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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

They have politics i'll Japan now, I'M
der the constitution, and one OF the par
ties is called the ,]iiito.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

There arc eighteen persons in England
with rent rolls of over $500, 600 per an
nIln
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

The platform of the Indiana Prohibi-
tionists contains an antitrust plank.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

The State of Pueblo, Mexico, offers
$4,000 for the first sillk-wcaying csiab
lishment put up in the State.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

THOMAS A. EDIsoN's 16year-old daughter
speaks four languages.
QUEEN VICTORIA is much worried about the
Prince of Wales and is very low-spirited.
THE Sultan of Turkey has sent to London
tailor an order for two suits of clothes. If the
tailor is wise he will send them c. o. D.
Mr. FIELD, the new postmaster at Philadel-
phia, began his intimacy with Mr.. Wanamaker
long ago, when the latter was Secretary of the
Y. NJ. =. A.
clusion since his recent visit to England, that
'of all the nations on the earth the English
alone are fitted for liberty"
MRS. MARY c. LEAvITT. of Boston, who is
on a temperance advocating tour around the
world, has lately been the guest of John
Bright's sister, Mrs. Lucas, in London. Mrs
Leavitt has travelled 10000 miles since she set
out in 1884.
THE Siamese representative in the Inter-
national Maritime Conference is fine English
scholar, thoroughly understanding and cor
rectly speaking our language. He is annoyed
by the bad English spoken by some of his col
leagues, and openly corrects them when they
make grammatical mistakes.
PAUL DU CHAILLU, the writer and traveller,
is 50 years of age He is under the average
height, round-shouldered and not at all hand
some. His face is strong and his forehead
commanding. He has French blood in his
veins. which is shown by his vivacity of man.
ner. He has an inexhaustible fund of anec-
dotes, and his conversational powers are great.
He has done vast amount Of work, but is in
fine health. His long journeys in African
jungles do not seem to have injured his consti-
tuition at all.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
a YILLAlNOuS LOOKING KNlFE
That eau sed Good Deal Of Laughter at a
Berlin state Dinner.

oGEAlu StaLc DIuHCEe
Berlin Letter to New York Tribune
An amusing incident took place at Berlin the
other day on the occasion of the banquet given
by the officers of the KAISER Alexander Won
Husband" Regiment to the Gar and to EN-
peror William. During the dinner the two
monarchs, who sat side by side, were served
and waited upon by Captain Won Hoyer and
the lieutenants of the color company. AS
soon as dessert had been put upon the table
the three officers in question resumed their
seats. cigars were lighted and a less con-
strained and ceremonious tone began to reign
among those present. When about to light a
fresh cigar, Emperor William suddenly turned
round and asked stalwart grenadier who was
stationed Just behind the imperial chair to
hand him knife for the purpose of cutting OH
the cigar end.
Utterly taken aback by the request, the
worthy soldier looked upon him helplessly for
knife There was none to be obtained from
anywhere nearer than the other end of the
room. The Emperor, thinking that the man
had not heard his request, repeated II IN louaer
and slightly sharper tones. Realizing that his
Majesty was becoming impatient and that there
was no time to be lost, the grenadlSr, Win
look of desperation on his face, dived into his
trouser pocket and ished out gigantic and
somewhat rusty clasp-knife of the pig-stlcking
class, and smelling strongly as # 1t had been
recently used to cut up ''wurst." This, after
opening, he handed to the Emperor.
The latter on having such an instrument sud-
denly and Unexpectedly thrust under his i'm
perial nose, started back in alarm. gazed and
shifted at it for a moment, and then grasping
the whole situation, burst into roar of laugh
ter in which he was joined by the Car and
everybody else present, the unfortunate soldier
meanwhile remaining at attention without
muscle of his face moving, but with lock OF
despair IN his eyes. This, however, dlsaD-
peared when, after cutting off the cigar end
with the jack-knife In question, the Emperor
handed it back to him with a couple of %
mark gold pieces and the good-humored re-
mark, Here. my friend, you should keep this
knife in future as a souvenir of the present oc-
casion.n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
THAT EXTRAORDINARY CHARTER.
Territory Covered by VicEOria's Generous
Grant 10 Her Noble Lords.

