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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
scalpIng Not Fatal.

Scalping is not religious ceremony,
as many have supposed. It is simply
proof Of killing-oyidence beyond a
doubt.
It would seem that scalping is fatal.
but in itself it is not necessarily 80.
Numerous instances OF survival, even
when the victim had been wounded In
addition, Gre on record. One spring
dry in 1868 Thomas Cahone and Willis
EdmonstoD, freight conductors of the
Union Pacific Railway, were fishing in
small stream near Sidney, Mob.
They were unarmed, feeling sure that
tho handful of regular troops stationed
ut Sidney would keep of any prowl-
ing Indians. k
Suddenly party of mounted Sioux
swept down upon them. They put
eight arrows into Cahono, one OF
which passed. under the point of the
right shoulder blade and came out an
inch or two under the breast. -Four
arrows were fred into Edmonston.
Tho scalp proper of Cahone. was
taken by one Indian, while the second
took piece about four by seven
inches from tho left side OF the head.
Edmonston was not scalped, for at this
juncture tho soldiers from Sidney hur.
ricd out and the Indians took to flight.
Tho wounded men were taken to the
town, where the arrows were cut out.
In 1883 1 met Cahone, who was then
o passenger conductor running east
from Ogden, Utah. He said he was
in excellent health, having never suf-
fered from his wounds or the scalp
ing. He wore q skull cap. as may
well be imagined. Edmonston was at
the same time a passenger conductor
running west from Ogden. New York
Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
Cotton Picked by MACHINE

Ono the most remarkable mechani.
col devices recently introduced in
Georgia is contemplating machine.
The Dimensions OF the machine are
approximately nino feet in length, five
feet in width, and six feot in height.
lt is mounted on four metal carrying
wheels, and in general appearance is
not unlike road engine, except that
1t is hauled by horses, and receives the
power to propol the working mechan:
ism from tho traction wheels. The
rear wheels are four feet in diameter.
The tires arc eight inches wide, and
cleated on tho rim to provide traction
ample to operate tho mechanism for
picking the cotton from the plants,
and tho stripping devices and elevators
IL motion. Tho object of the elevators
Is to deposit the cotton in largo sacks
located ut tho top near tho rear end
OF tho machine. Tho total weight of
tho machine i'd about 1000 pounds,
and OF extremely light draught, and it
can be drawn and operated by one
pair Of horses. Tho cotton picking
apparatus oan be readily and almost
instantly raised or lowered to suit tho
condition of the cotton and the sur
faoe OF the ground on which it is oper-
ated. Tho picking and stripping
mechanisms are entirely enoased with
in light metallic cases, except tho
elongated slots through which tho
picking needles protrudc. The
needles are mounted on suitable boar
ings in vertical carriers, thirty-four
in number, seventeen on each side,
being linked together, working stimuli:
taneously. Tho gears arc incnsed
within tho carriers. Ench carrier in
making the circuit Gifts oblong course,
makes noarly one turn on its own axis,
and each needle while in the plant
makes fifteen revolutions, and five
revolutions in tho opposite direction
whilo being stripped. Tho needles
arc inserted longitudinalIy into tho
plant to an extended position, then
rotated rapidly and moved backward
ut speed corresponding to tho for.
ward ratio Of travel of the machine.
thereby avoiding any movement of tho
needles i'll relation to tho plant except
a rotary motion. Tho noodles arc
withdrawn longitudinally from the
plant, and pass between yielding
stationary shippers, whereby the cot:
ton is deposited in the elevators. Tho
capacity of tho machine is from six
to eight ncrcs per day, and from two
to four balos rcr day, according to
tho yield. 1t takes fifteen ordinary
hands whole day to pick one bale,
averaging about 100 pounds each, or
500 pounds of lint after it is ginned.
Chicago Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
EVENING.

