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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06
NOTICE.

TO F. t. Shumate administ rator of ]
I. Shumaie:
You are hereby notified th.t one |. t
OF land in the Town OF Graham. Va.
desgnat' Il a. lot Section % on Map
of Grahsm Land and Improvement Co.'S.
property. on the Commissioners Book
IN Clear Fork District. Tazrwell County.
Va, was sold OF the 18th day of Dec
ember 1894, for delinquent tux's
levi =, int rest and costs to the Conn
monwealth uf Virginia. md pplicntioIr
for the purchase thereof has been filed
IN this office, and it appearing from
tie records in this office that YOU are
interest eel i'll said land, you are further
notified TO npp ar i'm TOUR months from
the date II uf this noti'e aud do VIII {
may be- necessary to prot ct your in>
teiests
Given under my hand this 2Sth dav o
May. 1902.
T. + GEoTGE Clerk,
Taz"wrll Court rourt. Virginia.
5-30-It.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06
Report IN Favor of LGSSifer.

Washington, ID. c., May 27.-The
Election Committee, which has had
under investigation the contest OF c. f.
Wilson Republican, VS. f. r.. Lassitc +
(Democrat,) from the Fourth Virginia
District to-day made a unanimous re-
port in favor OF the sitting member.
This is the conclusion Of contest which
at no time was regarded ms unfavora-
able To- MI Lassiter.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06
An Insult Guide.

A German has Just compiled a
handy little book of insults. The
work contains $500 invectives,
which are classed under the head
ings of insults for men, insults for
women, insults for either sex, in
suits for children and collective in
suits for syndicates, groups and
corporations.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06

VI what does "A hal taste in vour
mourn remain Won? 1t indicates tbat
Your stomach * inbad condition andwill
emind YOU that there is nothing so good
Tor sdch disorder as Chtmberlian's
stomach and Liver Tablets after having
once used them. They clpan4e and in
v'gorat the stomach and regulate the
DOVES. Far sale at % cents par hox bv
John +. jackson Druggist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06
Correct, But

Doctor-Your symptoms seem to
show that you ride great deal in
trolley cars.
Patient-That's the truth, sir.
Doctor-Ah, it is plain your trou-
BILE Is due to your sedentary habits.
Now, then, what is your business?
Patient-Pm motorman.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06
Virginia Military Institute
Lexi pton. Va

The Board of Visitors mt their an
nual meeting on the 2lst Of June will
appoint STATE CADETS to fill v
carcies in the 3d, 9Th, 9th, 10th, 18th.
18th, 10th, Goth, 9th, 2Sth, and 3At.l
Senatorial Districts, and three vacan-
cies at large. These appointments
carry free board and tuition. Applica-
tons should be addressed To the unde--
signed on or before JUNE 10th, prox..
on forms that Will be sent upon re-
quest.
SCOTT SHIPP. Stunt
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06

Judge Stuart on last week appointed
Messrs Robert Tarter and o. b. Moore
members OF the Board OF Road Man
ayers for Clear Fork District, in place
OF Messrs Black and Dills resigned.
Good selections they were.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06

For b'liousneSs use Chamberlain
tomact & Liver "abs-fs They cleanse
the stomfch and regulate the liver and
bowels, effecting IA qnick and p+rman.
cut cure For sale by john Z. jackson
Druggist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06
The Sin of Gluttony.

Eminent physicians continue to
send out warning against the sin of
gluttony, but with little effect on
the community. The growth of dis
eases directly attributable to over
eating increases, and the death rate
gives solemn warnings that seem to
be UNDECIDED. The case is all the
worse because most men who are
heavy eaters take no exercise and
thus double the danger An emf
nent physician has just given an ar
gument against business men eat
ing three hearty meals a day with
out taking any exercise. He says
that n man who works in the open
air can eat as much as he feels like,
but that the man of sedentary hab-
Its who partakes of meat three
times a day is simply laying up
trouble for himself and making it
necessary for insurance companies
to change the rates.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06
Read 1T IN HIS Newspaper.
SCOTT SHIP, Supt.

