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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
Girls Who Paint for pittapcc.

a comparatively new industry has
sprung into existence in New York city
within the last few years II is the manu-
facturc and decoration of all kind, of
bric-a-brac and novelties" and includes
such things rs slippcr-holdcrs, handkcr-
chlci cases, photograph eases, spcctaccs
cases, porticres, sofa cushions, crayat
holders, table covers, lambrcuuins. fans.
shaw'S, iamp-slales, shavin" paper hold.
crs, screens and many other tribes. The
materials used in the construction of these
works OF art, some of which cost several
hundred dolars--and the simplest bit of
eel Asoid painted from 81 To Sis silk.
plush, satin, ccllulpid, tin, pmstcboard,
Iapanncu and watcr-color paints, en-
broiiering silk, leather and ivory.
There are several large establishments
IN the city where these articles are made
and sold ut Wholesale. LIN one in -Four
tccnth street, aboul forty girls are en-
pl"ycd, whose wages range from So To 50
per week. The girls who cmbroidcr re-
ceivc - per week, while those who paint
receive S3, 81 SO and - per week, nc
cording To their skill. On the screens
tablc-covcrs, cushions, etc, the ,lcsirn is
stamped and the work is comparatiycly
simple, but on The majority OF things the
artist prints her own design fret. hand.
1t Is the latter class who make the most
money, and the work is generally on ccllu-
lold and ivory, with iapanncd paints.
The difference between prices paid the
artist and the prices ut which the novel.
ties are sold is startling For painting
and lettering cclluloid spcctacles eases. for
instance, the artist receives sixty cents nor
dozen, while the retail price is 80
apiece. The girls who do this work
mostly live at home and are willing TO
do it mt any price for the sake of extra
pocket money. Many OF them, however.
support themselves, and in some cases
others, by their brush, and the CONNECT
ton OF the amateurs seriously affect, :hcir
livelihood, and night work with piece
work is necessary to make both ends meet.
The busy season in the art decorative trade
is from September TO April 1, the lat
ter part of the season being devoted TO
Easter offerings. None OF the iris he
long Ia any labor organiza ion and the
majority have no idea of agitatinc for bet.
ter pay. The hours Of work are from s
a. NJ. to . 80 l.. M.-Nt,o York TyHvpe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
Scenes in Siam.
Il woman.

"An American finds Bangkok, the cap
ital of Siam, full of the strangest CON
trasts and oldest sights" said Mr..
Perkins, a returned traveller from that
country. she sees the river banks lined
for miles with floating houses, the homes
of many thousands and the scenes OF
busy trade. On one corner is the sp!en-
did palace of Il nobleman, and on the
next the novels of the very poor Here
are groups of Buddhist priests i'll yellow
garb, shielding their faces with fans nj
the sight Of women, and near them are
gangs of the toughest of conyicts clank-
ing their chains as they toll in the streets
Here are lepers horribly repusvc, unre-
strained, and clamorous for aims, and
soon, perhaps, the King passes with u
brilliant retinue, sitting on his state
chair of solid gold. Fine ladies have
teeth rs black as polished ebony. When
member of the royal house dies the Gre
nation ceremonies cost fortune, and
while thousands are witnessing the i'm
posing display vultures are tearing dead
bodies to pieces IN the heart of Bangkok,
and the poor are burning their dead, a
couple of armfuls of wood serving as the
funeral pyre. "-NeN YORK Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
Female Kleptomnniacs.

l was talking recently, said writer
in the Chicago Times, with the manager
OF large store, where they sell every
thing from a clothespin to an overcoat
"Thcre is hardly day." he said, .that
we do not arrest three or four women for
stealing. We have force of detectives
distributed through the house and it
keeps them busy watching all the crooked
characters who come in here. Most of
the women that we arrest we let 30 with
warning. But occasionally professional
shop-iifter comes along and We feel in
duty bound to prosecute such offenders.
The other day lady wearing silks and
sealskins was seen to take some articles
from counter and conceal them
under her cloak. She was taken
upstairs to the office and the
goods found in her possession. She
cried bitterly and begged to be set free.
saying that an irresistible impulse had
caused her to act as she did. She is the
wife of prominent Board of Trade man.
We let her go and told her not to come
near the store again. Almost every thief
we arrest is woman. On an average wc
have twenty-five of them week"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
now TO ENTERTAIN WELL.

