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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
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The sweet dosa8ge was sfirat brought
from China to Europe by tire Portuguese
In tho year 1547. !
Arkansas is the only State in thc,Union
which Furnishes by death tho male partisI
ipnnt in forced marriage.
Eight horses and three calves were
killed in one night recently near Ban!
ming, CAL, by mountain lions.
A Kansas City family consists Of six
brothers, whose namcs are rs followsi
Jack Frost, Winter Frost, White Frost.
Cold Frost, Early Frost and Snow Frost.
At Sonora CAL, thcrc was seen recent
ly the novel spectacle of roso bush
loaded down with snow and ice bearing
al the snmotimc red rose in full bloom.
The feat Of lowering a house intact
from An undesirable location on hill;
fifty fect high, to tho street, was accom-.
plished in San Francisco lately, tho cost
being 500. .
Tho landlord of public house NJ
birmingham, England, hns u canary bird
that can speak several words distinctly
having learned them from n parrot with
which it had been brought up:
Poultry fanciers will be Interested tc
learn that breeding pen Of eight white
Langshan fowls arrived at New York re!
Gently from London on steamship. Tho
eggs Of such fowls are scarce at 81
apiece.
Only six mon in tho country shoot
wells. Tho work consiDts iu exploding
cartridge at the bottom of II gus or oil
we'll to increase its flow. Ten years age
100 were employed, but they hayc been
blown to pieces.
A dog belonging to Harvey Skcnu, OF
Pottstown, Penn, pays regular visits, nj
most daily, TO tho graves of the three
little childron Of his ownor, intorrcd ut
pottstown Cemetery, and scratches upon
tho graves. Ho and the children were
playmntes. -.
White County, Arasselaims the cham
pion big girl. lIcrNslgse l MAJ Z A Arilda
Of last August afs hes e!'iEls 23O
pounds. Her fatliis Al ssdlsi itl;sssa,.,.s
two sisters md d'sBFdshstsst aEls sbungcr
than horsulf.
The last Sultan Of Turkey was accus-
iohcu W SHuC HiinScit up III secret,
room Of his palace and thoro gloat over
his treasures. plunging his arms in a
heap of gold dust and lotting it alp
through his fingers seemed to givo hinI
moro satisfaction than gasing on his pilc
Of jewels. go
A child has been born in Taos New
Mexico, without ears, and with por.
fcctly shaped leg growing out of its
back, just below tho shoulder blades.
The doctors say it may 1.-Two for yoars,
and tho people in the locality are busy
praying tint no evil may come to thcnI
with tho appearance Of such u prodigy
among them.
In the stomach Of COW which WINS
butchcrcd at Washington Court House,
Ohio, tho following articles wcro found
Several nails, two and thrcc inches long;
screws, brass nails, carpet tncks and "
number Of small stones. There WAS fully
Il quart Of these articles in tho animals
stomach. Tho COW was apparently in
good health before being butchorcd.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
Pearls.

Pearls have boon rising in value in thd
European market no long and threaten to
rise 80 stondily that they may soon be-
como tho costicst, ns thoy have lepg
been tho most elegant, ornaments of q
beautiful woman. Many jewel is fifty
times AS effective; the ruby is richer ii
color, the diamond is brighter, gold and
silver arc moro plnstic-as full Of possii
bilities aa Rcynard's bag OF tricks. Thd
pearl has but its mild satin skin, like an
angels shoulder, its rounded curves,
yet It's shy, moony lustro seems to havo q
more permanent hold ovor dainty fancy
than many more vivid and moro robust
material. True, 1t is more carbonate OF
lime; true, Its globing form comes but
from tho sickness Of an invertcbratc; its
colors are drawn. not from the living
fish, but from its putresconce aftor death.
An ornament that owes its cxistenc0
to nothing but disease and decay cor!
tainly draws little from sentiment; and
perhaps the pearl owes moro to its con-
Btant association with tho noble pictl
urcs Of beauteous women than TO its
intrinsic glory. For all that, the doco-l
rative position Of pearls is quito unas-
sailablc. In spite of their grim origin,
ncclklet of fine pearls remains far
moro refined and dainty ornament than
one of brilliants. We should naturally
deck Aspasia with diamonds, but Poly
xcna with pearls, (though no doubt It
ought to be the other way.) Perhaps
ono reason is the presence in pearls of
bcnuty without brilliancy. "Only the
star glitters," said Emerson; "thc planet
has faint, moon-lilsc ray" 4;
Enormous sums have been given for
pearls in all ages, because thoy wcro SO
beloved. Cleopatra would have swal-
lowed diamond had not a pearl been
costlier, Arch -Snobbess as she wasl and
the "pearl of groat price" has been
synonym for tho most precious possession
from time immcmorial. - Gcnt'Auan's
1d1asino.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25

