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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
HOW TO MAKE \ GOOD WALK.

Farmers, rs rule, do not spend enough
time i'll making and improving walks in
front of and around their homes. A GOOD
walk in the winter time is Il necessity for
comfort. One does not like to step out
of doors into several inches of mud, nor
is it much more satisfactory to have
boards slipping and sliding from under
your feet. Asphalt walks are so cheap
that most farmers can afford to have one
running around the house and leading to
the principal out-buildings. To make &
sound walk, cheap to make and maintain
and alike i'll all weather, select stone of
a flinty nature and burn it before putting
it on the walk. This cen he easily done
with charcoal. After the stones are
burnt sift them into two sizes, one for
the foundation of the walk and the other
for the top. Then mix the stones with
boiling coal tar. The foundation of the
walk should be prepared beforehand and
made perfectly solid and not liable to sink.
The larger stone, mixed with the tar.
should be laid on first to depth OF about
two inches. Then roll thoroughly, going
over all of it several times. Then lay on
the finer coating about an inch in thick
ness. Sprinkle the surface over with
coarse grit, crushed shell or spar, and
roll once more. TO prevent the sides
from crumbling edgings of wood, tile or
bricks should be made. One should not
forget to burn the stones before mixing
them with the tar, as this is one of the
most important features of good, solid
walk. The only work to maintain the
walk then is annually to brush hot tar
over the surface, sprinkle on it some grit
and roll it as before. No kind of walk
will last longer or prove more satisfactory
for country home than such one de-
scribcd. Weeds will have no chance to
row up in it. Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
The Russian Cavalry.

The material of the Russian cavalry
relatively to that of the German army still
leaves much to be desired, SAWS n writer
in the Niiitarisches IFochen6latt. Though.
according to census returns, the number
of horses actually existing in the country
reaches the imposing total of 30, 900, 900,
yet cightysiX per cent. of these are under.
sized village ponies nnsuitcd for military
purposes; and of the remaining 4, OO0. 600.
which are for the most part reared in
breeding establishments, 1864 of which
exist scattered about the empire, many
in the stcppc, only eighteen per cent.
breed riding horses, the remainder ONLY
draught animals. These stud-brcd hardly
suffice to meet the requirements of the
officers and OF the guard regiments, and
the latter are being compelled more and
more to have recourse to the horses COM
ing from the south, to so.called "im
proved conntry-breds, which also sun
ply the needs Of the line cavalry almost
entirely. These animals possess consid.
cradle endurance, but are not well shaped
Tor cavalry purposes, and owing to their
badly seton heads and necks, the narrow
ness between the check bones, and their
deficient quarters, it is difficult to teach
them proper galop; and these defects
are even more conspicuous in the Cossacli
horse, which is yearly detcriorating
Nevertheless, and in spite of the unprom,
ising nature of the material, the attempt
is made to attain the same proficiency in
the old-fashioned manage traditions as
was formerly achieved with better stock,
and longer service.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

or tcnon i'll crosswise, one piece at encb.
END, and eight inches from the ends of
tue runners, and place the others so Us to
support floor in one-balf of the pen.
ADJUST these strips SO they will set about
TWO inches below the level of the upper
edge OF the runners, then lay floor of
ash or oak lumber ono inch thick over
onc-half of the pen, leaving the other
half dirt floor. This, however NAV In
arranged as may suit best; onc.half may
Dc left, or, if desirable, the whole pen
may nave floor Now mortise i'm two
by-four scantling ut each corner and mid.
way Tor posts on which 10 nail the boards
or Stats Tor the enclosing. II is necessary
Tor comfort that at least onc-half of the
pen he covered; and for this reason make
the posts for the siding about one foot
longer on one side than the other so ne
to give some slope to the roof. The roof
ought to be elevated enough to allow :,
man to walk under it. If only onc-half
OF the pen is floorcd, there must be Il
partition across, and in this arrange n
slide door so us to shut the hors i'm or
out OF either section, and the pen is
complete.
IL hogs arc wanted TO fattcn surely
and quickly, they must be confined to
close, clean quarters, and that is the de.
sign oil this pen. 1t can he moved easily
from one place to another, and thus be
entirely free from Accommodations of filth.
by hitchlnS span Of horses to the end
OF it, it can be readily moved anywhere
with the hogs in ii. In case one-half is
left uniloorcd, the hogs can he shut in
the iioorcd portion, and kept there until
the pen is moved; then open the slide
door and they are in their rev location.
.AMeyicnM .JQlicHInliM
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
Princes WHO Eat Candy.

