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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

made at the age of sixteen or earlier, q
period of life when the ardor of roman
tic sentiment often reaches its culmina
ton, and it is then she begins to bemoan
the requirements of cruel law that
would restrain the one important
step which is ever uppermost IN her
mind. But she may have friendly
ally in bordering common wealth, the
statutes of Indiana permitting her to
marry at eighteen, and, knowing this,
rather than suffer long period of sus-
pense which might prove fatal to her
future prospects, she is apt to become
the prominent one of two figures who
will seek this friendly Gretna by that
method of procedure commonly recog-
niZed as an s'elopement.
Now aud then clients return to make
a friendly call on the squire who may
have been instrumental is placing them
on the very pinnacle of martial bliss, or
vice versa. The old gentleman from a
remote county comes TO bring gilt of
n sack of potatoes, and to say incident
ally that 'it's great pity that that mir
weddin' of mine an Reteccas didn't
come off forty year airlier." In another
instance, the wife. who had been
schcolma'am writes, "Iczekiah went
out back of our house, in the mountains
last Saturday afternoon and killed a
wildcat that weighed sixty pounds, and
a buck that weighed $50 pounds. We
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

Says. the Chicago Herald; "Amo.
the provisions of Jay Gould's will is one
directing the payment of So, 100000 to
his eldest son, George j. Gould, for SER
vices of the latter in connection with
the management Of the tcstator's bust
ness, extending through a period of
twelve years, during five years of which
time the son was in entire charge OF
his fathers vast and difficult interests.
Tnc tcstator refers with pride to the fact
that, in his opinion, his "bcloved son"
has developed remarkable business
ability" and proceeds to "fix the value
of his services Mt s. 900, 00O." This
amount for twelve years service is equal
TO salary OF S416, 666 per year.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

wrought by this functionary were us u
single blade of grass to the whole par
ticle of sod when compared with the ex-
plolts of latter day .,squires that flourish
still, and wax fat in the pursuit of their
most laudable profession.
From small beginning marriages by
q magistrate have grown to large pro
portions and are looked upon with favor
by all classes of society, who seem now
to prefer, above religious rites, this
mode of entering upon the marriage re-
lation.
There are good reasons for this pref
erence which it were we'll to explain.
In the first place, such marriages are no
longer looked upon as disgraceful, as
they were formerly held to be by most
persons. There has been radical change
OF sentiment in this direction within the
last decade, so that now quite as much
responsibility attaches to one as the
other, and losses sustained by the parson
in the abridgement of perquisites that
were formerly exclusively his have been
gained by the more jovial squire. In
deed, such are the inroads made upon
the minister's income as to materially
lessen auxiliary earnings that brought
temporal comfort to his household.
Under the laws of Kentucky, which
State furnishes more than ninety per cent.
of those happy pilgrims to this shrine OF
wedlock, a girl may not reach the mar
riageable age before twenty-one years,
whereas her debut in society is frequently
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
THE BOHEMIAN TWINS.

first brought them before the public IN
Paris mt the "Thoatre Imperial dc la
Gaitc," and is now taking them on a
tour through Europe.
Rosa and Josepha, of whom we pub
iish an engraving, ale no. well grown
for their age, but are, delicate aud trail.
Their complexion and hair are dark, and
their faces, which are very much alike,
show no traces of their nationality. As
will he seen from the cut, the drst i'm.
preston is that they are two perfectly
formed individuals with connection Mt
the hips, but an investigation proves
that this is not the case; Tor, althou III
the upper parts Of their bodies are sep
arate, the backbones grow together in
the region of the coccyx, and there is
only one pelvis; strangely enough, how
ever, there are four legs instead of two.
Therefore, we have not two complete
beings that have grown together, but
two half female bodies, SO to speak,
that are normally developed OILY as far
as the hips. Under the circumstances
separation by means of surgical opera
ton was impossible. When one half of
this unfortunate double creature dies,
the other sister must soon meet the
same fate.-Illustrirte Z,ltung.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
THERE COMES ApAX.


There comes day when shall sadly miss
thee,
A-wandering through earth's byways all
alone.
Oh, how these quiv'ring lips will long To
kiss thee,
My ownl My owni
Oh, night OF darkness, where no bird is sing
ing,
Shall I, like Hnsar, sit where blessings
Hank. far amid thu shadows. hope upspring-
Like nightingale.
Marbles of stars, which DER us brightly
cleaning
Shine on the path of loved on earth have
metz
Long US creation's spheres ara softly bea NJ
Wen not forget.
Perhaps IT'S who shall DO quiet sleeping
: Nor wake at tender touch or word of
thine
Almost thy tears would set my soul a-wee D.
Oh, love of mine
The worlds well lost. l cry, may but greet
thee,
Heavens light, itself, were dimmed were
alone;
Somewhere. somehow, l know that shall
meet thee,
My own! My own.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

worse, without let or hindrance. is
known to al; the reading world.
But, says letter from .Jetferso nville,
Ind, to the Chicago Herald. the pres
tige that was once the peculiar right of
the GIetna Green of history has it's coun-
tcrpart in America in this city Of goodIy
morals, which is the county seat of Clark
County, and upon whose principal bust
ness street, at almos. any hour of any. day
OF any week may be seen motely group
of would-be actors in that great comedy
of loves contamination that is as old as
Adam, aud which loses none of its in
terest as the years so whirling along the
boulevard of time.
Back in the days when Henry Clay
was the idol OF Kentucky AMI the ad-
mlration OF the couutry at large the
hamlet of Aberdeen, in Brown County,
Ohio, attained to something like motor
iety us market place for hearts and
hands, the medium through which the
marriage contract was executed being
found in the person of Squire Beasley,
who long since passed on TO his reward
for the gooG-let it be said in charity
he had done in the flesh in bringing
happiness-transitory, at least-to man
and woman kind. But the achievements
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Not His Ducks.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author of
1.-The Rivals" was great wit, but that
did not prevent him from tumbling into
practical joke, as this anocdote from
Chatterbox shows:
"Sheridan, who was no sportsman,
once went out on shooting excursion.
Everything flew before him aud his gun,
and he got nothing. On his way home,
with an empty bag, he saw man who
looked like farmer staring over q cato
at flock of ducks in q pool.
"'What willy you take, said Sheridan,
Tor shot at those ducks2'
"The man looked at him in astonish-
mcnt.
will half crown DOE
"'The man nodded, and Sheridan
gave him the half-crown, taking his
snot at the ducks. About half dozen
fell dead. AS he was preparing to bag
them he snid to the man: Il think, on
the whole, have got bargain on you.'
Why, said the man, they're not
my ducks. >"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

1t was rainy, dreary afternoon, and
Vincent Dilkley had gone up to the
beautiful country house, now inexpressi.
bly, dismal aud soon to be the Wiltoni
no longer.
1t was the first time he had seen Minis
since her fathers death. She cam,
toward him across the long room in
silence, coldly aud with downcast lids.
Her black dress made her seen, yer,
frail aud young, but her eyes had become
womau's. She gave him her hand dis.
tautly.
Then, under his strong pressure, She
at last looked up, and all her new re-
serve, her fresh born shame and con-
seriousness of the love she had shown him,
melted away of a sudden, with little
cry, and she was fast locked in his arms.
"oh, Vincent" she so5bcd like a
tired child, Al thought you did not care
for mel"
"Mina-NIina Had I the right to
care or to show it then2"
SIT was your pride. II was not SO
proud" she blushcd and hung her head.
81 am not so proud now"
"Alina!" The pressure grew tighter
still.
"Poor papal" lower, with her face
buried on his shoulder. sis it very
wrong, Vincent7 1 can't grIcvc rs j
should, becausc"-a little squeeze
have you now. New York Mercury.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

black, eyes blue aud complexion fair.
By many she is thought extremely hand
some. The accompanying picture gives
correct idea of this champion of the
Peoples Party.
The dome site side of Mrs. Lenses life
Is not the least of her creditable charac-
teristics. She is a fond mother aud a
good wife. Her home is in Wichita,
where her husband, who is II pharmacist,
IS engaged in business. Her children
are bright and we'll trained, and the eId
est son. now almost grown. will probably
follow her to the rostrum.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

a Liverpool merchant lately gave tn
university in that city clock fitted with
all the modern improvements, including
a chime that strikes the quarters. The
generosity Of the gift is seer to be less
worthy OF admiration when it is known
that the workhousc hospital, where there
are GENERALLY thousand patients, is i'm
mediately beneath the clock. An Alder
man. has found it such nuisance on his
own account (hc says nothing about
the poor wretches in the work.
house) that he has made q formal COM
plant to the yestry of the persecution
which the gift has brought upon him.
He would go to bed at ten o'clock,
and he would hear the machine in
the tower toll out eleven, twelve, one,
two, three, four, and SO on, and besides
that every quarter of an hour would
come the ding-dong of chimes. The
Alderman, to say nothing of the work.
house victims, seems to have cuse, and
che Boston Transcript hopes that he will
wins,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

