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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07
CHAMP CLARK's Wit.
Cleyerfy shows the Relation OF th
Poor Man to Ifiuh Duties.

Cleverfy shows the Relation OF the
Poor Man To High Duties.
Champ Clark, of Missouri, Is not only
cne OF the wittiest men in the house OF
representatives, but he Is one of the
best posted on the tariff question.
in ridiculing some of the rates Of the
Dingley hill that to him seemed subject
to criticism, he recited how n man of
the name Of Goodyear went before the
ways and means committee and secured
the tariff he wanted by scme skillful
palaver about the great statesmen that
Maine had produced. Then hc said:
"Mr. Chairman, that piece OF soft
soap made IL harder for every poor
man In the United States TO. build a
house. Gov. DinGley swallowed the
bnit us quick as n trout would swallow
fly Oaughter), and next summer some
poor devil out west, living in n dugout
100 miles from railroad station, who
voted for Mckinley under the deludcd
Idea that prosperity would come under
his administration and who has not
heard of this tariff bill. ciphers Il out
that he can build him "A two-room cot
tage with lumber and other building
materials at the old rate. He goes 10 the
station TO get the lumber aud finds that
the price he's gone sky high, and he goes
back 10 his home and says to his wife:
My dear, lam sorry that we must stay
in the dugout. We cannot build our lit
tie house. A great man by the name of
Gov. Dingley has put the price OF lum-
Der and other things SO high that we
cannot do Ii, but, thank God, he has
left Dragons blood free Uaughter.) }
Next year, when my handsome friend
from Iowa (Mr. Dolliver) returns to
that fine agricultural district which he
represents, some man who has not been
able TO buy n coat because OF the high
price OF woolen cloth will say 10 his
neighbor: There comes polliver, who
put up the price of woolcn goods But
the successful candidate for the post
office in that district says: 'Oh, but
Dolliver put divi-<livi on the free list!'
And in chorus they sing: Dolliver and
dvi-divi forever" daughter. Ap-
plause on the democratic side.)
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07

The tin plate makers wish to boom
their business by increasing the duty
on imported tin plate. 10 the injury Of
the canning industry and other In
dustries that flourish by teaSon
OF cheap tin plate. Another blow
Is struck at business by aboliSbing
the rebate on exported tin cans. Now
canned goods exported In cans made of
imported tin are allowed drawbnci; Of
the duty paid, and thus an export bnsi.
ness has been built up In canned fruitss
oysters. vegetables, petroleum, etc,
Over 100000 tin cans are sent abroad
annually. containing oil which com
petes with that of Russia. When Rus
sin can buy tin plate at s2.70 box.
while we have to pay $3.50 for II; II is
evident that our competition will be
rendered difficult. Mr.. Dhgley robs
Peter to pay Paul.-Baltimor Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07
TA1EwELl DIRECTORY.
CITY OFFICERs.

CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor. A. Greever
Sergeant--G L. McClintock.
Assessor n. Lewis.
CoUNCILMEN.
I. w. Chapman, James O'Keeffe, 3. A.
Greevcr, b. w. Stras. G. Il. Surface.
POSTOFFICE.
Open during week from T:s0 a. IN to 100
p. m. daily, except Sunday.
Money Order window open from 9 a. m. to
4p m. daily except sunday.
West bound mail closes l:O0 .. m.
East bound mail closes $3.50 p. m.
CHURCH SERVICES.
PRssBYrERIAN- w. w. Run, Pastor
Preaching every Sabbath morning and
evening, exec pit the FIRST. when the pas
tor holds services in Burkes Garden
Sunday School $50 g. IA. p: aver meet
ing every Thursday evening.
METn, DIST. p. Martin Pastor. Preach
ing on frst and third Sunday in each
month at IL q. m; second and fourth
Sunday at 1880 p. m. Sunday School at
9:30a IN. Prayer meeting every Wed
nesday evening.
BArrrsr.-Rev. ID. A. Glenn, Pastor.
Preaching the lst and Sd Sunday in the
morning and Cd aid 9Th Sunday in the
evening. Sunda, School $50 n. IN.
Prayer meeting every Friday evening.
CHRrsTIAN.--Rev. J N. Herman, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath morning. Sun
day School $50 a. m. Prayer meeting
every Saturday evening.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
fudge Circuit Coprt.-Hon. s. w. Will
liams, Wytheville Va.
Circuit Court Sessions Sd Monday in
April; 4th Monday in August, Sd Mon
day ip December.
Judge County Court.-Hcn. J. II. Stuart.
I$zeweli Va
County Court Tuesday after the Third
Monday.
Clerk Circuit Court.-H. Bane Harman,
Tazewell, Va.
Clerk County Court.-T. e. George, Taze-
we'll, Va
Commonwealth Attorney--Jno. L. Bar2s,
Tazewell, Va.
Sheriff John W. Crockett. Tazewell, Va.
Treasurer.-R. X Gillespie, Pounding
Mill, Va.
Commissioner Rcvenue--Clear Fork Dis
drict--G. A Sink, Bluestone. Va.
Commissioner Revenue Jeffersonville Dist.
j. N Johnson. Sayersville, Va.
Commissioner Revenue Maiden Spring
Districts. H. Laird, Cedar Bluff. Va
Supervisor, Clear Fork District: H
Greever, Burkes Garden, Va.
Supervisor. Jacksonville District: J. Z !.
Peery. Tazewell, Va.
Supervisor, Maiden Spring District: W.
l.. q. Burk, Big Greek. Va.
County Supt. of Schools: z. II. Williams.
Snapp, Va
County Surveyor: Robkrt S. Williams,
Pounding Mill, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07
why Increase the Coni Dutyf