"iou would be surprised" said the
man behind the counter of a Chestnut
street confectionery store, sat the num-
Der of wealthy men who buy candies of
various kinds to nibblc during office
hours. One banker, who is worth al
most million, buys five cents worth of
peppermint almost every morning That
is his usual limit. A prominent editor
invests the same in cocoanut candy and
eats it with as much relish as any school
girl. There is a drygoods merchant near
Eighth and Chestnut streets who invests
the enormous sum of one cent in plain
mint stick, wrapping it up carefully in a
piece OF paper and carrying it carefully
in his vest pocket. : Philadelphia In
1Nirer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

Horses teeth, from the day of foaling
70 tottcring old age receive by far too
little attention. Many foals give up quite
discouraged, because they cannot pro-
ducc sufficient suction to cause a flow of
milk, and this from the fact that their
nlppers arc not yet through and their
gums are consequently too tender to bear
the pressure. I.ancing, or generally,
simply passing the thumb across the
gums with sufficient pressure 10 cause
slight abrasion is enough 10 set matters
rigit.-Nutiondi HoISc BjreIer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
A Observation-Disclosures spECIALIsr.

The other morning, as the departing
Cunard steamship was casting off its lines
anu swinging out into the stream, an ell
dcrly-lookinS business man hastily en-
braccd lady who was one of the passcn-
gers, and rushed down the gang plank TO
the wharf.
Going hurricdIy up to mel ncholy
loafcr who was Watching the busy crowd,
the gentleman drew him behind IL pile of
freight, and said:
'Want to earn Il dolarl"
"You bet"
"You see that lady in black on the
bridge therc?" said the citizen.
"Ccrt."
"Wcll, that's my wife, going 10 Eu-
rope. Now, of course, she'll expect me
to stand here for the next twenty min
utes, while the steamship is backing and
filling around, so rs to wave my hand
kcrchicf and watch her out of sipht.
Sce2"
81 kctch on, boss"
''Well, Pm too busy to fool around
here; stock to buy, biz to attend to-.
She's little near-sighted; so I'll Just
hire you to wave this handkerchief, in
stead. It's big one, with red border,
and as long as she sees it she'll think it's
me. Come up to 202 Wall street when
they arc well off and I'll pay you"
"S'posin' she looks through telcs-
scope, or suthin'?"
''In Chat case you'll have to bury your
faccin the handkerchief, and do the great
weep act"
"That'll be fifty cents extra"
"All right. Time is money. Look
sharp now You can kiss your hand
few times at, say, one dime per kiss - and
swapping his watch the overdrvcn bust
ness man rushed off,
We print this affecting little incident
to call attention to the fact that the man
thus employed has gone into the business
regularly. He is now professional fare
weller, and business men and others can
save valuable time, and yet give their de-
parting relatives an enthusiastic send off
by applying to the above specialist any
steamship day. Go early to avoid tho
rush.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
A Juvenile Locomotive Builder.

A sixteen year-old boy named Walter
A. Stanley, who belongs to East Licking
ton, Mass, has constructed miniature
locomotive, complete in every detail,
which is run by steam over small track
about twelve feet long. The dimensions
of the locomotive are: Length, 33 inches !;
height, Sd inches; drivers, 3 inches!
cylinders, / 18th inches; weight, 1G
pounds. 1t is said the boy constructed
the engine without any assistance.
xeN<1E4TA
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
a VERY PROPER PRESUMPTION.

Bingly (visiting at the l1ub)-'T sup
pose Gerald, you will be glad when you
are old enough to wear suspenders2"
Gerald -four years old -" Althoucll
outwardly l have never displayed any
aversion to appearing in the role of en-
liant terrible, yet | presume that eventually
the article of wearing apparel you refer
TO will be welcomed by me in much the
same manner in which it is received by
most youthful minds. - Clothitr and
fNJmiaier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
A NICE SENSE OF HONOR.