Herbert Spencer, the famous English
philosopher, now seventy three years OF
age, estimates that for forty years of au
active literary life his income has been
something like $4,000 per annum. An.
thony Trollope, VINO .wrote about forty
of what the St. Louisi Star Sayings calls
the dreariest novels that the English
speaking world eyer waded through,
made over $500, 900 in the same time.
Altogether, from,its commercial aspect,
philosophy doesn't seem to pay.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

George Gould, at twenty-eight, is the
estate thst gives employment to 100, 900
men, declares the New York Press.
The three successive Astors have each
been over forty before they inherited
their fathers fortunes. William II.
Vanderbilt was nearly fifty, and his soma
were forty-two and thirty-six when he
died. The Rothschilds are all long.
lived race, and no one of them has ever
ceached the family control at so youth
eul an age, The second Rothschild was
thirty-nine when he became head of the
house. Though Mayer Rothschild, the
founder Of the English banking house,
made His greatest coup at thirty-three,
he was succeeded by his son at the age
Of twenty eight, the only one of the
family who has had great responsibilitie
before he reached thirty. Under the
system ofallied branches, however, be-
gan by the founder of the house, the
Rothschild policy has always been under
che control of men near fifty, and this
has been tho rule in the two or three
English ducai fortunes which turn $780,
100000. Ten years under Jay Gould
and the control OF 500, 900, 900 are,
however, enough 10 sober any man and
make him old before his time, and no
one looks on George Gould as youthful.
His instincts are conservative. He will
probably leave to Jay Gould, Jr., some
time much greater fortune than he now
5nhorits from Jay Gould the first.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

rate of fifteen geographical miles an hour
may be modified without diminishing
the speed perceptibly by tie application
OF sail, as shown in the accompanying
cut. A sail of proportionate dimensions
to suit the user is constructed as out.
lined in the cut and fastened to the
shoulder with straps and buckles or held
in the hand of the skater. When the wind
initiates the sail and the skater is any
kind of an expert, the st. Louis Post
Dispatch says, he will find himself spin
ming away over the glistening icy sur
face at very rapid rate.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Ho turned FROM the window almost

ueTc8ly.
barbara, Barbara, don't tempt me
so! Don't make it any hardcrl It's bad
enough. Pride2 think need all the
pride 1 have. What right have to take
that young girls love2 What have to
offer her2 Can drag her down to my
level? Can live on her money!"
You will be famous some day, per-
haps," said Hiss Barbara.
Her brother laughed. There was no
mirth in the sound.
"fou may say 80, Bah, to keep me
from sinking too low in my own eyes.
But you know, aud I know, that me.
diocrity | am aud will remain to the
end. Such fellows rs have no right tc
think of such creatures as Nina Wilton
She IS young, she is beautiful, she hal
all that life can bestow. was not mad,
for such US she, bless her!" And hi
voice had dropped very low. "No,
shall not go there morrow"
Nor was fate to give him the oppor
tunlty Of changing mis- decision.
Tne next morning dread repori
reached the village aud like wild tire
spread in an hour through all the coun
aire, owner OF town house and country
house and yacht and blooded horses, had
been found dead il his libtary-dead
and with small vial in his tight
clonched hand.
The reason for the dced2 People
! asked each other with horror stricken
faces. 1t was unheard OF, Incompetent.
sible.
Not so unheard of, not so incompre
hensible rs the day wore on. The first
vague rumor OF business troubles hac
| grown and now the truth could nc
longer be concealed. Search had beer
made, papers found. MIR. Abel Wilton.
millionaire by no rightful title, had beer
such now these many months. The tow
house and country house, the yacht and
the blooded horses : frauds, hollow
mockcries. Flowers twined over til,
top of precipice, hiding the yawnina
depths beneath, even perhaps from th,
man himself, who still wildly hoped 70,
some impossible chance to avert the blow
of fate.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

