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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
Haymakinw IL Finland.

y curious way Of making hay is very
generally adopted by the Firms, SAYS the
Hd'G Ldnc E.ipreSs. Poor men who own
no meadows have long been accilst omcd
To cut what grass they can find in the
forest glatles and other waste lands.
Owing TO the lack of roads and farm
steads the hay was stuffed among the
branches Of ncighhorine trees 10 await the
winter Grosts and SNOW, when il could
easily he carried of by slcdgcs. After n
wet season some farmers noticed that thi.,
was actually better in quality than that
which they themselves had made from
much better grass. The wild crop. so 10
call il, had dried much better in tEc
tree branches exposed 10 II free circula-
lion of air ;han the rich heritage which
had lain long on the soddcn Ground.
Hence ii occurred to them 10 make tenn
porary trees upon which their own crops
might be dried.
This experiment Was attended with
such success that the plan has been widely
Initiated and bids fair entirely TO supplani
the old fashioned methods. After the
moving is done IL number of poles about
Ten feet in length and provided with long
transverse pegs are set up at intervals and
the grass is loosely hcapcd upon them
The result is said TO be excellent. Even
IN vet weather only II small portion form
ing the outside of The pile is discolored
while the inner portions, exposed to the
air beneath and protected from the rain
above, are dried in perfect condition.
Moving can be carried on in spite Of
wind and rain, and when once Tie grass
is placed unon the drying poles it may he
left without fear of serious damage unit;
tine weather changes
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
Tic L';n..cn l5nnris

Formerly among the NIaoris of New
Zealand, - warrior of note would often
HIil rs many us II dozen u even twenty
iacl i'll 4 single fight; for when once the
enemy broke and began To run, Il quick.
footed chief would chase straight on and
never stop, dealing disabling ii not fatal
blows as he went and leaving the slower
one behind TO come UP and finish his vie
tins. There was great emulation among
tie warriors Of both sides to come to close
quarters and kill the first man in the ranks
OF the cnomy-a feat which gave the for
tnnatc warrior the right to c.y SKI au &c
matnikd, II lave the first man i'll this
fight, and covered him Will! glory ms a
matter of course. The heads of slain
enemies were cut Off, dried, and exposed
IN conspicuous positions about the town
OF the victors; occasionally, also, routed
tribe. If they had time to do so, would
Gu. oil the heads OF their own wounded
and scuttle home with them TO prevent
tlicm from graciug the cnemy's triumph.
Tins rescued from ignomiEy they were
placed upon mats and general langi or
lament was held over them by the female
members of the family to which their own
ers had belonged. Besides outlandish
screaming, wailing, and wringing of
hands, the mourners INDUCED in The most
irightful sclf-mutilations. Gnsping Il
piece of volcanic glass, sharper than a
razor, in the right hand, they would place
it upon the left wrist and draw il up the
aria, the spout'ng blood following lis
track; then across the breast downward
10 the short ribs on the right side. The
rude knife would then be shifted TO tic
left hand and carried ovcra similar track
on the opposite side, making bloody
cross on the breast. The forehead and
checks were scored in like way, so that
Tie operator was 81 mass OF blood and
lricklcd gore from every finger. Tangis
are still kept up, but in these degenerate
days the mutilation is only matter of
form; whether i'll cutting up their enc
mics or themselves, the Maori race have
miscrably lost their former skill.--Ycto
IV.,.. 7imcs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
The population is divided into thres

