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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
Il Noble Iynffcr

A sensational Iii covory was recently
made in the dining room of the Oc
cidcntal Hotel, San Francisco. where
Miguel Tinoco, Spanish noblcman of
nigh birth and purple blood, was found
TO exist IN side waiter employed at
the hotel. Whether Mr. Tiuoco made n
good waiter or not, unfortunately for
Tho cause of dining room science, report
'a'1 to make known. The disguised
n"bcman was discovered rs follows:
onc day recently Elk President Bcrnar-
do Soto of Costa Rica an his suite.
being guests OF tho Occidental Hotel
entered the dining room and were as
signed seats at the table where Tinoco
was Stationed. The recognition between
the distinguished foreigners was mutual
and seemed to affect the cx-prcsident
ana MS stall more acutcly than il did
the reduced aristocrat. The quests.
Ter standing a moment aghast, with
drew from ih' dining room. instinct
ivc'y avoiding anything that would still
further toad TO humlia,c their former
associate. The party repaired 10 their
apart meat IA and sent for Tnoco. Ex
rlanations followed, aad. being sup
piled with fund, Tinoco resigned his
os;tion and vii, Leave for his former
home. where he las wealthy relations,
and where % cents are not charged to
INN cvory time he chips dish.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
ire Wafstao Prt..
"nne 81 shis ltis's Uncertain paths,
Its ru8Esd wsSS and hard.

while on this Iiiss uncertain pstbs
Its rusEsd wsyS and hard,
eooot nos; triumphant at the last
VIII be the sweet reward.
VINO pushes onward hopefully
VIII RECONSTRUCTION meet,
But in the end may be o'ercome.
and lie beneath his feet.
When clouds grow darkest in tie skies.
And break the thunder.storms
When death stalks with his scourses by,
And smites beloved forms. :.
That heart is true that bears with ali
Resigned and hopeful still,
heoelling not 'gainst Providence,
But yielding to its will. ~
No help have they who stop to doubt,
Or brood DER fancy's fears
Whose hearts with dreaded woes are filled
Whose eyes with coward tears.
While they who trusted forward move
VIII face the ills that rise.
And reach VIGOROUSLY the goal.
10 seize The waiting prize.
ID. Brdinerd williamson.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
Nothing Like a Chanrei

DR.. Knowall-My god sir, wha
you want is thorough alteration of eli
mate. The only thing to euro you is a
long sea voyagel
Patient-That's rather inconveniont.
You sec I'm only just horne from SEQ
voyage round the world. - London
Punch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
4 Terrible Rate.

eyes, sighed tho young wife, ~
married a professional hume rist, and |
wish hadn't. y =, 81, cz73
'.Whyf' asked her friend. ~
''Bsoauso lie rcada all his work to
mo before he puts it in tho paper. -
The Ledger,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
Hats and Faces.

Tho hatman ut the Southern isa curl.
osity IN his way. He can, when the
great hotel is crowded, tako tho hats OF
200 people al they enter tho dining
room, aad in returning them to their
owners on their emerging from the
dining-roon acycr make Il mistake. As
thu people do no, come ont in any rcru
!ir order correspond ng to that in which
they went i'll the hut m,u cannot dc.
tcrminc the relation between hat
AMI min by putting the hats
IN the rack on any systematic plan.
O2c man may cat his dinner in
half she time it take, hall dozca
others who went in before him. The
hat man, Robert Stith, caa hardly OK.
plain how he manage, to give every
man the right hat, but he doe, 1t every
Tine. al just look at the hat and at
the man that gives it to me. and when
see The nan know tho hat. or lust
The Other "iy," he says. Ills memory
~ hari 10 beat on hats and faces. for
he can remember tho face OF almost
'v.rS man who ever entered tho South
cru dining room.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
A Sure Sign.

horritt-You arc getting quite a
man. Little Johnnie-Yes. Ma has
stopped cutting down pas clothes for
me.-E,noh.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25

