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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
STRONG WIND ON PRAIRlES
cious Narrator Could Not See
Through 1t.

Wind that blows so fast you cannot
see through II. possibly Is new thing
to science" said Kansas man who,
relates the Kansas City Times, recently
moved to oklahoma. but that is what
! saw last year.
Il had seen that storm was coming.
and WAS Fastening from the barn To
the house when / became aware that
the disturbance was a cyclone. The
house was still standing In plain view
of myself aud my wife. both of whom
were running for the cellar, which was
under Il. when suddenly we came upon
the basement OF the house. The house
had blown away right before our faces
and eyes and yet we had not seen II 40.
The wind had got to blowing SO fast
that we could not see through e. and
so the house had sailed away without
our being aware OF a. Our three chill
dren were safe and sound I'm the base
mcnt, so We didn't feel the disappolnt-
ment so kconly of losing the house
But | swear, and III not rccede from
81, that the wind blew so fast the eye
couldn't penetrate clear air. wish
some scientist would explain IT,"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
NOON HOUR IS THE NINTH
Change OF the Words Meaning
Dates Back TO Days OF
the Monks.

Not many people know that what
Is celebrated as noon WAS originally
at three y. m. The reason for the
change Is interesting" said Columbia
university philoiogist the other day.
Moon. or 'nones. az II was then
known. was the hour at which the
monks said their 'noncs.' which were
prayers al .Lc ninth hour. or three
o'clock The monks rcckOncd time
from the time of eating breakfast at
six o'clock a. m. That was the be-
ginning of their day The monks were
not permitted To eat their dinner un-
III after they had said their 'nones.
This was long time for men who
had So much time Ia think OF eating
They were all very hungry At three
o'clock nv and 10y some of them cut
the time little short prayed a little
earlier. As the time went on they
clipped OF enough time 70 bring the
eating hour tn It's proper place. AT mid
day. and 'nones' became - o'clock In
stead of three. even though IT meant
the ninth hour"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN.
Has Yielded But Little Since the
Great Battle That Made 1t
Famou

1t is somewhat singular that the
average rcaIer knows but little of the
peninsula OF Virginia. that historic
tongue Of land lying between the
YORK AMI James rivers. Years ago.
says a writer ia Four-Track News. il
became the storm center of stirring
events, and to-day. aside from its pic
turesqueness and its fish and oysters.
II is dear TO every American. Up
and down this narrow strip of ter
ritory, especially between Yorktown
and Williamsburg, marched the
ragged continentals" in their last
glorious campaign for freedom.
The quaintness of Yorktown has yield
ed but little since the one event that
rendered ii famous for all time. 1t
was once. but that was more than
a century ago. the rival of Williams
burg, then Virginias capital. and IL
had hopes of unlimited greatness. but
to-day II is a struggling village of $50
souls, though honored far and near
In this connection II is told of an
English officer who recently visited
Yorktown. that. after inspecting the
scene Of the capitulation. he re-
marked that he didnI blame Corn.
wallis for surrenderlng the blarsted
place"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
CHANGED WORLDS HISTORY
Which Figured in Ancient
Warfare

The most striking case in history
of the Importance OF trifes is fur
nished by the story OF Musa. the lead
er Of the Moslem host which won
from Christendom in three and a
half years dominions which II took
the soldiers OF the cross ~ genera
tions to win back. He had q red
beard. This was a trile.
Musa. though a very great general,
was very vain man, and he dyed
his beard black. This was another
tritie. One OF his captains chafed
him on the subject. and Musa forth
with had him stripped and scourged.
For this. at the very height OF his
conQrering career. Musa was recalled
by the Caliph and disgraced. This
made IL impossible for him 10 COM
mand the MCslem army at the battle
of Tours. on the issue of which. as all
historians agree. the destinies of Eu-
rope and perhaps or the whole human
race depended.
II IS almost certain that If the gen
Jus Of Musa had replaced the incom-
petence OF the half dozen tribal lead
erS whose dissensions made victory
impossible. the forces of Islam would
have joiued hands from the west to
the east and inclosed Europe i'm their
grasp.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
KOREA "UNDER THE YOKE"
Assumption OF the Reins Of Govern
ment by the Victorious
Japanese.