When VIC study the progress of agri-
culture we find, says the New York
Times, most conspicuous illustrations OF
the tendency of production to exceed the
demands of consumers. Corn, for in
stance. has increased in quantity far
ahead of the increase in population. In
1874 the area in this crop was Al, 200,
900 acres; in 1885 it had grown to more
than rs, 900, 900 acres, an increase of 85
por cent. During these twelve years the
population increased only 36 per cent.
The same excess has occurred in the pro-
duction of cattle and hogs and the sala-
BILE products of these staple agricultural
products. 1t is not difficult to discover
the cause of this great and dispropor-
tionate increase. Tho extension of rail-
roads in the great corn and cattle grow
ing regions has forced vast increase in
the population, and has led to the Guilt
vation of enormous areas and the pro-
'duction of enormous crops and. herds of
cattle with the inevitable result of de-
,prcssed values.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25

Russia is n, present in the throes OF
a temperance campaign, which the cen
trail Government docs not seem TO be sec
onding TO any extent, il one may judge
by the news from the department of
Kicv. In that section thirty-six villages
spnt petitions to st. Petersburg demand
ing the abolition of all liquor selling es-'
Establishments within their boundaries.
Thirty-Iivo of these petitions were re-
iectcd, but the thirty being accept
ed tho Inhabitants of the village thus
deprived of its drink turned out and beat
to death the man who had drawn up tho
petition. They said he had been alto
gctlcr too eloquent.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
A Curious Colony Of mico.

While out hunting, Colonel Standifcr
aud Billy Muller, Of Dennison, Tex, +,
came across a large dead tree, the stump
of which was full to ovcrfowing, so to
speak, with mice. The Colonel and his
companion pulled OFF strips of the de-
cayed outer growth of tho tree, and
every time strip was pulled off myriads
Of mice ran for their lives. Colonel
Standifer killed $50 of the mice and
Muller dig. The next day the treo was
visited with two black and tan terriers,
tho bark was removed and the number of
mice killed is estimated at over thou
sand. Pitts5uyy Dispatch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
Attacked by Wolves.

AS two merchants were returning late
ly in carriage to Bartfcld from the
Hungarian -Galician frontier they were
attacked by pack of nino wolves, the
leader Of which was shot as soon as he
leaped on one of the carriage horses. The
rcmainining eight, far from being fright
ened off, furiously pursued the travellers,
who managed to shoot two more of the
bowling animals. Just as the horses be-
gan to slackcn their pace through lof -, "a =
blood and fatigue, five hunters bs IVA
sight from neighboring field sndh, Xxx
ly dispatched the rest of tho las laing
pack. 1h1IS E :,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25

What the Washington Star regards rs
long step toward democracy is cm-
bodied in = resolution to be introduced
in the English House of Lords, providing
that y peer OF the realm shall have the
right to resign his place and stand for
election in the House of Commons. BY
this means the youthful and energetic
mcmbcrs of the oldest and mos; aristo-
cratic families of England may he en-
abled to get from beneath the burden of
their birth and coming in touch with the
people lead on more speedily to that
democracy which must come, and which
will he the purer and better and safer
democracy if it have as its representatives
aud leaders the best men of the nation,
regardless of the distinctions OF birth and
uIosa
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25

The journal dc ST. PetersbogrJ, in COM.
mentiug upon the German Emperor's
plans for ameliorating the condition Of
the workingmcn, says that only Il Gov
ernmcnt conscious of its own power
would attempt such task, for the reason
that it is absolutely necessary for that
Government TO be possessed Of means OF
checking any misconstruction Of its plans
that might be attempted, and preserving
public harmony in the event OF such mis-
understanding. The Berlin Poss r,cog-
Mics the humane sentiments that
prompted the Emperor in formulating
the plans, but observes that he has en.
tered upon very dangerous path, and
compares his proposal to the similar AZ
tempt of Napoleon III in 1868, nj which
time the French Monarch announces q
European congress before he had con
suited any OF the other powers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25

