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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

"Necktics are made out of grades and
designs Of silks and satins made specially
for that purpose" said manufacturer to
Il reporter for the New York Nail and
Express recently. "Thcsc materials arc
made from patterns designed by men who
do nothing but study up new things in
neckiies. There are in this country from
fifty TO sevcnty-iivc factories and ten OF
twelve tirst-class makers. The latter
usually secure exclusive rights to certain
styles Of goods from the makers by buy
ing either the entire stock offered to the
American market or Il large portion of it.
The success of making up these goods,
though, is just like chance in LOT.
terry"
care the styles of making up nccktie:
originated abroad2"
"Not now. They were until few
years ago, but now our styles are superior
to the European, and they often como
over here for our patterns. However
there is a tendency for English fashion.
for the fall"
"Who are employed in making til,
necktics, men or womcn?'
."Women. There are more than 1906
thus employed in New York city alone
They are all on piccc-work, and make
more or less money according to their OK
pcrincas. n good iinishcr can make 81
or 50 week. She takes necktic afte
it is put together and finishes each detail
perfectly, so that it is ready to box. The
iinishers must sec that all of this kind are
exactly alike in point Of finish and make
up. owe haze one girl who docs moth
ing but turn the bands of neckties, ant
she makes S15 week. She turns twenty
five or thirty dozen bands day."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
THE SOUTH. WIND.

Over tho fields, where the dow was wet,
Over II meadow with daisies set,
Shaking the pearls in the SPIDERS pct,
The soft south wind came stealing.
IT was full OF The scent of tho sweet wild rose;
And it fingered along, wiicrc the streamlct
flows,
Till it made the forget-me-nots eyes enclose,
And started tho blue-bclls peaing
Under The mca surcless, blue Of the sky,
Drifting the silvery c!oudlcts by,
Drinking the dcw-5rimmc;l ilowcr-cnps dry.
The warm south wind was blowing.
II was sweet with the breath Of 1, thousand
springs:
And it sang 10 The grasses, rs ever il sings,
With n sound like thr moving Of myriad
wings.
Or the whisper OF wild flowers growing.
Over tic fields, in the evening glow,
Stirring the trees, rs the sun sank loY.
SwayinS the riea,low-SIas To and fro.
A breeze from the soIth came creeping.
1t rocked the birds in their tlrovsy nest;
1t Graded the bue-eyed grass 10 rest
And its goodnight kisses were softly pressed
On pale wild roses sleeping
And only the stars and the iireil;cs knew
How the south wind murmurcd the whole
night through,
In scented fields where the clover grew
And soft white mists were breathing
For it stole away. when the night was spent,
And none could follow the way it went;
Bmt the wild flowers knew what the winds
song meant,
AS they walked to its last low breathing.
Charles II. G0ihu -, 81 Nicholas
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
IupIcIora ocoss.nnEEprxG OF sur,1

JuDiciors Goss-BREEDTHG OF SHEEP.
a monyrcl sire is worse than bad ::
tross-brad ewes make good dams; that is
admitted. but when wool is the chief
consideration the first cross is far and
away the valuable one. Australian wool
has Il worldwide rcnown The best
lceccs are the result OF the union of
clcan-brcd, short-woolcd sheep with Il
clcan-bred ram of a long-woolcd tribe, or
vice versa. All further crossing causes n
marked deterioration in the fleece. This
is not perccptiblc in flocks raised for
mutton, as the cross-brcd ewes can, gen
Grafton after generation, be bred to pure
bloodcd rams until the old strain is lost
end tine flock attains IN almost clean
standard of pedigree Every cross in the
upward direction improves the quality of
docks as mutton shccp.-Amcy;eam Ag-
'icRkuria.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

