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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
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have wai.,cd abbut the public
buildings in this city for good many
years, and | have learned in that time
something nbout beauty" said we'll
known Washington correspondent to n
Washington Post reporter. "Did il ever
occur to You that sitting posture is II
thousand times more attractive in some
people than when they stand, while II
beauty in profile is homulincss itself when
II front view is prcsnntcd! .,
al knew young Indy employed il. the
Postoilicc Department by sight for several
years, ] have seen her sitting ut her
desk, bending over her work month i'm
and month ont. Her profile was u study,
and with all MY critical tendency never
saw where IN Improvement could be
made. she wis The 1ujntcsscncr of
bcauty, and passing Her door and seeing
her sitting there WAS one Of Tie things
that made the journey pleasant. Imct a
friend ono day md nsko,l him if he knew
her. lilo answered that he did, hut
when ! limited TINT she was one OF. the
most beautiful ladies | had over seen, he
only wanted to know where | had been
keeping myself. I spoke to several pco-
pie who had occnsion to see my goddess
OF beauty now and then in lrnnsuctinls
business with her office, but from moi
one could L get any sympathy in my
nlmiration.' Every onu said they could
not Imagine where could find anything
beautiful to admire in that young lady.
al began to think that / Ind been the
subject Of an optical ',lolusion, and when
made my noNt pilgrimage by her office
door glanced in, and there SHE sat,
that profile that dciic,l criticism standing
out boldly, the, car perfect and such N
tasteful arrangement of hnir MS would
have made. Venus herself cnyious.
There could be no mislnke. / said To
myself that thc people about The Post
Office Department were chumps and
nothing else. One day MS | walked
down + street at about O'clock / no =.
ticcd II young lady, short Of stature and
homcly of face, fifteen feet from mic,
coming in the opposite direction.
There wax nothing about her TINT should
attnct'my attention except TINT she wore
rather sour expression Of continuance
aud walked in IN ungruccfu manner.
AS She caine alongside me happcnetll to
glance at her, and ] tell you was star
tied. There was that faultlcss profile
That had been thcsubjcct of my ndmira-
lioh Tor. so many months. looked
'ack, The profile had passed aud my dc
l'lsion was gone.
81 have had many similar experiences
a homcly profile has developed into II
bnautiful face. A beauty when frisking
about with II tennis racket in her hand
sobcrs down in appearance when quietly
seated. A face lovely in animation
might become unnttrnctivc when in rest,
and wee versa. So, you see, that beauty
Is not ono of the exact sciences after all "
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
Vitality In tIlc Hen.

There is vitality received from the
hen that no incubator ever can produce
have known IL hen, says Il writer in the
massachusetts, P1uhrymen, who left her
eggs for twenty -four hours and brought
out ten chickens, but if you leave the in
cnbator. open for fifteen minutes your
chickens are gone. l had n hen set on
the base Of hay-mow. One day the
thermometer was far below zero saw
that the hen was of and that tho eggs
were stone cold. / called the eggs
gone, but let them stay there thinking
that she might go on again. She died
before that time. I went back, and
those eggs were still colder. thought
would experiment with these eggs. The
hen had been off for all of five hours and
yet put them under hen that wanted
to sit and the biggest part of the eggs
that had chickens in them hatched
They were not as strong as If Matched on
time, but this proves that in hen that is
healthy there is vital force. / never
knew case where the hen stuck close to
the eggs that she Matched good clutch.
| never knew hen that came OFF every
twenty-four hours, took exercise and
scratched for food but would hatch out II
good number CT strong, healthy chickens.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
Fighting nm Alligator.

ga few days ago." says Tom D. John.
son, 81 was wading through swamp up
near the Horseshoe, in water rs high up
ms my whist. spicd an alligator some
distance from me. Having already passed
several. | paid no attention to this fell
low; but presently he divcd and came up
within few feet of me, coming ut me
with open mouth. raised my gun to nv
shoulder and fired. The shot did not
take any effect, nor did it stop him. |
then raised my gun, and, using it us n
club, struck nj HIM and missed him, and
came near losing my balance. Not hnv-
ing time to shoot again, jumped behind
80 tree, and, just as got behind the tree,
the gator struck at me and hit the tree
so hard that he was turned completely
over, and the waves from his fall came
near uPsctting me.
Gas soon as he righted he came at me
again. again eluded him by jumping
behind the tree. We INDUCED in this
practice for some little time, when finally
| caught hold of an overhanging limb
and drew myself up into the tree just in
time to miss the gators jaws. When I
got up the tree loaded my rifle and shot
the gator. Tie was one of the largest
gators | ever saw in this section He
was all Of twelve feet in length. Inever
before thought an alligator would attack
a man. -1palochicoin (Fla.) Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
Thc Richest Of All Rlan,s.tli

w nat Is ramle.
1t was formerly placed by the botanists
in the class of urtica, but il is,upw. called,
.Bochmcri',. OIL spearless ncttlc.i : II
| will call it by no scientific name;
will simply call ii the richest of plants,
for it possesses wealth of growth, wealth
of development and wealth OF fiber. In
ordinary light ground, with little water
ing now and then by rain or irrigation,
no plan. will grow SO rapidly, no root
will multiply more quickly and produce
more stalks; no vegetable fiber is hand
son,cr, richer or silky than ralnic Is Z
1t is perennial plant, and when once
put in the ground it grows fov over
twenty years without rcplnnting, Civ
ing, according to the climate, two
and three crops n year. 1t is easy
OF cultivation, requiring only a soil clean
and loose. 1t is planted in straight
rows, three feet apart, in {, small uphill
form. The plants must ibc kept very
close, in order to shoot forth straight
stalks without any branches 1t grows
about like willow, an average of fifteen
to twenty switches, from six TO eight and
ten feet high, covered on the upper part
with large green leayesswhitc underneath.
Through its leaves ramic takes its
nourishmcnt from the ozone of the air
This developed part of no lrishmcnt Of
the plant, added to the large, extensive
propensity of the MOTHERHOOD, from
which run horizontally and down lot Of
rhizomes and small roots, explain the cx :
; traordinary vitality OF the plant and its
three or four crops Il year in some coun-
tries ''ifi "
The Chinese alone have, for thousand
years past, extensively cultivated the
ramic plant; before them the Egyptians
were shrouding the dead in magnificent
winding sheets of ramic, which to this
day are found in the bandages Of their
mUmmicS. -.JUleS .Lereaet.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
A Wonderful Lily.

One sometimes hcnrs of the wonderful
productivcncss of the golden lily-Lilium
Auratum, Iindlcy. Some years ago an
instance was recorded of one stalk, under
cultivation, bearing no less than thirty
five flowers. This happened at Pitlour,
in Fifcshlrc, Scotland, in 1886. The rec.
ord is quitc beaten by plant in the gar
den of a foreign resident ut Karuzawa,
which is now bearing no fewer than fifty
seven flowers on one stalk. The stalk it.
self is six feet high, and toward the up
per end it flattens out, the buds hanging
like keys on board. The upper cxtrem-
ity is cleft. Room is thus allowed for
the remarkable luxuriance of Towering
just described. In the Far East of Sep.
TENDER 16, 1872, it is stated: "This
summer there grew in the garden of Mr..
G.. G. Pearson on the Bluff mo lily,
Yokohama, two stems from one bulb.
One was u fair specimen of the ordinary
Towering of the plant, having eighteen
flowers upon it; but the other, upon
broad fiat stem about m inch and half
in width, but thin MS lath, had no less
than sixty three buds, of which fifty-two
were in full flower at one time. japan
Weakly Mail.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
4 Lamp Wolf Hunt.

The Swedish Lapps live entirely With,
by, and upon their reindeer. A Lapp
who owns Il thousand deer is IL very rich
man; but as taxes are assessed upon the
number Of deer, he is inclined to under
estimate his herd. The most dangerous
enemy TO the herd is the wolf, who. ii
disposed, eau kill thirty deer in Il night
A band of wolves can make a rich I.app
poor.
When the snow is deep and soft, and
it is announced that wo!f-tracks have
been seen in the ncighborhood Of thc
deer, the swiftcst runners on SNOW shoes
prepare for an exciting chase.
The wolf may have start of ii mile or
two, but the track it leaves in the deep,
soft snow is so prominent that the
hunters can follow it mt their best speed.
The wolf, though he may run fast, has
bat slight chance of escaping the short
men who, on snow-shocs, rush through
the wood, dart down steep hills, and
jump from lodges several yards in height
Each hunter does his best to outrun
the Others, for the wolf belongs to the
Lnpp who st rikcs the first blow. AS soon
us the leading hunter is close enough to
the wolf he gives it IA heavy blow across
the loins with his strong. spiked snow
shoe staff. If there arc other wolves to
be pursued, he kills it outright; il not,
he disables it and waits till all the hunters
have arrived before giving the death
stroke
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
The Black Bishop of the Niger.

The Right Rev. Samuel Adjai Crow
thcr, ID. d., missionary bishop of the
Niger territory, is now stayin. nj the
Church Missionary house in Salisbury
square, Fleet street, says the Pal lEoii
Gazette. He has come over to England
from Africa upon II special mission, namely
to raise funds for the building of new
church on the Niger The bishop, who
IS notwithstanding old gentleman, now
in his cighty-iirst year, very quiet in
nanucr and with all the impressive nc
tions which belong to the African race,
has had Il life full OF adventure, which
has bean almost entirely devoted to the
propagation of the Christian religion
among his fellow natives. While yet II
child he was kidnapped from his tribe
the Yorubas--and sold in Lagos in 1922.
He was however, rescued by British
ship, taken TO Sierra Leone and educated
there by the Church Missionary Society.
lie was baptized in 1925, was afterwartl
employed rs teacher and in 1913, hav-
ing been ordained lie was sent To his own
country, Yorubn, to assist in the CONVEX
sion of his own people. In 1857 he was
leader of the new Niger mis-
sion and on ST. Peters day, 1864, he wns
consecra.cd ut Canterbury Cathedral the
first Bishop OF thc Niger Since that
date his whole time had been devoted to
the conversion of the heather in those
two regions
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
AN INNER MEANING.

There has como TO my mind q legend, a thing
-------l-had half forgot, -.--s..-
And whether read it or. dreams it, all, well
it matters hot f3.fff.i,
1t is said that in heaven, at twilight. great
ball softly swings,
And mai may listen and harken to tho
wondrous music that rings
II he puts from his hearts inner chamber all
thopassioh, pain and strife.
Heartache and weary longing that throb in
the pulses of life
IL thrust from his soul all hatred, all thoughts
of wicked things.
And think there lios in this legend il wo
open or Dyes To seq.
Somewhat OF an inner meaning my friend,
to- you and me. 81
Let us look in our hearts and question, can
pure hearts enter in
To a soul il it DO already the dwelling OF
thoughts of sim
So then, let us ponder n littlolet us look in
our hearts aud soc .tr.,r
Ii the twilight bell Of the angels could ring
for us--you and mo. f'
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
1t Worked Both WAYS.

Colonel Mosby relates the following
amusing incident, which occurred in Il
cavalry fight in the Shenandoah Valley
in 1864:
" In the midst of sharp cavalry en-
gagement with Sheridan's men in a
charge near Berryvillc, there came riding
INTO our lines like whirlwind Yankee
soldier on black horse. A score of men
tried to stop horse and rider, but the old
blacks blood was up and he went on,
clean through our lines before he was
under control. The rider was sent to Libby
Prison and we mustered the black charger
into the Confederate service. A few days
later we charged some of Clusters men,
and that old horse was ridden into the
engagement by one of our soldiers The
old black evened up things, too, for he
carried his rider into the Federal lines
and never came back"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
Chinese Foot Fashions

The Chinese, in spite of their Claims to
an advance i'll civilization, writes the
Chicago Journals Washington man, still
adhere to the outIantlish custom of Grip
ping the women among the higher
classes, by binding their feet in child
hood to prevent their growing to the nat
ural size. The wife of the Chinese Min
lister, who is here, is a victim of this Gus
tom. She hobbies about painfully.
When she comes down stairs, and if you
are SO fortunate to see her about the door
of the legation on these pleasant even
ings, you will see that she is able to take
only few steps at a time, and liinps
about supporting herself with hand
against the wall or upon the shoulder of
an attendant.
! was talking recently with a very in
telligent Chinaman, who is here, and who,
by the way, is an officer of high rank un-
der the Chinese Government, and he nd
mitted frankly that this absurd custom
continues to be practiscd, and that it
seems to gain popularity year by year.
lie admitted its absurdity and cruelty,
and expressed n wish that the custom
might be abandoned by the people of his
country.
Curiously enough, the family of the
Emperor and Others of high official rank
omit this practice, us do also the common
people of that country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21

The monkey house, irrespective of the
attendants pay, the interest OH tho money!
invested, wear and tear and accidents.
cost just SS'a-wrcs: Thcgcrfght- dollars
represent two barrels of apples, at So a
barrel, and So worth of bread. That is
what tho monkeys cost the Park Depart
mcnt. They cost tho public much more.
There is hardly day that from ST. to 50
worth Of cakes, candy and nuts, not to
speak of fruits, arc not contributed to
the monkey house by men and women,
children and nurses These tid.bits arc
gratefully accepted; forcely fought over
and grcedily devoured.',sl hrG -lirp.
The sight of tho day is the feeding of
the bears. There are ten. bears. in the
big, iron barred pit. There are two Po-
lar bears, grizzly or two, and several
brown and black bears. The Polars are
separated by dividing iron fcncc from
their darker cousins, as acloscr relation
ship would probably lc,ld to IA strife, in
which the Artics would come out vic
torious. The Polar bears are frightfully
powerful and have tcmpcrs that REQUIRE
little to inilamo. The bear food costs the
park W. 80 day in addition to tho odds
and ends furnished by the curious visitors
moved to generosity by the sign ''Do not
feed the aniulals.' Tho regulation diet
consists of forty loves Of bread, weighing
ninety pounds. When this is tossed into
the pit there is II scramble, wrcstlc and
hustlinS, and the strongest bear gets
the largest share This bread is stale and
consequently hard. The bear is clumsy
In body hut agile in intellect. He llocs
not relish hard bread crust any moro than
man does. Therefore when he gets n loaf
more than ordinarily hard he takes it to
the wafer hasin in one cornor of. his cugc
and dips it in the water until il is soft
enough not to do injury TO hsfeeth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
Seven Dog sto,iss,

a watchfni terrier in Il Chicago jcwclry
manufacturing establishment aroused the
wStchman the Other night 'jjust iii Time TO
prevent thiovcs making of with valuable
plumber.
A:dog owned by,the Postmaster mt Mu,,
Lick, Mich, hld one puppy, and in order
to make the family one worth bringing up,
she has adopted q motkerlcss family of
kittens, and is making success Of the
venture. '''Hf "17"s WI" DjfeHl
An Intelligent canine that spends rnitch
of its time around ,ailroa0 crossing in
Boston takes position NEAR tho safety
gates when a train approaches, and refuses
to allow person to pass until all danger
is over. Lac,
A dog saved tho Commercial House at
Adrian, Mich, from destruction on a re-
cent morning. Fire broke out in the
bar-room at four o'clock, but his barking
brought help before. the building became
involved. Forty guests were asleep i'll
the hotel. ffi9 'rf ih's 'il
A railroad dog, who travels steadily
with his master in the cab Of Denver
aud Rio Grandc locomotive, is said TO he
highly valuable i'll many ways. lie Gan
-sconi cattlc on the.track- when they cannot
be seen, and drives them of when thcv
are in,lisposcd to get oil. ss,
- ASgcntlemau was ont shooting near
-Totncs, England, when he had the mis-
fortune to shoot his dog. For IL moment
he was too much overcome to rc,what
damage he had done. aud before he had
recovered himself the animal, black
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
Measures and Contents.

barrel requires measure 81 inches
long by 16 inches wide and IS inches
deep.
One pee; requires measure inches
by % inches square and inches deep.
One gallon requires measure s inches
by s inches square and 4 Is inches deep.
Half bushel requires n measure 16
inches byS 2-5 inches wide and s inches
deep.
Half gallon requires measure in
ches by 4 inches square and As inches
deep.
Half barrel requires measure 81 in
ches long by 16 inches wide and Is in
chcs deep.
One ton of coal requires a measure 4
feet long, 3 feet 5 inches wide, and 2
feet inches deep.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
An Extraordinary Man.

Usobirs 'Slato.d,s i'yio died recently in
faycttc County, Ga, was remarkable
man in many respects. lie was eighty
one years old, and had lived in the same
house for siXty-onc years. BY his first
wife he had seventeen children and by his
second fifteen. Around his bedside when
he died were seventeen of his nineteen
living children. lie had grandchildren
too numerous to mention. Hc had given
nearly every one some of the land which
he owned, and his children always lived
close about him. He was six feet in
height and had been sick only few hours
before death.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
AnIron Bolt From the Skies.

A remarkably fine specimen OF meteoric
iron has just been received at the North
Carolina State Museum from Rocking
ham County. Its greatest length is
twelve inches, with IN average breadth
of eight inches, and it is about two
inches thick. Its general shape is fiat,
though somewhat concave on one side
and convex on the other, as if broken
OFF on the outer surface OF rounded
and larger mass. The specimen is
coated with thick crust OF dark brown
rust and weighs 25i pounds. - Courier.
.J0uyuai
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
wuo WAS moss,


A dastardly tramp, knowing that slic
Was. entirely unprotected, entered the
home OF q frail meek eyed little woman
in Montana and said savagcly-:- $500
NOW ma'lam, you want to jist fly
round and sit me up Il square meal, au'
II mighty good ono, tool Don't lei no
grass grow, under your feet willie you're
bout it. neither; or Pill" -,
Half III hour later the frnii, meek eyed
little woman hailed y passcr-by and said
calmly & ~ u g., :
''Isc got Il fellcr !ayin, on my KITCHEN
floor tied up with clothcs-linc and
gagged with Il towel, that Id like you to
help me dump him into my wagon SOS
kin ,takc4him to town I've an tidcc n
couple Of his ribs is broke, an his head
needs SEWN up in three ,or, four. places,
an his shoulders pears to be out o j'int.
lie got kinder sassy an | had ter let i'm
know Who was boss, yer know
DrakeS Mr:oJinc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
PITll AND POINT.

Thu storm, ,,,,,d ehou,l h,,o s,.v
blew color
mn =,
.i. 4.''e"" ""''e' i"N ''ooS'c'
NJ, ,;., ~, ne,
o,,',,s -, 49," I WV" '''o''
' ""I, ''''N' ro,""'
DO You THINK bicycle riding is fall
u ISL .hc "hs "' ne that worry Tho
gutter searching S"h'h' IL the on's.--
'r'f"a"e i'Tr"ef,
II takes more Than a well starchcd shirt
l nr 'o'makc II po'ishc" gentleman.
hed'"ey ENTERPRISE y
In milking COW sit on the side furth-
est from the COW AMI near soft spot III
the pasture. -- WifiCHracc RiuN.
NJ, o,
""! ~ S"''" WI, !" S''
hionS plcNSahtiy Is 10 practice what her
husband breaches ---.1'cd'"o" Giojc.
s'nc mems affairs don't get straight
cncd out until about the same time they
'lo themselves. -BnFiAgioH hiee Press.
Daurhtrr- .,NVh,pcvcr ,,ttrr,n, ia
wear those tgh, shoes have fit"
Mothcr-''fou mean mis!it - fo,on
Topics.
Baseball and football have their seasons
of popularity, but M a silently iavoritr
lhc fish ball eNceis both of them. -Boston
B"Hcf".
d. Jasper ''Wherc is Tint very obliginr
clerk who waited on me, the other dayl
Clcrk--"Oh, that was tho boss. Mem
l"f@ SNh., .,.t al.
Common courtesy lis. quite distinct
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
A7TEERIIsLt. RISK.

Young Wifc-"A tramp came to the
door this morning, To get something to
eat. ] gave him pie, and he asked me
If it was of my manufacture I said,
yes, and then he said he wasn't OF much
account anyway, and he'd risk eating it.
The wretch"
! Young, Husband guess, my dear,
that that tramp must be married man. /"
= Yankee Blade. -
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TIE DRAWBACK.

Customer There's one drawback to
u BUSINESS like yours. =
Barbcr-''What is that9'' 80
eft is impossible for men of your call
ing to get rid Of unpleasant acquaint-
anccs"
81 would like to know why?"
"You can't afford to cut anybody -
Boston Courier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
GLOOMY pRospEcTs

Nholcsalc Mcrchant-''Wc will give
-ysdr boy chance, sir, to learn the busi-
ness, but the first year he will not receive
any salary"
Father of the Boy tdubiously): "What
will he get the second year,"
.Mcrchant- Well, if he is faithful
and apt, the second year We will double
what he gets the first. "-EpOcA.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
HE WOULD prove Ills LOVE-.

Amelia lin an insane interval. sob.
Arthur, fear you do not truly love mc:'
Arthur Struck to the hcnrD Mot love
you, my darling! What can do to prove
my dcvotion?"
Amelia Qrantically)-"I know not"
Arthur (aftcr y pausc)--''.Will YOU
will you play something on the piano?"-
PNck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
TOUCHED 4 TENDER cnoRD.

Tramp" Kind lady, will you give me
something to eat?'' ny
Lady-'Wc have some chops left over
1Gom breakfast. You can have those"
NTramp with ascornful look -" Excuse
ME; they nrc IA little too suggestive of the
woodpiic. couldn't take any comfort
eating 'cm. '-Hc0yney Enterprise.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
COMPETENT IN Ills LINE.

Sccdy Visitor-''H Have you any vacan-
cics on your editorial statf?"
Managing Editor-"W Who are you?"
S. Va am doctor by profession
Managing Editor-''What Gould YOU
40 on the paper!"
S. V.-"l could cli! the general news
of the weak = Iioics ed
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
A TRrFLE DISCOURAGED.

Captain Outward bound, to passcnger)
-..Are you feeling any better to-day,
sira"
Passenger discouraged -"No, worse
If anything"
Captain-"oh, you'll be all right in
day OF two, so don't give up the shipl"
Passenger No, I'll hold on to the ship
if can, but by George, I've given up
about everything se!"-Epoch.