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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
Selling Jcwelry on Speculation.

GLOW much?h inquired tall, stylishly
dressed man, holding up a diamond scarf
pin and addressing the principal of a New
York wholesale jewclry firm.
''Thirty-fvc ADMINISTRATION price; it's
cheap at that"
Good until whcn?" qucried the man.
tNot later than two p. NJ"
"Then she goes" and the stylishly
dressed man placed the pin carefully in
his case, deposited it in his inside pocket
and walked out.
TO reporter the principal said:
"Thats one Of our many customers
who take jcwelry TO sell on speculation.
At this time of year it is quite n common
thing for such persons to buy articles on
speculation in that fashion
81 shall know that if he does not re-
turn that pin by two o'clock he has sold
it, and will bring me $35. He may get
$45 or $50 for it. That, however, is his
affair"
"And a commission besides2"
"No; we don't allow any commission
on such transactions. See here" and he
brought out his memorandum book, 1--WE
have no less than fourteen transactions
entered precisely of the same kind, vary.
ing in amount from $25 to $3.50"
When asked if he lost any articles BY
letting them out in this way the principal
responded:
''It is so rare that 7 cannot tell You
when The last case occurred. Men like
him make $4,000 and $4,000 year quite
reGtiitY. Ihiladc.: 2.ac Rccor,.
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THE RUINED CITY.


Lovo found me where amid my wasted years
sat and gazed with cold, uahceding sight
On fair shafts fallen and SCARED with tiric
and tears
Palace and temple prone III palid blight,
Whose gilded peaks once caasht the SUMS
first CLEANS.
When youth and dwclt in tho land of
: dreams. l.a
sat within the shattered porcho Fame
Whose glittering pinnacles rose highest
there,
Upon whose shrincs hope fed the rainbow
flame,
Till hope lay dead beneath the feet of care;
Now through tho niouldcrng roof frost,
wind and rain
Blur its dark courts with many II blistcrinC
stain.
And here fair Friendship had royal dome;
Pride, Pomp and Pleasure each II house o:
gold;
And oh, more sweet than all, built Home
Wherein my days might ripen and grow
old:
Lo, through their hollow chambers wheel
and fly
The owl and bat with melancholy cry.
So on the lifeless ruins of the past,
While, like pale leaves OF autumn. on my
head
The dust of wan decay fell thick aud fast,
sat among my dying hopes and dead
Alone and silent iii the spccira. gloom,
Crouched like ghost upon broken tomb;
Till Love, for which l built 10 sculDtured
shrine,
Nor knew in youthful, drcam-dcludcd
years.
Sought me with brow unveiled and eyes
divine,
And led me from that place of dust and
tears,
Far, far away, DER bright sens blowing balm,
To isles of ease i'll ultimate pure calm.
&C. L. Hitdreth, in Beitorrs Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
DEPTH To CULTIVATE.

There is 9 wide difference of opinion
as to how deepit is necessary or best to
stir the soil in cultivating the growing
crops, says Il writer in the Prairie Flu.-
nner. There are three items to be secured
ut least; the destruction of the weeds.
avoiding the unnecessary robbine of the
soil of available plant food that will be
taken up and used by the weeds; mellow
ing or loosening up the soil so that the
roots can penetrate readily; and render
ing available plant-food that is already in
the soil, but needs the action of the light
and air to make it available.
If the cultivation is commenced in GOOD
season, the weeds are very easily des-
troyed, without the necessity of disturb
ing the soil more than two or three in
ches. If the soil has been properly
brought into good filth, MS should be
done before the crop is planted, it should
be sufficiently loose and mellow for the
roots to penetrate, without the necessity,
after the plants have commenced to grow,
OF looscning up so that the roots can per-
meatc. To greater or less extent the
natural course of all manure is down
ward, and, if applied on the surface and
thorough cultivation is given, it will in
corporate we'll with the soil, and the rains
will usually carry the soluble portions
sufficiently deep, SO that the roots will
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
TREATMENT FOR HORSE rnre.,,s

