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The National tribune., 1890-05-15

FRESps OF THE G. c.: How many have heard
OF the origin OF tipping tile hatg Il had its origin
during the Age Of ChvalTy. when it customary
Tor knights never TO appear in public except In fun
amor IL became n custom, however. for O knight
upon entering An assembly OF friends, 20 remove
has helmet, sgnifying - / safe i'm the presence
OF my iriends." The Age Of Chivalry passed awny
with the 18th cent;sry. bat among the many
acts OF courtesy which can be traced back to it's
influence none u more direct In lis origin than that
OF lifting ihe hat TO acknowledge tie presence OF q
iriend--Agnes Walker Pompey Center. N. Y.
The National tribune., 1890-05-15

pIQQ Epilepsy and SpasnS cured; not stopped.
fll0 mesn a permanent cure and no returns Ne
Pay Ill cured Dr. FERplNASA 81. LOTS. M2
Meujian TIE National Tribaue
The National tribune., 1890-05-15

kEDH0IIO Diseases and their CURE
M DV!ltID Free. \ splendid WOIS. Prof J. n
''-''' - - OHutehins Box asa, 8o5ton, NJ ass-
The National tribune., 1890-05-15

Nelson II. Benson, of Dandy, VT departed this
life March IL, 1890. son of Alien Benson private
Co. Z, 18th Ohio, and n member of the &C. Gone
10 join the &C. circle IN Heaven. lie was Quarter
mRsier-SerEeaut of g. i. Taylor Camp, 81, of Paw
Jet, VT, and la him the Camp loses au hopored
and beloved brother May he at roll-call In Heaven
answer here "A J. X
The National tribune., 1890-05-15

gsDsssE n s,G!g9 sIS, HssI' e, Gp;r4 IN p
SVE sS5ksa Dr. =. Stephens, Lebanon, Oisio-
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came 10 pray. but br.orc doing SO laid aside
Ills apparel, containing thirty rupees. \
monkey seized The garment and fled with Il
To tho nearest tree. After much prayer and
slap!ication. combined with stone throw
ing. tho mischief making deity began 10
hing down the rupees. but varied tho per-
iormance by casting ovory other coin into
the sacred pool wiloro it was lost beyond
rcdcmpt rs the pool contained. besides
water. number OF icrocioUs crocodilcs.
The man Mt oncc admitted the Justice OF
the punishment. aud confessed TINT he was
milkman. and thnt the water claimed its
duo and proper share OF his gains.
Fools or tanks AFRO nm Indispensable ac-
compartment of every temple in India.
Water Is necessary nj every stage oil wor-
ship. though thu tanks are commonly on
cecdinGiy ioul. Tor ~ every hour OF tho day
worshiperS are throwing into thsm flowers.
grain. and similar offerings. which. unlor
torr:d sun. soon put'Diy. and render tho
tank an Ill smrilInG-nuisance. still ii Him
docs nose has 10 conscience, and tho
olpr IA 10 him no objection TO tho wal or.
The tank IS a5 snc-cd ~ to tcmpio and in
humorous cases small shrncs arc built in
tao center OF tho tank AMI reached by Il
portable bridgo.Eo; " Wading or swimming
Tor the poo. usually ia inhabited by croco-
dies and ON account OF this fact moro
thhn one community nj priests has made
tho tank Il treasury. When thoy had money
q: valuabies they lid ao5 desire to use NJ
once they incloscd The property In an iron
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structure. Most Iniinn temples were at
ono time surrounded by walls OF great
strength and sol:dity. and Tho entrances
were made rs bcaLtfi! a5 Tie resources OF
tho builders WOULD permit. The yates.
where they still oXiat. are o! brass. deco
rated with that lavishnes5 o. doSi.n and
pfo;nsion OF ornament peculiar to Oriental
buildings.
Tho arch surrounding tho gateway is
generally tho object OF muck Jealous and
careful attention from The sculptor. and
would do credit to the artist of any age or
country. Tho scu!ptora anI decorators o!
Siam were particularly COOL in desianlns
artistic gates. and many specimens Of their
OF that country. The Samcso ~ brass
workers. however. did not compare with tho
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OF c"rthen vessel and dropped i; in the pool
With the subllme confidence that II was
sale. and tina: tho crocodles would give II
good account OF any hardy tl.ief who might
Iad'rtake 10 rob the trcnsury. Surely II
primitive bank. but safe ana not likely TO
;h;."cS.
The situations OF tho Hindoo temples. or
those. 8. least. which are above ground,
are generally w.l chosen and with an ey.
70 beauty OF surroundings. The tompln OF
krishnn. III Nopau Cor instance. is benu,i-
lui.y Situated OF a hill. not very high. but
sufficiently elevated 10 give tho cdince t.
commanding appca ancS and an extensive
view oil the surrounding country. An ex-
ccedingly imposing e,!iiice. it i rendered
mora so by its surroundings. Extensive
gardens inclose il on every hand. well laid
out. and oast!ng OF an unlimited number
OF those tiuiy tropical trees. tho cocoa
naiMs. In Ceylon and many parts of Indin
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Tho palm il one OF the most important
RihIs 81 property. and IL man having twenty
or thirty palms Is independently wealthy,
Prom his palm orchard he has food and
clothing all tho year round. and, besides.
me Juice OF tho nut. WHOM tapped ut II cor
tain stage o! growth and properly fermont-
cd. yields spirituol5 quor highly intoxi-
drunk rs q lord all the year round. II no
chooses. without spending rupee
But palms are not the only trees which
arc cultivated In the inclosure of q
Hindoo temple. although thoy arc by far
tho most profitable. I he terrible heat of
an Indian sun renders shade OF some kind
Indispensable. and so it is no uncommon
sight to behold by the wayside temple
halt hidden by tees and foliage like tho
ST: uctures on the ION OF SW aynmbhu hill
Into It's hallowcd groves the Hlndoos pass
to-day to psny cs did thor fathers for
countlesS generations. for many Of these
Indian tenn plos wero old when Christ was
born. and the origin OF not few had boon
forgotten when Jerusalem was still fort
ross OF the Jcbusites. when Romo was n
nest o! rohbor5 and tho Greeks woro saw
ages. Many OF them contain inscriptions
ns illegtble to the Brahman OF to day rs to
tho European. so completely has the NOM
DRY OF those who built them passed. away.
But others are moro recent. The great
temple OF Umritsu is II comparatively mod
ern structure. only a few hundred years
OLD. ana so babe in years compared with
the stone temples or still moro ancient
grottoes. 1t shows traces of foreign in flu
enee and indicates that whom it was built
tho liindoos were taking lessons from the
Moslems. The towers look almost Sara
Genie and are evidently IN afterthought.
Tor tho Hindoo temple builders did not as
piro to reach the clouds, but to burrow
beneath tho-earth; did not seek the sun. so
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Hindoos. Tho designs which tho latter OK
eeuted havo nover been enunlleI for In ri.