Tho mercury at S,nta Barbara, Cal. /,
recently roachod 90 degrsos in tho
shade.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

ladies' Field flowers will be greatly in
request for trimming this winter But
tercups, daisies, lilies of the valley, and
VlOlets viii be among the most faYOrite
flowers used, and I was specially pl eased
with a debutante's gown shown to me
here, and arranged with full folds of
white tulle, draped over white satin Ouch
esse, and trimmed in front from the waist
downward with detached sprays of lilies
OF the valley and pale green leaves. A
novel fan seen at an evening party was
covered with ostrich feathers laid fat and
overlapping one another, IN great va
TIety of shades and cOlOrs-pink, blue,
green, yellow, white, etc., but so delicate
ly tinted as to be perfectly harmonious.
1t was exceedingly pretty, and had this
advantage that it could be carried with
almost any toilet.
Do you realize that this generation is
Witnessing the apOtheosis of the petit
coat? Now, understand me. 1 am not
abiding in fippant terms to the onward
march Of triumphant womankind. Far
be it from me to speak of my sex as pet
/ ticOats. No; I'm "aIludIng at" those
charming garments worn for double
purpOse-tO shield the delicate BODY and
to turn the heads of mankind. Do you
! remember when your best petticOat was
made of cambria and ruf1ed, pulled, or
edged with Hamburg? Well, we have
changed all that Now, my lady wears
silk Of every hue-black generally for the
street and rainbow tints for the house
pink, mauve, pale blue, tucked and
smoked, shOWered with lace, padded
with sachet-pOwders, shaking out
honey treading perfumes. A blonde
haired bit Of Dresden china pays S35
| apiece for the delicious mass of frippery
she wears as petticoats, and as for those
exquisite pink creations which Mrs Gold
purse shakes out over her little feet
we'll, there is no computing their French
cost. I saw a peachy-cheeked brunette
who wore q petticOat of yellow sUrah
trimmed to the knee with row after row
of fine soft lace and yellow satin cOFsets
stitched in black.
That raises the question how to prevent
/ the accumulation of mud on our skirts,
which in sloppy weather Is inevitable,
so uncomfortable, and so rulnOus to cloth
ing. A friend suggests short, plain
WC0leu skirt four inches from the ground
with ulster Of corresponding length to be
worn with knIckeFbCckers or CATERS.
am afraid that the feet OF many Of US
would hardly be equal to so prominent a
/ public appearance as this; and If We con-
slider comfort and convenience alone, q
/ Walking-dress which looks impossible for
/ house wear can never be acceptable to
1 busy people, who cannot spare time for
! perpetual changes of toilet. Now that
/ gowns are less voiuminousIy drRped, 1t
might surely be possible to devise some
/ plan of fastening up at once qHick, grace
fuI and ehectuaI; and for carers who
object TO being short skirted, the petit
coat could be made longer, and bCrdered
/ to a depth of ten or twelve inches with
macintosh, which could be easily
sponged and dried before letting down
/ She dress.
This paragraphs sketch shows two
/ street toilets. One was combination Of
/ peaCosk-b1us sicilienne and velvet Of the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

form, being the graduated velvet band
that went right round the skirts of gowns
IN the days when our mothers and fathers
were enjoying the sweets of cOurtship.
These have a decidedly shortening effect
upon the figure, but they are certainly
pretty, and look equally we'll on evening
and morning gowns, in black and in col
Ors.
1t is curious fact that in spite of the
uninterrupted warm weather, this winter
is prominently the season Of furs. The
slaughter of the fur bearing animals in
Siberia and Alaska is said to have been
greater than ever before. Fur is seen
everywhere and on all sorts of garments.
We see it on the hens of dresses, on the
front of cOrsages, along the edges of the
large velvet or plush sleeves, in the lin
ing of clOaks, and now it has finally in
Vaded the realm Of millinery. This
picture shows a fur-tipped and fur-bOund
girl quite in the height of style. Some
of the prettiest head dresses this season
are due to the prevalence of this fashion.
First comes the travelling cap, which be
wholly of fur, or it may have simply a
broad band of seal, .astrakhan, or even
beaver around it. Then the large round
hat, whose feathers would so soon
strengthen out In our present atmosphere,
does no. disdRin to substitute for the
treacherous ostrich tip clusters of tiny
tails or strips of fur, Last Of all comes
Vhe niue Joquel which really gets the
most profit from this new idea. A velvet
t0que with strips of fur twisted irregu-
Iarly on its folds can not fail to be becom-
ing. Bands of the gorgeous Oriental
embroideries may be folded in with the
velvet, to give more cheerful effect,
while few miIliners have the hardwood
to add a knot of flowers to this arctic
head dress. The faYorite furs in MILL
merry are mink, sable and beaver.
Writing of the use of flowers reminds
me of a lady in this city who astonished
her set by appearing on Christmas even
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

