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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
4 Remarkable East.

The death of Mrs. Charles Peck
eighty years old. of the county town
OF Lyme, Conn.,, terminated a remark.
able case of involuntary fasting. Mrs.
Peck was taken sick forty-nine dayt
before, and strange feature of he,
illness manifested itself at once in he,
inability to take any kind of nourish
ment, even fluids. At first she had
little inconvenience on account of he,
enforced fast. Her general health
was not seriously injured, and he,
weight was not materially diminished
At the end of two weeks, however. She
became emaciated, and finally was nm.
able to quit her couch. Skilful phy.
sicians were puzzled on account OF
her aversion to food, and were at thei,
wits ends to afford any relief Dur.
ing the last two weeks she was uncon-
soious and reduced about to the con
dltlon of skeleton. The doctors
were amazed by her wonderful
vitality. One of them managed TO
force little water down her throat
but afterward she could not take even
water. She died of starvation an
the forty ninth day of her fast. In
view OF her great age and feebleness
ct the beginning of her sickness. her
family physician believes her fast the
most wonderful onein history.-New
York Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
Wholesale Haircuftfno

Sixteen hundred shayers who make
their home at Girard College have
their heads clipped every month bv n
corps of colored BARRIERS who have q
contract with the college. Thev he.
gin work at the first of every month
to NOW down the fields of hair which
grow fast behind them, and almost n.
soon as their backs are turned II !.
time to go back and NOW over again
One hundred and fifty heads are
shaped up sometimes in n day when
everything works well, but some hal,
cuts like wire and dulls the scissors 90
that less than hundred is dav's
work. The contract is let to n col,
ored barber at seven cents head. and
ns the number of boys increase tbs
BARRIERS pay decreases in ratio.-phil.
adelphia Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
CONFUSING A LIAR.

Samuel Warren, the author of "Ten
Thousand Year." desired to be sup
posed to be always on the most familiar
terms with people of eminence. One
day brother barrister, who knew this
Regularity of his, called at his cham
'bers, and, in the course of converse
zion, Warren could not help remarkine
shat he was invited to dine with the
Lord Chancellor that evening.
"That's capital" said his friend {;
"for SO am L. So we shall meet
there"
Warren looked a little puto stBut
] am sorry to say, am not able to go, .
he said
Really I am sorry for that, nm .
SO will be chancellor. I'll tell hin.
how sorry you are"
After little moro talk the visitor
rose to go. "Don't trouble" said
Warren, ''to say anything about me to
his lordship tonight"
sit will be no tronble; I shall only
tell him how sorry you are. Why
not?"
"well, the fact u.s." said Warren,
with flush, 81 was not invited"
'tNo more" replied the other, with
C grin, "was l."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
Rural Places and Spaces.

II suppose that every man who has
ever been on pedestrian tour" snid
man who had just returned from
one, "has had this experience: He has
wondered, as he plodded along, how
much further it was to Blanktown,
which he had expected to reach some
where about that timo of day, and
pausing at house by the roadside ho
asks:
How far is it to BlanktownY
"And the answer is: This is Blank
town
''The pedestrian travels on, and
when he has gone few miles further
he thinks he must be nearing Plank
town, another place on his route. He
stops at O house and asks how far it is
to Planktown.
Why, you've passed Planktown,
they tell him, about three-quertera
of mile back
"And in this way one gradually alb.
serbs the idea that while there may be
towns larger in area than New York,
they are not allso densely populated.
New York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

Secretary Morton reminds the croak-
srs that only about three per cent. of
illthe merchants escape failure, whereas
hardly three per cent. of the farmers
'ail. The statistics really show. de-
'lares the Boston Cultivator, that aeri-
culture is safer than banking, mann
featuring OF railroading, taking all
things into account. There is no
tarmer of good sense and good health
anywhere in the West, Mr.. Morton de.
ciares, who cannot make a good living
for himself and family, and that is as
we'll as the majority of men are doino
in any other pursuit. The man who
owns farm and sticks to it is certain
TO profit by it in the future. There i.
practically no more land to be added
to the area of cultivation. The suppl,
OF agricultural products has reached
its limit in the United States, AND
must now remain stationary, while the
demand will go on increasing ever,
year. This implies gradual improve
ment in prices, and steady apprecia
ticn of the value Of farming lands.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
GOLDEN ROD.