1t is extremely refreshing to notice the
zinc sense of honor possessed by some OF
Inc rising generation in Virginia City,
fays the Virginia City Chronicle. Las
evening two youths, each aged about
fourteen, met in the street when the fol.
lowing dialogue took place:
"I say, Bill, you got my knife2n.
"No, amt"
'Pon your word" 4
"Pon me word" =
"Pon your soul2"
t'Pon INC soul"
"Hope you may die if you have2"
"Hopc / may die if havo."
"You amt :eOt my knife9"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

The Shah OF Persia, when he visited
Europe in 1873, was said to be forty-iiyc
years of age, whence the humblest stu
dent of Cocker will conclude that he is
now siNty-one. When he was only forty
five he was slim, had bright eyes, and was
n good rider. lie has now taken to spcc-
taclcs, and is said TO be comparatively
obese, though, according 10 the latest re-
ports from Berlin, he preserves ssmost of
the characteristics Of youth" A roman
TIC story used to be told in reference 10
his first marriage, which recalled the in
cldcnts OF King Cophctua and the begcar
girl. He was riding in the country when
his bright eyes We're attracted by the
beauty of q peasant girl, laborine. and
smiling as she laborcd i'll the corn field.
Her he made his wife, or, at least, one OF
them; and he regarded her until her pre-
mature death with exceptional affection.
a grandfather of Nasr-Ed- Din, when heir
apparent toa throne he never lived to as
cend had British officers OF rank attached
to his army i'll war time, and his father
was placed OH the throne by similar
agency. His great grandfather Faith Ali
Shah was, during reign of thirty nine
years, constantly in personal communities
ton with Europeans, and especially with
Englishmen. Nasr-Ed-Din may be sup
posed, therefore, to have inherited to-
ward us friendly disposition; and when
once it is understood that he is to keen
clear of Hcrat and not in any other dircc-
ton to yield too much to Russia, there is
no reason why the best understanding
should not exist between this country and
Pcrsia.-L0Rdon Life. --,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
AGRICULTURAL,
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
HENS CAN'T cIIEH.

n matter-of-fact writer advises poultry
raiscrs not to forget to remember that
all lows between the ages of two days
anu twcnty-onc years arc without teeth,
ana must be supplied with sand and
gravel in order to carry on the work of
grinding the food. To relieve them of
tins work by feeding them exclusively
on cooked food is to defeat one of their
natural faculties, and to give them the
gram without the means of grinding il,
Is sure to result in discasc.-Neg York
Witness.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
.sI amt got your knife. ("

The queerist seemed to be incredulou,
but was on the point of giving it up in:
despair when a bright idea occurred to
him, and he returned to the attack with:
"Pon your honor9'
ooh, said the other, 'now you touch
me honor; take your old knife" and he
handed the article over.
"Wcll done. said his chum; 81 allus
knowcd you was honorable chap
Wnsp.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
A GOOD PORTABLE HOG PEN.

A cheap, convenient hog pen that is
portable is built as follows: Take two
pieces of good, durable timber, three by
nine inches each, fifteen feet in length,
round off the ends in the form of n sled
runner, then lay them parallel eight feet
apart, with the rounded edge on the
ground. Take four scantlinas and halyc
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
TIE pHi.sENr STYLE

Petted Darghter--''Papa, would like
little money. l want 20 buy a box Of
fancy candics''
indulgent Fathcr.-''All right, nv
child. Here's Il quarter. What are you
waiting FORE"
Petted Daughter-''F little more
money, papa. The twenty-five cents
will just buy the candy. want 81 now
TO buy the box. "-Cdiccgo Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
ONE on TIE DOCTOR.

Doctor-''I see you turn in your toes.
IL S very injurious practice. You should
place yourself under my treatment"
Merritt-''If did, I'm afraid I'd soon
Turn them up. "-Epoch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
PACKING DurrEE FOR WINTER.