Nations are like variable stars
While some are waxing into brilliancy
or flushing into sudden prominence
others are waning and burning out says
Youths Companion. Norway becomes
a separate entity. with It's own king and
its separate government: Finland re.
gains its lost liberties. and at the same
time the gorgeous and pronieate empire
OF Korea "Uas' es under the yoke. as the
Romans usrl io.a The establishment
1f Japan = plctcrtoratc over Korea
was not IN ectrl For two years Ia,
fact has csi.trl 9lthough the fiction
OF indepcn rnre. ir q hrautitln veil.
was throw or n 10y tn polite Jap
anese n ir wAa re most familiar
with condA.na. in the peninsula are OF
the opniCt q go ti' ga announcement
VAS Japan on,N tDig"c An attempts
az the mika iu's ro. e. .ircni and of HE
agents la cntah'ih nc cS"ary reforms
have been met nv vo-bal acquicsceucc
hat actual opposition = he last resort
was the removal ot ,h9t has been called
Che most corrupt hu caucracy In the
so I'd. and the orcn assumption of the
rcins of government w the Japanese.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
Virginia. Tazewell Comfy fowl

Virginia, Tazewell County to-wi
To M. A. THOMPsoN: You are herey
notified that /, the undersigned, Robt.
A. Lusk, who purchased on the 23d
day of December, 1903, at delinquent
tax sale of lands 10y the Treasurer Of
Tazewell county, Virginia, certain
parcel OF land, in the town OF Tip-Top,
virginia, consisting Of one (D lot and
llo) ten acres OF land i'm said town, and
In your name for taxes, levies and sold
cost due thereon, for the year 1902, and
| will require the Clerk OF the Circuit
Court of said county 10 make me "a
deed TO said lot and 10 acres. four
months after the eXpiraii IN Of this
publication.
Respectfully,
ROBERT A. LUsK.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
THE PITTSBURG MAN WINS.
Puts 1t All Over the Western Liars
and Fills Them with
Envy.

IL was while the newspaper men and
their railway escorts from the Los An
geles limited were ON their way nv
special trolley car to Baldwin's ranch.
relates the Minneapolis Tribune. AWAY
to the left Is or 90 miles, distance is SO
deceiving In California, were the sbaro
outlines of the San Bernardino noun
tains. Quoth man from Pittsburg:
u. see that man over there on top
of that mountaini"
To be sure! That guy with red whis-
kers. near the big rock" came back the
Kansas City man.
He's got dog with him. a little fox
terrier. too" was the way IL struck the
Denver Post man.
See that fly on the dogs left ear?"
innocently asked the Cincinnati Times
Star man.
The first speaker, the man from Pitts
burg, nerved himself for a mighty eff
fort. do you notice." he observed.
critically, that the fly has only one
wing?" and he looked around the car
with an expression of Il guess thatlI
hold you awhile" on his face Disgust
was on the faces Of the others. "Ah.
d-m liar anyhow, muttered the Kan
sas City man. and the rest of the bunch
couldn't th;ak ct an thing 10 say quick
enough P1ttsburg had won.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
Land of Original BIacl,mail.

England. according to Justice Philli-
more enjoys IN Sumr foreign countries
the reputation at being The home OF
the blackmailer Certainly Great Brit
ain was AT least the nj of the orig
inal "blacl mail 'hr mail " rent or
tribute paid an the Amelia Scottish and
Highland r'cr~ Nv turner's To free-
hooters In tC,,lu fnt inl nunity from
heir visitafions - H-' I'd 4 similar
institution was IN black rent ''
The old w.id m M meaning rent.
and coming either from IN, NngIo-
Saxon "ma'i portion or IN old
French IN ilIe " . halfrcnnv. Is unite
different word from the postol
mail" which * simply male" bag
To Coke and Blacks one "biackmaH"
had an inn 1cenf significance. meaning
rent paid In Tabor or produce. a on
posed to white rent. p1id In white
money" silver.-N Y. Globe
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
VITALITY OF FROGS HEART
Shows Valvulnr Motion Dav
After It's Removal from
Body.

There is NO living creature. according
20 "a West Philadelphia surgeon. that
has a heart with So much vitality as n
frog. especially the species commonly
known as the water frog.
IL is generally known. says the PhiIa-
delphia Telegraph. that the aquatic
frog Will survive for months after the
hind legs have been removed. or course
he cannot hop about ms he could before
losing his principal means OF transit.
but HIS fore legs help him TO crawl
wherever he desires to go.
when / began To learn surgery I
made special dissection OF a frog one
day. laid the various parts or the body
on table and discovered that life was
extinct within few hours In every or
gan except the heart.
THE heart showed valvular motion
for day after II had been severed en-
tireiy from the body.
- am not aware that any other crea-
lures heart is possessed OF such VI
tally"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
THE NEW FOOTBALL GAME.
Adopting New Set of Rules Might
Have a Tendency to Refine and
Harmonize It.