George Schaub, well Fnown German
citizen of New Lebanon. Ohio, IL a con
slant reader of the Dayton VolkSzeit
ung. He knows that this paper aims
to sdvertise only the best ia its columns.
and VIII N he saw Chamber a'n's Pain
Balm advertised therein for lame back
he did not he state in buying bottle OF
it for his wife, who Tor eight weeks had
suffered with the most terrible pains in
her back and could get 40 relief. He
says: After nsing the Pain BALM for a
few days my wife said to NEIL ierl as
tLoagh bora anew and before using
the entire contents oil the bottle the un.
bta"able ptins had entirely vanished
and she c. u''l again take up her house
hold dutirs.' He is very thankful and
hopes that all suffering likewise will
hear Of her wonderful recovery. This
valuable Eminent is Tor sale by John r.
Jackson Druggist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06

The new constitution will not go in
to effect until 1904. The Legislature
will have much to do beforehand.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06
Another Indiana Orator.

J. Frank Hanly of Lafayette, who
was candidate for United States
senator against Mr.. Beveridge, is
recognized orator. 1t is said of Mr..
Hanly that several years ago he
was attorney in a suit against Park
Hunter of Warren county, who
owns several thousand acres of good
land. 1t was a minor case before
squire, but the conditions were ad-
mirable for forensic display, and
Hanly's effort was worthy of a
greater audience and a greater oc-
casion. Judgment went against
Hunter. Afterward, upon being
asked what attorney appeared
against him, Hunter replied, with
emphasis, "Demosthenes "-Indian-
apolis News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-06-06

Visitors 10 the mausoleuln Of Lc-
land Stanford in California will re-
member the inscription in marble
Leland Stanford,
Born In Mortality
March s. 1924:
Passed TO ImmortalL
June u. 1893

Uncle John" is a man who
drives tourists to see the famous
Stanford tomb. One day when he
was driving lady out to the tomb
he Glanced to remark that he and
Leland Stanford were both born in
Albany, N. Y.
When the tomb was reached, the
tourist glanced at the inscription on
the tomb and in ''Now I've caught
you" tone said:
"Why, you said that you and Mr..
Stanford were both born in Albany,
and it says there as plain as day
that he was born in Mortalityp Pr
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
FEUDAL FRANCE.
Huck Finn Tabooed by Denver.

Can this be true? 1t is reported that
Q Denver library has excluded Mark
Twain's "Huckieberry Finn" from its list
Of books for boys What has happened
to Denver that at this late date IL has
only now discovered what no one else
has ever done during all these years of
Huck Finn's popularity with boys, that
his morals are OF questionable quality !?
Ever since Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
took the world. young and old, by storm
no books have been more warmly ap-
plauded, none have been so widely ac-
cepted as among the very best books for
the young. There never were such
healthy, hopeful youngsters as Tom
Sawyer and Huck Finn, so natural and
unaffected, SO truly boyish and bracing
in their outlook on life. I'VE have no
better bait for boys who don't read" is
the universal verdict of the librarians.
MANY youDgster who has hardly
looked inside book has become a
reader of the best through Tom Sawyer
and Huckleberry Finn" 1t all sounds
like practical joke on the Denver IL
brary: but il is an offence against our
national common sense. which ought to
be quickly removed.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
A Poem by Kipling.

1t is stated that the new Book OF
Beauty" edited by Mrs Harcourt WILL
hanson, will contain poem by Kip
ling. entitled Roses Red and Roses
White" If this is the poem a scrap OF
which is printed as heading OF one OF
the chapters of The Light That Failed
it already has an interesting bit of his
tory attached to it. One verse Of this
fragment runs as follows:
Roses red and roses white
Brought | for my loves delight.
She would none of all my posies,
Bade me gather her blue roses
A little American girl with whose fam
lily the author had some acquaintance
heard these lines read. and not long
afterward came across a small china
tray on which were painted blue roses.
She Immediately begged to buy it and
send it to Mr.. Kipling. and the thing
was done. The child was soon made
happy by cordial note of appreciation.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
An Historical Series.

