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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23

q Game That Is Good Training In tho
Study Of Geography.

There must be a leader, some one
who is pretty good in geography"
and Is capable OF doing some quick
thinking himself. Any number of
players may take part in the game.
When all are seated, the leader takes
his place in front of them and tells
them that he is going to give them
the name of a state and a letter of
the alphabet and is then going to
count five slowly.
While he is counting five all the
players must be trying to think of
city or town in the state he called
whose name begins with the given
letter. For example: Suppose he
gives Maine as the state and f as
the letter, then the players must all
try to think of a city or town in
Maine the name of which begins
with the letter +. 1t is necessary
for them all to do the thinking, for
he has right to ask any one of
them for the answer, and they new
er know which one of them it is 90
ing to be.
When he has received a correct
answer, he may ask another player
TO name some other town beginning
with the same letter, or he may
change the letter two or three times.
Then he names some other state
and continues the game as long as
It interests the players.
If the game is played at home or
by a little company of boys and
girls, prize should be offered for
the most correct answers. New
York Herald
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
Hon. r. T. Irvine.
they came

Hon. *. Tate Irvine's address at the
closing OF Prof. Dodges Business
School, ON last Friday night. is highly
eomplimented 10y aH who heard if This
was Mr.. Jrvine's first visit 70 Tazewem
1Tfhd he expressed himself as much
pleased with Tazewell and her people
The pleasure was mutual, for our peo-
pie, most ofwhOm met him and saw him
Tor the first time on this occasion were
delighted with him, and hope 10 have
the pleasure Of seeing and hearing
him again in the near future.
knowing him to be an intelligent and
loyal Democrat and citizen. we
asked him his views as to pro,.laimino
OF submitting the New Constitution
he said he was out and out for procIa.
nation. We have, as "a whole he said
SPLENDID instrument in the new CON
stitution, and he could see no reason
Tor delay and expense ofsubmittinc If
1t was submitted and carried. as no
firmly believed it would be. the Repub-
Means would still say we had won bv
fraud, however fair and homes. the
election might be- He thought that. 50
soon as the provisions of the constitu-
non go into effect, and are understood
that al parties would be not only sat
lsiied but pleased. Mr.. Irvine believes
as do most OF the leading men of the
State who are Informed. that the po,,,
constitution is the best one the State
has ever had.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
FILINGS AT THE SEA.
Old Sayings That Breathe a Strong
Distrrst OF the Ocean.

mo man will be a sailor" said
DIR. johnson, "who has continuance
enough TO get himself into Jail"
DR.. johnson was, however, a lands
man, while many of the following
expressions are the opinions of sea-
faring people. 'He who trusts him
self on the sea is either fool, or he
Is poor, or he wants to die" This
Gallicism is no stronger than the
following saying by the maritime
Dutchmen: Better on the heath
with an old cart than at sea with a
new ship" s'Better walk poor than
to sail rich" says the Spaniard, and
in the same spirit his Italian neigh
Dor responds, praise the sea, but
stay ON shore"
Another maritime nation. the
Danish, gives us this strong opin-
ion: "One penny is better on land
than ten at sea-" German woods
men say, "The sea has no branches
Ito cling toy, therefore it is better
TO stay on Shore" and the French
rustics agree with them-"Admire
the sea as much as you will, but
don't stir from the cowsheds."
The Arab fears the sea as much
today as he did in the fifteenth CEN
fury, when he thought the hand of
Satan would arise from the ''sea of
darkness" to seize his frail bark.
''It is better" SAYS he, "to hear the
belching of the camel than the pray
ers Of the fish," and he further out
lines the dangerous nature of the
element when he SAYS, 'SThe sea has
a tender stomach. but a head hard
as wood"
A facetious work century old
has it thus; E"The ship is a fool, for
1t moves continually. The sainr is
a fool, for he changes his mindwi
every breeze. The water is a fool,
for it is never still. The wind is a
fool, for it blows without ceasing.
Let us make an end at once of navi-
CATION. United Service Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
The Boys Long Dream.