Under the existing tariff bituminous
coal pays 40 cents ton. The Dingley
bill proposes To make this IS cents. In
1886 the imports of bituminous coal
into the United States were I.243,s3
tons. The exports were 2.246.2s4 The
figures from Cannda were: Import &c
from Nova Scotia. New brunswick. etc
123.4O4 tons; from Quebec, Ontario
etc., 39,9S7; from British Columbia
627,257; exports TO these three divisions
respectively, Alb tons. 1.672.302 and
3.O04- Canada now proposes i'm case the
Dinglcy rate is imposed to retaliate by
high duty on our coal. which will
certainly not stimulate exports. Here
Is an export business worth twice as
much as the corresponding import bust.
ness, and it is proposed to rum the risk
of running the former for the sake OF
scrcwing S350.O00 taxes out OF the lat
ter. and this on the plea of reviving
American industry. Can any sane man
fail to see that, even assuming that
imports do not fall eff. it is hardly
worth while for the sake OF q paltry
$35O.000 20 tempt Canada into running
an established business nearly twice as
large as that which is to yield the tax {
Yet this is the way in which "the old
thing works"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07
BLAINE OPPOSED IT.
Saw the Great Folly OF Taking Hide
on the Free List.

on the Free List.
The following letter. from Secretary
of State james q. blaine In 1890. ls sup
posed TO have had great weight with ths
ways and meaus committee;
Washington. April 10. 1890.
Dear Mr.. Mckinley; II is n great mistake
20 take hides FROM the free list where they
have been for so many years II II "a slaf
In the face 90 the South Americana with
whom we are trying to enlarge our trade
IL VIII benefit the farmer 10y adding 1--WE
90 eight per cent. TO the price Of his chiit
drcn's shoes. II viii yield q pront TO the
butcher only. the last man that moods e.
The movement Il inJudicIous from begin
ming TO end. In every form and phase.
Pray stop IL before "a srcs light. Such
movements as this for protection will pro.
tcct the republican party into a speedy ro.
tirement. Yours hastily.
JAMES q. BLAINE.
Hon. William Mckinley. Chairman Ways
and Means.
Where Is the Blaine this year who
can head of the wcstcrncrs who wnnt
their share of protection and foolisily
imagine that they can get IL by duty
on hides2 IL Is perfectly consistent
with the protection system 90 tax hides
especially as the bulk OF the tax wonic
probably go to few monopoly butchers
and ranchmen. But observe some oI
the effects upon our industries,
The importations OF untnxed hides
and skins last year were valued az $20..
2i6,25s. The gontslSins were valued ai
$i0,303,35a. Tine former were mostly
converted into sole leather, beltlngs
and such like heavy material. for which
our native hides are not thick enough
The goatskins are not produced In this
country.
From this raw material we not only
manufacture boots. shoes and leather
goods for our own people cheaper and
better than are made elsewhere I'm the
world. but we exported finished prod.
ucts of the value OF $20.2i2, ,750. With.
out free and cheap raw material this
export trade would have been lmpossi.
bic, and our own people. as Mr.. Blaine
pointed out. would he compelled 10 pay
more for their footwear. The wages
paid 10 our workers In leather last year
amounted TO $25.542.1G6.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07
Admits Prices VIII Rc u,vn.r

With regard to Chairman DingIey's
admission that the duty on wool will
Increase the price OF wool, the Kansas
City Times says: The consumer and
not the foreigner, therefore. pays the
tariff tax. 1t comedies also that the
home producer puts up his price arbi-
trnrily. Mr.. Dingley's own words are a
confession that the Dipgley bill is q
fraud and robbery CT the people for
the benefit Of the few individuals and
corporations.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07
a WONDERFUL Pill.