TiIc captain of vessel which arrived
at Baltimore recently, reports that when
off the Newfoundland Banks Il phcnom-
cnen WAS witnessed which appeared to
ba nothing more or less than rain of
blood, covering decks, bridge, masts,
boats and every exposed part OF his ship.
When it came down il was of u dark
rich color like human blood, but it soon
dried up and assumed the color and cou-
sistency OF brick dust.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25

The 200 American medical students
matrculatcd at the University of Berlin
were greatly agitatcd over the refusal of
the German authorities TO recognize their
American diplomas in the recently issued
University Calendar. While the medical
degrees of all other nations were duly
recorded, those conferred by Institutions
IN the United States were entirely ignored.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25

According to careful calculation made
by u British clergyman of note, and just
published, Protcstants have increased
during the last 100 years from 37,O00,
900 to 1874, GOO 900, or nearly fourfold.
Roman Catholics during the same period
have Increased from $4,000, 900 to 163.
900, ,O01, or twofold The Greek Church
during the century has increased from
40, ,OOp,o 900 to s3, 900, 900, also twofold.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25

The militia force of the United States
which may be available in an emergency,
is placed at 1852, III. The regularly
organized militia, however, only mum
'bers 203, ,392 men and S052 officers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
For nearly month this winter the
Union Pacifc Railroad expended $4,000
per day for shoveling snow. =;

According to advices from Victoria,
British Columbia, Cinnamon and opium
arc being smugglcd into the United
States from that city to alarming extent
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
An Old Clock.
Sparta Expositor.

Sparta Exposition.
We noticed on Tuesday at the jew
elry store of l.. ID. Hannah a very
old clock, being about 20 years old.
The works are all wood, and so is the
face, there being but one brass wheel
in it. The painting and Towering is
very fine work and shows up as
though done only a few years ago.
Inside is pasted the figures showing
the population of the different States
according to the census of 1920. That
of Tennessee was 422, S1S, and that OF
the United States was 9,622,734. II
also contains the rates Of postage in
force at that time. Letters for a dis
lance of 30 miles and under 6 cents,
net exceeding 80 miles 10 cents, not
exceeding $50 miles ~ cents, not ex-
ceeding 400 miles lSa cents, over 4OO
miles % cents. Letters of double and
treble weight were charged double
and treble the rates. The clock is
about Is inches broad by q feet long,
and looks like it might last 20 years
longer.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
Pleasant for Partridge.

A pleasant anecdote is told of Part
ridge, the celebrated almanac maker.
In travelling on horseback into the
country, he stopped for his dinner at
an inn, and afterwards called for his
horse, that he might reach the next
town, where he intended to sleep.
eff you would take my advice,
sir" said the hostler, as he was about
to mount his horse, ''you will stay
where you are for the night, as you
will surely be overtaken by a pelting
rain" e,it
"Nonsense! nonsense !" said the
almanac maker. "There is siXpence
for you, my honest fellow, and good
afternoon to you"
He proceeded on his journey, and,
sure enough, he was well drenched
in a heavy shower. Partridge was
struck with the mans prediction and,
being always intent on the interest of
his almanac, he rode back OH the in
slant, and was received by the hostler
with a broad grin.
"Well, sir, you see l was right,
after ALL"
''Yes, my lad, you have been so,
and here is a crown for you; but
give it to you on consideration that
you tell me how you knew Of this
rain"
"To be sure, sir" replied the man,
why, the truth is, we have an alma
nae in our house, called Partridge
Almanac and the fellow is such 8
notorious liar that whenever he
promises us fine days we Away:
know that it will be the direct con.
trary. Now, your honor, this day,
the Dist of June, is put down in oul
almanac indoors as settled, fine
weather; no rsin.' l looked at thai
before | brought your honor's horse
out, and SO was enabled to put you or
your guard"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
School Teachers in Kansas for Prohi-
H ls 1itloi
S~TANDARD:

EDITOR STANDARD:
VIII you please give place in your
most excellent paper for the following
clipping from The Union Signal:
No class of. citizens of Kansas are
stronger in upholding the prohibitory
law than the teachers. AT the last
convention Of the State Teachers AS
ISOLATION, nearly 1900 teachers being
present, the following resolution was
enthusiastically adopted, only one
man rising when negative votes were
called for, How lonely he must have
felt!)
WHEREAS, The prohibitory
amendment to the constitution of
Kansas has, by driving the saloon
beyond her borders, wrought happi-
ness and comfort to thousands Of
homes, has brought thousands Of So
Der, industrious people to us from
other states and frem other lands, has
reduced crime and pauperism, has
made 1t easier for us to govern and to
teach the children of the common
wealth, and has elevated Kansas to a
plane of CIVILIZATION never reached by
any other people in the history of the
world; therefore, 1ii
Resolved, That we are now and
forever opposed to a re-submission of
the p~rohibitory amendment, and that
1t Is our deliberate conviction that
p%rohibitory amendment is IS firmly
imbeded in the constitution Of Kan
sas and inthe hearts Of her people as
are tine 18th, 18th and 18th amend
ments imbedded in the federal con-
stitution and in the hearts Of the
American people," ~
The greatest living statesman, w.
o.. Gladstone, says that the true func-
tion Of civil g~osefpment is "To make
1t easy to do right and hard to dc
wrong"
The school Teachers of Kansas say
that the prohibition of the liquor
traffic "has made it eaiser to govern
and teach The chil6gen of the COM
monwealth.n J.T. CURRY.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01

As a cure for every class Of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been able
to compare with the Nervine Tonic, which is very pleasant and harmless in
all its effects upon the youngest child or the Oldest and most delicate indvd-
uaI. Ninetenths of all the ailments to which the human family is heir, are
dependent on nervous exhaustion and impaired digestion. When there ian
insufficient supply of nerve food in the blood, q general state of debility of
the brain, spinal marrow and nerves is the result. Starved nerves, like
starved muscles, become strong when the right kind of food is supplied, and
a thousand weaknesses and ailments d~isappearas the nerves recover. As the
nervous system must supply all the power by which the vital forces of the
body are carried Oh, it is the first to suffer for want of perfect nutrition.
Ordinary food does not contain sufficient quantity of the Kind of nutnment
necessary to repair the wear our present mode of living and labor imposes
upon the nerves. For this reason it becomes necessary that a nerve food be
supplied. This recent production of the South American Continent has been
found, by analysis, to contain the essential elements out of which nerve tissue
is formed. This accounts for its magic power to cure all forms of nervous
arrangements. 0 .3 #Hg ht
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
Do Not Suffer Any Longer.

Knowing that a cough can be
checked in a day, and the first stages
of consumption broken in a week, we
hereby guarantee DIR. Acker's Eng.
lish Cough Remedy, and will refund
the money to all who buy, take IL as
per directions, and do not. find our
statement correct. Sold by w. III.
Fleming. - l
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01

There is no date from beginning to
end in the Bible. 1t comprises some
sixty documents, and is supposed to
have been written by about forty
men; ffty-four miracles are recorded
in the Old and fifty-one in the New
Testament; total, lO5 The shortest
verse in the Old Testament is Ere
member Lots Wife," There is one
in the New Testament as short as
John xi. 50, in point of words, but
not in letters, viz: Thessalonians v.
IS, "Rejoice evermore.p Then there
are two chapters in the Bible alike
verbatim, and one book, Esther, in
which the Diety is not mentioned.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
A SWORN CURE FOR ST. vIJ

~CRAwFoRDsvILE, IND, May 70, 1886.
Ny daughter, twelve years old, had been af-
ficted for several months with Chorea or st.
Vitus's Dance. She was reduced to a skeleton,
could not walk, could not talk, could not wal
low anything but milk. l had to handle her
like an infant. Doctor n neighbors gave her
UP. commenced giving her the South Ameri-
can Nervine Tonic; the effects were very sur
prising. In three days she was rid OF the ner-
vousness, and rapidly improved. Fonr bottles
cured her completely. l think the South
American Nervine the grandest remedy ever
discovered, and would recommend it to every.
one MRS. w. b. ENSMINGER.
sag MS q aS&sasa County, les:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this May
10. 1857. CHAs. N. TRAYIs, Notary Public.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
The Ocean Steamer of the Future,

