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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-08
Good Farm For Sale.

A good farm, 80 acres bluegrass land,
all cleared except about 1 acre and all
in grass except 8 acres-Framed house.
rooms, two barns, good orchard,
plenty Of good water.-On Bluestone. /
mile from Bailey's Switch. viii be sold
at a reasonable price and good terms.
Apply to X. G. WELLS,
Bailey, Va.
6-7-4d.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-08

Hog supplies at the markets con-
tinue light. The failure of the corn
crop in 1901 cut down materially the
productive machinery. What should
now be parent stock went to the
slaughter pens. The outlook is good
for the man who raises hogs for mar
ket.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-08
she spoke Too EARLY.

Lady with awfully painted cheeks)-
My portrait is very good. but don't you
think that the a-cheeks-are a trife
pale?
Artist-Yes. they are not done yet
J leave that 70 the last.-Fliegende
Batter.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-08
An rnterentinn nonk-

i've had great pleasure today in re-
viewing book that is entirely new to
me-" said the literary editor.
What's that" inquired the. snake
editor, "a bankbook?' - Philadelphia
Record
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-08

to play with n string. Make an eyelet
hole through the bottom OF the box
FOR the string TO pass through. Over
hand the sides carefully together and
thus keep the bail intact Finish with
satin bow and ends to hang by.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

After long investigation the grand
jury of st. Louis, Mo-, has decided
that the city has the most corrupt and
disgraceful administration in the
country.
The educational law just adopted in
Holland extends state aid to all schools.
religious and secular, which proves
that satisfactory standard of secular
education is impaired.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

Inc Barnum and Bailey circus and
Duialo Bill's Wild West show have
%sreed on 'live-and-let-live" plan of
community of interest whereby they
~"Ve divided the world. The latter or
ss@nlzatlon 81 will make a trans-Rocky
a. sl'untaln tour to show the West what
.ue West really is like, while the cir
sISstlIl plays before the crowned heads
~ - europe. AS one continent is deem
~ ~ Insufficient n to support both shows
'ne same time, when the circus
Solues r here the Wild West show will
move to Europe.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

The Civil Service Commission re-
ports that since it's organization 10
years ago it has examined 100000 ap-
plicants, of whom 321 900 passed, and
89,OOO,- or about 2s per cent received
appointments. There are now 81 ,OOO
on the eligible rolls awaiting appoint
ments.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

Professor Loeb of the University of
Chicago, whose scientific investiga-
tions on the origin of life have caused
50 much comment, threatens to leave
this country and go back to Germany
where the yellow journals with their
exaggerated stories of his work will not
bother him and cheaper his real
achievements.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

Paderewski was present at a dinner
at the White House last week and
afterwards he played several selections
for the guests. 1t recalls the old
story attributed to Ole Bull, the vio-
lin virtuoso, who on being asked to
dine and bring his violin, replied;
'My violin does not dine.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

Modern grammarians are coming
more and more to the belief that good
usage is the best authority for written
and spoken language, and there is
general recognition that the dictionary
and rules of syntax were "made for
man, and not man for them.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23
WHAT We SAY
Is What We Mean.

There is no honor or profit in
fooling people-especially the
sick; our Vinol guarantee is
made in good faith. Those who
buy it and get no benefit from
it may have their money back.
Every sick person should be
willing to try it on such terms.
People who are all run down-have no
appetite-pale women and children
those who want to gain flesh-shouId
try Vinol on our guarantee 1t is lust
the medicine for old people and nursing
mothers and all persons who have a
hanging-on cough OF have any throat and
lung disease.
Everything that is In vinOl is plainly
printed on the label Ofeach package. Re-
member that We guarantee vlnOl and re-
fund the purchase money If you are not
satisfied.
Clifton & Raymond
DRUGGISTS.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

%9 S'F Sns#RR4s
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

The President of the New South
Wales Miners Federation after a visit
10 America says that the British Work
mans opposition to labor saving
machinery is sheer nonsense. When
Mr.. Westinghouse put up his electrical
plant his wOrkmen from America show
90 the English how foolish were the
Tades union limitations on bricklay-
efs' Before long even the Bank OF
England may tolerate a telephone with
IN Its sacred precincts.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