a hostess, says Mrs. John Sherwood
in Ladies' Home ,jowywal, should think
twice before she invites people to her
house. She should be 50 generous us TO
let her friends alone, unless she wishes to
treat them we'll. Then, having made up
her mind to invite them she must re-
member that, from that moment she is
their slave. II she has nothing TO offer
them but u cup of tea, she must make it
a "bcakcr full of the warm south" by her
manner In the smallest house, the
humblest surroundings, the hostess is
queen, and she must be gracious. If she
is not, she is IA snob, vulsarian and II
poor creature, no matter if her husband is
IL millionaire, n president, or a great
scholar. a lady should be very particu-
lar to specify whom she wishes to sec and
no lady should go to strange house I'M
invited, on the spoken belief of some
other person that she will be welcome.
Still less should gentleman presume too
much. A young gentleman may lie
taken by married lady, who is all
powerful, to u ball, rs she is supposed to
endorse his responsibility, but il is
always better for him to leave his card,
and for him to receive an invitation. If.
however, through any misapprchension, "A
person gets into II house uninvied, n
hostess should never show by word or
manner, that she observes it, The very
fact that person has crossed her Tires
hold gives, for the moment, that person
Il claim on the politeness of IL hostess.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
IN HOPE OF SPRING.

Above his rest delft autumn softly weaves
A coverlet to wrap the new grave in,
And broidcrs it with gold and scarlet leaves,
While springs sweet mysteries OF bloom
begin
Beneath the mold DER which the sore heart
grievcs
For hopes that persisted, like n flower in
frost
A symbol that each passing season leaves,
To say, That is not dead which scemeth
lost
Cold, silent lips, which our warm lips have
kissed,
Dear hands, whose touch can never be for
gotten,
Friendships that vanish like Il summer mist.
We have you, and, behold, we have you
not.
lonesome shadow falls across the floor
From each low grave they heap beneath
the sod
mere sleep the ones we miss; but evcrmore
We have them safe in Paradise with God
10 me, it often seems that death must bc
Like going on Journey, very far,
Across tie mountain and the solemn sen.
10 dwell i'll new land where strangers
are.
But If friend is there We loved of old,
Our eager thoughts fly faster than our
feet
And when in ours their loving hands we
hold.
The stranger-land seems full of welcome
sweet
How fair his grave will be when spring comes
back,
ana from the mold that hides his facc
away,
lie violets grow, and every robins track
Is covered by the creeping things of Nav
How fair his face will be when dreams come
And VIC stand face to face with him. and
The rapture of joy we never knew
Break in the eyes we miss so constantly.
Sleep we'll, warm heart, 30 brief "a time on
earth.
Beneath the dead leaves and the autumn
rain:
rhat which men count rs death, in heaven
is birth:
Flowers die, we say. but bloom in spring
again
Inc Vi"'et above you, in the mold
Awaits the resurrection of tn" year.
And when is leaves, in April DAYS, unfold
wen say. III" lives with God. who once
was with It's here
Picks .nuyo.inc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
WOMEN As COLLECTORS.

The avenues Of employment for women
arc constantly increasing, says the Kansas
City Star. Already she has proved her
self good clerk, Il good bookkccpcr
and good typewriter, and the latest is IL
female collector. AT least Il dozen
houses i'll Kansas City are employing
women III this capacity, and their num-
Der seems To be constantly increasing.
~ woman may be bookkceper or tyne
writer and yet be the most feminine
creature Imaginable, despite her business
relations, but the female dunncr would
seem to be another kind of business
woman, and she brings forward very
promptly the question of how much dis
tnction must be made between Il woman
and man in the same business. One
thing Is certain, one cannot kick lady
collector out of the office. The female
collectors are for the most part young
women, and, according to their employ
ers, they are rs persistent and successful
III their business rs men. Their mode of
operation, however, is somewhat pccu-
liar, and they do not seem to go about
the collection of u bill the same way as a
man. a reporter happened in an office
yesterday where fifteen or twenty young
men were working. While he was talk
ing with tho manager we'll dressed
young woman walked in and inquired
for one of the young men, He was
pointed out to her, and while the whole
Office watched her she walked over to his
desk and began conversation with him
in tone so low that no one could hear.
After talking tor few moments she
turned to go, and, missing her voice,
said:
"Ify you don't come in and settle I'll be
around again on Saturday"
When she was gone the young man
came in for an unmerciful guying, and it
is safe to say he made desperate effort
to pay the bill before Saturday. She
was the collector for a jewclry firm.
A merchant who had adopted the new
scheme was asked about it, and said I:
81 find that my lady collector is persist
ent, faithful and trustworthy, and has
great success in making some very bad
collections, and don't see why lady
should not be permitted to ask for the
payment OF bill if she can do almost
everything else about ON office"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
How to Lace Your Shoes.

