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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

Tho editor of tho American Wool
and Cotton Reporter was asked last
weok by correspondent 10 estimate
tho quantity of WOODEN machinery in.
operation in this country now, and
also cat tho most favorable time
hitherto" i'll tho history of tho indus
try. The editor does not undertake
to designate exactly "ths most favor
able time" but gives figures for May,
1892, and Juno ], 1895. We invite
attention to his reply, which is rs fol-
lows:
ut is estimated that in May, 1892,
there wero i'll operation 77SI sets of
cards, WOODEN and worsted; 1000
WOODEN and worsted looms, md As, Col
knitting machines. About June /,
1895, there wcro in operation 1856
sets of cards, wooden and worsted;
~, 100 looms on wooden and worsted
goods, and 64,250 knitting mnc.Ahes
this probably must be increased Mt
date in every particular, MS thcro is
most imposing list of enlargcDtents of
wooden mills and installations Of new
machinery since january l, 1895, ex-
elusive of thirty -oight brand new en-
terprises (woolcn mills) aud largo
number of new knitting plants, as
shown in tho Reporter for July A."
Republican journals persist in say
ing that the woolen industry cannot
be prosperous under the present tar
i'll. But it appears that the produc
tive capacity of tho wooden machinery
now i'll actual operation largely ex.
ceeds tho productive capacity OF the
machinery i'll operation in 1872, be-
fore the National elections, year be-
foro the beginning OF tho panic, nni
under tho Mckinley tariff. We have
also shown that since last March wages
havo been increased in about fifty
WOODEN factories New York Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
A Cnr:o ,lly in C,Ids.

"rhc general prevalence Of slight
colds, said u wcll-known lawyer at
the Continental Hotel last evening,
reminds me OF the snd case of au in-
innate friend of minc who suffers very
much from annoying colds. His first
wife was robust woman, who had q
wealth of fiery red hair, which, nc
cording to his notion, must have kept
him comfortably warm Mt nights Be
that rs it may. when she died my
friend married dark haired woman,
and, strange to relate, from tho very
first night of the honeymoon he was
afflicted with n Fostering cold. He had
suspicion that the lack of that red
hair accounted for his affection, so, by
way of test, he sent his new vito to
the scashore. and strange to say, he
enjoyed immunity from the cold dur.
ing her absence. Philadelphia Rec
ord
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

Is 1t worth while that wo jostle n brother
Bearing his load on tho rough road OF lirei
Is II worth while that we jeer at each Other
In blnckness Of hearth that we war to the
knife?
God pity us all in our pitiful strife.
God pity us all MS we iostlc each other;
God pardon US all for tho triumph wo feel
When II fellow goes down meath his load on
the heather
Pierced TO tho heart; words nro kecner
than steel.
And mightier fur for WOO or veal
Wero IL not well. in this bricf ittlo journey,
On over the isthmus, down into tho tide.
We give him II fish Instead OF serpent,
Fro iolding tho hands TO br AMI abIdo
Forever and aye in tho dust at his sidc2
LOOK nj the roses saluting each other;
NlnD, AMI mai only, makes war on his
brother.
And laughs in his heart ut his peril and
pain,
Shamcd by tho beasts that so down on The
plain.
Is il worth while That wa battle to humble
Some poor fellow soldier down into the
dust?
God pity us Mi! Time Oft soon will tumble
All of us together like leaves in "a gust,
lIumblod indeed down into tho dust.
joaquin Miller.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
The Electric Age.

a test lately made ON the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad in.
dictates that the substitution of cleo.
tricity for steam upon tho present
tracks can be made without difficulty
or much expense. Electric locomo
tives will have to he built and put in
place of the present steam ones. Inn
run on the Nantasket branch of the
road above mentioned, eighty miles
nm hour was made without The least
trouble. An electric locomotive was
hitched to n load of IT'S tons, equal TO
seven loaded passenger cars, and
showed that it could pull twenty cars
if necessary. The large roads will
now substitute electricity for steam,
and we shall be travelling 100 miles ali
hour before the end of the century.
BY that time great many people
who now travel will wish they coula
be staying at home -Picayune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
The CONSUMPTION Of OATS.