Uncle sam Woa't he Fooled hy Any
Quack Rem~dy.
Uncle Sam-Why. doctor. that looks
like the pill Mckinley gave me to re.
duce my revenue.
DIR. Dingley-- Yes; its ingredients are
practically the same, though perhaps
they ore somewhat stronger.
u. S.-But you say this is to increasc
my revenue. How can il work both
ways?
DIR. Dit is a protection and pros
perity pill, and will produce any effect
desired. IL is an infallible cure for any
and all fiscal and industrial ills. II
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07
AicKIn- Wilson fjlnR
ley bill. lllll. Ire It'll


IT is true that wooden clothing. nn-
derwear and blankets VIII be ont OF The
reach 6t the people Of ihoderntx fheahast
when Dingley hes his way. hat just
think how sweet il is 10 suffer for opers
country and to shiver in order fhEt fh6
rebL-.r bnrons may continue TO &nx fdt
and contribute to The Legitimate" ex-
penses OF the G. o.. P!--LouIsyille Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07

Uncle Sam-Say, Dingley, YOU might
as well come down. You're not getting
any chestnuts, and you're not getting
voters. Mckinley had some experience
up that tree--it's u horse chestnut--in
1890. He pretended that he was maxi
ing the foreigners pay the tax. but he
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07

Sample taxes from the Dingley bill
with comparisons showing the over
whelming foreign competition to which
the farnef Is subjected and wha, pro-
lection the ways and means committee
regnrds as Indispensable:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07

soon found out what the people thought
OF him and his bill. The bulk OF Amer
leans are both honest and intelligent
The intelligent voter knows that yot
can't make the foreigners pay his taxes
and the honest voter prefers TO pay his
own taxes. You can never make youj
bill popular by such tomfoolery.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07

WANTED-SEvERALF FAITHFUL MIN
w OR WOMEN TO travel for response
pie established hoRse in (here insert the
name of your state.) Salzay $3.50. pay
able ais weekly ard expenses. Position
permanefft. Ref renee. Encloxe self
addressed stamps envelope The Nation
al. stai RniIi'ry jhicago.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07
si.TlO.ai1-lie,s 3. I
REsGLT.


RESULT.
Knives 10 tho value 6f b PET cent. OF ifii-
pcrtations. duty would he IS per cent
Knives TO the value OF ~ per cent. OF ini-
portationr. duty would be ii2N per cent
The duty on pocket cutlery for soma
years prior TO 1850 was "a par cent ad vd.
iorcm.
From 1880 to 1890 Il was 20 per cent. ad
vnlorom. with tho exception OF n short
time during that period when II was As
per cent nd vRlorom.
The Mckinley tarin averaged about 81
per cent nd vaiorcm.
The Wilson tarin aed about q per
cen; al Vniorem. .1f
The proposed Dingiey tarln WIN average,
based on the importutions OF 1856. ii2M per
cent. nd vMorcm on "a per tent OF ali
knives Imported during that year.
The equivalent nd valorem duties on thS
Following popular description OF knives
under tho Mckinley bill. Wilson hin and
proposed Dingiey biii. are as follows:
McKln- (Vilshfn fir y
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07

WANTED-SEVERAL FAITHFUL
w men or women to travel for res pom
sible established house in Virginia Sal
AIRY $3.50, payable $15 weekly AMI ex-
peEses. Position permanent. Refer
ence. Enc 'ose self addressed stamped
envelope. The National, Star Building.
Chicago.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07

taken in sufficiently large quantities. Il
will keep all foreign germs out of your
system and leave you happy, prosperous
and
u. S.-Hold on there. doctor. You've
said enough 10 convince me that. like
Gll advertised panaceas. it's quack
remedy. Besides. I've tried IL and found
IL about the nnstcst dose | ever took
It's effects were also bad--very bad. II
derangcd my whole system and filled il
so full Of trust germs that I've been laid
up ever since. | don't want any more
of your protection" pills. and don't
see why they call protection doctor
ngain. II must have been a mistake.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07

