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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
The Secret OF Good Complexion.


'"The secret of u bad complexion"
said well-known physician to me re-
GENTLY, sis bad digestion, and we
generally trace that to % bad liver.
One of the best remedies for sluggish
liver" he added, sis cheap and
pleasant do not believe much in
pills and powders nor drugs of any
kind. Dieting is the secret of the
cure. The best liver regulator for
persons of sedentary habits, and these
are the ones whose compilations are
muddy, is to be found in apples
plain, ordinary. every day apples
eaten baked if they are not we'll di-
gested when eaten raw. I attended
the pupils nt well-known board
ing school," said the doctor. 'and
among them was country girl whose
complexion was the envy of all her as
socintes. found that she WINS very
light eatcr at her meals, but she had q
peculiar custom of taking plate of
apples to her room at night and eating
them slowly as she studied her lessons.
This was her regular practice. Some
of the other girls in the institution
took it up, and know as n result of
my personal investigation that the ap-
ple-eating girls had, with one excep-
ton, the best compilations of any one
in school. That one exception was
due to causes which required medical
skill to remove. New York Mail and
Express.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
PecIillarities of inc Toa,l.

The editor of the "Notes for the
Curious" column in the st. Louis Re.
public: [ have probably used up
twenty columns of the Republics
space during the last half dozen years
telling OF the queer things in connec-
ton with toad and frog life, but, in all
that immense array of bntrachian lit
erature no mention has been made of
the wonderful way in which the toad
oreathes and the peculiar chang" of
his tongue. Force toad's mouth open
and hold it in that position and he
VIII suffocate. This is because he has
no ribs and no way of dilating the
chest. Therefore he must literally
swallow air MS though it were food.
Forcibly keeping the creatures mouth
open causes the mir to pass into the
stomach instead of the lungs.
Another oddity is its tongue, which
is hung in the mouth, just the reverse
OF the human tongue, beng attached
nj the front of the jaw, the loose end
hanging back and down the throat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06

A writer of California, who In.
long been interested in the subject O;
agriculture, confidently asserts that
tho farm of the future will DO the
forty-acre farm. This claim gains
significance from the fact that il
originates in California, for there the
great land owners have held title to
tracts that ran rs high as 80, 900 to
100, 900 acres, and it was the DOS.
session of one of these immense
stretches of territory that prompted
Henry George to give his land-tax
theory to the world. This particular
tract is now being divided into small
farms 'to suit the purchaser" and
the same plan is being pursued in
many parts of the State. When it was
Spanish possession embarrassing
was the chief industry, and vast
ranges were looked upon as necessary
to prosperous business When
sheep-raising was gone into tho
same idea prevailed, and even
when wheat-raising became popular
the wealth of the owners, improved
machinery and the ease with which
help was procured enabled the great
land owners to keep their farms in.
tact. But with the introduction OF
fruit raising came the cutting up OF
these big estates, and the smaller hold.
ers have multiplied until the writer
referred to feels justified in his pre-.
dlction. Literal ful6llment can hard.
ly be expected, however, in the opin
ion of the Detroit Free Press, which
adds: Forty acres makes too large n
farm for the raising of market 'struck'
and too small one for cattle raising.
AS for general farming, much depends
upon the farmer and his surround.
ings What man does for himself
ne is disposed to do well, and with a
view to making the most of his oppor.
tunities. There is always the danger
OF loss through assistance that is en-
ployed, and this fact is factor in the
problem that cannot be overlooked.
On the other hand, the small farmer
cannot afford all the modern machin-
cry which facilitates his work, yet
must lie idle during a greater portion
of the year. When this difficulty is
overcome by neighboring farmers hay.
ing community of interest in these
aids to their work, there will be q
nearer approach to q fulfllment of the
predictions made by the California
prophet,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
Che Inventors, Losses.

