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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
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A pretty and practical idea is the
opening of millinery school in the City
of Churches, which is proving great
attractions to the girls, with n reflex eff
feet in the advancement of female in.
dustry in woman's own sphere. A long
table is spread with hat frames, flowers
and ribbons, and behind it sit the ex-
pectant and critical class. The teacher,
milliner of high repute in the trade,
lectures after the manner of professor,
taking the frame in her hand and pro-
ceeding to dress it, while she calls atten-
ton to the effects produced by different
combinations. The hat is covered, lined
and trimmed before sixty pairs of eyes,
all of them sharply intent upon the pro-
cess and closely studying the points. A
girl soon learns that it is not the easiest
thing in the world to build up a graceful
bonnet, and at the same time she is con
soled by finding that it does not take a
year or two to learn the art. The pro.
lessor in charge guarantees that girl
with ordinary good taste can be made an
artist in ribbons aud flowers in twenty
lessons, and will then be ready to take a
good position in a iirst-class millinery es-
Enlistment. -I'hiLadelphia Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
Our Northern Boundary.

DIR. w. V. Kingsbury. the Surgeon o,
the United States and Geodetic Survey
party. organized to definitely establish
the northeastern boundary of Alaska, re-
turned to st. Louis the other day after
an absence of over two years. In speak
ing of the trip and its results, D. Kings
bury said: 'In the opinion of the leaders
of the two Government survey partie,
sent into Alaska, the result of the work
has been most satisfactory. The object
of the expedition has been to definitely
establish the northeastern boundaries of
Alaska, about which there was differ.
ence of British and American opinion.
Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka had
made a running survey along the 141si
parallel for this Government and Survey.
or Ogilvie for the British Government,
but there was difference of three miles
in their establishment of the northeastern
boundary line. Our camp was situated
at the intersection of the one hundred
and forty first parallel with the Yukon
River, and the result of our work has
been to confirm the Ogilvie survey.
which gives the United States three
miles more territory along the north.
eastern boundary line of Alaska than il
was supposed to have. OF course,it will
require a long time for Surveyor Nc.
Grath to get his official report ready, land
it will probably not be made for two
years following his return to the States. y
Chicago Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
The Bee and ITS Voice.

/, In recent work on the bee, F. w.
Cowan states that the insect can draw
twenty times its own weight, can fly
more than four miles an hour, and will
seek food at distance of four miles.
BY beautiful mechanical adaptation,
its wings bear it forward or backward, ,
with upward, downward, OF suddenly
arrested course. It's threefold voice
organs are the vibrating wings, the vi
brating rings of the abdomen, and true
vocal apparatus in the breathing aper-
turc or spiraclc. The buzz is produced
by the first two, and the hum-which
may be "surly, cheerful, or colloquially
Significantly the vocal membrane. A
number of the bees notes have been in
terprcted. "Humm" is the CRY of con-
tcntment; "Wuh-nuh- nuh" gioriGcs the
cgg-layings of the queen; "Shu-u-u" is
the note of young bees at play; "S-s SIS"
means the muster of swarm; "B-r-r-r"
the slaughter or expulsion of the drones;
and the ''Tutu-tu" of the newly Matched
young queen is answered by the "oua-
qua-q qua" of the queens still imprisoned
in their cells. Trenton (M ~ american.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
TRUE

Thus spako the god. Take thou this lutte
OF love.
So sweetly turned is it that when thy true
ideal
Thou meetest-and she speals-.ho strings
will move
In sympathy. The Lutte her presence will
reveal,
And to no other soul, however fond,
Will these sweet tuneful notes OF love re-
spond."
took the lutte, and went forth on my quest.
Through all the long and weary day the
notes beguiled
Tho journey. When tho sun sank to the
west
The strains were gentle us the singing of n
child:
And through the night, while burned tho
heavenly fires,
Thought rose above the sordid carth's de-
sires.
But now the precious lutte neglected lies
Outside the palace gate. Outlines the
wind blows free
And stirs the tuneful strings to plaintive
signs
And yet heed it not-thc notes arc harsh
The True is won So sweet her voice /.
wrought
That all else seems discordant to my
thought.
-Ftarei S. Mines. IN Hurper's Weekly
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
How to Send Flowers by Mail.