Swiftly fall tho OWNING shadows, thickcsI
darkness now is nigh
am tired Of standing lido, md would fair
toll hard,
But tho sunny hours have vanished, and
asleep I soon must Ito
Inthoplacc Of broken columns, In tho groen
churcbyard.
Lilo Is transient as tho shadows on tho noun
tainsidc TINT play,
Lilo is rs vapor on silent summer
noon
Oh, my eye is growing weary, and my locks
arc turning gray,
And tho grass will flourish o'or mo in tho
churchya-d soon.
lsost is for tho burdoncd toilcr, rest for him
whose task is donc,
And tho weary worker longeth for his
blissful sleep;
But tho MONDAY havo wasted, idly dancing
in tho sun,
And see tho faint night shadows DER tho
landscape creep.
Oh, tho golden light has faded, thlclscst dark
ness now is nigh
Inn tired OF standing Idle, and would fnin
toll hard,
But the sunny hours havo vanished, and
asleep I soon:must Ito
In tho place OF broken columns, In the
green churchyarj.
Frank Miller, in Good Words
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
Cold Facts About FREQ Wool.

The Dry Goods Economist. one of
the best authorities on the subject.
said editorially on February % The
American wooden industry has now
entered period when the heat of the
conflict has passed and the combatants
are IN frame of mind to listen to the
sober logic of cold facts. Never have
these been better presented for the
consideration of those interested than
In the letter prepared by Abraham
Mills, the well-known New York wool
broker, for the use of the Chamber of
Commerce. Mr.. Mills very iustlv
chnracterizes the adoption of free
wool under the new tariff as a reyolu-
tion; for 30 it was, succeeding. as II
did, policy of protection which had
lasted for upwards of eighty years.
during many of which years tho tariff
rate was preposterously high. Ac.
cording to the opponents of reduced
tariff rates, the reduction of duties on
the manufactured fabrics was to re-
suit in the closing of the majority of
the mills and the abolition of the wool
duties was to annihilate our floclss.
But what are tho facts as they stand
revealed to-day2 More wooden fac
tories are open than in the actiyo
times of 1892, and considerable
number OF new wooden mills have
either been built or are now COM
menced.
The sheep focks of the country
numbered at the end of 1891, 40, 294..
064, against as, 048,O17 ct the end OF
1898, and showed decrease in value
OF twenty per cent, against twenty
Two per cent. in other farm animals,
such as horses. This, it must be re-
membered, is tho result five months
after tho removal of duties which had
been supposed to be the backbone of
the sheep raising industry for the
greater part OF century. Further
comment is unnecessary.
Mr.. Mills draws attention to the
TACT that since tho abolition of the
wool dutios foreign woods have not
found so largo market hero. rs was
anticipated, and those TINT have are
chiefly in tho coarsest md finest
grades. the domestic woods being pre-
ferred in tho medium prices and quail
tiles. The deluge of foreign woods,
which was to sweep everything before
it has not materialized, and the prices
OF the domestic product have held
their ground with wonderful firm
ness, when it is considered that the
worlds product Of wool is now I'D.
m.itted to be in excess of tho require
ments.
Equally delusive and without foun-
datlon wore the statements of tho
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
Just Say "walk~ TO Him.

Dogs, which are at onco the drow-
siest and most wakeful of domestic ami
mails, according to their state of mind
and circumstances, seem to sleep
lightly or heavily at will. Nothing
can DO more slow, reluctant, and leis.
urely than the enforced waking of q
petted house dog when it does not
wish to be disturbed. 1t will remain
deaf to cat, twitoh its feet if tickled,
but not unclose its eyes, and finally
stretch and yawn like sleepy child.
But mention something interesting to
the same dog when sleeping, such as
the word walk" or click the lock of
agun, and it is on Its feet in an in
slant. and ready for enterprise. =
Spectator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

Tho IopsAvn' Butchers Tradc So.
,r;4ety has ordered n boycott of tho
American refrigerated beef companies.
1t has been customary for purchasers
of quarters Of beof TO DO allowed m
abatement OF one pound per quarter
with other abatcmcnts on sides and
carcnscs. Managers of tho American
companies recently refused to allow
the Abatement, and two of tho lnrgcst
meetings of butchers ever hold passed
resolutions to refrain from purchasing
refrigerated American meat rs far MS
possible. Tho boycott is being largely
observed, and tho Butchers Society
is issuing handbills cxhorting tho
trado to continue in its present course.
Retailers say that were tho innovation
to spread to oil abatcmcnts il would
mean n loss to them in London alono
of $3.50, 900 and would affect tho price
of ment 10 consumers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
Work Their Way.