''-''''">'-'' AMI i-t' PRODUCTION.
In selecting Il breed, but fcw seem 10
consider harclincss. The object is usu-
ally 10 secure 1.-the best laying breed. -
without regard TO conditions. 1t NAV he
that the best laying breed may fail en-
tircly, owing TO slight fault in the CON
struction of the poultry-ho,,sc, and il
may happen that some dcspiscd breed.
known TO be better adapted for market
than for eggs, may be profitable egg
producers when other breeds fail. Dis
case is one of the great drawbacks to The
poultry business, and the breed that is
hardy, and seems TO endure the climate
well, is the one that will lay the grcater
number of eggs and yield the larger
profit. But these conditions vary accord
ing to the location. 4 breed NAV he
hardy iii one section and not in another.
II may also stand close confinement we'll
on light, sandy soil and be attacked by
disease on Il heavy, clay soil. In fact, so
many factors enter into The keeping of
poultry, and are to be considered, that
no two sections are subject to the same
natural laws. The first essential in n
breed is hardness. a strong, healthy
fowl is worth whole flock of birds flint
are always droopy or productive, no
matter what the breed may be, and it is
important that, when making Il selection.
the hardness of the breed be carefully
considered.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
rNHIs,\N H.IrsMnnr..

correspondent of the christian Htq5s.
Ter writes: '''fhc shop strata. on which,
SO much of Paris rests. are to me VERY In
lerrs;in:. The deferred class affect 10
dospsc the small haurgcoisie But The
shop people are ~ well worth STUDYING
as any III Paris. The capable. alert
women of affairs. who form Il life ,ari =
ncrSh'p with their husbands. and who do
their full share Of thc work, have GOOD
strong faces. the best | have seen here
W here The shopwori;.n is Young, she
often has a charming modcsty of de
mcanor. Bat The propric;airc docs not
like 10 have hcr goods handled ana left
If you look without buying you may re-
ccivc sarcastic rcbukc, such rs nm Enr
llSh or American shopwoman would not
dare TO administer. This is due to the
TACT that she OWNS the concern. and is
not responsible to Il boss OF course |
nm speaking Of the little shops, rot the
great ones, like the Magasin dc Louvre
and the Bon Nlarchc.
"a Partisan shopwoman' fingers have
n witchcry and magic peculiar 10 them
selves. They can lie bow, fit a eloyc.
or twist Il curl with an irresistible charm +:
and yet the Parisicnnc, in the shop or
out OF it, is hardly ever beautiful. nor
can | see that she dresses better than the
women Of other nations. One cannot
study the midde-class Frenchwoman OH
her native hcatl,-thc shop-without pcr-
cciving how largely the material prosper
lily of France is in her hands.
s.1hp Eror 81, l,,,c;Doec ,,.o,..
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
Human Leather.

1t is not very pleasing thought that
human skin tanned into the most delicate
leather is now becoming Il commercial
The cyi9cncics of trade
pave stimulated demand in nj least one
andus;ry for the outer covering Of tho
3uman being. A few grades of gloves
3old i'll this city are manufactured from
His material in France and Switzerland,
8'hcrc the tanncries have been quietly
Supplying human leather to the glove.
Makers forsomc years. a New York World
Exporter examined ii strip of close grained
uuan leather the other day which is in
Alc possession Of Mr.. A. j. Hloorc, of
3ic Boots and Slices Weekly. 1t was taken
I3om mans back, and is as thick as
}le ordinary sole leather. Leather OK
Jeris say that as the hide of kid com
Aarcs with that of goat SO of course
oes that of child compare in pliablc
3:xturc with that of an adult. Nature
;3as protected mans spine by a skin
8hich is much heavier than on Other
:Aaris of his body save the sole of tho
pot and heel. Bits OF skin from tho
auman heel have been tanned up intc
Father almost an inch thick. but in
aicse days of Brown-Scquard clixirs and
attic towns with big heads that want tho
SfS92 Fair nothing is wonderful.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
CuLTIvATiSG THE GARDEy.