Cut them early in the morning, and
let them stand in water for some hours
before packing, so as to absorb moisture
enough to prevent them whitening, in
which case they will not need to be
sprinkled after they are in the box.
Pack in light wooden box lined
with cotton batting and covered with
tissue-paper. Lay the flowers not on
top of each other, but in rows side by
side, the blossoms of each row on the
stems of their neighbors and as close as
possible; cover with paper and cotton;
see that the lid of the box is securely
fastened, and remember to write on
one corner "Cut Flowers" as that will
insure the package being carefully and
quickly handled. -Harper's Young Peo-
pie.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11

by learned physicians, were given tho
right to prepare and sell drugs, and many
OF them enjoyed high reputation in the
business. The petition also claims that
about the middle of the eighteenth CEN
fury narrow minded jealousies of women
arose, and q desire to drive them from
all lucrative handiwork to make place
for men resulted in their almost absolute
exclusion from this calling. They argue
tnat the profession of the druggist de-
mands no great bodily exertion nor any
undue publicity which should render It
difficult for women or unwomanly. It is
as womaniy calling as that of teacher
or saleswoman. Physicians testify, &C.
cording to this petition, that s'women
are far superior to men in the fulfilment
Of all sanitary duties, in punctual ODE
dience to physicians orders. in dexter
ity and deftuess. "-New York Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
PAN1Ens ARE COMING AGAIN.

There are going to be paniers. Nom
inally paniers have been in fashion for
blk months, but now Greatly and truly"
we are going to wear them. There
seems no prospect of getting rid of the
waist fiounce, which is longer and fuller
than ever; sometimes it is Topped with
ribbon straps on the hips and is both
founce and paniers; again it falls half
way to the knees and becomes an over
shirt of most awkward shape and pro-
portion.
Sleeves remain high on the shoulders.
and the huge epaulets that have no pos
sible excuse for existence become daily
more and more huge Chicago Ne,os.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
REFORMS N woMgN's DRESS.

The women of New York, and, in
fact, sensible women in the East, says q
member of Sorosis, take no stock in the
proposed reforms in women's dress which
have attracted the attention of the theo-
rists this summer. The reforms sug-
gested are too radical and will not find
favor with even very small percentage of
women who can afford to indulge in such
luxuries. No poor woman can wear
them. Only comparatively few women
could afford to spend money on them.
So it will be with the present movement.
The ladies who are championing dress
reform now will arouse great deal of
enthusiasm, / have no doubt, but the
enthusiasm will die out when the time
comes for paying the bills. 1t always
does. And what woman who wants the
admiration of men is going to wear the
toys prepared by the Chautauoua
womcn2 Men don't want any reforms in
women's dress. They arc satisfied with
the present styles. Oh, of course it may
be vanity, but women are going to do
what the men want. They have always
done so and always will If reforms are
ever introduced the innovation must be
gradual, not sweeping and radical. :
Detroit free Press.
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SIZE HAD A LONG MEMORY.

a lady who formerly lived in this
State, but is now resident of Ohio, was
riding on the East Eighth street cable
car yesterday, casually glancing at the
houses as she passed. In one of the
yards she saw crazy quilt hanging on
line. Instantly she got off the cur, and
going to the house :.rus the door bell
and askf }. II Mrs. Blank lived there. On
receiving an affirmative reply she en-
tered. and two old friends were soon
chatting over old times. She said she
had recognized the quilt as one she had
seen her friend make in Central Missouri
eighteen years go. A lady had just
come from the East bringing with her q
crazy quilt, which was so pretty and
hard to make that the east side lady
fashioned another just like it, This was
the one that brought the two friends so
unexpectedly together. "I knew that
there were only two quilts like that in
the world" she said, sand 1 instantly
concluded that this must be yours, al
though until o-day did not know where
You lived. "-Kansas City Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
The Lotus Enters.