ecuted have mover been cqualeI for in:r:-
cacy and heauty. Gener.liy tho pattern re-
peats itself throughout tho panel or section
in which 1t is employed. but sometimes an
artist OF wild originality planned n gate o.;
brass bars. tho pattern being at first glanco
one OF hopeless confusion. After n little
study. order begins to develop out of The
maze. and gradually. ne tho plan is studied
tho eye follows tho Intricate winding5 OF
tho brass ba from one part o. tho struc
turo to another. and the perfect symmetry
ana balance o every rnrt commands tho
admiration OF the most hvpercrit:cal
The most ancient ;cmi les OF Hlnios.aa,
says writer to the ST. Louis Giohe- Demo-
cfdt. nntedatc written hi tory. and even tho
traditions o. Tho natives a;o so greatly ut
variance that 10 get M tho truth. or even at
an explanation OF iheir origin that will b.
reasonably satisfactory, is matter OF 20
small difficulty. The early liindoos were ap-
parently imbuod with tho idoa that their
deitles should be worshiped in comfort at
least. so the first temples were probably
caves. and cnlargcments Of these resulted
IN the gigantic cave temples OF Eiephanta.
near Bombay. and tho grotto temples OF
1ndra, Wisura. and Flora, any ono of
which Tor stupcndOusncss of design and
amount OF work required in its execution
Is unequaled by any structure OF modern
timss. Only the wealth of an empire sup
Incse monstrous caves from tho solid rock
put scarcely less labor was expended on
tho stone temples" technically so-called.
each being hown from single stone. At
MeNaiipuram there lare seven OF tlleso re-
markablo relics of former age. The
smallest OF these is 81 feet high by ~ feet
VICE. ana in two stories. Each temple Is
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There is man living quietly in Lon
don who is one of the most successful!
writer's Of verse set to music that are in
England to-day, yet he is no. very
widely known by name. 1t is Freder-
lick II. Weatherly, and he is the author
of Nancy Lee" song that has been
sung IN every quarter of the globe, and
has brought to the author ali amount
of fame and money that makes him
practically independent. The song
was written at Oxford in an hour.
Wcatherly had made an appointment
for pupil whom he was coaching for
the annual commencement. The pupil
failed to keep his appointment, and
while waiting for him the piece came
suddenly to his mind, and it was writ.
ten then and there. One of the strange
things about the song was that it VAS
in the heyday of its popularity about
the time OF the Princess Alice disaster.
1t was being sung on deck just before
the vessel went down. That fact was
printed in all tho English newspapers,
and the song suffered temporary
check in its popularity, but thousands
of copies of it are now sold, not only in
Great Britain but through Australia,
Canada, and in fact wherever the Eng.
lish language is spoken. Mr.. Wealth
erly is the author of scores of other
songs that are not so we'll known. He
has been writing songs ever since he
was an undergraduate, Twenty-Five
years ago. --Philddephil Times.
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light that can be shed upon him. No doubt
great progress has been made ny tho mis-
slonarics. but that il Is commensiirato with
the labor and expense can not bn beloved :;
and one oil Tho chief obstacles in tho road
To success isa prejudice among tho co!ored
races Against any institution OF white ORR
gin. Tho coiorcd races OF India and China
prc!er their own crude AGRICULTURAL impl.-
mcnts 10 the most highly improved tools OF
Eurore. and on tho same principle prefer
ticir religion to that o! the white man. As
n itiadoo oppressed il: Tho white ma. 5
God may DO great. we do not deny that; hut
tie iiindoo's god is good enough for tho
lIn1oo."
some one says that the power OF reli.ioa
among people may he gatrei by the char
actor OF their temples and hy thcir ever
once Tor holy places. Il tho statement TO
correct. then the influence of the various
forms OF heathonism prevalent In India aud
Chinn particularly. wha;ovsr II may ho now
must NJ ono timc have been s:upcnlous, for
tho grandost cnthodrals OK tho middle agos.
whiiu tnoy may be equal. scarcely surpnss
tao CLOTHES OF pn.ah houses o. wor. hin.
Like the medieval caihr,lraIs W. .rnu tenn
Pies wcro built Tor the mos; part BIZ kings.
princes. and goVtrnmcn;s. and also. liko tho
chihodrrls. every resource OF architecture
and art VAS exhausted to rnnder them
worthy places o! prayer AMI pilgrimage.
As there nro many kinds OF pagans. SO there
nrc many varieties Of hca'Ncr tompinS hr:.
IN most OF them quito as much attention
was paid by tho architects 20 Tho outside
ana surroundings rs 20 thn Interior OK tho
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-24