We read very often of inventors
profits, but we hear very little of in
ventors' losses. Not long since the
suicide of an aged man in this city was
reported. He had been left fortune
amounting to nearly $50, 900 in addi-
ton to very excellent business. All
the profits of the latter and the for
tune itself had been entirely spent in
fruitless effort to invent clock that
would not require winding. He hade
sort of perpetual motion idea, and, OF
course, it was not practicable. An
English writer estimates that moro
than million pounds sterling have
been wasted in Great britain by in
ventors who have vainly sought to-
solve the secret of perpetual motion.
A prominent inventor who is in
tho iron trade, in which he has
amassed an enormous fortune, re-
Gently said he believed more money
had been spent in this country in
fruitless endeavors to invent horse
shoe machines than in any other line
of mechanical research. Horseshoes
can be mado by machine successfully,
and with great profit. This is done
at the famous Burden Iron Works in
Troy, built up by the invention of the
elder Henry Burden, long since dead,
of the first practical machine for turn
ing ont horseshoes from bars of iron.
I hear that $4,000 have been spent
by other inventors in this country in
an effort to rival the Burden machine.
Some of these efforts have been partly
successful and no doubt others will al
so succeed. But isn't it remarkable
that SO much money Inns been spent
in line of manufacture regarding
which we hear SO little ?---New York
Mail and Express. i
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
THE REAL OLD MAID.

The very namo of old maid centuries
up sour, Grabbed individual, who has
met with disappointment, and who,
therefore. looks upon all the world
with cynical eyes. But the real old
maid, the woman whose hair is, per-
haps, tinged with gray, but about
whom there is no restless desire to
win the affection of some man, is a
sweet and lovnble creature whom
many man would be proud to make
his wife if he could but persuade her
to accept him. How much better for
a woman to choose to go her way in
life alone than to join hands with
some man who is certain to prove I'M
congenial, or who is mentally or in n
social sense her inferior To be called
az old maid is much better than to be
called an unhappy wife, and many
there are who scott at this single, mid
dle-aged woman, who, in their hearts,
would gladly. exchange places with
her and assume some of her bright,
womanly independence. woman
need be no less sweet and loving be-
cause she has no one to call husband,
or is not the mother of lisping little
ones. In many home there is n sim
gle sister or maiden aunt who cher
ishes n world of fondness for the little
folks not her own, and is as much be-
loved by them as though she were
their mother, instead of being that
terrible creature called by the world
an Old maid.-Detroit Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06

An Oklahoma merchant carclessly
allowed few castor beans to get
mixed with his oats. He probably
thought nothing of it at the time, and
sold the oats to stable keeper.
Several of tue horses TO which the
grain was fed sickcncd and died.
Veterinary surgeons said it was the re-
suit of eating the castor beans The
stable keeper sued for damages and
the careless grain dealers were com
PEELED, by order of the court, to pay
$3.50.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
A Wrong Translation.

Two Englishmen are at tho st.
Nicholas One tells joke on the
other as follows: ga year ago we
were travelling through Spain, and
had occasion to be fed by some hospit-
able strangers. Unable to speak the
language, my friend undertook to
show his appreciation by making signs.
He rubbed his stomach and smacked
his lips, oil of which was construed as
indications of distressed. A glass -oi
some kind of liquid was handed to
him, and he, taking it for wine, drank
1T down. 1t was an emetic, and my
friend was soon minus good meal. -
Cincinnati Times-Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOL,
FEMININE READERS.
SPANISH WOMEN.

Paolo Montegazz, of Florence, has
been recently giving his opinion in o
German paper ON the women of
Europe. To the Spanish woman he
gives the palm for beauty. "The
Spanish woman" he says, sis be-
witchingly beautiful. She has small
hands and feet, and large eyes like
the open windows of sun-burnt mar
bic palace; figure full Of grace and
life and long, wavy, dark hair. She
is ve-y religious, very ignorant, very
,ea-ouu, sensitive, idle and proud"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
A Plucky Noblewomnn.

The Marchioncss of Waterford, look
ing through the window of hcr house,
in London. tho other day, saw cab
man ill-using his horse. RAISING the
window she commanded the man to
desist, and upon his refusal, she gath
cred up her skirts, opened tho front
door, and, letting go her aristocratio
left, she blackened the follows eye,
and then had policeman take him
into custody on n charge of cruelty to
animals. New York Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
cURrs ARE COMING.

Hair parted in the middle and drawn
over the ears is looming in the hori-
1on. Tho next thing will be the
punches of urls-ringlets is the proper
word-which are to be seen all
through tho pages of Dickens, and
which necessitato n parting across the
head as well as toward the forehead
Even now there are whispers of these
curls having appeared in Paris, to the
satisfaction OF tho hairdressers, no
doubt, because hair is not plentiful
nowadays, and so those who wish to
be ill the mode will have to buy false
punches and stick them ON.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
A SONG OF HOPE.

