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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
A Good Word for the Apple.

The apple growers of western New
York are complaining that they cannot
dispose of that part of last years enor-
nous crop which yet remains in their
hands. The 100000 people of New
York and Brooklyn cities ought to help
them to do so at this time Of the year
and until the autumn season. There is
no fruit more wholesome than the apple
which has also the advantage of being
cheap. The acids and juices it contains
are especially beneficial to the human
system during the summer months. 1t
can be enjoyed at breakfast, lunch, din,
ner, and supper, or between meals. 1t
can be eaten raw, and it can be cooked
in hundred different ways. 1t is good
for children, and not less so for theil
elders. We ought not to take two
months in consuming the 200, 900 barrel.
of apples for which the farmers of west
ern New York cannot find market.
Meao York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
The Ancient Battcring.Rams.

They eXcrtcd greater power than any
gun or cannon invented up to the year
1860. These battcring- rams were prob
ably us effective in knocking down wall
or STAYING in the side of ship as the
best modern cannon, but for making a
breach the guns are far superior Such
was the solidity and thickness of the walls
of Jerusalem that, Joscph,is tells lis, it
took all Of one night for an enormous
battering- ram to dislodgc four stones.
Vitruvius has left us the description of n
ram weighing $50, 600 pounds; but prob
ably the most celebrated of all the ancient
moving tower rams was that constructed
by Dcmctrius Poliorcetcs at the siege of
Rhodes. The base of the tower was
sevcntylivc feet square. The ram itself
was an assembly of large square beams
resting on wheels in size proportioncd to
the weight of the structure, and all
riveled together with iron. The fcllocs
of the wheels were three feet thick and
strengthened with iron plates. From
each of the four angles Of the tower a
large pillar of wood was carried up to Il
height of $50 feet, and these pillars were
inclined toward one another The tower
had three stories, communicating by
two staircnses each. The sides of the
machine were plated with iron to protect
against fire. In front of each story there
were loop-holes, screened by leather cur
tains, to keep out darts, arrows, etc.
Each story was provided with machines
for throwing large stones and darts; and
in the lower story was the ram itself,
thirty fathoms long, and fashioned at the
end into an iron bcak, or PROV. The
entire machine was moved forward by
$500 soldiers.
But it can easily be understood that
among so many men some must be more
or less exposed to the enemy's darts or
arrows; and so, to drive the enemy from
the walls and open places, to break the
roofs of his houses, and otherwise annoy
him, machines were necessary for throw
ing missiles, from small darts up to huge
bowldcrs.- Nicholas.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
Coal Fields in the South.

The Geological Survey has just issued
a brief preliminary report on the pro
duction of coal in the United States in
1883 in advance of the full and complete
returns, which will appear in the final re-
port. The figures it gives shows most
gratifying increase in the output of coal
in the Southern States, and the progress
of the industry in that section of the
country. During last year the production
of coal in Alabama was 100000 tons,
as against 1850, 900 tons in the previous
year, which is about double The value
of this output is placed at So, 1886, 900 in
1888 and 50, 535, 900 in 1887. In Ten.
nessee the increase has not been so great,
but 1867, 300 tons, valued at 50, 164, O30
were turned out, rs against 1000, O0p
tons, worth 50, 40, 900 in 1887. Arkansas
mined 1913, 900 tons, worth $3.50, 500 last
year and, only 10000 tons, worth 1852.
500, in the year previous. Texas pro
duced 10000 tons in 1883, valued at
$685. against IS, 900 tons, worth
$50, 900, in 1887. Alabama stands ninth
in the list of coal-producing States in the
quantities mined and eighth in the value
of the product. Times Democrat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
Tho Pyramids Mechanical MYSTERY

At one of the meetings of the British
Association a paper was read on plan of
raising large stones for the purpose of
building huge masses of masonry, and
which was supposed to be the means en-
ployed in building the pyramids, al
though the precise method adopted by
the mighty builders of the valley of the
Nile was admitted to be a vexed question.
The supposition is that the lifting power
was applied from below, the stone being
raised by fitting process. One end Of
the stone would first of all be raised from
the ground by means of powerful levers,
which might be of considerable length
and worked by large number of men.
After getting the stone to the proper
height, slab of stone or metal could be
inserted, and similar process adopted
with the other end of the stone. So. bv
alternately working at either end, Ger
tain height might be attained. Then, by
the use OF wedges and rollers, the stone
might be got into position. Another
method suggested was by means of
slightly inclined planes formed of strong
timber work or even masonry, working
the stones up on rollers by leverage an
Piled bchind. There does not seem to be
any suggestion of any direct lifting
power applied from above. The question
is certainly one involved in considerable
Obscurity
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
COAL ASHES FOR FRUIT TREES.