How long does a dream last?
Sometimes a dream seems to have
lasted several hours when really it
was not more than a second in
length.
a doctor was once sitting be-
side the bed of a sick boy. He felt
the boys pulse without disturbing
fsm and waited for him to awaken.
After few moments sleigh pass
ed by on the street with ringing
bells. As the first tones of the bells
reached the room the sleeper
awoke.
Doctor" he said, 81 am so glad
that you awakened me, for l had "A
terrible dream that lasted for sew
eral hours. l dreamed that I was
sick and that my little brother Rob
came into the room with string of
the most horrible sounding bells
and rang them in my ears. l could
not move or speak to him. The
dream seemed to last for so long
time, and l am so glad that you
awakened me-"
a ringing of those bells for one
second had caused all of that dream
and just at the waking moment.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23

pleasantly abundant for the moment.
They cannot all Of them be encourao-
ed at the same time without danger IN
the general good. The populace in
Nenezeula, Haiti, Columbia. and Ecua-
dor seem 10 be i'm a staUe OF the most
violent ebullition. Nobody knows ex-
actly what tie matter is. Itlooks like
case OF hot blood everywhere.
The situation i'm Haiti is interesting. but
only because it is Of recent occur
renee. To be sure, the predlcament OF
the former President, Sambo Sam-or
Simon Sam-is distressing, but that
doesn't count. Sambo Sam has had a
long turn at the spigot, and II he gets
away alive we need not worry oursel-
YES about his future. 1t makes very
little difference who wears the yellow
jacket and the nose ring I'm Haiti. Sam
DO, Sancrede, Saint Victor, Defy, Firm
n-Acrades omnes-they are all the
same To MS. But we don't want this
little runt Of "a volcano in Nebraska to
be putting on airs while we are busy i'm
other directions. Nebraska has given
us her full share OF sensations ss
things are. II is quite enough to know
that Mr. Bryan is rumbling once a
week out there, and that Mr.. Rosewater
palpitates and sizzles il you but touch
him. We can't have Mount Iona chip
in at such crisis with "a crest of in
hammation. Something must be done
to Mount Iona-a bucket of water. for
example, or "A cork
Seriously, just now, affairs i'm the
Western Hemisphere are about as lively
as they need he. We have real vol
canoes, and To spare, and more Sambo
Sans than are necessary TO our COM
for Somebody must sit down on
Mount Iona for few DAYS. ANYHOW.
We prefer to take our carbuncles
seriatim. Washington Post
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
Large Sums For Old Junk.

A New Yorker who spent several
days in Washington recently had his
attention called to the sale of vari-
Gus collections of waste made by
the government departments. 81
was prepared to learn that the waste
iron at the navy yard was sold," he
said 81 knew that the waste paper
from the departments could be used.
But L didn't expect to hear that the
scrap iron, bits of steel, brass and
other minerals and the old canvas.
cotton, leather and other substances
which might be taken from wornout
mail bags were sold also.
Yet | was told at the postofIice
department the other day that the
amount of such waste in a YEAR was
enormous and that when the Junk
was sold last year it Melted the de-
partment about $4,000. At first I
could hardly believe the story, but I
learned subsequently that 10000
bags are worn out in a'year and then
understood where all the iron, can
vas and leather were obtained.-
Washington Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
A Curious Irish Tradition.

Ireland is country rich in tradi-
tons, and in places every inch of
the ground has its queer history and
some quaint story attached to it.
For instance, not for from Belfast
there is romantic old well in a
curious hollow of the hills called
Barnas gap. The well is known as
Barnas well and is filled at the bot
tom with white stones, the heather
around being covered with pieces of
rags. Close, too, is large mound
composed of stones, which is said to
cover the bones of holy friar long
since dead. Every visitor to the well
appears to make it practice of add
ing a stone to the heap already
there, but for what reason it is i'm
possible to say.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
A Perfect LADY.

The following conversation took
place between Il well known actress
and "a dresser" in a large provin-
cial theater in England:
'Perhaps you don't remember me,
miss ?" said the dresser in the half
vague, half confidential manner of
her kind.
Il remember you very WE'LL" re-
piled the actress, ''but 1 think it was
your sister who dressed me when 1
was here before"
"Oh, no, miss! I've got sister,
but she's never been here with me.
Oh, you'd have liked my sister,
missP Then in a tone of convic-
ton, ooh, she's a perfect lady
looks so nice-always wears black
silk dress, and I've never seen her
the worse for drink in all my life %
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
The Woodpeeker.s Home.

