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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
A Story of John Bright

John Bright the great English states
man, used to be fond of salmon fishing
in the Highlands. One evening he and
his party were returning to their inn,
after day of poor sport to all except
himself-and he had brace of fine
salmon. BY the roadside, on heap of
stones, they passed wrctched- looking
man weeping, with his hands on his
face. and all in rags. In answer to Mr..
Bright's inquiry. he told a piteous tale
OF starvation ut home, of sick wife and
five hungry children. The Tribune put
his hand in his pocket, but unluckily
had no change. "Ncver mind, take
that" he said, Offering salmon. 'It
will at least make good dinner for you
once" The sequel was Us follows: After
washing his hands Mr.. Bright was COM
ing down to dinner when girl happened
to be crossing to the larder with a fine
fish. ''That is my salmon" said Mr..
Bright. II know him, for he was
hooked on the outside. Where did YOU
get it" "Oh, from Sandy" said the
simple Scotch lassic, ''and he is in the
tap room" Mr.. Bright, looking rather
grim and stern, forced his way into the
tap-room, where his lachrymose friend
sat with q number of cronies taking his
nip" aud in full glee recounting his
adventure. Nor was he q bit abashed Mt
the stern face of the Peoples Tribune,
but had begun long explanatory state.
ment, whe Il the glance of scorn which
had electrified Parliaments and audiences
swept over him. Without n word Mr..
Bright returned to his place. Afterward
he was not SO lavish with his fish.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
Flower Farming.

We are told that the flower trade of
London is es mated ut the value of
$780, day, and to anyone in any way,
acquainted with this gigantic branch this
fact is not to be wondered at.
Between Nice and Cannes to London,
especially during the winter and spring,
there is a special railway and postal SER
vice by which the flower cultivators of
France are enabled to pour into tho
English markets flowers and ferns by
the thousand dozen punches ut q time;
in fact, these consignments are pro-
digious.
The principal kinds of flowers i'm
ported to our markets. especially Coyent
Garden, from the continent, etc., con-
sist of lilac and syringa, violet, both
parma and the car, and mignoncttc and
Lent lilies, in enormous quantities,
mimosa or acacia in two or three kinds,
narcissus in several varieties, including
paper white, double roman, grand mon
argue, solell dor, and the white roman
hyacinth; all the above, if English
grown, realize better price in the
market, but they arc not grown in
sufii .ent quantity in this country; and
the Anglo-French statesmen in Covent
Garden are now during winter, I might
state, without hesitation, the most i'm
portant vendors in the market, and they
are fully aware of their importance.
1t is said the ottar of roses, manu-
featured in the Valley of Kesanlik,
Roumelia, is exported to the value Of
%22o, 600; and some one has made cal
cuation to show that 10, 104, 600, 600
of blossoms are used each year at this
one place alone. In connection with
flower culture on the continent, and now
in the United States of America, the
manufacture of perfumes from flowers
forms q very Profitable industry,
and one which certainly might be
adopted by the English grower. The
town of Grassc, near Cannes, the capital Of
the department of the Aipcs Maratimcs,
is the centre of flower growing district,
. and the principal seat Of the manufacture
OF perfumes in France.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22

greedy than ever, before we had got out
of their sight among the scattered tim
Der. Thon thought of fox which we
had trapped, and had tossed under the
robe beside Lars, ct starting.
That fox" gaspcd. ''Pitch that
outl"
Overheard went the precious gray fox.
Thon on-on-on, for life again. But
we were within twenty rods of camp
now, and with fresh squirt dashed for
the door and reaching it, ran inside,
sled and all, at ono final leap.
Tho door was slammed to and barred :;
and mad at our escape, the hungry crea-
lures dashed themselves against it, like
foaming sea-wavo.
But we were safe. dropped upon
the camp floor exhausted.
Till nearly midnight the famished
animals ragged about the hut. Then n
little later we heard sudden and most
appalling cutlery. But it was as quickly
hushed. The wolves had broken into
the ''lean-to."
Poor aBingoi There was nothing left
of him to tell of his fate.
In the morning all was quiet. / took
Lars, who had passed q night nf agony,
on the sled, and again set oil down the
river toward my unclc's camp which we
reached about noon. The Norwegian
was taken home and ultimately re-
covered.
Next day l went back to our camp
with two of the men, and brought out
our furs and traps. But had no further
desire to hunt that winter. = Youths
Companion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
Making Bent Wood Furniture.

We have all seen the beautiful Austrian
bent wood chairs and furniture, which
owe their popularity, perhaps, as much
to their charming design as to their
strength and durability; and most of
us have had some curiosity to know how
they were made. The Heouc Undesirable
explains the matter. as least so far us the
processes could be observed at the indus.
trial exhibition at Buda-Pesth. Within
n few years The methods of treating the
wood have been improved, and the ap-
plication Of the material much extended;
carriage wheels, for instance, having
their rims made of n single piece of ash
or oak, bent TO circle, with great adj
vantage in point OF strength and cheap
ness over those made with iellics sawed
in small sections out Of straight pieces
of wood. Tho material to be bent is,
for furniture, usually red beech, which
grows very abundantly in the Hungarian
forests. Tho timber is sawed into strips
one and onc-half to two inches square,
according to the work for which it is in
tended, and then turlcd in n lathe into
smooth, round rods. These rods are
placed in an air-tight case. where they arc
exposed for fifteen minutes to tho action
of superheated steam They arc then so
soft and pliablc as to be ca lily bent by
hand, and are in this condition fitted to
iron patterns, well secured, and left to
dry. The drying takes from two 10
eight days. according to the size of the
piece. When it is complete, the wood
is detached from the pattern and is
ready to be joined with other pieces,
vanished, polished, and sent out in the
shape of finished furniture. -American
Irchitcct.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
Powerful Secret Orders.

In the United States there are over
200 fra.c:nal, benevolent, social, insur-
ance, political, religious, temperance
and other secret orders Following is
the official membership of some of the
moro prominent American organizations.
Freemasons, 0G0,UO0 Odd Fellows,
$50, 0CO; Grand Army of the Republic,
$50, 900; Knights of Pythias, 2l0, 900;
Good Templars, 200, 962; Ancient Order
of United Workmen, 101, S76; Knights
of Honor, 124, LOG; The Royal Arcanum,
so 900; Improved Order OF Red Men
$4,000; American Legion OF Honor, CT.
664; Knights and Ladies of Honor, 49,.
200 Sons of Veterans. al, 900; Ancient
Order of Forcsters, 1880: Daughters
of Pebekah, 1888; knights OF the
Golden Eagle, 10000, and order of
Chosen Friends, 20,271. The total
number of NIasons in the world is os-
timated at 100000. The total num-,
Der of Druids in the world is 67,OOO.S
--Nsw York Telegram.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
Grooming n Horse.

Tho curry comb is source of pleasure
to the horse, or an instrument of torture,
accordingly rs it is handled It may be
made to gently ilattcr the skin of tho
horse, removing impurities and opening
the pores, or i'll less skilful hand it
may scrape and irritate the surface,
bruisc prominent points, and leave the
tortured animal so sore that it will for
ever after shrink from the touch of one
in any hands. Every person who has
the care of horse should learn to acquire
a def, rapid, light touch which does
tho CROUCH work but so skilfully that the
horse enjoys it, MS n man in BARRIERS
chair enjoys clean shave from a skill
full workman, while he breads IL scraping
from bungler. Unlike most men when
under BARRIERS hands, horse greatly
likes to be talked to during the opera
tion, and equally unlike, never talks
back. But kind pleasant words 10 the
horse. and IN occasional caressing pat
with one hand while the other wicids
tho curry comb, puts tho horse at its case
and establishes pleasant relations with
its mustcr.--Amcric0n Agricuuurist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
Americas Greatest CROP.