There can be no doubt that coal ashes
spread under fruit trees are very helpful,
and us they show little or no manurial
value, there is often difficulty in cxplain-
ing their good effects. One way they
help is to make mulch. Coal ashes are
light, and the fact tl.@t they have not
much manurial value makes them all the
better for keeping down grass, which de-
pletes the soil of the moisture that the
trees need. Three or four inches deep of
coal ashes spread under trees keep the
soil moist and cool. If they are spread
on sod they kill the grass, and this with
the decaying sod roots make fine feed
lng-placc for the roots of the tree. 1t is
probable, also, that under this mulch the
soil itself undergoes important chemical
changes, fitting its manurial elements for
absorption by roots.-Boston Cultirator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
A Long. Perpetustsd.-Bibllcal Error or.

A Partisan pAper CHS attention to a
singular mistake In the yised srsion of
the Old Testament, ID: rat Ter to IND per-
petration Of an old: srrof 81 oc st3 in
II Chronicles, xxi. & Sllcse Il haziah
is described as, at.tlls ne sof having
succeeded his father, no died at the age q
of 40. Seeing that another, and a per-
fectly possible account of the same cir
cumstance is given in II Kings viii, 26, it
is surprising that this obvious error should
have escaped correction. According to.
the Book of Kings, Ahaziah's real age at
his accession was only 90 At the time
of Ahaziah's birth, therefore, his father
was ia fair age for a Syrian father of
a firstborn. This particular error is older
than the art Of printing. 1t dates back
to some ancient copy of the Book of
Chronicles. 1t is reproduced in tho
Douai version OF the Old Testament,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
Samoan GunbOats.

Samoan Sunboats are built in the most
primitive style. Two long war canoes
are dashed firmly together, side by side,
and cross pieces of heavy timber are
placed over the top rs II foundation for
the ''cabin," which is situated amidships.
This cabin also serves as magazine.
storeroom, and all of the other useful
compartments in II ship combined It's
slantlng roof is covered with mats and
grass, and the whole structure is of the
most mflammablc nature. These boats
are built for Mataafa by the Monono peo-
ple-thc nautical tribe of the Samoans.
They are armed with superannuatcd
cannon, which is liable to be as dsas
trous in its effects when discharged. upon
the gunncrs who handle it, MS upon the
enemy against whom it is directed. The
small arms of the natives are, however,
good, being generally of recent design
and manufacture. Most Samoans ara
good marksmen, as was illustrated in
their recent collision with the Germans.
The gunbOats have been seldom brought
into action during the war. While
'ramasese was bcsiegcd so closely in his
fort and all efforts made to dislodge him
seemed abortive, NIataafa assalcd him
from the water with fleet of more than
hundred war canoes and four of these
''gunboats. Some of them were passed
fully two miles to seward of the fort,
harmlcssly blazing away, their shots fall
ing about midway the desired distance,
while the fort kept up desultory answer
ing fire with about the same effect. For
war purposes they are, of course, almost
useless, unless in close contact with the
enemy when the small arms could be
made elective Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
Butterflies PROTECTED by Ants.

In the last number of the jouanal of
the Bombay Natural History Society, Mr..
Lionel dc Melville describes the manner
i'll which the larvae of species of butter
fly are cultivated and protected by the
large, common black ants of Indian gar
dens and houses. AS rule, ants are the
most deadly and inveteratc enemies of
butterflies and ruthlessly destroy and eat
them whenever they get chance, but in
the present case the Larvae cx,ldc sweet
liquid of some sort, of which the ants
are inordinately fond, and which they
obtain by stroking the Larvae gently with
their attenn@. Hence the great care
which is taken of them. The larv@ feed
on small thorny bush of the Jungle, and
at the foot of this the ants construct n
temporary nest.
About the middle of June, Just before
the rains set in, great activity is OBSERVE
bic on the tree. The ants are busy all
day running along the branches and leaves
IN search of the Larvae, and guiding and
driving them down the stem of the tree
toward the nest. Each prisoner is guarded
until he is got safety into his place, when
nc falls into doze and undergoes his
transformation into pupe. If the loose
earth at the foot of the tree is scraped
away hundreds of larvp and pupe in all
stages of development, arranged in a
broad, even band all round the trunk.
will be seen. When the butterfly is ready
to emerge, in about a week, it is tenderly
assisted to disengage itself from its shell,
and, should it be strong and healthy, is
left undisturbed to spread its wings and
fly away. For some time after they have
gained strength they remain lowering
Oyertheir old home.-NaturQlist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
BELLS For sIIEEp

The cheapest and best insurance against
dogs killing sheep are bells-plenty of
bells. The sheep dog is great coward
when in pursuit of mischief, and he
wants to do it quietly-wants no noise,
noalarm. Bells bought ut wholesale do not
cost much. Buy side of bride leather
ut the carriers for collars and put bell
Oh every sheep if your flock is small. The
price of one sheep will buy gross of bells
and leather enough and buckles enough
to strap them. Put this gross of bells on
flock of sheep and they will brighten
every dog out of the feld.-,Southern
Farmer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Look well to the seed corn.

Look well to the seed corn.
1t takes q woman to set hen.
Cover your water trough if you have
pigeons.
Have you laid your p'sns for winter
dairy next seasonS
The dairyman pays his biggest tax to
his own ignorance.
Farmers who honor their profession
will, in turn, be honored by it.
Newly Matched chicks need nothing for
twenty-four hours after leaving. the shell.
Let parsnip seed be planted early, and
when well up thinned to six inches apart.
a dairyman should be very inouisitiyc
and observant, for his profit depends
upon it.
See that the food given to your COWS
is of the best quality and in the best con-
dition for digestion.
The general farmer should keep some
sheep, and it is practicable for him to do
so if he has good fences.
Burn all the old wood that is cut ont
OF blackberries and raspberrics, to de-
stroy the eggs of insects
Iron posts and wire are to be the fence
OF the future. The quicker the farmer is
prepared for it the better
When you turn the COWS to pasture
give them feed of hay or nice corn fod-
der in the morning and at night.
The oil test is the shortest, least ex-
penslve and most simple test for learning
tho ,,Tl f,l
To save plants from the curculio, spray
first when the blossoms fall; delay of
ten days caused loss OF the crop
1t is the testimony of some good sheen
men, that they Use barbcd wire for fenc-
ing their pastures, and lose little or no
wool
Slippery watering places are danger
Gus Tor the in-calf COW, as n fall may
cause abortion, even if the COW herself
escape injury in other ways.
The reason for not mixing. the NIGHTS
and mornings milk until ready for heat
ing up and curding is, mixing warm aud
cold milk hastens decomposition.
Never purchase farm without having
a search made, back to the State, to know
| that your title will be perfect; and be
sure that there are no membranes.
Drill points heated to cherry red and
tempered by being driven into bar of
lead will bore through the hardest steel
or plate glass without perceptibly blunt
ing.
If your brood mare is expected to foal
this season do not spare her from work.
Moderate exercise will benefit her. 1t is
unwise to keep Il brood mare in the stall
and overfeed her. ~
Do not let the milk more than SLIGHTLY
begin to change before Swimming. To
let the milk lobber is positively bad, as
1t renders it impossible to remove the
cream without taking too much gaseous
matter with it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
wHIP POOR WILL,