The other day the proprietor of big
down town shoe store showed me some
thing can vouch for as good thing.
Hc taught me something had 10 idea
was not fully up in, but am now very
thankful for the lesson. Not one person
i'll thousand laces his shoes correctly.
About the nearest anybody gets to it is
to lace as tightly as possible. The cor
rect way is to put your foot when YOU
are about to lace your shoe as much as
possible in the heel of the shoe. You
can do this best by lacing your shoes
with the heel of your shoe resting in II
chair standing in front of the ono YOU
are seated in. Over the instep the lac,
ing should be drawn as tightly as posi-
bic. This will hold your foot back in
the shoe, giving the toes freedom am.
preventing their being cramped. Lac.
about the ankle to suit your comfort
New York Truth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09

'That must have been Jack IIartwcIl.
the best fellow in the world, though a
little weak about women"
'Why is he too fond of them? JIo
does not look like man who would DO
affected in that way" said Nellie.
ooh, no. Quite the reverse. No
body knows anything about it; but be-
licvc Jack lost his heart years ago and
has never since found it,
Poor fellow" said the girl; but if
her companion had seen her fncc, he
would have thought the adjective
strangely misplaced.
a little later IIartwcll was standing i'm
n remote corner Of the conservatory alone
and lost in rcvcric. The ncvcr-t0- be-
forgotten scene at the farm gate came be-
fore him more pluinly than the gorgeous
bank Of flowers beside which he stood.
Suddenly he felt Il gentle touch upon his
arm. lie turned to find Nellie ut his
side.
"iou did not say goodbye that day
three years ago, when we parted at the
gate, John"
lie looked down into her appraised
eyes, his own beaming with the old-timc
tenderness and said:
'Shall do so now, Ncllic?" Foran-
swcr she extended her hand, saying:
''Not until you have forgiven me for the
last worls 1spokc that day" Thea her
voice dropping toa whisper, she added:
''Ihcy were not true, John"
Ills forgiveness WAS not long withheld.
When, as the ball brokcup, he parted
from her at the carriagc and turned to
join the friend who had first told of her
presence, the latter said:
81 thought you said you did not wish
TO be presented TO Miss Lorng, .Incls."
why should u man want to be pre-
scented to his promised wifs?" was the re.
ply G0dey'S L0dy's Book.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
\ PRETTY DRESS ron HOUSE WEAR.

Now that winter is here women every
where are considering necessary changes
IN the wardrobe. Women in cities usually
pay more attention to indoor dress than
women in the country, partly because
they participate less in the household
work; partly because they are more likely
to be seen by callers. There is no reason,
however, why women in the country
should treat the family the whole year
round to nothing but their oldest and
dingicst clothes. Women are rcmcm-
bcrcd by their children us they look all
tic time ut homc--no! rs they are on the
rare occasions when they dress TO go out.
Have pretty dress for indoor wear, ut
least for the afternoon and evening"
dark tcrra-coita WOOL, or wine color, or IL
Scotch check, if you are slender, with
black velvet ribbon for outlining the
basque and for bows. Then, when you
have got it, wear it. Courier Jov,mal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE TOE
FEMININE READERS.
a BABE IN a BOUQUET.

The Queen of Holland, on hcr hus-
Dand's recent birthday, presented him
with an enormous bouquet of flowers, of
the kind used ON benefit nights ut oper.
in Italy, so heavy that it required several
serving men to carry il. AS it was
brought close to the throne the old King
stopped forward to examine it, when,
amidst the flowers, the head of his little
infant daughter popped out, to the sur
prise Of the monarch and the amusement
of the whole court.-fmU IGaN Ga.e,te.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
now TO AvoIp WRINKLES,