Some of the forty or fifty State agri-
cultural colleges make special proyjs.
ion for students wishing to work their
way through college. Such students
work daily on the experimental col.
lege farm and receive current waees
There are many free Scholarships in
these colleges, and board and lodging
are cheap, so that a working student
finds that his labor goes far toward
paying his way. Tutoring pays better,
however, and very clever men some.
times earn from $1,000 to $500 per
year in helping through their duiler.
fellows. Such opportunities, however.
nre found only in the great colleges.
and IRE few. At one of these institu.
lions one successful young lawyer, OF
New York City, Is said to have earned
$1,000 in a single year tutoring while
yet an undergraduate.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
Our Labor the Cheapest.

Two of the largest exporting firms
in Now York have recently consoli-
dated under the name OF Flint, Eddy
& Co. MIR. Eddy, in discussing our
export trade the other day, made
some Significant statements that knock
the bottom and sides out of the "Pro.
lection to American Wages" argument
of tho Mckinley tribe of Republicans.
In no other country, he says. is the
motive power for manufacturing 80
cheap es it is hero. No other coun.
try has 30 much water power or such
supplies of cheaply produced coal.
Wages are higher here than abrord,
but tho cost of labor is not; it is made
SO much moro efficient by tho use oil
improved machinery that the cost per
dollar of production is at least as low
as in any other country. Raw ma.
terials are produced hero in enormous
abundance, and nenrly every article
required for manufacture is now ad.
mitted duty FREQ. Mr.. Eddy, there.
fore, sees no reason why American
manufacturers should not enter into
general competition with European
manufacturers in the markets of South
America. South American MERCHANTS
are already beginning to learn tho adj
vantages of dealing with this country;
they are overcoming the force of hab-
it, and the drift of South American
trade is toward the United States,
which is already tho chief purchaser
of South American coffee and rubber,
and has now removed the duties that
had been levied upon Argentine wool.
1t is of the moro Importance to us to
extend our exports OF manufactured
goods, for the Argentine Republic is
becoming serious competitor as n
whent exporter, and our export Of
meats to Europe is always subject to
attacks from the land-owning classes.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

Any ono who hns ever wrestlcd with
tho telephone will DO glad to hear of
an improvement which will remove
the necessity of ringing for tho ccu-
trail operator, thinks tho San Fran
cisco Chronicle. If tho Chicago Tole-
phono Exchange has practical auto
matte device which docs away with
this tiresome work tho inventor will
DO likely. to got fortune out of Lis
patent.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

Tho advance of tho Japanese in
China and the fear of Chinese rising
against Europeans and other foreign
residents caused tho Powers to tako
measures for the protection of their
citizens in the Celestial Empire.
Apropos OF that, it may be interest
ing to state that France, which, until
her recent quarrels with Italy, had
been intrustcd with tho protection of
oil Catholics in China, no matter
what was their nationality, maintains
In that country q diplomatic and
consular corps, numbering thirty.
eight persons. And still, Franco has
no great interests in the Middle EN-.
pire, for there arc only seven French.
men at Picking, with 750 "proteges,
disseminated all through China. Al
Shanghai there arc $50 Frcnchmen
fifty of whom belong to the municipa
foreign guard of the settlement. A
Hong Kong there are 10 French resi-
dents, 81 of Tien-Tsin, ut Canton
IL mt Nang-Tse, ut Lang Chow, IN,
3 at Foo-Chow, with SO ''proteges.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

Harper's Weekly observes; Among
those persons living who remembe,
seeing Aaron Burr is Mr.. Samuel
Shaw, OF tho Cooperstown Freoman's
Journal. 1t is said of Burr that he
never showed the slightest compunc
tion or regret for his killing of Alex.
ander Hamilton. In reply to this
statement, mode by public lecturer.
MIR. Shaw tells the following story !;
cat the close of tho war of 1925.
Burr and a few army officers dincd
with my grandfather. My mother,
then about thirteen years of age, was
present, and she said that while the
gentlemen tarried ut their dessert the
subject of tho celebrated duel was in
troduced, and one of the gentlemen
present asked Mr.. Burr, if not dish
greeable, to briefly narrato tho cir.
cumstances attending it. This ho nj
once did, showing no emotion. until
he closed by saying, when I shot
Hamilton he seemed to mo to jump
nearly his own height Then no at
once quit the table. went out upon the
piazza and walked up and down it
till the party broke up. He appeared
to be deeply moved" This was eleven
years after the duel was fought
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
Trusts Gaining Power in tl,e Senate.