The woodpecker's home is very
like the kingtisher's, but it is dug in
rotten wood instead of being bored
IN bank of earth. From the great
ivory billed species down to the lit
tie downy fellow of our orchards the
woodpeckers build their nests, or,
rather, excavate them, on the same
general plan. The hole at first goes
straight into the wood, then turns
downward, widening as it descends,
until 1t gives room for the home.
If you will go into any bit of un-
shorn woodland during early spring
end will keep your eyes open, you
will see bright red head thrust out
of a round window in some decay
ing trunk or bough, and the wood
pecker viii sing out, "Peer, peer"
which always seems to, mean that
his or her home is most comforta-
bic and enjoyable place.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
THE ENGLISH PRIMROSE.
No Other Flower Holds an EQUAL
Place In Britons' Affections.

No flower holds the same place in
the affections of the people of the
British isles as does the common
primrose, Primula vulgaris. 1t is
so closely associated with the coun-
try life that it would be hard to
find a person who does not know
what it is. One of the first flowers
10 open in spring, it is largely used
to decorate the churches at Easter.
Rather different from the Eng
hsh sparrow and some other ''insti-
tutions," it does not make itself
entirely at home in America. but
as a garden plant it is well worthy
of little attention.
The greatest drawbacks TO lis
welfare in this climate are the hot
summers and severe winters. the
former being the worst. But if
planted where it can get little
shade and moisture in summer and
slight protection of leaves or 9th
er material In winter it will we'll re-
pay for the extra care. 1t is hard
ly necessary to speak of the color, as
1T has given its name to that shade
Of pale yellow; but there are many
garden hybrids of different colors.
ranging through all the shades of
blue and purple, that are very pref
ty and sweetly scented. The cow
slip, Primula veris and .Primula Of
iicinalis, names it is variously known
under, is very much like the prim-
rose in habit and general appear
ance, but the individual flowers are
deeper yellow and smaller, with sew
eral borne on one stem, forming an
umbel, while the blue primrose has
only one flower on a stem.-Mee-
hams Monthly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
NO OPPOSITION TO RHEA.

The date for filing applications of
candidates for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Congress- i'm the district. ex-
pred last Monday. Up to this writing
we have heard OF no opposition 70
Judge Rhea. 1t is reasonably suppos-
ed that he will have no opposition. and
will, consequently, be declared the
nominee Of his party by the District
Committee, within IA few days.
we feel sure that the many friends
of Judge Rhea, in the State and else
where, will heartily approve this
course OF the people. This will be
Judge Rhca's third nomination without
opposition. The Republicans. we I'M
derstand will make no nomination di-
rectly, but will Ice content to induce som,.
soreheaded Democrat to run if ne cam
De found, or some Republican. under
the gulse of an independent. We have
heard of several boquets being thrown
To Democrats, thinking they were Of the
above stripe, but said boqu6ts were
returned To the source from whence,
they came.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
Some Women.

1t is common sight in London
to see scores of women, many of
them with babies in their arms,
standing at public bars drinking
gin. If the women were taken from
behind the bars, the women would
not stand in front of them. This
is the proposition which the British
reformer does not seem to have
acted upon.
In France one wonders where the
men are, as the women appear to
be doing all the work. 1t is much
the same in Germany. In the city
of Munich | recently saw women
mending the streets, adjusting the
rails of the tramway and handling
the heaviest tools of the trade. l
saw no men at this work. Those
who were not walking about in mil
ltary uniforms were mainly driving
cabs.
The reflection upon this sort of
differences in national points of
view tends to a certain inward sat
isfaction in the American breast,
and perhaps the natural gratifea-
ton which one feels upon regaining
native shores is mingled with a
touch of that pride which needs to
be regulated, but not necessarily
suppressed.-Willam Howard Fran
els in Lippincott's.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
"The Uncle of His Nephew"

The potency of football in giving
prominence not only to the player,
but to all his relatives was amusing
ly illustrated in the case of William
Lloyd Garrison. AT an evening re-
ception MIR. Garrison was introduce
ed to noted athlete.
81 am pleased to know you, Mr..
Garrison" said the athlete. 81 pre-
sumo you are a relative of the fa-
nous Harvard quarterback, Billy
Garrison"
"Great heavensl" exclaimed Mr..
Garrison in mock Indignation. "AIl
my life | have been known as the
son of my fatherl Must / in my
old age be known as the uncle of my
nephew ?"-New York Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
The Miqhty Amazon.