The population is divided into thres
eastes or classes-thc nobility, the UNI,
titled and slaves. OF the mobiles there
are six classes, only two of which receive
grants of land from the Queen, exact
tribute from their vassals and are per.
united to wear the red mantle. Among
the untitled are those who enjoy special
privileges, such rs exemption from taxes
and from execution by the knife. The
slaves are divided into two catcgories-
serbs oil the Crown who have Il consider
able influence, like eunucl,s in Mohau.
mcdan countries, aud slaves proper, who
form nearly half the population of the
capital province. The conduct OF the
entire population is servilc in the pres.
cnce Of the Queen. Whenever her red
umbrella, the use OF which, is legendary,
appears Tie psople crowd about her OK.
Claiming constantly and in unison; Eth
Eth! Eli Our Queen is II beautiful
Queen. She is our sun" Twenty Kings
amt Queens are enumerated in the ROYAL
records since the llovas became the ru.
ling race i'll the sixteenth century, during
witlch time the manners of the people
nave somewhat aneliuraicd. Still the
royal ruic is often barharolis and cpprrs.
Sivc. The corvcc is an instance II is
the personal service due by Inc people to
the State. When TIE royal palace was
built one sci % men had to quarry, ut
Tie distance oi nearly hundred
miles from Tananarivo, the stone
which another cOrvcc OF laborcrs had
TO carry on their backs to the place
where it WAS wHnted. The labor was per-
formed with lie slate in the same manner,
while Il third corvcc was less onorously
burdencd with The wood. Il was rep
clifton on Il smaller scale, OF the build
ing OF the pyramids. Taxes arc nomin-
ally light, but The contributions in money
atone for the deficiency. a considcra-
bic revenue comes from the customs,
which are III charge Of The French ut
certain ports. Commerce is entirely in
the hands of tie English, French and
Americans, the latter furnishing the
STcatcrpart OF the rifles, powder and lead
needed in the island. The Magachc
array, which can place in line "a, 900 men
disciplined by the English, who desired
to place them in condition where they
woald be abie to rcpcl the French, is
partially armed wis: Rcmingtons. Ii is
so Enthusiastically clad that it can hardly be
said to be uniformed. -Saa h,aneisco
CM0,icte.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
number of workers by hand could dress

number OF workers by hand could dress
$500 slaves.
In making tin cans, one man and n
boy with modern appliances, can do tho
work of ten workers by the old process.
In making bread boxes three men can
do the work of thirteen box makers by
the old methods
One boy by machinery, in turning
wood work and materials for musical iu-
struments, performs the work of twenty
five men by the old methods.
BY the use of coal INNING machines 100
miners i'll Il month can mine Us much coal
i'll the same time as 800 miners by the old
methods.
In the manufacture of wall paper one
worker by the ali of machinery, does the
work of 100 workers 10y manual labor,
and in cutting and drying paper by mu g.
chinery four men and six girls do the
work u; 100 operators by old methods.
In the whole country an army of work
crs have been displaced by machinery,
while large contingent of operators has
been placed in the manufacture of labor
saving appliances. Improved processes
ot manufacture and competition make
>'N' 'i'NiN III INC con-
sumner.
In 1880 there were in the United States
2,f33 900 operatives engaged in niuuu-
iacturc, representing and supporting 49,
665, 900 consumers, or onc-1uartcr OF the
population then, with S., $50 900, 900
product, or an average OF S2Ot5 p"r hand,
with $3.50, 600, 600 wages paid operatives.
The product of the census for 1890 will
probably reach between is, 0O0, 900, O00
and $1,000, 900, 900, with very large
increase i'll operatives representing and
supporting aa army of consumers of
everything produced in the country.
Every week there are chroniclcd numcr.
Gus new manufacturing enterprises Civ
Ing place to large numbers of workers.
The most notable are the organizations
at Pittshurg and Chicago Tor the manu-
facturc of tin and ternr plates, for whicl,
we have paid Great Britain $24l 900, 900
i'll the last fifteen Years, and Il ten million
iron p'am.-Nen York Gru}hic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
Fishing for Trout With Live aic,

The waters of the little Broa,lhcad at
Pocono, Penn, are sprinkled with
numerous pools, deep and dark, which
are the home Of big trout. 4 few DAYS
ago the attention OF II fisherman was
attracted Ivy the sight OF little field
mouse that was making frantic struggles
TO cross one of these deep pools While he
watched II there w;!s Il furry in The water,
and Il monster trout dartcd up and seized
the little struggling creature
That was enough To set the iishcrman's
brain to working, and early The next ,ay
he WAS ont i'll search Tor field mice. He
soon captured several, and then he risgcd
up harness OF mice TO this he
attached a gang hooi. that was connected
with the line IN his rod The hook wns
near enough to the hind quarters of The
mouse To make il impossible for trout 10
swallow the mouse without also swallow
ing the hook, hut il WAS far enough away
10 permit il to sink in the waia. Ms If
there were 40 connection between the
mouse and the hook. Then with the
harncsscd mouse in his hand and the
others in tin box in his crccl, the angler
stole softly to Il rock 0vcrhauging the
pool where the swimming mouse had met
lis fate on the previous day. lie dropped
his captive into the water, and watched
IL struggling lahorio.isly across the dark
water toward the opposite bank. IT had
covered half the distance when :. biz
monster of IL trout fell upon it, When
the fish felt the hook his rage knew no
bounds, and he fought for over an hour
before he could he lnnipl He vo, civ
teen inches long and weighed nearly
three pounds. The fisherman had to cut
the hook out and make another harness,
and for every mouse he was repaid by II
whopping big trout .-Mcio York .Swn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
jay Cooke Rich Again

