Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-01


PHILADELPHIA, April 30.-Two
thousand tons of pig iron ordered
for rolling mill. which will start. at
once. Bank capital fully subscribed
Burglar proof vault ordered today.
Coigned) EVANS II. DICK.
THE UNDISTINGUISHED.
1t seems to be almost an open
question whether, in this world,
the distinguished or the undistin.
guished are in the majority. So
then, if the undistinguishod are in
the majority the distinguished arc
the common crowd, and the undis-
tinguished are the privileged class;
and the first are last and the last
are first. And everybody is dis
appointed and there's study.
But the most important thing to
be considered in this connection.
is whether a life out of the news.
papers, a life Of insigniiicance, is
worth living; whether an enioy-
ment, all event, public or privave,
that does not get into print, is to
be counted as all; whether an en-
JoymeIt is an enjoyment or a sor.
row, until it is elaborated info Gan
article" or photographed.
Whether, in fact, the newspaper
reporter and the photographer arr:
not necessary to the materializa-
tion Of everything.
1t certainly looks that way.
And, indeed, there is hardly any.
thing that comes into being. in
this day, that has not flavor of
the picturesque or squint at
notoricty about it, Death-bed
scenes are realistic tragedies.
Prayers are marked for eloquence,
whether they so higher than the
ceiling or not. Hangings are 70.
mantle. The most solemn, touch
ing or direful occasions are regard
ed for Their scenic effects and
their scenic effects and their ad-
aptability to a sensational article.
The columns of the daily paper
are the "high places of the eartl.u
The grace and favor of the repor-
ter arc more hoped for more than
the grace of Heaven. Life is only
life i'll the public eye, and the
shout oftriumph or the last scream
of dispair is, "Bring out your
Kodac;" or, "Try and have little
notice taken of this"
The people, maybe, are not all
"Scribcs and Pharlsees-hypo-
crits," but they don't deny it. GAIL
their works they do to be seen of
men," All the world is "playing
for the galleries" The grace of
fashion and mould of form have
an eye to the market, and Mrs.
Grundy is the "scalcr of weights
and measures" The thing is RI
diculous2
The seriousness of this business,
however, is the prophetic view of
it: "Their roots shall be as rotten
ness, and their blossoms shall go
up as the DUST" And for the
most part the net proceeds, accor-
ding to the balance sheet Of the
expert philosophical accounts, is,
"all is vanity and vexation Of
spirit"
Our age is not all nonsenical.
but whether it be the undertow of
destiny, or the Most High ruling
in the kingdom of men, we have
this foundation, The God of truth
knows them that are His, and sets
his seal upon the honest heart;
the stamp of the stealing. There
are 'men, ,high-minded men'who not
only count as no lille the lite that is
devoted to vulgar ambition, but
who believe that above or below
or beyond the conception Of the
soul prOstitutcd to the favor of the
common crowd there are the most
precious valuables Of life. They
know The difference between "hand
made" and "machine work.; be-
tween bakers bread and the family
loaf; between any and everything
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