In putting down butter for winter use
i'll II small way there is nothing better
than large, wcll-9lazcd crooks, with
covers closciitting, and glazed inside rs
well as outside. Glazing on the inside
OF the covers is often neglected, and
when ii is, the porous carthcn, which is
Il powerful absorbent. soon becomes
loaded with foul matter that gives off
bad odors and spells Whatever the crock
may contain. The packing should be
solid and the butter reach TO one inch of
The top of the crock, and the butter COW
cred with the blcachcd muslin free from
my starch o. sizing. The jar should
then be filled with I'LL The salt it will
mold and snugly pressed down. Then
turn on little pure water, just enough
to rise to onc-hall the depth of the salt
and no higher. Brine on the butter
with dry salt on top makes Il better pro-
lection than all brine or all dry salt.
Then cover as closely as possible and
set i'll cool, dry ccllar-not on the
ground, but up little from the
asround-and if the butter is all right
when it is packed it may reasonably be
expected to be sound next winter. In Il
larger way l0O-pound white oak frkins,
after being thoroughly cleaned of sap
and all liability to imparting woody
llaror by soaking in boiling water, may
he used in the same way us crooks. =
Practical Farmer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
BIDDY's EXCUSE.

Mrs. Badgcr-"lIow did you come to
break the saucer, Bridget"
Brldget-"Shure, mum, you cracked
1t YOURSELF a wake ago, an whin Oh lit it
fall down stairs, o curse it brukc. =
Ne,o York ,Sun. +,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
PORTER AND PROPRIETOR.

Miss lnquiz!o Gin IL Maiden Lane STOREY
WHO is that handsome gentleman
with the large diamond on his scarf, who
is lifting the box?n
Clerk-''TlIat is our porter"
land who is the plain old fellow help
ing him?"
"Oh, hes tie proprietor. Tile yewcy
er'S Weekly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
THE SMALL BOYS LOT.

Bobby-''Did your mother lick YOU
for drinking the MILK"
Little .Johnnc-"Naw wouldn't
cry il ia had the milk. She licked me
Tor splitting it."-Mew York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
BETTER LIE A ROY.

Doctor, why is it that people arc
generally so much more pleased with boy
babies than with girls"
"Nothing simpler, madam. A boy
baby never comes miss"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
AS NEAR AS THEY CAME

Bcssic-'I think the ,Jahlmars arc
dreadfully shoddy. They're rich, but
I'm sure the family has no pedigree"
Jennic--"No; but the old mans fast
horses have. "-Mp York SIM.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
40 CouNTERFEpr.

Blind Beggar displaying half a dollar
-HAin't that sight for sore cycs2"
Deaf and Dumb Partner-ssWcu it is
got the true ring, amt it?"-Epoch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
HAND 10 PLEASE

"Won't You let me have few cents
till tomorrow, Charley2"
Eyes; here is Il dime
Something larger, please"
Certainly; hand back the dime and
take this two-ccnt piece
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
II was n dupper scalper.

II was n dapper scalper.
And he stoppeth one Of three:
Now, by my halidomc," he auoth.
''Pd like to sell to thee
\ ticket through to Mexico,
Kalamazoo or kokomo.
Kansas City or st. Joe,
Or anywhere you wish TO 20.
Council Bluffs or Cherokee.
Albukirk or Sanity Fee;
Give you a written guarantee
That anything you buy of mo
VIII carry you o. K.n
The stranger mutely fingered,
And with II patient stare
Gazed mildly on that scalper
Who held him tightly there.
And when the fellow quit
To catch his breath bit
The stranger drew pad
In the quiet way he had,
And wrote across ono end.
Pm deaf and dumb, my friend
You would better save your breath
Or you'll talk yourself To dcath.n
Then he threw away the slip,
And he lifted up his grip
And quietly walked away.
Chicago Hcrdtd.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

One of the principal operations dur
ing the British naval maneuvcrs is to be
an attempted forcing Of The Straits OF
Gibraltar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11

At the schuykill United States Ar,
senal, near Philadelphia, thore is manu-!
featured each year 100000 rounds of
ammunition and 100000 Of rifle
balls.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
BUDGET OF FUN.
SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

The Dappcr ScaIpcr Crushed-No
Countcricit-The Small Boys Lot
Ono on the Doctor-Bid-
dy's Excuse, Etc, Etc.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-02
OFFICIAL-PITTSBURG.
A S. Observation-Disclosures Tr;E TIL