Territory covered Dy tlcLOflaS OenerOu9
Grant 10 Her Noble Lords.
From the New York Herald.i
The territory that lies north of the South
African Republic, beyond the Limpopo river
and northwest of the Portuguese possessions on
the east coast, is the country of the Matabeles
a powerful and intelligent tribe, who are sup
posed to be kindred race to the Zulus. The
mineral deposits of the country have long been
known to be of great value. There are numer-
Gus old workings in the country that can be
traced back to the Portuguese in the sixteenth
century. So great has been the dread of the
invasion of the white men that Dobengulo the
King. has persistentIy refused for wears to
grant them any permission TO mine, and it has
been decreed that the punishment of death
should be inflicted ON any native bartering
gold with white men. Gold Is SO plentiful that
nuggets are picked out of the streams.
The mining enterprise that has recently
drawn an investment of &20, 10000 of capital to
the South African Republic has attracted de-
termined speculative spirit toward Matabele-
land, ana the natives have been agitated into
believing that Germans, Portuguese and Beers
respectively contemplated the seizure of their
territory. Through this intriguing the King
Lobengulo was induced to send two of his head
men to England under the guidance of specn-
lator. They were feasted and received many
presents.
England established protectorate over Ma
tabeleland, and as the outcome of this a char
ter is now granted to a private company, of
whom the Duke of Fife is one granting them
monopoly of trade and absolute rule in the
territory of an independent sovereign-eYen
though he is black AS matter of right or
justice, Victoria has no more power to do this
than the German Emperor would have to
grant any company of Americans a charter of
privileges to be exercised in Great Britain.
From the news have just had from the Trans
vaal l learn that the new act has evoked a
great ferment among the Matabeles and it is
likely there will be bloodshed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
CAENTBALTsM is MURnFR

Our esteemed contemporary. the Philadel-
phia Press, has asked its readers to send in
their opinions of the moral principle in
volved in the cannibalism among the sur
vivors of the shipwrecked Earnmoor, and a
number of them have complied. Among
the correspondents are a doctor and a
clergyman, both of Philadelphia. The doc
tor believes that it would not be healthful
for anyone to eat the body of man or other
animal reduced in vitality. This has not
much to 90 with the morality of cannibal-
ism or common sense either for that
matter, for the doctor forgets how much
more unhealthful it would be for a man to
die of starvation. The clergymsn's opinion
is equally valuable He says that an ap-
peal to the Almighty would be all sufficient
in such a case, and that if the Divine answer
indicated the sacrifice of one of the party for
the sustenance of the survivors cannibalism
would not be sinful. This clerical gentle
mans morality is, to say the least, peculiar.
He would invite the Deity to preside over
murder, though he does not explain how
the victim is to be chosen. Under the cir
cumstances we fear the answer to the
prayer would point to the other man.
Our cotemporary should amend its CO.
nundrum and present it in this condensed
form: Is man justified under any circum-
stances in numbering his innocent fellow to
preserve his own life?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
TO AUSTRALIA In A LIFEBOAT.
Two Men starr From London, Hoping to
Arrive at Cape Town in December.

Two Men starr From London, Hoping to
Arrive at Cape Town in December.
Captain Jorgensen. whose arrival at Madeira
in his new patent lifeboat Storm King was re-
ported in London on the I'd of October, has
sent to his friends in London an account of his
outward voyage. The boat, as the Pail Mall
Gazette describes it, is intended for use on
board passenger vessels, and is built in three
water-tight compartments. 1t is 30 feet long, 8
feet 6 inches in beam, and feet inches deep,
and to prove her seagoing capacities Captain
Jorgensen and his mate, Mr.. Nelson, are now
sailing her from London 70 Melbourne. On
September Il they left the West India docks.
On the afternoon of the 23d, in latitude 43o 26
north, longitude zoo west, the wind commenced
to freshen from the westward, with rain and
falling barometer, and at P. NJ. they hove to.
The boat lay splendidly to the wind, with the
rudder fast amidships and the main sheet
hauled aft.
Next day, Just to test the boats good quail
ties. they decided to see how she would run be-
fore the wind. They set the four-reefed MAIN
sail and wore round about IL A. M 1t was then
blowing a gale from north-northwest, with
heavy squalls and sea running mountains high,
but down between the seas they had hardly
any wind, the sails actually Tapping. The
Storm King took each big wave splendidly, and
when she came up in the breakers she went
like an arrow. They steered her with their
faces to the stern, so as to enable them to take
each sea stern on. and only shipped three
heavy seas. which. however, did the boat no
harm. They ran before the storm. which lasted
until the 26th, during the day time and hove to
at night. From the 26th until their arrival at
Madeira they experienced fine weather, with
light northeasterly winds and now and then a
heavy swell from the westward. Captain Jor-
gensen hopes to reach Cape Town about the
end of December.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
NOT THAT KIND OF REPORT.

'The Government Directors of the Union
Pacific Railroad have officially reported
that the road ought to pay up its indebted
ness to the Government. But it will not. 4"
remarks the Boston Globe. But this is
where the esteemed GloJe &c n error. The
Government Directors have not reported
that the road ought to pay the debt, but
that the Government ought to pay it, and
give the road prolonged extension at re-
duced interest. Whether this is the best
that can be done or not, is question for
future discussion. But it is worth while to
recoliect that Government Directors do not,
in this corporate era, take the position that
the corporations should pay uD their debts
at maturity just as any vulgar private
debtor has to. That is not the apparent
business of Government Directors.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG. MONDAY. NOV. 4 IS88.
THE oFFICE-SEEKER's WRATH.

The bolt which Mr.. Baker, of Indiana,
hurls at President Harrison is very thun-
derous in its first appearance; but upon ex-
animation it proves to have remarkably
familiar appearance. Mr.. Baker wants a
consulate and has not got it. Consequently
Mr.. Baker is in a wrathful mood.
Yet there are grave features connected
with Mr.. Bakers wrath, He is the original
Harrison man. The multitudinousness of
the original Harrison man is so well known
that if all of him are going to get mad at the
inability OF the consulates to 60 round, and
denounce the President as traitor, the ad-
ministration is in danger of discovering
itself to be in minority at the next cleo
tIon.
On the other hand there is the compensa-
tion of the knowledge that the wrath of the
ofice-seekers who repudiate the Republican
platform, and "want no Chinese civil SER
vice" is one of the most encouraging testi-
mOnials to the sincerity of this administra-
tration that can be obtained.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
REALITY VS.. RUNOR.

The investigation of the new West Vir-
ginia oil field, reported in another column,
cuts down the wild reports which have been
made concerning that field to the sober pro-
portions of reality. Instead of the 5OO-or
1,OOO-barrel well that rumor reported, well
with good showing for % barrels daily of
good oil has been discovered. Whether
further developments will show that the
new field is large or small, and whether
the wells will be lasting or die out quickly,
are matters of conjecture which each can
settle for himself. That there is new field
there, and that it produces good oil, are i'm
portant facts bearing upon the oil produc-
ton of the future; but that the new field is
going to be market smasher it has yet to
proVe
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
LIeRT ON TRUST woRK1Nes

The developments at the meeting of the
Cottonseed Oil Trust last week ought to be
a shock to those who have preached the
doctrine that the trusts are the perfection
of business organization. It was authorita-
lively stated by one of the Board of Di-
rectors, and no less a man than Mr.. Thomas
of lofty fame in corporate circles, as an ex-
PLANTATION why the promises with regard to
the earnings had not been fulfilled, that he
with other directors had failed to give the
close attention to the business that they
should; that the staples handled by the
combination had been bought at high prices
and sold at loss; that the mills had turned
out oil of poor quality; that the capital had
been watered about 100 per cent; and that the
best remedy for the unsatisfactory returns
was to pay more attention to the business in
future and to scale down the capital so per
cent
What mincemeat this makes of all'the
claims of the trust advocates! 1t shows that
all the talk about the advantage of great
capital, the securing of the best manage
ment and the highest organization is the
merest bosh. 1t proves, on the contrary,
that the inevitable result of such overgrown
combinationsis is to insure neglectful manage
ment careless conduct and poor results. 1t
proves also, what every intelligent observer
knew before, that the purpose of the trust
combinations is not only to escape the
penalty of these business vices which
eliminates them under competition, but
also to make the public bear by nigh
prices the cost OF capital upon arbitrarily
closed plants and excessive profits on
watered stock.
This would have been secured, had the
original purpose of the Cotton Oil Trust been
successful. 1t was intended to secure mo-
nopoly of the cotton seed oil business, like
that of the Standard on the petroleum bust
ness, by the same lever of exclusive privi-
leges secured through special advantages in
railroad transportation. During its first
year it enjoyed such favors; but the inter-
State commerce law cut them short, and the
result is that, after full trial of the trust
scheme without its attendant monopoly, it
finds its profits cut down and is forced to
adopt corporate form of organization with
the water squeezed out of its capitalize a
moderate degree.
One or two facts of this sort are worth all |
the tones of theory which the trust advo-
Gates have ground out to becloud the issue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
WHERE SHOOTING IS TIE FASHION.
A KeniuekY Native Who Considered the
schOoImasfeF Big Gnme.
rror, tho xrraeht,, v4or pat