Dr. III. Reynolds maintains that the
minor vice which impairs the value and
snoils the Suitability of an otherwise cx.
ccllcnt horse is, likely enough, traccablc
to bad management or severity in the
treatment of the animal, and, certainly,
liarsncss tends TO confirm the evil way.
lie mentions balkincss rs IN illustrative
instance, and adds in the New York H.
om'ner suggestions for humane and clfcc-
tive cure of this and similar tricks:
at is no use to whip the balky horse.
That only makes him worse. If n horse
refuses to so, let him stand and think of
1t for few minutes. Oftcniimcs he will
soon think better of it and start of of his
own accord. If he does not, yet out
and pat him, speak kindly, give him II
bunch OF grass, II potato or an apple, I'M
hitch the chcckrcin-dO something lust
to take his attention off the baking, and
generally he will so along without fur
thcr trouble. The horse is very susccp-
tiblc to kindness, and there is ten times
the chance TO break up the habit of balk-
ing by kindly treatment that there is by
abuse or violence; or, at least, harsh
means should not be rcsortcd to until all
devices prompted by kindness have been
thoroughly exhausted.
"Somc horses have trick of running
back when you want TO Start them. This
Is Il worse fault than refusing to 30 mt all,
ms ii is liable 10 smash the carriage oriniure
those in it. In such cases the same means
as are recommended for balky horse
may he tried. Ii those fail, take the horse
into the middle of an open level field,
start him, and let him back rs much rs
he wishes, Keeping the wheel turned so
rs to make the circuit of the field rs many
times us he wishes. Then make him keep
backing until lie is heartily sick of it,
and dizzy. Then he will see that he has
been beaten at his own game, and will
not be likely to Try it again.
"Somc horses by lying down in the
harness break shafts and DO other mis-
chief. The best way to break them OF
that trick is TO give them an overdose of
it. Wien one lies down get upon his
head and neck and make him stay there.
lie Will soon want 10 get up, but hold
him down, head fiat on the ground. If
you are strong and determined You can
keep him down, although it will hc lively
work for awhile. But don't give M.
Keep him there till he is tired out and
gives up if it takes all day, and night
too. When he gives up he knows ne is
conquered, and that you are stronger
than he. He will not be likely to put
himself again ina position that will give
you chance to hold him."
The thought is emphasized that what
ever the trick or vice, whipping or other
harsh treatment will generally do no good :;
1t cXaspcratcs the animal, makes him more
obstinate, and perhaps, even furious
Only by kind and intelligent management
can you hope to reclaim him.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
Garfield and 5Irs. Cleveland Washing
ton Press.
INDIAN WOMAN AND nEAr,

Richard Powicss, who spent his time
logging until Il school could be given
him, writes that he is ''trying to roll the
logs of knowledge into the children's
heads rs well as he rolled the logs few
months ago into tho river" and we have
no doubt he will. lie also cncloscs an
article giving an account of the bravo
deed Of one of his neighbors, an Oneida
Indian woman, whose courage seems only
c1ualed by her pride of race.
Driving into the fields o:c day where
her husband and others were Mt work,
she encountered a log lying across the
road in such way that she could not pass.
AS there was no one near TO help her, and
the log was beyond her strength to
move, she proceeded to cut it in two with
an axe she had in the wagon. To her
surprise she found she had disturbed
mother bear and her family OF cubs. The
bear more frightened than hurt took to
the woods. aud the woman walked in
! search of the men and their firearms.
flnt,ing them, she conducted her relief
party quickly back to the log, to find
That the bear had also returned. When
all were stationed ready for action she
AGAIN used her aX on the log and the bear
made her second appearance, this time
angry and vengcful. The man who stood
ready for just this emergency, missed his
aim, dropped the gun, and with all his
other masculine companions took to his
heels. Left alone with the infatuated
beast, with only an TX for defense, the
Indian woman cool!y waited until the
bear came near enough, and, letting the
TX fail with all her might upon its head,
Killed it with that one stroke. The same
weapon applied TO three of the little or
phans effectively prevented their ever re.
alizing their loss, and the other she kind
~ adopted and carried home with her.
Reaching her home she found her hus.
band, son, and others assembled there,
anXiously specializing rs TO what could
have been the result Of the encounter they
had failed to see ended. Standing be-
fore them, with the cub in her arms, she
scornfully surveyed them from head to
foot and exclaimed "Cowartls, YOU
nave no Indian blood in your veins ~
Iamfton (Ia.) Scl0ol Rccord.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
THE czAnlyA MAKES HERSELF SOLID.

The Empress Of Russia has been earn
ing great popularity i'll the army by the
following gracious act: On a recent
morning last every soldier in the Guards
III Petersburg received Il handsome briar-
wood pipe, silver mounted and engraved
with the Czarinas Initials, as a present
from her Majesty. Nor were the soldiers
wives forgotten, and each received an
elegant kcrchicf or couture, such MS
Russian women wear, in the imncria!
coiors. The acts of pure kindness on the
part of the royal lady are, of course,
being snccrcd ut by the Radicals, who
say mo Constitution, but pipe for
Michael or kerchief for AIichAc.... y
Times DcA,vciat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
be able to secure the necessary supply to

DC able to secure the necessary supply to
keep up vigorous growth.
There is another point that should also
be considered, and that is, if the soil is
stirred deep, there must of necessity be
more or less disturbance of the roots.
The roots furnish n good per cent. of the
iood That enables the plant to grow, and
if these are disturbed or broken, there
must Of necessity be lessoning in the
supply.
1t is true that plants, like animals, as
rule, heal all cuts or wounds naturally.
and if in cultivating the roots are cut or
bruised, the damage will be repaired.
There is, in addition, an outlay of
strength that is unnecessary, and could
be avoided. Fully as good u growth and
yield can be secured by stirring the soil
deep and thoroughly in blowing, then
working into good filth and planting
the seed, and then, as far ms possible, com,
mencins the cultivation in good season,
so that only the surface is stirred. This
will be sufficient to keep down the weeds,
and this is one principal point in cultiva-
ton. The work, too, can be done easier
and more economically than to stir the
soil deep at every cultivation. There may,
indeed, be times when it is necessary to
stir the soil deep, but it is the exception
rather than the rule
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
THE MILITARY GIRL,

The military girl, who has been the
theme Of college verse and the admiration
OF the college student, is now a per
mancntly established institution at the
university. She is made so by the rcgula-
tons published in The university catalogue
issued this morning. ''Thc course is to
be compulsory during the Freshman wear.
for all students who enter the colleriatc
course i'll The future, and all are expected
10 provide themselves with uniforms. -
That is the provision of the calendar.
The uniform, too, is prescribed. The
material is to be dark navy-bluc flannel.
trimmed with light gray broadcloth. The
skirt is to be plain, full, just five inches
from the floor and gathered ut the waist,
"that the main fulness may fall behind. -
This is to compensate for losses in other
directions. ''Bustlcs, stiff waists and
reeds are prohibited. The neck shall
he finished with IA sailor collar and the
slccYcs are to be straight and full enough
to allow free movement. The military
girl, with her majestic walk, mconven-
tional costume and little wooden Gun. is
the latest innovation of the West upon the
old and moss-grown customs Of the East.
Indianapolis journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE EOI,
FEMININE READERS.
PASTORAL FREAK OF 4 corSrrss.

The Counties dc Ia Tore, who used to
make herself somewhat obnoxious with
her tribe ofSats in Kensington, is now
soJourning nj small inn at Gcrard's
Cross, England, with flock of goats.
The noble lady, clad positively after the
fashion of II hcrdswoman, in full cotton
skirt and blouse bodice, roams the coun.
try with her four-foot fricnds-some-
times, it is said, even sleeping among
them ut night, in truly pastoral fashion.
She has not deserted her penchant TO.
cats, of which she still Keeps lar~c
number Chimyo Ners.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
A White Walr RESCUED FROM Cinnamon