The series" has proved itself to be
popular with nan publishing houses. on
account of its value and convenience to
the public, and new ones are continually
begun. The Appletons, who already
have a number of them in full swing.
propose to start another, of which they
will make Hosmer's History of the
Louisiana Purchase" the first. 1t is to
be devoted to less familiar byways of
United States history, including in this
matters connected with the industrial
and other lines of the country's devel-
opment. The second volume in II will
be .'Ohio and Her Western Reserve:
Settlements That Were Founded There
After the Massacre of Wyoming Being
Story of Connecticut People in Three
States,' by Alfred Matthews.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

a shilling of salary for their trouble.
Hittall was the last of six nephews
nominated to the Charterhouse by mis-
uncle. this good prelate. vino had thor
oughly learnt the divine lesson that
charity begins at home But I want to
know what bis nephew learnt inter-
rupted Arminius, and what Lord Lump
ington learnt at Eton.' They followed
said /, the grand old fortifying classical
curriculum Did they know anything
when they Ieft?' asked Arminius. I
have seen some longs and shorts of Hit
tails said I, about the Calydoniau
Boar. which were not bad. But you
surely don't need me to tell you, Ar
minus, that it is rather in training and
bracing the mind for further acquisition
"a course of mental gymnastics We call
it-than in teaching any set thing. that
the classical curriculum is so valuable
Were the minds of Lord Lumpington
and \. Hitta!, mitch bfaced by their
mental gymnastics?' inquired Arminius.
Well I answered, during their three
years at Oxford they were so much oc-
cupied with Burlington and hunting that
there was no great opportunity to Judge.
But for my part have always thought
that their both getting their degree at
last with flying colors. after three weeks
of famous coach for fast men, four
nights without going to bed, and an In
credible consumption of wet towels,
strong cigars, and brandy and water was
one of the most amazing feats Of men-
tai gymnastics I ever heard Of
1t is not hard to see that caustic COM
ments of this sort were not likely 20
make Mr.. Arnold popular with those
whom his present biographer calls the
"smug Philistines." (New York: The
Macmillan Company. IS cents)
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
London Slums.

Arthur Morrison is about forty years
old and has been for many years inter-
ested in slum life in London. His first
book. Tales of Mean Streets" grew out
of his experience in charity work in one
of the worst districts in London, and
was followed shortly after by "A Child
of the Jago" His new book, 1.-The Hole in
the Wall" which will be published by
Mcclure, Phillips & Co., is also a tale of
London low life. The principal charac-
ters are a public house keeper and his
grandson. who are joint proprietors of
1.-The Hole in the WALL" riverside re-
sort for bargemen, dock workers, river
thieves, and other characters of the
slums. 1t is generally conceded that no
one knows the lower side of London
more thoroughly than does Mr.. Morri-
son, and his influence in wiping out
some OF the worst slums in the world
has been unoficially commented upon by
the King He is at present on the edi-
toriai staff of a London paper, and is
well known as writer of articles.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
She Didn't See the Point.

A funny incident occurred at seaside
resort recently which affords fresh evil
dence OF the proverbial density of the
English in seeing a joke. An English
girl espied an American friend reading
''The Kentons,' Mr.. Howells' new novel.
and inquired of her II she liked it. The
American said she liked it immensely.
then added in 4 mschievous after
thought: But it's too sensational;
there is almost a suspicion of plagiar-
ism OF The Helmet OF Navarro" The
English girl said she would like to read
it. and borrowed her friends copy. A
few days later she reappeared with THE
kentons'' and a copy of The Helmet
OF Navarro" which she had got out Of
the village library. and in perfect good
faith asked her American friend to show
her the points of similarity in the two
stories. She had studied both books
carefully and failed to discover any pla-
giarism on Nr HowelIs' part
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
Fish Life.

