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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

PLANTATION WOMAN Zil has suffered.
Ono cannot buy coffee plantations in
Venezuela except for more than their full
value, for they have gradually passed into
the possession Of men of means, who
regard them as one Of the safest and
most profitable Of investments A good
plantation yielding 1000 quintals Of coffee
they don't go hy acres, but by the
lumber Of trees and their average yield,
and Il quintal is 125 pounds-is worth,
ut the lowest estimate, $50, 900, and
could not be bought any where near
Caracas for much less than that. But it
would pay - net income OF SIP, 600 Il
year at present prices, and from $4,000 to
$40, 900 at ordinary prices. Coffee has
sold in years back as low rs 50. so hun
bred. Now it is worth $21.50 in the
Caracas market. But even MS the lowest
price such Il plantation would pay IL rev
cnuc OF $4,000 year or ten per cent. net
upon the value have named.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

uuires peculiar soil and care and grows
best i'll the hottest and most unhealthful
regions, so that there is not much com.
fort i'll its cultivation. The cocoa plan
tations are found all along the coast OF
Venezuela and are more profitable than
coffee on account Of their requiring less
attention, rs well as because of the greater
value Of the crop.
a cocoa plantation is set in quite the
same manner rs II coffee orchard, except
that the young stocks may be trans
planted from the nursery after two
months growth. No preparation of the
soil is deemed necessary and no manurcs
a.c applied. The Young trees are
planted about fifteen feet equidistant,
which will accommodate 100 trees to the
acre. Between the rows and ut like
spaces are planted rows of the bucuara
tree, that serves 10 shade the soil us well
as TO shield the young trees from the
torrid sun. Small permanent trenches
must be maintained from tree to tree
throughout the entire length of the rows,
so that, at least once in each week, the
stream, descending from the mountains.
may be turned into these little channels
and bear needful moisture to trees and
soil. At the age of five years the plan
tation begins to bear fruit, aud annually
yields two crops, that ripcnng in June
being termed the crop OF San Juan, and
that maturing ut Christmas bcin" known
us the crop OF La Navidad. The aver.
ace age TO which the tree atiains. under
proper care, may be estimated nc forty
years, during which period it will give
iair to fall crops of fruit; but. of course.
1t must be understood that, as in our
lrult orchards, new tree must he set
from time to time to replace one that
may be dccaycd or biightcd. After
careful inquiry it may he safely stated
that the average crop of the cocoa plan
talon at ten years OF age, end under a
proper state of cultivation. will amount
TO i've or six hundred pounds an acre.
Tie fruit or seed of the cocoa in form.
size and color is quite similar TO the al
mond. These seeds, to the number of
sixty or eighty, are incased in nod.
That, except i'll color, is the counterpart
pi Young muskmclon, being elongated
ana ribbed III the same manner. It's color.
when green, is like that Of the cgg-plant,
but on ripening it assumes n reddish hue.
A popularity of the cocoa is that it bears
truit 'from the ground up" the trunk
OF the tree yielding fruit as well as the
branches. Upon ripening the pods are
gathered from the trees and heaped in
piles on the ground. where they are left
.or some days to fcrment, after which
thcy burst open, when the seed must he
she!ied out. After light exposure to
the sun, during which time great care
must be taken TO protect them from the
ram, they are packed and ready for the
market. - Chicago Neos.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

ASHAMED and faded oil painting has
been found in Philadelphia the history of
which no man knows. But Mayor Filter
of that city offered $500 for the relic and
and its owners refused TO part with it.
The fact that the canvas bears the date
Of 1867 ia the basis upon which its stri-
ing value rests. Surely, says the New
York World, that is u strange conception
Of art which bases its schedule of prices
not upon the beauty Of pictures but upon
their date. Under such construction q
coin thousand years old is more pleas
ing to the eye than sketch by Mcissonicr.
What, IN the name OF reason is paint.
ing for2
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

ms picture OF Mcnclik III. is from n
photograph taken four years ago. physi-
cally the King is not an impressive per-
son. lie is almost coal black, short, and
iumpy. Unlike his uncle, Ras Darchc,
and others among the chief advisers, he
is very friendly To Europeans, and wants
to Introduce their arts into his country.
lie has remarkable fondncss for ma
chinery and implements OF all sorts, and
his greatest delight is to examine their
mechanism. Explorers say he ruined
about dozen watches and alarm clocks,
taking them apart and trying to put them
together again. lie became mt last, how
ever, quite Il proficient watch tinkerer
Several years ago Mr. Chcfncux took
the King as present from the French
Government II nitraillcusc. For colt
veniencc of carrying it had been taken 10
pieces and compactiy packed The weapon
reached the King several DAYS before the
traveller did, and very much 10 Mr.. Chef.
ncuX's establishment lie found the weapon
properly put together and mounted. The
King had made Il careful study of the
mechanism of firearms, and with the aid
of picture of II mitraiicusc he mad pre-
pared this little surprise for the white
man.
The King is gentle and amiablc to
to those who have his friendship, but he
has been guilty of acts Of gross cruelty
and injustice to conquered enemies. lie
has largely widcncd the boundaries of
Shoa by conquering the fierce Gala tribes
around him. lie has some men of ability
among his generals and councillors. md
to them much of his prestige is attributed
Personally he is not conspicuous MS Il
warrior, and i'll most things he has shown
himself easily influenced by his advisers.
But he is distinguished above them all
for his faith in the advantage OF drawing
useful lessons from civilized countries.
He does not like missionaries, however.
In 1855 he kept two Swedish missionaries
practically prisoners in his chief town fol
ten months, and then sent them back to
the coast. Since then he has expelled
all the French Catholic and German mis-.
sionarics from his country.
The King was very angry ut the de-
clslon OF the great powers to forbid the
importation of firearms and gunpowdcr
into the interior of Africa. lie is. how.
ever, in measure independent, rs he
makes his own gunpowdcr and has a
great number of improved firearms.
When King John Was killed few
months ago it was known to be his wish
that his nephew should succeed him.
Menellk, however, proclaimed himself
King of Abyssinia, and all the provinces
OF the country except Tigrc have recon-
nizcd him rs the new ruler.
The Shoans are of the SINE race and
speak the same language as the Abyssin.
lans. Their country is simply part of
Abyssinia whose chief became powerful
enough to be practically independent Of
the ruler further north. -Ne,o York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
ADyssinia's Powerful New King.