Trusts are likely TO fare we'll at tho
hands of the next United States SEN
ate. TO tho present quota of. trust
Senators-which includes oil RGub-
licans and half-dozen selfish monde.
scripts-will probably be added three
of the most faithful and unsc-upulous
representatives of trust.d dom that ever
vote against the welfare of tho
masses.
"Steve" Elkins owns the Republi-
can party in West Virginia, and is
going to send himself to the United
States Senate, where he can prevent
any further reductions of duties on
coal and iron ore or interference with
the Lead, Sugar or other Trusts in
which he or his friends are interested.
lie scruples ut nothing when dollars
are ut stake. The foundations of his
large fortune were laid in New Next
co, where he became possessed of the
only anthracite coal beds in this
country outside of Pennsylvania.
Gas Addicks has first mortpaoe
on tho Republican party in Deleware
which will soon be foreolosed. Sewell.
OF New Jersey. is similarly situated.
But few Republican editors in the
State have not obtained railroad
passes through him, and are willing 70
support him for the Senate. All tSree
OF these men are monopolists and
boodleaires of the worst stripe. utterly
unfit to sit in the United States Sen.
nto
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
A Missouri Jurlst's Birthday Poem

Judge John w. Henry, of the Cir.
cult Court, in Kansas City, Mo-, oelo-
brated his SEVENTEEN birthday the
other dry by writing p Dom while lis.
tening to lengthy law suit. Tho
poem was not intended for publication,
but it proved too good to keep, and
hero it is:
Ny three;scorc years and ten havo passed,
And yet, may not, can't be clnssed
With old mon, for 7 feel us gay
az lark that sings tho opening day.
love Il Jest, romp, n game;
My habits aro about tho Same
AS twenty years ago, when /,
just felt that could almost iiy,
SO active, fresh ind lusty then,
l fairly hold my own 'mong mon.
man is old, or young rs ho
Determines what his nge shall bo.
Not years alone make aged men,
Tho mind performs part, and then,
Tho heart, or helps to pull one down,
" raise him up, to wear the crown
Oiyouth and vlgor, and Undue
Him with strength to start anew,
From time to time, tho race Of life,
Aud not DO rccreant in the strife
l am not old, I'll not be old,
Though three score years and ten have told
Upon my head and on my face
In wrinkles, grny hairs and space
Where no hairs can be found mt all
Where once thoy grow. I know I'm bald
And gray and wrinkled; but know
That, having no Wild oats to SOW,
I'm gathering haryests long since sown,
Not Wild oats, not Wild oats alone,
But golden crops OF friendship sown
In other days, now perfect grown,
Which give to lifo such precious zest,
hug them closely to my breast
God help tho man who has no friends,
VINO lives apart, nor gives, nor londs
Aught to comfort any one,
But lives for self, and sof alone.
I'd rather bs Shiny toad
Than bonr through life tho heavy lond
The miser and tho recluso bear
OF selnshness. I'd rather wca-
The wreaths which friendship weaves. than
crowns
OF solid gold. with neighbors' frowns.
AS pass by them, without sign
Tint have their love or they mino.
| am not old, and won't BIO old,
Until my friends grow stiff and cold,
And meet MO with Rverted oye,
Or careless look and pass by,
Aslong as have fast friends hero
III loye to live, and love good cheer.
Then here's to jolly old mon oil,
VINO, evor since young Adams fail,
In every place have had tho call
Whore reverence had boon taught ut OIL
And youth had vol learned, defcrence duo
10 aged men, to manhood true.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
A Tariff Reform Republican Senator.