THE offer of 100000 a year which n
New York man has made to the Gov
eminent for the privilege OF placing
advertisements upon the backs OF post
age stamps will hardly receive any
serious consideration from the authori-
ties at Washington. If it were ac-
cepted it would probably be followed
by applications for advertising space on
the walls of the halls of Congress, for
the privilege of painting baking-pow-
der signs on the sides, of the new steel
cruisers, or for permission to equip the
regular army with transparencies set
ting forth the merits of various brands
OF securing soap. The postage stamp
advertising scheme won't go. 1t is not
new, an English advertiser having
vainly tiled to arrange similar con
tract with the British Government
years ago; and it won't work in this
country.
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TRUMAN BARNES, of Three Oaks,
Mich, was in the attic of his house the
other day, "unbclnownst" to his wife.
File slipped and fell through the plas-
tcring so that his lcgs-liko those of
the good fat duck" in the nursery
rhyme" hung dangling down" Mrs.
Barnes thought tho legs belonged to
burglar and she grabbed them and
held on, meantime lifting up her voice
in aGonizing yolls for help The neigh
hors came in, inspected the upstairs
ed Of the supposed burglar, and all is
serene in that household once more.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-24

FIVE HUNDRED MILLION feet of logs
are cut in the State of Maine annually.
The name, Pine Tree State, was ac-
CURED years ago, but Spruce Tree
State would now be more appropriate.
Although there are millions of pine
yet standing, the palmy days OF that
tree, in commercial sense, long since
departed, and the spruce, prolific and
hardy, is the mainstay of the lumber
trade. Whatever the case may be in
other States, Maine has nothing to fear
from the denudation of her uplands.
S.phe snTuee is prolific tree, renewing
Its growth in few years, thus filing
up the gaps made by the lumberman's
ss and soon producing second growth
s,pr Aftermath. Many townships on the
snoBse9t have been numbered over
II zoe md some three times, while in
fIancoek oantg there is more timber
stss:iing Today thar there was twenty
4 on ~ - -, II
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PLEASANT PARAGRAPHS.

