Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-02

Inc thiru scheme is one Tor bringing
out bona iida Australian mines in this
country. 1t will take over Miss Corn
wells existing mines and will havo rami-
iications i'll all tho Australian colonies.
This company is to have capital of
81, 900, 600 in SIS shares, but it is Intended
to call up only fifty cents per share.
1t will be seen that Miss Cornwell's
schemes arc ambitious, but to Judge from
the high character she bears, they will be
honest. 1t will then remain to be seen
whether they will be put forward in such
a practical shape as to be acceptable to
the British investing public.
A FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA.
The Russians generally marry quite
young in the upper classes, and amongst
country people even nj mn earlier age;
and to the honor of this society be it
said, love marriages aro the rule, and
marriages for money are very rare en-
captions. Dowry- hunting and marriages
OF interest have not yet made their APP
pearancc in Russian manners. Girls of
high social position readily marry young
officers of the Guard, who furnish the
largest contingent of dancers to the balls
OF Petersburg. During the carnival fetes
the two armies, the army in pctticoats
and the army that wear cpaulcts, learn to
know each other thoroughly, Friend
ships spring up, the young man pays
court, and ono day, without having con
suited anybody, two tanccs come TO ask
OF tho parents IL blessing, which is never
refused. The church does not marry
during Lent, so they have to wait until
Easter week. Fashion demands for the
celebration of the ceremony the chapel
of some private house, il the couple have
not sufficiently lofty relations to secure
the chapel of the palace. A family that
respects itself ought to have Mt its we'd
ding an honorary father and honorary
mother, if not the Emperor and the En-
press, ut least n Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess. The honorary father gives tho
holy image, which some little child re-
lated to the families carries in front of
the iianccs. They enter the church,
followed by all their friends in
gala uniform. The ceremony begins {;
it is very long, and complicated
with many symbolic rites; small
tablc-a sort of movable affairs placed
in the middle of the oratory the couple
are separated from it by II band of rose.
colorcd satin; when the priest calls, they
must advance, and the first who sets foot
on the band, whether husband or wife,
will he the one who will impose his or
her will in the household. This is an
article of faith for all the mntrons, who
watch them ut thnt moment. On the table
is placed the liturgical formulary, the
candles which they must hold, the cross
which they kiss, the rings which they will
exchange, the cups of wine in which they
will moisten their lips, and which is
called in the Slavonic ritual 'thc cup of
bitterness" Pages relieve each other to
carry with outstretchcd arms two hcnvy
crowns, which must be held above the
heads OF the frances while the ceremony
continues. Al the decisive moment when
the priest is announcing the words that
bind them together, The. couple wall; three
times around the altar, followed by the
crown bearers; until the third turn is
completed there is time to turn back {;
alter that the die is cast, the couple are
united for life. Thcrc,pon the singers
strike up in their most strident voices the
joyous hymn: "Lct Isaiah rejoice" The
bride and groom then go and PROSTATE
themselves before the Virgin of the Icon :
ostase, and kiss her iiligrec robe, after
which they pass into the neighboring
salon, where they gayly clink glasses Of
champagne, while the invited guests re-
ccivc boxes of swcctmcats marked with
the monogram of the young couple
Hayper's Magazine.