On so many farms the garden is
ignored, AS though planting the seed ON
That plot Of land was all that was needed,
so different from the remainder of the
land. One of the most important items
in having good garden is to give thor
ough cultivation, yet ii is not best to stir
the soil when it is wet or stiff One very
important item is to keep the soil in n
good filth, and if tins is done it will he
necessary TO stir the soil only when it is
in good condition. If too wet it will
break up in Jumps or work off slick from
the tools. 1t is very difficult 10 work a
soil i'll this condition into a proper tilth.
The cultivation should begin rs soon rs
possible after the seed is planted, vet il
will rarely pay to attempt cultivation
when the soil is wet. The weeds must,
of coursc, be kept down, and they arc
much easier destroyed when small than
at any other time. The soil should not
be allowed to form a crust or bake ON the
surface, as this retards considerably The
growth and thrift of the plants. Crisp
and tender vegetables are only possible
by securing rapid, vigorous growth, ans
one of the most important items in sccur-
ing this is in keeping the soil INA good
filth by frequent cultivation Keep the
surface level. The hoe and the rake can
be used to good advantage in tirming the
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
a woXpnors i.l:rrlcnAr.

Paris correspondent tells of a petit
coat which has set that city to snSsipinw.
1t is combination nf silk. flowers and
lace, and for which Wa, paid the fabn!
lous sum of 5000. Hrnor has it Tia,
1t was purchased hy an American Cr;n,,,,
amt frenciimca are congratulalinw them
selves that their countryw0mcn. however
eccentric, never tempted ihcin To commit
such n piece of extravaganza The
CrrSiiS may have some trouble with The
customs on his arrival in America. rs ;hc
il"wcrS and lncn are pr, OH this now cclc-
braicd pctticoat in such Il profession that
II suspicion Of Smuggling may invoiuntnr-
lily find room in the mind of the matter
o!-iact officer. BIT the purchaser will
no doubt be able 20 prove his honesty of
purpose in imporin" the article. This
pctticoat, which actually WAS sold for the
sum named above, is but an exaggerated
sample oil those now worn by women of
wealth and fashion. The rarcst of nccs
and rich fabrics are none too rood for
this garment, which vics in elegance with
the handsomcSt costumes, even with
those worn at ;ha, other great event, tho
Grand PriX, at which the beauty and
wealth OF all landS are represented
Noe ioyk IHCgsu.a.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
1.EcULIlRiTirs OF o,Irrys

TtCULIAKITIES OF QUEENS.
The Queen OF Spain is the proudcst of
mothers.
The Queen of Greece is the finest of
swimmers.
The passion of the Empress Of Austria
is riding.
The delight of the Empress of Russia
is skating.
The Queen of Portugal is The most cx-
travaSant dresser in Europe
Nothing delights the Queen of Italy
more than to add another pearl TO her
necklace.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
leather Quickly Made Into Shoes,

When ex-President Cleveland visited
one of the shoeshops up in Marlboro,
Mass, the other day, the superintendent
took the measure of the ex-presidential
foot with his eye, and before he left the
building, after n hasty tour through it,
the famous visitor was handed hand.
some pair of shoes, which had only been
plain leather when he arrived. CONNER
rial Adreytiser.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06
SO nIAsAXf AND PEACEFUL

SO ELIA0AXT AND
white lilies that droop either side the way
are hardly paler than she, or more limo
cent.
The wind coming up freshly from the
water catches At her gown, and losses her
long loose curls until she shivers. Per
haps it whispers to her Of her far away
iesolate English homo which stretches out
its arms, fig~uratively. and beEs for her
presence; entreats the proud, beautiful
face . shine once more within its great
immortal halls. II that is what the winds
and waves are saving, their petition IS met,
doubtless, with . cruel rebuff.
Presently she comes back to me. but, in
stead Of sitting down On the ottoman at my
feet, as I half expected her to do, b drops
the letter into my lap. kisses me hungrily,
whispers brokcnly: 81 can never do 1t
neverw and goes upstairs. make no an
swer; there are no words left me adequate,
neither does she look Tor Q reply.
take up the letter. and although know
il by heart l must needs u over 1t again.
It has come all the way from Hastings, that
beautiful city by the seq, m merrie old
England. and is q call from desolated
Heatherleigh Manor. "Do / know aught OF
Miriam Percival Fairfax? II SO, tidings of
her will be thankfully received The grand
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06
HISTORICAL WIRE.