TIE thirsty circus clown is n dry
joker.
A MIsEn is known by the money he
keeps.
In Il lazy family there is never a
working majority.
The music of the waves is probably
made by the coral societies.
COME! Come! rest on this bosom,"
said the shirt to the Hat iron
An absolute vacuum has ncvor been
attained. l can exist only in your
mind.
WENDELL PnILIpa lcctnrcd on the
Lost Arts, but its the last tart that a
boy molirns over.
MANY man considers himself
great gun, when in fact he is nothing
but n smooth bore.
BAIDEE-Docs this razor hurt YOU.
sir? Nictim-I would ii l. weren't Il
Christian Scientist.
II may be true that all men are born
equal, but inequalities begin to appear
very soon afterwards.
WHEN u manufacturer of wall-pancr
fails it may be said With proplicty that
he has "Sonc to the wall"
"Do Yor sell postage stamps here,
bub:" asked old Mrs. Bargin, entering
the drug store. "No'm, returned the
boy; we just give EN- away at cost"
MINISTER How do you know, my
little son, when Sunday comes around?
ioung Amcrica-Do You think / don't
know when VIC have pork and beans for
breakfast?
LITTLE Boy-Did you ever sec my
big brother John? He's distant rcla-
tive of mine. Nisitor-A Distant rela-
tive? Little Boy-lcs, indeed. He
lives in San Francisco.
The young man who will not cease
drinking 10 please his sweetheart will
never do so to please his wife. The girl
who marrics IL man to reform him adj
yertiscs herself as fool
Observation-Disclosures. but + don't dare
to indulge. Everything goes to my
head. Smithliin Is that SO? Then I
should think you would drop in ut the
BARRIERS and cat some hair
HE-I don't see why YOU won't marry
man without capital, if he has II good
salary. Mother Eve married garden
CT. Shc-Yes, and tho first thing ho
did was to lose his situation.
TOMMY Says, GIr. Dryleigh, You can
try it on me if you like. Rev. Mr.. D.
I don't understand you, my child.
Try what? why ma says you can
put anybody to sleep in five minutes"
ONLY seeming extravaganza:
Wifc-I'vc just found receiptcd hat
ter's bill i'll your pocket. ! thought
you said you didn't feel able to buy
yourself II new silk hat this fall? Illus
band-No, indeed; that was one L
bought to Pay bet with.
YOUNG Widow-Mr. Preachly, will
you marry me? Mr.. Prcachly-Wel
really, Mrs. Buckner, this is so sudden,
and Young Widow--Oh, well, take
your time to think it over. Mr. Har-
liins and thought we'd like to havo
you perform the ceremony for us.
LITTLE Bobby Brownstone was being
corrected fer biting his big sisters fin
ger during fit of anger. "Shes max
ing big fuss over nothin" said Bobby,
"She never said word the other night
in the parlor when Mr.. Muggs bit her,
and he bit her right in the mouth,
too"
MISUNDERSTANDING from neural
| gia, sir? A terrible ailliction, sirl but,
fortunately, L have an unfailing and
instantaneous remcdy-"Higsby's Pa
tent Pain Preservcr," three and six
pence bottle. Sufferer (groaning)-
Alas am Higsby. Have you nothing
else to suggest?
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The scheme of the Hungarian Gov
eminent, already in operation, of buy
ing up tavcrns throughout the country
and turning them into school-louscs
will he watched with interest in all
countries. OF course it comprehends
certain paternal measures which could
be pgacticcd only in monarchical COIN
tries, but it is Il bold aud interesting
experiment III social science, none the
less. The government evidently buys
up tho places for valuation fixed by
a commission and then supprcsses
them. The cndcavor has noble ring
to 1t, and was evidently suggested by
humanitarian of most practical turn.
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terest, not long remarkably we'll made;
tho teeth of the wecls arc hnnd-cut and
rounded.
Tho clock shown is very fine specimen
Of tho modern French clock make, by
Chaumnnt, Paris. 1t was constructed to
tho order OF Dr. Swain, of pnnacea no.
torioty. Indeed, for TINT matter, it was
mado under DR.. Swaim's own supervision.
and it may not bo nmiss to add that the
doctor himself was worry fine mechani-
clan. Few clocks perform their function
OF housekeeping equal to this exquisite
specimen of modern neurological elegance,
having rate inside of two minutes In a
year: 1t is n calendar clock, and shows
the day OF the week and month, making
Inc proper changes for leap year, and
showing twenty-nino days on bissoxtile
years.
Below We have something unique. and
without a compeer on tho globe. the cnsa
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-24