The press generally has IA yorably
commented upon DIR. Rhees' remark that
those who play football will have to
play 1t as gentlemen or the game Will
have TO go Perhaps. says Vest
Pocket Condolences" in Four-Track
News. every man has a different idea of
what constitutes a gentleman, but in po-
lite daily intercourse the man who COL
lided with another without apologizing
would not be considered entitled to the
appellation.
Ergo. when football players. as gem
tlemen. butt into one another they must
stop. bow. apologize and remark:
After you
II one player jumps on another
players chest. and breaks a few ribs.
he must quickly step of and remark:
IL beg your pardoni"
If. when about to kick off. the kicker
should observe one of his opponents in
danger of being hit by the ball. the least
he could do. ii he would claim TO he n
gentleman would be TO stop long enough
10 call "fore,"
But If the game were played in this
gentlemanly way II is barely possible
II would lose some OF its exciting inter-
est and popularity
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
Branding Babv.

Let a mother study the appearance
If her child's body we'll and decide for
herself whether there be about il any
lneffaceable mark by which she could
Identify him anywhere and at any
time. II there is nothing that time
may not efface. then let her have him
marked in such a way that she would
know him. 1t is only a question OF a
few drops of Indian ink. an operation
no more painful than vaccination
Family Doctor.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
Philadelphia Nomenelature.

A young woman from Philadelphia
was visiting in this city recently
When asked what she would like for
breakfast she replied "A few half
smokes and p!a'e of fitch are delight
full We have them once a week at
home Her hostess was puzzled by
the unexpected answer "Half-smokes
and fitch" she had never heard Of but
from the tone of her guest they evil
IDENTIFY were palatable dishes 20. yes.
] forgot that you use different names
for half-smokes and fitch here" said
the young woman. when asked to be
explicit. IL think you call them frank
furters and bacon herein. Y. Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
Luckiest Man IN Arkansas

"Im the luckiest man in Arkansas"
writes II. l.. Stanley, of Bruno, .'since
the restoration of my wife's health after
five years OF continuous coughing and
bleeding from the luxgs; and L owe my
good fortune to the worlds greatest
medicine, DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, which know from ex-
perience will cure consumption if taken
In time. My wife improved with first
bottle and twelve bottles completed the
cure" Cures the worst coughs and
colds or money refunded. At jackson
druggist, Doc and 81. Trial bottle free.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
The Missouri Pacific
Railway Company.
st. Louis, Iron Mountain 4 Southern
Railway Company.

Railway Company.
Offers the following very low one-way
special colonist rates from St Louis to
California and the Northwest, also tn
many points in Old Mexico, inclu ding
Mexico City:
$50 to all California common points;
also to Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and
Vancouver; S27 80 to Spokane, UmatilIa
and kntermediate points; $40 to Helena,
Butte, Anaconda ard all intermediate
points. Five days stOp-overs allowed at
many prominent points in California;
also rate of S27 from 1t. Louis to City OF
Mexico and many other points in Old
Mexico Tickets to be sold daily from
Feb. 10 to April Z, 1906. Through Daily
Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars will he
operated tStweeD st. Louis. California
aud the Northwest during the above
period, Via Mo. Pac., ID. 4 X. G. and
Sou Fac. TO San francisco and Los
Angeles; also Via Mo. Pac., d. Il X. G.. to
salt Lake City, thence San Pedro Route
to Los Angeles; also Via Iron Mountain.
/. N Z. and Sou. Pac., the True Southern
Route. Through Standard Sleeper to
Mexico City daily, also through Tourist
Sleeper first and third Tuesdays OF each
month. For Descriptive Literature aud
detailed information, address
A. A. Gallagher, ID. p. A,
419 Walnut St, Cincinnati. o.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
THE sTEREoTYPED SMILE.
Man Wesring a Castiron SmiriS Con
spicuous Feature of Philaoel-
phia Suburb.

