York Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
The Drulnmer's Ruse.

a short time ago a drummer from
abroad called at Bangor livery stable
and wanted double team for a ten days
trip into the country, and the stable man
refused TO lei him have one on the ground
that he was a stranger. There was much
discussion over the matter, and finally the
drummer said:
"What is your team worthl"
"Four hundred and fifty dollars" was
the reply.
eff pay you that sum for il, will you
buy it back again when rcturn?" asked
the customer, and upon receiving an
affirmative reply, he promptly put up tho
cash. Ten days later he returned, and
driving into the stable, nc alightcd and
entered the office, saying. 'Nyell, here is
your team, and now | want my money
back"
The sum was passed to him and lie
turned and was leaving the place when
the livcryman called out, 'T.ook here,
aren't you going 20 settle for that team?"
''For what tcam?" asked the drummer,
in surprised tone.
''For the one you just brought bnck.n
"Well, now" drawled the drummer,
"you aren't fool enough to think that
would pay anybody for the use OF my own
property, are you2" and he shook the
dust of the place from his eet.--Bangor
(lfe.) Commercial.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Man is book without an index.

Man is book without an index.
Women. carry the powder and men the
matches.
One need not live high to bc above
suspicion.
a friend is a man who hunts you when
you are lost.
Never covct that which cannot possibly
be obtained.
Where much is sought for little is often
to he found.
Hoping for the best will make the worst
none the easier to bear
A wise man embraces IN opportunity;
The fool hugs Il dclusion.
The happier ones thoughts the pleas
antcr will he his rcvcric
Every man who disikcs to drink water
has not been bitten by IL mad dog.
Perseverance, to receive rich reward,
must have an object worthy of it,
Those who follow will always be fiat
tered by the other end of the string.
Ten people say that a thing ought TO
be done where one will propose TO do it.
One may ruin himself by frankness,
but one surely dislonors himself by du.
pticity.
A woman whose ruling passion is not
vanity, is superior to any man of equal
capacity.
The man who has reached condition
OF perfection must suffer for room to de-
velop in.
1t is great misfortune not to have
enough wit TO speak well, or not enough
Judgment to keep silent.
Good qualities arc the substantial
riches Of the mind, but it is good breed.
ing that sets them of to advantage.
or MI the gifts that nature can give us
the faculty of remaining silent or of an
swcrlng apropos is pcrhahps the most use
ful.
Receive no satisfaction for prcmcdi-
lated impcrtinencc. Forget it, forgive it,
but keep him inexorably at distance
who offered it,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Tricks Of Lightning Sketch Artists.

In the illustration of his lectures by
the drawing OF rapid caricatureS on the
stage, Thomas Mast, the cartoonist, is
said to resort to one of those helpful
tricks which every artist who attempts
this sort Of "lightning" sketch business
before audiences finds it necessary to
make use of. No man, however practi-
cal and expert, can be sufficiently sure of
his nerve and skill under such circum-
stances TO rely wholly upon them,
and thus he is compelled to resort to
some little harmless deception. The i'm
portant lines in cartoons so executed Mr..
Mast has pricked out beforehand with
pin holes Invisible to the spectators, and
by these his chalk is guided Others
lightly sketch their outlines with solu-
ton Of gum-ar4bic, which is made visi-
bic to the artist by the reflection of the
glare of tic footlights. The most COM
mon way, however, is to do the
tracing with mixture of soarsnds
and Canada balsam, with Il drop
or two Of some fixed oil. This
leaves an invisible but sticky line When
the artist goes 10 work before the audi
cnce lac holds in his hand a rag on which
crayOndust has been rubbed This dust
catches on the outline, and really makes
the mark that is apparently produced by
the stick Of crayon held i'll the fngers.-
picUyNHe
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Bismarck and His Young Master.