GA - II % ozTA..
SsAia the n The Kind You Have Always Bought
q &MZzLZY
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

The House of Representative Com
mittee on Commerce has received reso-
lutions from a number of prominent
insurance companies in the new De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, on
account of the magnitude of the insur-
ance business in this country.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

English finances show a healthy
condition in spite of the Boer war, the
tremendous drain being met by the
war income tax which puts the burden
on the well-to-do. The increased tax
on beer actually resulted in a decrease
OF revenue from that source, showing
that the common people have met the
War-tax matter by consuming less
strong drink.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

Local spring elections in Ohio, Mich
igan and other states brought out very
light votes, national issues not being
involved, and no results of general ir-
terest being secured.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

A professor of the University of Chi
cagO says that he saw in small town
east of the River Jordon in the Holy
Land, a windmill which had been
made in Batavia, Illinois.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

The impression produced by Mr..
Roosevelt at Charleston and through
out the South on his recent trip, was
notable one, and the occasion brought
the heart of the North and South near
er together.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-23

Health authorities all over the
country report that while modern sani-
tary methods have to some degree
checked the ravages of most diseases,
the number of deaths from cancer is
on the increase
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
BEGGARS AND CHARITY

clergyman in an lowe town tried experiment not long On
returning from his he determined that before shaving the
beard which formed eectua disguise would
further disguise himself and calling tramp put suit of
very old and ragged clothes and another his
paones asking for food The results dcouragng Then he
went home shaved himself his and preached
mon on the lack Of Christian charity his congregation.
It viii not the person of thoughtful however
that the people had much be ashamed The whom they
refused food and money postor senfcsed and
the fact that he turned be pastor way affects that fact
1t IS not well that frauds should baeD generosity of
There deserving people who need help ard do be
cause there Is enough money around
There when waysde had
those who refused him aid
Fifty sentve years this country the poor and help
less had no themselves starvation by begging If they
wanted from place another they had walk and depend for
food the charity of people lived This charity
be dispensed with little the because the people lived their
farms, and could often well as
The modern often deliberate parasite with
his vagabondage Times changed easy undeservng
to society 1t that Christian community should
impossible Tor worthy suffer from of the
OF le and the undng ought be taken
private charity equal the any way
private charity not ndscrmnaey anybody who by
and neglect those whom knows be really helpless people
have money enough minister both classes of dependents
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
REAL MARKERS NEEDED.
dISTegarded

predicted fall meeting of
Grand Army encampment the
marking in Washington with suitable tablets The
pIaeard during the of
thoroughly appreciated by among
we'll
that of every persons who the Capt.
during year the surroundings they
with great deeds Washington the patriotic
points spots
recall stirring incidents III the life of the nation
strange behind many other properly deg
mating places that he who read To city
this visitor point
excellent And patriotic sentiment naturally call
marking buildings
and historic
Congress matter IS presented
proper immediate provision supplying
which VIII be guide book the visiting daughters of
Uncle
Thursday nights eclipse
rabbioot
line
August is peculiarly whiting in its effect on a Shamrock
sam is
him Il
popular
judged him the uglet
consolation
sUred that the superlative
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
AMBDEXTERTTY

Educational journals discussing question
handed children should be nezoab required
hands argued great advantage being
able TO either hand will and that the determined
Occidental nations mistake from the mechanical artistic points
schools
The tradition which child to the right hand pref
TO the left IS OF the few old racial habits which be with
good As people
calamity hardly to be measured and makes adult practically
for life though often the nept left hand
the either hand awwarnes but not serious
disability.
One argument which often teaching children
TO the habit Is that Is difficult for the handed person
Of the opposite habit do anything IF the majority people
abezrous however this would hold To be
by using the other would almost double the efficiency of the worker
occupations desirable
Consider, for example the plight
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
ToiStOu at Home.

book has recently been published in
Germany by Frau Anna Seuron, who was
for many years a governess in the fan:-
lily OF Tolstoy- Like most views ~
close hand, 1t Goes not give one the in
preston of a hero Frau Seuror repre-
sents the Russian novelist as a moody
ccPTicious and eccentric recluse, given
10 sudden abstinence aud equally sudden
indulgence, and guided only by whim
he has tried yegetarianism. but founi
that it weakened him and did not con
tiRue the practice. He also tried alb
stinence from smoking, but his expo
renee in this respect was much like that
CT Carlyle. who summed his up in these
cords: q smoked and was very meeser-
able; then I gave up smoking and was
very meeserabIe still; so 1 thought f.
better to smoke and be meeserabIe than
TO go without"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
Mr.. ROO8eUeIt8 Service to the Ma


New York Times-The intervention
was at great risk. even Of the dignity
Of his Office. While the success of II
was still doubtful II was described by
an indignant and weIl-meaning patriot
as a national humiliation" And in
deed il would have come near that. If
the President had interviewed, and in
tervened in vain in a matter in which
he evidently was not called upon off,
cially TO intervene, except upon the ap-
pliCation OF the governor Of Pennsylva-
MIA TO protect the people of that Com
monwealth against domestic violence"
But the event has justified him. His in
PREVENTION, in spite OF the preliminary
failure. has been crowned with a sue
cess that not only argued deal OF
skiEfUl negotiation on the part Of some
body but also attcsted the respect in
which the Presidents own character for
fairness and impartiality was held by
both c0ntending and excited factions
The efforts Of the operators to hamper
his discretion. by indicating his arbi-
traitors beforehand, was, as they are
probably prepared by now to acknowI-
edge, q disrespectfUl blunder. That Il
did no harm is due to the Presidents
own eagerness to put an end to a sit
uation which. in his own word. had be-
come "intolerabIe." He stands higher
IN the confidence Of hE feIlow-citizens
than he DID before.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
A JAPANESE DiRGE.

Here she lies where all must come
After days grown wearisome:
She that was Chrysanthemum
Tulips falter in the wind.
With blown leaves her eyes are blind
And her singing mouth is dumb.
Here she lies where all must come.
Eyes as dark as indigo
Now a deeper darkness know;
Hair that Knocked the ravens wing
Feels its lotus whitening
After days grown wearisome.
Lotus flower between her breasts
Rests as deeply as she rests;
Milky veil about her rolled
Feels seeds quicken in its fold.
Heat she fears not, nor the cold;
Here she lies where all must come.
Little feet that moved so light
Music will not stir tonight.
Though the strongest love Of men
Lifted on the samisen.
Little hands mems hearts that led
Into snares that she had spread
After days grown wearisome-
Little hands shall hold no more
Closing door or opening door;
Keys of pleasure OF of grief;
10, they hold q withered leaf
World, and where is thy distress
One chrysanthemum the iess2
World. WhaC sayest thou7 She, is
dumb;
She that was Chrysanthemum.
Black and White
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
"Oid Moore" and His Almanac.

old Moore's Almanac" is a familiar
institution enough, but few people are
familiar with the personality of the
prophet himself. Imagine. then. a tall,
well-kniJ man of venerable age. but
quick, incisive, and with the activity of
one much younger: a gray. grizzled
beard. bushy eyebrows. and deep-set
eyes. indicative of much habituaI self
cOmmuning and introspection. Although
outwardly and to the casual observer he
appears bright. CHEEKY and abundantIy
optimistic. he is in reality the very en-
bodiment OF what most Of Us call super
stitution. Second sight, palmistry.
dreams, ghostly visi;ants and ell kin
dred subjects are amcng his constant
studies. old Moore" is, in fact, one
Of those singular human anomalies OF
which there have been so many curious
examples from time to time-combina-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
Some Ingenious Excuses.