II earthly ills wero fewer,
We couldn't then complain;
And II tho skies were bluer,
Perhaps we'd havo no rainl
II takes little sorrow
To lead our lines Alright:
Tho sun that gilds tho morrow
Is sweotcr for tho night.
When winter winds nre flinglng
Tho snow against the pane,
Somewhere tho birds are singing
They'll sing for us again!
Toll not thy mournful story
Sing not thy solemn song,
While in Gods grace and glory
Tho glad world rolls along!
F. l.. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06

The Atlanta Constitution declares
that the Southern forests can be mado
to yield $3.50, 600, 600 worth of lumber
annually without impairing their per-
manent value.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06

A Yale professor is quoted MS being
of opinion that football makes the
students sluggish in their studies. Tho
London Lancet records 100 cases in
which participants in football games
played in 1892 in Great Britain re-
ceived injuries SO serious as to require
hospital treatment.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
What is the Limit ot y;e;o,,

Hippisley says that no has loo,,ed
upon the whole range of the So
A APPS whiie removed from them by a
distance OF 200 miles, and Sir w. Jonas
aIi'rna that the Himalayas appeared
miles. oo Vi zza
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06

1t is fashionable in Madagascar to
be n Christian, and this fact is him
drance. Thc missionaries have to
strive, not to get people into tho
Church, but to keep them out until
they give evidence of being truly con-
verified
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
Each pupil in the public schools of
the United States costs on an average
S17.22 year.

Nine women out of ten will fuss
about n trihe and meet calamity with
o calm-eyed and fearless smilo.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06

The great tree of the California ex-
nlnition Mt the Worlds Fair, which is
.wenty-eisht feet in diameter, has
neeh presented to tho United States
and will be set mp in Washington.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06

Brazil has 70, 700, 900 of unevonoo,
lSea people among her IA, 900, 900, and
one missionary to every It's, 600 sonls
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
A FAMOUS coIFFuRE.

There is struggle in Paris to in
trodnce the fantastic fashions in hair
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
Because of a Squirrel.
BY FRANCIS G. WILLIAMS.

ONI DELTUN had
had nm easy morn
ing of it. Ho had
walked softly into
the old forest of
chestnuts and hick-
cries, rifle on shout
der, sat down on n
biz lOn- lnil his rinn
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06
EIGHT YEARS IMPRISON
MENT.

Louisville, KY, March 31.-A
special to the Oourier-J ournal from
Wheeling, w. Va, says: Benjamin
Barneshaw, one of tho foremost
politicians of West Virginia, who
was found guilty last Saturday oil
forging orders to the amount Cf
$4,000 on the commission Of Wet
eel county, of which he was presi-
dent, was sentenced today to eight
years in the penitentiary. Judge
Jordan in passing sentence scored
the prisoner numerically.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06

San AhroNio ia preparing for
another grand Battle of Flowers on
San J.siutO day: This beautiful
flower festival is peculiarly apprc
pirate to the ALAMO City, and the
entire state tsois pride in its &C
e0mplishment. San Antonio should
keep alive forever this beautiful
Custom. Long live the Alamo City
May it never lack abundance Of
flowers with which to celebrate the
anniversary Of ths achievement oi
Texas independence.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06
LAMONT AT NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans, Ia, March 81
Secretary Lamont and party, con
sisting of Quartermaster General
W. N. Batcheler, Capt. George W.
Davis, Dr. Joseph Bryan of New
York and wife and Mrs. Lamont,
was rendered a reception tonight at
the Commercial Club. while other
members of the party went to the
ST. Charles Theater to see Joe JEFF
ferson in Grip Van Wrinkle" The
Secretary of War is on inspection
tour and will visit Jackson Bar
racks tomorrow
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06
MILITARY CELEBRATION,
sas,a Battle 10 Commemorate the
Defeat CT Maxaniilan,

CRY of Mexico, April LA
shan battle Oh the PLAINS of San
Lazero IS being prepared by the
GARRISON of this city for the com
rnssnoratlon Q. the twenty seventh
anniversary of the defeat of the i'm
perisl forces in Pacbla, by the
army under command Of General
Porferie Diaz. The Srigaaee of
cavalry aud iafantvy, in which
will figure aud ssppers and alinei's
regiments, the cadets OF military
academy and battery of art;llery,
viii take part in the assault OF the
battle grounds. The powder to be
burned in honor of President
DiaE will cost $4,000. A grand
stand has been erected where Presi
deaf Diaz, members Of the cabinet
members of the diplomatic corps
and it's Invited guests will be &C
conmodated. a banquet i'll honor
of the president will be given at
aight:
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06
THE KEARSARGE COURT
MARTIAL.

Washington, March 31.-The re
cord of the court martial in the
case of Commander Heyermsm
reached the navy department
through the mail today. 1t was
committed to Judge Advocate
Lemley for examination to make
sure tina. no informaIity exists that
would affect the findings, and it
will then be submitted to Secretary
Herbert for his approval. While
the result has not been made
known, there is some reason TO be-
lieve that the court martial has
found Commander Heyormsn
guilty.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06

GALVESTON county's strawberry
crop ia now ready for the market.
It will be entirely disposed of in a
few weeks, and the entefprising
gardeners will probably realize
enough money on their strawber-
fies alone to support them during
the remainder of the year. Why
don't some of Brewnsville's gar
denefs plant strawberries ? Some
Say the soil ia not wolf adapted to
their culture, but the experiment
has never boon given a thorough
teat,- and, bendes,- few carloads
Of sand from our famous sand dis
trlct mixed With the soil would
probably cost little, and overcome
the only obstacle to successful
strawberry culture:
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Houston Post.

Houston Post.
Those who have heard of it arc
thoroughly enjoying the latest job
put up on the president by Sena
tar Hill. As ia well known Meth
er Of The representatives, of New
Fork in the upper house has ob
taiaed very much from the chief
executive. Senator Hill is said to
have remarked this to his friend
Murphy when the seigniorags bill
paesed and to have said:' "Here'r
achance, Edward to make the ad
rninistration agree with one of the
senator's from the Empire State,
Now, I'll bet you good dinner
that the president will sign the
seighiorage bill"
"And L Will bet you, replied
Murphy, that be won't"
Gust So" remarked Hill, owe
srboth bound to get good din
ner, and 1 don't see how one of us
can escape being favored by the
president"
A private secretary OF leading
senator, who is more anxious than
his employer to know the business
of those WHO call, was effecfnally
sat down upon yesterday by Gener
al Hampton The general had
Just left the senator and passing
through the eecretary's room was
stopped by him With the remark:
seYoH asked for a half minute and
have stayed in half an bour;' you
ought to-get a medal.
young man," replied the gener
al, "you. remind me of what Mrs.
Partingssn told Ike when he said
he was going to get a medal"
"What was thats7
well, Ike, you deserve medal,
FOR you ara the most meddlesome'
euss Fever saw, Good morning,
Mr. Secretary"
ssenator HcEaurin of Mississip
pig said Hon. E. Watkins of Chat
fsrSoss, at tie Metropolitan yes
ssEsle ,TfasficesIaw befOfs Judge
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06

The power of song is illustrated
in a custom on the railroads Of
Northern Florida. Whenever a
train crosses the Snwsnee River
the conductor announces tho fact
in each car. If any passenger has
never heard "Way Down Upon the
Suwsnee River" this particulariEa
ton of the steam must seem pecu
liar, and the Suwsnee is like doz
en- other rivers in the SAME region,
and these are passed without com
ment from the conductor.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06
LITTLE CURIOUS THINGS

LII LII ~ ~ "
A natural formation in the
Yellowstone Park ia known as
"Tho Devils Cat" another as
"Ths Devils Slide"
Anne Boleyn, one of the con
sorts of Henry VIII. is said TO
have had ak fully developed fin
gers on each hand.
The River Axe. England, has
its source in, a cavern known as
WOkey, Hole, from which it ernerg-
es in full volume.
There ia a well at Scarpa, vii
lage near Tivoli, Italy, which is
1900 feet deep, all but 26 feet be
ing cut in solid rock.
Among the many queer French
proper names l find that of DO.
1t is said to be derived from the
village of o in Normandy.
The famous "Cold Wiad Cave
lie in Cores. 1t is cavern of larg g
size, from which, it is aaid, a
wintry blast perpetuslly Blows.
An historical writer OF recent
date says that in the year 1920 it
was nothing uncommon to sec
teams of trained bisons in Illinois
and Missouri.
There ia q remarkable "buruing
spring" in Lincoln county, Ken
lucky, which regularly overaows
it's banks every afternoon at $3.50
o'clock precisely.
The City of San Salvador, CAPT
tai of the South American repub
lie of ths saala name, is called the
Swinging Nat" on account of its
numerous earthquakes.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06
A Narrow Escape
From Loss Of a Limb
Dreadful Case OF white Swelling
A Perfect Cure.

