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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


| The colored Baptfsts Of this coun-
try cave las, year 81 1897 for educat ion.
$685. 1920 for missions and $21O, 704 for mis-
cellaneous purposes. They gave church
property to the value of S0,T94,342 and
school property to the value of s2.02S.-
$50.
President Thwing. of Western Re-
, serve university. Cleveland, says that in
the so years in the middle Of the present
century somewhat more than 10000
men graduated ut the eight principal
colleges OF New England, of which num-
Der more than 1000 became ministers.
John Bach McAlaster says In the
Atlantic Monthly that, in the beginning
of this century. lin our land there was
not n reformatory. nor an asylum for
the blind. for the deaf and dumb. or for
lunatics." And yet there are people
who believe thnt the world las been
growing worse and worse the last hum
dred years!
announcement is made that the
trustees of Columbia university have
presented to the institution 100000 fol-
a gymnasium. II will be built on tho
new site Of the university, Morningslde
Heights, and will be the largest and
best equipped MS yet In the country.
Ii will he part of the great univer.
sity hall. the entire cost of which will
he more than 100000.
The statement Is made from New
York That Gen. Booth is considerably
perturbed over the falling off in num-
bers and contributions in the Salvation
Army posts throughout the west. Com
mander Booth-Tucker's present aggrcs.
sive campaign in the west is understood
to be prompted by the general'surge
and by desire to strengthen the army
In the leading cities. 1t Is believed
that the Volunteer movement has cut
into the army badly, and II Is now
claimed that the Volunteers have stronu
posts in 400 western cities.
The New York court of appeals has
decided the Fnycrwea ther will case in
favor of the 20 colleges which claimed
the residue OF the estate under clause
ten of tlie will. This is the end of II
famous case. ms this was the court OF
last resort. Tho decision was mani
nous with the exception of the chief
Justice. AS result Yale will receive
100000. while Rochester university.
ono OF the parties making the appeal,
comes in for $4,000. in addition TO the
100000 originally received. Amherst.
Dartmouth. Wesleyan nre among the 20
beOeficlarics.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
Ain Old Recnrd

Some of the antiquities of this coun-
try which find their way into the mu-
seums are rivnled in nge by n living crea-
lure mt the Zoo. Itisan alligator terra
pin. or Mississippi snapper. whose $50
pounds of substance have been accum-
nlate'i in lifetime of five centuries or
more. AT least. that Is what the kciep.
Iists calculate, and they say that there
is no reason to doubt that is was pad
ding around as n little turtle in the Mis-
SissipM when De Soto first gazed upon
the river. The giant terrapin measures
about five feet from snout 70 tin of
tail. and during its residence at the Zoo
it has grown not q particle. 1t is too
lazy to move about much and so nature
has endowed it with special facilities for
catching food. When hungry IL lies in
the water with its mouth wide open, and
the bright little red tongue looks SO
much like worm that ityerves a bait
TO attract fish, on which the terrapin
etls.-Philadclphia Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
T. = VANISHED CIVILIZATION.
WIG Work Done by the Jesuita q
South American


South America.
Tho pioneers OF civilization In S.uth
fmericn were the Jesuts. SAYS Lippin-
colts. Although their influence in mnny
respects may not always have been
what was most conducive to the pros
Pdrity Of the new settlement, yet their
poda OF treating the natives was moro
AnusnnA and their plan for the develop
neft and progress of the country more
advanced than any other attempts of
that period. They sought to establish
permanent home for their sect with
q wealth and splendor that would equal
chat OF the old world. aud their work
stas characterized by prudence, indus
III RHd wisdom. Other settlers came
enIg as fortune-hunting adventurcrs
g enslove the natives. piliage the coun-
Wy md then return to their own land
with fl-gotten gains.
Monuments of the Jcsuits still remain
in churches, aqueducts, cities In ruins
and the history of n hundred prosperous
pissions; from the Amazon to Brnzil's
donthern borders we see their signs.
Tho sques1nct of Rio de Jnneiro. tho
hundred churchcs OF bahia. the stone
water dams on the rivers OF Goyaz. the
crumbling ruins Of almost every state
OF Brazil tell OF the Jesuit occupation.
Other settlers OF TINT period left almost
nothing behind them; their mission
was to destroy. tear down and drive out
ths only element OF good the country
bod. that they might establish the reign
OF 'Hrror. slavery and rapIne that cursed
aho country so long.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
ROMANCE OF A RAZOR.
rather Prizcd tho Weapon Which Had
Killed Ills Daughter.