KentuckY Native Who Considered the
schooImasteF Big Gnme.
From the Washington PostI
A kind friend tells rs that q recent para
graph in this column relating to the Harlan
county feud in Kentucky recalled to his mind .
story which is now so old as to be new again.
A stranger had gone into one Of the Southern
States to have a little sport with his gun, but
after hunting nearly all day was well nigh dis
gusted at having found nothing to shoot. He
was about to give up when he chanced to meet
native with whom he fell into conversation.
81 thought this was q great country for
gamer said the stranger.
"Waal so it war bit ago Their war right
smart O. game roun' hyar afo' the boys got TO
gunnin' fur it, but 1 reckon it's mostly killed
of now"
II should say it had been. Why, I've been
tramping through these woods since early this
morning, and haven't seen blessed thing to
shoot at"
The native, whose heart was full of that
beautiful hospitality for which the South was
so famous in ante-bellum times, stopped and
stood in deep meditation for some seconds
"Dogged eff don't hate to see you go way
disappointed, stranger, but
An idea struck him-a good idea. His face
lighted up.
What time is it, strangerT' he asked.
Quarter past four"
''Waal, now" said the native with spirit,
"you go over and stand behind the big tree at
the fork Of the road Just beyond the knoll.
School III be ont in Just Is minutes. an you'll
get right good shot at the Yankee school
MASTER"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
PARAGRAPHIC PLEASANTLY.

RICHMOND Recorder: The weather is as un-
certain as the age of girl over 80.
BALTIMORE american: 1t is . sailors
experience that seas generally wash in dirty
weather.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger: The Pan-Ameri-
can question-Car the delegates stand the
racket?
NEW ORLEANS Pfcdyune: Hush-money,
when used is more apt than any other money to
make noise.
BINGHAMToN Republican: Daniel was not
a seafaring man, but he was familiar with the
roaring name.
ATCHIsoN Globe: The easiest way for good
wife to get along pleasantly is to practice what
her husband breaches.
BOSTON Transcript: It is the opinion Of the
American Board that the churches should
plank down more money.
BURLINGTON Free Press: Some mems affairs
don't get Strengthened out until about the same
time they do themselves.
BosToN Gasette: Two hearts that beat as one
AN eloping pair who leave the conhding
woman's husband without cent
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
A HORSE THAT PLAYS BALL.
An Equine Catcher who Displays Great
Skill In the Game.

An Equine Catcher who Displays Great
Skill In the Game.
From the New York Times.i
One of the handsomest of the horses which
drag Uncle Sans mail wagons about is a big
fellow named Tom. Tom would be an orna-
ment in any walk OF trot. Of horse life. Tom is
happiest when waiting at the postofice for the
load to be put into his wagon. His great
superiority over his fellows is then more notice
able than at other times. The moment he has
finished his lunch of oats he begins to ask. in
way not easily to be mistaken, for someone to
come and play with him. II no one responds, he
taps the tires of the front wheels with nervous
raps of his hind feet. This usually brings some
of the drivers to the front They all know that
Tom wants to play ball. Catching is his favor
ite pastime when of duty There is not
baseball crank in the country who likes to
watch a game more than Tom likes to play as
catcher.
A horse catching ball plays at a disadvantage.
A dogs mouth was evidently made to enable
him to catch anything thrown to him. horses
wasn't. 1t is apparently painful effort for q
horse to open his mouth more than two or three
inches. Tom has practiced until he can get his
jaws twice as far apart as an ordinary horse
does. The pitcher stands ten or twelve-feet
away not in front, but on one side OF Catcher
Tom. Tom lays his head over sideways, opens
his mouth to its widest extent, and when ready
so some OF the drivers sSa9y1winks S9y l1 :, one eye
with any degree of accuracy he Will get it
every time. When he ''muffs" it he is very
angry with the pitcher.
1t took Tom some months to acquire this
trick He is not particular what he catches.
If it is an apple, or even banana peel, he stops
the game long enough to eat il. If it is small
ball, a wad of paper, or an orange peel. he
holds it until the pitcher comes up, being
unable with all his genius to gain profciencyin
throwing. The larger the audience the more
Tom seems to enjoy playing ball
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
A NOISE IN THE HEAVENS.
How the Aurora BOrealis Made It's Presence
Known.

