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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19
BURKE'S GARDEN.

Burke Garden, Va, Feb 10.
Thou fell o flakele,s to the ground,
With dull and sick, ming thud;
Your name was snow, the beautiful
snow.
But now your name is mud
We heard some spring birds sing
ing the morning of the ID.
We never received any valentine
this year. What seems to be the
trouble?
Mr.. L. d. Snapp is preparing 10
erect a new barn.
We know of one Yong man who
let his valei tine full in the mt d
Sunday.
We had made up our n il 4 to shy
nothing about it, but i; is too good
to keep. we mean the weather
The Woman's Home AID Foreign
Missionary Society meets Friday the
l9'h. We hope Ia the intvrest OF
Home work.
Kelly Gro eel lse i, suffering with
an njured knee caused by his horse
falling with him
Harvey G's aid w. S. & has de
parted for Bluetield. w. Va.
There were quite number OF
dansels ut church OH The l4th, but
we noticed they are not rs well pair
ed off rs that other oird-the goose.
The Lutheran congregation has
accepted the resig nation of Rev,
Kohn. We suppose he will leave
for a new field i'll the near future.
AS the third Sunday is Rev.
Stradley's day to preach, we hope
he willnot disappoint us, as he has
missed his last two appointments.
We are CORY to hear that our
friend, Jno. L. Peery, who WAS call
ed to the death bed of bis father in
Parisbiirg couple of weeks ago, is
down with fever at that place.
The saddle turned with Miss
Mamie Moss Sunday, thereby pre-
cipitating her in the mud. No dam
age done except IL slight shaking up
and rather an unfavoruhle impress
sion on her riding habit.
The Is. Il. NJ and l.. Society met
! at j Nj SuaDu'S la.f Sutur6av piybt
and quite an Interesting programme
was rendered. The new President
Miss Mamie Nose, presided with
grace aud dignity. The vocal duet
by Pref. A. S. Grerver and Mr..
Newt Rhndy. "irhe Bells" deserves
special mention. while tl,e readings
etc, were both amusing and inst,:ut
tive.
RnMnO AND JULIET.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19

made in most goodpatufsd way,
and that he meant TO wound no one's
feelings was certain. However. the
diners began taking about the state
ment made by General Johnson. and
they were evidently expecting to
hear the Southwest yirginiau say
something 10 defense Of his people
He made no public reply, and 70
far as tho majority of the guests
know, he Jailed to take the general
to task.
TWAS said today that the South.
west Virginian did speak to the gen.
eral about the matter privately after
the smoker, but no one could be
found who would say that he did.
The lawyer from the Southwest
was found by a State reporter that
afternoon. The reporter asked:
Il understand that you attended
the banquet of the Richmond Bar
Association last night. What did
you think of General Bradley T.
Johnsons comparing your people in
Southwest Virginia, in personal APP
pearance aud character, to that Of
the insurgeut Cubans, did it bore
youf'
"No, replied the gentleman, seem.
lug loath to talk, in an amiable spirit.
Il was too happy in being with
my genial friends and brethren Of
the bar OF Richmond to notice this.
The general supply slipped up; he
didn't know what he was talking
about. H; does not know that the
highlands of the Southwest were set
tied by the most decent importations
of Scotch and poop from the North
of Ireland; that their descendants
now have all the characteristics of
OF the great race to which their an.
cestors belonged-manly, brave, sta!
wart and intelligemt-.and are not tho
long. thIh, dark, sombrero cove red
creatures sketcbed-by the general
at is absurd to compare these
people to the insurgent Cuban greas.
er.
eff tbs general knows AS little
about the Cuban insurgents as h.,
appears to know about the people of
the Southwest, he had better maui
down his flag as war correspondent
III presume that he meant tie bet
ter class of Cubans, OF Castillian
blood, with whom he had mixed aud
who are loug way from the seat OF
war. No, | was merely amused, but
comparison in public bodies are new.
Ell i'll good taste, aud Pm sure the
chivalrOus members of the bar asso.
citation between whom aud the
Southwest such kindly relations exist
will well understand this break of
the general, Richmond Stale.
The gentleman alluded to above
as taking up the gauntlet thrown
down by Gen. johnson was Judg.
5. @. Graham, of the Tnzewel bnr
He is one of the leading attorneys
OF the State as is we'll known to a!l
our people, and to him the honor of
the people of the Southwest is YER,
dear.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19
WhATTO 30. /.