You realize that Il wrinkle is coming,
says Il writer in the Philadelphia Times.
You don't understand it, and you like it
less. How did it get there? Like the rest
Of your sisters, You are of nervous tenn
permanent, and even when you are not
speaking you are mov:.3 your mouth.
Nothing so entirely tends to the formal
ton OF wrinkles Us continual biting of
the under lip, moistcning of the lips
with the tongue or Il drawing the lip up
1t the stiles which causes an ugly, super
cilious look, and which is the hest friend
for the cultivation of wrinkles. Lea I'm
the art OF rcposc rs far as your face i,
concerned. You can look intclligcntly
at things, and all the expression desired
may be i'll your eyes, but that is no reason
why any other part OF your face need
move.
Laughing and crying alike are said to
cause wrinkles. while pleasant smile
never will, and the moral of this would
seem to be that it's wiscst to reprcss ones
feelings, or, as the darky n,ammies have
always taught, that "a loud laugh be-
speaks II vulgar mind" Avoiding this,
you arc stamped wcll-brcd, and the
wrinkles do not come
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09

The average woman will sco!d if car
ricd ten steps beyond her street. bur if
she holds car two minutes while pick
ing her way through the mul she should
have crossed before signaling. it's all
right. But there is a plcasanicr view of
the strcct-car mans life with woman.
says Il writer i'll the ST. Louis Star !Sgy;,.0s
and happy illustration of it occurred
last night. was the sole passenger of
the car, having gotten aboard Just rs the
tram reached its outer terminus. The
conductor WAS young, bcartllcss fellow,
and had evidently just been married. for
u little woman came aboard and sat with
hlm while the train waited for "timc. =
Her pretty face pcepcd from the folds of
IA hatty scarf thrown hurricdly on. and
III her arms she held the cutest Of little
dogs. The Young man and woman
chattcd i'll almost Il murmur, and when
the starting signal was given the younp
woman moved reluctantly toward the
door and down the step. The youthful
conductor followed, and just before he
went ont on the platform he looked
back Mt the sole passenger. The look
appeared to he unobscrvcd. and so the
conductor stepped quicker and reached
his hand for the retiring figure of his
little wife. She stopped and leaned
toward the door; her husband threw his
arm around about her, and. 1t was
only for second and then the sound of
retrcating footsteps came. SITS NV last
trip and I'll be home soon," called out
the youth; and in happy tones the
young woman answered: s.NIakc it very
soon, dear"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09

The German Emperor's style of after
dinner oratory is like that of n COM
mander in the field-his sentences arc a
series OF short, sharp shocks, like SO many
words Of command,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
CHRISTMAS ronEruouaur.

The most puzzling task at Christmas,
says Mary V. Warstell in 81. Nicholas, is
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09

lily the way, IIartwcl, have YOU met
the new beauty, Miss Loring? She has
Just returned from Europe warrant
that you have seen nothing more lovely
IN your three years absence"
''Loring?" repeated the other. his
grave, handsome face colorine slightly.
His friend noticing it laughed. as he
replied; ''Why, IIartwcll, there must he
something in Il name after all, since YOU.
who are known us woman Halter in both
hcmisphcrcs, blush Mt the name of =
woman.
liartwcn had by this time rcgained
his sclf-control, and his voice showed no
trace of emotion, rs he said:
Il was not aware that I changed
color, and you must be mistaken. I
will answer your question. | have not
seen the new beauty"
"Wcll," laughed the other, "you can
say that no longer. Speak of angels, >
you know. Here she comes"
IIartwell looked in the direction in
dictated, and what he saw made his heart
almost cease to beat. II his friend Ind
been regarding him then, he would not
have accused him of blushing. His face
was almost CHASTITY in its pallor. Changed
though she was, far more beautiful than
he had ever imagined she could become.
graceful in every movement, bearing her
self with quiet dignity that added to
her charm, she was the same Nellie
Loring, who was ever present in his
thoughts-whosc image he had vainly
tried to Danish. She was coming straight
toward him: and his friend, without re
moving his eyes from the lovely figure,
said:
''Ifartwcll, we are in luck. She is
coming near us. Let us ask our hostess
to present us"
"No, thank YOU" was Hartwell's
reply as he turned on his heel and dis.
appeared amid the throng. The other
remained where he was. and in due time
was honored by the presentation he so
much desired.
"Who was that tall gentleman stand
ing by you just moment ago3" asked
Nellie, during a pause in the converse
ton which followed the introduction.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-09
Latest from the Wires.