It is extraordinary that newspaper
should be capable of such misrepre,r
seatation as many Republican organS
display about the record on tho tariff
question of Senator-elect Nelsops>of
Minnesota. Here is the Philadelphia
Press of this morning complaining
that "not one of tho Democratic and
mugwump newspapers that claimed
Nelson as lowt tariff man, and asserted
that he voted for tho Mills bill in
1888, has corrected its miestatemcnt,"
and declaring on its own part that
"Mr. Nelson never voted for the Mills
bill, but only In favor of giving it an
opportunity to be discussed" The
Press says that these things have been
pointed out again and again to the
Democratic and mugwump news
papers, but they go on maliciously
ignoring them. Now, there is only
ono way of deciding question OF
fact, like the question whether or not
q member of Congress voted for tho
passage of bill. That is, to refer to
the Congressional Record for tho day
when the vote was taken. If the Press
will refer to its file of the Record, it
will find that the Mills bill came to q
vote on the 21st of July, 1883, and
that MIR. Nelson, then Representa-
tive, is recorded among the yeas. No
editor with memory ought to need
q reference to tho Record. The bold
ness of MIR. Nelson in voting against
his party on the question of passing
free trade bill" made great sensa-
tion. New York Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

high projections that the thrush OF
foreign wooden fabrics under tho new
tariff would supplant the larger por-
ton of the products of the domestic
manufacturers, facts already demon.
etrating that the quantity OF foreign
goods entered early in the year was
less than was expected. So tor from
the domestic WOODEN industry being
destroyed, nothing is moro plainly ap-
parent, after five. months experience,
than that the majority of the best
makes Of domestic woolens aud wors-
teds are we'll able to hold the home
market against foreign competition.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

ing. mo for no Is married to another
woman-he for whom I waited so,
long"
- .'Married" Then .he looked at her.
"Marriedi and you--n
81 haYe Como to you, = she said. 'I
haye not even memory now that i'd
not yours. Tho man I Thought I loved
only myth that wore his likeness.
And the knowledge has given mo no
pain, but only joy, if you still love
And tho lights were not lit in the
parsonage fruitlessly.-New York
News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

Twenty millions of people in tho
Congo FREQ State arc eaters of human
hesh," said Mr.. Mohun, United Statos
Commercial Agent, in recent inter.
view. That is about four fifths of the
entire population.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

BY the canalization of tho Soino md
improvements in the Severn n limo of
steamers is now ablo to ply between
Paris and Worcester, England. Tho
new trade already shows signs of being
profitable.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

The greatest sum of coin TINT was
ever collected in ono spot, the Chicago
Herald has calculated, was in tho Ma.
ticnal Treasury OF the United States
IN tho silver crisis, when no less than
$500, 600, 900 was contained there.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

A society for the suppression OF
hartl- shaking has been formed in Rus.
Sin. It's founder is physician who
believes the practice to DO dangerous
on account of the probable transmits.
sion Of dangerous bacilli.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

A noted New York novelist thinks
TINT only works of psychological in
terest will survive tho ravagcs of time.
If one wants immortality ho must write
on some soul problem.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

The Spanish language is sonorous
and dignified, but deficient in variety
and adaptability. italian is not
masculine enough to moot oil tho
wants of the speaker.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
Ruth Edwards's Lovers.
IFFORD HULL.

: l. L UNI HULL,
tho grocer's son,
standing bohind
tho counter of his
fathers store. ty-
ing up sugar in
p o IL n d parcels,
saw IL girl come
into tho s t ORC,
brightly lighted
already, though
it was only half
past five, for the
winter afternoon
had boon dar X
and rainy, and
pOinp I'M To
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
She Learned DifrerontIv

Vicar Severely, to his cook)-Mary.
you had soldier to supper last night.
Cook-Yes. sir; he's my brother.
Vicar-But you told me you had no
brother.
Cook-So thought, sir, until yossA
preached last Sunday and told us We
We, were oil brothers and slsters.-London
Tit-Bits.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

Statistics recently published in Eng
land go to prove conclusively that
crimo hos decreased in direct ratio
with the spread of popular education :.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

Tho British House of Lords has
ruled that man was at liberty to
prune trees which overhung his estate
from neighboring estate.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19

In tho year 1894 only 7346 people
were killed and 4O,303 were injured
moro or less seriously on our rail.
roads.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-19
Statistics'show that as Nation OF
olive eaters We arc coming up to tho
European record. es

Cold storage may be said to make
our Gamo lows ridiculous, remarks tho
New York Advertiser.