According to Homer, the lotus eaters
were people who lived Oh the northern
coast of Africa, visited by Ulysses in his
wanderings, and who endeavored to de-
tam his companions by giving them the
lotus to eat--whoever ate of this wished
never to depart. The Arabs call the
fruit of the lotus the "fruit of destiny, :"
which they believe is to be eaten in
Paradise. The lotus is shub two or
three feet high, and its fruit, which is
produced in great abundance, isa dwarf
OF the size of wild plum, which has a
pleasant, sweet taste. The nsmc lotus
has been given to several beautiful speci-
mems Of water lily, especially to the blue
water lily and the Egyptian water lily
Detroit Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PHEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
rnu1r p1cxRRs N pLoos1Ens.

Speaking Of the fruit pickers in the
orchards around Hanford, CAL, the Sen
tinel says: Forty-five trays per day is
the average days picking. The women
and girls hold the men and boys level,
and if anything do better work; and in
some parts of the county the girls have
adopted the bloomer and jucket to work
in-in fact the same style of clothing as
The Cinnamon wear, except belt around
the waist. 1t is certainly better to work
In those dresses and easier to get around
the vine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11

Hog raising is becoming every year
more popular throughout the cotton
growing States, notes the New Orleans
Ne,o Delta, and moro attention is paid to
breed aid feed. The native razor-back
is giving way to better stock, and instead
OF being wholly compelled to forage for
himself, the great cotton staple is made
to furnish him the best of diet in the
form of cotton seed meal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
WOMEN IN PHARMACY.

The employment of women In phar-
macy is receiving general attention
abroad. Frau Schulrath Gamer in Ger
many has recently presented petition
numelously signed, to the Prussian
Reichstag in favor of admitting women
to this profession. The petitioners base
their demand on historic right, and re-
call the fact that for centuries, and until
the middle of the eighteenth century,
the preparation of medicine was almost
wholly in the hands of women; that wo.
men apothecaries, who were examined
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11

Mr.. w. A. Eckroll, a Dane, proposes
to start for the North Pole next year in
a vehicle of his own invention, which
consists of number of sleds so con.
structed that they may be turned into q
boat if necessary. Somehow or other,
comments the Philadelphia Record, all
the plans adopted for reaching the Pole
fall to pieces when the actual attempt is
made; but this trilling fact seems not to
lampcn the enthusiasm with which every
lew explorer starts out on his dreary
innet
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11

Says the New York telegram. "Cali.
fornia is fast becoming the fruit growing
section of the United States, aud there i:
no place on this continent that offers such
inducements to young men of brains aud
some money. The money is necessary,
for no man can start from nothing and
hold his own"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11

farmer. and he would profit abundantly
by his inveftment.
Dir. Potter's pamphlets arc illustrated
with photographs showing half-loaded
carts and wagons stuck in the mud of
our spring roads, some Of them within
the limits of the largest cities of the
Union, while other pictures of country
roads in France, Italy and Belgium indi-
cate what gpod roads are. One or two
pictures sh0i Nv that American roads may
be made as good as those of Europe. 1t
is to be hoped that Mr.. Potter's collec-
ton OF pictures of this last class may be
rapidly Increased. York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11

y "A Chicago Clergyman has observed
that the rate of speed of carriages at
funerals is becoming faster, and where
y fifteen years ago aswalk and only walk
was regarded as the proper pace. now
trotting'is very common.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
THE EMPEROR THOUGHT IT NO LIBERTY