There 10 comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kiimer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy
fulfills every wish in relieving pain in
the back. kidneys, liver, bladder and
very other part of the urinary passage.
1t corrects inability to hold uriee and
scalding pain in pasding it, or bad 81
fects follow use of liquor; wine OF beer,
and overcomes that unpleasant necessi-
ty of being compelled to get up many
times durinS the night to urinate. The
mild and the extraordinary effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t stands
yhe highest for its wonderful cures of
he most distressing cases. If you need
medicine you should have the best.
sold by druggists price fifty cents and
me dollar. For sample bottle and PAM
phlet. both sent free by mail, mention
eJiinch Valley News and send your full
ost office rddrcss to DR.. Kilmer & Co..,
'inghampton. N. Y. The proprietor Of
his paper guaranteed the genuineness Of
this offer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19

TIE banner of prosperity un-
furled since the election of Nc
Kiniey represents more the banner
of che bloody buc1aneer who sails
under the skull and homes.
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1900.
FOR PRESIDENT,
w. j. BRYAN,
OF NEBRASKA.

hET every Democrat in Tazeweil
who received any of the seed dis
tfibuted Ivy Gen. Walker last week
hold up his hand.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19

REAe DIP on the question of con.
stitutionsl convention if son would
~otc inteiiigently on this question,
as it il a very important one.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19
sis Of the right side Of the face.

sis Of the right side OF the face.
About a month ago this trouble
grew rapidly worse, and Mr.. Walk.
err decided to come to the Emergen.
cy Hospital, where he was placed un-
der the care of DIR. S. NJ Burnett.
When an examination for fistula was
cade it was found, to the utmost
surprise of the patient as well as the
| physician, that the bullet with which
the veteran had baeu wounded tbir.
" years ago, still remained in the
wound. and had become firmly i'm.
hedsd in the bones.
By the most delicate probing The
missile was- traced from the eye
around uuder the skin to the temple,
from which, by the use Of cllisel, it
was finally extracted. The bullet
which DR.. Burnett is preserving as a
relic, has been mashed into fiat
mass CT lead about quarter of an
inch thick and about the size of a
half dollar, and has still several
bits of bone tenaciously clinging to
it.
Mr.. Walker has almost entirely
recovered, and the excruciating pains
which formerly troubled him have
completely disappeared. He comes
of good Virginia blood His graud-
father was Thomas Walker, Secreta.
ry OF the Navy under President ".
Ter. end his grear grandfather was
the Francis W. Gilmer who was sent
a special ambassador to England by
by President Jefferson.
Great difficulty was experienced
at the Emergency il finding the bnl
let because the institution has no
ray machine, bat DIR Bur, EFT is now
in New York purchasing for the hos
pi'al one of these Instruments who
have become so necessary in modern
surgerv.-Wns hington Times
MIR. Gilmer is an uncle OF Mrs. j
ID. Hopkins of Thompson's Valley.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALvE

The Best SALvK in the world for
Cute, Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. salt
ltheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all
Skin Eraptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or mone7 refunded. Price rs cents
per box For sac b A f. Har-
grave.
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Do you
Want to
Keep up with
The Procession 4?
Some persons are al-

For First Glass Job Work
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GIHGh VALLEY NEWS,
Letter Heads
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19

IT is to he hoped that the people
Of the state of Virginia will vote
in favor Of a constitutional con
vention in May, as it is positively
necessary to all economical gov.
eminent that our constitution
should bc revised. The opponents
to this scheme say that this is not
the time for holding it. Repuhli.
cans are afraid the Democrats will
have a majority Of the delegates,
and vice versa. This is oil fool
ishness. We believe our party
will control the convention, and we
know they will do nothing to the
prejudice Of the State. IF tile Re.
pubheans thought they had any
chance of controlling such conven-
tiou thay would vote AS a unit for
1t, rs witness their conduct in West
Virginia, where one branch of the
Legislature has passed a bill pro
viding for q committee of fifteen,
TO be composed Of fifteen Repub.
hcans. From this one can see
whence the objections of the Re
publicans to the convention arises,
and why they will attempt to de-
test it, Simply because they re.
gard it ~ a Democratic measure.
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H0K TO- FIND OR;
O .@FGaRTA:

Fill bottle OF common water glass
with urine and let it stand twenty -four
hours; sediment or settling indicates a
diseased condition of the kidneys. When
urine stains linen It is positive evidence
of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire
to urinate or pain in the back, is also
convincing proof that the kidneys and
bladdor ara ont ~ Nrdor
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19

If the Democrats Of Southwest
Virginia desire to obtain the honor
of naming the State ticket next
fall fhcy mast lay aside their pref
erences for the other officers and
come together with the determine
tion to secure their choice for the
head of the ticket. Failing that,
we may be enabled to secure some
other representation on the ticket.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19

There are some wise editors III
Canada, one of whom recently add
in his paper: "a few inoontroyerti-
BILE facts are of more value than d
bushel of theories Local theorista
will please ponder.
If an official report to the Agri,
cultural department can be relied
upon, the best road in the world is
one six miles long. Leading out of
Jacksonville. Fla. This will be newa
to the Athericaus who supposed all
the good roads to be in Europe.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-06
Inventor of Matches.

France, says the London Chronicle,
Is about to honor with statue the
man who did not invent lucifer match
es. In 1880, it seems, M. Nicolet, pro-
fessor of chemistry at Dole, In the
Jura, was illustrating before his class
the explosive properties Of chlorate Of
potash, when 1t struck one of his pu-
pills, Charles Sauria by name, that q
combination of phosphorus with the de-
tonating chemical might furnish a far
more satisfactory means of kindling a
fire than the old flint and steel. He
set to work upon the problem, and his
experiments and those of his friends
two afterward NJ Nicolet visited Aus
tria, and gave the discovery away to
German manufacturers. Without wish
ing to rob NJ. Saurla Of the posthumous
glory which appears to be the only re-
ward Of his ingenuity, patriotism COM
pels us to claim the merit of being the
real inventor for one of our own ma
ton. Mr.. Walker, of Stockton, by
the use Of chlorate Of potash and sui
phide of antimony, was making fric-
ton matches as early as 1929. Young
Sauria very likely never heard of his
process, but the Germans certainly did,
and it was from his original idea that
their trade sprang up and fructified,
until the composition Of cheaper wood
and labor and Of improved machinery
drove them out Of the market.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-06

ent tone: 81 can 60 out there, and then
he says he can give me things to do for
him as lay worker-that's what he
calls it-and that I can be some use to
him, and that it'll be easier for me to
be III good standing there than here. l
don't care how it is, but I'd like to stay
with him awhile and do something
some way for religion, you know-the
real thing. Yes" in answer to ques-
ton, 81 suppose I'll come back and go
in the circus after my moneys all gone.
They'd never want to support me as II
was real missionary l wouldn't be
worth it, but they'll let me be Chris
tian there.
We shook hands with Teddy Catty ct
the door of Burlington House, and l
saw him no more, but when called on
the missionary he confirmed the story
Of these queer plans.
EYES,, " he said, "Teddy seems so lit
tie capable of the ordinary ways of en-
tering into and feeling about the reli-
gious life that [ don't know what chan
mel of usefulness would be open to him
here. He wants to come with me, and
it seems to me it is good step. Things
are simpler out there. About his COM
ing back-I don't think he'll come
back thinl. in time he can be taken
fully into the work. If he does return,
why, he'll have a fuller religious expe
rience than he has now to fall back on. -
And so, thanks somewhat to two mod
ern young women protesting grave philo-
sophical doubts of the wisdom of for
eign missions, this curious transaction
came actually to pass, and the only
circus clown I ever knew, without re-
noGncing what l shall call his art, sail
ed away to China as Christian mis-
sionary.
No philosophical doubts could stop us
from bidding him godspeed, nor have
they quenched since that day high
degree of interest in Chinese missions.
Teddy Catty has not yet returned.
We feel it would be piquant to see him
again fill his place i'll the ring, but
withal other than artistic sentiments
will make us contented if the mission
ary's predictions come true, and the Cir
Gus knows him no more.
THE END.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-06

Frederick Moncrieff has written
historical romance called ''The Pro
vOSt-MarShal."
Andrew Langs long heralded
"Pickle. the Spy" dealing with a ro-
nance Of King Charles, the Stuart pre-
tender, is on the point of appearance:
The Macmillan Company is issuing
an edition of Irving's "Alhambra," H.
lustrated with numerous Autographs by
Joseph Pennell, which have drawn out
a note Of praise from Whistler.
Jules Verne is cheerily turning out
his seventy y-sixth novel. To novels
year are his ambition, and he has real
lied 1t regularly since 1858. He is
hard critic of his own work, and re-
writes his stories at least half dozen
times
The relations between Alfred de Mus
set and George Sands are the subject
of animated discussion in the French
press. Paul Marieton Is treating the
subject in an exhaustive volume, soon
to appear under the title "Une Historic
d'Amour."
Hall Caine calls his new story "The
Christian" which is in line with his
regular titles. Every book that he has
written is "the" something: "The
Deemster," "The Bondman," "The
Scapegoat," ''The Manxman," and now
"The Christian"
The London Chronicle has printed
several pages of interesting illustrated
matter from the pen of Nansen, de-
scribing his arctic experiences. That
paper is authority for the statement
that DR.. Nansen will receive nearly
$125,000 for the whole rights Of his
arctic book. There will be Norwegian,
French, and German editions, besides
the English and American.
1t is now definitely stated that the
executors Of William Morris will close
the Kelmscott Press as soon as the
works already in hand are completed.
The last book to be issued from the
famous press will be 'The Sundering
Flood" a short tale, which Morris fin
ished q few weeks before his death.
Aymer Valance, well-known dis
ciple Of Morris, has in preparation a
work on his master, which will be an
elaborate survey Of his work as San
industrial and decorative artist, pre-
server Gas distinguished from 'restorer)
of ancient monuments, and general
worker in the aesthetic movement or
the day"
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-06
At the Rank.

Every day the Bank Of England is
sues an average Of 10000 fresh notes,
none Of which, should they be again
deposited in the bank, are issued
second time.
If man should draw out a dozen
notes, and, walking across the floor, de-
posit them again, they would be in
stantly cancelled.
1t is one of the rules Of the bank that
every note shall be received and cash
ed, no matter what it's age.
One note Is shown which was Ill
years out before it came back to the
bank. Another rule is that every note
offered for payment shall be redeemed,
even should it be known to have been
stolen. This point was finally set
tied some years ago.
A clerk in London robbed his en-
ployer of 100000 in notes on the Bank
of England He fed to Amsterdam
and there gave the notes to broker,
who was an accomplice.
This man, in spite or the fact that
the theft and the number of the notes
had been widely published, appeared
at the bank and demanded payment.
1t was refused, when he declared the
bank to be insolvent, as it had broken
it's ancient rule. He was hidden to
come back to the cashiers office, where
his claim and the question of the
veracity of the bank were settled for
all time.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-06
STEALING INVENTIONS.
Few Men of Genius Reap the Benefit Of
Their Ingenuity.
THE END.


Their Ingenuity.
Just why inventive genius and guilt
bility should go together it is hard to
say. Certain it is that inventors are the
most guileless individuals in their deal
iDgs with others on business matters
and fall easy victims to the spiders who
lie in wait for such flies. The list Of
clever men who walk today while those
mans genius and their own shrewdness
is an interesting one. Here are few
cases picked haphazard from the chron-
icle Of inventions that failed to benefit
the inventor, or, at least, produced for
him little of what was his due.
1t is not necessary to be very old to
remember when hooks were first put in
men shoes in place of holes in order to
save time in lacing the shoe at the top.
This was the brilliant idea of an invent
or to whom it should have brought a
fortune 1t would have done so had he
been a shrewd business man. Being
merely an inventor, he hadn't sense
enough to keep his idea to himself until
the patent Office paddock had secured it
against theft. In the innocence of his
nature the inventor confded the idea to
a friend while crossing the North river
ferryboat, and the friend hardly waited
for the beat to tie up in Jersey City be-
fore he excused himself, started back to
New York and went on a dead run for
a patent lawyer in order to have the
idea secured for his own especial bene-
fit Another man is known today as the
inventor of the lace hooks. He owns a
splendid house and is wealthy. The
confdir2 inventor got nothing.
The Inventor of a patent stopper for
beer bottles, something that had long
been wanted by the trade. sold the in
vention for SO, 900 to man who recog
nized its money making value. The
purchaser is now worth $5, 900, 900, all
of which he made from the patent stop
per- Oat Of the goodness of his heart he
presented the original owner Of the
patent with $50, 900, so that this man
got $40, 900 in all for his 5000, 600
idea. To give some notion of the value
OI DitU6uU 1lSubS Ou l11lS UOUUl0 SGOppSI
the price came down from 81 to 6 and
cents a gross, and even at this enormous
reduction good profit can be made.
This last inventor was treated with
princely generosity, however, in COM
parison with the genius who devised a
pocketbook clasp in the shape of inter-
locking horns with balls at the end
which snapped shut with single pres
sure. The idea was afterward applied to
gloves and became very much in favor
The inventor relinquished his prize for
the magnificent reward of a kidney stew
dinner and so cents, the latter having
been advanced by the purchaser to pay
the inventors expense from Newark to
New York. The man who secured the
idea and patented it after treating the
inventor in the royal manner mentioned
made a big fortune by his shrewdness.
What became of the inventor is not
known.-Exchange.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-06
UNPLEASANT Remedy.

A writer on lion hunting tells how
Hassan, a quick witted Somali, found
his way out of very serious difficulty.
He had been down in the waterless
plains and was on the way home, driv-
ing some camels before him. 1t was a
very dry year, and, although this was
the rainy season, he had been unable to
find any water to give his pony.
The result was that, having been rid
den hard for two or three days, with lit
tie or no water to drink, the pony sue
cumbed entirely and at last lay down
about 20 miles from the wells. No
amount OF persuasion, or even beating,
would get the creature on its legs again.
Hassan was in despair. He knew that
there were no vessels at the wells in
which he might carry water back to
the pony, and it seemed to him as if
nothing could be done to save it. At
last he thought of plan. He drove the
camels at top speed to the wells, gave
them as much water as they could
drink and then hurried them on again.
He found the pony where he had left
it, growing rapidly weaker He imme-
diately killed the camels, cut them open
and took the water from their stomachs.
The pony was eager enough to drink it,
and after the draft it revived suffi-
ciently to struggle on to the wells.
In few days it had completely re-
covered. In telling the story Hassan
always added that he could get plenty
of camels, and whether that were SO or
not he would rather have cut the
throats of 100 than sacrifice his beloved
pony.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-06
ATTEMPT AT BUYING LAND.
1t Requires Tact to I;uy Timber Land In
the Mountains.

1t Requires Tact to Buy Timber Land In
the Mountains.
1t. requires time and tact to buy
mountain land. The following is typ
ieal experience:
81 was riding along Tug river, i'll
Kentucky, when l saw tract OF land
upon which concluded it would pay TO
erect a small sawmill. l hunted up the
owner, finding him seated on log fish,
ing.
"'Do you own this land?'
"'Sh', strangerl Fust bite I've he'd
he answered in a stage whisper In
about minute he caught fish, and L
repeated my question.
"'Got any baccer?' he asked. L gave
him a chew, and in a few minutes he
said, (Which land?'
"'That land along the road for a
mile back.
"'Yaas.'
"'How much have your
"'Whar you frum?'
"'Ohicago. How much land have
your
Five thousand acres
"'What do you ask for it?'
"'Waal, it's worth $40 an acre, but
fer cash I'll swap fer SO an acre.
KANT talk bout it now. Hev ter ketch
fish fer supper.
81 sat on log beside him for three
hours. neither of US saying word, un-
til he arose and started home, while
mounted my horse and followed.
'"That night got as far as to see his
deed for the land and get a description.
"'It may be little short, he said,
AN 1 reckon I'd take $40 fer it without
surveyin.
"No inducement would move him
from that figure, so went on to the
next tract, which did not want, the
timber being too thin.
"'How much does Phillips want for
his land?' asked.
"'Thousan dollars.
"'Can you buy it for me?'
"'How much is there of it?'
"A thousand acres.
Z" i reckon.
"Two weeks later received deed,
paid $1,000, and when surveyed the
tract measured $50 acres. Washing
ton Star