Killed His Daughter
a most conspicuous and tender In
stance Of patcrnnl affection was by
chance brought to the attention OF the
writer few days ngo as he sat In bar
Der chair patiently awaiting the remov-
al of the snperfluous growth froma neg
lected chin. While thus employed a
IMAM. apparently German, entered the
shop and handed razor TO the barber.
with request that he would put It. In
order rs soon as possible. and" ndd-
ed lac. "be sure and not lose that ra zor.
] would not lose that razor for ten dol.
lars"
Naturally the barber was curious 10
know why 20 cxtravagant q value should
he placed upon nm ordinary razor and in
quired the reason.
Why" responded the German, "that
is the razor TINT tho sailor killed my
daughter with. You con see the blood
spots on the blade now. There they
are. Those blnck stains are my daugh-
tcr's blood. They will nerer come out
Ny daughter was good girl Ever
since she WINS killed never shave with
no other razor. l love her SO much.
AS long MS live use this razor In men,
cry of my girl" 1t is difficult to aston
ish an ordinary barber, but this one
was struck dumb for awhle. Finally
he did recuperate sufficiently to ex,
claim; well, I'll be DANCED" The
: statement Of the owner of the precious
razor was found on inquiry to be quite
true.
Two years ago the whole water frort
was shocked by the foul murder of n
young l5-year-old girl under circum-
stances OF singular ntrocity. Her father
vas the keeper OF sailor boarding.
house, patronized by whalers almost en-
clusively. The girl had attracted the
attention of n half-breed knnnkn, who
wanted to marry her, but the girl would
not consent and repuIscd him with hor-
ror and disdain. In moment OF ieal.
GUS fury the mad Kanakn seized the girl
as she was attending to some house
hold affairs and cut her throat, almost
severing the head from the body. The
razor about which the aged German was
so solicitous was the real, actual instru-
ment Of the crime. - San Francisco
| Chronicle
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
Tho Pneu matophor.

a highly ingenious apparatus called
the "rneumatophor" has been invented
1t Viennn. Its object is to enable
miners, tiremen and others to breathe
without difficulty when surrounded by
'ftcr damp. smoke from fires or other
noxious fumes. In it's satchel ready
'or use. it weighs only four kilogrammes.
furnishes sufficient mir for three-quar-
tiers of an hour, and has been subjected
10 severe tests by the Vienna fire de-
partment and in silesian coal mines,
with the utnest success,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
NEW TENNESSEE INDUSTRY.
yfsneEsr Spring VIII DC Used for
PtcIxlfnE Purposeu

II 4 =
-{tsneEer, Spring VIII DC Used for
Pfcklfng Purposes.
4 A new enterprise Is being promoted
In Albion county, Tennessee, which will
be one of the most wonderful In the
world. says the Memphis Commercial
Appeal. 1t comes with the discovery of
q vinegar spring on the famous Reel.
soot lake by Pete Bennett, of Paducah,
Kya while'on q hunting expedition.
This wos probably six iponths ago
add Mr.. Bennett. seeing the vast posi-
Utilities In suoh spring. kept the mat
ter profound secret until he could get
sufficient capital interested in order tc
make It's development assured. lie was
successful In securing the aid of null
1millionairc of London and the organi.
ration OF the company Is complete.
IT Us proposed by this company that
they make garden spot OF several thou
I~and acres Of the fine land that sur
rounds this spring and plant the whole
OF It In cucumbe-s. The vines will be
!fsained to run in trenches between the
rows of hills and when. about half
f'own by means OF irrigation the vine
:gnr from this spring will be turned
through the trenches and kept on the
$ipes until the cucumbers are grown,
when II will be turned off and the finest
OF the pickles will be gathered and bar.
Fe'ed for shipment.
The company will then buy 5000 head
OF hogs to eat the pickles refused for
shipment und to wade In the vinegar
marsh. so that Mt time of slaughter they
viii not only ship bacon. shoulders,
ham. etc. but cun ill all orders for
picked pigs feet on SHORT notice. They
,$tA sell vinegar only IN five barrel lots.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
rELEaRApAx.
rests Demonstratc That the Morse
syrtcm Cannot he Improxed.

Tests Demonstrntc That tine Morse
syHten Cannot BE Improved.
The Postal Telegraph company made
test few Days ago to determine
whether the Morse system OF tcIeRra oh.
ing Is cheaper to operate, taking all
things into consideration, than other
systems. notably the Wheatstone, that
is used In England and 10 some extent
In this country, snys the New York
World.
The result was q unanimous verdict
that the Morse system MS invented more
than so years ago stands to-day with
t'',f the change of dot or n dash or any
alteration In the principles OF trans
mission. fnr ahead of any other sys-
ten.
During the test three New York op.
orators sent to Pittsburgh, Pa, ZOE mes
sngcs in 90 minutes. and 200 messages.
containing 5.Go5 words, in three hours.
This was an average of &C 2-3 messages
per hour. Pittsburgh, however, beat
this. sending an average OF 6S is mes
hagcs per hour.
These messages were taken In the
regular course of business, and the re-
suit. while not equnling the fastest in
dividual bursts Of speed for few min-
utes. exceeds previous records of it's
kind. The company then took into con-
sideration the cost of transmission. sal
ory of operators. accuracy of work. time
consumed and all other factors entering
Into telegraphy. These were COM
pared with similar results in other sys-
ems. nnd the decision was wholly in
favor of the Morse system, that is to-
day an unchanged monument to the
greot American inventor.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
A Graceful Act.

4 Paris lady. strictly guarding her
eoonytnity, learning That there were
seung men belonging to the Ecole dcs
1ssax Arts. distinguished forthesr pro.
Mcteney, but who were without means.
As< had. .; house furnished In ono of
ale fsost picturesque parts Of France.
nsrc. without COSY. q certain number
- essfsts may spend their summers and
GtRdS. =; =, - !. - !. = =
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
elliot. Indian RihIe.

II Is psstrted BY typographical nu-
thorities ihat the first Bible printed in
America was "John Eliot's Indian
Biblc." in 1868. The language into
which this Bible was translated is ex-
tin9t. and 1t is said only one or two
persons Are able to read II.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26

4 good Joke on q schoolma'am comes
Srcm Cumberland Gap. and is told by
no MhdiesAorough News. A lady
heAnhsr told one of the boys to name
~ Pc presidents, and when he replied
- esssidTSs the4 teacher said: when
essvns 80 Old IS you could name all
go Rgssidcnts To their ORDER" The boy
&giedt There was only few presi-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
A Little Biunder.

Hearing faint rustic in he darkened
hallway below. the elder sister, suppos-
ing the young man had gone. leaned over
the balustrade and called out:
well, Bessie. have you landed him ?"
There was n deep. sepulchral silence
for some moments; 1t IVES broken by
the hesitating, constrained voice of the
young man:
She has."-N. o. States.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26

w AkTED-SEvERAL FAITHFUL MEN
OR WOMEN to travel for RESPONSE
pie establish ed house in (here insert the
name OF your state.) Saray $3.50, pay
able sl5 weekly ard expenses. Position
permanent. Ref, renee. Enclose self
addressed sta:nps1 envelope. The Nation.
al Star Bail3'pE. lhicigo.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26
ohamberiain's Ego and skin Ointment

Is uneguslled for Eczema, letter, Salt
Rhcnm, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
For sale by druggists at % cents per;hox.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26

Bring your job Work to the
NEWS office. We are prepared to
- first class work ON short notice.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-26

Does your business pay without
Advertising (? Advertise and it
will pay better.
Advertising is the life of bust
ness.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-03-11
De COurcey's Brigade.

A. ]. Jacobs, Co. D, 22d KY, Wesleyville,
KY, tells about De Courcey's Brigade. He
says it consisted of the 18th Ohio 22d KY,
AID Ohio, and 54th Ind. During the Vicks-
burg campaign Fosters battery, from Wis
consin, was attached to our brigade. We
generally considered ourselves safe when
Fosters guns were near u.s. When we came
in sight of the enemy, we at once made
inquiry as to where was that battery. Pretty
soon Foster would put in an appearance and
woe unto the Confederate artillery occupy
ing clear space for Fosters gunners, for
they stood good chance to have their guns
dismounted.
sat Chic.sasaw, when our brigade made
the charge, Foster did all he could to draw
the enemy's fire or silence it, but could not,
as they were too powerfully protected by
earthworks and heavy guns, which enveloped
the field with iron hail.
"Any person in that charge cannot help
believing Gen. Sherman to be much mis-
taken when he said we struck sand bank
and hung up for the day. recollect being
pretty dizzy from what l saw before me.
After we crossed on ponto0ns and cleared
the square fort for the battlefield, the bluffs
opened on us with shot and shell and mus
kerry. Our comrades fell on the right and
left. The 22d Ky.'s line became confused,
as no orders could be heard.
1.-THE supports Of our brigade, think, did
not cross the bayou. We fell back to the
bayou and crossed over the best we could.
was wounded and pretty badly frightened"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-03-11
Sion GrunhliuD

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I have
been subscriber of THE NATIONAL TRrB-
UNE for the last Is years and have been
very much pleased with it, and think you
have been good friend to rs old veterans.
There is one thing do not like-so much
complaining about the short-term and the
1ith-hour men. think il the boys would
stop their grumbling and try to make il
pleasant for ali hands it would be more in
terestlug. As for my part. I do not care
when man enlisted; whether he was first
or last. / think those who went last did all
the duty that was required of them, as much
as those who are grumbling and finding so
much fault; and certainly there is nothing
that suits the soldier-hating papers better
than to know the boys are finding fault with
each other, and their fault-inding will NOT
be OF any benefit toward passing the Services
Pension or the Per Diem Bill. If they are
not little cautious they may not get any
pension bills through. I think, for my part.
that any man who enlisted, whether for nine
months or more, should be entitled to a PEN
sion, and / hope all will get ID. i do not
think those who are all the time grumbling
did their duty any better than those they
are finding fault about.-EDwARD r
CovELL, Co. c, SD N. Y, 40 Jenkins street,
Providence, r. l.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-03-11
Hatred Of the Veteran or Buncomb--
Which?

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The 70.
cent order of President Cleveland consolidate
ing the 10 Pension Agencies into nine undeR
the specious plea of economy, is perhaps one
OF the shrewdest moves to hit the old sol
der" devised thus far by man who seems
to have laid awake nights" with that
special view for four years. 1t is more than
probable that its outcome, if allowed to
stand, will be an increased rather than q
diminished expense. There will not be any
appreciable diminution of clerical force az
anyone at moments reflection can readily
see; while the item of $3.50 rent of the ex-
tinguished offices must be increased certainly
10, and probably 20-fold, by rentals in the
large cities where the consolidated offices are
established, in none of which has the Gov.
eminent buildings of its own adequate even
to present wants. There will be no saving
of expense by the new order if it goes into
effect; there will be delay and inconveui-
ence to pensioners. A result which, like
filling all the Pension Examining Boards
with men supposedly hostile to the PEN
sioner, and then extending the Civil Service
rules to keep them in, fills the real purpose
Of the order. Will the veterans and other
patriotic citizens suffer this last drive at the
veteran to become absolute without protest2
HUGH HENRY, Chester, VT.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-03-11
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WAoN D q. THURSDAY MARCH IL 1897
western Ohio It is with feeling Of loyal
pride that look back unon thia act.

western Ohio. 1t is with feeling Of loyal
pride that look back upon this act.
Soon after this event visited my native
State vermont, and while there enlisted Il
the I'd battery, Vt. L. A., in which / served
until the close of the war, being mustered
out at Burlington, VT. in July, 1865
Returning to Des Moines after an absence
of over two years, arriving there just as the
Fall term of the United States District Court
was about to convene, the Clerk of the Court
requested me to assist as his Deputy during
the term, and while acting in that capacity
was surprised 10 hear one of these con-
spiracy cases called. Upon inquiry I learned
that all the defendants had been held to
trial under my informations. Some had
been convicted; one or two had enlisted in
the Union army and their cases were nolle
pressed, and one fed to the South.-HENRY
F. TOWER, Adjutant, Sedgwick Post, No. IL,
Department of Colorado and Wyoming; Sec
ond Lieutenant and Adjutant, I'd battery,
Vt. L. A., Durango, Colo.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-03-11
A WARM TIME.

A Dragon Tells About Fight Near White
House between Battery and Gunboat.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: When Gen.
Grant moved his base of supplies from the
Pamunky River at White House Landing to
the James River, there was left q few sup
plies that he had not transports enough to
carry. He left regiment of colOred troops
and about three or four hundred dismounted
cavalry, with gunboat, to guard them until
a transport could return.
The writer was one of the dismounted
cavalrymen. Soon after the rest of the army,
with the fleet had gone, early one morning q
few of US had gone down to the river to have
a bath before the heat of the day. A rebel
battery wheeled into line on the hills q
half mile from the landing, and introduced
themselves by unlimbering and throwing
shells in among the swimmers.
Then you may just bet there were some
Yankees that put OH their clothes in a hurry.
Our bugle sounded and we were ordered into
the ditch dug around the landing, with the
dirt thrown on the outside, as q protection
in case of an attack. AS we passed along
the bank of the, river opposite where the
the gunboat lay, an amusing thing hap
pened.
man came Out on the deck of the little
gunboat, and motioned to us (being too far
to speak, that he would help us. He put
his arms around the only cannon we could
see, and Rugged and kissed it; then he
jumped astraddle Of it and patted it as q
man would faverite,horse.
Sure enough, they did help Us, for they
did all the fighting, that day on our side.
They elevated their guns SO as to fire over
our heads, and they made it very warm for
the rebel battery on the hill. But the bat
terry on the hill made it warm for us in the
ditch; and the hot sun made it warm for
both Sides
We lay in the ditch all day, shot and shell
screaming over our heads; many would
strike the ground in front and bound over
Only one man was hurt, a colored man. just
before dark the gunboat threw shell into
one of the caissons of the Confederate bat
terry and exploded it.
The battery then withdrew. and, night
coming on, we put out pickets about 40
rods in our front and watched. They sent
spy to feel around and see if were watch
ing. We captured him. We saw no more
of them at that time, and soon transport
came and got the supplies, and we left for the
vicinity Of Petersburg. SALISBURY, Co.
A, 1st N. Y. Dragoous, Center Road Station,
Pa.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-03-11
BURNING A BRIDGE.

AT Liberty the army again struck the
Virginia d Tennessee Railroad (near
the Norfolk & WESTERN. and DESTROYED
it as it marched on Lynchburg. So
expert had the soldiers become at this
work, that almost the usual rate of speed
for the march was maintained. The
last 10 miles of track between Liberty
and Lynchburg, together with long
bridge, were destroyed on the morning
OF the 18th of June, and the enemy's
pickets driven in. 1t was almost sun
down in the afternoon when, after re-
connoitering the enemy's position, Gen.
Crook was directed to
MAKE THE ATTACK
with his division. The enemy occupied
two lines of breastworks on the hills
surrounding the fowl. Gen. Crook