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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
The Fast Mail.

The train, rs it leaves New York, is
made up of five cars which are followed
by express and baggage cars and one
passenger coach. The car next to tho
engine is devoted entirely to latter mail,
and the four following it TO papers and
packageo. The letter car is nifty feet in
length, while those for the newspaper
NAL are ten feet longer. The platforms
are enclosed by swinging doors VIII ch
when opened afford a protected passage
between the cars. This arrangement no
doubt suggested the modern improve
ment now known as the vcstibulc train.
The letter car is provided with n Email
catcher" which is placed att small door
through which mail pouches are snatchcd
from conveniently placed posts Mt way.
side stations where stop, are not made.
Each car is divided into three sections.
oil fitted up alike with conveniences for
the service to be performed The let.
ter car, however, is somewhat differently
arranged from the others, TO meet the
requirements of that particular branch
of the work.
There have been received in this car
before it moves out of the Grand Central
Station between 1000 and 1900 packages
oil letters aud in addition forty or fifty
sacks OF akota and Montana papers.
10 handle this mass of correspondence
there are six men In addition 10 the chief
clerk, or uperintcndent. This o T. cial is
not assigned to any particular duty, but
he superviscs the general " ork and lends
aid where it is most required. The sec.
ond clerk handles letters for Ohio,
Dakota, and Montana; the third clerk
takes charge of those for New York
StQta. thn fnnrfh IL,
opens all pouches labelled, ''New York
and Chicago Railway Postollicen dis.
tributes their contents, and afterward
works on Dakota and Montana papers;
the sixth, Michigan State letters, and
the seventh, California letter mail. The
salaries OF these men entrusted with SC
much responsibility and of whom so
much is expected range from $500 per
nnnum for the superintendent. -lS:riJ-
ner's Magazinc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
The Pecan Tree.

Pecan trees grown from nuts taken
from trees growing in the vicinity of
other pecan trees or OF pignuts, will be
more or less mixed with the latter. But
if they are from nuts from isolated trees,
most of them will closely follow the
parent in characteristic s. The pecan is
what the botanists term mon cious.
Every tree produces both the male and
female flowers separately, and the pollen
OF tree will either fertilize its own
pistillate flowers, or, still better, those
OF other trees. At blooming time the
pollen flies long distances in the air and
may feriilihc the pistillate flowers after
being waited for hundreds of yards or
rods. Generally the experience of those
who have planted fine pecans collected
in the woods, is that among the seed
lings there will be one tree in 100 or 500
that will produce nuts rs fine as those of
the parent tree. If the nuts planted
were extra fine | would let the tree bear,
and then top graft all the inferior ones
with the finest; but If the young trees
are only one or two years old, and wood
of very fine kinds can be obtained, /
would graft the seedlings. For the
greenish-white worm that destroys the
buds, although have no definite knowl.
edge of it, would, on general principles,
try spraying the trees with the kerosene
emulsion or paris green mixture. This
would certainly destroy the tent cater
pillars which do great deal of injury
to the pecan. Nep Yorker.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Tie Renutifnl Tarnon

The home of the tarpon is in the Gulf
OF Mexico and in the Western Atlantic.
He occasionally appears as far north ms
the Jersey coast, and is met with around
the West Indies, but is most frequently
caught in the bays and harbors of the
Florida coast. In his prime the tarron
is six.footer. He weighs from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty pounds.
He is remarkable for his great beauty,
When first landed his scales shine az
though plated with silver. He has long
bony rejection at the dorsal fin, which
is often seen scooting along the top of
the water while the fish is out of sight
beneath. The Iarpon is known in Georgia
as The "Jew-flsh, and in Texas as the
"Savanilla." In other places it is called
"silvcr fish" and "silver klng.n Tho
French speaking people OF the gulf coast
call it the grand ccaille," owing to the
size of the scales.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
A pickpocket Purchases Immunity

A detective connected with the Cen
trail Office Squad told me few days ago
how some members of the fraternity
work outside New York. s.While in
Philadelphia, said he" CT saw we'll
known crook get off the train, and had
scarcely done SO than he was approached
by one of the leading members of the
force. well | see that you are OIL to
me, remarked the crook.
"'Ycs, dead on replied the detec-
tive.
'Well, what's the matter with you
not seeing me-" SAID the member of the
light handed gentry; with that he toolp
two $50 gold pieces out of his pocket
and placing them against the eyes of the
detective remarked that it was impossi-
BILE for him to see what was going on.
ooh, but my mouth is OPEN" replied
the detective, land 1t is not impossible
for me to talk"
The crook took the hint and placed
another $50 gold piece in the hand of
the detective and then went to operate
among the crowd at the station. He
made quite big haul and left the CITY
that night before another assessment wis
levied on him.-Broosl; Citizen.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

show than OF use, and even a wooden
neck-rest would have been preferable.
The Greeks and Romans, despite their
love of the severely classical, were vcrv
fond OF cushions, and used them as pii-
lows, specimen of such an arrange
ment being shown in tho cut. The
framework of their couches was wrought
out of costly wood or metal. Some.
times the lower part of the couch was
draped with silk embroidered with gold
thread, representing figure scenes, such
rs hunting parties or banquets. The
soft pillows of these couches were stuffed
with wool and covered with rich purple
or variegated fabrics imported from
Babylon.
Stiff and ungainly though much of the
medieval furniture was, the "knights Of
old" and their ladies' were very particu-
lar about the comfort of their beds.
Norman beds had ornamental testers,
and were furnished with quilts, spotted
or striped linen sheets and covering of
badger, beaver or marten skins, and pill
lows stuffed with wool and generally
covered with silk.
The bed, indeed, during the Middle
Ages was the principal piece of furni-
ture OF the sleepingroom. 1t was orig
nally simple in its forms, although the
antique tradition of the bronze bedstead
seems to have survived in Mcrovingian
and Carlovingian times. Subsequently
the bed was made altogether of wood.
which, after tho twelfth century, was
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

"Fhe time of taking our repose has
now come" he writes, 'and we were
conducted into another large room, in
the middle of which was n kind of he'd
without pedsteau or curtains. Thouob
the coverlet and pillow exceeded in
magniicence the richness of the sofa.
which likewise ornamerted the room
l foresaw that l could expect but little
rest ON this bed, and had the curiosity
to examine its make in more particu.
lar manner. Fifteen mattresses of
quilted cotton, about three inches thick.
placed one upon another, formed the
groundwork, and were covered by a
sheet of linen sewed on to the last
mattress. A coverlet of green satin.
adorned with gold embroidered in EN-
bossed work, was in like manner fast.
ened to the sheets, the ends of which
turned in were sewed down alternately.
Two large pillows of crimson satin.
covered with the like embroidery. in which
there was no want of gold or spanples.
rested on the cushions of the sofa
brought near to serve as n back, and in.
tended to support Our heads. The tax
ing OF the pillows entirely away would
have been good resource if we had n
bolster; and the expedient of turning the
other side upward having only served to
show that they were embroidered in the
same manner on the bottom. We at last
determined to lay our handkerchief
over them, which, however, did not pre-.
vent our being very sensible of the EN-.
possed ornaments underneath
tAs mas evidently more the luxury Of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Three Matrimonial POPS.

There are three varieties of popping
the question now in vogue-the pop hest.
tate. the pop deliberate and the pop pre-.
cipitate. New York lnclines to the
hesitating pop. Philadelphia has long
favored the deliberate pop, so much so
that courtship has been known to extend
almost from the cradle to the grave be
fore the preacher got job. Years are
sometimes consumed in studying out
each others pedigree. But in the wild.
hoyden West it is very different. There
the pop precipitate reigns, and it is nc
uncommon thing for q woman to get ar
offer on sight. The other day IN St
Louis Boston widow found husband
in an hour. The Arkansas man who
popped meant business, and gave her d
minute to decide. Westward the hope
Of spinsters takes its way. Philadelphia
Iimss
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Which of our great men is it that sav,

Which of our great men is it that says
nothing is ever lost or can be lost2 The
saying finds notable exemplifcation in
the big mills of George Siblcy, ct Salem,
Mass, where new cotton rags and rem
nants are cut up into all manner of stay
ing, lining, binding, tips and SO on, for
use OF other artisans. Bluffs, that is,
long cylinders of round pieces strung
together and used for polishing brass,
gold or silver goods, are also turned out
by the firm. go,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
EGYPTIAN HEAp-REsr.

portion that first grows heavy and un-
stable. Not only is this because tho
muscles of the neck relax in common
with all the other muscles of the body,
but the head is relatively the heaviest
part of the body, and at the same timo
the least supported. 1t rests upon the
neck. column often disproportionatcly
small, and at the first symptom of weak
ness in that quarter the head topples
and falls. Again, when one lies
down, whether on the side or tho
back, the head is found to be out of
alignment. When lying on the side the
arm may be thrown up to rectiiy this, but
this at best is an uncomfortable position
and the pillowlcss sleeper will soon roll
over on his back or his face. When "
ing on his back the head sinks and an
arch is formed, with the shoulders and
occiput as the supporting piers and the
nape Of the neck as the keystone. There
1T is that the first sign of unrcfreshed
WEAKNESS appears, and there it is that
the support is primarily needed. Put
something underneath the arch to keep
oil the strain and rest will be the result.
So it was that the first observant chill
drcn of men saw the necessity of sun
porting the arch and thrust in log of
wood to fill it up. The dcsired result
was effected and, rs was said just now.
those who have not tried this simple pil.
low can form no idea of how restful an
arrangement it is.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Novel Prospectus Of the Sunset Club.

Modelled after the Twilight Club of
New } ork and the Six O'Clock Club of
Washington, the new Sunset Club of
(hicago. says the Ne,cs Of that city has
just been organized.
1--WE have had somewhat too much
of the gospel OF work. it is time to
preach the gospel Of relaxation" said
Herbert Spencer, and his remarks in this
line when in New York in 1889 led to
the fofmat:on in that city of the Twi
light Club. This club gre ~ and pros.
pered. and its II cmbers are now to be
found all over the world. According tc
the prospectus, the OBJ; ect of the club il
to loster rational good fellowship and
tolerant discussion among business and
professional men of all classes. The
candidate for membership need only be
genial and tolerant fellow" approved
by the executive committee. The OBJ
sect o the club, rs stated above, is to be
attained by n o'clock dinner every
other Thursday, to be followed by dis.
cussion of some topic previously an
nounced. The expenses will be almost
nominal and will lie covered by an an.
nual assessment of $. for stationery
and 81 for each dinner at which the
member is present. The intention is to
nave inc members represent all classes OF
business and variety Of opiEions on all
topics. Being informed in advance OF
the topics for discussion, they may at
tend The meetings or not. as they choose.
The declaration of principles'' of the
new club is rs follows:
NO club house. no constitution,
No debts, no contribution.
No accounts no defalca.ions
40 by lnws 10 stipulations
No profanity, no fines,
No stealing, no combines
No president, no bores,
No steward, no encoras
No long speeches. no dress coats,
No lat, hours, no perfumed notes
No parliamentary rules, no personalities,
No dudes, no ner. formalities
No preaching. no dictation.
No dues. no litigation.
No gamblers no dead beats
No emboHz'ers from foreign retreats.
No meanness, no vituperaiion,
Simply tolerant di cuSson
And rational recreation"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10


n&S Chinese and Japanese all use n
section a. lamboo for pillow In fact
The wooden pillow, or ncck-rest rather,
IS common Throughout all the Oriental
nations Of arrested civilization. The
fashion of their use goes back Ii long way
and the Egg ptians used wooden head
rest OF the shape shown in an accom-
panying cut. These were especially
adapted to the preservation of tho clab.
crate coiffures so much in fashion among
the women during the nineteenth and
twentieth dynasties: These head rests
were not only used by those who slept
upon the mats or skins of wild animals
laid upon the floor, but were also used
on the straight touches which did duty
RS beds.
The Jews, however, never used the
head-rest, unless it was during the time
Immediately following their Egyptian
captivity. AT first thick cotton quilts
were used for bed, one above and the
other beneath, while the third was folded
flat and used for n pillow These in
turn gave place to the roomy divan,
about which were number of cushions
stuffed with goats hair, and were un-
doubtedly used for pillows. The bed
which we read about SO often in the
Bible as having been carried about by
the owner was evidently nothing more
than mattress. The Oriental bed
gradually developed into u thing of
more magniticence than comfort, as
may readily be understood on reading
Baron dc Tott:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

~" f.f.
like Enclosure with which Gothic taste
had surrounded it. The feet were treated
artistically; the sides. and especially the
inside of the raised headboard were
richly carved and four parts at the cor
ner., either shaped like cary tides or like
fiuted and twisted columns supported
the framework of the canopy, which was
of silk or velvet. The heavy curtains
which closed its four sides were trimmed
either with frinGas or lace. Coyrrlete
were spread over the whole bed made eff
the costliest Venetian lace, and the pill
low cases were embroidered in silk aud
gold.
Since that time the silken pillow has
grown out of fashion or is Mt best but an
aiiectation. Apropos of aifectation, how
ever, the recent revival of the silken
sheet makes it perfectly possible and in
deed probable that silken pillow cases
may once more be the proper thing on
the bed of the rich. But the cover of
the pillow is after all but matter of
minor Importance. The size and stuffing
OF the article are the prime considera-
tions.-SaR Francisco Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

An incident occurred at Queen Vic
toria's last drawing-room which has ex-
cited great deal of comment. AS w.
Fl. White, Secretary of the American
Legation, approached her Majesty por-
ton of her head-dress, including the
diminutive crown she wore, fell to the
floor. For full minute no one seemed
to know what to do. The ornament was
finally replaced, but the superstitious
ones seemed to regard it as bad omen.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

1t is Suggested that as "Pa." is some
times used US ain Authorization of Penn.
sylvania, 'Ma." might be used as an alb
breviation for Montana. A good abbrc-
yiation for the State of Westinghouse
1t retains that name-will be hard to find (;
for the obvious "Wash." is too sugges.
tive OF laundry to be considered for a
moment. This fact alone, declares the
New York Tribune, ought to rule out
that name for the new State.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

carved or turned. painted or inlad with
ivory and colorcd woods The pillows
were embroidered, and n rich coverlet,
sometimes made Of costly fur, was laid
upon 1T.
The description of the sleeping apart
ments of the wife of retail dealer in
cloth, taken from book called "Ie
Tresor DIES Danes" by Christian de
Pisar, will give an idea of the extreme
luxury which was INDUCED in by
French tradesmcn as well rs noble.
men in the fourteenth century. The
two rooms preceding the bcdchambor
each contained n richly curtained bed,
aud the second great sideboard COW
cred like an altar, upon which stood u
great deal OF silver plate. The spacious
and beautiful chamber of the mistress of
the house was hung with tapestry richly
worked with her device in gold. The hang
ings OF the large and beautiful bed were
very rich, and the carpets about il were
worked in gold thread. The sheets.
which were Of Rheims linen of the ut
most iincness, were valued at $3.50.
Over these lay Il covering of woven gold,
covered with linen sheet as soft rs silk,
woven i'll one piece, and SO large that it
covered the whole bed ard fell TO the
ground on all sides. 1t was a novelty
valued Mt $l00. The lady lying in the
bed was dressed in crimson silk and her
pillows were of the same material en-
broidered with pearls
The bed and its belongings continued
to hold their Importance during the
Renaissance, and they were always re-
gardcd as work of art and an orna-
ment tothc dwelling. The bed retained
it's canopy, bat was freed from the chest
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
PILLOWS.
ANCIENT AND MODERN AIDS TO
RECUMBENT COMFORT.
a Block OF Wood Has Evolved
Into the Present Luxurious
Headrest-B Bamboo Pillows
Early English BoIstcrs.

