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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11
TIE DIFFICULTIES IN HE WAY.
II. NJ. SNIYTuE.

1t is always difficult to RETRENCH
and more difficult to REFORM.
The present Assembly has learned
10y this time, if they did not know
before, that to Bctreuch and Re
form In State expenses and affairs
is rs difficult as in personal and
home affairs. Let a single indi-
vidual or family undertake the task
of cutting down expenses, or of
changing lOng-standing' customs.
and the difficulties which will con
front him will create sympathy
with and charity for our struggling
lawmakers in Richmond, and tenn
per criticism and generate patience
and forbearance.
One chief difficulty in the way
of rctrenchment is that it seems
TO be taking a backward step
making progress backward. To
abandon horse and carriage, TO re-
duce the number of servants. to
curtail in quality and quantity our
domestic expenditures has the as
pect-of rctrogrcssion. both i'm our
own eyes, and in the estimation
If our neighhOrS, and we don't
like it, however necessary such
Retrenchmeu. may be. We. fool
iShly, try to "keep up with our
ncighhorS, and often break our
ncckS and wreck our business in
the attempt. Every town has its
example, and living witness. This
difficulty ,OnlrOntS the present
General Assembly in its endeavor
TO Retrench. Another. and no
less formidable difficulty, lies in
the fact, that personal and selfish
interests are involved. If we de
eide TO reduce OF cheaper the com
forts or necessities of home, that
means that our own personal com
forts alike are effected. SO in the
State. The representative of the
tide water section is willing that
the mountain section shall re-
trench, but his own section is al
ready in the thrOeS of poverty
The gentlemen from the mountain
section is on his feet at once to
declare that the tidc-water repre-
sentative is away of, and objects
that judgement shall begin at his
door. The same thing when the
question of cutting salaries, abOl-
ishing Offices, or curtailing appro
priatiOnS to public institutions
arises. And SO it goes, al infni
tum. How our representatives
will dispose of the grave tasks
they have undertaken, III the face
of these barriers, remains to be
seen. We should try to put our
selves in their places before pass
ing harsh criticisms.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11
STANDS EIGHTEEN FEET HIGH.
Almost Complete Skeleton of n Mas
todon Unearthed

Almost Complete Skeleton of n Mas
todon Unearthed.
There is much interest in Waterloo.
Ind, over the finding of huge masto-
don, the unearthing of which was COM
pleted at six o'clock the other evening.
The discovery of this skeleton was
made by Laurel Spindler on his fathers
farm, six miles northwest Of the CITY,
recently. Mr.. Spindler was fighting
fire in the swamp lands of the farm,
and while thus engaged discovered the
end of one tuslI, which, after allowing
reasonable length for crumbled
pieces, would have been IS feet long
and two feet in circumference. One
tooth weighs a trifle over five pounds.
Mr.. Spindler resumed the work and un-
earthed the entire skeleton. 1t is COM
plete, excepting the bones of one foot.
When standing upright the bones, be-
ing measured separately, give the
standard height about IS feet. The
skeleton is in a fair state of preserva-
ton.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11

THE fight in the State last fall
among the Republicans seems not
to have been for principle but for
'pie." The anti-Lamb faction have
secured nearly all the appoint
ments, and now as there is no
longer any pie to fight over .'Re-
publican Harmony" is the slogan.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11
Stories from Virginia History

The above it the title of new
book just issued by the j. z. Bell
Company, Of Lynchburg. The pub.
fishers will except our thanks for
copy. We have examined the book,
and do not hesitate in commencing
it. In fact no notice or description
of the little book, however infinitely
given, can convey an adequate con-
ceptior of its value, as an introduc
ton 10 the study of Virginin History
Miss Mary Tucker Magill,of Win
chester Va, authoress of Magills
History of Virginia, and other popu.
lar works, has added to her fame in
this. her latest book. The style,
manner and general character of this
book, is just such as to catch and
held the attention of children, and
to impress upon the memory indeli.
bly, the facts related. We wish every
child, in this old commonwealth, so
rich in historical facts, could have a
copy of this little book. Tie price
is only 65 cents which places it
within tie reach of every home in
the state.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11

WE have room for few more adj
vertisements, and would like to
receive propositions for space, by
the year or shorter time. Better
see about it if you want choice.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11


The distinguished New York chemist
I. a. Slocum, demonstrating his dis
covery of a reliable and absolute cure
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Science daily develops new wonders,
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Medical experts concede that bron-
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Simply write to T. a. Slocum, ( d.,
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the CLINcH VALLEY News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11

FREE silver lacks a long sight
of being dead issue, if we are to
Judge from the Republican talk
In the newspapers. They fear
this issue as much as a certain i'm
dlvidual is said to fear holy water.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11
PREACHED ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
Religious Services Held Very Near
McnNcn ON piIsc's Pcak.

Religions Services Held Very Near
Heaven ON pixies Peak.
Perhaps no religious service was ever
held quite SO near Heaven rs that re-
Gently conducted 10y n Kentucky divine
upon the summit of Pixies peak.
1t was party of Christian Endeav-
orors from Lebanon, Ky, who carried
their church with them TO the mountain
top. They wished TO make the ascent,
but Sunday was their only available
day, and they were not willing TO pass
over the day that has been blessed and
hallowod with nothing to distinguish
it from The six days of labor. At last
il was agreed that service should be
held as soon rs the summit was reached.
The party formed about their min
lister and commenced their services. 1t
was such an impressive scene that
many other strangers and sightseers
standing about joined in the devotions
of the kentucllians. DR.. Bracken, who
stands over six feet high and is q fine
specimen OF n vigorous old man, spoke
for some time without a tremor in his
voice on "The Power of God and His
Laws" Many younger man might
have found it n difficult task to sneak
in such rarefied atmosphere, but
though DR.. Bracllen is &c years old this
did not trouble him in the least When
he had finished the assemblage repeat
ed the Lords Prayer in unison and then
sang the doxology, led by an Endeav-
orer who was so overcome by the light
ness of the air that she had to be sup
ported on either side. TWAS stirring
picture, and even the attendants. at the
hotel bar stood III amazed silence and
licfano1
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY11, 1898.

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in this paper, please do US the favor
to say so. Just tell them that you
saw it in the News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11

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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-02-11

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
A MINNEAPOLIS INVESTIGATION

Council Committee Looking Into All
branches OF City Government.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 2o.-Tho muni.
clpal investigation is under way. The
council committee consisting of Alder.
man L. Z. Webster, chairman, and
Aldermen Crosby and Adams, with
City Attorney Healy. sat in executive
session to take the testimony of people
who wished to present evidence against
various city officials. Every depart.
nent is under consideration and not
one will be passed by.
The committee will hold frequent
sessions from now on and, according to
Alderman Webster, proposes to sift the
charges TO the bottom. The intention
is to dispose Of the police department
allegations first, after which an at.
tempt will te made to straighten out
the crookedneSs which Is said to exist
among the fire fighters.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
congress was invited; therefore

congress was invited; therefore
Resolved, First, That the peopl, of ,ho
island OF Cuba are and of right ought TO
be, Tree and independent.
second, That it is the DUTY of ~.
United States to demand, and the yovern.
ment OF the United States does hereby
demand, that the government of Snain ~,
once rellnquish its authority and govern.
mcnt IN the island of Cuba and Withdraw
us lahd and naval forces from Cuba md
Cuban waters.
Third, That the president of the United
states be, and he hereby is, directed and
empowered to use the entire land and
naval f'rccs of the United States, and r.
can INTO actual service of the United
states the militia OF the several states :,
such extent as may be necessary to carr,
these resolutions into effect.
Fourth, That the United States hereby
disclaims any disposition or intention +,
exercise sovereignty jurisdiction or con
troll over said island except for the pacif
cation thereof, and asserts its determine
tlon, when that is accepted, to leave tn,
government and control of the island +,
its people
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
LENT OF THE RESOLUTION.

s"'A's Cuban Independence and
u, Directs Intervention.
a. s"',ASiliNGroN, April Gothic joint
A.. aO'u.ion for intervention as finally
s,sea s on by the house aud senate. is
rs follows:
the i,n' in' resolution for tho recognition OF
de,na u, pendcncc Of the people Of Cuba,
relin"'l eli"nu'ng that the government Of Spain
tn hauiSh INV It's authority and government
It's lan island Of Cuba, and to withdraw
Cuh'"' "o and naval forces from Cuba and
Of thn M" waters, and directing tho president
naya, h'''d States to use the land ana
lheso '"rr's of the United States to carry
Wh 'rS'ln'ions into effect.
Nhi,% %|l''as, The abhorrent conditions
Year. nave existed for more than three
own ~ The island OF Cuba, SO near our
sens orders, have shocked tho moral
have " 'hc people Of the United states,
ton n,,h o,, disgrace to Christian civiliza
dcs,rna,'' Eliminating, as they have, In the
With e,'"n ac, of United States bnttlcship
fr.nm'u ,m OF its officers and crew, while or
and c"' ''y visit In the harbor Of Havana
been "nhot a.. longer be endured, rs has
rni,sa' forth by the president Of tn
Of Ansn" states In his message to congress
go ~ 1898. vpon which the action o
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
A MULE COMBINE.
Kansas city and st. Louis Dealers Take
Advantage of Government Needs.

Kansas city and st. Louis Dealers Take
Advantage of Government Needs.
KANSAS CITY, April 60 0-The Times
is authority for statement that COM
bination has been formed among the
mule traders of Kansas City and st.
Louis to take advantage OF the necessl.
ties Of the government III the demand
for mules for use in the service 1T once.
The prices have advanced 70 per cent,
and another advance is planned. The
200 mules sold III Kansas City last
week for Ss3 10 head, and the 500 sold
in St. Louis for sa3 apiece, are said to
have cost the dealers less than $50 a
head. The government requires lmme'
diately !, 500 more mules, and for these
still higher price will be exacted by
those who have corneyed the available
sunply
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
Viii BE Issued simultaneously
With the Signing of the Gu.
ban Resolutions,
(,liuc Them Both Practically
one Act-- Time Limit to
BE Short.
|Ivt Of the Resolutions as Finally
Agreed Upon by Senate
and House.

|V,.nINGroN, April 20. The cabinet
L. = morning session OF about an
n and half. At l2 30 an adjourn
sn, va, taken until 3:3o, after deci.
N was reached to prepare an ultima.
~ 10 Spain, the ultimatum and the
lkhu resolutions TO ba signed simul-
Snear,.v. Som a ter the session closed
i ,re,,da4t and Secretary Bliss took
Walk through the White House
kound,. Although the official copy OF
b JON; 7. solution was not before the
ee,in-, the copy as it appeared IN lho
|oagrl.>.aua, Record was read and dis.
k..ed There was difference Of opin.
a> To the length Of time
at should be given to the Span
rls within which TO reply to our per-
.Iptdry demands for an evacuation
! the island Il Cuba. One or two of
.e meluter. thought that - hours
Qall b. sufficient, while q number OF
thtrs suggested .s hours. The presi.
t4,, however, was Of the opinion that
e would not he III Il position to I'M
Eellatcly enforce our demands oven at
b. end ot Is hours, aud in view OF that
lct he thought that at least three days
F0u.d not ac too long time TO permit
pam 70 have for decision. 1t was not
Fta view to giving Spain any con.
|deration that he favored longer
(ae but III his opinion 1t would take
bat time to put our army and naval
f!eos II position to strike decisive
ow. The question. however, was
H open Tor further consideration at
aittrA50n session.
VIII Take "a Little Time.
.Ae complex wording Of the resolu'
u, II J, said, will make il matter OF
Ae difficulty to frame All ultimatum
La' VIII cover the points Of the reso!u
" n satisfactory manner, and II
Eas be late At night before q satisfac
Ny document can be decided upon
! understood that the resolution
- A2t be signed, whenever received
4"I the ultlmatum is also ready TO
s4Aure, the purpose being that tn
"o may be made one act. AS thu
g''es meets III the morning. 1t Is prob
0e 'hai the ultimatum will be sent II
MY 70 be placed before that body OF
assembling. 1t is not thought. how
VI 'Aat any effort will be made t
~ II reach Madrid ut any particula
'|r W. otan resolution finally reache
:" hlte House ut 1880 o'clock. wit
~ signatures Of Vice President Hobar
w w. Speaker Reed attached.
"Aen Informed that that the hous
w. aalourned for tho day, Mr.. Mckil
Sald that being tho case he woul
IL AaVe an opportunity to announc
'''ion before that time.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
TANNER ORDERS ct Ms.
They Are Not to shoot Spaniards hut to
Awe Illinois Hooters.

They Are Not to shoot spaniards, but 10
Awe Illinois Rioters.
SPRINGFIELD, His, April 2o.-Gov-
ernor Tanner has ordered 20 5o.cailbre
Springfield rifles sent to RoStboroush.
near Sparta. Randolph county and
| 900 rounds Of ammunition TO be used
in ouclling disturbances of riotlng coal
miners.
Sheriff Mcfarland called on the gov
ernor and explained tho situation. lie
will return with rifles to arm the dep
mites. If the sheriff cannot maintain
the peace, the governor says lie WIZ
call out the state troops.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
Onict Prevails. but business Dead.

HAVANA. April 2o.-lO a. m.-Qulet
prevails here; the streets present more
lively appearance than they did few
DAYS ago. Many prominent people be.
lieve war may yet be averted; but busl-
ness is almost paralyzed, no contracts
are being entered into, and the papers
are urging Spain to declare war 1mme'
d ately,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
Street Railway Sold.

ST. CLOUD, Mimi, April 20.-1t is
semi. officially announced that the street
railway property in this city is about
to pass into the possession Of the Ben
ton Power and Traction company, a
new company which was recently in.
corporated. 1t is now owned by Jared
How of St. Paul, who bid it in at q
bondholders' foreclosure sale some
months since
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
british Buying Coal.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 2o.-The
British authorities, although they had
6,OOO tons Of coal here, bought 2,9oo
additional tons during the day. These
purchases and cargoes are connected
with the increase of the British fleet in
these waters in view OF the expected
war between the United States and
main.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
WEYLER MAY COMMAND.
Said the Ex-Captain General Is to Return

ea'" the Ix-Saptain General Is to Ret urn
to Cuba.
LONDON, April 20.-The Madrid cor.
respondent of The Daily Telegraph
says: Several influential and outspoken
journals believe that in the event of
war Lieutenant General Weyler will be
placed in the chief command in Cuba.
l learn that u member Of the cortes in.
tends to make proposal III that sense,
but 1t Is questionable whether it has
any hopes of success.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20

The Mississ ppi senator Not IAP'e''" :"
survive the Day.
WASHINGTON. April 20. = Senator
Wnlthall of Mississippi, who has been
critically i'll for several days, Is not eA'
nected TO survive the day. lbs physl'
clan announced that there was not one
1,a,,,o !, , Thousand for his recovery.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
Liver Complaints and Nervousness
Cured.

No complaints are more common than
the above: YOU feel dull and muggy
your bowels move irregularly ana you
have clumsy feeling about the hver.
AZ this condition develops you are apt
to grow respondent. Try at once a Dol.
tie OF DR.. Fenner's Blood and Llvei
Remedy and Nerve Tonic 1t VIII
brighten the spirits and give an excep
tional vigor to the body. II not salts
fed after rsing one bottle, your money
will be refunded by Frank Smith o.
Madison.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
DIANOND ROBBERY.

p,o Haul Made by Cracksmen as ee"ar
Falls. IL.
CEDAR FALLS, Ia, April 2O.-Ine
sofa of T. N. Chase, jeweler. Of this
city, was blown open and dlamonas ono
and jewcl,y to the value OF about slo''
600 were taken.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-20
To Recruit Ohio Militia.

COLUMBUS, O., April Ex-Governor
Bushnell ordered the Ohio national
guard to be recruited to its maximum
strength, $500.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-06-11
Gen. Oates Record.
From the Knoxville Sentinel.

In the appointment of ex-General w. c.
Oates, of Alabama, to be brigadier- general
of volunteers, the President has made no
mistake. General Oates has had a notable
record in war and in peace. He was colonel
of the Twelfth Alabama regiment during the
civil war and was engaged in many battles,
receiving several wounds. His part in the
great battle of Chickamauga was a notable
one, for a regimental commander. His reg
iment was one of those which made record
for the arms of Americans by charging seven
teen times up the Snodgrass ridge, held by
Thomas corps. One who will visit the de-
clivity and think of the physical exertion
necessary to reach that summit seventeen
times on hot September day, aud coupled
with this the fact that they were doing so in
the face of brave men, will agree that the
record is unequaled in the history Of any
country. After the battle of Chickamauga
Colonel Oates was stationed in Lookout Val
ley, on the Tennessee river. His force was
small and he became aware of the fact that
the Federals contemplated an attack on his
post and the establishment of a new ''cracker
line In vain did Oates ask for reinforce
ments. and one night Brigadier General
Smith dropped down the river with 5000
men and captured the position, after des-
perate fight, in which Colonel Oates was
wounded. His men had to carry him, in
nearly dying state, over Lookout mountain
through a pass in the bluffs, a distance of
twenty-five miles, by the route taken to Mis-
sionary Ridge.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-06-11
Our Public Streets.

fOr the DeInOcTaIle Advocate.
MEssRs. EDITORS The condition of the
public streets of our city is my only apology
for trespassing on your columns.
But few years ago more than S25, 900 was
borrowed for the purpose of giving to West
minister about the only improvement neces-
sary to make it the most complete little in
land city to be found anywhere-properly
macadamized roadways; whatever may be said
as to the kind of job that that expenditure
brought us, it is a sad fact that unless consid-
cradle repair is soon undertaken the only
legacy left us on the S25, 900 investment will
be the debt and the annual interest thereon
The money of the taxpayer finds various
avenues for escape for legitimate purposes
without the necessity of new purposes being
created There has never been year since
the building of the roadway but what there
should have been a certain amount of repair
made. Instead of that, new purposes for the
expenditure of money have occurred with a
frequency that the wonder is that money
enough is left to pay salaries. The most re-
cent was the $500 sprinkler and the entail
ment of probably twice that much more ex-
pense annually ito keep the thing a-gong. :
Had serious thought been given to the ques-
ton by the maior-domo who engineered the
scheme, the removal of the cause would have
met the real question. Two or three thous
and dollars invested annually in stone and
placed in the middle of the roadway whereby
the falls will be carried off the street and
the dust too, would in the course of few
years have given us, not only better road
way than we had when it was new, but the
necessity for an expensive street sprinkliRg
machine would have been avoided.
1t is by no means too late yet. The City
Council-the present and future bOards-we
hope have no other ambition than an ecOnom,
ical and business-ike record placed to their
credit. and this we trust they will see their
way clear to have by saving our public streets
from wreck. A TAXPAYER.