the side of q hill. As I went passed
many funeral PROFESSIONS, consisting Of
stalwnrt Japs in blue gowns and bowl
hats, four of whom carried a box swung
on a pole which rested on their shout
ders. This box was much like a chiid's
playhouse, and it had it's roof and its cur
tanned windows. I was told that it was
coffin, and that each party carried
corpse. These collins were about four
feet long, two feet wide and four feet
high. They were made of thin white
pine, implanted and unvarnished, and
each coffin is burned or thrown away at
the same time of the burning of the body.
The crematory itself looked much like an
American engine-roOm; the furnaces
might have been made in America, and
they were built so that they opened into
an aisle running around a large room.
Wood was piled at their doors ana
furious draught sucked the air into their
mouths, and the great flames roared as
they ate up the human fuel which was
piled in the vaults above them. There
was but little smell as 1 entered the
building, but I could hear the cracking
and frying of the flesh, and the whole of
the burning could be plainly seen. A
hOllOW-eyed, bald-headed ghOul presid-
ed over them, and he stirred up the fires
as he chatted with me in regard to his
business
I'VE have" said he, first, second, and
third class crematiOns, and We graduate
our rates according to the age of the
body. A man or woman can be burnt
here in frst-cla5s style for 81. so. We
will give either a good secOnd-class burn
ing for SI.25, and we can send man of
in very respectable style for 81 Chill
dren under 3 years are burnt according
to the class for 81, rs cents, or so cents,
and boys and girls from to y years Of
age are burnt for from $3.50 to Is cents
apiece. We burn the bodies as soon as
they come in, and we average at least ten
cremations a day. We give the bone
ashes to the families Of the dead after
the cremation is over, and they take
them away and bury them IN their family
tOmbs.
Siam is the land of cremation. 1t costs
more money to die there than to live, and
the funerals of Congressman, which are
paid for at eXtrayagant rates by the Gov
eminent, cost but little in comparison
with that of a Siamese noble. When a
king dies in Siam the whole nation takes
part in the funeral, and 81, 600, 900 and
upward Is sometimes spent in the turning
of the royal embalmed body into ashes.
The last queen who died at Bangkok was
seated in golden urn for a number Of
months after her death, and the foreign
merchants in Siam bought thousands of
dollars worth Of goods from Europe and
China for the king to give as presents to
those who came to the funeral. A great
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

A REMARKABLY fine specimen of me-
teorio iron has just been received at
the North Carolina State Museum from
Rockingham County. It's greatest
length is twelve inches, with an aver
age breadth of eight inches, and it is
about two inches thick. It's general
shape is fiat, though somewhat concave
on one side and convex on the other, as
if broken off on the outer surface of a
rounded and larger mass. The speci-
men is coated with a thick crust of
dark-brown rust, and weighs twenty
five and three-quarters pounds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

Ex-QUEEN ISABELLA of Spain, who
was turned out of the kingdom twenty
years ago, thinks the outlook for mon
archs is discouraging If a monarch
is good-natured and liberal, sedition is
encouraged to break out; if he is Sc
we're in suppressing sedition his harsh
ness is made a pretext for revolution.
DO what he will or turn as he may he
is sure to be beaten in the end. The
ex-Queen says that her grandson
keeps his throne simply because the
Spaniards are too chivalrous to send
into exile a young widow and a father
less child.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

the bones of all going to the same reser-
yOir, and the vultures who to-day feed on
the flesh Of Dives make their morrow's
meal off of Lazarus.
saw many crematiOns among the Hin
docs, and I attended not a few funerals
IN India. The bodies were generally
carried on the shoulders of men, without
collins and covered with cloth. In some
cases band accompanied the procession,
and the burnings were in general very
simple. At Calcutta they took place in
unrOOfed sheds on the banks of the Hoop-
~, but the fires were built on the
ground and little hole was scoOpsd out
below them to make a draught. At
Benares the crematjons took place in the
open air, and, after the body had burned
to ashes, the ashes and bones remaining
were dragged down into the river. The
undertakers Of India belong to the dome
or chief caste. These preside over the
funerals and sell the wood and light
the fires used in carnations. They
break the elbows, wrists. knee and
ankle joints before cremaGing the
body, and at Calcutta the body is
placed on the fire with the face down
ward. it is covered with ghee, or clari-
fed butter, to make IL burn, and the
wood used varies with the cost Of the
funeral. rich man viii send his soul
to heaven with sandaIwOod, while poor
man takes what he can buy. The domes
sell everything connected with the crernc-
ton, and to be chief dome OF a big city
IS mOney-making position. One Of the
richest men in Benares is the head of the
undertakers, and he made his money in
this way. There is a regular charge for
burning, and the ordinary cost Of a crsnna-
tiOn IS less than 81. Funerals in India
are however, very expensive, and pres
ents are given away by the nearest Teia~
tives OF the deceased to those who come
to the funeral. A rajah Of Calcutta not
long ago spent $3.50, 600 in burning ais
father and rich families often spend
IS high as 500, 600 ia this sort Of IRE.
works
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

same shade, but somewhat daFkar; the
points on the bodice are borden with
embroidery Of the same shade and q row
OF buttons placed upon each velvet sleeve.
The bonnet matched. The second cos
tune was in gray cloth with a trellis work
in beaver shade chenille The hat was
of gray silk gRuze with white beads and
butterfly bows of white surah.
Among the latest fashions are two curl
Gus reviyals. One dates SO far back as
the early days OF the last generation,
while the other is not q decade old, and,
of the two, I should be inclined to opine
that il viii be the older one which viii
find most favor. Ten years is not long
enough for a fashion to have remained in
allegiance; We know we'll that there is
nothing new under the sun, even in the
matter Of the cut and trimming of gowns,
but, to be paradoxical, we like our fash
ions to be old enough to seem new when
they are revived. This is certainly not
the case with the lOng-tailed coat bodices
which are now making their reappear-
ance, for it seems but the other day that
we were reViling their hideousness. The
early resuscitGtiOn of this ugly garment is
probably due to the introduction of the
IncrOyable style, but I cannot believe
that it viii find much favor now that we
have been accustomed to more artistic
modes. The other revival is in trimming
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

temple or palace with roofs covered with
gilt paper was built as her bier, and the
funeral car was overIaid with pure gold
and set with jewels. This car was six
stories high and it was surrounded by
tiers of golden umbrellas Allthe foreign
diplomates attended the burning, and
there was tiger fight, lion dance, and
q tournament among the celebrations.
The king lighted the fire at 6 p. M, and
he gave presents Of gold and silver as
we'll as a dinner to the most noted Of the
mourners. 1t took a full week to per-
form the ceremonies, and at the close the
ashes were taken In q royal barge and
streWn upon the waters Of the Menam
River.
Every man in Siam has as good a burn
ing as his purse VIII buy, but few are able
20 undertake the expense Of building q
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

AN indignant relict makes her pro
test to the New York Tribune against
the indignity thrust upon widows by
the ungrammaticaI compiler of obitu-
airy notices. When she dies this par
ticular widow insists that she does not
want any fool editor to put her down
as "MehitabIe, widow of the late iona
than Jones'" This lady very properly
feels-that all the facts can be presented
to the public, and at the same time
with correct grammatical construction,
by saying "MehitabIe, widow of iona
than Jones"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

GENERAL Crook is one of the most
unassuming men possible. There is
nothing about his face, figure, carriage,
clothes, cut of his whiskers, or style of
hair, to denote the remarkably success
tul so1dier-the man whose influence
with the red aborigines is almost abso-
lutte. His wife, on the contrary, with
her plump, erect figure, white hair
combed back from a striking, almost
masculine face, is noticeable in any as
semblage. She is the daughter of an
old MaryIander, now dead, whose heart
and soul were pinned to the success of
the Confederacy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

readily be imagined. At one moment
she is hiding her face behind it, at the
next she is using it closed in gesticula-
ton like a fairy's wand, and so on through
all the tricks and devices of Witchery at
her command. You viii observe. too,
that she is wearing lOw-cut gown as
reception costume for an ordinary evening
at home. That is now fashionable.
DecOllete gowns again? Yes, indeed;
and if you, Mr. Editor, and you, Mr.
Preacher, don't stop this fusillade
against us on this subject, We are capable
of going to further depths in the matter.
Nay, more, we will call attention to the
display by many pretty and tempting
devices, We can employ the court plas-
ter trick, which Is rather ancient, TO be
sure, but effective. A new fad, though,
is TO tuck one solitary flower inside the
bodice, where its head lies in provoking
proximity to Beauty's breast; or, to fix
one blazing gem in that vicinity which
shall call attention to the beautiful ter
rttOry 1t lights up. I saw both these
tricks employed in TarlOr with equal
success.
The black spot on the white toilet of
the second girl is a collar on her dress,
and you can see how effective a device it
is for directing attention to the face
above it. The same thing. which would
formerly indicate a mild degree of
mourning, is even seen in dance COS
tunes. Here let me tell that for young
girls on formal occasions there may be
seen a pleasant variety of tulIe gowns,
entirely novel in design. Imagine, for
instance, "A skirt Of accordion-pIeated
saffron tulle, arranged over skirt of
paler yellow meryeil' euX, also accordion
pleated from waist to hem. The saffron
tulle is frightened in front by groups of
multi-cOlored butterflies, scattered care
lessly here and there. The effect of the
accordion underskirt of merveilleux is
excellent, for it gives a very rich appe n
accordion gowns can be had in tulle
and satin of almost any shade, and they
viii make ideal ball dresses for young
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

oinnati, st. Louis and Los Angeles. All
of these Institutions, writes Frank Car
penter, have been opened within the last
three years, and the one at New York ere
mates hundreds yearly. Without doubt
more than 1000 persons have been Gre
mated in this country since the building
of the crematory at Washington, Pa. and
those who desire such n means Of decOm-
position are said to be on the rapid in
crease. The home of cremation is in the
East. Siam dispOses of most Of its bod
les in this way, and saw dozens of
corpses frying and sizzling on the banks
of the Ganges. visited q great crema-
tory in Japan, where the men in charge
told me they burnt between 800 and 400
bodies in month, and attended a big
cremation in Burmah.
This japanese crematory was on the
edge of KiOta. In going to it drove
through the streets of shops filed with
the beautiful blue china for which that
city is so noted, and out through fields of
rice and tea to large brick building on
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

Two OF the daugters of Sir Henry
Aaron Isaac, the Lord Mayor Of Lon
don, are deaf and dumb. but they have
been so admirably educated on the oral
system, in Holland, that they can by
hp-reading even understand what goes
on at a theater. They have such
bright, intelligent faces that no one
could possibly imagine them to be de-
prived of two of the best senses.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

PARIsIAEs have been entertained by
a remarkable artist, who displays
wonderful skill In her peculiar form of
painting. With plates of various col
Ored sand before her she takes the
sand in her right hand and causes it to
fall in beautiful designs upon a table.
A bunch of grapes Is pictured with
violet sand, leaf with green sand, the
stalk with brown sand, and relief and
shadows by other sands; then the work
is brushed away, andaa bouquet of roses
and other objects are represented with
are drawn by the stream of sand as dis
tinct as though made with an artists
brush
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21

A MYSTERY of the Artic regions may
be cleared up next year if the season is
open. This mystery is: Where do
the whales go when ice begins to set in
along the Alaskan coast? Whalemen
know they go eastward, and it is sup
posed they congregate about the mouth
of the great Mackenzie River, but this
and the region to the northeast of the
rivers mouth are practically unknown
territory. The Pacific Steam Whaling
Company, of San Francisco, has just
purchased a strong steamer, which viii
be sent to the Attic next spring with
orders to push through to the mouth
of the Mackenzie. The reason for this
is that whalebone is rising in price, and
this seasons catch showed that the
whales are rapidly decreasing in their
usual feeding grounds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-21
q DroD Il CoaI Ia -

A tumble in coal and iron occurred
IN this city yesterday, and the effect on
half dozen brokers was disastrous. II
happened strange to say, In the Coffee
Exchange. The big sheet iron stove
standing IN the middle of the room
loaded with about half a ton of coals.
toppied over. The stove pipe in its fall
cut down wide swath Of brokers. WHO
looked ike coal miners when eheg
picked themselves up.-PQlL lEGI f91.
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