A Short Piece Which 10 Worth More
Than Its Weight In Gold.
A bit of wire was introduced into our
conversation at the club. It was q
silent, uncommunicative bit of copper,
about q sixteenth of an inch thick and
four inches long. Most any hardware
merchant would give you q similar bit
Of wire. because its value would be so
little he could not reckon a price for it
But this particular piece Mr.. Vail
(whose father co-Operated with Morse
in inventing the telegraph) carries in
his pocket-b00k as carefully as III it
were gold many times weighty.
1t is q passive. plant substance-an in
animate bit of c~opper-but it gave The
first electric thrill that has brought the
inhabitants of the world closer 10
gether. conquered time and annihilated
distance. 1t is q bit Of the first three
miles of wire ever used for telegraphy.
1t is a piece from the experimental
line constructed by Morse and Vail,
ST., when they were testing their In
ventious. Only q little of the wire.
MI. Vail. Dr., informed me, has been
preserved. After it was taken down
from the experimental line his father
used part Of it a q trellis for vines on
his front porch. Part Of it may have
been used in the construction of the
line between the capital and Baltimore,
but il so it was lost track of. 1t wis
from the trellis that the mementoes
were recovered. IL think 1 got less
than six feet of it." said Mr.. Vail.
'After telegraphy became a wonder Of
the world we began to appreciate the
value of such q mement0, and we saved
what We could of the original three
mile wire. have given pieces to.a
few persons who have been especially
interested in it, and some was arranged
on a card. with a photograph of the
original instrument, now at the M
ticnal Museum. that was sent to thS
Paris exposition. "-Washin8ton Let
tor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06
PRIMITIVE INTERCOURSE.

Significance q Fire, Smoke and Drum
Beating.
R Andree has lately been collecting in
formation as to the use Of signals by prim-
tive peoples, and the facts he has brought
together are summarized in Science. Il
appears that American Indians use rising
smoke to give signals to distant friendA
A small fire Is started and % soon ~ il
burns fairly well grass and leaves are
heaped On the top of it. Thus . large COL
umn Of steam and smoke rises. By cover
ing the fire with . blanket tho Indians in
terrupt the rising Of the smoke ct regular
intervals and the successive clouds are used
for conveying messages.
Recently attention has been called to the
elaborate system Of drum signals used By
the CAMERON negroes, by means Of which
long messages are sent from village 4 VII
lage. Explorations in the Congo basin
have shown that this system prevails
throughout Central Africa. The Bakuba
use large wooden drums, on which difIerept
tones are produced by two drumstcks.
Sometimes the natives converse" In this
way for hours, and from tho energy dis
played by the drummers and the rapidly Of
the successive blows it seemed that thec con
versatiOn was very animated.
The Gala, south Of Abyssinia, have
drums stationed at certain points Of the
roads leading to the neighboring states.
Special watchmen are appointed, who have
to beat the drum IN the approach Of enc
mics. Ceochi, who observed this custom.
designated it as . ''system Of t~elegraphs."
The same use Of drums Is found In New
Guinea. From the rhythm and rapidity Of
the blows the natives know 1t once whether
IN attack, . death or . festival is announced.
The Same tribes use columns of smoke or
lat night fires to convey messages to
distant friends. The latter are also used
in Australia. Columns Of smoke Of dif.
ferent forms ara used for signals by the in
habitantso Of Cape York and the neighboring
island.
In Victoria hollow trees arc filed with
fresh leaves, which are lighted. Tho sig
malls thus made are understood by friends.
In Eastern Australia the movements Of .
traveller were made known by columns OF
smoke, and 50 was the discovery Of whale
in Portland bay.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06
MILoEw OF POTATOES.

IT. synpsoms and Causes and How 20
Prevent It
The cooler and more moist sections
Of the country are where the parasitic
fungus. generally known as potato rot,
attains its greatest vigor and activity,
and it is only in the dry regions Of the
great Western plateaus that the potato
grower can hope to wholly escape its
ravages. The fungus attacks the
stems and leaves as we'll as the tubers.
On the leaves pale yellowish spots first
indicate the presence of the disease;
these very soon turn brown. and If the
weather be warm and damp rapidly
blacken, indicating the total destruc-
ton of tho tissues. The following Of
the tissues progresses slowly. but rs
soon as the fungus has pushed out its
fruiting threads, which appears as .
white. downy coating on the under
surface, the discOlOrati0ns proceed
rapidly.
The stems may be attacked directly
or the disease may reach them through
the leaves; in either case they become
blackened and soon die. There is no
doubt that the tubers may be and
usually are infected by the rain work.
ing the spores down into the soil; hence
potatoes lightly covered with earth are
more likely to be infested than when
deeply planted. In this connection
Prof Scribner. in his paper on downy
mildew Of the potato. submitted to the
Department 1t Washington. suggests
that potatoes have . second or pro-
tective mOlding At the first appearance
of that disease upon the leaves, made
in such q manner that the uppermost
tubers shall have at least five inches Of
earth over them. the tops being bent
at the same time SO that they hang
over the burrows in q half erect posi-
ton.
Prof. Scribner also calls attention to
the fact that at the time of digging the
crop the tubers may become infected
as they are taken from the ground by
spores from the decaying tops. II the
digging be delayed for q week or two
0ltCE tu0 VOPo 00v0 OOCOAA0 t0OIOOk0ly
dead. and performed when the weather
is sunny and dry. there is little posi-
bility of infection at this period.
Potatoes should be entirely free from
surface moisture when stored. and
never should be placed where it il
damp, or where moisture can collect
about them. Dusting the tubers with
air-slaked lime Zone bushel Of lime to
twenty-five bushels of potatOes) before
storing is strongly recommended as
doing much towards preventing the
rot by the authority quoted. If during
the winter the potatoes are foand to be
rotting they should at puce be sorted
over and all spotted or unsound ones
treated with lime and stored where the
temperature is low and the atmosphere
dry.-N. Y. World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

Oh! yes: and more than that memory ID
hidden within the folds Of that black gown.
There is q triple story Of bereavement and
OF anguish of soul keenert than that felt for
the dead, but, as yet, / do not know it quite
all.
She is . mystery to me, and l fail to com.
prchend her many times although ! know
her history to be crowded with incidents
sad and tragical
The afternoon sun comes through the lat
tice in bright golden bars, and falls lovingly
OF her dark hair, revealing to me that it Is
not really black, a. I had thought, but of q
deep brown color, but she is not conscious
of the sunshine.
TIL scent of the fragrant roses comes up
from the little garden below, with the
breath OF carnations and violets growing
plentiful there, but her SOU is shut against
all that is beautiful in nature to-day.
She is SO strange and lives within her.
self, in such an atmosphere Of deep sorrow,
that 1 4 ave never been able to penetrate it
and understand the heart %throbbing out its
existence to the musicO its dirges.
I would love to talk freely to her this
afternoon, but Am at q loss to know how to
begin. lam, At best, . poor comforter; my
heart is sympathetic enough, but its emo
lions fail me in words In this, rs In many
other things, l am very unfortunate, and
the good that I would do is never realized.
But finally 1 venture: miriam, would you
enjoy a drive on the beach, or shall 1t be .
stroll in the woods to I'LL up this remaining
piece of a day.
Out there beyond the trees, and swell
ing shoreward, lie the blue waters Of the
bay, and beyond booms the broad Atlantic.
There is Q lovely drive along the sands, and
the weather is glorious, and this is why I
offer myself n pony phaeton to her, as &C
cessories Of q pleasant afternoon by the
sea. But l rave missed it again, and my
suggestion CRATES on her optional pleasure.
Slowly the great dark eyes are lifted to
mine in sorrowful negative, and I know I
have swept an irresponsible chord.
am answered further by q doleful shake
of the head; but she essays no word. Small
need; l understand her.
She crunches q letter in her hand savage
ly-a letter addressed to me, yet more hers
than mine-as if to remind me that its con-
tents are all she has room for in her
thoughts, and that o drive on the sunny
sands would only mock the shores of moth
ing to which her soul drifts this after
noon.
Then she gets up as il 1 have annoyed or
disturbed her BY my question, which I pre-
sumo 1 have, and goes down the walk to the
little wicket opening out to b clustering
trees in front Of my cottage. The great