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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
One OF Field,s Last LeIiers-

a Boston little girl who loved Eu
gene Field wrote this letter thres
weeks previous to the Western poers
death, saYs the Herald of that city:
Dear Mr.. Field love You. + put Won,
picture jest fore Christmas. that nv nDc!,
Harry sent me, and Grandma Fields at the
END OF the poetry. | expect 10 write boo,,s
when am older. Will you please read my
DOOR, because have read yours? Please
excuse me for writing short letter You
loving Granny F5r1,pEru Nr,,,o-s
Boston, October II, 1895.
The reply. in an exquisitely kne
hand, and written, it will be noticed,
but few days before Mr.. FIELDS
death, was:
Dear Little LADY, thank Won very m,ieh
Tor your charming letter It pieasas me
Srsatly TO know that away off in Masslcnu.
9stis tnere IS little girl who reads and likes
Wnat write. Not 50 very long ago. wasa
nttle boy in Massachusetts,: may5s that is
why love the Massachusetts, people so very
much. Tor indeed my heart turns often and
lehderly to them and to their dear old hills
ana pleasant valleys. 1 have several bows o!
my own now; when they are older / Shall
SEND them down to Massachusetts, to sea the
giris there. II ever you $50 fine young fel.
COW coming down your street and crying az
tne top OF his voice, ''Where OH where is
tne charming Miss Cherry Nichols" You
must know no is my boy. Aud You'll bs
gracious TO him, will you not? We'll. l must
stop now, Tor must go out and shoot n but.
Ialo or TWO for supper. Be sure to call on
me IL ever you COM to this wild prairie
town Always affectioDately your friend.
Chicago. Oct1ber II. 1895 -'--D'
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07

To all others, beside herself, be was
the same dull, stupid fellow that he
had ever been.
She camo to him one day, weeping
and in great distress, AMI told him
that her lover had been ordered to
Africa with his regiment. War was
looming on the horizon, and the work
there would be desperate.
81 know how brave he is" che
sobbed, land know that no will go
there, with no arm save his own TO
stand between him and death. think
l would give the world to know that
there was some one with him who
would watch over him and bring him
back to me at last"
The words we're carelessly spoken
said only in the agony of the moment.
But her hands were touching his, aud
the words TO him trumpet.tongued,
even as command.
He had no thought in his simple
heart but that he might be Of service
to her and might help this man whom
she loved, Tho next day William
Tucker, Esq, les the world wherein
men had laughed at him-aud Private
William Tucker entered the regiment
which had been ordered 20 the front,
and of which Lieutenant Charles Lacey
was one OF the officers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
Unexplorea Canada.

The Canadian Government has SEN
sibly determined upon a scientific exc
petition to Hudson Bay to study the
resources OF those waters and the eur
rounding country. The powers at
OTTAWA owe it to the geOgraphers Of
tho United States to aid much more
than they have done in the explora-
ton OF Canada. the accepted map Of
which is now 30 indefinite. Perhaps
Philadelphians have plished
moro in the opening up of Canada's
great unexplored areas than all the
Canadians Of this generation. AS for
the Hudson Bay environs, there are
many engineering and commercial
reasons why those particular regions
should be systematically exploded.
There are fonr grand areas of unknown
land lying around that far northern
body or water.
There Is, hrst of all, upon the north
west, the area surrounded by Backs
River, Great Slave Lake, Athabasca
Lake, Hatchet and Reindeer Lakes,
Churchill River and the west coast of
Hudson Bay-a region of IT'S, 900
square miles, much larger than Great
Britain and ireland and somewhat
larger than Sweden. It has not been
explored since HeGrne's three Journeys
IN 1922. His maps arc not even
roughly approximate, according to his
account. Tho second area lies be-
tween tho Severn and AttawapIshkat
Rivers and the coast of Hudson Bay.
lt comprises 1000 square miles. n
larger area than that of Nova Scotia.
The third Is the area 20 the south and
east of James Bay, embracing $4,000
square miles, whore the Bell expedi.
tion has Just finished superficial
survey. This region may be compared
IN size to Portugal. It is the nearest
OF these unexplored regions to the
large centers of population. The
fourth area comprises almost the en-
tire interior OF tho Labrador PENN
sular, or Northeast. Territory, aud con-
talns 2S9, 600 square miles, or moro
than twice thehrea of Great britain
ana Ireland, with Newfoundland
thrown In. Professor Hind. A. p.
Low and IL. f. Holme have touched
upon but nevsr entered the bound
aries OF this Imhense unknown tract
Anu to these our Hudson Bay areas
might also be aided the lower lying
area between Trout Lake, Lac Seul
ana the Albany River. which is small
III comparison with the others, yet
nevertheless equals in size the whole
OF scotland -Philadelphia Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07

81 have come back to you, nv dar-
ling" Charles Lacey was saving.
when we were cut off there. with n
mere handful of men, little thought
that / should ever see your face again.
I-of all those who were with me
alone escaped, although my wound
took long time to heal"
"But how did you escape?" she
asked, breathlessly, while she clung to
him.
"There was q soldier there-a bravo
fellow who, for some unknown reason.
had stuck 10 me through all the cam.
paign. They found him living across
me, with broken rifle in his hand.
and they told me that his wounds were
frightful-enough to have killed half q
dozen men. l only found out after
wards who he was. They called him
Private William Tucker.
He wondered why she wore a black
dress that night at dinner. When he
asked her she said, with the tears shin.
ing IN her eyes, that it was for the sake
OF the dead soldier who had sent him
back to her. -Illustrated Bits.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
A Texas phiIosopber has hoo,, .

A Texas philosopher has been talk.
ing about the month. He finds that
your mouth is the front door of Won,
face. 1t Is the aperture of the cold
storage rooms Of your ANATOMY. Some
mouths look like peaches and some
like hole chopped into brick wall
10 admit new door or window. The
mouth is the hotbed of toothaches. the
sPiggot Of oratory, and a baby.
browning glory. It is the patriotism's
fountain head and a tool chest fo,
pie. Without it the politician would
be wanderer upon the face of the
earth, and the cornetist would &c
down to an unhonored grave. It is
the grocer's friend, the orators pride
the dentists hope and the woman,
safety valve. The philosopher should
also have told people with loud mouth.
when 1t is best to keep them closed
adds the New Orleans Picayune
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
PROSPEROUS MILLS.
MISREPRESENTATION OF THE HIGH
TARIFF ORGANS DISPROVED. .

A Protection Paper Shows That
Wcolen Mills Are All Busy aud
Doing Remarkably well-FaIse
Statements Versus Facts.
The organs of protection are reck-
less In their selection of instances TO
prove that the present tariff is depress-
irg our home industries. They have
frequently referred 10 the condition
OF the wooden mills of the country to
substantiate their assaults on the pres
ent system OF import taxation.
The American Wool and Cotton Re-
porter, though In favor OF a protec-
tive tariff, takes no stock in misrepre-
sensations of its effects. On the CON
trary it publishes facts which prove
that our wooden mills are doing re-
markably well. In its issue of last
Thursday 1t says:
"The demand for clays in this coun-
try is far beyond the capacity of the
domestic mills producing such goods:
fully 80 per cent Of the total yardage
used in this country has heretofore
been supplied by foreign mills. Not.
outstanding the attempt of foreigners
to secure a larger part of this bust.
ness by naming extremely low prices
Tor the lightweight season, the domes-
tic mills have held their ground, and
prices we're advanced fully cents per
yard shortly after the season opened.
''Tho leading mills have their total
production for the season engaged,
and have refused further orders, ex
cept for very late delivery and at
further advance In prices.
''The leading makes OF domestic
vorsteds are superior in quality &c
many makes of foreign goods at the
same price, and the clothier buvino
OF these mills has no fault to find with
delayed deliveries, and can adjust ali
claims with a celebrity which is i'm.
possible when foreign fabrics are
found detective"
Reliable statements of this character
are worth more than whole volumes
OF harangues on the benefits of pro.
lection and completely dispose of the
false statements which protective
tariff leagues are sending out relative
to the alleged suffering of our fine
wooden mills.
Concerning the manufacture OF
domestic dress goods the Reporter
, says that "the worsted dress Goods
mills havctane an exceptional bust
ness at very satisfactory prices and
have their seasons production prac.
tically sold up. Duplicates of such
goods would probably have to pay an
advance. Plain and fancy cotton warn
goods, especially those of which
mohsir Is component part, have disc
sold well. Several of the largest mills
making these goods are building large
additions to their works to meet the
increased demand" In the Garnet
industry, 'as rule, weavers are well
employed"
The Wool and Cotton Reporter Is y
recognized authority on these mat.
tiers, aud the fact that it admits its
nigh tariff principles, adds to the force
OF Its statements in reference to in.
dustries which are said by ill-informed
or reckless protectionists TO be suffer.
ing under the new tariff. -AtIapts
Journal.
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"Eneryating PaternaIism. y

In a plthy paragraph In his epnua,
message the President makes the fol.
lowing striking comparison between
the Wilson tariff and the Mckinley
law:
by command of the people a ems.
toms revenue system, designed for the
protection and benefitS of favored
classes at the expense of the great mass
OF our countrymen, and which, while
lneihcient for the purpose OF revenue.
eurtalled our trade relations and i'm
peded our entrance to the markets of
the world, has been superseded bv a
tariff policy which in principle Is
0ased upon a denial of the right of
the Government to obstruct the ave-
nnes to our peoples cheap living or
lessen their comfort and contentment
Tor the sake of according especial adj
vantages to fNvorites, and which.
Whlie encouraging our intercourse and
trade with other Nations, recognizes
the TACT that American self reliance
thrift and ingenuity can build M our
country's industries and develop its
resources more surely than enervating
patei nalism."
The small fry Republicans who have
been demanding" that the President
should sign a bill restoring the Nc
Alnley law, in event of its beipo
passed by Congress, will learn from
TINS that the author of the tariff re-
form message of 1887 stands TODAY
where ne did then-in favor of a. tariff
ior revenue, and against all "pro-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
The Danana Tree.

IN the West rniIes st1rcuried leaves
and prepared portions of the stem are
used ms packing materials. Fresh
leaves are used to shade young coffee
or cacao seedlings In nursery beds and
10 cover cacao beans during fermenta-
ton. The young unopened leave s are
SO smooth and soft that they are used
as dressing for blisters. In India the
dried stalk of the plantain leaf il used
as rough kind OF Irvine, and the
larger parts are made into small boxes
Tor holding snuff, drugs, etc.
In the Malay peninsula the ash of the
leaf and leaf stalk is used instead of
soap or fuller's earth in WASHING
clothes, and solution Of the ash is
often used as salt in cooking. In the
Dutch Indies the skin of the plantain
Is used for blackening shoes. The Juice
which flows from all cut parts of the
banana Is rich in tannin and of so
blackonlng nature that it NAV be
used as an indelible marking ink. In
Java the leaves of the "wax banana"
are covered on the under side with a
white powder, which yields valuable
wax, clear, hard and whitish. formin0
an important article OF trade. The
ashes OF the leaves, stem and fruit rind
are employed in Bengal in many dive.
ing processes. In Siam cigarette
wrapper is made from the leaves
Fibre is got from the stems Of many
kinds of bananas The most valuable
Is the.s Manila hemp" of commerce.
which holds the chief place for max
ing white ropes and cordage. Old
ropes made of 1t form an excellent
paper making material, much used in
the United States for stout packing
papers. The Manila hemp industry is
large one. About $4,000 tons of
fibre, valued at SIS, 900, 900, are an.
nually exported from the Philippine
Islands. The Manila hemp plant is
grown exclusively in the southeastern
part of the Philippines, and all at
tempts tc growit elsewhere have failed.
Many articles are made from Manila
hemp-mats, cords, hats, plated work.
lace handkerchiefs of the finest tex
tnre and various qualities of paper
At Wohlau, In Switzerland, On indus
try has been started fer making lace
and materials for ladies' hats from it.
BY simple process it is made into
straw exactly resembling the finest
wheat straw for plating .-Chambers's
JOurnal
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
The New ENGLAND Hnma.4Aoa

The New England Homestead man.
tains that present farm conditions
should teach at least one importsnt
Iesson-the folly OF urging the eud.
den extensive cultivation of anv one
crop by considerable number Of peo
pie. Last spring those who ought r.
be authority in agriculture, expended
their energies in picturing the great
advantages and large profits IN rails.
ing potatoes. A number of railroads
also favored this scheme, one in par.
ticular making special effort to induce
farmers to go into it. A yield of i'm.
mense proportions in the West and
Northwest, out of Ike eplng with the de.
mand. is the result. Excessively low
prices now rule. In fact SO plentiful
are potatoes in Minnesota, Wisconsin
and South Dakota that manv faIds
VIII not be dug. Undoubtedly extern
give potato raising Is desirable 90.
pecialIy where it is necessary to prac.
tice diversified farming, but the acre
age ought to have been gaadualIv
increased so that an unmanaeeablt
surplus would not have demoralized
the market and thoroughly discour
aged the raisers. A moderate YEARLY
increase OF acreage and cheapening ..
the crop would have admitted of II.
being utilized IN feeding, etc. Nou
stock is not sufficiently plentiful Z,
consume the surplus. The Same !.
true IN a general way of apples. I'm.
menso young orchards are canine
into bearing in Southern Illinois
In Missouri and Arkansas. However
1t takes long time to develop an
orchard and there is less danger o,
sudden overproduction. Diversity I'm,
GO not make extensive radical
changes:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
Novel Use Tor Sauerkraut

Not long ago, when the priest OF
vIersach, Austria, proceeded to kneol
during vespers, he slipped and fell
he slipped because, as was then dis.
covered, his desk and also the chanceI
and the chair floors were tbickIv
strewn with slippery sauerkraut 4
sour old maid had taken this means 70
express her disapprobation of tbo
priests last sermon, which she thought
rejected on venerable spinsterhood1 =
New York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07

Hens have been remarkably indrs
trlous during 1895 and, according (,
X. A. Foster, of Winona, MINI. th,
man who cornered the egg market il
chicago last winter, the market il
siItted with eggs. According to hi
information, there is an enormous sur
plus OF eggs in the cold storage ware
houses throughout the country. tb,
surplus over 1894 being about 100, OO(
cases, or SO, 600. 900 eggs. The pric,
OF eggs in Chicago now is 14I cents &
Dozen which is said to be unpro6ta
Die; but, unless there is long contin,
ued cold weather. Mr.. Foster doesn'i
see much money in the egg market
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07

Inc potato crop is failure in man,
parts or this country because of iti
overwhelming abundance. The tota,
crop Is eStlmated. in the New Yorl
Sun, et l2s2. 900. 600 bushels, Oh,
worlds crop being 3,47s, 600, OO(
bushels an Unprecedented yield. TIL,
price IS IN many places too low te
make it Profitable to dig the potatoes.
aud many acres are being left in tn,
ground to rot.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07

In the course OF time Private Will.
! lam Tucker became merged as n mere
unit IN the regiment to which he be.
longed, and, with certain latent our.
pose IN his mind, was glad TO lose
SIGHT OF the world he had left behind
ana to take his place as one of the
rank and file. The latent purpose
was never knowu-at least until the
end ; but it became a tradition among
the rough men with whom ho served
that whenever the 1.-the and active
form of Lieutenant Charles Lacey was
seen IN the fight, there, close beside
HIM, was one grim-laced Tommy At.
klns, lighting With n fiorceness I'M
known IN the character of the William
Tucker, Esq, who had disappeared.
AS Il matter of fact, Lacey knew
nothing about whom the man was or
from whence he came. He had met
him but seldom in those old days, and
the face or Private William Tucker
was scarcely one to be remembered.
There came day when Lacey, with
a mere handful Of men, was sent on n
forced march, in an endeavor to ION
forces with another camp. But the
march was not a success, and they
presently found that they we're cut of.
n tRR midst of the hills, with the day
fast closing in, and tbe hostile, veil
ing warriors all round then. They
closed mp silently with dim .eslipI
upon them that there was but Snall
hope, and fought there steadily and
doggedly while the light failed.
1t was n certainty from the first OF
their being absolutely outnumbered.
and they fell ono after another. with
those horrible black faces swarming
round them-with fendish war-cries
IN their ears, and with only tho deter
mination in their hearts to fight TO
the last for the honor of the flag they
served.
There was one gallant young figure
standing there and cheering on his
men, and overawing for a moment
even those who swarmed about them.
spear thrust had reached him NJ
last. and he staggered backward with
n score of weapons leveled at him. But
there was another who sprang in there
before HIM, with dubbed rifle swuno
madly round his head-one who know
only that tho man he had sworn in his
heart TO serve was lying there beneath
him; ono who saw only II woman's
face In far-oH England, as it had lain
last on his breast; ono who knew that
they should not reach the figure at his
feet while he had tho power TO stand
and TO fight.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
Street Car Statistics.

Here are some figures relative to the
street ear mileage of this country.
Nine hundred and seventy-six roads
1914 miles of track for horse traction
lO3G3 for electric, 632 for cable. and $40
for miscellaneous, making a total Of
1888 miles; Has ears, averaging 20
per mile of track; $74s.O14 2O6 total lap
ital stock, averaging $4,000 per mlfo Of
track; $552, 12995O total funded debt.
ar $4,000 per mile OF track; 81, 3OO.711.,
coo total capital liabilities, or $95.60O
per mile Of track.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
The Mckinley Red Rae

Wolves in sleeps clothing" the
Chicago Tribune (Rep.) calls the
members OF the National Association
OF Wool Growers. and it tells Repub-
ilcan congressman that the less thew
have to do with the wolves "the bet
ter Tor party success as well as their
own. 1t would be fine piece of bus.
mess for the House to proceed to wave
before the eyes of the people the red
rag of the Mckinley wool and wooIen
scheduie with Lawrence's latest addi-
hons' How many votes woald that
gam among the wearers of wooIens?"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07

tAiter an examination OF over 1900 manu-
'r:pts. judges In the Hull House prize com
stitton for peoples songs have announced
leir decision, says the Chicago Tunes Her
Ia Mary A. Lathbury's original poem. en-
tied "A Song of Hope" which received tn,
lShest prize. is as followsI:
Children OF yesterday,
Heirs OF tomorrow,
What are you weaving
Labor and sorrowr
Look TO your looms again;
Faster and faster
Fly the great shuttles
Prepared by the Master.
Lilies in tho loom,
Room for jt-roomi
Children Of yesterday,
Heirs OF tomorrow,
Tighten the labor
And sweeten the sorrow,
Now-while the shuttles fly
Faster and faster.
Up and DO at it
AT work with the Master
He stands at your loom,
Room for Him-room.
Children Of yesterday,
Heirs OF tomorrow,
Look at your fabric
or labor and sorrow.
Seamy and dark
With despair and disaster,
Turn it-and 10,
The design Of the MasteIl -
Tho Lords at the loom.
Room for Him-roomi
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
William Mitchell last August 90

William Mitchell last August got Oh
a car at Kansas City and put his feet
on seat. The gripman told him tc
take them down, aud when he refused
smashed his head in with an iron bar.
A jury there has just decided that ii
was iustifiable homicide.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07

IL the children were included it i.
ssNted that the average amount spent
evtry year by the inhabitants OF The
United Kingdom in clothing does not
exceed sl5. In France $3.50 is the
sver1ge, in Germany So. The inhobi
fantsPf India spend only about fift zen
cents bach per annum on clothes or
the AVERAGE.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
The Difference.

oh, yes, there is marked difference
between the big man mentally consid-
cred, and the little man. When the
big man gets an idea he lays it away il
his brain box for use when an emer
Rency arises for it; but inject an idea
In the littleman's NOODLE, and it will
leap out of his mouth the very tirst
time he opens that organ. Boston
Transcript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07

a. veil known London physician
says be ienrs that The tendency of too
mpolt edurstson or Intellectual devel
opment IN women is apt te-.r<.>AlaGu
OcssiSy Hs instances the Ear,
women of India. They are supreme
They 200 the men, control the affair,
OF ~ home and Nation, transmit
prop rty and leave man nothing to do
The result is that they are the ugliest
women on earth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07

Professor ANGEL, OF the University
OF Michigan, in recent address be-
fore the womsn's league of the Uni
versity, said that in his opinion the
faculty would contain women in the
near future.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07
Fun for the Politicians. RAT

There is not so much difference he.
tween the wool-tax policy Of AIcKiD-
ley and the dO-nothing policy Of
Reed as there might be. To mass
measures which the President wouId
be sure to veto is equivalent in the
result to non-action. But whilst the
gamesters play for the Presidential
stakes the country will suffer. -Pbilo-
delphia Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-02-07

There is movement on foot in
Europe TO raise money for 'the peace.
Jul civilization OF the African tribes. ="
Most OF the money would have to be
spent in guns and ammunition, the
View Orleans Picayune opines.