Chief of Police Crowley received III
formation several weeks ago that Il little
white girl WAS III inmate of the large
Chinese tenement house ut lIl0 Dupont
street. Acting upon this information De.
tcciivcs Cox and Glcnnon of the China
town squad made Il careful search of the
premises in question, but failed to fird the
girl The disappointed officers, after
finishing the fifth floor, were about TO
withdraw, when the quick eye of Dctcc-
tive Glcnnon perceived suspicious look
ing cracker box inverted in one corner Of
the room and carefully guarded by huge
vase and AN old Chrcsc With him to
think WAS To act, and promptly stepping
across the room lac pushed the ancient
Chinese aside and turning the box on its
side discovered lying ON the floor the pros
tratc figure of u child. II needed but Il
glance tn convince him that in this odd
looking figure he had discovered the OBJ
jcct Of their search. The child was too
frightened to cry, and uttered no protest
when Glcnnon reached down and took
her in his arms. Then, despite the pro-
tcsta,ionS Of the excited Chinese, he car
ricd her 10 the receiving hospital, leaving
Officer Cox To inquire into the matter.
AT the hospital il WAS discovered that
the child was slightly built girl, APP
parcntly about six years of age, and TO
all appearances of either German or
Swedish parcntagc. She was dressed in
the usual garb Of Chinese children, with
her hair shaved from the forehead and
temples and plated with long colorcd
braids, rs is the custom with Tie Chinese
women. She was unable To speak word
of English, an'l when addressed could
only reply in Chinese, which she spoke
most llucn,ly. She was turned orcr TO
Mrs. Murphy, the hospital matron, and
submitted in silent wonder to the IN =
known luxury of bath, from which she
emerged very pretty and attractive lit
Tie %irl-an appearance which was greatly
heightened when She was clothed in "A cav
red dress kindly sent in by one OF the
officers. Stockings were something she
evidently had not been accustomed to,
| ah't she rcsolutcly refused To put them
on. Once dressed she ran about the hos
pita in great glcr, and in short time
her odd little ways and the infantile CHI
ncsc voice have rendered her Il prime ia
voriie with everybody about. Dr. En-
right announced that he was going TO
adopt her as the hospital pet until pro-
vision could b. made for her elsewhere
All that could be learned with regard
To the child was that She had been in
Chinatown for five years The persons
from whom she was recovered profess en-
tire Ignorance of where she came from
The officers believe her to be the daughter
of some unfortunate mother who ahan-
doncd her while still babc.-.San Fran
cisc0 CiYaniri,.
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New Method of Making India Rubber

"a new method of preparing india rub
Der is announced, which, if successfully
carried out, will have n marked effect on
the rubber industry. The poor hulero
iis the collector of india rubber is called)
has anything but an enviablc lot. He
has often to penetrate the deep forests in
search Of the trees from which the milk
is drawn, and is exposed to danger from
wild beasts, rs well rs to frequent want
oi water. Weary and harrasscol, it often
happens that he spills. much of the milk
on the way, and still more is lost by fer
mcntation; and of the quantity that is
actually brought into camp it is not UNI
usual To have to sacrifice at least forty 10
fifty per cent Of the contained rubber.
The new process causes the rubber CON
tanned in the milk 10 be coagulatcd in
simultaneously, and secures every particle
OF contained rubber, us against the
onc-half which the present method
gives, and moreover, the rubber is at
once clean and pure. The operation
is SO simple that any native can carry
it out at the foot of II tree which has
been bleeding, and thus instead of carry
ing large cans of milk of great weight,
and cntailing great loss on the way, he
simply carries i'll the sack solid rubber,
which, on his arrival Mt camp, can be at
once prepared for the market and shipped.
Several tons actually prepared on the
spot by this new process are highly
spoken of, and afford, what has long
since been desired, a clean, pure and
dry rubber of the first Quality.--Nail
and E5Dress.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
10 FARM AND GARDEN.
SALT FOR BLACK WEE:


will state for the information of all
Interested, says Texas farmer in the Ncw
York He'utd, that the common black wee
VII can be kept out of corn after it is
gathered, or killed if already in it, by
mixing salt through the corn us it is nut
IN The crib and occasionally sprinkling
inc corn with water to cause the salt to
uiSsolvc. 1t is not necessary to dissolve
all the salt at the time of cribbince the
corn as 1T will continue to dissolve, cx-
cept IN dry and windy weather, and will
do 50 even in dry weather if it is very
warm DO not throw the water on i'm
Quantities, as is the custom of some ncr-
SONS III this section. This causes the water
and salt to run through to the bottom in
large quantities, resulting in damage to
the corn ut the bottom, also TO the floor
ing and foundation of the crib; beside,
IL may not leave enough salt in the upper
portion of the corn. Some years since |
noticed here II small brown wecvil in cot
ionsced meal. The same wccvil, or one
very much resembling it, is now TO he
found in corn here. The salt and wafer
remedy does not entirely cxtcrninatc the
Drown wccvil, but lessons their numbers.
THIS wccvil damages corn very little.
also had mites in my corn the past fall,
winch the salt and wafer cxtcrIninatcd rs
wcila the black wccvil.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
A FINE LADY nnnuKEs AN rMpEnrrSrscr