Corn is Americas greatest crop. IT is
grown in every State and Territory in
the Union. The prospective harvest Of
the current year is 1000, 900, 900 bushels.
Ninety-six per cent. of our corn Is con-
sumed ut home. Only four per cent. is
exported as corn. 1t is an important
factor in beef, pork, and dairy products
for export. There is in this country
twice as many acres in corn as in wheat,
and four times as many as in cotton. An
abundant corn crop means wide spread
prosperity to all classes, and we shall
have it. and the distribution of money
will be as general as the dew. Men who
love their fellow-men, and have posi-.
ton and little time, should start
savings banks where they have any.
chance. of paying expenses and four per.
cent. interest, to encourage saving and
gather up the money crumbs so that,
nothing may be wasted for want Of a
place to put it for safe keeping and in-.
crease, - Banker's Monthly. !,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
Points in Buttcr-Nrnk,nr

In every 100 pounds OF milk, besides
cighty-six or eighty seven pounds of
water, there are four pounds of sugar
and four pounds of chcesy matter in
which there are an enormous number of
small round globulcs which contain the
butter fat. Such fluid is particularly
liable to fermcnt and dccomposc. Consc-
qucntly the whole system of butter
making must be directed to keeping the
globulcs in state of tho utmost purity.
otherwise the butter will not be purc or
likely to keep. Cleanliness and pure
air in the stables are indispensable, also
pure water and proper food.
Neither roots, linseed cake, cotton
cake or grain should be given in too
largo quantities to cows whose milk is to
be made into butter. The quantity of
food supplied should be regulated some.
what by the quantity of milk received.
In other words, the COW that gave the
smallest quantity should not be fed rs
literally rs the one that produced
considerably more. The dai room
should be free from the slightest smell.
The cows should lie kept comfortable
and not be annoyed by dogs or driven
rapidly, or forced 10 walk long distances.
The utmost cleanliness in milking should
be observed. Shallow pans were the
most common for setting, but in winter
deep setting was better. For large
quantities the mechanical separator pro-
duced the best results. The process of
ripcning the cream should stop short of
souring. Butter colored with carrots
could not DO expected to keep. From
forty, to fifty revolutions per minute in
the ehurn ale enough. The huttermil!!
should be run through n strainGF, and
pure cold water poured into the churn.
The utter should be taken out with n
wooden scoop and not with the hands.
In working and sailing the grain of the
butter should not be broken. YorI
World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
I'LL HAD KNOWN.

Z N had known, when last touched tho fin
gers S
or him loved so we'll,
That neer again their clinging clasp would
thrill mo
With loves strangc.spcl,
had not been SO careless in my greeting,
So free to say farewell
II had known!
II had known that low voice, sad and ten
der,
That pleaded for ono word,
Ono little word TO carry as loves token,
Would ne'er be heard
Till life were past my heart then cold and
careless,
How might it have been stirred
II | had knownl
II had knownl Ali hopeless, sad refloc-
ton,
Thus late, it brings no cheor.
II had known how soon cold death would
silence
The voice so dear;
Had shown SOHO litt.o Of tho loyo ! cher
ished,
Lifo were not now SO drcar-
III had knownl
M C. Brown, in Yankee Bl-dc.
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Beauties orBuckwhcnt.

There are several arguments in favor
of buckwheat as farm crop. The time
of filing the ground and sowing. in late
June, just between the hurry of plan ting
and haying, is an interval of COMPARE.
tive leisure. Insects do not trouble
buckwheat, and so on land full of wire
WORMS or grubs this is an excellent plant
not only to escape the ravagcs of these
destructive pests, but to rid the soil of
them preparatory to the raising of other
crops. In some parts of Michigan wire.
worms are very destructive. 1 lost not
little from their attack of my corn on
low piece, which 1 had drained. Upon
examination of a similar picco intended
for corn next year found it also full of
these grubs of the clater beetles. / have
raised good crop of buckwbeat on it.
which l expect will secure against uiury
of my crop another year. Many bee
keepers object to planting especially for
bees; but all favor such crops as aisike-
clover and buckwheat, for these are
valuable for other purposes. This sea.
son has been the poorest for honey ever
known in the United States, Canada
and Europe. The early honey crop was
failure. How fortunate the beekseper
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22

pounds of honey or syrup November list,
per colony. to pass tho winter in safety.
Tho moro fine days in winter that bees
will fly the more stores they will COM
sumo. Protection of any kind has q
tendency to Lessen the consumption of
food.
Mr.. p. A. Larsen, of Norway, recon-
mends as preventive of ants. the use of
the intestines of fish. He puts some of
it into the nest, and insists that the ants
always leave if this remedy is used once
OF twice. Another gentleman, Dir G.
Omberg, recommends the use of
powdered lime. He puts some of it
around the hives with the same good
effect.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN
Board Floors for Pig Pens.