1.-The Story of Fish Life by w p
Pycraft. and THE Story of Euclid" by
w. B Frankland, will be published i'm
mediately by the A. Vessels Company
IN their Story of" series.
The purpose of the first volume is
briefly, as its title implies. to tell the
story of fish life. Mans relation there.
TO is thereby excluded The author S
aim has been to tell the story in simple
language-certain technicalities are
here aud there unavoidable, but are
only used when their omission would
be at the expense of clearness.
The career of the elements of Euclid
has been of an extraordinary and
unique character, having served for
text books to countless students. and
today is household word throughout
the civilized world, yet there does not
exist any small book which tells busy
men and women what there is OF inter
est in the story of Euclid This want the
present volume aims to fill
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

one of the old Gregorian chants with the
"Halleluiah Chorus" The two men are
distinct indiyidualities, not to be put
side by side .
A Misquotation.
On the whole. Mr.. Paul is more happy
when he is approving Arnold than when
he is attempting criticism. 1t is rather
odd that after arraigning Arnold for
misquoting Keats, he himself misquotes
Longfellow, with much less excuse. The
line. Chanting the hundredth Psalm,
that grand old Puritan anthem" is at
tributed by him to "Evangeline." In
the first place, the line ought to read
Singing the hundredth Psalm. the grand
old Puritan anthem" and, in the second
place, it is not from "Evangeline" at
all, but from the "Courtship of Miles
Standish," where it much more properly
belongs. 1t would be difficult to see any
reason why the French Catholic heroine
of Acadia should have been singing a
grand cid Puritan anthem, while it is
entirely natural for Priscilla, of Ply
mouth. Such things as these are small
but they are important in a work of lit
eraTy criticism.
Arnold and Gladstone.
A scrap of biography on a later page
is interesting for various reasons. 1t is
this:
He was intensely practical. and did
bis official work far more efficiently
than many drudges who never wrote
verse. Just before Lord Russell's gov
ernment resigned. in 1886, he applied
for commissionership of charities. 1t
would. as he told his mother, have given
him another three hundred year, and
an Independent instead of a subordinate
position. No man in England was bet
ter qualified for it. His views ON cfar-
table endcwments were, as almost every
one would now admit, thoroughly WISE
enlightened, and sound But the post
%as wanted for lawyer, and lawyers,
in this country. are made everything eX-
cept judges. The appointment was Lord
Russell's, and Lord Russell, as we
know, was one of Mr. Arnold's earliest
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

mold revival, of small and unsensa-
ticnal kind. New editions of some of his
works are coming out, and other biogra-
phies and critiques beside this may be
written. Arnold's writings are not like
ly ever to appeal to very large class
Of readers. but before many years are
past they are likely to have a wider
| public than they ever had during his
| lifetime, especially in America. His
critical attitude toward this country did
not make him friends among Americans;
and some OF his works dealing with re-
ligious subjects were published at
time when bigotry was particularly in
terested in abusing anything which
seemed to be liberal. Arnold's def
milton of religion as morality touched
with emotion did not appeal to the
very large American public, which has
been taught that the emotional ele-
ment in religion is the all-important
thing. and that if this is given atten-
tion morality will follow. But in the
matters with which Arnold dealt the re-
ligious world is yearly growing more
l1Deral ana Tolerant, anu IuGu So
deeply conscientious and reasonable as
he must eventually appeal to the
very public which once abused him.
Mr.. Faul's critical biography is as
good an introduction to Arnold as one
could have, and for those already ta-
miliar with the works of the essayist.
it will be a distinct pleasure. 1t is a
careful, scholarly, and sympathetic pro.
duction.
Arnold's Poetry.
The biographer gives rather more
space to Arnold's poetry than some |
other critics have; and this is good |
feature Of the book, since in his poetry !
Arnold touched levels not reached in his |
prose. The exquisite music and truth |
of some of his lyrics affects one like |
simple but perfectly executed musical |
theme, or single spray of perfect flow |
ers. Like Gray. he wrote but little, but |
that little was Of very high order. OF |
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
A Children's Annual.