Many daily travellers on a morning
and evening train to and from oae OF
Philadelphia's suburbs have motto d
Tor number OF years a man. now past
middle age. who wears n De set al
smirk This man no doubt thinks he
Is smiling and looking pc Sant but
the smile is so purely mechanical-a
mere contraction OF tie anu ,cles. ok d
out with an o.eapinuuS eor--thu the
nxed. scr smt'e g. VIII NY unpleasant
and reprllent lie L. known as the
mao with the stereoiyped grin. saws
the Philadelphia Ledger
IL So happens that the man with the
castiron smirk has written several es-
says on the duty OF being cheerful and
or irradtating pleasantnrss in daily
lie He is a sociologist and rerormer.
and has In mind several bcnefcie, I
schemes for the right ordering of IN
universe: but his wife cannot live
WIN him; his brothers have quarrel
cd with him and his sister and his
oaughter-in-law do not speak to him.
tie started In life with n good idea
drili your thoughts. shut ont the
gloomy and call in the bright'-hut he
iailed to pat II into practice. becau @
his smile and his pleasantness alr
merely on the surface. while his heat
action Is defective.
Almost everyone must have noticed
among his acquaintances certain
number who. in their casual greetings
on 'he street. use the mechan eel
smile The muscles of the lower face
are contracted with evident effort. The
sudden relaxation OF the muscles de
closes a blank Eice. which. by reason
oi the quick transition, leaves most
uhwholes me. fOrbidding impression
just the-opposite of the intention of
the specifically polite contor io.i.t.
sensitive man with genuine feeling
would much rather be sworn at than
greeted with that kind of smile.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
To. trf BY Sayages-

Speaking OF the torture to which
some of the savage tribes in the Philip
pines subject their captives, reminds me
or the intense suffering i endured for
three months from inflammation of the
Kidneys" says w. M. Sherman, of
Gushing, Me-, Nothing helped me I'M
I'll / cried Electric Bitters, three bottles
OF VIII ch completely cured me Cures
Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia, Blood
disc ers and Malaria; and restores
the y ak and nervous to robust health.
Guaranteed by jackson, druggist
Prise pec,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
MUSIC IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Indians Dwell There Who Are Adopts
on Reed Flutes and Pan
dean Pipes.

In the remains OF the vast Indian
nation shattered by Pizarro, the en-
pire OF the Incas. every man and boy.
almost from the age where he eau
walk, is an adept on the simple reed
hutes and Pandean pipes. says Har-
per's Magazine. They are a musical
race; there are songs and airs for each
season, for the planting. for the har-
vest. for the valOrous deeds of the
vanished eaciques. for their gods OF
old 10 whom new significance has
been imposed by a pious church, and
the long drawn chants by means of
which. at their yearly gatherings. they
pass down the history of their race.
As there is no written language. there
is no written music: il is handed down
from generation to generation by the
ear alone.
Their national instruments are but
three in number: the nute-a reed
about Is inches in length. with six
holes. and square slit at the end for
a mouthpiece. played after the man
ner OF clariOnet: the Pandcan pipes
IA series OF seven reed tubes that, in
the large ones. are four feet in length.
and in the smaller ones scarcely as
many inches: and the drum The last
is the universal instrument OF all peo-
pies: there are few races SO low in the
scale of human society as not to pos
sess IT. The Pandean pipes are i'm a
double row. and at the time OF prep
aration for the Indiads. or the inter-
tribal wars. the outer series is filled
with canassa. the native liquor. and
the player receives the benefit o. the
intoxicating fumes without the delay
incidental 10 DIR king from the bottle
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
A Scientific v Oonder.

The cure that stand to It's credit
make BuCl lens Arnica Salve a scien-
rife wonder. II cured T.. II. milford.
lecturer fOI the ratro L. OF Husbandry,
Wnynesbolo, Pa, "f "A Distressing case
of files. Ii heals the worst Burns,
Sores. Boils, Plcers. cuts, Wonds
Chilblains ami Salt heum. Only 25c
at Jackson's drug store.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
The American
ThreShernlan.
Composition, Bldg. Madison,
Wisconsin.
A MODERN MIRACLE.

Truly miraculous seemed the re
covery of Mrs Mollie Holt Of this
place. writes J.O.R. Hooper, Wood
ford, Tenn, ''she was so wasted hv
coughing up puss from her lungs.
Doctors declared her end so near that
her family watched by her bedside
forty eight hours; when, at my urgent
request DI. Kings New Discovery was
given her, with the astonishing result
that Improvement began, and contin
ued until she finally completely re
covered, aud is "a healthy woman to
day" Guarnteed cure for coughs and
colds. 50c and 81 90 at J. L. Jackson.
Druggist. Trial bottle free.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16

WANTED: by Chicago wholesale
and mail order house, assistant man
ager (man or woman) orthis county
and adjoining territory. Salary 800
and expense paid weekly; expense
money advanced. Work pleasant;
position permeDent. No in vestment
or experience required, Write at
once for iull particulars and enclose
self-addressed envelope.
COOPER & CO.,
l32 st, Lake Chicago, III,
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N = = :. w kOrfo!k2YGStGrn S.a
Schedule Effective
OEC.3, SO5.
Nv. farewell for Norton.
9:31 h. m. 3:l7 p. IN.
For BIuefild.
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From BIuefield East Bound.


1905 a. IN. for East Radiord, Roam
oke, Lynchburg. No., and all points
IN Shenandoah division. Pullman
sleeper and Gale car konnokr. Parlor
car Roanoke to Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper Roanoke 10 NV York via
HaRerstown.
$50 a. IN. daily East Rndford Tor
Roanoke and intermediate stations.
ESQ p. M. daily for Roanoke, Lynch
burg and intermediate static ne and the
Shenandoah Valley. Pullman sleeper
WEIGH to Philadelphia via Hagerstown.
300 p. III. for Roanoke, Lynchburp.
Richmond, Norfolk. Pullman sleeper
to Roanoke and Lynchburg, Richmond
and Norfolk cafe car.
WeStbound.
S:25 a. m. for Kenova, Portsmouth.
Columbus, st. Louis and the west.
Pullman sleeper to Columbus Cafe car.
S:lO y. IN. for Kenova, Por tsmouth.
Cincinatti, Columbus, West and North
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Cincinnati, and Blucfieid to Columbus.
cafe car to Williamson.
3 80 a. m. and 2:30 for WEIGH and
Intermediate stations.
Write for Rates, Maps, Timetable.
Descriptive pamphlets to any station
Agedt or to. 5 b, will, General
Passenger Agent. M. f. Bragg. Travel
ng Passenger Agent. Roanoke. Virginia
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
Profanity az a Curative

The theory is now being advanced
by a continental doctor that the fact
that ladies are not allowed to swear
is responsible for a vast majority of
the attacks OF nerves from which the
gentle sex suffers. and IL is suggested
that expletives should be taught at
every girls school
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16

Georgia. Virginia and other southern
states have made legal holiday Of
en-. Robert y Lees birthday The
famous general OF the confederate
armies is idealized and idolized In a
number OF southern states. IL Is de-
clared. even more than jefferson Davis.
the president OF the confederacy.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
READINESS OF cl,urMAN.
Is Never at a Loss fer Ssitcsfuxe
In Case of an Emsr-
geNcN


Some men," said John ID Rockefel-
Ter. Jr.. in an address In New York. use
the law to do harm with. iustead OF 40
do good. They resemble member of
one of our well-known clubs
This man sat I'm the club dining
room at luncheon when "A bill collector.
having somehow e.u1ed the attendants
In the hall. walked up To him and lnd
on the table his overdue account
The clubnlan glared at the account
his fork suspended in the air Then
solemnly and Indignantly. he handed the
paper back To the collector.
How dare you he said. infringe
upon the rules of my club In this man.
ner? Don't you know mans
club Is like his homer Don't you
know can have You (orcibly
elected for coming In here with.
out card OF membership or an In
troductiOn2 The rules OF this club re-
Quire that. II you have business with a
member. you wait in the hall while nm
attendant brings in your name. Now.
demand that you go out into the hall
immediately. taking this hin with YOU,
and that you send in your card tO me in
the proper way"
The collector. red in the face hu,
hopeful ON the whole. complied. He re.
tired To the hall aud sent In his card
with all formality.
The clubamn, eating steadily. re-
ceivcd the card on a silver tray lie
studied IL gIavely. Then he said To tho
walter:
mot in"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
NOTICE.

Tazewell Electric Light and
Power Company is sole agent
for the Celebrated Raven Red
Ash Coal, the best domestic coal
on the market. This coal is
screened over I Il mesh screen.
Nothing but pure lump delivered.
All slack is used under boiler
Leave orders at Tazewell
National Bank or with conductor
on street car.
c. c. LONG, Mgr.
6 % 1T
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
Too Sharp for Him.

Art Dealer-Here is a lovely little
woodland scene for only $3.50.
Oil Magnate-That? Nonsensei I
know where that was painted. Why,
could buy the whole farm for $1,000.
-Somerville Journal
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-03-16
A Call Down.

Prospective Patient-Doctor, wisl
you would help me. I've been suffer.
ing for three months and can't get any
relief. | am troubled with a certain
shortness of breath and
DR.. Wise-Short OF breath? You're
the longest winded patient I've had TO,
a week.-Brooklyn Eagle