Among the pushing Thong OF Broad.
way today was an old gentlcman clad
more in tho garb of countryruan than
that of great financicr. Ills clothes
were plain, and his white SLOUGH hat
with its broad brim, gave him .he nm.
pearanco of well-to-do farmer. Tic
hnlr anu beard OF jay Cooke are now
snow white. but he still moves along MS
If contentcd with life. No one familiar
with his everyday appearance would
think he was the famous banker-thc
man who has handled moro millions
than any other private individual in
America, failed FOR more money thun
any other, and finally has grown rich
again after he had grown old. While
lie IL by no means as familiar n figure
IA ho used To 10, and does no. mi rlo
III tho uncertainty of "tho street. ns
OF yoro, ho is mora frequently sccn
among tho hustle az business men than
almost any man of his agc.
Jay Cooke has had n singular career.
When tho war broke out lie lived ont
along ! axe Eric, at Sanduskv, md
Snlmon p. Chase, whilo Secretary q;
the Treasury. first gave him big
start III life, which hc followed to dis.
nStcr, and then built anew from moth.
ing. MIR. Cooke never forgot or ne.
elected his home in Ohio. and orc of
his charities is beautiful homo on an
island i'll Lake Erie, few miles from
Sandusky, which he bought and named
Gibraltar" lie had il laid out in
wild, romantic walks, and built n com.
modions stone castle upon it. Ito PRO.
vilcd the house with every imaginable
comfort, and put into il II competent
housckccper. To this retreat no would
invite each summer ministers of the
gospel of different denominations. who
could lily afford 10 take summer
vacation.
Mr.. Cooke lives with his son INV
now, Mr.. Barney. who does business
near the famous old banking house on
Third street. i'll Philadelphia, over
which MIR. Cooke onco presided. aud
where tho Northern Pacific Railroad
was projected. In many respects JAY
Cooke will go down 10 history rs one
OF the remarkable men of our time. In
little church out Mt Frankfort. near
Philadelphia, he has son prcnchinc.
To II congregation no can hardly afford
TO pay him salary enough to liuuidnt,
his horse hire. So tho curious turns
of lifo aro again illustrated in MIR.
Cookies career and in that of the fam
lily he has raised.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
Poetry inspired by n Centipedo.

Professor Lancaster speaks at length
in Nature of the series of instantaneous
photographs of men and animals in mo-
ton taken by Muybridgc for the Uni,
vcrsity OF Pennsylvania. He suggests
that by this means we may be able ia
analyzc the movements Of The separate
legs Of the centipcdc, an insectwhich has
absorbed many of the Professors valua.
bic hours. SO enthusiastic does he he.
come that he bursts forth in the follow.
ing ditty:
"a centipedc was happy-qui,e!
Until toad in fun
said, Pray which leg moves after which,
rhis raised her doubts to such pitch
She fell exhausted in the ditch,
Net knowing how to run"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
Watch Screws.

Tt is asserted that the smallest screws
III the world are those used in the pro-
duction OF watches. Thus, the fourth
jewel wheel screw is the next thing to be
invisible, and to the naked eye il looks
like dust; with glass, however, il is
seen to he Il small screw, with 2G0 threads
to the inch, and with n very fine glass the
threads may be seen quite clearly These
minute screws are l-1000th Of an inch in
diameter, and the heads are double; it is
also estimated that an ordinary lady's
thimble would hold 100, 900 of these
screws. No attempt is ever made to
count them, the method pursued in de-
tcrnining the number being to place 100
Of them on a very delicate balance, and
the number of the whole amount is de-
termined by the weight of these. After
hc:ng cnt the screws are hardened and
put in frames, about 100 to the frame,
heads UP, this being done very rapidly
by sense of touch instead of by sight, and
the heads are then polished in an auto
matte machine, 10000 Mt time. The
plate on which the polishing is performed
is covered with oil and grinding com
pound, and on this the machine moves
them rapidly by reversing motion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04