Referring 10 the excuse offered by the
Windsor poacher who was found with
his pockets stuffed with the Kings Tab-
bits. which he said ran into them while
he was asleep. a correspondent recalls
one or two other defenses of an ingeni-
Gus nature The rabbit excuse, ne points
out. is run close for ingenuity by the
defense Of 4 man charged with stealing
8 leg Of mutton at Kilburn a few weeks
ago In this case the accused had fallen
against the shop window and broken ii,
and the leg Of mutton fell of the hook
on top Of him; he then accidentally"
carried 1t away. Again, a Iaborer ar
rested for taking q fur neckIet from a
shop IN Berners Street explained that
the wind blew it onto his arm as he was
passing. and being absent minded. he
had forgotten TO take ii back These,
however. were too much for the ere
dGhty Of our judicial and magisterial
authorities.-PaH Mall Gazette.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
WINNOWED OPINIONS.
On Sngtem Of PoLiticaL Control

Baltimore Herald-Our American sys-
TEN of control IS one Of the worst pos
sible for fixing political responsibility.
II the Democrats succeed in electing a
majority TO the next House of Repre-
sentatives, and If in 1904 they succeed
IL electing a President, the United States
Senate viii still remain Republican, with
no probability of a change in this re-
spect until 1905. This may lead to Pc
IiticaI conservatism, but il is not really
representative. Under the more truly
democratic government OF England,
France, Australia, and Canada, II ma
jority Of the electors decide by their
votes that they have no confidence in the
party that has been in power, the party
that has had control Of the government
vacates at once, and places the admin
istTation OF affairs, both executive and
legislative. in the control Of the then
party Of the majority. Our system OF
tapping over Senatorial LcTms and elect
ing Representatives a year before they
are regularly called upon to assemble in
Congress is open to very many objec-
tons
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
BINDINGS in the PqDaI HbrcrV.

Dr. Hugh T. Henry, Of Philadelphia.
the president Of the Catholic High
School, said recently that when he sent
TO Rome a copy of his recently issued
translation Of the Pope's poems the
volume went unbound In the pontifi-
cal library" DR.. Henry explained. the
books have a uniform binding-white
vellum and gold, stamped with the papaI
arms. These are the Pecci arms. and
they consist of a strip OF green eartn
q tree. strip OF blue sky. and one star
shining. The motto is Lumen II
CoeIo Light OF Heaven When Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent full set of his
books to the Pope he knew nothing o,
the uniform white Vcllum binding, and
the volumes were brave with tree calf
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
The Gypsy Capital.

In his work on The Scott Country"
W S Crockett gives a detailed descrip-
ton OF the Gypsy Capital at Yet
holme. where king Of the gypsies was
crowned some three years ago. One Of
the few outsiders. and perhaps the only
American, 70 receive an invitation 70
that function was Paul Kester. who some
time ago write a charming book entitled
Tales Of the Real GYPSY founded on
actual knowledge Of Romany life
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
4 ProDhet Amonn the ProDheta.

New York Sun-Honor to whom honor
is due. zemindar, the Hindoo Of Sara
toga. has outprophesied the astrologers
Of Hoboken, the weather seers OF Hac-
kensack and the wise men Of Boston
On September Il, as reported in THE
Sun OF October 3. the oracles OF India
announced through him for the conso-
latiOn OF the Western world that the
ruler Of the land and his associated
counselors" would end the coal strike
between September Is and October Is
And 10, the end came. A prophet shall
not be without honor in the land Of his
domicile. With Zemindar the country
is safe.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18

tons Of the keen, shrewd business man
with the invete~ate visionary. He is one
Of the leading members of q great city
firm, and there is little. indeed, Of the
occult or mystic in his conduct Of this
department Of his life. Yet outside OF
this. he Is impreguated with eerie lore
and II you are susceptible TO the glamour
Of such by-paths Of human knowledge
viii keep you at once eHthralled and
entertained with his opinions and con
victions Of things not dTeamt OF in our
philosophy" and his personal enCoun-
tiers with those travellers from beyond
the bourne who have returned 20 him
PittsbUTg Dispatch.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
C95igie on America.

IN the "reminiscences Of Theodore Guy
Ter is an interview with Carlyle, in
which the grim Scotchman expressed
his opinion Of America as frankly as
he gave it on other subjects, from the
universe to the noise Of a neIghboring
cock He said:
You may boast Of yO-T democracy, OF
any other 'cracy, or any other kind Of
political Toobish. but the reason why
your Iaboring folk are so happy is that
you have a vast deal Of land for very
fev. people" Numerous observers Of
our social conditions are edging around
toward something like the same concIu-
sion now.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
When Great JOUe NOds.

Somebody with zeal OF accuracy has
been Investigating the mistakes Of GER
tain great authors. and explaining them
He says that in 'Ivanhoe. Scott makes
a knight OF Richard I converse with q
contemporary OF William the ConqUeror.
great grandfather of Richard He also
quotes a letter from Give to his father.
IN The Newcomes," asking. why have
We no picture Of the sovereign and her
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
Authors of Requfm Habits.

Four novelists are said to have had
the habit OF composing regularly 50
many words during certain hours. no
more. no less. regardless Of mood or in
spiration- The four were Trollope, Sir
Richard Burton, Browning. and Marion
Crawford
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18

august consort from Smee's brush?" The
letter is dated 1S3-. and there was No
prince cOEsort before 1870 But when all
IS said, the world would probably for
give another Scott and another Thack-
cray for eIl the mistakes they chose to
make
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18

The Mendelssohn Trio Club, Of New
York. viii give another series Of con-
certs this winter The recitals will be
under the direction OF y Vert. ard
prominent soloists Of America and Eu-
rope viii be engaged. Last season the
clubs concerts at the Majestic proved 70
be among the most enjoyable musical
entertainments OF the year.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
Bible Predicts Autos.

The much-desired sermon on automo-
bile racing against time In the streets
need not fail us for lack OF a text II
Nahum, the second chapter and the
fourth verse, we read.
The chariots shall rage in the streets
they shall jostle against each other III
the broad ways they shall seem like
torches, they shall run like the light
nings- Boston Transcript
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
The Author Of The Mouldbeqoodg.

The real name of e Nesbit. the Gre
ator of the Bastable children, and au-
thor Of The Red House, is Mrs HUI
bert Bland, and a book of fairy tales
by her IS announced for the holidays. It
viii be called Five Children and It"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18

SHREDS AND PATCHES"

and tooling and the finest skill of the
American binder. on their arrival in
Rome It was feared that all those fine
covers would have 10 be torn of, but q
compromise was hit on. The American
bindings were left intact and over them
like an outer cover, the papaI bindings
OF vellum and gold were set.'-New
York Tribune
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
The First american Edition o.
ShdReSDedre.

The Congressional Library has been
presented with a copy of the first Ameri-
can edition of Shakespeare's plays. pub
Iished by Bioren & MADAM in 1855. It
consists Of eight volumes and contains
the first engraved portrait Of Shakes
peare made in America Twelve other
copies are known to exist, but some Of
these are defective.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18

julius Epstein, the noted piano teach
er. recently celebrated his seventeen
birthday in Vienna. and received gifts
from his pupils in all parts Of the world.
It is said that Epstein started Nine.
Sembrich on her operate career, having
discovered her wonderful voice when she
went to him for piano instruction
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18

It is said that English musical critics,
as a rule. are not familiar with vocal
culture or the possibilities Of 4 voice,
although they do appear TO have a GER
tain knowledge of the violin and piano;
so the singer or student who looks for
mastery resume Of an operate per-
Torrance in the British press IS likely
to be disappointed.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18

Maurice Grau viii renew his lease OF
the Metropolitan Opera House for five
years. At the end Of the coming season
extensive repairs viii be made Some
time ago it was said that Manager Grau
would give up active participation in
operate affairs, but the news Of the re-
lease seems TO set all such rumors at
rest
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-18
he PQ8sinq 81 the Short Sol.

It is said by publishers who are in a
position to know, that the short story
mas had its day and the novel is to be
the favorite form Of fiction IN future
This, Of course. does not apply to short
stories by authors of absolute genius,
but to the general run Of such work