Miss Ella Knowles will not be Atlor-
ucy-General OF Montana, after oil, au.
nounccs the st. Louis Star-Sayings. but
the horrid man who opposed her will not
be able to boast of much of plurality.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

"Electric railways will safely convey
passengers at the rate of $50 miles an hour
at an early day." said Professor William
ID. Marks, Superintendent of the Edison
Electric Light Company, and it now
seems, to the Boston Transcript, that
his prediction is about to mate rializc,
both in'tlfis country and abroad,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
The Bohemian Twins.

The twin sisters, Rosa and Josepha,
who were lately exhibited II Vienna, ex-
cited the interest, not only of scientists,
but also of the lay public, on account OF
the union OF their bodies. They were
born IN Skreychow, Bohemia, and arc
now fifteen years old. Their parents,
simple people named Blazel, gave them
up to the French ;mpresario Forbe, who
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
A GRETNA GREEN.
THRIVING MATRIMONIAL MART
IN INDIANA.
Jacksonville a Haven of Bliss for
Hcntucky's EiopIng Lovers
The Justices Reap
Rich Harvest.

HAT noted farm
stead, in Dumfries-
s h ire, S C o tland
(Gretna Green), the
fame of which out
lived many genera.
tions; although, by
a change in the
English and Scotch
marriage laws,it has
been sborn of the
glory that formerly
attached to it as the
haven of security
where love-sick lad
and lassic might be
Joined by the nup-
tiaI tir FIR hettoror
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

Accordinszto the statistic, Of the In
terstatv Commerce Conhm'ss 'ona railway
passenger stands one chance in o,s23,-
153 to be killed. while travelling.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Ttis proposed to enact extraordinary
penalties fortrain robbing.

The united wealth of Whittier and
Teanyson was s4ls,ooo, which, tho
Boston Transcript thinks, is pretty good
for poets.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Vincent Dilkley's Pride.
BY EVELYN TnoRp.
My own! My own.

iRBARA DILKEY
lad walked with
Fer brother to the
gate of their neat
little gard C n.
There seemed to be
something on her
mind. AS he was
about to lay his
hand on the latch,
she detained hin,
with n touch on
the arm and raised
her eyes to his.
Vincent Dilkley's
Uas n hnndeon,o
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

The worlds production of the golden
metal in 1891 was 1910, 900 ounces; of
silver lao, 1866, 900 ounces,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17
Skate and Sail.

The ice yacht which spins in great
numbers over the northern lakes at tho
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-17

was a handsome
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-06-02
ROGERS FOUND.
Body of the ST. Paul millionaire at
Last Discovered.


ST. PAUL. May 30.-Charles s.
Rogers suicide cannot now be doubted
by the most skeptical of those who
have expressed doubts as to his ever
having leaped from the high bridge.
About 6:3O p. IN. a corpse was found in
the river near the fish hatchery, at the
foot of Dayton's bluff, which was three
hours later identified by CoSoner Whit
comb as that of the missing presi-
dent of the Northwestern Cordage
company. The body was still in a
fair state Of preservation, the cool con-
dition of the water having delayed and
retarted the progress of decomposition.
AS soon as the news of the discovery of
the body was received by the coroner,
he in company with Police Captain
Phil Schweitzer and Sergeant Sexton,
left for the scene, and at about Ii o'clock
telephoned to police headquarters that
they had identified the remains as those
of Charles s. Rogers. The place
where the body was found, is about
three miles from the city in an air line,
but is exceedingly difficult of access by
team, and it was several hours before a
vehicle could be secured on which the
body could be brought to the morgue.
The discovery was made by boat
man named Haven, who was crossing
the river. He was not looking for the
body, and the discovery was purely ac.
cidental. He will get the $500 reward
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-06-02
UNvEIL1NG THE STATUE.

the '-Silver Statue March," composed
for the occasion by a Chicago man.
Major Martin Maginnis of Helena made
short address as the ceremonies be-
gan. After music by the band, Mr.. ;.
Quinn, editor of the Butte Miner, made
short speech.
Mrs. E. J. Richards. wife Of the gover-
nor Of Montana, then came forward and
made short address. Closing with
the words s'Let justice with unband-
aged eyes now grace the throne," she
pulled the cord which loosed the veil
and the immense American flag en-
veloping the statue fell into the arms of
six men wa ii lg to receive it as great
cheer went up from the onlookers.
The Statue Described.
The statue rests upon plinth Of
solid gold which has for its base
block Of ebony. 4. Arouud the
figure is bronze railing. Ris-
ing from three sides are bronze poles
supporting a maroon velvet canopy
which gives the whole particularly
pleasing throne-like appearance. The
gold used in the plinth is valued at
nearly $3.50. 900 and is from the "Spotted
Horse" mine at Maiden, Fergus county,
Montana. The silver represents an out
lay of $4,000 and is the product of
different Montana mines. After the
statue had been inspected by the invited
guests the ropes We're thrown aside and
the public admitted. The invited
guests were then taken in coaches to
the Montana state building where a
LUNCHEON was served. Miss Ada Rehan,
the model of the statue was invited and
urgently requested to be present.
However the famous actress did
not come. objecting on the
ground that she would be an object of
curiosity and comparison. She has de-
ferred her visit to more opportune
time. Governor Richards was not, pres
ent, being detained in Montana by duty
connected with the location of state
educational institutions.
With the unveiling of the statue the
Montana mining exhibit was opened
for public inspection. 1t contains some
handsome collections OF silver crystals,
rich silver and gold ores and specimens
of lead, copper, coal, iron and building
stone mines in the state. A fine collec-
ton of gold ores and nuggets is ex-
pected to arrive in a few days, when
! they will be placed on exhibition.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-06-02
M0NTANA'S PRIDE
The Silver Statue of Justice Unveiled
With Appropriated Cere.
monies
In the Presence of a Tremendous
Crowd-Mrs. Governor Richards
Pulls the Cord.
Worlds Fair Officials Have a Strong
Suspicion They Are Being
Cheated.

WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, May 81
The pride of the Montana mining dis
play-the silver statue of "Justice." :"
was unveiled during the afternoon in
the Mines and Mining building in the
presence of tremendous crowd, which,
enthused by the sight of the handsome
figure resting on its base of solid gold,
sent up cheer that echoed and re-
echoed through the rafters of the big
building. The ceremonies began shortly
before 8 o'clock and were very
brief. Mr. w. NJ. Bickford, ex-
ecutive commissioner from Mon
tana, was master of ceremonies.
Brands bands of Cincinnati, furnished
the music, playing for the first time
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-06-02

Argus-Leader: There will be general
regret at the failure of ex-Secretary
Foster, but the show of pity will be al
ways accompanied by the thought that
he brought the government also to the
verge of ruin, condition from which
the greater wisdom of Secretary Car
Isle has not yet been able to raise it.
What rubbish! Secretary Foster
simply carried out the legislation which
congress had enacted, and when he left
office the country was far from the
verge of ruin, although the weakening
OF confidence by reason OF Democratic
success had already begun. And the
greater wisdom OF Secretary Carlisle
can do nothing more than follow the
provisions of the same laws until his
party puts into effect q new policy.
Meanwhile public uncertainty as to
what that policy is to be is doing more
to disturb the prosperity OF the country
than all the legislation that can be put
on the books.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-06-02
Gallery Audiences.

Gallery audiences said a veteran
attache of one of Philadelphia's theaters
recently, care made up of some of the
most intelligent playgoers in the city.
Young men of moderate incomes pre-
vail, but often wealthy youths go among
the gods, as their elevated station af-
fords in many respects the most advan-
tageous place from which to view the
stage. The receipts from the gallery,
moreover, are very important item, and
the people in it do good work in leading
the applause. Edwin Booth always be-
gins an after the play speech by gazing
up at the gallery in recognition of its en-
thusiasm in greeting him.
Lawrence Barrett was always popu-
lar with the gods in Philadelphia, and he
used to say their applause was as re-
freshing drink to him. For the most
part the gallery audiences were well be-
haved, critical and intelligent, and for
myself l should feel sorry to see them
,rNegated, in this city anyhow, to the
pit as the English call the parquet.
Philadelphia Press