There is little doubt that the first nil
low used was block of wood, either
followed out to fit the neck or plain
section of stump of tree. The latter
Is still used by savages, and no one who
has not tried it can imagine how restful
such an arrangement is. The prime OBJ
ject of the pillow was not to afford
soft place for the head to lie on, but
something that would keep tho head in
a proper position when the body was in
reclining posture, aud to brace the
neck. If the reader will observe the
tired man he will remark that the first
portion of his body that gives way is the
head. When sleep comes on this is the
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Judge Blodgett's late decision that

Judge Blodgett's late decision that an
employer is not responsible for the negli-
gence or incompetency of an employe,
unless the person injured by such negli-
gence or incompetence gives written
notice of suit inside of thirty days from
date of injury will, if sustained, pre-
diets the New York Commercial Adrer.
tissr, work mighty upsetting of the
old common law doctrine, that he who
does thing by the agency of another
person does it by himself.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

During the last week one of the col.
lectors for firm in Columbus, Ca, was
made the victim of very daring and
curious counterfeit bill. A payment of
Ego was m ne to the collector in paper
money. A dny or two later, upon a
close inspection, it was found to be n SIS
bill. The VS. on the back were al.
most completely rubbed out. The face
of the bill was marked $50 in the usual
corners. These marks had been cut out
OF some old Confederate bill and gum.
med on SO neatly and cleverly to the
50 bill as almost to be beyond detection.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
The total tobacco consumption of in

The total tobacco consumption of Eu-
rope, according to the Uhlands WocAen.
sehrJt, is about 24 pounds by each in.
habitant. In the Netherlands the pro.
portion is little over seven pounds to
each inhabitant, in Austria Hungary,
3.s pounds; in Germany, 8 pounds; il
France, 81 pounds; in Great Britain
and Ireland, 1874 pounds; in Italy, 1.2;
pounds, and in Russia, LIZ pounds. II
the United States the proportion is sale
to be Al pounds per inhabitant.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Tile COAL SUPPLY.
TWILL BE EXHAUSTED IN LESS
THAN TWO CENTURIES.
Dire Fate OF the Human Race
when all Coal is Consumed
Remarkable Combinations
Fuel From the Sun.

Now and then some man OF science
bolder than his fellows faces the ques
ton: "How long will the coal supply
last" The late Professor eyons under.
took to answer it for England twenty
ioui years ago, and made himself ex-
tremcly unpopular for time. Accord
ing to his computation, the supply would
be exhausted in ITO years. Sir William
Armstrong had previously calculated
that all the coal within 1000 feet of the
surface would be exhausted in zig years
from 1861. Professor Marshall, of York
shire College, cyamined the question in
1878, and confirmed in substance the
conclusions of Professor Jcyons, but
added some facts 10 show that very
slight difficulty in the procuring OF coal,
causing an enhancement of price, would
revolutionize British industry and cause
dire distress to her teeming population.
And now Mr.. Price VIII ANS has pre-
sentod a paper to the Royal Statistical
Society in which he estimates the dura-
ton OF the principal English coal fields
at the present and prospective rate of
consumption, thus:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

In the Blockley almshouse at Phila-
delphia may be seen on sunny days,
warming himself in sheltered corner, a
decrepit, miserable old man, who once
lived on the Isle of Jersey, in the Eng
lish channel. There many time Mrs.
Langtry, the "Jersey Lily" sat upon his
knee and Victor Hugo fingered by his
side in close and brilliant chat. Lord
Tcnnyson has shaken his hands and the
richest neighbor has deferentially re-
moved his hat So the world goes :.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Honey Circulation Mooted Problem

Aparians differ in their opinions in re-
gard to the cause of granulation in
honey. Some think it caused by low
temperature; others cay that it is kind
of ripening process which honey under
goes with age. Candied honey may be
readily liquefied by heating it in water
bath-that Is, by placing the vessel con-
tanning the honey in vessel of hot
water, allowing it to remain until the
granulation disappears. The honey
should then be strained and placed in
glass jars, and set in dark, moderately
warm room until wanted for use. -Mse
York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Tile Doctor.

Powders and pill, powders and pills,
Here cometh The man who cureth your ills.
He looketh ut you with eyes askance
And readeth your age at a single glance:
Your physical, mental. and moral condi-
ton;
Your social. financial, and religious posi-
He is warranted either to GU re or to kill:
His visits are Short but long is his bill.
He gathereth 10 your scrip and your tin.
And leaveth you feeling withnl pretty thin.
Powders and pills, powders and pills,
Here cometh the man who cureth your illst
--..---.-....-. -New York Voiaa. !.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10

In Germany Bookkeeping is taught in
many of the public schools and the Gov
eminent also provides instructors in the
art, who go from town to town as their
services are needed.