Known.
From the Washington Post.I
John E. McGrath in charge of one of the
surveying expeditions to locate the boundary
line between Alaska and British Columbia has
written to the Superintendent of the Coast
Survey, giving an account of his operations
since his arrival in Alaska The letter is dated
80 miles above Charley's Village, August IS
The party had reached that point after some
little annoyances and delays. They had OBJ
served several brilliant displays of the aurora
borealis, one of which was Interesting because
of its being attended by noise. an unusual
phenomenon. The letter relates the circum-
stance as follows:
One night while John Luis was on watch at Fort
Yukon, he heard noise behind MIN which made
him think a flock of geese was coming along.
Turning to the North to see them he beheld what
looked like a rainbow flying up toward the zenith.
Then ii divided into two parts. one going toward
the East and one toward the West The phenome-
non was not high and seemed to be about y feet
wide. He was badly frightened by it at first. As
John had never seen an aurura, knew nothing OF
the dispute as to whether any noise accompanied
1t or not his positive testimony that the noise Ii
made first drew his attention to 1t VIII be OF value.
The ne 1t morning my gnet acted erraticaly Mr..
Wallace the En- gIish Minister at Rampant House.
told Turner and myself that there was no doubt of
noises accompany ying the aurora They are very
fine up at his Station and he has heard the sounds
hfrnao
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-04
HOW WAFFLES MADE A MAN.
A Boy TlckIes n Railroad OmciuIs Palate
and Makes His Mark.

Boy TIckIes a Railroad OmciuIs Palate
and Makes His Mark.
From the Philadelphia Press.l
The tall, handsome man who, as dispatcher :,
conducts the business of the freight depart
ment of the North Pennsylvania Railroad.
at Third and Berks street, is Common
Councilman William Geary, who is one of
the leading railroad men in that section of
the city. He has been with the company, in
one capacity or another, for nearly 30 years, or
since he was boy. He is a self-made man,
having received but three months schooling in
the sense of obtaining educational training, at
public school while boy, though later on he
fitted himself for admission to private educa-
tional institution, and made rapid strides in his
studies.
But 1t was not his book learning that brought
him into railroading and freight dispatcher.
1t was his ability as baker of waffies that at
tracted the attention of the official who was
instrumental in getting him on the road"
When boy he somehow learned the art and
mystery of making waffles. At that time he
was engaged in doing the chores for family at
Fort Washington. President Frank l. Comfy,
of the North Pennsylvania Railroad. lived near
by, One of Mr.. Comly's weaknesses was an
appetite for Waft1es. One day he took dinner
where William was working, and his host
knowing the railroad mans fondpess for the
very thing which his hired boy was most COM
petent at making. instructed Geary to bake
some wafties and told him to do them first
class"
AlVer OlnneE ME. OOully SOuRuL Inc DOy anu
made proposition to him, which was not only
hattering to his pride, but was indicative of
large pecuniary results in the immediate future.
Geary was overjoyed at his unexpected good
luck, and promptly accepted the offer, with the
reserved condition, however, that he remain
with his present employer until the time for
which his services were engaged had expired.
During the first few years of his services on the
railroad Geary was given good many days of,
which time he would spend at FIT. Washington
at the residence OF MIR. Comfy, when he would
be given frequent opportunities to keep his
hand in on Raffies.