FARMER ALLEN, of Pennsylvania,
did not believe that his hired man kent
q good watch OH the stables, and so he
disguised himself, went out, and began
banging around, and the first thing he
knew he had charge of shot in his
leg. The hired man was right on deck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-24

THE water lily is largely used in
some parts of India as food stuff. The
fruit of one species that grows pIenti.
fully in tho lakes of Cashmere is rich
in starch and has much the flavor of
chestnut. If the nuts are dried they
will keep for a long time, and when
ground may be made into cakes or
porridge, or they may be soaked for
some hours and then boiled.
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wire.

PRonABLY the early race'of mankind
we're not much superior to other ami
NAL life, ard in the absence of books
and other implements, were entirely
destitute of means except what nature
furnished, yet they no doubt lived ~
happily as their posterity do.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-24

For twenty years past there has
been an insurance company against
burglaries nourishing in London. Ac
cording to the regular rates you can
insure the contents of your residence,
or the damage to it through burglary.
or any special article you desire
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Jinks' Mistake,

Blinks-What9 Can't keep you,
engagement with me?
Jinks (sadly)-No, I can't. 1 was
drawn on jury this week, and
couldn't get out of it.
did you try?"
Indeed I did I did my best 10
make myself out to be hopeless ig-
noramus, but they wouldn't let me go, !
Great Scott, mani The way IL
escape jury duty is to act as if 70 |
knew something" -New York Heekkk
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labor. Many sunday sch ools devote all
their surplus collections to tho missionary
Cause. many classes are organized :or tho
purpose OF supporting onch = missionary in
foreign lands; many socIotios nro formed
that ono or moro hcnthnn child, cn may be
supported and kept ut school TO receive
Christian education.
For all this tho poor heather ought to
BIO worry thankful. but II the reports OF APP
parcntly trustworthy travellers arc 10 DO
credited he does not show proper apprc-
citation Of tho efforts put forth in his bo-
ing 10 prefer his own darkness to tho best
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-24

L WHO IS AT ALL
interested in memor-
inls OF tho past will
not DO 10th to follow
us in q short descrip-
ton OF the highly in
teresting collection Of
clocks belonging to
sir. George w. Childs
of Philadelphia, Pa.
The cnt below con-
yeys an eScellant idoa
OF n m agni n cont
s pc eli IN on OF tho
cloister clock OF the
sixteenth century.
Tine case IS OF French
oak, carved in fine
taste. Tho artisan
xrh4 foeLio.o.l IA
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A Sorrowfnl Mel,line

a Tobolsk journal describes the mar
rage ceremony between a former Rms
san officer. condemned to ten years,
hard labor in the mines and a lifelong
punishment, and young and beautiful
girl, possessing an ample fortune in
her own right, who had faithfully and
YEARLY followed the footsteps of her
lover. The bridegroom was brounbt
to the altar of the prison chapel in fhe
soiled gray clothes of miner, his anlkio
bound by chains riveted in the iron
waistband. The marriage ceremony
over. husband and wife babe each othar
sad but hopeful farewell; he to re.
turn to his gloomy, toilsome life, and sbo
to wait YEARLY until her husband oh.
tains the freedom of colonist Is
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-24

AN Augusta, Me-, storekeoper waa
formerly possessed of an overwhelming
desire to examine the contents of every
package which friends deposited in his
store for safe excepting. His propensi-
ties in this direction have been effect
uaily stopped, and this is how it hap
pened: a man who suspected the weak
ness OF the proprietor dropped into the
store one morning and left bag, ask
ing that no one disturb it, The pro-
prietor walked around awhile restless
ly and then stopped near the bag. He
nervously fingered the string that tied
the top together. There was no one
looking, and he carefully united it.
He was hardly prepared for the result.
a thousand of about as mad hornets as
were ever let loose Lit on all the Ok
posed portions of the mans anatomy,
permeated his clothing quite thorough
ly, and the way he shot out of that
door and home would have done credit
to the prince of sprinters.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-24

MIR. JAMES D. REID, who has been
appointed United States Consul at
Dunfcrmliue, is commonly called "the
father OF the telegraph" He person
ally handled the first Presidents mes
sage ever sent across tho Alleghanics
by wire.