A N NORDINANCE-AUTHO THE
n construction of a sewer on Fourth avenue
from Grant street to Cherry alley
Section 1-Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun-
ellis assembled and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same, Thatthe
Chief of the Department of Public Works be
and is hereby authorized and directed to ad-
vertise in accordance with the acts of AS
and the ordinances of the said city of Pittsburg
relating thereto and regulating the same for
proposals for the construction of pipe sewer
10 inches in diameter on Fourth avenue from
Grant street to a connection with sewer
on Cherry alley, the contract therefor to
be let in the manner directed by the said acts
of Assembly and ordinances. The cost and ex-
pense of the same to be assessed and collected
III accordance with the provisions of an act of
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania, entitled, IAN act relating to streets and
sewers in cities of the second class" approved
the 18th day of May, A. u. 1889.
Section 2-That any ordinance or part of
ordinance conflicting with the provisions of
pealed, SO far as the same affects this ordi-
nance.
Ordained and enacted into law in Councils
this 9th day of September, A. ID. 1889.
n. P. FORD, President of Select Council,
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD, Clerk of Select
Council. GEO. L. HOLIDAY. President of
Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH.
Clerk of Common Council
Mayors Office, September l3, 1880 Approyed:
WIN. McCALIdN, Mayor. Attest: w IA Mo
CLEARY, Mayors Clerk. r
Recorded in Ordinance Book, vol 4 mage ia
18th day OF September, A. D. 1859. ocl.67
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-02
Not Like
Other Stores.

For one thing, we manu-
facture the clothing. This
superiority OF quality and
workman ship that we speak
to you about every day is no
guess-so. It's know.so, with
US.
We would shut up our
workrooms sooner than go
through the motions of max
ing dependable clothing with
a doubtful, unreliable quality.
Then, we haven't the knack
of either reaching up to the
prices of merchant tailors,
though we keep such quail
ties, or room to keep the
cheap grades of cheap-price
goods.
But, are you looking Tor
either the highest prices or
the commonest clothingl We
have neither.
Yet, there isn't a man who
buys clothing in this city that
we can't serve better than If
I'VE did.
We keep none but reliable
clothing: no prices but fair
ones: giving for every dollar
as much as it's possible for
dollar to get of such cloth
ing: and more intent by far,
on gaining your confidence
than. your money. The
money will follow.
1000 styles of goods for
to-measure work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-02
LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED.
Incidents of Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.

Incidents of a Day In Two Cities CONDENSED
for Ready Reading.
Two young men named Edwards and
Chambers the latter of whom is well-known to
the police, were charged by Officer Core of
Allegheny, before Mayor Pearson, yesterday,
and fined SO and costs, for stealing pictures
from the racks in the entry to the World s
Museum. Chambers, in default OF payment,
was sent to the workhouse.
A HORSE attached to a butcher wagon be-
longing to Schusler Bros, ran away down
Frankstown avenue, East End, on Monday
evening and collided with an ice wagon
belonging to Miller. The shaft of the butcher
wagon was driven through the chest of one of
the mules, which died from the effects in half
an hour.
MARGARET LOGAN, of Fort street, was
retired to the workhouse for six months. by
Magistrate McKenna yesterday morning.
Officers of the Twelfth ward found her in a
drunken condition, beating her children,
smashing the furniture and acting in danger
Gus manner.
CLERK McTIGHE, in Inspector McAleese's
office, reports that during the past month,
$40 males and 80 females were arrested IN the
First ward. This breaks the record. Judge
Hyndman reports l60 arrests, for the month in
the Sixth district.
THE man Brough who was reported as hav-
ing been injured in fight by Michael Scanlan,
now denies that Scanlan touched him. He
says he was struck on the nose by somebody
while he was drunk but he VOWS Scanlan did
not do it.
AT the Central station yesterday, Mollie
White, an old offender, was given 9O-day
sentence; Louis Rudolph, 80 days for trying
doors Wylie avenue; n. NJ. Hardness, so
days also, for deserting his family.
JUDGE MCKENNA sent up Kelly, Schratt,
Meyers Horton, Smith, Conway Konhohler
and Salvay for short terms on the charge of
vagrancy. They were caught loafing around
Shoenberger's mill.
AT the weekly meeting of the Humane
Society yesterday, Colonel Mason and Mrs H.
L. Mason made a report of the American
Humane Association, which met recently in
ouisville.
OWEN WERTz was held in $1,000 bail for
court by Mayor Pearson for keeping a speak
easy on Second alley.
JOHN G. HALEY and R. G. Greeuawalt are
locating oil or gas wells near West Newton for
]. NJ. Guffy.
DIR. JENNINGS says there is no fear of the
Texas cattle disease spreading in this neigh
borhood.