One Of the most serious forms Of scrofula and
ono OF the most difficult to cure is that of white
swelling. Hoods SarsapariIla has accomplish
ed many wonderful cures Of white swelling,
one OF which Is related below by Mr.. B. Z.
Thomas, q manufacturer Of harnesses. saddles.
ETC., at Evansville, W. Va. Read his letter;
&C. I. Hood s. Co., Lowell, Mass:
"In 1862 was seized with a severe attack OF
white swelling. Five years later L had to have
the flesh on my limb cut open and the bons
scraped. After the flesh healed up was nOi
troubled again until January, 1872. I was taken
down with the grip which settled In the previous
~ affected limb, sores gathering where thero
had been scars one In particular penetrating 70
the bone. The whole front of my leg from knee
70 ankle seemed to be
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06

4 g. Myers et sae Braadcu dis
tr'cs. Mesvre ga peculiar usau,
sad slsc slightest disceartcsy Shown
aisa in the court roOas % tact with
acSvy 6ue,
~oae Gay NcEaar;o refused TO
sit dowa whcR rho judge ordered
HIN 10 DO sc and gas Gncd SIoo
for contempt of court, A few
hcars later the Judge wanted to
leave the bench fer 8 saomeHt and
called Aci.aur;n &c the chair. As
soon as lac left the roo,a McLaarin
slid TO the clerk:
"Yoa are directed to cancel the
iue imposed upon Mr.. McLsarin,
and the clerk did so:
"When the Judge returned TO his
seat and discovered what hid been
done he wss piping hot, aud he has
been Keeping bis weather eye open
for She senator ever since"
"Senasor Jones OF Nevada, is a
very rich mans" said Oscar F.
Carr of Denver at the Shoreham
yesterday: ole went to Nevada
in 1867, and since that time he has
made msre money in mining than
any other man in the states.
MANY years ago; when s&k in
the Comstock Lode was very cheap
he induced minister to invest sev
eraI thousand dollars in the then
undevloped mine. The minister
waited some time for his returns,
and as they did not come he visit
ed Jones and demanded his money
back. Jones didn't have it.
"Finally the news camein that q
ricn vein had been discovered.
Jone. was the first man to know
of it. He sent for the minister,
and when tho clerical gentleman
arrived at Jones home be found
him in bed. Jones claimed that
he was very i'll, and that the doc
tors had told him tn; he hsd but q
few days to live. lie tod the preach
er that he had done him a great
wrong in selling him the stock;
that it was worthless, and lie want
ed to bay it back before he faced
his Maker.
GOT course the trade was made,
tears were sized, and prayers offer
ed. The next day Comstock was
booming, and in the trade with the
preacher Jones Cleared q hundred
thousand dollars"
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-06
ADVERSE TO MAJOR RAN
DIE.
Notion for New Trial Orerrulod
Ly Judge Clint.

AOliOu iOi NcW 4iiai OfSi'u
Ly Judge Clint.
Dallas, Texas, March 3l.-The
motion of Major l. g. Randle for
new trial came up before Judge
Charles T. Clint this afternoon.
The lawyers OF RandIe in their mo
ton for a new trial sprung & senss
ticn in the ehape OF an affidavit
made and sworn to by W. II. Il.
Murphy and Pink Haight, his son
in law, alleging that Fl. 2. Point
er, one of the jurors who returned
the verdict against Randle, had
expressed the opinion that Randle
onght to be hanged. Judge Point
er was in the city aud appeared
in tho courtroom. He made
affidavit and swore to i! that
he had never talked with either
Murphy or Haight about the case
and further, that he had never ex-
pressed an opinion as to the limo
cence or guilt of l. 6. Randle.
The case was argued at great
length. At 4 o'clock Judge Clint
overru!ed the motion for a new
trial and Randls was remanded to
the jail.
Juror Pointer is a reputable cit
liens of high character and bis
denial is generally accepted as &C
curate and sweeping.