1.-the horse is to suffer gradual die.
placement by the advent of the TROLLEY
car and the bicycle, what is to become
OF tho oat cIop, which has alwava
formed q considerable source of nro.it
Tor the farmer? The trollov car
chews up human beings. but il eats
no oats, and while the younr man who
rides wheel doubtless .'feels his
oats. his CONSUMPTION of this very
nutritious cereal is generally conline,l
TO dish OF oatmeal for his morning
meal. According 10 statistics re.
Gently gathered conservative osti-
mate places the number of horses sun.
planted by electricity at $4,000.
The number displaced by the bicycIo
is matter of speculation, but it ia
admittedly very large. judging from
tho reports of horsedealers aud liyery
men. 1t is claimed that the S).O))
animals alone consume 1900, O0)
bushels of grain annually. As the
oats crop in this country amounts to
about Csc, 100000 bushels annu,lly.
the decreased demand occasioned by
the trolley car does not as yet have
my appreciable effect upon tho cas!
market, but it must ultimately cause
decline in prices.
The period in declension is au op-
perfume time to press the need au.l
desirability of mora general cou-
sumption of this excellent and highly
nourishing food product by the
human family. 1t is ono OF tho no.
table dictetic eccentricities OF the
American people that they consume
so large quantities of wheat flour. We
have failed to note tho fact that some
of the most rugged aud robust Nations
OF Europe eat very pure wheat flour
bread. The flour of rye, oats and
corn constitutes an important factor
in the culinary products OF many
European Nations. 1t has been proved
many times by the highest hygienic
authorities that wheat flour, when
separated entirely from the nutritious
hull, is not nh ideal food product.
Indeed, it is maintained by many that
in point of digestibility aud nourish-
ing properties it does not compare
favorably with oornneal or Oatmeal.
The human animal must eat Nero
corn and moro oats Chicago Times
Herald
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

Tho fame ami splendor of Chinese
city lie not upon its being any cleaner
than Others, or upon it's hnvin Z. wider
streets, but upon tho wealth of it's
merchante, the number of its pagodas.
the gor3eousuess of its temples. tho
beauty OF its Ion gardens, and tho
like. Thus Soo-chow is great, and it's
women uro called tho bellies of tho
world. There the floating duck farms
and the multitudes OF river craft in
terestod us most. In n quiet reach OF
water beside tho walls we saw many
locks of ducks, each containing five
hundred to thousand birds. Tho
shores are covered. and The water was
alive with them. The hcrders sat idly
in small boats, while the ducks swan
freely about, each flock making u
great trcmulous brown spot upon tho
water. We watched to SEQ ono flock
join another, aud 10 discover how tho
owners wou!d separate them after
ward, but they did not ioiu forces,
and doubt whether they ever would.
The brakes led their followers away
whenever two herds cnmo too near.
On another day, near 500. chow, wo
saw II duck farm bigger than all these
put together
What would the reader think OF see
ing II farmer travelling to market with
as many ducks as could he crowded
into moro than the space of the park
between the City Hall and the Post
Office i'll New FORK Clty-n mass cl
perhaps two city blocks OF duck flesh
and feathers? That was what was
driven past us on the Grand Canal ono
day. Two men in two boats were
driving the ducks before them, all rs
thick upon the water rs they could
swim. Each man carried II Icing,
slender bamboo rod with the heart OF
II palm leaf on tho end OF it. With
THIS he kept tho red and gray squnwk-
ing mass in order. lie whipped back
into ITS place every duck that saggcd
ont ut the mass, or that Jagged behind,
or showed II disposition to make for
the shore. Suddenly several boats
rame along i'll tho opposite direction
a big chop. boat and two or three
smaller vessels. They were sailing
swiftly before II fresh breeze directly
down upon the acre or two of ducks.
There seemed to be no way of prevent
ing 1t terrible slaughter Of poultry.
The hig chop-boai, like house blown
before gale. sped toward tho adj
vAncing icaihcrel host, and Mt last the
birds that were in tho way wcro al
most under her how'd. Then II ilutter
seized mAnY square yards of ducks,
the immense flock broke apart, crack
in IT. opened before the chop-bont, and
widcned until the boat swept through
IL canal that divided the flock. Not
one duck WAS run over. Harper
Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

The New York Independent re.
marks; Most people know, or ought
to know, that no such code rs tho
blue Laws" was ever enacted IT,
had no existence except in The mind
OF Samuel A. Peters, whose "Gcnoro,
History of Connecticut" Inns beop
called "the most INSCRIPTIONS and
malicious of lying narratives" Peters
manufactured these "Blue Lows " 40
he did many other ASTOUNDING stoto-
ments. Some of the early stat,tes If
Connecticut were severe; but il was
never legal oifense there for man
to kiss his wife on Sunday; tboucb
80 much has been said about the ..Bluo
Laws that intelligent people some.
times act MS if they believe there useJ
to be a complete code of legal inter
ference with the minutest acts Of nor
sonnl liberty. 1t only shows how lono
faIsehood will persevcre, if embod;ed
IN taking words.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

The pabulum of the humorous nara.
grapher is gradually undergoing n
change a: one by one the old favorites
'aii out of public favor or becomes
thoroughly digested. Tho messenoer
boy who hns so long served rs rival
to the snail and the bobtail horse chr
has at last declared his independence
Boys representing the messenger sor.
vice OF four concerns have lust RIM n
great road race on bicycles at Indian
apolis over rough and billy course q
little over fourteen miles in LENGTH
Two Postal telegraph boys won tho
first and second prizes in the remark.
able time of 43f minutes. Never ecoin
can the messenger boy be rated as n
slow poke. This time, CONSIDERING
the age OF the riders and the character
OF the course, was pronounced by ex.
perts who witnessed the race as almost
phenomenal, and the twentieth cen.
fury humorist will be obliged to look
elsewhere than in the ranks of The
message carriers for synonym for all
that is Glow.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

Professor Francois, French econo.
MIST in recent article places the
wealth OF this country ut 5 l3, OOO. 900.
ooo francs, which is equivalent TO
about $50, 600, 0OO,O 900, and lie states
lnat the value of all the property in
England, including money in circnla-
ton, is 265, 900, 900. 900 francs, forty.
eight billion less than this countrv's
wealth. The third place is given to
France with 225, 900, 900, 900, and tho
fourth to Germany with 1Gl, 00o-
100000. The combined wealth of
Italy, Spain, Russia and Austro- Hun.
gary IS only little larger than TINT
of the United States. These figures
agree in the main with those of Mr.
Mulhall, the English statistician If
seems that this country is financially
stronger than any one country in En-.
rope, and according to the New Yorl,
Worlds figures our banking capitol !.
about half that of all Europo com
bined.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

Tho japanese shops ARE uninvitinr
looking places. They have no show
windows no counters Their OK.
teriors are blank walls and The
entrances are hidden by heavy cur
tains of black or dark blue cloth. bear
ing large red or white letters in Japan
csc, which take the place OF sign
boards. Two or three feet from tho
sidcwnll; ism raised platform about fiji.
teen or eighteen inches high, and
around it ~ curious assortment of
wooden clogs md sandals, Tor native
customer always leaves her shoes out
side when she enters II shop. And
when she is buying or looking ut
goods she sits on the edge of this
platform or squats ungracefully on the
mating within.
Foreign buyers nre allowed to enter
with their shoes on, aud three or four
chairs arc usually kept for their
accommodation. The goods aro not
sprea cat on shelves or in show. cases,
but are kept in boxes aud chests
usually wrapped in yellow cloth. You
take your seat i'll IL chair, small boy
brings you cup of tea and you tell tho
merchant what you want, while he
bows himself almost double several
times to express his appreciation OF
your patronage. lie shouts his orders
to II dozen youngsters in what seems
outlandish jnrSon, bus they understand
it and come rushing in from some back
room Or ego down. which is tho
word for warehouse herewith has.
hets and boxes full Of rollsof the most
dainty fabrics. There is usually some
one about the place who speaks little
English and he is sent for. The mer-
chant sits down on the floor, unrolls
the goods and chattcrs away, while his
chief clerk pretcnds to explain to you
what he is saying. Ii he cannot show
exactly what you want lie will ask the
homer of sending it to your house and
the interpreter will usually bring it
the next day. There is no limit to
the politencss and Difference shown by
the japanese trndesman, and ho OK
presses the highest degree OF respect
for yoa when he sucks his teeth with
kissing sound. Chicago Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

The patriotic feelings of tho people
oil Spokane, WASH, havo lately boen
stirred to great depths because of tho
ascertnined fnct that precedence has
been given in tho public schools of
that town to English history over
America history. Indignant public
opinion compelled tho School Com.
missloners to reverse the unpalriotio
order OF things, states tho New York
Sun, and English history has been re-
legated TO the background.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

New York City has invested in
school house property fully $40, 900,
600. According to the last onicinl cs
Innate made, the value of school sizes
owned by the city was $3.50, 600
The schools of New York aro almost
exceptional among those in largo
cities OF the country for their free.
dom from accident aud panic. I'm.
doubleday the close fro connection
has something to do with this. but tbo
hre drill undoubtedly much more.
"lthin Two minutes the largest school
IN New York City may be cleared
without confusion, danger or excite.
ment,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
Allan G. Thurman,s Mcmorr.

among men of remarkable memo
rios will give prominent place to
the old Romau,' Allan G.. Thurman, 3"
said Lawyer Mills. go mention II
slight incident of his powers. Whea
1 was associated with him in prescott.
ing what is known rs tho tally sheet
cases i'll Ohio, L was peculiarly i'm
pressed by tho greatness of Mr.. Thur
man, by his strength of intellect,
profusion of thought and magnificent
accomplishments rs u lawyer. was
also greatly impressed by his fine
scholarship. and | have this illustra-
ton of the accuracy OF his learning ::
While ono of the attorneys engaged
in Tho case referaed to was addressing
the jury he professcd To make quota
ton from Shakespeare, ito make us.
surance doubly sure. Mr.. Thurman,
with affected indignation, turned to
mo and said; Il thought he used to
bo schooimaster.' said, eyes.
well, in that case, no said, 'ho ought
to know hotter Shakespeare never
said that. What do you mean,
Judge?' / asked i'll surprise. i mean,
said he, that Shakespeare never wrote
mako assurance tloubly sure what
he wrote was, "mako assurance doublo
sure."' 1 myself had doubts rs to
the correctness of this criticism, buS
afterward verified it by examining tho
standard editions of Shakespeare. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
Ignorance From CALIFORNIA.

Tho San Francisco Chronicle, beg
lated Republican organ which does
not seem to be in receipt OF the
news, asserts that "the Wilson tariff
has not benefited n. single American
citizen" This may please that pa
per's partisan readers WHO accept its
statements MS truth, but i'll view of the
admission by tho Now York Tribune
that over one million of workingmen
have had their wages increased under
the operation of tho Wilson tariff, 1T
is not likely that intelligent men who
read other papers will agree with the
Chronicle. Tho thousands OF mills
and factories which were closed under
McKinleyism but arc now running on
full time; the increased production OF
our coal, iron and copper mines; tho
advance in the price of wool, wheat,
cotton and other farm products, AFRO
NIL the best proofs OF tho benefits OF
tariff reform. How can the high tar
iflitos expects to make converts to
their TRADE restriction theories when
the facts of millions of people whose
condition has been improved by tho
Wilson tariff are so plainly against
them?
Republican legislation brought on
business dopl ession and the panic OF
1893, closed factories. threw hundreds
of thousands out of work aud cut
down wages of Mt least million more.
as soon rs tho incubus of Mckinley
ism was lifted, trade began to revive
and wages to go up. so that in less
than year since the Wilson bill took
object tho dread conditions of high
tariff stagnation havo almost disap-
peared. These facts conclusively an-
swer tho puerilo assertions without
proof of the Chronicle aud its associ-
ate organs OF high taxation.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
A Correct Suppositlon.

"With such wide margin between
the wages pnid here III wooden mills
and those paid by their competitors
in England" says the indianapolis
journal, sit seems impossible that tho
Rhode Island manufacturers can all
vance wages seven or ten per cent, a
they havo proposed On tho Other
hand, it seems impossible that they
can long continue to pay present
wages.
Suppose that they get enough
work out of their operatives to make
up for the margin in wages, wha
then? And that is just what they do
according to expert and impartia
statistical authorities. Charleston Is.
o. News and Courier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
A Fine Caravan Ou!lit.

+. X. Flyers, OF Harrisburg, who is
touring the State of Pennsylvania in 6
novel way, is accompanied by his two
sons and five hired mon, including n
groom and chef. Mr.. Myers and sons
live in large covered wagon, richly
fitted out, and his employees live in
tents. The cavalcade consists of seven
horses of fine breed and four wagons.
One of the horses is Mr.. Myers's own
riding horse, an animal of fine blood,
and has carried him in The parades in
Washington during three Presidential
inauguarations. The party attracts
much attention wherever it goes. =
Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27


There is rumor in Wall ! streer,
writes the New York correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, that Russell
Sage has changed his will. Mr.. Sage
has $00,O00.000, according 10 the income
tax returns, to distribute to his heirs.
1t Is understood that he made his will
several years ago. He included in the
requests his young relative Charles
Chaplin. Mr.. Chaplin is n newspaper
writer. 1t occurred to him n few days
after Lunatic Norcross had failed in
his purpose to blow up Uncle Russell
that it would be good thing to call
on the old gentleman and write him
up.
AT that time Mr.. Sage was supposed
to be knocked all to pieces. Mr.. Cha
pin found his relative in very good.
health and was so pleased that he went
down to his office and wrote two-col-
umn article describing just how Mr..
Snge looked.
This was well enough at the time.
Mr.. Sage never dreamed then that he
would be put on the gridiron of Mr..
Choate's cross-examination. The arti.
Gle which Mr.. Chaplin wrote was OF
great advantage to Mr.. Choate in prod
ding the memory of Mr.. Sage. When
the jury gave Laidlaw verdict for
$4,000 Mr.. Sage concluded that Cha
pins story had something to do with
1t. 1t is said he called his COUNSEL,
Judge Dillon, and had Chapin's flame
stricken from the will
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
ouie,udc Conauccs TO Long Lie

That quietude conduces To longevity
seems to be demonstrated by the rec
ord of longevity in Philadelphia, Il
matter on which the city prides itself
considerably. During the first half OF
this yenr the obituary columns of the
Ledger contained death notices of %
women and $50 men who had lived to
or beyond the age of eighty years.
The greater part of the deaths were OF
residents OF Philadelphia. Thirty wo-
men and twcnty-six men lived to or
beyond the age OF ninety years. THO
extreme ages reached were ninety
nine years by one woman md ninety
six by three men. One colored man
hns record all to himself He was
John Gibson, n well known character
in Philadelphia, who died on Febru-
airy 81 Mt the Home for Aged and In
firm Colored People. He CLAIMED 10
be 100 years old, but the most nu-
thentic information made him out 10
be III, which was accepted MS being
probably correct. New York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

According to DIR. Paul GARNER.
Chief Medical Officer of tho Partisan
Prefecture of Police, lunacy Inns in
creased thirty per cent. i'll Paris dur.
ing the last sixteen years. The rela.
lion of this increase to the increase in
population during the Same time docs
not appear.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
Mistaken Identity.

one of the arcorrespondents tells
the Washington Post delightful anec-
dote OF the reportorial days of one of
the well-known editors of METROPOLITAN
journalism.
Before the female society reporter
had usurped the social domain as com
pletely as ut present, he was assigned
one night to report n great social func-
ton at one of tile swell houses in New
York. He stationed himself at the
head of stairway TO take the names
of the ladies as they passed him to 90
to the dressing-room to take off their
wraps and prepare for their appear
ance on the lower floor. He had been
standing there for some time, taking
notes, when gay young damsel, heayi.
ly wrapped in furs, lightly tripped I'D
the stairway, and suddenly addressed
him:
"Ah, beg pardon, sir, are you the
footman?"
mo, madam" quickly retorted the
reporter; care you the chambermaid? 2"
Kingley-Does your wife try to boss
you as much as she used to-? Blngo-
No; she doesn't even have to try MOVE.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

Wisconsin has about $4,000, 600
acres OF unoccupied and unimproved
land. An effort is now being made
through tho Immigration Bureau of
Wisconsin to induce settlers to tako
up some of this land, thus adding to
the taxable revenue of the State
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

Henry NJ. Stanley says the worlds
greatest need just now is railroad
through Africa, from the Mediter-
ranean to the Cape.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27

The farm mortgages of the country
do not equal those upon city lots. Tho
figures are: for the former. 50. 209,-
1881; for the latter, SO, SO, 53I, :
h54
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
The Minister'S Daughter.
DY nrLEs FORREST GRAVES.

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said Theodore
Roed, nnpctu-
ousl.y. "l won't
i won'tl So
there's an end
OF the matter y
Theodore was
busy making
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Cenci fashion,