The Amazon is in every respect
but length the greatest river in the
world At many points in its low
er course so vast is its tide that one
shore is invisible from the other,
the observer seeming to look out
into a rolling sea of turbid water.
1t has over 400 tributaries, great
and small, which rise in so many
different climates that when one set
IS at flood height the other is at
ebb, and vice versa, so that the bulk
of the great river remains unchang-
ed the whole year round. At 1000
miles from its mouth it is navigabIt
for large sized ships and at 1000
for steamboats, Of the largest size.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
A Trick With an Zoo.

Make a little hammock of muslin,
to be suspended by four tf1eads,
and after having soaked this in salt
water and thoroughly dried it place
in it an eggshell which has been
emptied by a blowpipe through a
hole drilled in the side. After the
supposed egg has been satisfactorily
shown to be in the hammock beyond
all doubt set the whole affair afire
at both ends and the bottom. With
In a moment the hammock and its
supports will be consumed, but,
wonder of wonders, the egg lies on
swinging bridge of ashes high
above the floor!
This curious little semiscientifc
experiment has been performed on
gigantic scale in one of the LYONS
theaters, where a MANILA hammock
and an asbestus baby were used
st. Louis Republic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
NO NONSENSE IN NEBRASKA

somebody in authority ought to notify
Mount Iona, out there in Nebraska.
That 1t must not get too gay at this
particular time. We are having trouble
enough with volcanoes as it is. The
real thing is more appalling than there
IS any need for. In Martinique and ST
vincent we have had tragedies that will
last our time. Furthermore. every hill
with hole in it-counting the West
Indies, the Isthmus, Nicaragua, Mex
leo, etc.-has begun TO puff and snort
and wriggle, as though it were about to
calculate with the utm ost ferocity. Be
sides, and as if the commissions of ma
ture We're not sufficient, political rev.
olutians are raging in various quar-
ters-Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela.
Santo Domingo, and other spots too
numerous to mention and too hot TO
handle. Not TO put too fine a point
upon 1t, we are surrounded at this
moment with eruptions OF all sorts. and
we do not want any foolishness out i'm
Nebraska with Mount Iona. That en-
terprising little pustule must be poul-
uced, for the present, at least, and I'M
I'll we can give it some attention.
Obviously, these outbursts are un.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
A Husband Incidentally.

The death of a member was re-
ported recently at one of the wom-
ems clubs. 81 move that a letter Of
sympathy be sent" said one mem
Der. "To whom % inquired the pres
ldent. Inquiry was made as to what
family the deceased member had
left. "She had a daughter" ex-
planned a well known suffragist.
The letter should be sent to her
daughter" 'But wasn't there a hus-
band?" inquired another member.
oh, yes, there was husband, too, I"
admitted the suffragist, with the air
of Husbands don't count" The
club decided, however, to count the
husband in and send the letter to
"the family."-New York Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
What is ~UnjUS' Crt,cisms'