Judge Christiancy, ex-United States
Senator and Minister TO Peru, died yester-
day at Lansing, Mich, after lingering
illness.
A special from Jackson. Tenn, says
race war has broken out in the Six
teenth district of that county which may
lead TO bloodshed.
Yesterday a gambler named Edward Ken
nedy shot aud killed Farris Mosly. men,
Der of the grocery firm of Mosly Brothers,
of Fort Worth, Tex.
The Republicans OF the Second district
of South Carolina nominated Smith (col-
ored) for Congress yesterday. The dis
trict il represented by George ID. Tillman,
Democrat.
Kentcky's constitutional convention was
called TO order by Governor Buokner at
noon Yesterday at Frankfort. and tempo
rary organization was effected with Hon.
George Washington. of Newport, Ky, as
chairman.
The committee of cotton-belt employees
appointed at the engineers and conduc-
tors meeting at Tyler. Tex, Sunday night,
sent a dispatch to the railroad agent at
Corsicana yesterday morning, stating that
the strike was ordered off Internationally
at 2 o'clock Sunday night.
A bill was introducedby Mr. Ingalls, in the
Senate. and Mr.. Thompson. of Ohio, IN the
House Yesterday TO amend the act creating
civil government for Alaska. Its object
is to remedy defect which has prevented
British owners of sealing vessels condemn
ed by the United States District Court at
Sitka from appealing their cases TO tho
United States Supreme Court.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-09
MARKETS sv TeLeaaAPH.


NEW YORK. September Cotton steady saies
$50 bales: also last week not befors rvpoTtes.
i,st0 bales iT CONSUMPTION AMI $50 oeiss I~
export; uplsnds, i0sc. oriesns, i0i;-ies
Britsin, 2s.z,2 bales stock. lod.0si baicA South
ern nour dull and weak: common 70 fair extra.
g. 30as3.90; good o choice. t,astN Wheat dun
optious duh and lower; No. red. scptsmpes.
si.O0x October, fi.0ix January. si.os1s; Nsy,
sL0sS. Corn-spot nrner aud moieraseiy
active No. I, 80 Gin elevator options qeic' snd
irregular; september aud October. and No
vember and December. Sc. May A.e. Oats
firmer and moderately active Options a1,s.;
September. so.c.: October, toSc; NAY:
Ss:s Nc; s,,ss H :pS'' r% ana quiet, oss
a5aS0c. State new. gisSsc. Old. ioszac. Coffee
Options: September. fi7Sssi.so; octo,er.
sl7. Nssis.Ss; Soyember. SieSoaslos, spot MO
quiet aud steady: fair rafgoes. fs1io sugs-
kaw dun and nominal: fair refining, s'.loa
5kc. centrifugals. 1tteet, i-iec. no sales
refined quiet and urn L. SIC; extra I, > IL ios
BIC. white extra 4. 6ss l-loe' on ~
fec,ioners A. 64c. cnt-loaf and crushed.
3-I6c. powdered. &c sraruiated, eSc:
cubes, &c. Moissses-Forsign nominal; New
orleans quiet; common to fancy. sat,c. hiec
quiet aud firm Petroleum stoady and quiet
refined. 1855. Rosin steady and quiet strained,
common 90 good, Si.i0ssi.i, fnrpcnsine stesny
and quiet n, 3qaS9',c Wool auiet and steady
i7a24c Porx firm out quiet; msss, ii.ssseis;
extra prime sl05Ossii. Beef steady and quite,
| extra mess. S62jas7 plate, fst7.o. Beef hams
dull and easy at si0.6a Tierced beef dull BUS
| steady; city extra india mess, fi2s0 Cut-mests
| in fair demand bat unsettled; picked bellies
| 6a61,c. shoulders. SIC. hams, i0aallho MIC.
| dies quiet and steady. short-ciear. th3l Lara
| nrmer and quiet; Western ftesm. ehEk BIO
| city, 80; October, sd2 BID November. bes
| bid December. 1915 bid. freishe weak; COZ
ton, I'd. grain, i'd asked.
CHICAGO.
| CHICAGO, septem Der s-Casn Quotations. Flour
! unchanged. No. spring whest and No. = red
| wheat, g.c No 2 corn. 4Jkc. No. oats, Nc
| Mess-pork, go Lard, So ~ sH2o. shortrpAs
| 81 25atSS. Shoulders. toS5asos.x. ehort-clek
| $a6as370. Whisky, LA
| The leading tlturns ranged a. follow: