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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
on1a1N OF WEDDING Wells.

The origin of these wedding wells is
simple enough, but who of you will guess
that twas only that natural veil, her OWL
waving tresses, under which woman first
hid her bushes on the marriage day.
Then came the Interviewing of garlands
and scarfs, jewels and slaccs, amid these
floating locks, and little by little tho
bridal veil emerged thcrcfrom. The
veil actual, though of silk aud not lace,
originated with the Hebrews, and was
made to cover not only the entire body,
but the chair upon which the bride sat
In Nincveh n custom prevailed that u
bride should be enshrouded in thick
veil. In Babylon she was kept for three
days i'll II darkencd room so yelled. Even
now in Turkey bride is always covered
eight days before her marriage, and in
Persia she is enwrapt in the vouminous
folds of a long, flowing crimson silk veil
and placed upon richly caparisoncd horse
to be conveyed to the home of her future
husband.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
Formation of the Enr

Have you ever tried to discover q per.
sons character by studying the formation
of his earl Psychologists will tell you
about the traits of character marked by
the bumps on your head; manicure ex.
perts will tell you whether you are mild
or bad tempered by glancing at your finger
nMlsv opticians will profess to give you
anaccurateS description of your disposition
byslooaSiag into your eyes; fortune tellcrs
and clairyoyants will predict the future
for you by reading the lines on your out
stretched palm, but little notice is COM
monty taken of the outward form of our
organ of hearing, and even artists do not
give it much consideration as rule They
seldom go into minute detail over it.
They seem content with general outline
and rough touch here and there, show
ing the principal points. And yet well
formed ear will many times harmonizo
! otherwise irregular features, and to many
who are thus blessed it is at once " a
thing of beauty and a joy for ever. T"
Sculptors are more careful in their study
of an ear than painters, and it is rarely
that one finds good piece of statuary that
has not this organ correctly modelled.
No two ears are alike, but rs general
rule they have points and lines that are
similar. They vary greatly in form aud
size, and the pecularities of shape they
assume sometimes gives an index to the
character of the individual. Women, it
may be said in passing, have much better
ears then men; they are usually smaller
and closer to the head. Beginning with
the outer fold or ridge, called the helix,
which forms the outline, the ear is COM
posed of thin cartilage and integument
The next prominent ridge is the antihclix
which some people have very largely de-
vclopcd, but in well formed car pro-
jccts very little beyond the helix. The
little knob that projects from the foot of
the antihclix is called the antitragus, and
the corresponding knob on the other
side the tragus. The deep we'll in tho
centre of the ear is the concha, and, last
of all, the fieshy part below is called the
lobe or lobule. The concha, so termed
from its shell-likc form, plays the most
important part in rejecting the vibrations
into the inner ear; in fact, all these pro-
jections and dcpressions are of impor-
lance to our hearing, and play their
own parts in conveying the undulatons
of sound to the drum Of the ear.-Neo
! York Herald.
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and terrible lack Of careful breeding
which these elegantly -apparelled small
dsmsels from our "best society" exhibit
on the streets in this respect.
l have noticed groups of young girls
with their school books on some of our
most fashionable streets, aud have seen
them haughtily gaze at the people whom
they passed or met, aud have heard them
give vent to peals of laughter before the
unoffcnding victim of their bad breeding
was out of carshot. ''
II the fashionable schools which teach
young girls how to walk aud sit, and tho
proper manner in which to enter u room,
would also teach them how to look ut n
stranger in respectful and kindly :::an-
ncr, or, mt least, not to gaze with uold
and whitening stare of criticism, itwould
materially improve the manners of the
rising generation.
Atfability, cordiality, kindness and
amiability are wonderfully charming
qualities in women, aud we all need to
cultivate them
There never yet was woman so
gifted, wealthy, beautiful or high in
social position that cold, distant and
supcrcilious bearing would not mar her
charm.
There are SO many sorrowful things in
life, there are so many hurts and wounds
for all of us, it seems tn me that every
woman ought to cultivate sweet man
nor and II kindly glance for the stranger
or acquaintance. It costs nothing and,
like u ray of sunlight, it warns and
strengthens many n frostbittcn life where
on it falls
l think some women or girls have the
idea that naughty and proud bearing
imrrcsscs stranger with II sense of their
importance. This is mistake. The
truly great ARE never arrogant or cold,
but modest and kind in dcmeanor, whilo
the unworthy and prcsumptuous often
assume an mir of supercilious lisdain with
strangers to hide their natural dclicicn-
cics
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
EXPENSIVE DRESS.

You modest home bodies who nrc con-
tent to call yourselves well dressed with
gown for church and another gaycr
costume for the cercmonious reception
and dinner party, would shuddcr little
at the thought of spending S125 for Il
single dancing toilet. You might, too,
raise your brows protestingly if told that
the undcrskirts of silk and lace cost half
as much, and that the bill for cleaning
the outfit amounted to $25; but such arc
the luxuries INDUCED in by the daugh-
tiers of wealth. Gauzy tulcs of cherry,
rose, tcndril green and lilac are made up
with pointed bodiccs Of satin and gar
Eished with sprays, bouquets and wrcaths
of fine linen bowers that need only per
fume Tor perfection. Loops of narrow
ribbon in silk and velvet float out from
the belt and shoulders in the dance and
about the hem of the pctticoat is hand
made border OF gold lace and embroidery.
In forming the sleeve heads, some mex
pensivc but pretty lace is used stifrencd
with gum arabic. There are aigrettcs and
ornaments for the hair, but the greater
the beauty of the young lady the stronger
is her aversion to any such adornment.
What our English friends would call the
last bit of swagger is the natural butter
fly purchased from Broadway firm that
deals in beetles wings, devils darning
needles, firehies, ladybugs ard other jew
els of nature for decorating ballroom
dresses. These butterflies are secured to
common hair pin, and unprofancd by
the hand of art.-Ne,o York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
A State Dinner ut Washington.

The usual hour for \ State dinner, snya
the Washington star, Is s T.. ~ As tho
guests arrive, which should be fifteen
minutes before the hour set, they nrc
shown TO the rooms for the removal of
wrappings and descend by the private
stairway to the grand corridor and pro-
coed direct to tho Enst Room, where tho
President and lady await them. Each
gcntlcman upon entering the room is
handed by IN usher small envelope
containing card inscribed with the
plan of the table and bcnring tho nnmc
of the lady he will escort. On the
diagram the number of the seats he and
the lady will occupy arc marked. After
being received by the President he cx-
amincs the card and Immediately joins
the Indy whom he will accompany to tho
State dining hall. Tbs lady whom he
has brought remains with him until her
escort appears.
All the guests having arrived, ut tho
appointed hour the steward announces
that the dinner is in readiness. Tho
President, with the first Indy guest, leads
the way to the State dining room, fol-
lowed by tho remaining guests Tho
presiding lady, escorted by the principal
man, closes the line. Tho Marine Land,
meanwhile, performs suitable march.
In the dining room the guests find
their places and take the seats assigned
to them by tho plate cards, which cor
respond in location with the diagram
handed them upon entering the East
Room.
There are four services at all State
dir ncrs. Tho dishes, in their order, are
served on silver salvers by walters, the
guests helping themselves. Tho chief
waiter serves the President first and then
proceeds toward the right, and the
second waiter toward the left. Tho
same course is observed on the opposite
side of the table, beginning with the
presiding lady. No one is ever served
twice. The plates of one course are re-
moved rs soon rs each guest is finished
and the plate for the next is put in its
place.
At the close OF the dinner, which lasts
about three hours, it has been the custom
of late years for tho gentlemen to leave
the table with the ladies' and not return
The custom during the earlier admins
trhtions was for the ladies to have their
coffee Served in the drawing room, and
for the gentlemen to return to drink
single glass of wine 10 the health of the
President. Gentlemen Wishing to enjoy
u cigar retire during the coffee 10 the cor
ridor ut the foot of the private stairway,
but join the ladies wnep the presiding
lady makes the motion TO retire. After
One promenade through the suito of
parlors the gentlemen surrender the
ladies to the gentlemen with whom they
came, and with their own ladies take
leave OF the Prcsidcntand his lady They
should receive their wrappings and leave
the building quietly and promptly The
last of the guests should have retired
within thirty minutes after leaving the
table
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
A Costly Leather.

A very costly kind Of leather is known
TO the trade ns "piano leather" and,
though il IL well known that American
tanners hnvo for long time been nc
qmnintcd with tho secret of Russian
leather making, with its peculiarly
pungcnt and lasting odor, the secret of
tanning pinno leather is still held cxclu.
Bivcly byn family of tanners in Thuringia,
Gcrmnny-a peculiar fact, however, be.
ing that the skins from which it is tanned
are procured almost entirely in America.
The leather has but one use, the covering
of piano keys. 1t is II particular kind of
buckskin. The skin of tho common red
or Virginia deer will not mako tho
leather, species of tho animal knassslSi. :
the gray deer, md found op,s 3's
vicinity Of the great northern LAKES 31
furnishing tho material. The Gcrst
tanners have III agency in Detroit wliisssss,
collects tho skins OF this deer from w ttl
Indian and hnlf-breed hunters, tho Yattss
paying an average price Of about twSentI
cents per pound for the green skins
When returned to this country, howoyerSSi
ns piano leather, they cost tho Ihaniil
facturcr from $15 to $1S per poundy
Tho worlds supply of this invaluabliE
and essential material is supplied by thds
Kretzchmar family of tanners, who carry
on as many as six establishments in Ger;
many, the largest and best being at GEfa,
in Thuringin. -New York San. ~
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
A MOnkey.Faced Owl.

One of the most interesting spccimcnr
on exhibition at the Smithsonian 5000"
in Washington, is n monkcy-faced owl,
born and bred in the district Jail. Truly
he is genuine Jail bird. lie first saw
the light of night in the caves of the big
old building, but was arrested for disturb.
ing the quiet of the establishment, and
now ckcs out miserable existence in u
cage. His face is almost an exact coun-
terpart of 4 monkey, 30 much so, in fact,
that were the rest Of his body covered it
would be difficult to distinguish the diff.
ference. The bird has II cage all to him
self, and is the only one of the kind on
exhibition lie sits all day quiet and I'M
blinking; but at night, so the reporter
was informed, he had high old time,
and makes the building resound with his
piercing shrieks
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
A Sure Cure for Corns.

Ebon'T Marshall of Rincon, CAL, is n
farmer and has large landed interests,
and for years he has had corns upon the
little toes of his feet, and at times has
suffered so severely with them as to
abandon his work on his farm. This
winter he has suffered more than ever.
Corn salves and other remedies had no
permanent effect. Last week Marshall
resolved to have both his little toes cut
OF in order to escape suffering from his
corns, and so he had the operation per.
formed He will not be able to wear
shoes for several weeks, but he says he is
glad that his corns have gone for good
San Francisco Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
woiAN's HAuGnry STARE.

[ have passed through room filled
with welldressed, wcll-cducatcd and sup
possibly wcll-brcd women, where was n
stranger to all, and have felt, says u
keen observer, that it would be less
painful matter to ascend the scairold for
my execution. Aftcrward meeting these
same ladies, perhaps, found them kind
and tender-hcarted, and never consciously
wounding another.
Yet this habit of coldly staring at a
stranger had grown upon them without
their knowledge. have seen this habit
carried to ITS extreme at summer watering
places. Little girls and young misses
cultivate this cold and critical stare. and
I am often surprised to see the rudeness
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
A SAVINGS nox For GIRLS.

1t need not be box ut all it may be
silk bag, or u big wcllcd inkstand, or it
may be II Satsumn jar. But have it.
Thea, when the day is done and the purse
is being looked over, count out the
pennies and spare some to the savings
box. My dear girl, it is your indcpend-
ence. The pennies, half dimes and dimes
count up, and then when you want to
surprise mother with Il birthday gift,
when you want to go on II frolic, or when
you would like to have good photo
graph, II really good one to give to some
body who is very fond of you, the money
saved is that brought forth. Just try
going without IL few things-a car fare
now and then, some candies, or the very
latest in collars, aud dedicate the ducnts
to the box You will be amazed to sec
how they accumulate. And best Of all
the saving habit will come to YOU Tint
does not mean lack of generosity, it
means thought for the future. Some
masculine philosopher said women only
began to save money when they had
passed thirty, but if that is true it rs be-
cause the savings box idea was not taught
from youth up. -Ne'o York Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
SHOULDERS OF WAX.