Although his age and iniirmitics render
it difficult. the Great Chancellor Prince
Bismarck remains standing whenever he
is received in audience by the Young
Emperor for the transaction of any State
buSincss. On the occasion Of the first
Interview after his accession to the throne,
KAISER Wilhelm, mindful of the fact that
he was indebted for his acquaintance with
;tatccrait to the greatest living master
thereof, and that he had been brought.
mp, one might almost say, at the vcrv'
feet of Bismarck, urged the old Prince 10
be seated while reading his report. The
Chancellor, however, absolutely refused
to comply with the monarch's request in
The matter. pardon lie, sire" he re-
marked. SAT the present moment am
not alone i'll the presence of my Young
King, who honors me with his friendship
ana confidence, but l am also in the
presence of the representative of the
principle OF Royalty, i'll transacting State
Affairs with whom no Prussian Minister
ran 90 otherwise than remain standing. y
The Emperor remained silent for a mo-
ment, and then graspcd both the Chan
cellor's hands, cXclaiming rs he did so !:
"You are quite right. Thus it has ALWAYS
been, and thus it shall remain" 1t is.
however, due to the Kaiser to add that
he invariably arises from his chair, and
remains standing whenever the old Prince
is discussing affairs of State with MIN. -
Nc,o lork IriJuHe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
The Strangers Opportuuitv.

The late Judge Walker, of Aurora,
Ind, was, it is said, the Disqualification
of pomposity. lie was proud of himself,
of his family, and Of all his possessions.
Illustrative OF this trait of character a
story is told of the old Judge.
Shortly before his death he bailt n
splendid mansion on the high hill back oil
Aurora. Judge Walker was Unfortunately
proud of this house, which could be seen
for miles up and down the river. One
day he was returning home by steamer
from Cincinnati Judge Walker nc
sooner caught sight of his residence than
his whole attention was fixed upon it.
lie wondered if every one else appreciated
the beauty and striking location of the
house. Finally he walled up to stranger
and said: 81 beg pardon, but-ah-al,
can you tell me who is the owner OF
that-ah-pala!ial and beautiful mansion
on the hillg'
eyes, sir" replied the stranger,
promptly. "'rhat old barn belongs te
Judge Walker, the biggest fool in indi.
ANA, although he thinks himself Il sage. :
The Judges curiosity was entirely sat.
islied. The stranger knew him Ciacin,
nnti TimhS- Sta.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Trains Engineers Dislike to RIM.

said IN old railway engineer the other
lay:
"Therc are three kinds of trains that
| do not want 70 have anything to do
with. One is the pay train. You never
know when you will ovcrtallc the section
hands. You will be going at the rate of
forty miles an hour, away you 90 around
curve. and you will dash by the boss
and hands and have TO back back to
them. There is always good deal OF
talk over the wages, and much time is
taken UP. The next unpleasant train to
handle is an excursion train. Every one
living along the line Of road knows you
from seeing you come by every day, and
they think you know them as well. When
on a excursion they presume upon their
friendship to endcavor to ride on the
engine. No other place will do them.
The engineer has to refuse them, rs it
would amount 10 docking his wages from
thirty to sixty days if they complied, as
it is positively against the rules of the
road. The persons denied the privilege
always feel hard about it, and look upon
the engineer us accommodating The
last and worst of all, however, is the
officers train. If you run slow they say
you are scared and fear to run fast. IL
you make good time they say you are
careless and reckless, and want to kill
somebody. You can't suit them. -
-itlanta Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Alaska Not IA Farming Country.

Alaska is no farming country and never
will be to any appreciate extent. The
climate is too moist to encourage any
prospect Of that kind. The country.
both on the islands and Oil the mainland,
is too rough TO be ever reduced to Il CON
dltion agriculture. Certain root crops,
such MS potatoes, turnips, and bccts. to-
sether with cabbagcs, can be raised with
fair success. Almost anywhere in the
neighborhood OF the native villages a few
acres can be reclaimed from the rough
and rugged surroundings for gardening
purposes. All the Russian and Creole
residents oil Southeastern Alaska cultivate
gardens, i'll which they raise all the pota-
toes, cabbagcs, and vegetables that need
only mcagrc amount of sunshine, and
while about ten acres of land, reclaimed
during Russian occupation. lie idle, no
effort has been made by the mission au-
thoritics to establish any kind of garden
ing for the use of the institution and for
the instruction of the pupils.-Ne,o yor%
Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

Says Popular Science Mens: Gan
absurd paragraph has been going the
rounds of the papers, stating that a
mild winter always indicates an unusual
number of thunder storms in the sue
ceeding summer. Thunder-storns, more
than any other meteorological phenomena,
are dependent upon local and temporary
conditions, and the unusually warm
weather Of last winter will have no moro
effect upon the summers electrical dis
1t.urbances than it will upon the next
Presidential election" -.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
A Trust in Fishing Vantage Ground

A New Yorker who was stopping for
day or two ut small town on the shore
of Lake Huron saw many fish caught.
and naturally became enthusiastic to
make few choice hauls himself. Going
down to the only wharf, he asked about
lines and bait, and Il twelvc-ycar-o ld boy
replied:
Il furnish everything and charge
twenty-five cents per hour"
'But isn't that high?"
"No, sir"
~ think il is downright robbery. and
I'll try some other place"
"Ail right" responded the boy.
"rherc's this wharf, that old wreck, and
that slab pile, and they arc the only
places to fish from. We've formed a
trust and made the price, and if you
want to fish you've got TO come 10 it,
Nc,o YorI; !Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Pennsylvania Lumberman's Story.

y wonderful story of the recent flood
is related by a Pennsylvania lumbcrman.
The other day gang of men were at
work on Burrows Island removing the
logs and boards AS they cleared away
the debris they came upon pile OF logs
in the shape OF Il cone at least /. dozen
feet high. The logs were in such q SYM
mctrical shape that it looked as though
they were put together by human hands.
The cone was hollow, and rs the men pro-
ceeded with their work Of demolition
they detected Il smell which suggested
that there was dead animal close at
hand. Log after log was removed, when
to their amazcmcnt they bchcld mastifl
dog. The animal waggcd his tail and
whincd when he saw the men, and seemed
gladdened ut the prospect of being libcr-
atcd from his prison. In another por-
ton of the cone-shapcd cell was the car
cass of COW. BY some freak of the
rushing waters the dog and COW were
caught in this pen on June 9, the COW
being crushed in the j;.nb of logs. The
canine was slick and fat when liberated
and looked none the worse for his two
months imprisonment lie has become
greatly attached to the men on the
island, and occasionally makes Il meal on
the dead COW. Where the animal cn,ne
from is no5 known and there will be na
special effort made to ascertain its former
owner.-Noi0 York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

Captain Wissmann, the German OK,
plorer, has employed horses in West
Africa with the utmost success, and
claimsto be the first explorer who ha:
tried the experiment. He thinks that q
force OF mounted infantry would be in;
valuable for expeditions against the M,
tives, as the soldiers could thus see oycr
the high African grass, which often con,
ceals an enemy, and would also reach
their destination with much less fatigue
than those on foot.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
The Worlds ShipbuiIdinr.

At no period in the history OF ship
building has such rapid progress been
recorded as is now being made. Every
large liner which is launched has i'm
provements on its predecessor, which all
go toward increasing speed, safety and
general comfort. The amount OF ma
chinery in large steamship is very
great and new applications Of steam APP
paratus are continually being found.
Refrigerating, disiilling, electric light
and improved blowers are among the
latest additions. During the last year
there were built 7G5 vessels, having a
tonnage OF 927, 900. OF these Great
Britain built 4S4, having tonnage of
~, 900 tons, or 81 per cent. of the total
number. Germany comes next with rs
vessels of $4,000 tons. The last named
were almost entirely of wood.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

The Baltimore San states that Georgia
IS fast becoming great fruit growing
State. 1t is already recognized the
banner melon State, and the enormou.
crops of peaches and pears now being
shipped will place the State in the front
ranks with these fruits. Diversified
crops are making the land more pro.
ductive, and lands are now becoming
profitable that formerly did not pay the
taxes.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
A Four-Year-Old Girl Barber.

MIR. Wick, of Chelsea, England, is the
father of a very rare infant, OF which he
and Chelsea can both be proud. The in
fants name is Nelly. She is four years
old, and Oh Wednesday, backed by her
father, she shaved five men inside of
thirty minutes for silver medal. No
medal was given 10 the men, who seem,
however, TO have deserved something.
This prccocious young lady did the Job
very neatly, with ten minutes to spare.
taking only Il little more than two min.
utes to man. The men were picked out
very stubby.-Ntio York SIM.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
4 Fascinating Butterfly.