Spring Is the morning Of the year,
And summer is the noontido bright,
The autumn Is the evening clear
; That comes before tho winters night
And in the evening, everywhere
Along the roadside, up and down,
see the golden torches flare
Like lighted street lamps in tho town:
Think tho butterfly and bae,
From distant meadows coming back,
Are quito contented when they sec
These lamps along the homeward track.
But those who stay too late get lost
For when tho darkness falls about,
Down every lighted street the frost
Will go and put tho torches out
Frank Dempster Sherman.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

1t is mistake to suppose that Rus
Ella possesses great facilities for big I'm.
dertakings in Asia in the way of free
convict libor. AS matter of fact, the
convict problem is not less difficult in
Siberia than in America, where, as has
been seen, there are constant reyolts
against the employment of prison Ia
Dor in competition with free labor.
The introduction of convicts on to the
works of the Trans-Siberian Railway
led to complete Reorganization and
frequent scenes of violence. Neither
the Russian free laborers nor the SOL
diers would work along with them 1;
and although, we believe, about thou
sand convicts are still employed on the
works, they are rather n source of
trouble and anxiety than OF profit to
the Government.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

Says the New York Independent
"Thc train robbers hive of late bo-
come so bold in their operations, not
restricting them, as in the past, to tho
far West, but invading the hitherto
nnmolested territory of the East that
express and railroad companies have,
On the through lines, provided them.
selves with burglar proof safes, which
ere absolutely dynamite proof, and
train hands with Winchester rifles and
repeating revolvors. The summary
taking off of few more train robbers
will undoubtedly have on excellent eff.
feet in preventing future operations. !"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

and helpless, j fear the competence
my poor husband left may be taken
from me, although the last words
of his lips"
Great tears olung to her curving
lashes.
"-bade them give me all. His
children contest the will; L know not
which way to turn"
A mothers hand caressed her, and a
mother voice whispered soothingly:
'Be brave, my child; be brave.
"Mamma-"
She was sobbing now.
"-I w-w-want to k-k-keep my own.
I shall be b-b.b-beggar without it"
Don't cry, dearest"
Mamma, advise me. Shall 1 MN
marry my ll-lawyer or the one on the
other s-s-side?"
The thought that her fate was in
her own hands wssterribly oppressive.
Puck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

Doctor A. G. Bernays, OF st. Louis,
is reported by the Star Sayings of that
city to have greatly interested Sur
geon-General Sternberg, of the War
Department, by discovery that when
man is shot in the abdomen shortly
nfter eating a hearty meal, the danger
Is much greater. But it is doubtful
whether the doctor has popularized
himself with the rank and file of the
army, because the Surgeon General
announces that the principal lesson he
gathers from the information is that
soldiers should do all their fighting be-
fore breakfast.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
Saved the Queen.

Touching the famous equestrian
Andrew Duorow, SO long the lessee o!
Aetley's, and who was the origina
Courier of st. Petersburg, who rod,
six barebacked horses at once, Their,
is curious story, for the authenticit,
OF which 1 cannot vouch. but which !
tell rs it was told to me more thu
fifty years ago. Ducrow, 30 runs tn,
tale, was riding in Hyde Park on,
morning at the same time as the youth
ful Queen Victoria, about two month
before her coronation, was takin,
equestrian exercise. The Queen
horse bolted, and the equerries ant
grooms failed to stop the terrified ami
NAL.
Ducrow leaped from his saddle
seized the horses bride, at the sam,
time patting the horses neck and talk
ing to it in that peculiar soothin,
tone of his which gave him an almos
magical mastery over the brute crea
ton. The horse remained quite quiet
but trembling violently, while He
Majesty was assisted to alight, ant
was conveyed in carriage to Buck
1ngham Palace.
Andrew Ducrow's only remark whe1
he was informed that tho lady whom
he had assisted in her distress was til.
Queen of England was simply, "Lawk
a mussy me! Why didn't her blessed
Majesty come to me for her 'osses?'
But eight weeks afterward he was al
much astonished as delighted to re
celve from Buckingham Palace splen
dld breastpin representing him as
miniature Courier of ST. PETERSBURG
IN gold, brilliants and rubies; Will,
simultaneously, from the Lord Cham
berlain's office, there arrived tw,
tickets for Westchester Abbey for Mr..
and Mrs. Ducrow to witness the pa.
geant of the coronation. -Sala's Jour
nal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
Now q Cold is Due to Rac,srio

Bacteria are likely to be blamed for
Oh tho ills that flesh is heir to: Pro.
Iessor Schenck now maintains that
What we call a "cold" is really due TO
tnese invieiblo posts. Whom one en-.
.ers cold room after being heated
the bacteria in it flock to the warm
pody and enter by tho open pores of
INC skin. Whatever may be said Of b;a
hypothesis he seems to have proved Iv
bbA o[i that bacteria in the neigh.
~ n,, OF warm body moyo toward
IT, Inc confirmed smoker may derive
ZONE comfort from the fact that to.
oneeo is inimical to them, london
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
The Ocean Telephone Possible.

Professor Silvanus P. Thomson ia
one of those who believe that ocean
telephony is not only possible, but
that tho means of attaining it are
within our grasp. Telephone cables
for the deep sen will, however, require
to be made on different plan from
the existing telegraph cables; that is
to sny, single conductor of stranded
copper insulated and surrounded by
an iron sheathing that comes between
the outgoing wire and the water which
serves as the return part of the circuit.
The going and return wires will have
to lie side by side within the sheathing.
Moreover, the whole circuit will prob
ably have to be broken up into sections
which are capable of acting upon each
other by mutual induction. London
Globe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
LOST TO THE WORLD.


s'What curious little wooden ham
mer, Miss Lillian !"
eyes; it was presented to papa many
years ago by lodge of some kind that
he was presiding over at the time. ]
suppose he used it when he wanted to
open the lodge or call some brother to
order"
Speaking of lodges, Miss Lillian,
what do You think of men that join
them aud neglect their--er--wives and
oil that sort of thing?"
81 think they are not doing theil
duty, MIR. Spoonamore."
$50 do I! We agree exactly on
that. A man who would abandon the
society of his-his wife, you know, to
go down town four or five times a
week and meet lot of other men and
go through the mummery they call
initiation and smoke cigars and have
n good time-why, 1t isn't right, you
know"
The young woman toyed with the
little wooden hammer and said moth.
ing.
"And that's why feel bold to say,
Miss Lillian, that 1 think you and ]
would would never have any
disagreements tiff we should-be.
cause that's the way 1 feel about it,,
and-and I've never talked this way
to You before, you know, for wasn't
exactly certain whether-and all tina,
sort of thing. When two person.
agree on things like this it stands ts
reason that there might be othe,
things that they would also-and yor
haven't known me e. great while, per
haps, but feel that you're the only
woman in the world 1 want t.
marry"
Here the hammer fell. Chicago
| Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
New Zealand is the first of Epol;sr

New Zealand is the first of English
colonies to give women equal political
rights with men. A bill giving them
such rights has just become law. 1t
givesto nll women, married or single,
the same right to vote MS is now pos
sessed by men. The first election un-
der the new law will be held in De.
cember. The only other State in the
world i'll which men and women have
the same political status is Wyoming,
in this country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
roo Mucn rpucAr1oN

Education" said Uncle Josh, sis
er mighty good thing, but some times
1t does more harm than good"
There's no doubt of that"
81 oncet knowed of case where
education come purity nigh drowndin'
a.rale nice young lady," he went on.
"How was that?"
"Why, she fell into the water nm
bein' too high toned to boiler help
she yelled on assistance An ther
blame fool hired hand tibet heard her
lost five minutes maxim up is mind
whether ter pull her out er go home
fur dictionary. Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

A historical society has been organ.
lied in Chester County, Pennsylvania,
to mark places of historical interest
with memorial stones, beginning with
the Brandywine battlefield and fol-
lowing the movements of the Ameri-
can and British forces in the Revolu-
tionary War, so that the line of march
may be traced along the roads of tho
county.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

Seven thousand members of tho
British volunteer forces have served
continuously and efficiently for
periods of from twenty to thirty three
years, and it is proposed to bestow u
medal or badge on them for long SER
vice and good conduct.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

In his Year Book of the Universities
of tho World Doctor r. Kukula states
that there are now LAT universities.
That i'll Paris ler,ds with 9215 students,
followed by Vienna with 622O and
Berlin with 1927. The smallest on the
list is the university at Fourah Bay,
Sierra Leone, Africa, with twelve
students end five instructors
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
LEAnIN. oN TAE FENCE

Leauin' on the fence,
Chattin' with neighbor,
Givin' rein to sense
On the rights O. laboS
swappin' on OIL jokes
Airin' what is in us, 4.
Rippin' up the folks 3
That We think agin US.
Often it gifts hot,
Things are said that rile 10,
Then, as like as not,
Temper's apt to spile US:
But there's no alarm,
For guard to screen US
From the touch o harm
Is the fence atween us.
Thinkin' over votes
And tho wbims o. thinkers,
Printing out the notes ~
In a neighbours blinkers
eanin' on tho fence.
That Is life, my brother,
Chunks o. common sense
Tradin' with each other..S
-Donahoe's Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

Remarks the Chicago Record: A
contemporary calls attention to the
fact that MT the present moment not
one of the Central American republics
is in revolt. This seems to indicate
that Central America has run short OF
gunpowder.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
WHY THEY PARTED.

$50 the engagement between Miss
Chicago and her Detroit lover is off,"
Eyes. She was too sensitive. A
woman ran baby cab over her foot,
and when she told George about it he
asked her if it upset the cab. De
troit Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

The latest English importation In
the line of language is the expression,
ooh, I say !" and it now rivals 'tDon't
ye' know?" in popularity among the
Anglomaniacs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
A GOOD REASON.

Featherstone-"Won't You play
something? Mr.. Tutter says YOU play
beautifully"
Miss Pinkerly eff he likes to hear
me play so much, why doesn't he call
oftener?"
Featherstone-"He says you always
insist upon talking. Detroit Free
Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
WHAT ALLIED cHobbY.

WHATS tho matter with Cholly ?''
said one young man to another. "He
Gems very uneasy" -e =.
ooh, he'll come out of it nil right.
iFle's wrestling with an imaginary
Idea. Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
JUMPING BOARD.

Mrs. Waldorf our hotels the
guests are we'll cared for. In every
upper room there is rope for escape
III case of fire.
! Count De Barbere = ''Ah, that is
most amusing. If he wish he can usc
it also as skipping rope. Life.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
nARNYARp PERsIFLAoE.

Mrs. Henly-"How industriously
Young Plymouth scratches for Miss
Brahmm"
Mr.. Shang High-''He is evidently
trying to worm himself into her nf-
fections. Puck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
PERHAPS HE HAD TO.

Miss Faith Cure-"Dear Mr.. Long
rcre, I wish you'd try divine healing
Tor Your lumbngo."
Mr.. Longacro : Thanks, Miss
Faith; but think I'll stick to my
-plnster. Judge.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
CRUEL VENGEANCE.

Prunella-'I told you would be
revenged on Tom Murray. Well, 1
am revenged.
Priscilla-"H ow?"
Pranella-"I startad report that
he is engaged TO you. "-Kate Fields
Washington.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
JouNNY's ExpLANAr1oN.

"Well, Johnny, what kept you after
school to-night?"
'I was spell bound" replied
Johnny, who had trippcd in his or
thography.-Judge.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
EVFEcr. OF nnorHERLY LOVE.

"What has transformed Hughes
from tho nminble, bright fellow he was
into the pickering, narrow minded
fellow that he is?":
Hughes told me yesterday that he
belonged to ten secret societies. -
Puck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26

He WINS singing "After the Ball."
IN the scented garden dim;
n window sash-then sudden flash
And the ball went after him
Atlanta Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
NOT IN.

She-"IWas woman made in vain 2"
He-"No, not quite SO much as
that; only vain. Detroit Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
SURE

Araminta-"What is it, do you sup
pose, that keeps the moon in place and
prevents it from fslling?"
Cholly-'T think it must DO the
beams. Truth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
THE WIDOWS Wall.

The sombre mourning habit served
but to inhance her dazzling beauty.
"Mamma-"
In the hour of her trial she turned
to the maternal breast for comfort and
support.
al don't know what to do. Alone
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

An Awful tIn-Johnny's
Explanation-A Sure Sign-Barn-
yard Persinagc Jump
ing Board, Etc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
a SURE SIGN

Priscilla-"Jack's intentions are
eerious"
Prunella-"How can you tell?"
Priscilla" There's ring in his
voice. Kate Fields Washington.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
Only forty-three per cent. of the
arabic land in Anstro- Hungary is cul.
tiynted.

The number of university students
compared with population is grcatss.
in Spain and Belgium.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-26
A SAVAGE SCHOLAR.
pY pEss1E q. HART.

EVERAL years ago
while leading the
migratory life of II
district sch o o !
teacher, fate laid
the scene of my
daily labors in q
tiny schoolhouse
among tho Boyls-
ton hills.
it was n lovely,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-06

But II Mr.. Priddy's bill we're pasSeu ~
would add very considerably TO the pres
emf facilities for stuiling the ballot-DoNes
that dishonest election officers have ineS
would be immensely aided by knowing
that No record of voters was being kep'
upon them. Blocks Of five" would turn
nm a dozen times where they appear oi"c
now.
Though there will be no reaiiy ho"'9'
elections until the Legislature proVioes 1o'
perfectly honest election officers si''' '''
,,r,v.n,ent would be made in the present
cord,,,on Of things by rejecting Mt friu-
dv.s bin. end passing Judge Bufords p'l'
,,.,,, q etpht amendment Judge buioru
IN r,ov,des that watchers from oppoS-
10 nelltlcal parties shall be with the
,,,,ot-box from the time the elecuoh
.,osos until the result is announced
pa, those watchers should b. permitted
80 s,av with the ballot-box all the time
the voting is going on and until the No'e
&C. counted and the result announced. us
honest officers will find a way to stun 'he
ballot.boxes during the election Il ,ne
watchers are absent then. II We are so'N5
% deal with the matter at all. let US deai
,r,,h II ,ntelligently and effectually.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-06
THE SPRING CITY ELECTION

IL Is time the people Of Richmond were
thinking about the members of tho non,
Council TO be elected in MAY. Indifference
10 this some years back caused the "re-
form Council to be imposed upon This
city, which was the greatest curse she
has ever had inflicted upon her since The
war. 1t has left her a perpetual legacy
IN the way of a charge Of some sSOOOO or
$4,000 year. for a City Hall. when "a
charge Of $4,000 a year would have buil,
her all the hall she will want for Tho
next century. Every citizen of Richmond
Will feel this burden with no corresnond-
ing benefit during the rest Of his life. wo
should be up and discussing the matter
and seeing TO it that we concentrate our
votes upon good men who will have bur
one object before their minds. TO econo-
mize and save the money Of the people
and lessen the burden Of taxation at
every point
And we want 10 offer a word Of adj
vice 10 candidates for the Council and
other officers. Don't let election
bummers bleed you. They do
You no sort Of good-they
do YOU harm. Meet all Of you together
and agree amongst yourselves that none
Of you will give a dollar to any one OF
them. 1t is all right TO have ticket holders
on the day OF election but the fellow who
beeds you during the canvass for his
inf. tod
does you no sort Of good, but a great deal
of harm
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-06

- pieces Of fine China Silks. any shade
YOU may desire full width, o3c
- pieces fancy silks. taken from stock
al $3.50 and s. yard. 75c and 81 now
Extra Heavy Bengaline silks, best coli
ors. $50 quality s0c. over SiFJ
marked down In this department alone.
We will state again, any WRAP
in our house that was from $40 to
SIS is S.; any Wrap that was from
SIS to $50 IS $40 now.
2oc. will buy 81 worth Of small
wares in our house this week. We
can't enumerate them.
The Big Store was neverin better
trim for supplying its public with
everything. This great sale PROM
i>es to tax our capacity, 50 start
the Shopping-day a, early as posi-
bic. This sale will continue until
the desired reduction is accom-
plished-don't know how many
days il will take.
Positively no goods taken back
or exchanged during this sale.
25c. BUYS a dollars worth in our
HouSeware Department this week.