Mr.. T. ". H. Crosland is the editor
of collection Of pictures, verses and
stories TO be published shortly. that no
one but children will be interested in
The line which divides the child and the
youth is, however, so family marked
that boys and girls of the teens will
doubtless not be ashamed to be children
still while the spell of the book is on
them. Mcclure. Phillips g. Co., the New
York publishers, have labeled the vol
ume 'McCiure's Childrcn's Annual" and
they will issue it ,arly in September
There are thirty-sx full page plates in
four colors and the cover is decorated
with pictures of Little Bo-Peep, Little
Red Riding Hood and other characters
dear TO the heart of childhood
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

tionaries all cut out of one block; they
embody our whole national life; the
land, religion, commerce, are all repre-
peer of old family and great estate.
Esau Hittall is a clergyman; Mr.. Bot
ties is one of our self-made middle
class men. Their politics are not all of
one color, and that color the govern
ment's. Lumpington is constitutions
Whig; Hittall a benighted old Tory
AS for Mr.. Bottles, he is a Radical of
the purest water, quite one of the Man
chester school. He was one of the ear
Hest free-traders; he has always gone
as straight as an arrow about reform;
he is an ardent voluntary in every pos
sible line; opposed the ten hours bill;
was one Of the leaders of the dis
senting opposition out of Parliament
which smashed up the education clauses
Of Sir James Graham's factory act:
and he paid the whole expenses of
most important church-rate contest out
of his own pocket.
And finally, he looks forward to
marrying his deceased wife's sister. Ia
BILE, as my friend Mr.. Grant Dun says,
the whole liberal creed, and in not
single point of it VIII you find Bottles
tripping That is all very we'll as to
their politics.. said Arminius, but
want to hear about their education and
intelligence There, too. can satisfy
you,' / answered. 'Lumpington was at
Eton. Hittall was on the foundation at
Charterhouse. placed there by his uncle.
distinguished prelate, who was one of
the trustees. You know we English
have no notion of your bureaucratic
tyranny of treating the appointments to
those great foundations as public patron
age, and vesting them in responsible
minister; We vest them in independent
magnates. who relieve the State Of all
work and responsibility, and never take
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
The Conquest of Nancy.

Eleanor Hoyt. the author of 1.-The
Misdemeanors of Nancy" was born n
Iowa, attended private school ir Gin
cinnati, and after year in France be-
came a teacher for short time in a
fashionable girls school in New York.
She wrote the story of tbs delightfully."-
frivolous American girl shortly after
ward, and 1t was with considerable hesi-
tation that she handed It over TO her
publishers, Doubleday, Page & Co. But
now there is no doubt but that Nancy
has put her foot down upon the neck"
Gf many happy reader; already she has
invaded England and Australia, and the
novel has run into several new American
editions this summer.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

admirers. Mr.. Gladstone. however. had
paramount influence, and it is said that
he had already discovered the theolog-
ical heterodoxy which afterward became
patent to the vulgar eye. 1t is almost
| inconceivable nowadays that such an ar
| gument should have weighed with min
| lister filling a purely secular place. Mr..
Arnold.s failure was disaster to the
public service and may almost be called
scandal
1t is curious, when one comes to think
of it, that this incident, almost incon-
ceivable nowadays" happened less than
twenty years ago, and that, moreover.
it was quite characteristic not only Of
Mr.. Gladstone. but of large party of
men who thought and felt as he did on
religious questions. Mr.. Gladstone and
his friends sometimes were. more un-
scrupulous than most ward politicians
in their choice of means to an end which
they thoroughly believed to be right. 1t
is most inconvenient to make conscience
take the place of logic. but sometimes 1t
is not altogether admirable.
A Bit of Satire.
Arnold's humor will seem, to most
readers, conspicuous by its absence,
and in truth it was often of too fine
and sharp sort to be fitted by the word
as it is generally understood. Mr.. Paul
quotes a piece of drollery out of
little book called Friendships Gar
land" which appeared thirty years
ago, and is now out of print, which is
characteristic of Mr.. Afnold's wit in
general.
This book was composed of letters
supposed TO have been written by a
young Prussian, Arminius Won Thunder
ten Tronckh, and deals with charac-
teristic features OF English life and
character sir. Arnold considered it too
ephemeral for permanent life. but some
OF its observations are certainly not too
old-fachioned or narrow in their appli-
cation TO fit American life today. This
is quotation from the book:
% The three magistrates in that inn,
said l, are not three government func-