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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
Perhaps the Moon is Inhabited.

1t does not seem improbable that in
the course Of events the Garth aud tho
moon may become more intimately nc.
quainted. A few years ago scicntists
held the theory that the moon was dead
planet, without atmosphere. and consc-
qucntly uninhabited. This theory haa
recently beon entirely controverted. Tho
work begun by Professor Holden at the
Lick Observatory upon Mount Hamilton
has been steadily continued, and the pho
tographs taken by him and his assistants
have revealed certain facts hitherto un-
known.
Photographic observations show per.
fec. map of the moon, and upon the
summit of one of the highest mountains
is white spot which has the appearance
of glacier, proving the presence of at.
mosphere and making the theory of the
habitableness of the moon tenablc. 1t
is claimed by Professor Holden that by
a continuous series of photographs he is
able to detect any changes upon the sur.
face of the moon, and that q building
fifty feet in hight would cast an apprc-
ciable shadow.
If the moon is inhabited the fact will
certainly be discovered sooner or later,
but question of the establishment OF
communication is still unsolved. although
in the face of the scientific achievements
of the last century We will not predict
that it is unsolvable. K Chicago Graphic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
Character From Hattcr's Viewpoint

A London halter states his observation
of character, as phrcnologically revealed,
as follows: ga high forehead, broad,
symmetrically divided, indicates large
mind, noble thoughts, and almost in
variably genius" In support of this he
refers his reader to the outlines of the
heads of such men as M. Jules Simon
and Victor Hugo. Bumps above and be-
hind the ears show cruelty. Persons
whose heads bulge out above the ears are
usually prone to save money; those with
a bump on the top of the head are often
very proud; very large bump in this
place denotes a great cgotism. Men of
wit and learning have prominent and
bullying forehead. He has also noted that
actors have usually n forehead which
sticks out greatly. People with remark
able memories have prominent eyes;
mathematicians have the angle of the
eyelids visible from the side.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
Discipline of the German Army.

CAPTAIN a. L. Lockwood, United
States Navy, says in the st. Louis Gibbs
Democrat: There has always been an
erroneous impression that the Germans
were successful in their battles against
the French because they uniformly
brought into the field larger number of
men. NIoltlle's book proves that this is
not true, Mt least not universally. At
Wcisenburg and Woerth, it is true, the
Germans had great prepondcrancc, but in
the fighting in front of Metz they were
actually outnumbcred. AT GraYelock,
for instance, the tiercest combat of the
war, the French force exceeded $50, 900
men. Opposed to this were seven German
army corps, numbering 17S,91S men.
The French lost 5000 men on that day,
and the Germans 30, 584, so that at tho
close of the engagement the French had
a very decided preponderancc OF force.
On the Loire the Germans were almost
constantly cutnumbcred. 1t was dis
cipEnc and gcneralship that beat th
French, notsupcrior numbers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
THE NEWEST BODICE.

The bodice mostpopulnr is only a wide
belt which is fitted and comes up we'll
under the arms. 1t should be of heavier
or richer material than the gown, and its
lines, if it have any, should run round.
On some dressy gowns this bodice ex-
tends only to the side seams, and its ends
are covered by jacket fronts. A hand
some model has jacket fronts of plain,
dull blue cloth over straight bodice of
Oriental brocade in colors. The Jacket
is lined with the brocade, and down each
edge is set row of crotcheted button
like ornaments of dull yellow
Don't put yoke and a bodice on the
same waist.
Don't make the straight bodice to ap-
pear continuation OF the skirt, because
as it is not attached to the shoulders
both will seem to be slipping off; rather
give it the effect of wide belt
Don't cut the edges of your bodice
into fanciful outline; keep it straight.
-Ne,o Orleans Ncw Dolta.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
One Test in Buying n Horse.

When examining horse with vew
to purchasing, always have him led down
n steep or stony descent at the end of a
halter and with no whip near him. Many
horses when brought out of the stable
arc excited by the presence OF strangers,
and become still more so at sight of a
whip. A slight lamcness may therefore
be momcntarily overlooked by the horse
himself, just rs man, under strong cx-
citement, will sometimes forget sore
foot. Leading the horse down slope
will show any defect in his forequartcrs
and running him back will develop any
weakness that may exist in his hind legs.
Horse sharpers know these facts as we'll
as snybody, so if the horse is in the least
Affected, they will generally avoid hill
when showing off horse to probable
purchaser. st. Louis Gl0bc-D Democrat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
Birthplaces of Speakers of Congress

1t is Notable circumstance that all
the men elected Speaker, from the First
to the Fiftyiirst Congress, were born in
one or another of only thirteen States;
and further, that on the soil of only
seven States outside of the South has a
future presiding officer of the more nu-
mcrous branch of the National legisla.
ture been born. These statements arc
rather startling Mt first glnncc, but arc
strictly accurate. The seven States re-
ferrcd to are Pennsylvania, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey,
Ohio and Maine. The native Pennsyl-
vanians who won this honor were F.A.
Aluhlcnbcrg, whose gavel dropped for
the first time March 4, 1883, John w.
Davis, James G. Blaine, Michael C. Kerr
and SamueiJ. Randall; Connecticut gave
birth to Jonathan Trumbull, Theodore
Scdgwick, Galusha a. Grow; New Jer-
scy to Jonathan Dayton and William
Pennington; New York to John w. Tay-
lor and Schuyler Colfax; Massachusetts
boasts Joseph w. Varnum, Robert G.
Winthrop and Nathaniel P. Banks, while
Ohio is entitled to J. Warren Keifer,
and Maine to T. Bracket Reed.
Occasionally n native of one State
would be Il citizen OF another when elect
ed Speaker, but this has been very rare.
The only instance besides Clay and Polk
were the cases of Scdgwicz, who carly
moved to Massachusetts from Connccti-
cut; John w. Davis, Pennsylvania,
who went to Congress from Indiana;
Galusha A. Grow, who left Connecticut
in favor of Pennsylvania; Schuyler Col
fax, by birth New Yorker, but owing
his Congressional seat to Indian;ans, Mr..
Blaine and MIR. Kerr.
1t is fact remarkable for its unique
ness that the six Southern States of Vir-
ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgla,
North Carolina and South Carolina should
have given birth to the fourteen Speak
crs credited to the South, while not one
of the sister Southern States of Arkan-
sas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Flo
rida, Maryland or West Virginia has
produced a man destined to this high
station. And equally strange has it been
that the two States of Virginia and
Kentucky were the places OF nativity of
one fourth of the men who have been the
presiding officers of the popular branch
of Congress since 1889.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01

The Richmond (Va.) State says
ga queer story comes from Low.
ell, Mass, to this effect: Twenty
years ago a man gave deed
of his body to New Hampshire
doctor for the consideration of $40.
The deed provides that after death the
body may be disscctcd, the skeleton ar
ticulated and given to medical college
museum. But the decd-givcr has since
made fortune in South America, and
wants back his own body, so that whcr
he dies his remains may have n respccta.
bic burial. To the mans establishment,
lawyers decide that the deed holds good
that the only Alternative is to make terms
with the doctor, who, according to the
story, refuses to compromise, and keeps
his claim upon the body"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01

Cattle thieves are annoying the ranch
crs Of Wyoming to such an extent that
one Of the latter predicts that something
in the nature of civil war will occur
unless the depredations are stopped. Says
Senator John Durbin, of Cheyenne, who
until recently had very largo interests in
the State: "Few people realize the ex-
tent of the depredationf by these fellows.
They are so many, powerful, and daring
that they are driving the stock-raisers
away and running the Territory. Moth
ing can be done with them. l have been
n stock fraser in Wyoming for twenty
three years. 1 have had $3.50 900 i'll
vested in cattle at one time in that State,
but have suffered fearful loss from these
cattle thieves, or rustlcrs, as they are
called. Their depredatioEs have been
SO great that the cattle business has
ceased to be rcmuncrative. These thieves
now outnumbcr the stock-rasers. have
actually been driven out of the State by
these rascals, and have marketed all my
cattle without waiting to get them in
good condition. have been compelled
to close my business there and leave.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
A Clever Horse.

This story shows the intelligence
of Kentucky roam, who was left in an
open paddock fastened by means of a
wooden hasp. This lie learned in few
days to take out with his teeth and drok
on the ground, only to have 1t carefully
replaced by the stable boy, who displayed
wonderful intuition about discovering
it. Finally, when it became plain to his
horseish understanding that there was
nothing to be gained by such pcrf6r-
nance he tried the experiment of carry
ing it over to the other side of the fence
and letting it fall into a neighborine
yard.
Now it so happened that his owner
caught him in the act and relentlesslv
went and fastened him in again; then
from distance he watched to see what
would come next. AS he had expected.
the horse diligently loosened the stick
again, but-now comes the queer part of
it-instead of putting it in any of the
old places he gave one defiant snort ard
laborlously set to work to cat it up. If
his object was the total annihilation of
the hasp there is no doubt he accom-
pished it fully. All of which goes to
prove what splendid disregard of
Rplintcrs and little ingenuity can ac-
complish. Chicago Mens.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01

s'With proper legislation and n iusl
construction OF the law, Alaska" says
Maurice L. Kcncaly, an editor in that
far-distant Territory, sis destined to be.
come one of the richest possessions of the
United States A wcighty grievance
of the settlers is that the Government
charges them $3.50 per acre for land
although railroad companies in many of
the new States have fixed the price of
lands contained in their grants at 81. %
per acre. "This,n says Mr.. Kcnealy,
-'prevents persons of limited means from
acquiring homes" An effort will be
made to have the law OF 1884 relating to
the acquisition o! lands rcmodelled. An
association is now being formed at
/. Tacoma, Washington, by Swcdes, Danes,
and Norwegians for the purpose of cs-
tablishing colonies ON the Alaska coast
adjacent to the Finland passage s8s' The
country is better adapted for stock rails
ing and root crops than for the cultiva.
ton of cereals. The timber supply is
inexhaustible. Game is abundant, and
the waters swarm with fish. Halibut
$50 pounds have been caught oil the
,SSfitka wharf. Warm currents from Japan
TEMPER the natural cold of the region,
and altogether life is pleasant enough if
the settler is not afraid of solitude From
all accounts agriculture in Alaska is
more tempting than mining. To worl,
inc gulches probably for gold, machin-
CRY beyond the cost of the average settle,
is needed
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01

with the ministering graces of jelly
turned out by her own hand.
"Sorrel," said Hardwicke, fading the
girl alone, 81 insist upon definite an
swer. In week leave for home.
Which is it to be7 Your o.called
vocation, or-lovc?"
When the girl returned to the inn an
hour later Miss Ker was there and started
up dramatically ut sight of her face.
"You have"
Promised to marry Mr.. Hardwickc.
Yes" She was smiling and weeping at
once. Forgive me, Miss Kerl 1t is a
great disappointment, know, but since
that moment in the boat-when we faced
death, and knew how brave and noble
he was-I realized the whole volume of
love! choose it-instead of my voca-
tion!'
"Ah!" said Miss Ker. She turned
her face away and said no more.
"Ah!"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
BACK COMBS ARE COMING N.

Back combs are in again and rise like
Notifications from the tangled trcsses of
the lightly twisted couture. They are
Two or three inches III hight now and
promise to attain the stupendous proper
tions of colonial times before the season
is over. Indeed, in the reserve stock of
many dealers are now hidden away tow
ering structures in shell which they dare
not produce till people become accus-
toned to their less absurd forerunner.
Fashion is a willy sovereign. She is new
er aggressive nor abrupt, but assiduously
evolutes her changes of mode through
nice gradations.-Ne,o York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01

"Fcw people are aware, perhaps, that
slave hunting is still carried on in Africa
by the local Chiefs" states the Trenton
IN. J.) american. eat meeting of the
African Society mt Cologne on Wcdncs.
day, statement was read showing that
the most revolving cruelty was still prac-
ticcd in connection with this business.
One slave hunter, Makatubo, brought
back from recent expedition 1000 ma
tives of every age and sex. They were
chained together i'll patches of twenty,
and were like living skeletons. Hun.
dreds of them died of hunger, fever, and
-dyscntcry on the route, and a large num-
Der of women and children who, for lack
of strength, delayed the march, were
drowned. 1t would seem from this
and similar statements that there is
ample justification for the interference
of civilization in the cause of humanity
in Africa rs we'll rs in China"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
sMIrHY SONG.
When 1 am half a-dreaming
And only hnlf nsleep.

When am half a-dreamin2
And only half asleep,
When daylights grayest cleaning
Gins through the blinds to peep,
Oh then | hear the dinging
OF the smithy hammers ringing,
Ching ching, ching ching,
Ching ching, ching ching.
At eve when Pm returning
Prom labors of the dny,
Their FORCES yet are burning,
And still their hammers play
And oft the smiths are singing,
To that measured, merry ringing,
Ching ching, ching c,ing,
Ching ching, ching ching
Often with rhythmic bending
OF bodies to md fro
They toll in couples sending
The sparks out, blow on blow
One hammer always swinging
The while the others ringing,
Ching ching, ching ching,
Ching ching, ching. ching.
" merry anvllS sounding
All dny till set of sun!
1t is by sturdy pounding
That noblest tasks are dons.
BY steady blows and swinging
That keeps the world a-ringing,
Ching ching, ching ching,
Ching ching, ching ching.
George Horton, in the Century.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
ApvIcE TO caILr.

Chill beware &
Dur venerable uncie sam
Is slow to wrath, but when nc starts
Out on The warpath
1t takes continent to hold him.
Be careful how you get
His dander up.
lis quito little trip around the Horn
To get intgoo1 position for kick
at YOU, but il he undertakes the trip
He'll get there!.
And mark you, Chill,
There is bird--a large, tougu, healthy
bird
That hns been known to fly
From Washington to Africa
And come back home with both HIS talons
full
OF wool.
1t wouldn't take him very long to max
a flying visit anywhere
In South America
He's harmless if he's let alone, but don't
Throw stones at him
Or poke him with your cine, for then
He's dangerous. This tough old fowl still
roosts
Upon the flag poles topmost end.
Below him waves the Stars and Striues
We call him, Chill
The American
Eagle. And
You'd better
Not stir
Him
Up.
-ch,crgo Tribune
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
HOLD FOR YOUR L1FEl" HE SHOUTED.
"Was it not odd?" conlided sorrcl to

"Was it not odd?" conlided Sorrcl to
Hardwicke that evening. ~ thought
she would take it so differently"
"Oh, the old lady knows what she is
about" said Hardwicke, carelessy.
One week before they were to be
marfied-they had both been home
several months-Soirel came down to
meet Hardwickc with II flushed face.
"Aliss Ker is to be married, too. Hero
IS her letter. She says she has taken the
step because she has found man who
can help her in her vocation and is
capable of apprcciattng its sacrcdncss. :"
"a rap at me. Well, and who is this
archangcli'
''Suttcrell!"
"Well DONE" shouted Hardwicke. az
always knew that millishop had clever
ness of his own. The old lady has
money" -Mc,o York. Mercury.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
WANTED: A SKIRT srRErcnER.

And now is the day for some clever
woman to invent skirt stretcher which
can be expanded and hung inside the
skirt when it is not doing duty upon it's
owner. Skirts arc made so very con-
tracted that the fair wearers frequently
have the modification of finding that the
front of their skirts are "kneeded" out
even as mems trousers become kneed.
A skirt stretcher which could be placed
inside the skirt, and which would adapt
itself to the proper size, would supply a
long felt want.-:New York Commercial
ddoertiser.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01

A week afterward. The little Swiss
village still held its four chance voy-
ayers. Sutterell and Miss Ker had both
retreated for several days to their beds
in consequence of the nervous shock and
exposure. Suttercll, indeed, was still
Invisible, and Miss Kcr, this afternoon,
taking advantage of the prerogative OF
her years (though, as she said that morn
ing TO Sorrel, her prematurely gray hair
made her seem much older than she
really was), had sought his bedside
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01

A movement, headed by William
Hosea Ballou, has for its object the pro-
lection from brutality of dumb animals
IN transit on the high seas. "Thc pur
pose is eommcndable, admits the New
Orleans Picayunc, "but just now philan-
thropy might prolitably take coguizancc
OF the unfortunate human beings in tho
stcerages of the great transatlantic ships "
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
THE pAuGnrEn OF AN E,tpEnon.

Scnorita Josephine Iturbidc, the
youngest daughter of the Mexican En-.
peror Iturbidc, died few days ago in
the City of Mexico. The lady was born
in the year 1912, and was eleven years
old when her father was banished from
Mexico. After his return to Mexico and
execution in 1924, his family was granted
a pension. Owing TO the attempt of
Macmillan to restore the Iturbide dy
nasty, the Mexican Republic stopped
the pension over twenty years ago, and
Princessc Iturblde, the only surviving
child of the Emperor, has been living
all these last years in straitencd circum-
stances. Captain Frank Mullins, large
hearted and chivalrous Irishman, years
ago attached himself to her fortunes, and
has served her with fidelity and single.
hcartcdness most fare and notable in this
prosaic age. Her death leaves Don Au-
gustin Iturbide the only surviving rep.
resentative of the family in Mexico.
He is grandson of the first Emperor and
the son OF an American lady. The young
Prince was adopted by Macmillan as his
political hcir.-Now Orleans Piczyune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01

An English manufacturer, while ex.
amining the texture and quality of some
bandages found on mummy, was as.
tonished to ascertain that the arrangement
of the threads was precisely like that
which he had patented u few months
before on the superstition that it was an
independent invention.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PEEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE IsfSADEsS.
A ROYAL scRup woMAN.

Dom Pedro's daughter, the Countess
d'Eu, who lays claim % her fathers
hereditary "right" of ruling Brazil, is
most unpopular among the Brazilians.
She is said to be bigot and has very
eccentric notions OF economy. According
to the stories told other she used to scrub
the steps of the royal palace with her
own hands as an example for tho encour-
agement of thrift among the people,
Chica1o Neus
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
persons.

The price asked of the Southeastern
railway for strip of land in Bcrmond-
sey, England, sixteen feet deep, compris-
ing an area of 1000 feet, was at the rate
of 500, 900, 600 an acre. The railway
people couldn't see it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-04-01
PITI AND POINT.
Chicago Tribune.

Rules of the road-Survcyor chains.
Two things woman always jumps at
"A conclusion and mouse
Reputation may be bubble, but he is
an ;:nwisc man who bursts it.
man never has so great trouble as
when he has one he can't blame on any
one else.-1tchison Globe.
If man thinks of mean thing to do
the first man he meets knows of good
way to do it.-Atcaison G!ojs.
Your friend may be the soul of hos.
pitality, but he is not apt to forget that
it is your treat Galceston Nens.
"NIamma," said little Neil, ais it the
artificial rain that makes The artificial
flowers growl' Baltimore Ameyican.
ldont believe the earth goes round,
Despite what hooks declare
Pm sure it doesn't 20 round. because!
never got my share.
-Puca
Great men owe their fame 20 the little
ness Of the rest of the world. Fame is
only a result of comparison. TEXAS ,Sift-
ings
clear conscience may be sure cure
is lower priced drug for this disease.
Washington Post
When dog is ir his own dooryard he
doesn't have to be very big to be brave
enough to bark at an elephant in thet
street. Horn.
This world is so crowded that Won
can't pat one man on the back without
stepping on another mans toes when YOU
do it.--4tchison Globe.
Professor (about to have his hair cuN
-"Donnerwctter, how cold it isa You
will allow me to keep my hat on, won't
yous"-Hin&ende Botc Halen1cr.
There is a difference between sitting
before the fire and thinking about doirS
good and going out in the cold and do
ing it.-For Gaines Chronicle.
He lost button from his coat.
She said she'd do her best;
II took one hour, and then sne foun1
Shed sewed it to his vest
-Ciothier and Furnishcr.
When man begins his remarks with
the phrase, "There's no use talkino u
you may as well settle yourself down to
listen to long argument -Indianapohs
Nens.
The bomb thrower who tried to kill
kussell Sage is said to have been cool
when he entered the office. He certainly
was collected after he left it.-Statcs-
man.
You laugh at your poor neighbours
troubles, but if their story were written
in morocco bound book you and YOUR
family would cry over them. -.AtcLi>on
Globe.
When a hungry lion becomes enam.
ored with the charms of Il fat lamb he
begins to regard all other lions as hun 4
cry thieves. There is suo gestion in
this of the way man in love feels
Atchaon Globe.
Timmins-'WhGt boor Vickars is.
l do dctest man who insists on asking
about ones clothes" Simmons-"Been
asking you where you got that new over
coat?" Timmins- "No. He asked me
how got t."-Indianapolts Journal.
"What do we get from olne?"
Inquired the tutor placid.
VI think" replied brilliant youth.
IT'S idiotic acid"
The tutor frowned and said, "A-hum!
Young friend, have you been taking
pharmaceutical Era.
Mudge-"What an aggravating habit
Wlckwire has OF answcringa question by
asking anothcr2" Yabsley-'I never
noticed It." NIudge-"Now, for in.
stance, last night l asked him if he
would lend Inc sovereign. He didn't
say whether he could or not, but asked
me if took him for a fool. It'd Bits.