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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
A TattOOed Race.

"As race, said traveller tenn, oiarily
stopping in Cincinnati in the course of an
Interesting chat with IN Enquirer man,
''thc Samoans have the finest physioucs
of any people | have ever seen. Their
height is about an average of five feet ten
inches. Their shoulders are broad, their
chests deep, and their arms show muscles
which would do credit to a Sullivan.
They are of Il color that is hard TO dcs-
cribc, being neither brown nor copper
colored, but rather a sort of tincturc of
both.
1.-The women up to twenty years of age
are very handsome, but at twenty-thrcc
they begin TO grow wrinkled and homely.
Very little clothing is worn by the natives.
"About ninety-nine out Of every hun
dred of the men are beautifully tattoocd
from their waist to their knees with pict-
ares Of wild animals Of various kinds.
This was a custom with them long before
the first white man set foot upon their
island, and they still observe ii eligiously.
They cultivate rice and raise few vcyc-
tables, but their diet is principally rice.
cocoanuts and fish. Other than this they
eat no meat of any kind.
"Thcy are very bright and quick 10
learn, and with very few exceptions can
understand English with the aid of Il few
gestures. They can also make themselves
understood in the same way. The houses
or rather huts of the natives are one story
in height and built of canes interviewer
loosely so rs to admit of free circulation
OF air. 4 matched roof completes the
structure. They do not Use any furni
turc, the ground serving for table, bed
chairs, &c.
"Likc most wild tribes, they have their
war dances, but these differ from all
others l have seen IN that instead OF
standing mp they sit down and make pccu-
liar poises, chanting and humming and
keeping time by peculiar movement of
the upper part of their bodies.
"Up to within ten years ago the natives
Of Samoa were cannibas, but through tie
efforts and good influence Of the mis-
sionarics they are now practically civil
lied race. They attend the Christian
churches and ere rapidly learning the
English language and becoming proficient
in the arts of husbandry and thrift. NIany
of them, indeed have accepted the man
ncrs and customs of Christendom and
have settled down TO farming and the
trades i'll. a manner that bctokens much
for their future"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Cocoanut Fibre onWar Vessels.

y possible use to which cocoanut Gbr,
may he applied in the future is 10 form :
backing substance for the iron plates oil
men-of-war vessels. The fibre is first
powdered, and then, before it is quite
dry, subjected TO pressure, when thr
natural viscidity of the cellular substance
Of the nut causes it to cohcrc and form /:
plate much like millboard in appearance,
but great deal more brittle II hole
be made IN this material, and then water
be applied TO the portion adjacent to the
puncturc, it Immediately swels so such
an extent as to ill the hole.
Experiments with bullets varying from
onc-half to thrce-quarters of an inch in
diameter have been made upon plate OF
this material eighteen inches square by
thrce-quartcrs of an inch thick, and with
very satisfactory results. Whether, how.
ever, the substance would really prove
ciiicacious as regards cannon shot has
not yet been tried. Should it prove OF
use in such cases, it could be supplied
in large quantities, for millions of tons
OF cocoanut fibre are annually allowed to
10 waste in India for want OF use.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
SMALL AND LARGE rprrs

When fall planting Of fruit trees is in
contemplation, it is wise to remember the
oft-rcpeatcd suggestion that the small
trees are to be preferred to the larger
ones The popular desire, however, is
for the larger trees (and all vines, plants
and roots may be equally referred to in
this regar'D, but practice has proved be-
yond question that such trees are neither
economical nor desirable in any other
way. A year or two-ycar fruit tree
is lighter and moro easily packed and
the freight charges arc smaller, so is the
cost OF the trees ut the nursery. The
roots are smaller, aud the check and
damage to the trees by the forciblc trans
planting and the greater loss OF roots of
tho older trees arc avoided. One-vcar-
old trees may be purchased at S. per 100,
and the cost of the 100 would be no
moro than that Of ten older trees, while
the lesser freight charges would be in
proportion. The 100 trees, if planted rs
carefully as the larger trees should he
and IN the manner so often described in
these columns, would all grow and none
be lost, and the profitable bearing would
be i'll advance even of that OF older trees.
>Nep York Times
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
FALL FLOWING.

Except the lightcst sandy soils, all
level land will be benefited by fall
blowing. When plowcd, and to n
proper depth, the plowcd land will not
wash even by the heavy Southern winter
rains. That the land will leach and lose
its fertility is II mistake. Nothing will
be lost in any case except the nitrogen,
which exists i'll the form of nitric acid or
the most soluble nitric salts, and, ms n
rule, there is no danger of this because OF
the almost entire absence of this form OF
nitrogen in the land. On the contrary,
it is for the purpose of developing this
scarce plant-food in the soil that fall
blowing is desirable. The turning over
of the soil aids i'll the change OF the
abundant inert nitrogen, which is mostly
combined with the carbonaccous organic
matter in the soil, into soluble nitratcs.
and This process goes on slowly during
the fall and early spring, and where the
ground is not frozen even during the
winter. Consequently the land is brought
into more fertile condition by the fall
plowing, and besides this gain, there is
another OF much more importance, viz. {:
the spring work is forwarded so much.
and The crops may he put i'll so much
earlier. --1mcTicWn dqyicuituriSt.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
A Ship Struck by lightning.

Captain Ernst Anderson, of tho
schooner Benjamin Courtcnay, had in his
career an experience with lightning not
often chronicled. He was in command
of the schooner Electric Light, fine
thrcc-stickcr, which sailed from an East
ern port in January last for Rosario with
a cargo of lumber. At A. N. FEBRUARY
3, during gale, and while all hands
were on deck, flash of lightning was
followed by an immense ball of fire,
which seemed to completely envelop Thea
foremast, passing down into the hold.
Not one man saw what followed Can.
tain Anderson and his crew Of eight men
were stunned and thrown upon the deck.
The first to revive was the steward, which
occurred about half an hour after the ball
OF fire had been seen. The scene revealed
to him nearly distracted him. All three
masts of the vessel had been carried away,
the main and mizZen from the destruction
of the foremost by lightning. About
him, apparently dead, were all his ship.
mates. At intervals the men recovered.
among them Captain Anderson An OK.
animation showed that the lumber in the
hold was ON fire, and sounding the pumps
indicated that there was 1--WE feet of waite,
in the hold. 1t was evident that the
lightning had gone through the bottom
OF the ship, setting fire to the lumber in
its flight. For thirty-six hours Captain
Anderson and his men remained on tho
mastlcss vessel. The seas swept over
them, and from below the fire was slow.
~ eating its way through to meet the
watery element above. 1t wasAa most
trying time, Captain Anderson says. To
try to launch tho boats meant destruction
to them and the men on board
on account of the terrible rolling of tho
vessel, which could not be steadicd. On
the following day, at night, tho British
ship Ellen Shaw, Captain Ferry, had dis.
cerned their plight and sent off boats.
They were rescued and landed at st.
Vincent's, Canary Islands. The Electric
Light was seen several days after her
abandonment, the fire then eating her
rapidly up.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
HE READ TILE EpIrnr's MIND.

81 like to come to business at once, .
said the editors visitor; 81 nm DE-
Smythc, the nd-rcadcr."
"Indced!"
eyes. And l can read your every
thought"
"What am thinking about now9"
"You are wondering in your mind
what my business with you can be. Is
it not so?"
Wonderful. That was precisely my
thought"
"And now You are thinking that |
Will tell you what came for. Is this
also truc'"
ut is. How strange these thing.
arc"
THE thought has occurred to YOU, "
says the mind-rcadcr, with increased con
lidcnce. "that will try and get money
from you in some way if l can"
"Right again"
"Now," said DC Smythc, az am about
to make n statement to you, following
which | will put question. The answer
TO this l will Immediately read in your
mind. as you more than suspect [ am
hard up-in fact, broke. l haven't had
IA square meal since began reading
minds. 1t is Il noble, astounding pro-
fcssion, fit for tho gods themselves, but
it is not lucrative. have heard You
spoken of frequently as big hearted
man. Will you lend me dollar?n
For II moment he scanned the editors
countcnance narrowly, and then left
without word.
lie was right every iimc. --.SiJtiugs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Bronze C0lOred Hair.

q sudden demand for bronze colored
hair perplcxes the worthy coiffcurs of
Faris Just now. But as the demand must
produce or create the supply, an enter
prislnS merchant in capillary wares sent
to China while the craze was still Young.
and the result is that bales of copper-col-
ored hair, long and short, straight and
urled, have arrived at Marseilles, and
the humblcst shop girl can now shave and
be happy-that is, invest in bronze CO..
ored wig of Chinese origin.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
ALsIKE AND RED cl.ovEn.

few years ago, when the clover
worm took to eating the leaves of this
plant, farmers in many places found Al
sillc clover Il good substitute. Some for
time thought and declared it preferable
to the ordinary red clover, which it had
become impossible to grow. But more
experience with Alsikc shows its defects
the most important of which is that it
dies out just rs soon as the first crop is
mown. Red clover grows second crop
with seed the same year, and n certain
portion, probably that which has not
ripencdits seed, will live through the
winter. AlsilSe for this reason is pre-
ferrcd by farmers whose chief object is to
get their land seeded with timothy. 1t
is really wonderful what growth the
timothy will make after the Alsiic has
died out. Tho dccaying roots of Alsikc
feed the grass, and rs Alsike is cut early
there is always strong aftermath, some
times large enough to NOW, later in the
season. But after the first or second
year timothy sown with red clover grows
better and will hold out longer than that
sown with Alsilc. The red clover roots
mellow and enrich the Subsoil, and in
their wake The timothy roofs follow.
This also is much better for the soil. Al
Sike roots arc too much like timothy
grass roots in Spreading near the surface
to he very helpful to fertility. -.dmtri,un
CnitiraiOr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
THE MODERN pRoDicAL.

1T always SORT o makes me feel sad
and downhcartcd To read about the prod
igal son in the Bible, said Farmer Silk
ems TO his male offspring who was home
on his summer vacation.
"Y-a-a-s."
"laws," echoed the old man, MS his
lip curlcd contcmpIuously, che came
back and says honorably and ilatfootcd.
I've done wrong an want another
chance
"Y-a-a-s2"
"iaws; he didn't come back to the
farm pizcnin' tho very butterflies with
the smoke from his siggcrccts an says,
Pops, ole boy, I'm dead broke; couldn't
you let me have twenty to keep up my
end with the fcls at the club?' Not
much he didn't"
And the old man hcavcd sigh and
went TO feed tho hogs.--!Son Francisco
Wasp.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE,
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
PUMPKINS A PAYING cRop

Pumpkins are usually n stolen cro,..
That is, they are planted in hills of corn
or potatoes with the notion that thus
they can be grown without expense and
without interfering with anything else.
This mag be better than not growing
them Mt all, but they pay better to plant
in patch by themselves. Keep them
clean until they cover the ground, by
which time few weeds will start under
their broad leaves. The number of
pumpkins that can be grown on small
patch OF ric! ground is astonishing, and
there is always II good market for them
IN any city or large village. -Ameyicun
CuitfcafDf.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
"yMBER CULTURE.

The cry which has gone up all over our
country, for the protection of our forest
lands, has had some effect. Most men
nowadays realize the increasing value
of timber. The danger now is that de-
sire for present profit will overcome
prudence as to the future 1t is far moro
economical, in cutting timber, to leave
the younger trees and only cut the full
grown ones. The Ohio Farmer says:
Land devoted to timber shonld be
completely occupied. 1t should be
thinncd out, but never cleared off, unless
1T Is TO be used for another purpose. Wo
are no longer obliged TO destroy hive
or colony of bees in order to get the
honey, SO VIC need not destroy our wood
lot III order to get timber. A valuable
tree may be started just rs easily, and
will grow rs rapidly and thrifty as a
worthless one. We can't afford to grow
poor or indifferent timber, for which
little or nothing can be realized, when
that which will yield good profit can
he grown just as chcaply. White ash
has more than doubled in value within
the past five years, and will bring double
what it now docs within the next few
years. Locust and other varieties arc
also increasing in value. Five or six
acres of really good timber located near
amy thriving town or city, will pay for Il
good farm.
A mixed forest is natures rule, and it
is Il safe one to follow. If number of
varieties are planted and all do well,
those that arc the least promising should
he the first cut out and sold, giving
room for the Others that are likely 10
prove of greater value.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
srnArEaIc MOVEMENTS.