The Empress Augusta, of Germany, was
famous in her younger days for her per
sonal beauty and especially for her magni-
ficcnt shoulders. In the later years of
her life her beauty of feature. had quite
disappeared, but to the day of her death
the wonderful shoulders remained the
same. And court gossip tells tho follow
ing story about it: The Empress had al
ways been excessively proud of her beauty,
and so, when the unkind years began to
leave their trace upon her, she devised
the most skilful aid from art. For her
neck and shoulders-indecd, for the en-
tire upper body-she Ind waxcn cover
ing made which perfectly stimulated
nature in coloring, texture and outline.
This armor once assumed, she was never
known to remove it, and indeed for many
years, the fact of its being the product Of
art was matter of suspicion rather than
actual knowledge, Certainty came about
in this way. One of the young women
of the court, of an experimental turn of
mind slipped slyly up behind the august
presence one day and gave just the tinicst
touch of n needle on the smooth white
shoulders. The Empress did not stir. She
pushed little harder, still the Empress
did not vince, and court speculation was
silenced for ever.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
WORDS OF wIsDON

Fortune docs not change mo-; IL uns)
masks them.
A short absence quickcns love, long
absence kills it.
Women are in moral world what
flowers are in the physical. a
Ono may be better than his reputation|
or his conduct, but never better than hisI
principles. n
The feeble tremblc before opinion, thu,
foolish defy it, the wise judge it, thb1
skillful direct it. 4
There will always remain something I'd
be said of a woman, us long us there ID
ono on the earth. f
II all hearts were frank, Just and
honest: tMs>major part Of tho yistuss
Would be useless 10 Us.
a lion among ladies is
thing, for there is noe{
wildfowl than your lion II ii q
Some mon relate what 4 ~ K
what they know; some men on
memories and habitdal inaccurssr Il
to one man what belongs to t;E7'S
some talk on without thong
A wise man carries all .!
within himself; what fortune 9S|
may take, but he leaves NOTHING ssq}s +
mercy. He stands firm and keeps ~
ground against all misfortuncs, withoJ q
so much MS changing countennncc. <
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Something Wrong When tho Baby Cri

Sister lrcno, who has charge of th,SB
New York Infaut Asylum, aud whdS
raises an average of u thousand found tk
lings ovory year, will not tolerate baRS
baby. Something is wrong whom .tlissf
baby cries. Tho nurse is objected 10 O.
amino the clothing and if the cause #
not found doctor is summoned. If oEs
examination tho little one is pronounceV
III good health and the bowling still COT
tinucs baby is sent to the rcformatoryN
whore he is put on his back in crib &
like room and loft alone until his tcmpcrV
improves. 1t is only the new babies
who cry, hut the peace Of the house i'll
never sacrificed. Meal, bath and bcd(
time are observed to the minute, aud
every child is trained to sleep all night
long and part of the day. Promiscuous
feeding is not permitted Mt any time inI
the child's life and before child cultured
comes the physical condition of thce
nurse in charge. You can't make Sister
Irene or any Of hcr assistants believe that
strong coifcc or tua is good material to
nurse II young child ON. The result must
DC some form of nervous trouble. No
child Is allowed to eat solid animal food
until II has twenty teeth and then in
almost innitcsmnl portions and but once
day. Tho childs food is never
allowed to bc cooled by blowing the
breath upon it, M disease is too fro.
qucntly communicated il is thought in
this way. As NIL the children have to BIZ
disposed of in some way before thA syc
of seven a closestudy is mndc of Ina y
in order to tempt rostef 1rehty, ~.
haii of tho girl babies is novcf>S;a
lnshcs and lids arn carefully trimnif5S'ii'
chang mouths" aro coaxcd To grow NSf
gethcr by means of support for IL r.
chin, and noses that are inclined to turIN
up ARE gently persuaded not TO. Heads
arc not smothcred in sleeping, nurses
nrc dircctcd to turn their faces nway no
ny not to breathe into the n0slrls of their
chargcs. and such Irregularities ms snor-
ing aud thumb sucking nre corrected
There is not u rocker either or IL crib or
char in tho whole asylum, and pillows
arc not thought hcalthful for tender
shoulders to round upon.-M,o York
Sun.
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lucky-bone. The wonder is that tho
folks don't try>it more frequent.
Saturday Night
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-04-12
DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SECTIONS

BALTIMORE Meeting every Sunday at O'Clock
pm. at Turner Hall, d1G II. Bal, imore street;
free discussion every meeting. Ira Dean,
1i04 E. Preston -treet, Organizer, G. Fleisch.
man, 1922 Bank street.
BosToN, MASS --Public agitation meetings at g,
A. r. Hall, SIG W ashington street, every Sun
day evening at 730 O'Clock. Free to all.
Business meetings, first Monday evenings in
each month, at Nassau ST, Organizer,
p Il. O'Neil 45 Everett street Charestown.
Rec. Secretary, E. ID. Miller, Adams street,
Cambridge
Decentralization Section meets every Tues
day evening at the Labor Lyceum Organ
izer, Leonard Burglcr, 251 Wallabout ST.
CnIoAGo-Bu-iness meeting every sunday at
ternoon, 2 O'Clock, at Gref's Hall, 81 Lake
street. Public agitation meetings every
Sunday at Jungs Hall. 1906 Randolph street
Organizer, Bernhard Berlyn, 6O26 Green st.,
Englewood, Cook Co., Ill,
LYNN, MASS, Organizer, George r. Peare, 81
Jefferson street.
MINNEAPo1Is Scandinavian Section, Agitation
Meetings, every second and fourth Mon
days In each month. Business MeetiI gs,
every first and third Monday Organizer,
p. Petersen, p. 0. Box 1884
New YoRK--American section Agitation mset-
ines every Monday evening at 25 East Fourth
street, Organizer, August Delabar, % East
Fourth street
NEW HAVEN, CoNN,--Meetings at the New Hall,
second house from corner State and Chapel
SITS, Entrance from State st. M Ruther,
81 Broad ST., Organizer.
NEW ORLEANs--Meeting every hrst, Sunday IN
month In the house Of Comrade Beck, 105
Bordeaux st.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa - Agitation meetings every
Tuesday evening at Morning Star Hall,
northeast corner of Ninth and Callowhil1
streets Secretary Jul. Necker, All Vine
street. Organizer, W. Fl. Bishop. 919 Sar-
tain street.
PHILADELPHIA PA,-Flemish Section meets First
Sunday In each month, 1906 Germantown
ave. De Bruyn, 1915 Warnock st.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.-French Branch meets every
second Sunday at $3.50 a, m. at Aschba hers
Hail. corn. Orlana and Somerset sts-lsidor
Cnockaert, Sec'y., 3018 4th st
PROVIDENCE R Injecting first Sunday of each
month, 2 o'clock p M, SHADES Building,
Room 20 Organizer, Franklin Burton,
Sampson av.
SACRAMENTO, CAL.-Meets every Tuesday even.
ing at 730 o'clock at Humboldt Hall, cor,
Ninth and L streets Organizer, L. G. Fry,
55 K street
YVES SUPERIOR, Wise. Meetings every week,
organizer, P, O. Box 254.
The Directory of sixty German American Sec.
tions will be found In DER SOCIALIST.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-04-12

cepted the invitation and signed their
names to the membership roll. 1t is
under TODD that negotiations are passing
between the packers and the head of the
Union for a conference as to the eight
hour question at an early day.
M. V. Britzius of the Cigarmakers'
Union, ex.President of the Trade and
Labor Assembly, addressed the
MEETING OF THE sCANDINAvIANs.
He sketched the growth of the produc-
tive power of labor from primitive times
to the present, and said that the increase
of wages had fallen far short of the in.
crease of production. with the in
creasing power of machinery we must
reduce our hours Of labor. thereby find.
ing employment for the idle. The man
who will not strike at the present time
is not civilized man. If there should
be another panic like that of 1878, with
no organized labor to relieve the suffer
ings of idle brethren, instead of a few
hundred thousand idle men, as then,
there would be ten millions. They
would take possession of the cities and
burn them. Millionaires' heads would
fall.
S, S. Oliver, of the Central Labor
Union, spoke in the same vein. Gustav
Ahlenin addressed the meeting in
Swedish and Jens L. Christensen in
Norwegian, both urging organization
and energetic effort for an eight. hour
day, after which resolution in that
tenor was adopted unanimously.
Chicago, April A. PROGRESS.
p. S. AS we so to press the great
carpenters strike is progressing satisfac-
torily in Chicago. The non-unidh men
are out, many joining the union, and
building operations are entirely sus-
pended.