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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
THE OLD DWELLING.

See how tho dwelling tumbles to its fall
The wondrous house Of life, now leased to
death.
How softly in and out moves the light
breath,
And gently in the tender memoTed hall
Speaks the loved owner. soon beyond recall
In the fast closing windows glimmereth
dying glory, us when sunset saith
Good night sweet dreams, and faith and
hops to all.
Thus, full of enterprise aud joyous trust,
Perched on 4 sill, serene and plumed for
flight.
a dove will pause while ruin round it lies
So, too, dear soul, although thy home be
dust,
Yet thou, myself, now free as morning
light,
Canst find another home meath other
skies.
Charles II. Crandaii, in the Atlantic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
The Tannin in Tea.

The tannin present in tea is absorbed
by suitable animal substances, suc. as
horn shavings, dried albumen, hide clip
pings, and the like. 1t is preferable to
add the material to the tea i'll the dry
condition before the infusion. But It
may also be added to Infusion, or the in
fusion may be passed or filtered through
layer of the substance. The quantity
OF animal substance to be added to the
tannin- containing material must be de-
termined by the amount Of tannin con-
tanned in it. In the case of tea the pro-
portion may vary from one to two parts
of animal substance TO ten parts of tea
Scientific american.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
TRUE TO MS MorIIEn's MEMoRy.

Mrs. Goodenouga-"And you are
hungry, poor fellow. Here, take this
bread and milk. And now tell me, my
good man, why you became tramp"
Red-nosed Billy Because have never
forgotten the teachings of my dear, dead
mother. She always heaven bless her
impressed upon me the wise counsel,
Waste not, want not
Mrs. Gooden ough-"But 1 don't
sec"
Red-nosed Billy-"of ctursc you
don't. 1t isn't to be expected that you,
with your Ignorance of scientific facts,
should see. But you must know, madam,
that it is well established that every
adult laLoring man wastes five ounces OF
muscle in the course Of days labor.
Therefore, while l reverence the memory
OF my sainted mother, madam, cannot,
nay, will not work. p Chicago Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

Surgical operations until recently I'm.
thought OF even in the profession, are
reported. A young mau was brought to
Chicago hospital suffering from stab
wound which had penetrated the peri.
cardium. One of the attending sur
geons, in his examination, actually
placed his finger against the living
heart. The wound was dressed and the
patient recovered at the cud of two
weeks. In Boston an eleven-year. old
boy suffered with pain in his side and
difficulty in breathing, which medicine
failed to relieve. An operation was re-
sorted to in which the pericardium was
incised, and half pint Of thick pale
colored fluid removed. After the oper-
alton the patient fell into q deep sleep,
lasting five days, after which he awoke
smiling to see his mother at his side.
He is reported now out of danger. Such
triumphs in surgical skill as these, saws
once Week, are doubtless owing moi
Only to improved methods and superio,
knowledge of anatomy, but also to more
earnest devotion to their profession,
greater courage, steadier nerve, and OK.
allied personal character, among surgeons.
English surgical skill, hitherto consid-
cred superior to American, must look to
its laurels. The list of injuries classed
as necessarily fatal must be revised.
"While there is life there is hope" will
continue to widen if surgery continues
to invade the domain of the incurablc
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
severity.

New York City is making deter
mined move to establish cheap lodging
houses for women, and seems likely to
succeed, hopes the Chicago Herald.
Houses not managed on philanthropic
but on purely business basis are to be
established throughout the metropolis.
For from fifteen to thirty cents woman
can secure in one of these houses n de.
cent and private lodging for the night,
and can get her breakfast for ten cents
In the morning. If we'll carried out this
will be one of the grandest of benefac-
lions. The want of decent surroundings
drives more women to crime than any
other cause.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
AN IMrEHFEcr INVENTORY.

Mother-"And so your friend Clara is
soon to be married2"
Daughter Gust returned from being
absence)-"Yes; doesn't it seem stranger
l hadn't heard word about it until 1
called to see her this morning. She
showed Inc her trousscau. It's perfectly
lovely, just from Paris, and she has the
handscmest ring l ever saw, and she
showed me the house she is to live in.
and the furniture she has selected, and
the horses and carriages she is to have.
She showed me everything except the
man she is going to marry. 1 guess she
forgot about him. "-Me,o Tork Weekly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
TWO STRINGS ro ms BOW.

A musical man, accompanied by a.
hand-organ and child, has been giving
performances for the last week in the,
streets of New York. After he had
twisted one of the Beethoven, soul-stir-
ring symphonies out of the instrument of
torture, the artist sent the child among,
the crowd. ~ gentleman disgorged a.
nickel.
81 wants anoder nickel" lispcd the,
child
"What fort"
"Dot nickel you put dot cup in vas
for de moosic, but mine fadder ish pro-
fessional peggar pcsides. "-Ienas SIT
inSs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

The height of novel heroes continues
to increase. According to the Speaker,
out of one hundred and ninety-two of
these gentlemen who were "rcvicwed'
between October and June last, no fever
than eighty-five stood at least six feet in
their stockings, while many were con-
siderably taller. The average height of
heroes of romance has, in fact, been
raised three quarters of au inch during
the period in question, as compared with
what it was in novels published between
January and September, 1889.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
Engraying Mith prnamite.

Among the many new uses to which
gunpowder and other high explosives
have been applied recently is that of en-
craving. BY means of tho force gen.
Grated by the dctonation of these article,
the lines of delicate leaves, grass and
insects have been impressed on the sur
face of the hardest iron procurable in the
space of half q second. BY old processes
hours were consumed where machinery
was used and any attempt was made to.
to secure artistic results, and days where
manufacturers restored to hard work
Many recent experiments have been
made, mostly by officers OF the army and
navy, which have demonstrated the
| efficiency OF the methods.
at Newport few weeks ago heavy
charge of dyna mite was exploded by
several officers who were delegated by
the Government to test new method oil
electricity in fuses.
the knowledge of the officers had s!ippei
in between the dynamite cartridge aud
the iron block from which the charge
had been fired.
When the experiment had been COM
pleted the officers were surprised to find
the perfect imprint OF leaf in the IRON
The most delicate lines were reproduced
with startling distinctness.
4 series of experiments, which were
attended with remarkable success, fol-
| lowed.
One of the officers who made the first
experiments is now in the city, aud he
gave rue an account of his discoveries
when I saw him at an uptown hotel the
other night.
II was rather surprised to find that it
was possible to reproduce the outlines of
perishable articles upon the surface of
iron by means of explosives" said he,
land was at first sceptical, although
had often heard that n candle could be
fired through an oak plank.
"When we found the imprint OF the
leaf we make several similar tests.
"They took place at the torpedo sta
ton in Newport. We placed several
leaves and flowers between two plates of
boiler iron and then fired moderate
charge of dynamite on the upper plate.
1.-The exact outlines with even the
veins in the petals of the flowers wero re-
produced in the hard metal.
"Other and more extended expert
ments were attended with similar re-
suits.
"Another singular fact is that when
exploded under water the imprints are
much finer than those produced in the
open air. frequently when wad of
gun cotton is exploded beneath the sur
face of the water the explosive will sink
into the iron foundation so deep that the
sunken words and figures will be repro
duced in raised characters ON the iron.n
Several manufacturers have followed
the example set by the officers and some
day probably dynamite will be in practi-
cal use as an engraver. York
Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
A NEW INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN.

In his magazine Wick calls attention
to an association of women started in
business to undertake by contract the
care of London conservatories, window
boxes, balconies and small gardens by
the year, season or month. The mem
bcrs of the association will themselves
attend to all orders, employing men for
the digging and rough work only.
Plants will be received and tended ut
the premises of the association during
the absence of the owner from town.
The title of the new business is the
Womcn's London Gardening Associa.
ton.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
VARIABLE EXpERIENoE.

"Have you an opening on your staff,
sir" asked man as he entered an
editors Office.
"What department would you like to
work in?"
81 think could make great sue
cess of the ANSWERS to Correspond
ents.'"
partment?"
"No, sir"
"Then on what do You base your
belief that you could do that sort OF
work?"
al have speut several months answer
ing the questions of four-ycar- old
boy"
81 think you'll do. "-Basr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
Jester-"An infallible forerunner of
storm. | spent two hours and my latent
vitality in watering my plauts last eve
ming. "-Bost0a Courier. q
MUSICAL Item.

Bliss Birdie McGinnis is considerable
of an amateur singer in her own estima-
ton. 1t is fact that she has very
good voice. very often being short.
wiuded.
"What do you think about her sing
ingf" asked her brother of stranger,
who did not know that Hostetter was
related to the fair singer.
~ like her singing very well," was
the reply. 'She has undoubtedly the
finest asthma ever heard on the stnge.''
-Teras SJtings
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

Montagu Williams, one of the best
known of London magistrates, has pub.
lished an interesting volume of his ex.
periences. AS human nature is much the
same everywhere, so these "reminiscences
are OF value everywhere. Mr.. Williams
says that the greater his knowledge OF
the starving poor, and of tho criminals
who are too often the victim of their
circumstances, the more he is disposed to
deal tenderly with them. He is ali in
favor of mind sentences, and is persuaded
that, except with confirmed reprobatcs,
leniency is more powerful for good than
severity. y
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

The st. Louis Star Sayings makes the
astounding admission that the only city
in the world that at all possesses the
capacity to ultimately rival London in
size and wealth is New York or Chicago.
Those who look farthest into the future
think that there is nothing to prevent
the latter city from having population
5000, 900 or 10000, 900 in course Of
time
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
woMEN's oYMNAsruMs.

Boston has inauguratcd an outdoor
gymnasium for women. 1t is situated
on the Charles River cmbankment, and
surrounded by high board fence. ALL
suitable appliances for exercise are sup
piled, together with running track
having eight laps to the mile. A city
ordinance has been passed that will
allow the arrest and punishment of those
who even stop in teams to watch the
gymnasium classes at work,-Picayune. +;
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

Doctor Emil Laurent, well-known
scientist, has taken General Boulanger
for the subject of an elaborate criminal
anthropological study. He finds the
Generals skull to be of similar con-
struction with the skulls Of the assassins
Ravaillac, Balthasar, Gerard and Jacques
Clement. "Moral sense, rudimcntary;
forehead, very weak; sclfshness, enor.
NOUS" This is Doctor Laurents final
Judgment.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

The New Haven brakeman who was
crippled in October last and recovered
$4,000 damages from the company at
his first trial, is probably glad now,
opines the New York Commercial Adrer-
tiser, that the court granted new trial
to the railroad, for the poor fellows sec.
ond verdict Is for $27, 500.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

The aluminium Age, of Cincinnati,
announces the reduction to fifty cents a
pound, $3.50 per ton. 1t is claimed that
the chief causes of the large reduction
are the late improved facilities of extract
ing the metal from the clay and the re.
cent lawsuits now pending iu the United
States Courts between rival manufactur.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

"AhG" said the editor, as the young
author came in, ''that last thing was
good. We were much pleased with it, I"
swell, in that case" said the author,
81 will take back what said in my
letter, about not liking the way YOU
treated me, and declaring that should
send you no more of my work"
"Oh, that's all right" replied the
editor, with heartless cruelty. "That
letter is what referred to."-Puek.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

The Chicago Herald has sent out an
exploring expedition to discover or as
certain the site Of Columbus's first land
ing place in the Western hemisphere, a
spot supposed by the Herald (and by many
Others until recently to be as yet unidcn-
tilted and unknown.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
VERY APPRENTICESHIP.

Miss Winslow (petting the mastiff)-
"Just see how roguish Bevis looks.
Sometimes think that he understands
and appreciates all our jokes"
Charlie Wheeler (who hus been there,
somewhat grimly)-"Yes; I've noticed
that he catches on very ."-Fun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
SURE TO BRING IT.

Quester-"I'd like to know, my friend,
how you knew it was going to rain to-
day. The sun set last night in drapery
of May gore; every meteorological in
dication assured continuance of the
drought, and yet you confidently pre-.
dicted the storm that is upon us. What
prompted you to the prophecy2"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
NO PROGRESS.

Professor Won Tone-"You hat made
no progress in musick. Your lcetle neigh
Dor she play from List at zee concert
last evening. You can play nodding
from List"
Miss Flighty-"She had different
teacher, you know. Good Neies.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
THE CURTAIN LECTURE.

Wife-''Whcn you keep me awake by
not coming home till morning don't get
enough lest"
Husband--"Thcn why don't you go
to sleep now, my darling, instead of
making yourself more tired by talking SO
much7"-Epoeh.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
HOW THE KING RErrREs.

Head of House Ito manager)-"I IN
derstand that james has resigned"
Manager-'James has abdicated, sir,
not resigned. James, you know, was
Office boy" Jury.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
MERELY A uISr.

az merely throw that out as n hint"
remarked the old gent going into the
porlor, after slight scuffis in the hall.
"What, papa" inquired the daughter
waiting in the parlor.
"That young man who has been COM
ing here every night for three month";"
snapped the father, and the girl under
stood ALL Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
QUEEN NArnALIE's BEAUTY A MISTAKE

QUEEN NATHALIE's BEAUTY A MISTAKE.
A royal person about whom London
gossips are busy just at the moment is
Queen Nathalie. She has been seen
driving in Piccadilly and it is reported
that she is stopping at tho Savoy Hotel.
1t has been customary to represent this
modern Mary Stuart rs the most beauti-
full woman in Europe, possibly in order
to carry out the resemblance between her
and that unfortunate queen whose
beauty, like that of Helen of Troy, has
become recognized standard by which
the claim of lovelincss may be Judged.
Perhaps in the case of Nathalie the
wish to make her appear beautiful has
been the father to the thought that she
is; and beauty in n woman against
whom the fates war is, we know, the
most potent element in melting Il 70.
mantle feeling in her behalf. Sooth to
say, Nathalie is big, black brow we'd,
red checked dame with large black eyes,
and her general appearance is so far
from that of the woman to whom she
has been likened that she is decidedly
coarse.-BostOn Transcript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

1t has been stated that the cipher used
by the United States Navy Department
cost $4,000, and is so complicated and
intricate that it absolutely defes So
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
SLIGHT OBJECTION.

Arike-"Sure, Mrs. Doolcy, ye would
MT be afther takin' ticket fur me cloclS2
It's ter be ratified ter help ould Mrs.
Donnigan."
Mrs. Dooley-"Bnt that ould clock
doesn't go any more now, does it,"
Mikc-"It does not, Mrs. Dooley.
But then you know, you moight mt draw
it."-I'uck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.

"Howis your uncle coming ona" asked
Gilhooly of Hostetter McGinnis.
Every poorly, indeed. He is now
being treated by three doctors"
"That's cowardly, what chance has
one man got against three2'- Teas
Sytings.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
SYNONYMOUS.

Fogg-'For heavens sake, how much
more are you going to eat of that salad2
You've put away a half-gailon OF it
already"
Observation-Disclosures I've only
eaten mouthful."
Fogg-"That's what I said. = Tails
man.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
PROFESSIONAL PRIDE.

Doctor-"It was the most difficult
case ever saw. l exhausted every re-
source on him. and at last was success
full with very complicated system of
injections of cocaine"
Layman-" But, doctor, he died"
Doctor-'I know very we'll he died
but he died cured. - Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
TOOK IT LITERALLY.

'Boo- hoo-hoo" cried the bride.
"What is it, deara" asked the groom
from the other end of the breakfast
tuble.
"Y-y-you have bub- broken your pup
pup-promisc, sobbed the bride. You
said nothing should ever come between
us, and the bub-breakfast table is there
now! "-Bdfzr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
A GENERAL OFFER.

The Only Man (who arrived at the
hotel the night previous and wishes to
make himself generally popular with all
the girls by suggesting that he escort the
crowd on walk)A"I propose"
Chorus of Sumner irls-"YesI"-
Judge.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
moor SKIRTS COMING IN AGAIN.

"Ladics are to be afflicted with the
old-timo hoop skirts again." said
fashionable modiste the other day, 'sjust
as surely as they have been emancipated
from the thralldom of the hustle. They
have already become fashionable in a
modified form. If You will take the
trouble to watch the low.5 part of the
skirt of any expensive Gpring costume
you will perceive that it stands out
stifily. That effect is produced by Il
band skirt which is nothing else than
very narrow hoop skirt. Soon it will
get wider, however, and grow from its
present limit of foot until the hoops
multiply on each other and form the old
fashioned cone reaching to the waist.
Fashion has no compassion on us wo-
men; we might as well submit with u
good grace. "-MashulLe american.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
PERENNIAL YOUTH.

"Have you heard the eight-year-old
violin yirtuoso2"
'Oh, yes. Twelve years ago, in vi
emma. n-Baetter und Biutaea.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
The st. Louis Star Sayings believes
that Germany is threatened with an anti
corn law, agitation.

A very large acreage is devoted to
grape growing in New Jersey, and the
sreais extending yearly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
A WISE MAN.

"I'vc made money on Wall street."
"How2"
"on tits from friends"
"Really?"
"Yep. Always specialized the other
way. "-Jud9c.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

Omaha, Neb., has been selected as the
place of meeting of the Methodist Epis-
copal general conference OF 1892.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02

We gazed at the moon,
One glorious June,
As We sat by the sleeping sea,
And never IL wor1
From her was heard,
And never word from ma.
The waves all hushed-
And when she blushed,
The stars couldn't help but peep;
And her great brown eyes
Looked twice their size,
And twice and half as deep.
But never word
From her was heard,
And never word from me-,
For we were eat
Ing gumirops sweet
Down there by the sleeping sen.
Harpers Bazaar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-02
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Silent Biiss-Perennial Youth-How
the King Ketircs-The Curtain
Lecture - No Progress
Took 1t Literally, Etc.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-24
RUSHING THE WORK.


The New Electric power House 20 he
nuilt In Fifteen Days.
The contract for the now electric power
house, near tho gas works, was lot yester-
day by j. II. Lawrence to w. II. Orr. Of
Helena. Under the terms Of the agreement
| the contractor Ia to have the building COM
| pleted in fifteen days, The plans call for a
structure 4BxlOO. one story frame. This
building la to be used temporarily to shelter
the 5O0-horse power plant which will supply
the energy to move tho cars over the new
street railway systom formed OF the old
steam motor and the Union Electric rail-
way. lines. The electric plant 10 now on the
road, which accounts for the short time
given the contractor to put up the building,
al the machinery will be put IN place M
mediately upon its arrival. Mr.. LHwrence's
syndicate. composed of some OF the best
known men in New York, have put $500 600
into the con solidated lines and the activity
shown in connection with the enterprise
formed by Mr.. Lawrence clearly indicates
that its promoters do not intend that the
money shall lie idle. Mr.. Lawrence is in
Helena giving his personal supervision to
every detail. The oars and all the equip
ment are of the best and latest designs in
electrical street railway construction. II
there ia no hitch the Lenox line will be in
operation early in December and the
familiar sight of two horses pulling a car
load of people up Broadway bound for their
homes in the Lenox addition will be a thing
OF the past. The change will be q most
agreeable on to the residents IN lenox.
Mr.. Lawrence will be the manager Of the
new system which is to be known as the
Union Electric Railway company. Besides
the steam motor line and the
line to Lenox the company has a franchise
for 4 line to the Methodist university In the
valley, tho latter road being partly COM.
pleted. A franchise has also been obtained
from the city for a loop up Clark street TO
Harrison avenue. and thence to a connec- |
ton with the main line on Knight street.