THE EMPEROR THOUGHT 1T NO LIBERTY
A story of the Hon. Mrs. Napier, the
wife of the English diplomatist, has n
touch of human nature about it also. 1t
was ten years ago, and the master of
Napier and his wife were dining at
Babelsberg with the old Emperor Will
liam. Just as they arrived ut the castle
there were signs of storm. Knowing
Mrs. Napier's great horror of thunder
and lightning, the master turned to her
and warned her to control her natural
nervousness if it were possible. Mrs.
Napier, with the most exemplary inten-
tions, promised everything, and went in
to dinner very bravely with the Emperor.
Just as every one was seated there came
flush and clap, and, forgetting every
thing else, Mrs. Napier clutched the i'm
perial arm in dire distress and buried her
head on the imperial shoulder. A sud-
den remembrance of the situation made
her "let co." but the Emperor inter
rupted her confused apology with "Do
it again, my DEAR" that eifcctually
broke up the stiffness of that dinner
table.-Ne,o YORK. Press.
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1nthis Country 2, 100000 persons are
engaged in farming, fogty-four psr cent.
OF our wage corners.

It is said shat during the attempt to
cut canal through the Isthmus Of
Panama 200 900 ounces of quinine were
used annually in combating malarial
fever. t
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11

"Thc recent city charter elections in
Michigan have been noticeable" says the
new York Mercury, "both for the large
nmbcr OF female candidates for. the
scool board and for the unusual proper
tia of these that were laid low at the
baot-box. Maids and widows Jared
alih where popular male candidate
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-11
Calcatroni's Revenge.

Of course you remember that affair
which caused so much gossip, four or
five years go,at the wedding of Antonin
Lcroux, the Bankers son, and Madcmoi-
sellc Combc aux Fontaines.
Leroux had formerly been associated
with an Italian count named Calcatroni,
who was often numbered among the
bankers guests. He is seen there no
more, however.
There were rumors afloat casting
doubt on the solvency of the bank, and
many persons predicted that the mar
riagc would never take place, yet it did,
and the presents were magnificent.
Among the guests was an old friend of
the family, the learned Dcsroches, libra
rian Of the Gardc Mcublc, man whose
position obliged him to cultivate two
very different qualities; it was neces-
sary for him to be ut the same time the
most courteous, and the most suspicious
of men, to treat every reader in the
library rs brother in science, IN cs-
tcemed friend, but man who must be
closely watched, and whose pockets must
be probcd with glance.
81 know many good women and
honest men," he often said, "but there
is no human being on earth who is
not, at some time Of life, tempted
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-11-11
cox AT NICOLLET.

NICoLLET Nov. 1--WE should judge
from the reception given to Judge
Cox, the Democratic candidate for
legislature, that he was not in it this
year.
About p. m. the people of Nicollet
were startled by wild hallooing and
ringing of COW bells. At first it was
thought to be joke upon Cox, but
latter developments showed that he
was at the bottom of it all.
One of the funny things that took
place during the parade was at every
pause in the music one of the small
boys would shout: "Come out and
hear Rev. E. ST. Julien Cox" OF
course this was particularly pleasing
on account of his reputation.
At last he succeeded in getting
about 26 into the hall but before open
ed his speech one of our townsmen
called him into an ante-roOm and,
while they were in there talking pri-
vately, the audience with one accord
left the hall and that was the end of
the speech.
We were informed recently that Cox
was so sure of his election that he
had announced himself a candidate
for speaker of the house.
We do not think from above indica-
tions that the Judge will be in the
race at all.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-11-11
SORROW GIVES WAY To SYM
PATTY.

The following letter by A. FL. Bert
ram to III. @. Howard, of Lake Crys-
tai, upon his drop into Democracy
speaks for itself:
ST. Pa UL, Mimi, Nov. 4, 1892.
My DEAR HOWARD. The painful
news has just reached me, that you
have suddenly experienced change
of heart and that you are now full
fiedged Democrat. Can this rumOr be
true? To think that you served as
Asst Dairy Commissioner, and have
been exposed to the benign rays of in
telligence and reason, and that those
shafts of light failed to penetrate
your thick cuticle, is what breaks us
all up. Have you thought of the far
reaching effect Of yours will have
throughout the nation. Think of the
sacrifices made by our forefatherS
the blood spilled during the Revolu
ton to establish the greatest republic
on the face of the Earth, and that
now, just as victory is about to perch
on our banner, you kick over the whole
business by going over to the enemy
The result of your recent announce
ment will be to disintegrate the par
ty. Republicans all over the state
feel like giving up the struggle. We
most certainly hope that Gov. Nelson
excuse me for calling him Gov. il
seems naturaD has not received tn,
sad news. He also would lose heart
But the saddest part of the whole af
fair is the influence you have exerte(
over your three boys. TO think tina
father would be so cruel and heart
less as to drag those three innocen
babes from the path ofduty, just in tn
budding period. While in the emplo
OF the state as Asst Dairy Com. yo1
pretended to be feeding those sons Of
good Republican milk. But we ar
informed that at the same time yo
replenished your nursing bottle at Al
lance headquarters, and therefor
Democracy is but natural sequence
1t was not necessary for you to vic
lently sneeze every time Jim Bake
(whom you used to denounced take
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-11-11
A SLIM MEETING.
Gen. Baker Refers Pleasantly to the
Free Press and Talks
Calamity.

The Democrats evidently expected
to have the opera house filed by the
waythey had prepared to accommodate
a crowd Monday night. The stage was
filed with chairs to seat the overflow,
but the management had not taken
into consideration the fact that no
such a crowd of Democrats can be got
ten into the opera house as Republi-
can meeting draws. Even the Popu-
list meeting had three people to eve
ry one present last night, and the
speakers were forced to look upon an
empty gallery and several hundred
vacant chairs down stairs. The room
was cold and that as well as the stale
ness of the arguments may have &C
counted for the striking lack of en-
thusiasm A smell of escaping gas
permeated the atmosphere, but
whether it came from a !eaky meter
or from the stage it was impossible to
tell.
The train from Mapleton brought
in about thirty from the stations
along the road, and these were met by
the band and escorted to the opera
house. Many fervent thanks were eX-
pressed that the weather had afford
ed an excuse for abandoning the pa
rade.
Mr.. Hammond talked short time,
summing up the situation and telling
what he would do if he could only get
votes enough into the ballot box to-
day to sent him to Washington, but
as his defeat is foregone conclusion
his talk was of a half-hearted nature.
He made short reference to the tar
if, but made no argument.
w. L. Comstock then made few
remarks in which he claimed the leg
islation of the Republican party had
been in favor of the East and against
the farmers of the Northwest. He
touched upon the wheat ring and of
course held the Republicans response
BILE for actions of private individuals.
He was followed by Gen. Baker, who
INDUCED in calamity speech OF the
usual style; how the country is going
to the devil under the present cOndi
tions, compared the price Of wool to
show that the farmer was not getting
as much for his clip under the McKin-
ley law as he realized previously, but
he memory conveniently failed him at
that point, so that he did not tell how,
while the price of wool has declined
from 10 to II per cent. in this country,
it has dropped from % to 30 per cent.
in the London market. The General
felt very sore on the showing up of
his checkered career in the FREE
PRESS, and tried to patch the matter
up by abusing the FREE PRESS, but
seemed to trouble him most was the
Sweet pension matter, in which he
claimed to have been eXOnerated. and
that the FREE PRESS persisted in re-
vlVing the charge in spite or this. Ali
that the FREE PRESS said about the
matter, however, was simply to quote
from the report of the committee
which investigated the affair. 1t is
noticeable, however, that the General
had nothing to say about his st. Cloud
railway deal. At the close of his re-
marks the meeting adjourned and the
attempted grand Democratic rally
passed into history without making so
much as ripple upon the surface of
the community.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-11-11

snuff. Since your open announcement
of Republicanism, good men are join
ing the party faster than we can take
the names. Though we will miss you,
yet when we think of the load the
Democratic party has assumed by your
advent into it, our sorrow gives way
to sympathy for them, and we fer
vently exclaim "what's our loss is also
theirs" Very truly yours,
A. H. BERTRAM.