In .inhucry when l'c-ru-n ma fails To keon van,
WARM. When tho blusiciin blasts Of winter
s emuo'ope Your Indy Ia thcl icy embrace. md
s sii,'.'o itSe@r Your very marrow; wncn vuu
s s, itnd shake with tho cold chills TINT
b on,ni. t Hncr you and pierce yon the very
tmn, hn.n ~ Is lint you wall iinl if yon try ii.
a,W n 'ncr. u nothing y cnmfu. nblv ,ynrni,u,,
mn a., 80 iniiuly ihv."rnting rs this same rr.rii
n,';;u IcndihH gentle glow through your
ing through your veins, put new Ijfc and vi,,nr
mo {un niM make you ircl altogether like n
mcw i'inh. TLc effect Of pc-il.na in this ro.
miner miner incdicinc. As n Stomach Medicine md
; tnnm ~ mas M equal aud needs only 10 bo
, uriou 10 prove Its efficiency. For record of
uies' hcnd for DIR. llsrtman's Ellis OF Life. :,
zen, iieo 10y the l'ernnn Medicine Company,
ana Bowels rcisulnicd, Man a. lin sho,ld H.
takeh ut The sumo Time. Ala b ,itlc 10
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
liigllIy.PNid Prelatcs.

The Austrian archbishops are probably
the most highly paid in the world. The
cardinal archbishop of Vienna has about
$50, 900 year, but the cardinal arch
bishop of Olmutz has 5000, 900, the
cardinal archbishop of Prague has $,l75,-
900, and the archbishop of Eriru has
$500, 900. And the primate of Hungary,
the cardinal archbishop of Grau. has
$500, 600 year.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
Monaghan Solicitations.

When Chinaman meets another he
shakes and squeezes his own hands and
covers his head. If great friends had moi
seen each other for n long time, they
would rub shoulders until they got tired.
Instead of asking each Others health
they would say: elbow is your stomach?H
Or "lIavc you eaten your rice2" Chow
cid are youa" GLOW much did you pay
for your sandalsi"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04

From this it may he seen that when
marriage is childiess the number of sui
cidcs is doubled in men and tripled in
women, and also that maternal love d.
minishcs the number Of suicides among
widows with children by onc-third over
those of chiidless unions. Chic0yo
Times
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
Villa. wrought the chnngc? This wo,nnn's
face
IL ruddy wi Il n roses grace.
Her eye IL bright,
Her heart il light
Nh, truly Ills II goodly ri ht.
y Few brief months ago her che,
Was pailid nrd her NJ cp WA weak.
The en- IL near

Sighed many II friend who hold her dear.
/ can tell you what wrought tho chnit..c i'm
her. She was told 10y friend, who, like he.
hal suffered untold misery from II cuInplira,
tion OF female troubles, that DIR. lcrcc'n la
rms Trend know whereof rho spoke" for nho
Ind bcen cured by the remedy SHE ndv.scd her
friend To uso. She enthusiastic In tn prn isc
md tells her fr!cnds that Dr. picrco do ,.rVcs
tho universal gratitude or wo,nnu- kind fnr
having given IT. this infallibic remedy for itp
peculiar nihnonti. II is guaranteed tn rive sat
isi"ctiom III every cn q or money refunded.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04

y pipe line To convey spa water from Sar-
ntogn to New York Ci y il The latest pro
ipri
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04

This is the age Of wonders, and the nvcrn,,.
American citizen Is no longer surprised al any
thihE. u you want Ia experience TINT nongn-
Co., 1000 Mnin ST., Richmond, VA, and hcnr
what thcy have rot To say uf the sIiccc.,I of
some 81 ih'i ~ agents. They hive ret the noods
thRtsell, ana any one out NJ employment will
consult their own Interests by apply ing &c
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
StaiiSiics Of Suicide.

Bertilion, a French scientist, made O.
hanstivc researches i'll relation TO suicides
Il few years ago. He found that among
GOO, 900 of inhabitants the following
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04

DIR. Picrcc'H l'cllot., ono u dose. Cure hcnd-
ache, constipation aud indigestion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04
TIC n niIrhty Md NM

An electric meteor has been applied to run.
ninS brushes used in grooming horses
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04

a packet match-s1fc free to- smokers OF
"'Tansll's Punch" 5c. Cigar
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04

Massachusetts in November next will give
The Australlnn vCt.I system II trial.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-04

The town of Lee Me-. has neither lawyer,
doctor nor minister
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-10
A Kings Curious Custom.

Whenever King Qua took drink OF
palm wine. or ate his meals, one of his
wives produced a hard brown nut,
about the size of an egg. with one end
cut of. and the inside followed out
This nut he slowly placed on the great
toe of his left foot; this done, the
palm wine or food was placed before
him. and a slave boy came and stood
behind him with a handbell. Every
time he took a mouthful of food, or a
drink of massanga or palm wine.
he raped the bottom of the canoe
with the nut on his great toe, while a
tinkle on the bell announced to all
whom it might concern that Qua
Ikolungu was eating or drinking, as
the case might be. He went through
the same ceremony when smoking,
taking long pull at his pipe for
every rap of mis- toe and tinkle on the
bell.-FrOm Werner's AFRICAN Tray.
els"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-10
A WOMAN'S HEART.
The Limitless Devotion and Sacrifice of
Mothers Love-


1t is difficult for persons in differing
circumstances to estimate the cost of
personal sacrifices. Only woman.
whose glory and crown of glory is her
tine hair. can appreciate the heroism
OF the Sicilian women, who allowed
themselves to be shorn like Samson
Tor their country's good. History tells
us that in the olden time the beautiful
city of Palermo suffered from a long
and painful siege from tie Saracens.
Though greatly reduced by famine and
distress they still held out undaunted-
ly. At length to add to their dismay
1t was found that the materials for
making. bow-strings, which consti-
tuted their weapons of defense. were
exhausted. They were upon the point
of surrendering. finding themselves
entirely unarmed, when a patr. o:ic
dame stepped forth and proposed TO
the brave-hearted women that thew
should cut off their beautiful hair and
twist 1t into bow-strings. The PROPOSE
ton was no sooner made than complied
with. The heroism of the women not
only provided arms of defense. but so
animated the courage of the besi,ged
by their gallant sacrifice that they re-
newed their warfare with such yiror
that the assailants were beaten down
and the city saved.
There is no sacrifice impossible to
woman love. We all remember the
tender pathos with which Victor
Hugo told the story of Famine, who
An the mighty strength of mother love
denied herself every thing to provide
Tor her Child Cosette. from whom she
was separated, food and clothing. fire
IN winter. light at evening. even the
bird that chee-ed her wi b its song.
AT le0gth word came that Cose;te was
In sore need of flannel shirt. All
day Fantine crumpled the letter in her
hand. and at nightfall weat to a bar
ber's and had her magnificent hair cut
of. and sold it for ten francs and
smiled thinking: My child is no
longer cold; | have d; essed her in NV
hair."
Late- on the crael custodian of
Coset.e wrote demanding forty francs,
declaring the child was III. and in need
of remedies. Undisnayed the poor
mother dragged herself 10 the dentist S
cha and had her exquisite teeth
drawn ani sold them. saying thank-
fully: My child viii no: die and am
satisfied. and going 10 her garres.
threw her looking-glass from the win
dow and was content-Philadelph
Pres.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-10-10
GALLONS AND MOOSE,

Historical Information Concerning Jack
ketch aud His implements.
Jack Ketch" was the real name OF
a public executioner in the time of
Charles H., who died in 1856. One OF
the earliest illusions to him is to be
found in the epilogue to Dryden's
Duke of Guise," 1852:
Jack Ketch,' says l. is an excel
emit physician.
The gallOws was called then, as
later, the triple tree" Earlier writ
ers allude to it as the three trees;"
Herman. in his ''Caveat" 1873, says:
Repentance is never thought upon
until they clyme three trees with a
ladder" Rowlands flippantly speaks
Of the fatal moose as .Tyburn Tiffany"
A very common expression in seven
teenth-century literature. but not used
since. is '.Hangman's wages" which
represented the sum of thirteenpence
half-penny.
To find us pilor1es and cart tails,
Or hangman's wages.
says Butler in ''Hudibras. Why
should cate hempeseed at the hang
mans thirteenepence halfepenny ordi-
nary?" is very abusive and idiomat-
ically-cxpressed question in one of
Dekker's plays The old Scotch merk
or mark was worth trile over thir-
teenpence halfpenny. and on the ac-
cession of James ]. to the English
Crown. it was by proclamation made
current in England of that value sx-
actly. If the hangman had previously
been paid one shilling day-and this
was then a common wage for officials
of many kinds-he would slightly gain
If paid in the new coin. and hence may
have arisen the expression.-Gentle-
mans Magazine.