WANTED-sEvERAL FAITHFUL
w men or women to travel for respon-
sibie established house in Virginia. Sal
aTy $3.50. payable $15 weekly and expen-
ses. Position permanent. keferance
Enctose self addressed stamped envel-
ope. The National, Star Building, Chi
cago
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07
Wanfed-An Idea Y: 8 ); .'s:!: ss3s:

frotect Tcnr fdeasf they may bring You wealth.
Ws1te JOHN WEDpERBpRS a Co. Patent Attor-
neys, Washington ID. c. for their 81 600 DFixo of cr
and list OF two hsladred fnventions wanted. =
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07

Q tJiade jacknives thai
retail at rs cents. :,
3 blade pearl ladiea
knivos that retail Al
25 cente....,..........
2 blade pearl ladies
knives That retail a.
80 crnts..s...........
Q blade penknivcs. not
pearl or shell. that re.
tall Mt 20 ccnts........
) blade penknfves
pearl or she'll, that ro.
tail at 20 cents. .....
4 blade penknjyes, moi
pearl or she'll, that re.
tail at 70 ccnts......
4 blade penknivea
pearl or shell, that re.
tail at 30 cents..
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-07
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-14

dining room must OF necessity have q
low ceiling, little natural light, and an
unattractive outlook. These are draw
backs very difficult to overcome by
any scheme OF decoration or furnish
ing. For various reasons rooms of
this kind may be dismissed from con.
siderstion in the present article. City
houses nre always built with certain
restrictions and limitations in mind,
and each house must be law unto it.
self. But aside from the question of
means, the builder Of detached villa
house has free rein, and can consult
his own taste and inclination in the
arrangement of the various rooms.
One who plans the erection of such
a house will be wise il he gives his
greatest care and attention to the
dining.room, for no room is more i'm
portant, nor contributes more to the
character of the house. No hand
somer room was ever designed than n
colonial dining-room, and it will be
we'll to follow its general style unless
10 forms too violent a contrast with
The remainder of the house. For this
reason it is we'll to havo cluster of
narrow windows at one end of the
room, opening with hinges, perhaps,
glazed with diamond panes of glass in
leads. This gives most beautiful eff
feet. if the remainder of the room can
be brought at all in keeping. As the
room should be warm in the severest
weather, an open fireplace with brass
fire dogs must be in evidence. The
trimming should be walnut or oak
with colonial ornaments, unless these
are found too expensive. The mantel
should be simple, so that it will not
detract from the crystal and plate
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-14

vine and leaf design in purple, run.
ming all over it, We thought it was
wonderfully handsome, and l believe
it would he considered very dainty
even to-day, among the variety of
pretty, thin goods which are shown.
All children wore low-necked aud
short-sleeved dresses in those days,
and, indeed, for many years after
ward. 1t would have been considered
ridiculously inappropriate to put
anything different on them, even in
winter. So our little frocks were. OF
course, made according to the fashion,
leaving our necks and shoulders bare,
and looking, must confess, as l ex.
anime the old dasuerreotypes, as if
they were in constant danger OF slip
ping off over our arms. The sleeves
were tiny, circular puffs, not more
than three or four inches deep, 30 that
We had almost nothing on our arms
either. The little waists were very
short, much resembling the Empire
styles seen now, and were usually
made with considerable fulness. The
skirts, always sewed fast to the waists,
were straight, and reached to about
half way between the knee and ankle.
Really short dresses, as children wear
them now, were never seen. Below
our skirts, and hanging down to our
very feet, were our pantalettes-plain
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-14

two Sunday frocks, made exactly
alike, which my sister and wore, per-
haps year or two later than the time
of the REQ rattinet. You will laugh
when 1 tell you that these dresses,
'-hich were considered especially
beautiful and elaborate, were made of
calico. 1t was French calico, though !;
much finer and prettier than anything
of the kind to bo bought nowadays,
and it cost from fifty to seventy.five
cents yard. All materials were dear
then, and you saw very few silk dresses,
particularly for children, except
the wealthy families. You could have
silk gown now for what French cali
Goes used to cost. can even remem
Der the exact pattern Of the calico in
those two frocks. There was white
ground. divided into squares, with a
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-14