First lioy--''Sce here Didn't I see
you running down street yesterday, with
Bill Bounce after you, wantin' to lick
you!"
Second Boy-"Y-c.s."
"What did you run for.'
"I-l was only running so as to re,
him away from home, SO his mother
couldn't see him fightin': but by the
time we was out of sight of his house we
got in sight Of our house; and then, us
my mother would sec me if stoppcd to
Int him, | went in, so as to be out o
temptation. -Nc'e York Weekly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
TREATMENT OF CELERY.

Celery, whether self blanchine or 9th
erwisc, can be grown with much or little
labor, but like other vegetables, the more
care that is given the better will DC the
result There is certain crispness and
delicacy of flavor which can only be i'm
parted by banking generously with earth
Previous to banking, some attention is
necessary.
Last year, says C. a. Pittsford. in the
american Agricmhmist, bought Il few
pounds of straw paper, cut the sheet.
into ten inch strips and wrapped eacl,
plant in paper jacket, then hllcd Iii
almost to the top Of the papers. After
little practice, this can be done as ex-
peditiously as the ordinary tying up.
This wrapping should be done when tic
plants are perhaps a foot high, keeping
the loose end Of the paper in place with
handful Of earth, thrown on with q
garden trowcl until the row is finished
Care should always be taken in hillinn
up to give broad base to the hill, ms
the soil will need TO he drawn up HIGHER
later on, if tho plants have grown fan
enough above the paper to make it neces-
sary. Persons raising celery on n large
scale, for ordinary market purposes,
would hardly care TO take this trouble,
but if only a few hundred for family use
are grown, this plan cannot be too highly
recommended. There are two advantage:
gained by this process: First-There arc
no crooked stalks as is often the case
when the plants arc tied up. Sccond-It
prevents earth worms from nibblins tho
stalks, which they are sure to do IN wet
season.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
A FAILURE.

PainstalSing MISREPRESENTATION
careful thought will enable man to 10
almost anything, they say"
Exhausted Collector-"No, il won't,
either. I've been thinking pcrsistcntlv
and patiently for five years past, and |
cant get You TO pay that bill. "-!Somcr
ellie .I0nyWdi.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Truly A SAD ENDING.

Emcline--''IIavc you heard how Jcn-
MES marriage turned out?"
Agncs-"No; hc was foreign noble
man, wasn't hc?n
Emclinc-''lIc pretended 10 be; but
lie wasn't"
Agnes-"And SO she WAS deceived,
poor girlw
Emelinc-''Yes; horribly deceived.
lie proved to be nothing but rich
American. "-Ju,lgc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
No orroKruNIrY oF Iunclxn.

Mr.. Bultitulc-''ioung Mr.. Dawdlc
wants me to give him n position in the
Office, Flora. You're acquainted with
him. Is lie a man Of brains?"
Flora-'' Really, papa, [ don't know.
I've never met him except in society. -
Grip.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
a WHITE ELEPHANT.

Wickwire-''I thought I understood
You to say that you had very strong dis
like for Tompkins2'
Yabslcy-"So have"
Wickwire-"And yet you presented
him with new silk hat"
Yabsley-"Don't you worry about
that. He only gets $40 week salary,
and it will keep him broke for six months
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
TOO SENSITIVE.

9listress-''It seems you haven't got
sense enough to know how long 10 let
the eggs stay in the water. Did they
never have any soft boiled eggs for
breakfast where you served before YOU
came here7"
New Servant-"No, indeed. The
lady where 1 served before 1 came here
was SO kind-hcartcd that she never al
wed me to boil an egg sDtings.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
A DISAPPOINTMENT.

Vincent Ito brother, who was visiting
him at achoo)-"Why didn't you bring
Inc something good to cat?'
Harold-''I forgot all about ii when [
was leaving home"
'lIumph! when ma comes she always
brings me lots of sweet things. l was
sick for three or four days after her last
visit. - Grip.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
iIH LEFT AT ONCE.