A Melbourne (Australia) newspaper is
responsible for this story about the wife
OF the Governor of New South Wales:
1.-The other day II South Australian mag
nate called ut Government House. lie
sent his card in and waving the footman
aside said he would 'go up and give his
Lordship surprise at the top Of the
stairs hemct Il nice looking young woman.
and in a fine old gcntlcmanly way
chnckci her under the chin and pressed
half crown into her hand, saying ut the
same time: SHOW me into the presence
OF his Lordship, my little dear The
little dear, with an cnigmatical smile.
opened the door OF Lord Darlington
study and said: Bob here's Il gentleman
to see you, and, opening her hand, she's
given me half crown TO show him where
you are Those who know Lady Car
rington will not find it difficult to picture
her confounding the impcrtincncc of the
wicked cld South Australian by hex ready
wit" So,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
NAY MAKING AID CANE OF MEADOWS

HAY MAKING AID CARE OF MEADOWS.
In making hay, farmers are apt to
become too much hurried with drawing
IN, so that they do not rive the hay
time enough TO cure and sweat: hence
1t becomes mowburnt, musiy and dis
colorcd. IL has been my observation
That The best way 10 harvest hay is to
cnt early, SO as 10 secure Il good, green
color Let the hay lie and have plenty
time to dry; use the tcddcr and then
rake and cock it. Loading from the
windrow is Il bad practice. The hay
may appear dry after the hot RAYS OF The
sun have poured upon ii five or six
hours, but it is so only on the outside.
1t should be cooked up and have time to
sweat before it is put in larger masses.
The markets demand hay Of good color,
and it pays well TO use extra efforts 10
secure such. Hay that is cut carly
will bring two dollars per ton more than
that cut later and allowed to become
ycllowish.
Though hay-malling is important, the
care OF the meadow is equally ii not
more so. 1t is best to seed with fall
crops at the time of sowing or in the en-
suing spring. DO not pasture much. and
If the meadow is seeded to timothy. don't
pasture nj all, or the meadows will soon
run out" Pasturing will cause June
grass to start and there will soon he no
timothy. l know of meadows ten or
twelve years old that yielded from one.
and a half TO two tons per acre last
year. They were never pasturcd, last
spring were narrowed, and where thin.
new seed WIS sown. Every two or three
years quantity of phosphate was sown,
mt the rate OF few dollars worth per
acre. This cnrichcs the land and gives
good growth of grass. If the fall is
wet there will be quite growth after
cutting. In spring where this autumn
growth dried it is burnt over. This
warns the ground and gets rid of the
old dead grass, which would otherwise
be raked up and spoil the sale of the
hay. The ashes act as fertilizer.
have been speaking of timothy mead
ows. With clover good crop of seed
can often be secured as second crop
after haying. AS to which is the better.
clover or timothy, it depends upon the
soil, etc. Timothy brings the best price
the coarser and longer the better
while clover makes the best pasture. Il
is better to put hay in barns or sheds
than in stacks, as stacked hay is liable 10
| become dusty. There cannot be too
much care taken in raising and harvest
ing hay. Human beings want their food
to be well prepared, and so also do the
dumb bcasts.-1merican 1gricuhmia.
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TO GET RID OF SHEEP TICKS.

The ticks which arc so numerous Oh
lambs after the ewes are SHARED are the
cause OF the lambs nibbling themselves
ana OIL their failure to do we'll These
insects annoy the young animals exceed
ln"'y and should he got rid of at once by
me following means: Procure tight
OoX or vat large enough to hold Il lamb,
anu another with II shopping floor, from
which the drainage can flow into a pail :
make dccoction Of tobacco stems, one
pound to Il gallon OF water; pour BOILING
water on the stems and steep them until
The heat IL reduced to l20 degrees; add
two ounces Of sulphur TO the gallon of
water with the tobacco. Put sufficient
Of the liquid i'll the first vat to cover the
lamb all over but the head and put the
lamb into it, taxing care to get the
liquor thoroughly into the wool, nut the
lamb into the draining box and squeeze
Tie liquor out of the wool. So proceed
through the flock. Keep some of the
liquor hot in kettle to rcplcnish the
vat. Sometimes but;crmilk is poured
on The back of the lamb ard spread all
through the wool for The purpose of kill
ing these pests. Where there are but 4
few lambs the ticks may be killed with a
pair OF sharp pointed scissors, as they are
found by parting the wool on the sides
oil the animal.-Ncco Iorh; Times.