''There were different styles OF hats,
but, if | remember rightly, those that
went with our purple and white
French calicoes were bonnets Of green
silk. They were shirred very full and
cut so that the edge around the face
was bias. This was then fringed out
to some lepth as II border, and the
bonnet was trimmed with lace and
ribbon bow at the back. think that
is complete account of the way we
looked, or-,have forgotten any.
thing? Oh, yes our gloves. They
were of straw colored silk, and pretty
short, scarcely reaching above our
wrists.
"Ihe time ! nm telling you OF was
long before the days of hoopskirts,
You know. We children wore num-
ber OF site, quilted petticoats, though,
to make our dresses set out in the
proper way. 1 can't remember that
we were ever really uncomfortable on
account OF our odd clothes, though I'm
afraid children would complain now
adays at the heavy skirts and the
dangling pantalettes. These panta-
lettes we're sometimes nuisance even
to us, accustomed rs we we're to them,
when we wanted to play some active
game. l recall one of our play mates
who was regarded by the rest OF us as
n marvel OF daring because she had
been known on different occasions to
unite her pantalettes deliberately from
her stockings. to which they were fas-
tened, and bundle them In some con-
venient corner until she had finished
her play and was ready to go home.
"rhe boys clothes at that time
were almost rs funny, when compared
with modern styles, rs were those of
the girls. No knickerbockers in the
days when my brothers were little fell
lows! Boys wore long, loose trousers,
similar to those of their fathers, and
usually made at home from an old pair
which the head of the family had dis
carded. Their queer little jackets
were sometimes belted In at the waist.
with the skirt hanging few inches
below in blouse style, and sometimes
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-14

"Our shoes we're made of soft, green
morocco leather. And that reminds
me of the aggrieved feeling we chill.
dren always cherished because we we're
obliged to wear that color. The two
fashionable shades for shoes were tea
green and bright red. My mother,
whose taste in her own dress was sub.
dued, clothed her children according
ly, and would never allow us to have
the scarlet shoes. So my sister and
we're obliged to wear the green. and
to gaze with hopeless envy at the
gayer footgear OF most of our play
mates.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-14
QUEER CLOTHES.
THE UGLY COSTUMES OF THE
NINETEENr I'll CENTURY.
what children Wore Seventy-rivc
Years Ago-rhe Pantalette Agony
and the Reign of the
Red shoe.

HHOI remember how we used
TO dress when | was child?
J Indeed, I do, my dear; /
can see every one of those
queer little frocks--you would GER
tainly think them so now, mt any rate
AS plainly as if I had them before
my eyes" The speaker, says the New
York Tribune, was white-haired,
sweet faced old lady of eighty. whose
remarkably faithful memory, not only
on the subject of clothes, but concern
ing nearly every incident of her rather
eventful life, is constant source Of
marvel to her friends.
''rhe first dress of which l have a
distinct impression was made for me
when J was four years old. That was
in the year 1921 so you are hearing
now of the styles of seventy-five years
ago. II is n long period TO look back
upon, but the time doesn't seem SO far
away to me. Well, the frock was given
to me by my godmo.her-for my
name, you know. IL was made of rat.
tinet--I don't suppose you ever
heard the word beiore-but it was the
name of n kind of thin wooden goods
very fashionable at the time. The
color was scnrlet, and ms j had never
had anything so gay before, you may
be sure I was proud of il. There W as
little red cloak to match, and red
bonnet, trimmed with swansdown.
"The next dresses | remember were
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-14

6 inches, and tho depth, including
veranda, 80 feet, 4 inches. With first
story 9 feet, 6 inches. and second
story feet with attic feet. This is
n comfortable dwelling, easily heated.
The size of the dining room is shown
by the floor plans.
The room is finished in oak, with
oak floor. The two windows are loaded
with diamond.shaped panes looking
out over the veranda. The walls are
covered with paper of yellow brown
color, with n stiff, formal design IN red
brown. This runs to the ceiling, with
no frieze, but with oak picture rail
about twenty inches below tho cor
nice. The ceiling repeats the side
wall colors, though tho pattern OF the
paper is not so pronounced. The fire.
place is faced with dark brown brick.
The furniture is rich mahogany with
brass mountings. The sideboard, on
which are few pieces of fine glass
reflected by tho freight, glistens
welcome. Bright china gives points
of rich color for the eye to rest upon.
A Smyrna rug in deep reds and browns
laid on the polished oak floor adds
still more color to the room, and few
choice hunting scenes finish tho
walls.
The cost to build the house illus
trated in this article in the vicinity OF
New York City, is $500, not inclu-
ding the heating apparatus. In many
sections of the country the cost should
be much less. Copyright 1897,