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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
A Sncaker,s Suicide

In the year 1916 Speaker of tho
United States House Of Represents
tives committed suicide because no
was for brief period populnrly be-
lieved to be guilty of plagiarism. In
the instance referred to the man, in
the pressure of business attending tho
closing of II session of Congress, did
not have time to prepare valedictory
address, and asked friend to do it
for him. The friend undertook the
task, bns either owing to lack of
principle, 10 submitted to the ont
going Speaker III manuscript copy
of the valedictory address of Aaron
Burr as Vice President of the United
States. AS soon as the cx-Spcaker
learned of tho treachory of which lie
was victim he went ont and shot
imsnlf.-New York Tribune,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
What Peanuts Arc Good For.

The magnitude and univcrsnlity OF
the homo consumption of peanuts nro
something startling. There ARE fow
towns too small to support at least
one vendor, while in tho cities tho
picturesque stalls and ronstcra are n
feature of the business streets.
The peanut has great commercial
Importance aside from it's roasted
state. Tho seeds contain from forty
two to fifty per cent. of oil, which is
cnsily obtained by cold or warm en-
preston. The first method yields II
superior oil which mono hut M expert
can detect from the iruo olive oil, and
it may bo used for tho name purposes,
both on tho table and i'll pharmacy.
In tho latter method tho beams nro but
slightly heated before being submitted
to pressure and the yield III much
grentcr hut tho color il much darker
md the odor moro pronounced and
less agreeable. This second quality
of Arachis oil, MS it is known, is used
for fine soaps, ceratcs, end ointmentH.
Perfumers use it rs tho basis of their
cold creams and pomades md it is nj.
SO used for lubricnting watches and
delicnte machinery.
Tho west coast of Africa produces IN
almost incalculable crop to supply tho
European demand, NInrseillcs nlono
importing i'll ono year over ten mil
lion bushels for nse in the mnnufac-
ture of chocolate, whilo billions OF
bushels are yearly carried to London,
Hamburg, Berlin and othor places, for
oil. Very largo quantities arc grown
in India, for home uses. Brazil, which
liz tho true botanical homo of the
plant, docs little moro than supply
her own market. --Dcmorcst
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
Odd Customs Of slep,.

10 an European eye Tho good looks,
If they anywhere exist, of both mon
and women in Siam, arc Immediately
destroyed by the universal use of the
betel, which blackens and corrodes the
teeth, and causes them to protrude,
which renders the spittoon an indis.
pensable artiolo of furniture, and is
responsible for tho great splashes of
red saliva that may be seen everywhere
ndorning tho ground, as they have
been elected from the mouths of the
passers-by. Like their fellows in An
nam, tho Siamese women enjoy great
freedom and influence. Being of n
most mercantile and managing tenn
permanent, they become tho self-oonsti-
tuted stewartlesses, treasurers and
hucksters of the home or shop or store.
They may be seen by tho hundred go-
ing to market, each seated alone in
her own canoe with her wares spread
out before her. Tho last King kept
body-gtard of AmhZons, with red conts-
and trousers and small carbines; hut
tho present sovereign has converted
them into species of interior palace
police.
The National character is docilc in
dolent, light-hcnrtcd, gay. Tho Siam
csc are devoted to the holiday making
and ceremonies and professions which
accompany the most important ami
versaries or incidents of life, death and
religion, and which cause mn infinite
amount of money to DO squanderod
and time lost. They love games kite
flying, sort of shuttlecocll football,
and fighting with cocks, criokots, bec-
ties and fish; though it is to be sur
missed that the main attraction of those
pursuits consists in tho scope thereby
afforded for betting and gambling,
which arc tho cardinal National vices.
A Siamcsc will stake money on any
thing; licensed gambling-housos oxist
in tho cities, and arc largo source of
income to tho Government, who farm
out tho monopoly; n royal lottery is
extensively patronized in Bangkok.
Tho gambling-houscs and the pawn
shops, which arc their corollary, and
which aro stocked with objects pnwncd
or stolen, are disgrace to the capital.
In some streets every othcr house is u
pawnshop, kept by Chinaman. If
suppression of these places were found
difficult, nj least n great reduction in
their numbers might DO mado, while
substantial revenue would accrue to
tho Grown by tho imposition upon them
of heavy tnx.-Fortnightly Review
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
rortugaese onarnotnr,atins.

The men of Portugal are as fond of
show as are the women. Their An.
gers arc nearly always loaded with
rings, and about their bodies hang
chains as thick MS ropes, from which
are suspended punches of trlnkets.
The Portuguese dandy Is fond OF
anything that draws attention to his
much-esteemed person. Above his
snowy ycst no wears q cravat of rich
colors, and In his buttonholo a fun.
blown rose. know am safe In say.
Ing that most OF the promenaders
whom have seen on Sundays In the
Chi I thorou,hfu with riding
Whips in their hands and handsome
spurs on their heo's have never set
fuot In Il stirrup The spur Is to
them Il sort of sign OF nobility which
they arrogatc to themselves, q relic
OF the privileges OF the old chiyalry.
Where is the Portuguese, be he
muletccr or calkor, whose ancestors
did not wear golden spuis at the
battle of OuriQue or of Aljubarrota?
| have noticed that gootl many OH.
Gals work In spurs as " shout To ro
10 battle, aud when these Knights Of
the gull peacefully render Up their
fine, bureaucratic souls to God, /
have no doubt that their spurs will
he laid on their tombs.
But have we any right to dwell so
long In Il half hooking spirit on Il
people of such humorous and trust.
worthy moral qualities, and who, but
for their unfortunate Incidence and
their exaggerated cgotlsm, might he
held up as n model to other nations?
For the Portuguese are naturally
good, hospitab!c, honest In their
dealings, generous and brave, and we
are very certain that In the event of
any threatening Of the independence
of their country we should once moro
see this heroic nation, In whom
slumbers II powerful national spirit,
rise as one man against the invader,
rs In l3SS and 1900.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09

FRENCH GIRLS KNOW HOW TO DRESS WE'LL
1t does not seem to me that French
girls think any more about dress than
other girls, but they go to work Mt the
problem more scientifically. They
know how to make the most of thom-
selves, and it becomes rs instructive
for them to care for their appearance
MS it is for them to brush their hair.
The little shopSgirl, who goes to her
work Mt in the morning and stays till
0 Mt night, will achieve toilet so
dainty, fresh and suitable, that it is
the envy of many foreign patron.
However great may be the elegance
and luxury i'll general society in
France, the girls, in proportion to
their parents income, never spend
much money on dress. 1 know at least
dozen, with dots of $40, 900 each,
who have an allowance of 5000 n year
for their clothing, and on that they
will dress with taste and style and 20
into society This leaves small mar
gin for drcssmakers' bills, but, as n
matter of fact, half the girls have no
dressmaker properly SO called.
ner's Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
Anecdote of Bismarck.

A story concerning Prince Bis.
marck has just been brought to light
by the publication of the memoirs of
the late Duke of Somerset The Duke,
writing of DR.. Busch's book of gossip
about the great German Chancellor,
relates that Busch WAS employed by
tho Prince to prepare articles for tho
newspapers and to record his sayings.
One day Busch sent to the newspapers
something Grown Prince Frederick
had said, upon which Bismarck sent
for the doctor and expostulated, "I
told you to publish what / said, not
what that fool of Crown Prince
says. WELL" replied Busch, "may
publish this saying of yours?"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
A JAPANESE WEDDING

a Japanese wedding has most
mournful tone.
1t is not good form for the bride in
that country to admit that she is glad
to get married. When she is told of
the prospect she is expected to howl
loudly and long. Also she must keep
1t up by day and night until the cere-
mony takes place.
After she has been richly dressed
for the event sho must renew her
shrieks and hang back until one of the
attendants throws veil over her face.
Then somebody carries her to a sedan
chair. When she arrives Mt the bride
groom's house she is wife, the simple
ride in the flowery chair being the only
legal ceremony required, though pro
fuse entertainment and congratula-
lions from assembled guests follow her
arrival.--New York Recorder.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
MoNrANA's WOMAN LAWYER.

The only woman who ever came to
Washington rs tho accredited repre-
sentative of n sovereign State is Miss
Ella Knowles, Assistant Attorney-G Cen
eral of Montana, who was recently in
that city on official business. Miss
Knowles's spirited canvass for the At
torney- Generalship, to which Office it
was at one time reported she was
elected, will be remembered, and it
was in recognition of her evident pop.
ularity in the State that she was after
ward appointed assistant in the office
of her successful rival. An additional
evidence of the esteem in which she
is held by the State officials is the fact
that she was sent to the Capital on
important business relating to the
Montana school lands. Some 5000, 900
was involved in this litigation. Miss
Knowles also had some business in
cidental to her general practice which
took her before the Acknowledgement
and Treasury Department.
She is modest little blond, with
blue eyes set deep under fine, full
brow, which, if phrenologists speak
truly, indicates rare reasoning power.
She is native of New Hampshire and
graduate of Bates College, famous
old Maine institution.
She commenced the study of law in
New England and finished her course
in Montana, whittier she migrated n
half -dozen years ago. But in order to
be admitted to the bar she was obliged
to get n special bill passed, which she
accomplished in 1889, the last act of
the Montana Territorial Legislature.
She is now the only woman lawyer in
Montana.
cit is fact, however," said Miss
Knowles, with smile, "that for fully
year before that act was passed 1 had
nm excellent practice, except that my
cases were filed in the name of some
male attorney"
Miss Knowles was very well satisfied
with her canvass for the Attorney
Generalship, and attributed her de-
feat solely to the fact that she was nm
able to reach tho many sparsely pop
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
A Fighting stratagcm Of the Crawiish.

The common crawfsh has many
points of interest, and not the least
curious is his plan of combat when
matched with powerful antagonist.
Without chelate limbs, he seems weak
and defenseless. One is Mt first in
clincd TO commiserate this apparent
want of means alike of offcnso or de-
tense, especially in comparison with
his kindred, tho Holsters, armed so
we'll with powerful seizing chelio. That
he had means of defense seemed prob
able; but it is only within the last
few days that this was satisfactorily
demonstrated. Without any particu
lar intention in view, we had dropped
medium sized lobster into the tank
containing two large Palinurus. At
first no sign was given, but in little
while we were attracted by n loud
noise rs of skirmisb, and had IN in
Irritable object lesson in crawfsh war
fare. The larger of the two crawfish
apparently resented the intrusion of
the lobster, and was determined upon
election. There was good deal of
preliminary spnrring, but the fight,
which promised to be protracted,
ended suddenly in a most unexpected
manner. Making n sudden twist, the
crawfish got above the lobster cross-
wise, and suddenly swapping his pow
erful tail, jammed the body of his an
togonist in the fold, thus impaling
him on the sharp downward spikes of
the pleura that are so conspicuous OBJ
jects in side view of Palinurus. The
lobster was put quite hors de combat,
for his body was terribly mutilated
by the sharp spikes, which had pierced
his nrmor as though it were tissue pa
per. Besides this instance, cases are
known where persons incautiously
handling the crawfsh have received
wounds on the arm inflicted by SINH
lar sudden flap of the tail. Natural
Science.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
Unresisstng Prey 10 Ttsera.

tIavx.x /.
u There are some unfortunate Indian
Villagers who appear to live all their
ttyes In constant peril. On the one
bind stands the man. eating tiger. on
Spe otner tho Arms act warns them
20 beware OF acquiring lethal weapons.
They have nothing for it, therefore,
bue to trust everything to official pro.
teotion, and this, 1t appears, some.
times proves anything but q safe.
guerd. Only the other day the mis-
erable Inhabitants OF Anami, q ham.
lot in Bengal, implored the Lieuten.
ant Governor to take action before
they were gobbled up.
A particularly hungry tiger had es.
fablished itself close to the village
and almost every day witnessed a
1reSh outrage. At one time. the
beast showed preference for cattle.
and the milky mothers of the herd
bad their ranks thinned. But this
kind of fare required to have it's mo.
notony relieved at intervals by the
substitution of "long pork" with the
result of some inhabitant becoming
acquainted with the digestive tigrine
apparatus.
The villagers were quite willing to
make war upon their striped foe: at
least they professed to be. But they
possessed no arms, that being for.
hidden by law, while the state did
not attempt to afford them any pro.
lection beyond the general offer of
rewards for tiger killing.
Similar cases are by no means un-
common; they often come to light in
the native papers, by which they are
adduced as arguments for the abro.
CATION Of the Arms Act. That rem.
edy would be far worse than the dis.
ease; If all the people In Indian were
allowed to carry deadly weapons
there would be no end to battle, muir
der and sudden death. Efficient
state protection is the proper rene.
dy for an evil which would scarcely
exist at all but for the interference Of
the state with the liberty of the sub.
jcct,
Perhaps the Indian Civil Service
examination will hereafter include
some tests of sporting prowess; it is a
much more necessary kind of cduca.
lion than many of the subjects which
are taken up
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
NENE.READERS.
IA SUITABLE nEcooNrrroN.