The Fcncssica Tarquinius has the
honor of being the only carnivorous-or
rather Observation-Disclosures in the
world and the only useful one to the az
ricnlturists. The larval life of this iiv
has been known but few years. II is :,
duli-colorcd little American, and as IT
lowered near hawthorne and blacl: al
ders, the foliage of those plants was he
lieved to be its food. But in 1856, Miss
Emily l.. Morton, OF Windsor, n. Y.
succeeded in establishing beyond dispute
that the caterpillar OF this butterfly sub
sisted on the plant lice of the alder
Neo YORK.; Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
The recundity oftl,e SPARROW.

The fccundity of the sparrow is sim
ply amazing. 1t is not unusual for a
single pair in the latitude of New York
or further south to rear twenty or thirty
young in the course Of n year. Assuming
the annual product of pair to be TWEEN
ty-four young, twelve males and twelve
females, and that all lirc, the progeny of
q single pair, would reach in ten years
the amazing total of 275,716, 9S3, Cos.
Reducing tic annual number of young
per pair to twelve, and assuming that all
live five years, the total increase OF a
single pair in that time would be 80, Gil
birds. or course, the actual increase OF
the sparrow is only n fraction Of these
figures, but it rears from four to six
broods year, with four to cieh. birds &c
Il brood.-Ntio YorL; Times
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

Inc state Department at Washington
is in receipt OF a report from United
States Consul Hollis at Cape Town.
Africa, suggesting that citizens of the
United States contemplating visit to
the diamond diggings in that vicinity be
warned of the danger of buying diamonds
from others than licensed dealers. The
fllicit traffic in diamonds (thc stcalcrs
being diggers and others who have SHE
iceeded in smuggling stones in the rough
from the mines) grew to such dimensions
that, in order to break it up, law was
passed furnishing the buyer of a stolen
stone with seven years Imprisonment in
S'Brcakwatcr convict station" in company
with the vilest and lowest of criminals of
vll races.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

There is strong movement for CO..
operative purchasing among the farmers
of southwestern Indiana. EVERYTHING
needed by farmer is now purchased by
them under contract made by their
organization, "Thc Alliance" at a
stipulated profit for storekccpers of about
ten per cent One of the consequences
OF the new system has been, announces
the New York Tribune, that many of
the storcleepcrs of Indiana have been
compelled to abandon their business or
remove to places where competition is
still free
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

1t must he by far the grandcst, most
attractive and most important industrial
Exposition the world has ever seen. So
says the .lmcricon Economist in reference
TO the New York Exposition of 1899.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

= The value OF France, estimated by NJ.
dc Faville, Il recognized authority, has
deprecated since 1875 about fifteen per
cent. of the entire national wealth. This,
in property held at home and abroad. is
estimated at 200 milliards of francs. or
$40, 900, 900, 900. Such Il depreciation
is tremendous.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

Finance Minister Dublan says the finan.
cial outlook in Mexico was never better
than now. Business is increasing, and
the customs receipts on imports from the
United States are greater than ever.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

The New York SIN suggests that the
true cure for the fisheries and seal hunt.
ing troubles is for Canada TO settle the
whole business once for all by joining the
great American Union.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

A Washington correspondent of The
Utica OjScrcor says that "'thcrc probably
never were so many women seeking Office
as there are this year."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

The author of "ITomc, Sweet Home"
died without 4 home, and now the
author of the Homestead law, George w.
Allen, OF Ohio, has no homestead Of his
own, and is about to die i'll abject pow
6rtv
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

All the States and Territories of the
Union have an organized militia. OF
these, $3.50 arc cavalry, 5054 artillery,
and 80, 1873 are infantry.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

or the 800, GOO qualified voters in the
city of New York $4,000 pay taxes on
property and eco, 900 pay rents to those
who own the property.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

Suicide among German officers in
creases shocIingly. During May twenty
three shot themselves, and the number
for June was larger still.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

There are 1 900, 600 Canadians in the
United States, who have emigrated here
TO remain.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
The collapse of Boulangerism seems to
be complete.

Mining interests are taking front rank
among the industries of Cuba.