Landlord-"Wcll, sir, how did you
sleep last night'"
Gucst-"Oh, first rate, until along to-
ward morning the trains woke me up"
Iandlord--"Thorc arc no trains
through here i'll the morning, sir. 1t
must have been our new hash machine. y
-BoSt0N IIcraH
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
rEnrILrzINn PEAR TREES.

The pear seems to be an uncertain tree
in many parts of the country which arc
otherwise good fruit sections. The
Transcript says: Probably it is not
owing so much to climatic influence as to
q want of inorganic or mineral manures
in the soil. We apprehend the want of
proper soil in tho first place, and the
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
SURE TO CATCH SOMETHING

Little Sistcr-"Ma wants YOU, Sammy
Whcrc'vc you bccn?"
Sammy-''Fishin'."
Little Sistcr-"Did you catch any.
thing2"
Sammy (sndly)-''Nothin' It ALL"
Little Sister (reassuringly)-''Oh, but
you will when you get home. - Clorcland
Leader.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
A CANDID REPLY.

Little Freddy Jagged siy)-" Mamma 5
the incest lady i'll the whole world papa's
the incest man and sister Ethel is the
incest girl"
Mr. Stickney (who is counting sister
EtheD-"What am |, Freddy"
Little Frcddy-"lou's nobody
Epoch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

The IncOns;ant-Thc Right Hind
of Girl-His First Spcech-Both
Felt UnwclI-A Candid
Reply. Etc, Etc.
A pretty girl,
Aplensant night,
A moon,--
ImpasSioned fellow
A gentle word,
A solemn VOW,
A kiss
And all swell, OIL
Again the GIRL
Another night,
Same moon
Thus far It's WELL OH
But If we took
Another look,
We'd scc,-
Another fellow
-. q. UorU,J, ~ Lifc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

Joncson-"Yomg Tomkin7 made his
maiden speech Mt tho political meeting
this evening"
Mrs. .Ioneson-"Did hc' What did
he sayl"
.Joncson (rcporting speech in fulD-
"Ladics and gentlemen - Yankce Blale.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
no MAKE MAnRrAGE 4 SUCCESS.

Dolly-''That seems to be good rule
which Mr.. Gladstone and his wife OBJ
serve"
Cumso-"Nyhat is itl"
"Whcn he insists his wife submits ;
when she insists he submits
'1es, that's n good rule My wife
and | follow it, too-at least the last part
Of it."-Nc,o York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
THE RIGHT KIND OF GIRL.

(which of the girls in Your school ,lo
you think the most of, Sammy" asked
his father ina quizzing sort of way.
81 don't think most Of none of ON, -"
was the prompt reply. "But Sally
Grubcr lets me copy all her examples on
my paper, and | think she's the right
kind of a girl. '-EpocA.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

Judge Kcaticy, of Iowa, who has MAJ.
personal inspection of The schools of
Alaska, reports that there are about four
teen schools in the Territory, three of
which are for white children, the rest
being for natives.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
FADED HOPES.

sd like TO ask you, SIR" said the
young man, i'll hcsitating tones, ''mieht
might marry your daughter?"
"llumph, y replied her father. "You
might"
Thanks, sir"
"You might, I repeat, but it would he
anc of the most incxplicablc accidents
Mat ever happened in this country"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
BOTu FELT uNwELL.

Will-"'I don't feel like myself nj all
this morning."
Bill-"What's the mattcr,"
Will-"Oh, am all out OF sorts"
Bill-"WclI, your case isn't half so
bad MS minc-lm all out of money"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

to get suit of clothes to match the hat. ;
-Ierye Mtutc Erf,rss.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-15
Claims His Title Is Genuine.

PITTSBURG, March 15-Count dc Monter- cole, in an interview with Times reporter, said that his father, Count Johaune Monter- cole, owned the estate in Italy where th, caste is located; that he married Miss Knox for her love, not money; that the affair al Paris was greatly exaggerated; that his wife was intoxicated, and, as ho could not quiet her, he changed his room; that the countess is living at the castle in Italy and does not want a divorce; that he would pay large sum of money to secure a divorce, but church and state laws would entail too much trouble that he thought he was marrying respecta- ble girl but was deceived; that he will traveI for over five years; that he will go to New York and from there to London