J When purp1ing shadows westward creep
. And stars through crimson curtains peep,
And south winds sing themselves to sleep;
! From woodlands heavy with perfume
or spicy bud and April bloom
Comes through the tender twilight gloom.
Music most mellow,
"Whip POI WillAWill, OIL
Whip po' Will-Will, OH
Whip POI VIII, Whip potWiD Whip POI Will
Twill, ohm D.
Tho bosom. of the brook is filed
With new alarm. the forest thrilled
With startled echoes, and most skilled
To run a labyrinthine race
The firefiies light their lamps to chase
The culprit through the darkling space
Mischievous fellow,
"Whip po' Will-W II, OH
Whip pc Wil-Will, oh!
Whip po WILL Whip po' VIII, Whip POI
Will-Will, ohr'
From hill to hill the echoes fly
The marshy brakes take up the cry,
And where the slumbcring waters lilo
In calm reposc and slyly feeds
The snipe among the whispering reeds,
The tale of this wild sprite's misdeeds
Troubles the billow,
4 whip po' Will-Will, Obi
Whip POI Will-Will, oh,
Whip po' VIII, Whip POI viii, Whip no
Wiil-Will, ohm
And where is he of whom they speak,
Is he just playing the hide and seek
Among the thckets up the creek!
Or is he resting from his play
In some cool grotto far away,
Where lullaby grooming zephyrs stray,
Smoothing his pillow,
Whip POI Will-Will, OH!
Whip po' Will-Will, OH
Whip po' VIII, Whip po' Will, Whip POI
Will-Will, ohw
M VI. Folsom in atlanta Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
MANAGEMENT OF SPRING LAMBS.


Children and lambs have natural
liking for each other; but do not have a
pet lamb unless you are ready to tolerate
nuisance, and do not permit the chill
dren to tease the lambs unless you are
willing to have vicious sheep hereafter.
This applies mostly to the male lambs.
While the sheep is naturally docile, vice
is easily induced in the ram, and vicious
ram is an ugly customer. Wean lambs
when four to five months old. Place
them on fresh, tender pasture. If clover
has been sown with small grain, and a
rain brings the clover along nicely after
the grain is cut, it makes fine pasture
for weaving lambs. Or, three to -four
weeks before the young grass is needed,
NOW few acres of pasture. Give the
lambs-and all sheep, for that matter
easy access to salt and water. Accustom
the lambs to dry feed as soon as the pas
lures begin to fail, by yarding them at
night. Failure to do this is one of the
things that takes the profit from sheen
rearing. Castratc and dock when young
as soon as the lamb is surely owned by
its dam is none too early. To dock, have
an assistant set the lamb on board,
holding it with its back to him, hind
leg in each hand and drawn we'll up.
Make the incision through joint,
downward and outward This leaves a
hood to protect the wound, Fish oil OF
castor oil is as good an application as tar,
and less Objectionable. Agri.
culturist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
A PARROT STORY.

A parrot was recently bought by a
South Side lady upon the affidavit of the
man who sold it that it had only re-
fined education. The bird had in reality
been the property Of a saloon keeper, and
its cage being near the cracker bowl,
everybody made free to give it crackers.
Its new mistress had hardly got it hung
up when n lady friend called, and, of
course went into ecstasies over the parrot.
When she began to poke her fingers
through the cage and call out sPolly,
Polly, Polly" the bird opened one eye,
cooked his head sidcwise, looked Mt the
visitor, and said with great gravity:
''Now, for goodness sake don't ask me
TO have cracker. I've sworn off. -
Chicaq0 JLuH.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
SOWING cRAss-sEED

1t is hard TO say, to the inquirer, ''how
deep bluegrass seed may be covered with
light, loose soil in winter and not he
killed out but grow up through the soil
in the spring" Very few experiments
have been made to determine this point.
The general practice is to SOW such light
seed on the surface either early in the
autumn or in spring, and then lightly
harrow or cover with brush drawn over
the ground. BY these methods the seed
is rarely covered more than half-inch,
and much of it will not be covered at all,
but n light shower will beat it down deep
enough to insure rapid termination.
When grass seeds are sown in spring the
plants become SO firmly established before
the following fall that they are enabled
to withstand the cold of winter. Sow
ing the seed of hardy species of grass in
the early fall is often practised by farm
ers, and i'll regions where heavy snowfall
gives protection to the young plants it
answers very well, but i'll mlder regions
and where the young grass is not pro-
tccted there is always more or less danger
OF the plants being thrown out by frost.
-Neo York Tribune.
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help to give constitution to the calf. A
good compound is formed of one part corn
and two of cats; another is one part corn
and one part oats and one part wheat
Eran. The nearer the time of birth of
the calf approaches, the more care should
be given, and the less feed, especially of
the corn.
After its arrival, give the calf two
weeks probation in which to get used tai
its new surroundings, then teach it to.
drink. Commence by giving five pints
of new milk twice o day; at month old
let it have what clover hay or corn leaves
1T will eat and half pint of oat meal
daily; at two months give pint of oat
meal .El AZ three months increase to
quart. Reasonably sweet buttermilk is
the next best feed to new milk; skim
milk next to that. If you feed butter
milk, warm it by immersing it in water
heated to not over 100 degrees, as it will
separate if heated warmer than that. II
you feed skim milk add oil meal -hich
has been gelatinized by adding to it six
times its bulk of warm water.
When the calf is three and half or
four months old, double its feed of oats,
and let it have all the good hay or past
ure it wants. Let the calf have free ac-
cess to pure water and salt at all times.
Would not advocate milk diet after six
months old. Make all changes from one
feed to another (as from new to skim or
buttcrmillS) gradually.
If you are raising beef let the calf do
its own milking, giving it access to grain,
hay and water as in the other casc.-Farn,,
Field and St0ekman. ..S9
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RAISING THE CALF.