Miss Alice Fletcher, the ethnologist,
who has made n study of the Omahas
and other Indian tribes for the Pea
body Museum ut Cambridge, has been
paid the highest price of any woman
employed by the Government. AS a
special agent of the Indian Bureau she
drew salary of eight dollars day for
her expenses while making the allot-
ment OF lands to the Nez-Perces and
the ther tribes given individual hold
lngs or farms. Harper's Bazaar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
MOORISH WOMEN.

Those of the Moorish girls whose
laces ! saw, correspondent writes,
were distinctly handsome. They were
the women Benjamin Constant paints
IN his pictures of Algiers, and about
whom Pierre Lott goes into estacies
in his book of Tangier. Their robe or
Cloak OF whatever the thing is that
they affect, covers the head like n
hood, and with ono hand they hold
one OF its folds in front of the face as
high as the eyes. They say tho young
men OF Tangier can tell whether or not
a girl is pretty by looking at her feet.
1t is true that their feet are bare, but
1t struck me as being somewhat
reckless test for selecting u bride.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09

ulated sections of the State. She car
ried the cities and largest counties,
triumphantly, but the returns from
the back districts defeated her. Some
OF the department. officials were much
surprised at her appearance before
them on official business, but were toe
polite to show it. -Washington Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09

The little village of Mystic, Conn,
claims to have more rocking stones
than any other town of its size in the
country. Five perfect ones are num-
bered within its borders.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09
A Child Enjoys

Child Enjoys
Tho pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing
effects Of Syrup OF Figs. when in need Of lax.
alive, and II tho father or mother be costlve OF
bilious, the most gratifying rcsults follow its
use; so that 1t Is the host family remedy knowa
snd overy family shonld havoa bottle.
Tho French census shows n total Of
$4,000 foreign work people,
DESERVING C1SriprSOs. There Is no nrtlclo
which So richly deserves tho entire condolences
~ tho community as i,nowN's IRoNoHIAL
nn'l bronchial Discusses, Coughs and Cn.ds
should try them. Pr.co - ccnts.
Tho young Enil of Dudlcys valuable life
is insured TO- sGOUU,o 600
llatoMs Universal Cough syrup, most
prompt, pleasant and circcnal. :,jlconts.
BARLOW knife made In 100 is still whit
Ting In Contervilc Mo.
Impaired digestion cured by Brcchnm's
FILLS. Bccclnm's-no others. q cents a box.
The fuchsia lulgcns isa Mexican liant,
discovered in 1885.
a child of years old is half tho height
that II will or reach.
Ifnnllotod with Boro oyos ,iso DIR. Isaao Thomp-
cons Eyc-wntor. Druggistsso soil nt2bo por bottle.
Stcol slcepcrs nrc used In 100 miles of the
Mexican railway.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-09

Tho French census shows total Of
$4,000 foreign work people,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-10-05

The Baptist meetings last week
were we'll attended and successful.
Very nearly 200 Baptists from out of
town were in attendance. The series
of meetings was said by the delegates
to be one of the best held in recent
years. The officers were Prof. w. E.
Martin of Lewisburg, Moderator
Rev. J. T. Judd of Lewisburg, Clerk /;
and S. H. Burrows of Picture Rocks,
Treasurer. Sermons we're preached by
Rev. w. H. Ellis of Jersey Shore, and
Rev. F. S. Dobbins of Philadelphia.
Addresses were made by representa-
tives of national and State Societies.
A very interesting meeting was held
Thursday evening in the interests of
Young Peoples Societies and work.
Two new churches were received and
five new pastors were welcomed. The
number of baptisms reported for last
year was S5S; total membership,
47o6 ; total money raised $47,2oo. 90.
The Association will meet next
year in Jersey Shore, and Rev. G. E.
Weeks, of Bloomsbury, was appointed
10 preach the doctiinal sermon.
The delegates were favored with
delightful solos by Mrs. Rev. A, H..
Smith, of Berwick, and Miss Ida Falls
of Willlamsport. The singing of the
Y. M. c. A. male choir on Thursday
evening was very much enjoyed.
The drill of the Berwick Baptist
Boys Brigade, on Market Square,
was very good and was witnessed by
many. The significance of this work
was probably understood by only a
few who saw the drill. 1t is not a
company simply for military practice,
but all of those boys are pledged
against strong drink, tobacco, and
impure language, and must attend
Sunday School.
Rev. J. G. Miles, who in IS4I
preached the first sermon ever deliver
ed by Baptist Minister in this town,
was present at the meetings. Ali the
delegates were entertained by Baptist
families except a few who stayed with
special friends. Rev. P. A. Heilman
and Rev. c. H. Brandt were present
at some of the services.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-10-05
HAVE QUIT BUSINESS.

The Mutual Savings & Loan Co.,
10th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia,
Pa, has dropped into that oblivion
which was predicted early in the sum
mer. The concern was claimed to be
an Incorporation under the laws of
Virginia, and was organized early in
the present year and was formed for
the purpose of issuing profit sharing
investment certificates on the principal
Of building and loan associations.
The officers were Allen Middleton
president, Wilmer M. Highly secretary
and Joseph S. Lindsay, treasurer, but
they were succeeded by Others, it
seems, as a different list was given on
the letter heads of the company. The
scheme was to issue certificates OF
$Ioo par value to members, and each
was compelled to pay yearly mem
bership fee and weekly assessments
before being eligible to borrow from
the company. The concern could not
have been successful in its venture,
as reports say that letters addressed
to it are returned to writer with the
Endorsement that it has "gone out OF
business" That it succeeded in mulct
ing the publishers, in the face oi
cautionary reports, is proven by the
fact that claims against it are received
for collection Cen, Union.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-10-05
PENNSYLVANIA STATE SABBATH
SOH00L ASSOCIATION,

The Thirteenth Annual Convention
OF the Pennsylvania State Sabbath
School Association will be held in
Huntingdon, October OIL. 1t prom
lses to be one Of the most interesting
and important Sabbath School Con.
ventlons ever held in our State. The
Hon. Robert E. Pattison, Governor
OF Pennsylvania, will open the Con-
vention with an address, on Tuesday
evening, October 9. The sessions Of
Wednesday and Thursday will be
devoted to the discussion of the best
methods of advancing the interests of
the Sabbath School work of our State.
and to addresses, conferences and
normal classes.
Among those who have already
promised to be present are the Rev.
Z. ]. Kephart, author of several we'll
known Sabbath School helps the
Rev. Rufus w. Miller, Sabbath
School Secretary of the Reformed
Church in the United States, the
Rev. c. R. Blackall. editor Of the
Sabbath School periodicals of the
Baptist Church the Rev. E. Morris
Ferguson, General Secretary of the
New Jersey Sabbath School Associa
ton; Miss Juliet Dimock, of New
Jersey, one Of the most successful
Primary Glass teachers of the day,
and the Hon. John Wanamaker,
Superintendent of the largest Sabbath
School in America, who will make
two addresses, one of them upon
The Successful Superintendent"
In addition to this long list of
leading Sabbath School workers who
will attend the Huntingdon, Conven-
ton, you will be glad to know that B.
F. Jacobs, Esq, Chairman of the
International Executive Committee
and President of the Worlds Sabbath
School Convention, has promised to
be present during the entire Conven-
ton, to take such part as may be
deemed advisable in addresses, confer
ences and discussions.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-10-05
THE BLOOMSBURY FURNITURE co,

The buildings of this company are
located in southeast Bloomsbury, Just
south of the ID. l.. & w. railroad
tracks. They are substantially bull,
and of brick material, the main build.
ing being three story structure and
to this east and west wings are added
which are two stories high.
1t is stock company the principals
OF which are DIR. F. w. Redeker,
President ; Samuel Mckinney, Sec
retary and Theodore Redeker, Treas.
urer.
The establishment has a capacity
OF turning out twenty-five full cham
Der suits per day. 1t also manufactures
in large quantities both of cheffoniers
and sldeboards.
The propulsion is by steam power
generated through a boiler of Ioo-
horsepower capacity, and the works
are driven by an 8o-horse- power
engine. About 90 men are employed
when the works run at full capacity,
as at present. Oak is the principal
material used and it is gotten from
western Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginia.