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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25
Christmas Day,

christmas is pre- eminentlya church
festival," writes Mrs. Lymen Abbott
In the Christmas Ladies' Home Jour
nal. "The Puritans. seeing only the
superstitions and disorderliness with
which Christmas lad BECOME encum.
bered, strovo with all tEeir arder 10
destroy it, but happily did not sue.
oeed. The argument some time used
against it. that the birthday of the
Child Jesus is not known, and there.
fore cannot be observed, does not
prevail againct the almost universal
longing to celebrate in some way
this great event. So we are not sur.
prised to learn that in the first Gen.
turtles OF the Christian era Christians,
though generally celebrating the Ma.
tivity, were not unanimous in the
time chosen for the festival. At
least part of the early church OBJ
served the siyth of January, not on
ly to commemorate the Epiphany, or
tho manifestation of Christ to the
Gentilss. butalso the birth OF Jesus.
and it was not uutil the end of the
fonrth century, perbapG not until the
beginning of the fifth, that the pres
ent date. December 20, was generally
accepted. v = The 'Christinas sea
son is sometimes used to designate
the time between December l6 and
February l, more often the fortnight
between December "a and january
o. During all this period there was
formerly. and still continues TO be, a
spirit OF Joy and festiyity which enti
Ties it 10 be cailad the holidays The
vigil of the Nativity. or as we now
call it, Christmas Eve, wac observed
from the first with exceptional devo
ton, perhaps because tbe birth oI
10
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25
ELECTRIC BITrERs.

Electric Bitters is medicine suit.
ed Tor any season. hut perhaps more
generally needed, when the laneuid
exhausted feeling prevails, when the
liver is torpid md sluggish and the
neod of q tonic and Alternative is
ielt. A prompt use Of this medicine
has often averted long and perhaps
fatal bilious levers. No medicine
Will act more surely in counterapting
and freeing the system from the ma
iarinl poison. Headache. Indigcs
ton, Constipation, Dazziness yield
to Electric BitterS. soc and 81 90
per bottle ut A. L. lisrgraves Drug
Store. .
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25
The fate of Triplets in China.

Ip the southern provinces of
China there is a superstition that
If tripiets arc born one of thu three
children will eventually become a
noted rebel. In order to avoid
that direst OF Chinese curses,
bad son, "wjse man" is sent for
to decide which Of the thpee chill
dren js the destined black sheep,
The three infants having been con
yeysd into a perfectly dark room,
the "wise man" takes three pieces
of twinR, each of "a different color,
ac white, red and black, and ell
tering the room ties one of these
pieces of string around the wrist
OF each baby. The one which,
when brought out into the light,
is found to have the red string on
its wrist. is drowned like a puppy,
-"ClliDese Superstitions,r in Dem
cst's Magazine for January.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25

SenatSr Mcmillan introduced a
resolution in the Sennte Friday
palling on the Attorney General to
report TO the Senate what leglsla
ton is necessary to secure withiu
the Jurisdiction OF the government
of that portion of the State of yir
ginia which was originally part OF
the District Of Columbia and later
retroce,led by the government to
Virginia. The resolution was agreed
TO without opposition.
a drowning man would have little
use for q method of rescue which
would require days. A dyspeptic
doesn't want to bother with a RENE
dy that is going to take weeks to
show its beneficial effects.
The Mount Lebanon Shakers are
Offering product under the name OF
Shaker Digestive Cordial which
yield immediate relief. The very first
dose proves beneficial in most GASES;
and it is owing to their unhounaed
confidence in il, that they hayo put
10 cent sample bottles on the mar.
ket These can be had through any
druggist; and it will pay the afflicted
to invest the triaing sum necessary
to nuke trial.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial re
lieyes by resting the stomach and
aiding the digestion of food,
Lnxol is the best medicine for chill
dren. DOCTORS recommend it in place
of Castor Oil.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25

A business establishment Is ike
u machine; evesybodS Is working
Tor one end, aud the introtucsipi,
Of ulterior elements Ia i distrHa.
ton which oions tho machinery.
Therefore. woman when she en-
ters II bnsiness Office should be con
-tent to dispense with:the little so:
cial amenities which she has TBS
right To eSreet IN her own hnuuus
For exampie in many olllces, aud
preuculafly in newspaper oIiiecs,.
the ueir are accustomed 10 wutk in
their shirt sleeves iuwailn weather.,
The woman should not teal. that
she in hring treated impolitrly it
they full to rise aud put en- theip
voats when she cutters, nnr do I
think 1t necessarily for men Ia tnke
Oft their hats in an, elevator when
II is also occupied by women. There
IL q growing disilWlinnlinn on tbs
part OF business women To actept
seats in cars nom urn, they want
no concessions simply brchuse Of
their sex. But this suggest the
matter Of physique, which must nps
he overlooked III considering tho
problem Men IRE physically
stronger ihun wollrn, md when Is
hecnmrs n lnestiou OF Strengthened
weakness, ~, fur exrmplr, whpp
the cnr IN swaying aud 1t requires
considerable excition to stand OIL
ones feet, i believe that the man
should give. way IN the woman,
But there Is no elcment Of sex IN
this. In the same way gentle.
man would give up his seut tn oDe
at his own sex IL the latter wpre
maniirstly feeble. Not only does
it Interfere with business tor ~ wa
man tn expect concession or iavors
because she isH woman, hut it, ia
dangerous ~ well. II this is l,rr
attitude, SIM mny iiu,l it diilinnlt
To draw the line just wllere sha
wants to, there may he too mucl,
attention The maiter is in the
wonNn'S bands. Let her hr ahsn
lntrly hnsiness like. aud her Inv
tiurrre IN an plliee is II good olle
llpt lri urr nvcrstpn tint bound in
The least degree. aud shp upsris
the fine equilibrium al licr position
aud invites difficulties. - Marion
Aarl"nd,' in Dcmolcsrs Magazine
for January.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25
Tufts Pills
Cure All
Liver. Ills.
Doctors Say;

Bilious and Intermittent Fevers
which prevail in miasmatic dis.
tricts are invariably accompan-
led by arrangements of the
Stomach Liver and Bowels,
The Secret of Health.
The liver is the great " driving
wheel" in the mechanism Of
man, and whenitis out oforder,
the whole system becomes de-,
ranged and diseased theresult.
TUFTS Liver Pills
Cure all Liver Troubles,
n
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25

our I.ord occurred in the nigh. UL
ike other vigils it continued through
the night, and made, with Christmas
itself, one great solemnity.r
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25
Local IND GENERAL
NEWS. BRIEFS.

the notiuays.
County court met Tuesday, Judge
Stuart presiding.
Three pounds of plain candy for
20 cents at McKenzie's.
Mr. F. L, Holmes, of Five Oaks,
paid us a visit Monday.
Mr.. w. D. Knoll, os Panther, w.
Va, is in the city this week.
Mrs T. 1 Shawve,, of Shawver's
Mills, was in the city Monday shop
ping.
Miss Maggie Gillespie, who has
been away at school, is ut home for
the holidays.
There will be Christmas services
ut the Methodist church this morn
ing at III O'CLOCK.
Go to F. e. & NJ. McISenzie's for
plain candies. They will sell you 8
pounds for % cents.
The new store house being built
by Mr.. Hopkins in the east end of
town, is almost completed.
Judge Jackson adjourned circuit
court aud left for his home at
Wytheville Monday afternoon.
The sale of the Dodd estate was
con Hrmed at the term of circuit
court which adjouned Monday.
Capt. W. G. Mustard, of Witten's
Mills, WAS in the city Monday shak
ing hands with his many friends.
Call on me as early as You can and
settle up old business.
I'll. W. Pobst.
Cant. Frank s. Blair. of Wythe-
vile was in the city first of the
week attending to legal business.
Mr.. Ed. j.. Wright, editor of the
News, left Wednesday, for short
visit to his old homo at Hagers
town, Md.
Miss Fannie Hardy. of the Taze
well High School faculty, will spend
her vac .tion with home folks at
Salem, Va.
The business portion of East Rad
ford was almost wiped out by fire
fire last Saturday night. Loss, from
$50, 600 to $4,000.
According to time honored Gus
tom adopted among country papers
there will be no paper issued from
this office mex week.
Will Taylor, a c0iHred brakeman
on the Clipeh Valley Division, was
killed 10y tram at Tazewell sta.
ton Monday about noon.
would respectfully ask all per
SONS owing me by uote or account to
come forward at once and settle as L
must close my old business.
H. w. Pobst.
Mr.. t. NJ. Hawkins, ST., left Tues
day evening for Halifax county,
where he will spend the holidays
rcveling in the scenes of his youth
ful DAYS.
The Yellowstone Park in Winter
with its glorious beauty and dan
gerous drifts OF snow is graphically
described and pictured in the Jan
nary Dem0rest.
From the way Tazewtll people
are buying Christmas goods one
would be led to think that times
were not quite so bad as they are
represented to be-especially in
Tazewell.
A new upright piano in beautiful
figured wood, full size, guaranteed
five years for $4,000, is among the
bargains now being offered by Hob
bic Piano Co, Roanoke. They have
several more just as good. They
will sell on easy payments. Write
them for particulars. All enquiries
answered promptly.
Clineh VALLEY Commandery, No,
20, X. T., will bold "a regular con
clave at their Asylum Monday even
ing, January 4. 1897, ut which time
orders of Knightbood will be con
fcrred on three candidates.
F. G. & NJ. Mckenzie handle Vel
low Rose, Pride of Virginia. Hia-
watha, Natural Leaf. and Favorite
Flower smoking tobaccos. These are
the best brands of smoking tobacco
on the market.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25

tue night, and made, with Christmas
itself, one great solemnity.r
you CAN'T BUY HAPPINESS, but il
you are suffering FROM dyspepsia, scrofu.
la, salt rheum, Impure blood, You may
be cured aud made happy by taking
Hoods Sarssparilla.
HOODS PULLS are abe best fa,niiy ca.
thartic and liver medicine, Harmless.
reliable sure.
While the President in off duck
shooting in the marshes of South
Carolina the Senate Committee ON
Foreign Affairs has agreed to re.
port joint resolutions recognizing
the helligerent rights of Cubn, he
ing the initial step to interference
ny the United States in behalf of
her Independence. The joint reso
luton will probably not he taken
mp until after Christmas HOLIDAYS
ons the impression prevails that
upon the re assembling of Congress
the resolution Will he adapted. 1t
is SO formed as to require the same.
ton of the President, and it will
then devolve on him to either mn.
prove it or veto il. Ii, as would
most likely be the case, he should
veto 1t. the friends of the resolution
may he sufficiently strong to pass
1t. notwithstanding the Presidents
objection.
No man is far seeing enough to
forefell what would be the cons.
qnences of the final passage by the
Congress OF this joint resolution.
That 1t may lead TO hoStiIitie be
tween Spain and the United States
Is not an altogether unlikely result
though we mist consider that no
extreme n course on the part of
Spain. would be II very unwise one
and hard to justify, under the cir
cumstances.
Some OF the Washington dispatch
o. indicate n doubt that the House
VIII adopt the joint resolutions.
Meanwhile. there will he, during
the two weeks that will elnpse he
fore the re assembling OF Congress-
~ January, an ANXIOUS fcaling OF
suspense in the pnhia mind of the
country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25

Strike me through, but first unvealing.
Let me scan thee DER and Ger
Thou art bird, but something mpre.
Still with sable pinions Tapping,
The great Raven tapping, tapping,
Struck into my breast his talons.
Vast his wings optspread. and DER
All my nature cast u pallor,
But l strove, with dying valor,
With the poniard OF repulsion
Striking through the form il wore
ORA bird, and something more
o! thou huge Internal Raven,
Image that. He'll . King hath gravpp,
Image growing more gigantic,
Nurspd beyond the Stygian ahore.
Leave me, leave, besccoh thee.
would not of wrong impenuh thop;
Dried madly, then earth onpned,
With bruzen earthquake roar.
Downward, downward, circling, spoud
ing
Cries of nnquiph still unhccding.
Striking through me with his talons,
Still the Raven shape he bono,
Unto Erebus we dr'ftrd,
His huge wings by thundcrs lifted,
Beat 'gaipst drifts of white D9ned light
H. ming
Apripklod red with human goro,
Twas Il bird but demon more.
I'm no bird, AN angel brother.
bright spirit md none other,
have waited, blissful tended
Thee for thirty years or more,
In thy wild Elusive madness,
In thy blight, disease and sadness,
| have sounded tapping, tapping,
At thy spirits Eden door,
Not bird, but angel more.
In my Palmyreuinn splendor,
In Zenobian regnancc tender,
More an Roman though Aurclinn,
l have left my angel palace,
Dropping in thy sorrows chalice
Consolation, oh, twas blessed,
Sweet thy pillow to bend DER,
Not bird, loves angel more.
Shining down with light Elysian
Through the pearly gates of vision,
On thy tranced soul TX hted fancy,
When across thy chamber floor,
Fell the spirit moonlight laden,
Laden with soft dews from Aidcnn,
Shaken downward, still Nepenthe
Drunk by dreaming bards, OF yore.
Ended is life's hooking fever
Where through citron groves forever
Blow the spice winds, and tho love
birds
Tell their raptures o 'er and DER,
From earth 3 hell by Afrits haunted,
From it's evil dispnahsnted,
have born thee gaze upon me,
pids't thou see me ne'r before?
Then wakeped, IL to wsken
BE to dwell by grief, forsaken.
With the God who dwelt with angels
In the shining age of yore
And stood sublime, victorious,
While below lay earth with glorious
Realms of angels shining
Crown-like on her temples evermore
Not on earth, an Eden more,
Earth, cried, thy clouds and sbad-
ows
OF the sky-world floating downward,
Early rains that from them pour,
Loves own heaven thy mother bore
thee,
And the father God bends DER thee,
'Tia tbis hand that crowns thy forehead
Thou shalt live forever more
Not on earth, an Edpn more,
AS a gem hath many gleamjngs,
And day hath many hhamjugs,
And garden many roses
Thrilled with sweetness to the core
So the soul hath many agps
And the life 3 book many pages,
But the hearts great gospel opens
Who're the Seraphjns adore,
will Writoa hook hereafter,
Cheerful as baby 3 laughtey,
| When its mothers breus. DER leans It,
On the saipted spirit shore,
| Like Appplo. the far data,
/. the poet and the martyr,
VIII chant pcaps Of soul music
That shalt live for0vermor0,
Not q friend, brother more.
----a>>b-------
Children Cryfor
FltchcEs castovias
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-25

Freedom unL tieenasonly are
twin sisters.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14

1t is more money the Bryanites want.
Now, which nations have the most
money-those with the gold standard
Or those with the silver standard?
The silverites are fond Of talking
about per capita circulation.
Under free coinage Of both gold and
silver the United States had per cap
tia circulation in 1900 Of $500, in
1888 of $500, in 1852 of $14.63, in
1879 of $1s. 10. In 1894 we had per
capita of 1874. 90; in 1896 we have one
of $21.10
The per capita circulation of the
world is about So. Is.
The per capita Of the gold standard
countries is $18.
The per capita of the silver standard
countries is nearly $4.3
The gold standard countries have a
per capita of silver alone of $5.4
Tho silver standard countries have o
per capita of silver of 81. 80, the rest Of
their small circulation being mainly de-
preeiated paper.
Tho gold standard countries. with
less than one-third of the worlds popu-
lation. have very nearly two-thirds Of
the worlds currency circulation.
And yet Mr.. Bryan would take the
United States from tho gold standard
and place it upon the silver standard. -
Louisville Courier journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14
whsre Are TIE BenefltsY

If so cent silver dollars should double
the prices of farm products, it is quite
as certain that the prices Of all the
products which the farmer consumes
would double in the same way. In that
case it is not easy to see how the farmer
would gain anything by the free coinage
of silver Even the wages of labor, the
last to rise in an epoch Of deprecated
currency and inflated prices, would
finally, after much distress of the work
ingmen, straggle up to the common
level.
But whether the farmer should re-
ceive 800 for 100 bushels of wheat and
pay out 500 for the necessaries Of living
or should receive 5000 for the same
wheat and pay out $3.50, in both cases
the balance on hand would have just
the same purchasing power. But in &C.
complishing the degradation OF the
monetary standard, which could do
neither the farmer nor the wage Garner
any good, an enormous depreciation of
values and confscation Of accumulated
earnings, involving public and private
credit in maelstrom Of destruction,
would inevitably ensue. Are the farm
ers and workingmen of the country will
ing to invoke such catastrophe?--
Philadelphia Record.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14
spThe Crime of 49,"

The following explanations why the
silver dollar should no longer be coined
were made in the house of representa-
tives April o, 1879:
1t has become impossible to retain an
American dollar in this country except
in collections of curiosities. Judge
Kelley.
The silver dollar "has long since
ceased to be coin of circulation. y
The gold dollar should be declared the
money unit. Mr.. Hooper.
The principal change proposed by the
bill was in "more clearly specifying the
gold dollar as the unit of value.
The time has come in this country when
the gold dollar should be distinctly de-
olared to be the coin representative of
the money unit. Mr.. Stoughton.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14
WAGES VERSUS SIXTEEN no. ONE.
The Silver Standard an Imposition Upon
Wage Farmers.