A pigs foot is small in proportion to
its weight. II allowed to trample over
wet ground In its pen, it must inevitably
miro it up worse than other animals.
Some think the pig loves this condition
Of things. Ho does not, but he cannot
help it. BY all means, give piggy a
board floor over at least part OF his
pom, and under cover. This no will keep
scrupulously clean and neat, going out
side in tho coolest weather to void LIQUID
or solid excreta. Very young pigs
quickly learn this habit of neatness. :
american Cuhicator.
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Farm and Garden Notes.


Add ground meat scraps to the poul-
try feed.
The first dcsideratum in winter is
warmth.
Warm feed promotes laying during
Geld weather.
The chicken park should be under the
direction of the wife.
The "bronze" is the favorito turkey
with many who raise for market.
Cream not stirred enough is sometimes
the cause of white specks in butter.
Scanty fare, exposure and neglect is
ruinous to farm stock at this season.
There is no better food for breeding
sows than skim milk and wheat bran.
The droppings should pay for the la
Dor of cleaning out the poultry house.
Each bushel of hen manure saved and
put on corn land will give one bushcl of
corn.
II we'll taken care of, chickens will
pay better than any other stock on the
farm.
The practice of drawing out manure
as fast as it accunulates seems to grow
in favor.
Professor Cook thinks it desirable to
combine Bookkeeping with some other
business.
Keep the pig out of the wet and give
it chance to keep clean by having a
board floor in at least part of the pen.
A hen OF the largo breed should not
lay less than from ITO to 120 eggs, the
small breeds from $50 to 175; any that
lay less eggs than that should not be
kept
Ii you are breeder of thoroughbred
stock Gull the fowls very closely. 1t
will not pay to winter disqualified birds.
! There is more money with fewer birds
and higher prices.
Sheep and swine kept constantly on
wooden floors often hnves hoofs grown
badly OUT Of shape. Such hoofs should
be frequently p::-red and shortened to
bring them i'll shape.
Always select your horses for special
work required. The heavy draft ami
mails are best Tor farm purposes. Trot-
tiers are intended for tho road moro than
for drawing heavy loads.
A Michigan bee-keeper says: My
way of getting rid Of ants in bee hives
is to kill what can, then place green
CubuIp ONCt tuc DroOQ WncIG ING anus
gather, which find drives them away
efTectually.
Provide lcathorn bit for cold weather
or cover the iron bit smoothly with
common bride leather and protect the
cheek pieces with the same. 1t is cruel
tc force horse to take the iron bit in
hard freezing weather.
The best butter cloth is parchment
paper. 1t is practically air, water and
grease proof and does not stick to the
butter. When yea wrap your butter in
parchment papelb consumers cannot
speculate whether the butter cloths be-
gan life as part of shirts or sheets.
No permanently successful attempts
at poultry raising are recorded where
the crowding of the fowls was practiced.
Ono hundred fowls to the acre seems to
be the limit of safety with experienced
poultry men, A wide range is absolutely
essential to the health and vigor of fowls
Bees should have not less than twenty
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
Irrigation in Lgypt..

A proposal has been made to turn to
account piece of depressed land in
Middle Egypt by converting it into q
huge reservoir, about tho size of the
Laka of Geneva, for the purpose of stor-
ing the waters of the Mile when the
river is in flood. The water would be
available for irrigating the lower coun-
try, when the Nile was low, between
February and June. 1t would cost &c.
900, 600, but it would add in ten years
5000, 900, 600 to- the wealth of Egypt.
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TO Mako Cow Mother Two Calves.

First put blanket ian old gunny
sack will do) on her own calf for n
couple of days; then take her calf away
at night out OF her hearing if convenient
and keep it away until morning; then
take the blanket off the calf, and while
warm put it on the strange calf and give
tho strange blanketed calf to the cow
after night of believing she will own it
as soon rs she sees the blank ct and gets one
smell; she is satisfied that she has found
her own. After tho COW has had her
new calf few hours trot out her own
calf with no blanket on, and it is sport
to sec her smell first one calf then the
other. The oil COW has now marched
OIL proudly with her "twins," taking
both without any regard to age, size,
color or previous condition.-Now York
Herald
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22

who secured from buckwhcat or other
fall honey plants, enough honey at least
to winter his bees. Last summer /
planted the Japanese buckwheat-h half
the field early in June; the remainder
July 1. Both parts did equally we'll. 1
had to pay So q bushel for seed, but am
not sorry did SO. The size of berry
and prolificness Of this variety arc sur
prising. The bees also worked on the
flowers all day; usually they do not
work on buckwheat after noon; the
flowers do not seem to secrete nectar ex-
cept early in the day. expect the
buckwheat cakes from this variety will
be, at least, up to the standard.-Fr0-
.tcssor d. j. Coo, in Mo York Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22
a Novel Implement.


1t oc' urred to mo last spring that
steel rail would be an efficient implement
to spread manure, and l borrowed ono
from the Canada Atlantic Railroad Com.
peny with which to make the expert
ment. The manure, large portion of it
night soil, had been deposited on four
acre field. hitched two heavy teams to
tho rail, about four feet fSom each end,
and started them, taking sweep of
thirty feet each time. 1t worked admra-
bly,. The field was level, and after go
ing over it four times with the rail,
which was done more quickly than once
with harrow, had tho satisfaction OF
seeing the manure not only evenly
spread, but we'll incorporated with the
surface soil. In half q day. with two
men and two teams, had spread us
much manure rs twenty men could have
done in the same time with forks and
shovcls.
In the adjoining field 1 had dug drain
several hundred yards long and filed it
twenty inches deep with stone After
having covered the stone with coarse lit
ter, it occurred TO mo that could make
the horses fill in the earth with the steel
! rail. placed n team on each side of the
ditch and had the rail drawn on an anglo.
fast rs the horses could walk, and in an
hour had covered rs much drain as
would have have taken my whole force
q full day to do with shovcs.
After harvesting my corn last fall lit
had been cultivated on the ridge system)
decided that l would try to level the
ridge: and root out the corn stubbc bo-
fore blowing. The corn had grown so
strong that the stalks had TO be cut with
brush scythc, and the stubblc was rs
thick as stakes. A three. horse team on
each end of the steel rail lcvcled tho
ridges nicely and uprootcd and scattered
the corn stubble SO thoroughly that the
soil Ga stiff, black clay loamj plowed US
easily as n summer fallow.
! / tried the rail rs lcvclcr on q rough
fold plowcd out of grass, found it too
heavy job for four horses and worked
it with two three horse teams, drawing
the rail lcugthwise with the burrows. |
hardly expected it to work well, but
was surprised ut the result. After
going over the ground twice with the
furrow and twice on an angle with the
furrow, the rail left the field rs level rs
billiard table, and packed the sod so
firmly that it is now. three weeks after,
well rOttcd and will cross pillow as easily
as stubbc.
1 kept n summer fallow free from
weeds, destroying heavy crop of
thistlcs and couch grass during that
season with one plowing in June and
one in September. Before l could turn
the plows into it in the spring the weeds
and grass had formed heavy crop at
least fifteen inches high. They were
turned under by fastening chain TO the
pillow beam. l narrowed the field with
an Acme harrow and then allowed it to
stand until the second crop of weeks be-
gan to show up. 1t was then worked
with the steel rail two or three times
during the summer, and the young
weeds, torn up by tho roots, fell back
over the rail and withcred in short
time IN the hot sun. The result is a
thoroughly clean field with the least
possible outlay Of time and labor
Rural Mc,o Yorker.