.-|L. "|. .HH"..
This is a sanguine and imaginative
writer who describes her in Once a
Week. Hear him:
She will be over a quarter Of a mile
in length, and will do the passage
from Sandy Hook to Liverpool in
thirty-six hours, being one night out.
She will be driven by electricity, and
in such a fashion as to keep railway
time, despite of storm or fog. Pas
sengers can be secured by flash photo,
"Edison's patent" and the ticket
will include an opera stall, or a cons
cert ticket, or a seat in a church pew
1.-The opera house. concert hall, and
church being all on board. A covered
ring for horse exercises will ALSO be
provided, and a racing track for fast
trOtters. A baseball ground and ten
mis- courts will also form a portion of
the attractions. For business men q
stock exchange will be operated, the
quotations being posted from the
tickets every two minutes on the vi
bration system. The leading papers
of all countries will be reprinted each
morning by the electric rejecting
system. A spacious conservatory
containing the choicest flowers of al
climates, will afford an agreeable
lounging place, and bouquets will be
provided gratis. AS at Monaco and
Monte Carlo, suite of apartments
will be laid out for play, to be kept
open all night-a sumptuous supper
with costliest wines free. English
tailors and shosmakers will be in at
tendance, and clothes will be made
and finished during the passage. The
millinery department will contain
the French fashions Of the previous
day, and costumes will be confection-
ed while the ship is en- route, and de-
livered complete on arrival at dock.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
Brains Always Win.

Great Statesman (loftily)-"Do you
know, sir, that every candidate your
paper has supported during the last
twenty years has been defeated?"
Great Editor (hotly)-"Yes, sir, 1
know it; and if you don't do what
l want, hang me if / don't support
yOu!"-Puck.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price %
cents per box. For sale by Ritchey
& BOstick.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
IF AND PERHAPS.

If everyone were wise and sweet, b
And everyone were jolly;
If every heart with gladness beat,
And none we're melancholy
If none should grumble or complain,
And nobody should labor
In evil work, but each were fain
To love and help his neighbor-
Oh, what a happy world 'twOuld be
For you and me-for you and me!
And II, perhaps, we both should try
That glorious time 10 hurry,
If you and I-just you and l. ft
Should laugh instead Of worry;
If we should grow-iust you and /
Kinder and sweeter hearted
Perhaps in some near by.and.by
That good time might get started.
Then what a happy world 'twould be
For you and me-for you and me!
-Harper's Young People
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
CRAwFoRDsv1LLE, IND, Aug. %, 'S6,

To The Great South American Medicine Co.:
DEAR GENTS II desire to say to you that /
have suffered for many years with q very seri-
Gus disease of the stomach and nerves. l tried
every medicine I could hear of but nothing
done me any appreciable good until / was adj
vised to try your Great South American Hervine
Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, n since
using several bottles of Il / must say that / am
surprised at its wonderful powers to cure the
stomach and general nervous system. II every
one knew the value of this remedy as / do, you
would not be able to supply the demand.
IF J. A. HARDEE,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-01
Poison Oak.

F"f 90 - lH NfAIr bll1
The following extract taken from a
letter written by Mr.. E.OA. Bell,
fully explains itself: loN,,o ja ~IooA
While surveying land in 1883 L ac-
cidently handled poison oak vine,
and in less than three hours (the
eruption usually resulting from such
contact begins in zen days. my face
was swollen and disigured, and my
hands and arms seriously affected. l
Immediately began taking Swift's
Specific IS. S, So and after taking
three large bottles | found all signs of
the breaking out entirely removed.
l was led to suspect its return at the
saae time next year, but it did not,
nor has there been any indications of
its return since. f't'a
My little boy, eight years old, WAS
afflicted with the same poison in 1884.
After taking several bottles of Swift's
Specific Is, S. 81 the eruptions en-
tirely disappeared. A very slight
form Of the same eruption returned
next spring, but we then resumed
the S. S. s., and having taken enough
during that season to make the cure
permanent, he has not since had any
return Of the disease. Swift's Specific
Is. S. S. certainly effected thorough
cures in both these cases, and l re-
gard it as a most effective remedy for
all such diseases.
f. A. BELL, Anderson, S. G..
Treatise on BloOdand Skin Diseases
mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga.