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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
SHOWED HIS RING.
it Happened on the eowery and Now
Nicholson Mourns.

james A. Nicholson. % years old, q
fireman OF the 18th Battalion. the head
quarters OF which 10 in the Borough OF
the Bronx. came down town to see the
Bowery. The only article OF jewelry he
wore was heavy gold seal ring which
was on the little finger OF his left hand.
After Nicholson had wandered about
the Bowery for some time. had dropped
In one or two OF the r1usic halls and
tried his hand at target practice In
the shooting galleries, he met a man at
the corner OF Allen street. The man
was six feet tall. broad shouldered and
athletic looking.
That's a nice handsome ring you
have on. pardner." he observed.
Yes" replied Nicholson. taking the
ring or: glad you like II. my mother
gave II to me-"
ietic looking stranger who straightway
Ned down Allen street. He had covered
block and turned a corner before the
astonished Nicholson started after him.
Then IL was too late. When Nicholson
req ched the corner around which the
man with his ring had disappeared
there was no one In sight. Nicholson
went back to the Bowery told his
troubles to Policeman Ryan and they
set out to find the thief.
Them fellers are always hangin
round the Bowery." the policeman said
confidently. land you'll find him sooner
or later II you keep looking
At Forsyth and Rivington streets.
three quarters OF an hour afterward.
Nicholson picked out a broad shout
dered man. six feet tall. and told Ryan
that he was the thief. Ryan arrested
the man and took him to the Eldridge
street police station. Ryan stood his
prisoner up before Sergeant John
Hayes. who prepared TO take his pedi-
gree.
Your manner" demanded Hayes.
John Hayes" replied the prisoner.
unhesitatingly.
Your name and no nonsense" thun-
dered the sergeant.
John Hayes" replied the prisoner
again.
You're liar" said the sergeant.
The prisoner insisted that he was
Hayes. that he was a printer. and that
he lived at rs Delaney street. He de-
nounced the arrest as an outrage. The
ring was not found on the prisoner.
but Sergeant Hayes locked him up any
way.-N. Y. Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
Important Notice.

Owing to changes made aud tC
be made in our business we must
demand of all who owe us that they
come toward at once and settle their
accounts. We have decided to adopt
the cash system and have marked
our goods down to cash prices,
Hereafter we will sell for cash only,
or for country produce.
THOMPSON, HOPKINS & Co.
Oct 3, 1899. East Tazewell,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
Scholars hip Free.

You may, by doing little writing
at Your home, secure scholarship,
free, In either Draughan's Pratt
Cal business Colleges-NashviIle,
s. Louis. Little Rock, Eft. Worth,
Galveston, Shreveport or Savan-
nah. Best patronized Business
Colleges in the South. For par
ticalars address, The illustrated
Youth and Age, Nashville, Tenn,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
Captain SAMUEL REBER
A Prominent and Fortunate
Army Officer.
FiANCE OF MISS MILES.
Choice Of the Daughter of the Com
handing General Of the Army-A
West Point Graduate and an EIec-
tricaI Expert-Gen. Miles at Home.


tricaI Expert-Gen. Miles at Home.
The announcement a short time ago
OF the engagement OF the daughter OF
the major general commanding the
Army. Miss Cecilia Sherman Miles. to
Captain Samuel Reber caused a con-
siderable stir in Army circles, where
Miss Miles has long been a leading
figure. The announcement was unex-
pected. and therefore came in the ma
ture Of surprise. although there was
really nothing surprising about 1t.
Captain Reber. whose mother was a
sherman. is Miss Miles's second cousin,
and the two have almost grown up to-
gether. He is several years her senior,
and they have been fast friends, so
much that no one thought Of them as
lovers. More than that, Miss Miles has
been such general favorite that her
name has frequently been coupled with
those of other Army officers who have
paid her marked attention, and her
marriage has been prophesied repeat
edly, but until now she has remained
fancy free.
She is an unusually intelligent, bright
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
Closing Out Sale.

We offer until January 18th, 1900,
our nice parior lamps and fine pic
lures left over from Christmas, at
actual cost, for cash only, to close
them out. Call carly and make q
selection. This offer is for cash
only and good to January Is.
DopD & Co.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
Anticipating the Courts.

'I am mentally Incompetent sigh
ed the old man.
1t was in vain that they expostulated
with him.
Am I not wealthy, and have I not
children by two different wives?" he
demanded. with an impotence that
was almost fierceness.
1t seems to be fact that the shat
tered mind sometimes retains at least
a semblance OF the sense OF logical Sc
Quence.-Detroit Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
Measuring Of Time.

Just when the day became divided
Into hours IS not known; nor is the
process explained. The Greeks and Ro-
mans measured time by the water
glass and the sun dials. The hour glass.
nlled with sand. was the outgrowth Of
these vessels. from which the water
dripped through tiny openings.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
Real Estate Bargains.

We have several pieces of real es-
tate recently purchased by the Hol-
ston National Building and Loan
Association, which can be bou ght
cheap and on easy terms. Call at
this office, or on Judge j. H. Stuart.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02

The omnibus company Of Paris. on
the occasion OF the Exposition next
year. will have 80 lines and 1900 vehi-
cles. performing $4,000 journeys a day.
and capable Of transporting 1.oS2,o0O
passengers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02

WANTED-Honest man or woman to
travel for large house; salary S65;
monthly and expenses, with increase.
inclose selfaddressed stamped envelope
MANAGER, $50 Caxton bldg, Chicago
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
Mr.. Cleveland In Princeton.

Ex-President Grover Cleveland is
living quite a modest and retiring life
in Princeton. N. j., although he has
been engaged to deliver a course Of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02

A peculiar clock, of the time OF
Charles /, was the lantern, or birdcaRS
style. which hung from the walls high
up. with its works exposed.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02

A man Is getting old when ne begins
TO walt for some one to help him get
into his overcoat and a woman is get
ting old when she doesn't
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
Money Wanted.
IS flul
lllusrRIrloHs

We are in need of m, ey, md
mrst ask our dsbtors to come IN at
once and settle their last years ac-
counts. DODD q Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13

Farming In Colorado and New Mexico.
 The Denver < Rio Grande Rail. road, The scenic Line of the World. 2 has pIfpared an Illustrated book up. Oil the above subject, which will be sant free to farmers desiring to change thair location. This publica- ton gives valuable information In regard to the agricultural, horticul- tural and live stock interests of this section, aud should he in the hands ofeverS one who desires to become acquainted with. sthe methods of of farming by irrigation. Write $. K. Hooker, c. F. X. T. A., Denver, Colo. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
MYSTERY OF TAN0ANYIKA.
Lake Whose Waters Are se Feet Lower
 Than 90 Years Ago.

Father Daull. a Roman Catholic missionary at Lake Tanganyika, one of the large lakes of central Africa, writes that since 1897 the level of the lake has fallen about twenty-six feet. The natives are now cultivating ba- mana patches for about a half mile lakeward on land that twenty years ago was covered by the lake. Tn other words, the width of the lake has been diminished about mile throughout it's length of 400 miles. Fort Karema was built on a hill whose base was lapped by the waves of Tanganyika. but now gently sloping, cultivated plain stretches between the fort and the lake. At present the level of the lake appears to be stationary, for there has been no pereeptible change within year or more. All the evidence tends 10 show that Tanganyika is subject to periodical rise and fall of level due to meteorological causes that are not fully understood. For | period of years the water receipts of the lake are steadily less than it's outflow and the evaporation from it's surface, and then the lake reeedes, the head of the Lakuga becomes ehoked with Yegeta- ton, no water enters the river from the lake and it partly dries up, as 1t receives only the drainage of it's Yal= ley. This was the condition of things when Stanley visited the Hakuea in 1876. But the lake had been rising then for 8 number of years The sue eeeding cycle was=t progress when the water receipts were steadily great CT than the evaporation. Stanley said that if the lake continued to rise, in two or three years more it would burst through the vegetable barrier at the head Of the LalSaga and once more contribute it's waters to the Congo. This actually happened, as Missionary Hore and 1.-the explorer Thomson dis covered, and almost simultaneously, the succeeding period of deficient water supply came it and the lake has been falling ever since. It= seems 10 have reached the turning point again and we may soon expect to hear that the level of Tanganyika is rising New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
To Wed His Adopted Mother.

New York special to Chicago Trib- une: The Rev. Frederick c. Mooney. pastor of the First Methodist Episco- pal church of Railway. N. J., is about to take a step that threatens to tangle up the vital statistics bureau of that town. He is going to marry his adopt ed mother, she being g years old and he 34. The bride-to to-be is the widow of the late Prof. Whitney of Drew Theological seminary. Mooney, when adopted by the Whitneys, retained his name. The people of the First Metho- dist Episcopal church of Railway do not know just what to think of the step the young minister is taking. If children are born Mrs. Mooney will be both grandmother and mother of her own offspring. Mooney being the b1other of his own children, for in stance, and the husband of his grand mother, he must be his own grand- father.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE
 BEST LINE,

WEST: St. Louis to Kansas City, st. Joseph, Omaha, Nebraska. Den yer, Utah, Pacific Coast-TWO TRAINS DAILY. Weekly California Excursions,
 NORTH WEST: to Black Hills. Montana, Washington, Puget Sound via tie short Bil ings Route-50 to 300 miles saved. from St. EoEis. Tourists sleepers Tuesdays and Thursdays, Katsas City to Seattle. NORTH: to St. Paul and Mime apolis-THREE TRAINS DAILY. HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS to the Nest and Northwest. 7500 Miles Of Standard Railroad. The Main Travelled Road in the Louisiana Purchase.
 Eide-NestlbEled Pintsch-lighted complete trains Of chair cars (seats ffeel, Pullman s1eepers.
 All Ticket Agents can ticket via tie Great Burlington Route. Write.
 FM HUGG, L " wAKELY, TPA, GOA Pine St. Gen. Passenger Ag'i
 st Louis, Mo. St Louis, sio. EDWARD ELICIT, Gen1 Manager,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
Through Colorado

The Denver X RioGrande Railroad, with it's numerous branches pene- trating the Rockies, has two dis tinct and separate lines across the mountains. Tfckets>reading via the "Scenic Line" between Denver and Grand Junction, in connection with the Rio Grande Western By. betwee Grand Junction and Ogden. are available over the Denver < Rio Grande eithe- vla it's main line through Leadville aud Glenwood Sprir gs or via the line over Marshall Pass and through the Black Canon. Tourists to and from Salt Lake City Ogden or San Francisco will find it to their advantage to have their tickets read in both directions via the "Seenie Line of the World, {" thus being able to use one of the above routes going and the other return ing. Write $. K. Hooper, c. P. & T, A., Denver, Colo, for illustra ted pamphlets. dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
A HERo oE TIE MINE.
He Sought Not Glory, but to Save E
 Human Life.

Heber Franklin, a young man em- ployed in the Clear Creek mine, is as much hero as any man who ever brayed death on the battlefield, says the Salt Lake Herald. Franklin sought not glory, but to save a human life. There was a fire in the mine, The men were called out. Then they were about to shut off the air in order to stop the flames, when it was learned that lone miner was working deep in the mine beyond the point where the fire started and was then raging with growing strength. Here is the story of the subsequent events: Foreman Thomas immediately called for yotun- teers to go with him into the mine to rescue the man, Several attempts were made by different ones, but they were driven back by the flames and the cry of "Powder!" caused a nasty retreat. Finally Heber Franklin, q young man whose work keeps him on the outside, said: T will go.s And accompanying Foreman Thomas he pressed on through the fire and found the man working away tamBiag hole, entirely unconscious of the dan- ger threatening him. They succeeded in getting out of the mine safely. when the fan was shut off and the dip closed up. The rescue was an act of great bravery on the part of Franklin, as his work kept him on the outside and he was unaequainted with the exact lay of the land within and the danger of saHoeation from black damp was great He was the only man of the many standing by whose nerve did not desert him. 1t is stated upon good authority that ten minutes more of lost time would have resulted in the death of the miner who was=at work and possibly a great loss to the company as the supply of air could not be cut off while there was any hope of rescue, and this would have tended to teed the James,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
King Humbert's Smoking.

Klng IIumbert Italy has but few qualities in common with his father, King Victor Emmanuel, one of the few being his intense love of smoking. Temperate to the verge of ascetieism, in all his other enjoyments, the king had developed his propensity for strong cigars to such pitch that his nervous system WAS completely shattered, he began to be affected with asthma. and bis general health was undermined. There was nothing for it but to abstain from the =nse of tobacco, and a few years ago the court physician advised the monarch to this effect, but without any very great hopes that his royal pa tient would act upon his advice. But King Humbert at once declared: From this day T will not smoke another eigar!" And he has kept his promise to the letter. The state of his health has greatly improved in consequence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
came Plentiful In Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania contains within it's borders a wonderful contrariety of conditions-frem the most civilized centers to the widest reservations. It is not necessary for a keystone hunter to go to the far west for the keenest sport. For instance, he can shoot beai in Cameron county, deer in Clinton or wildcats in the dangerous defles of Blair and Huntingdon counties. One hunter is credited with having already killed forty-two wildcats this fall.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
Linen Caps and Hats.

Linen Caps and Hats. light, in weight, bright in color, the very thing f0r picnic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
GETTING FAT ON EXPOSURE
Effect or all Army Trip Upon a Chronic
 GompIainer.

 Effect or all Army Trip Upon Chronic
 GompIainer.
 It is 9 welI-knoWn fact, " said an obsefxant citizen, that man out fishing or hunting will get fat on ex- posure= that would infal1ibly kill him in town. Why this should be. science has failed to explain. but it is, never thelesG,. true and has been especially noticeable in the experience of our vol unteef troops. l was out myself. so I know what I am talking about. Here in the city I am subject to colds and suffer s5rtures from dyspepsia. Wet feet OF a few square inches of pie will put me in bed with unfailing certainty, and after I enlisted and the first glow 1f patriotism cooled off was filled with apprehension and felt positive l would never survive the rigors of camp life The result was exactly the reverse of what l expected. l got soaking wet, slept on the ground, ate fat bacon, drank bootleg coffee, and was never sick for moment. Natural U t4AOdS4tb Ill., OAI R7tAA4A tSbA EA31AelO tions were all nonsense, and when I returned 1 began to disregard them. In twenty-four hours I was flat on my back with an attack of pleurisy, and, assure you, my case was not excep tional AS far as 1 have been able to learn every body else had substantially the same experience; differing only in ieeI ee. Of course, there was an i'm mense amount of sickness among the troops, oeeasioned by bad water, em- balmed beef, and other causes that could not be definitely traced, but am speaking of the ordinary exposure and hardships incident to any cam paign. Why they should be so harm less outside of town and so deadly in side corporate limits is a great mys tery. It is one of the things, as Lord Dundreary observes, that no fellow can find out "-New Orleans Times Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
An Ancient City Ceremony.

The ancient ceremony of paying certain number of horseshoes and nails and the cutting of some faggots as quit rents to her majesty for certain lands held by the corporation of Lon don from the crown. will take place this morning. before the queens re- membrancer. in one of the registrars rooms at the royal courts of justiee.- London News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13
Thenter Omnihnses in paris.

Theater omnihHses have been start ed in Paris. which leave the chief theaters after the performances and go out to six residence quarters for the present.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-13

fll IL There ls nothing lack AITaW HaIS. ing in our our line sp,.d of whole stock is complete and new, as we never carried any over from last season. Prices from 25c to Sl.90.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-10-04
Mr.. POU'S SPEECH.
The Democratic Nominee for Congress
in this District Opens the Campaign
in Vance

Hon. E. W. Pou, Democratic nomi-
nee for Congress in this district, spoke
in the court house here to large
crowd Tuesday. Mr.. Pou has been
among us before and he came not as
stranger. He is man of pleasing
personality and acknowledged ability.
a strong speaker and logical reas-
oner, a fact of which those who heard
him Tuesday for the first time were
amply convinced. Mr.. Pou spoke one
hour and twenty minutes, discussing
national issues as viewed from the
standpoint Of the Republicans and
Democrats and arraigned the Admin
istration's policy in the Philippines,
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Hawaiian
Islands, its attitude toward the
Trusts, &c, and paid a glowing
tribute to William Jennings Bryan,
the champion of the rights and liber-
ties of man. He touched briefly upon
local issues, referring to the amend
ment and the negro question and
closed in an outburst Of eloquent and
imprisoned oratory which aroused
the Democratic portion of his hearers
to the highest pitch of enthusiasm.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-10-04
Letter From kittreIl.
KITTRELL. n. c.. Oct. ;. 10;

IN Ni@i-i-, ~ ~, wv -, ioN''
EDITOR GOLD LEAF:-Mrs. B. A.
Capehart, of Raleigh. is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. A. l.. Capehart and other
friends in this vicinity.
Mr.. Ellis Tucker and his daughter,
Miss Annie, were here Sunday to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. }. l.. Reid. They
returned to Louisburg Monday morn
ing.
Mrs. W. X. Reid. of Salisbury, ar
lived Monday to spend some time
with Mrs. Regina Reid.
Mrs. Edward Cornell, who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Will
liafns and other relatives, left yester-
day for Raleigh, where she will spend
day or two with Mrs. Guy Barnes,
going from there to her nome in
Ala bama.
Miss Belle Kearney delivered a
most interesting and effective tenn
perance lecture at the NJ. f. church
Sunday night. She is torceful
speaker and her work in the State
will do much to arouse public senti-
ment in regard to the great question
Of temperance She was accom-
panied by Miss Bradley, of Mississippi,
who travels with her in the interest
OF Miss Kearney's book "A Slave
holders Daughter. 1t is the story
Of Miss Kearney's career and very in
teresting indeed are her experiences
for she has travelled almost over all
the world. Those who hear her speak
will especially enjoy reading the
book, as her style Of writing is very
Characteristic. L.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-10-04
Advertising Car Burned.

The City of Charlotte. the North
Carolina advertising car, or rolling
exposition. which has twice visited
Henderson, was burned at Kingston,
Ohio, Monday morning. The burning
was accidental and Mr.. BasOn, one of
the owners and manager in charge,
and an assistant came very near
losing their lives. The car was a
private enterprise owned by Barringer
& Bason, of Charlotte, who bought it
from Capt. w. H. Ramseur, for whom
it was built and who procured the eN-
hibits and Travelled extensively with
it for some time.
The loss is put at $4,000, with in
surance of IS, 900. The State Museum
had exhibits to the value of about
$4,000 in the collection at the time.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-10-04
THREE NIGHTS OF FINE PLAYS.
Engagement of a Strong Repertoir
Company Next Week.

The Palmer New York Stock Com
pany, which will play three nights
engagement at Cooper Opera House
next week, beginning Monday, is said
to be without a doubt the very best
and largest Stock Company on the
road and must not be compared with
other so-called repertoir or comedy
companies. The name itself is a
guarantee that high-class plays will
be produced, and plays which have
made the name of Palmer famous
from one end of the country to the
other. The company numbers twenty
people, who are all Metropolitan
actors and actresses of merit. who
have played with the very best thea
tres and with the very best travelling
shows.
The plays for this engagement are
the following: Monday the great sem
satiOnal and realistic melo-drama
"Blackmail," with all its original
scenery used during its long run in
New York City and Boston
Tuesday, the famous London and
New York success, 1.-The Strange Adj
ventures of Miss Brown
Wednesday, the funniest of all
funny farce comedies, "Who is Temp
kins?''
A special matinee will be given
Wednesday afternoon at 9 o'clock for
the ''little ones and special play
will be produced.
Tickets for all performances are
now on sale at Thomas drug store.