Why should the legitimate criticism
OF the public acts of officials be dcs-
ignated as " Unjust Criticism -? Why
characterize the respectful request of
the taxpayer for n legal accounting
(siuce it is admitted that the law re-
quires it to be dOne) ON the part Of the
Official OF the business entrusted to him
and for which he is paid. as criticism at
all? n demand on the part of the cit
Zen that the law shall be enforced is i'm
no sense Unjust Criticism" An at
tempt TO make it so appear is unjust
and untrue, and not worthy of serious
consideration. \ failure To meet this
demand is legitimate cause for censure
and not unjust" That officers here
toiore have failed in the duty of ac-
counting N accordance with law con
stituteS no valid reason why such n
course should Ice persisted H.. III not To
be executed, why 90 To- the expense of
law-maF'ng with county. state and
national organizations No: it is not
the laws, bat the miserable and often
culpablc failure TO execute and enforce
them; that is the trouble. For exam
pie, We have laws for the protection of
property. Are they enforced? PRO
tected by law " Why, your farms,
your gardens. your orchards and vine
yards, your truck patches. your empty
and out houses, even your residences
are not safe from the vandalism Of the
lawless, made bold by the immunity
they enjoy from punishment. Rather.
let's have law enforced and executed
always and everywhere. Let no free
American citizen and taxpayer abate
one lot or title Of his just and legal
right for fear Of being charged with
Unjust Criticism. d" Criticism for
sooth IT'S no criticism to say 10 the
ollice-hoider, the accredited agent. the
servant of the people, "come, render an
account of your stewardship" and anv
and all attempts To torture a fair and
reasonable demand into a personal at
tack is in itself neither fair or lust. is
wholly illegitimate. and is in very truth
fit subject for the most severe and
seathing rebuke and well-eamed criti-
cisms, and should, in no way. affect the
right of the taxpayer To know. TO de-
mand always under the law when.
where and how his contribution 10 the
general expense account IS expended
and that, too, without subjecting him.
self to the ridiculous charge of sus-
plcion, or an attack upon any officer
or board in the faithful discharge OF
duty, and none such will fluid lust cause
for grievance
As the trusted agent of the people
let's have Il full accounting, and no
longer seek shelter behind bad pre-
cedent, otherwise you may become. and
justly so, subject TO legitimate criticism
that will be neither unfair or" unjust -
A TAXPAYER
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
Surgery In Kentucky. Sab,

They laid the Kentucky gentle
man on the operating table. His
revolver was in his strong right
hand.
Boys" he said to the assembled
surgeons, Il know this is goin' to
be a serious affair, but let me tell
you somethin'" And he tapped on
his revolver. off l have to 90. I'll
certainly want company. AM if You
make way with me while Pm under
the infiooence of your derned OPT
ates I've got six sons at.home who
would be only too delighted to show
you what they think of your lack of
skill in case it does lack. An they'd
be prepared to follow you around
from Kings bridge to Kingdom
Come until they even up things for
the loss of their old dad. That's all.
Cut away"
Perhaps it is unnecessary to add
that the operation was completely
successful.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
Grants First Dollar.

General Wilson told the story of
how General Grant earned his first
dollar. He was little chap living
IN Mount Pleasant, o., when the
circus came to town. Like every
other boy that could raise a quarter,
he went to the show. One of the at
fractions was a trick mule, and 81
was offered to any one who could
ride the mule around the ring with
out being thrown. After all the
other volunteers had failed Grant
tried, with the same result. 81 want
to try again." he insisted. "All
right, sonny" said the circus man,
and this time the boy reversed his
position and held on by the mules
tail, which so astonished the animal
that it failed to rid itself of it's bur
den, and young Grant won the dol
lar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23

"The people" may know what they
want but not what they need or is best
Tor them. A small minority. of wise
and good men, are safer guides than
a promiscuous multitude. "The peo-
pie ought TO have what they want y
Yes, provided they want what thew
need is best for them A half dozen
men, fully conversant with all the cir
clmstances of a ease or phases OF a
question, and Intelligent and honest
would be trusted and relied upon to do
the right thing and reach righteous
decision in preference, by far, to mix
ed multitude, many OF whom were in
capable, blinded and swayed by pre-
JUDGE
This true and broad principle might
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-05-23
CONSOLIDATED COAL, IRON AND
LAND COMPANY.
DIVIDEND OF CAPITAL.
H. c. STUART, Pres.

Notice is hereby given that the stock
holders OF the Consolidated Coal, Iron
and Land Company, in general meeting
of the Company, have resolved and
ordered that n dividend of capital
amounting to $3.50 per share. and
another dividend OF capital amounting
To S62.50 per share upon the common
stock OF the Company, amounting to-
gether to $50 per share, be paid, and
the capital stock of the Company
be reduced 10 that extent. Full de-
tails in regard TO these resolutions or
orders, including the time and place of
payment, viii be furnished upon appli-
cation at the office of the company in
the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CHARLES $. THoRNE,
Secretary.