The Silver Standard an Imposition Upon
Wage Farmers.
No. 4 of "Present Problems" pub
lished at 1 cent each at 81 Park
place, New York city, is unquestion-
ably the best pamphlet on the wage
question for general distribution during
the present campaign. 1t is unanswer-
able. No intelligent workingman can
read it and continue to believe that free
coinage will raise his wages. He will
be sure that If free coinage gives us
cheap money, as the farmers expect,
it will certainly reduce his actual
wages. A wage Garner may vote for
Bryan after reading this pamphlet but
1t will be for other reasons than any ex-
pected benefit to wages.
Mr.. Warner studies the effect Of
cheap money experiments iin Japan,
China, India, Chile, British Honduras,
Mexico and in this country, and in ev-
cry case he finds unmistakable evidence
that cheap silver and paper moneys have
lowered wages. Wherever money has
been depreciating iii value prices have
been rising, while wages have changed
not at all or have risen less rapidly than
prices. AS result the wage Garner Is
constantly losing ground, though he
may not know why he has to work
harder to keep himself and family.
Consequently the manufacturers and
other employers Of labor in silver stand
ard countries are benefited by depre-
ciating currency. They find in silver
money the slickest possible scheme OF
reducing wages without the consent or
knowledge of their employees.
In Mexico, where the workingmen
are such chumps that they do not know
when the value of their dollars is de-
clining, the big employers can keep the
country on the silver standard, but even
in such backward countries as Chile and
British Honduras the wage earners
could not be imposed upon forever by
silver and other cheap money. No class
of citizens rejoiced more than the wage
earners when these countries, O short
time ago, stopped "monkeying" with
silver and adopted the standard Of the
civilized world-gold.
Mr.. Warner quotes numerous admis-
sions from silverite authorities rs to the
effect of cheap money on wages. He
concludes that If our wage earners be-
lieve they are getting too high wages,
and that this country is suffering in
consequence, all they have to do is to
take lower wages. If they prefer
roundabout way, they can favor free
coinage of silver, and they will get
their wages cut down half without any
further trouble ON their part.
There has never yet been made a law to
put into any laboring mans pocket
single dollar that he did not earn. He,
of all men, therefore, has the best right
to insist that there shall be no law
passed that will raise the price OF what
he has to buy, and thus take from him
any portion of what he has earned. "
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14

hemp, they would have to go without 1t
until some cumbersome method Of bar
tering was devised to get around the
law. OF course, in time the hemp would
be secured and the farmers supplied,
but the new way of doing business
would be more costly. In the end the
consumer pays all costs. Hence the
farmers would have to submit to higher
prices for binder Irvine, as for every
thing else they buy. And yet Mr..
Bryan claims to be the particular friend
Of agriculturistsl
"It is to be hoped that the business
men of the country will carefully con-
slider what the proposed interference
with the right TO enter into contract
to pay any kind of money would result
in and then vote for candidate for
president who will preserve the freedom
of commerce. F"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14

Leave LambertviIle for Manunka Chunk $50
1920 M ]. 81. 567 and S.25 p m. Sunday. a25 III
For Philiipsburg md Easton only 6.2s III week.
days.
Leave Frenehtown eO5, 1917 a m. 2l0, $50 and
S.54 p m week days, 81 p m sundays. For fht-
lpsburg and Easton only. 7.02 M
Arrive at Phillipsburg 40 and il.29 a. m, 20,
5.5s, 1886 and 9.3l p. m. Sunday 9Sl p m.
Leave Phillipsbnrg 1928, 9.45 and IL q a M 2.su,
GOA and 9. IS m. Sunday, 50 m.
Arrive Belyidere 1853, 1922 and il.53 M, S.27,
6.32, 1902 m. Sunday. 1902 p IN.
Arrive Mannnka Chunk sos 1910 and II o9 IN (
8. 33, G. 3s and 1910 p m. Sunday, 1910 = iii.
Additional trains leave BelyideTe Tor ManunBa
Chunk 100 and $50 IN, and so p IN. sunday
700 m. Returning, leave Manunka hunk dor
Beyidere BPS. 1913 M, APO, $40 and l0lo ~ M
Sunday. 1918 p IN.
Freight or mixed trains leaving Maqunka
Chunk at 100 a M Bevidere 6.l5 a IN, Martins
Greek 6 IS a m. arriving Lehigh Junction = 35S NJ
will carry passengers and make stops at nag sta
tiOns north of Phillpsburg.
Passengers for Broad Street Station, lPhiladel-
phia, by trains leaving Manunka Chung KS IN
daily. and 1925, 5.2l m weekdays, and leaving
Philiipsburg s co M daily, 100 and 556 III
week days go through without change at fren-
ton. A through car for Manunka Chunk is at
taehed to trains leaving Broad Street station al
ESQ $50 M, l2.00 noon, and SO, IN. By al
other trains passengers to or from Broad street
change cars at Trenton,
Connection Is made at ManunkS chunk <Ith
Delaware, Lackawanna Western Railroad; Le-
high Junction with Lehigh Valley Lehgh & Sus
ouehanna Morris 4 Essex, and New ersey Centra
Railroads. At Lambertvilir With Pennington Rail
road At Trenton with trains TO and from Ne.
York, Camden, DC.
For further In formation see timetables, which
can be obtained at the ticket Offices
J r. WOOD
General Passenger Agent.
c. NJ. PROVOST.
General Manager