At the Farmers Institute held in Gen
eva, ILL.,, Mr.. E. f. Garfield read paper
upon Raising the Calf" In treating this
subject, he said it was necessary to first
decide to what purpose the coming COW
was to be devoted, meat or milk, beef or
butter. In raising the calf, the treatment
of the pregnant dam has much moro to
do with the success or failure than most
people allow. You must have constitu-
tional vigor if you want to raise a calf
proftably. This cannot be obtained il
the dam is not properly cared for when
pregnant. Oats fed to the mother will
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07
A PREACHERS CURVE DELIVERY.

Mrs. Frontpcw-'I think it is shock
ing-the interest our minister is taking
IN baseball. Why, saw him out play
ing yesterday afternoon with lot of
boys from the college,"
Mr.. F.-"Oh, don't know that there
is anything wrong about baseball"
Mrs. F.-'iI don't say that it is really
immoral, but by and by he'll get a curve
pitch, as they call it, and either leave the
pulpit Or want $40. 900 year. - Chicago
Herald.
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NOTHING FOR HER TO SAY.

A gentleman who had lost his nose
was invited out to tea. "Nly DEAR" said
the kind-hearted lady of the house to her
little daughter, ~ want you to be very
careful to make no remark about Mr..
Jenkins's nose"
Gathered around the table, everything
was going we'll; the child peeped about,
looked rather puzzled for long time,
and at last startled the table with:
"Nia, why did You tell me to say moth
ing about Mr.. Jcnkins's nose2 He hasn't
got any,"
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NOT INQuIsIrIvE.

There was dust on his back aud CRIME
of two weeks standing behind his ears,
and as he stood on Il corner recently, he
was heard to remark that he was from
Lansing
"What is the fare from Lansing to De
troit?" qucricd a dutlish looking by
stander, looking waggishly at an nc.
quaintancc.
81 Dunno" was the reply.
"Don't know!" echoed his qucstioner,
incrcdulously.
"Young man," returned the tramp,
impressivcly, "whcn 1 want to go to a
place by rail get quietly on the train,
and when il gets there, step off again,
without ever asking any bloomin' fool
questions. "-Detroit Free Press.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
FARM AND GARDEN.
HARNESS DRESSING.

One gallon meats foot oil, two pounds
bay-berry tallow and two pounds of bees
wax make good harness oil. Put the
above in a pan over moderate fire.
Wheh thoroughly dissolved, add two
quarts of castor oil, then while on the fire
stir in one ounce of lampblack. Mix
well, and strain through fine cloth to
remove sediment; let it cool, and keep it
in tin cans.-Rurdl Home
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swell, it strikes me that there must be
certain socisl differences between u.s."
"And yet your occupations are just
about the tame"
''How 10 you make it,"
"Your business is compromising, isn't
eyes"
"And his is pounding. So there
you are. Merchant Trarcler
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AN ANXIOUS SEARCH.

Ethel--"Oh, mamma! I've learned in
this book that preserved tomatoes will
take ink stains out of silk. Pm going to
try it on my dress"
Ethel applies the tomatoes and hangs
the dress out to dry.
Mamma mcxt daO-"Ethcl what arc
you porting over that book so long for2"
Ethcl-"I want to find out what will
take tomatoes out of silk. -Binghamton
Republican.