King Mcnelill H., with vast retinue
is advancing north to Adua, where ali
Kings of Abyssinia are crowned. Within
lew weeks the ceremony of coronation
Will be performed. The new ruler of
Abyssinia will be the most powerful ruler
Aoyssinia has had for generations, for his
kingdom includes not only the domain
OF the late King John, but also Shoa.
Mclcliks own country, in the Southern
part of the Abyssinian highlands, where
Mcnelik has long had an army of 100, 600
men, about onefourth of whom carry i'm.
proved firearms.
Menclik's father, King JIaelou, heard
one day that wouian of striking beauty
was seeking aims ut the doors of the
palace. He sent for her, and was so
greatly impressed by her charms that he
introduced her among the women of his
establishment. When little boy was
born the King said he would not rccog-
nlzc him us his son unless III the course
OF years he showed a striking resemblance
to his Majesty. AS the boy grew up lie
came to look very much like his royal
father, and the King named him as his
he'll, though he had other sons who
thought they had better right to the
throne. The most powerful native ruler
III Africa to-day is, therefore, the son OF
Il beggar woman, and his mother recently
was still alive, enjoying high honur IN
Slioa,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

The proposed telegraph cable between
san Francisco and New Zealand by way
Of Honolulu would be about $500 miles
long, the longer section, $500 miles, be-
tween Honolulu and New Zealand, pass
ing many island groups, where, if dcsira-
bic, the cable could he landed. There is
now cable communication between New
Zealand and Australia, and the proposed
line would, in effect, complete the girdlc
of the world. According to the Phila-
ilclphia Ledger, the new line will cost ten
million dollars, and, though Il C project
OTIS are sure it would pay, yet, in order
to convince capitalists of that fact, they
would like TO have the United States
guarantee three per cent. interest on the
ten million dollars of cost.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
What IL Wellington Boot Js.

How many people know what Well
ington boot is. Dickenss novels have
frequent references to them, yet few
people are aware that the Wellington is
the ordinary boot, the top of which is
worn inside of the paats leg. The iron
Duke invented the boot. Formerly all
boots were worn outside OF the pants,
like hunting boots. The Duke noticed
IN campl'gns that when the surface of n
boot became soaked that it could only be
pulled oil with difficulty, and that it was
next to impossible to pull it on aca,n,
lie therefore had the boots of ali his
soldiers so made that the external
tfouscr, or overall, as it is called in the
cavalry, should be worn on the outside
of the boot. The trousers absorbed the
moisture, leaving the boot comparatively
dry, and that. Is all there is to .'the Well.
ington boot. st Lexis .stal:. Suviags.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

All the marvcls Of Atlantic travel ara
10 be outdonc next season. The White
Star people will present their new Males
he, sister to their giant Teutonic, of 1O,-
DUO tons burden. The Hamburg Ameri-
ran Company will have two new COM
panions to their famous Augusta Victoria;
tho French company is building new
beauty to be the greatest of its fleet, and
'hc Guion will surpass itself in like man
ncr. "Great is ocean travel" observes
he Washington Star, ''and great are the
new greyhounds of the deep. The only
trouble is that when an American crosses
The pond he sails under almost any other
Gag than his own"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Death in n Letter.

Just little while ago an occurrence
took place on the other side of the ocean
which, while by no means without par.
allel, is still u matter that will interest
all who are fond of studying, in an ANA.
teur way, the transmission of disease. 4
poor fellow died in London of typhoid
fever, and his wife sent to friend in
Glasgow a letter conveying the news OF
his decease. While the fever at tho
time was very prevalent in the ncighbor.
hood where the London victim died
there was no sign of it in Glasgow then.
but three days after The receipt of tle
letter the Glasgow friend grew sick with
all the typhoid symptoms. The doctor,
who attended him so diagnosed the case,
and expressed the opinion that notwitl..
standing the long journey between Lon.
don and Glasgow the letter had carried
the germs of the disease.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

In 1916 the consumption of American
cotton by Great Britain amounted to
l.239, 600 bales, while the United States
used only 100000 bales Of the product.
In 1883 the English consumption had in
creased to 2,7O5, 900 bales, and that of
the United States TO 2,191, 900 bales.
These figures, the San Francisco Chroni.
&c declares, show that our cotton industry
Is slowly but surely gaining Oh Great
Britain, and that in u few years our pro-
duction will exceed hers considerably.
The fact that England's production of
cotton cloths has been nearly stationary
for some years, while ours is steadily in
ereasing, supports this view and causes
the Chronicle to conclude that our island
friends will soon be obliged TO abandon
their proud boast of being the leading
cotton manufacturing nation of the
world.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Embedded in Il Tree.

Angelo Pacha, color sergeant of Com
pany G, First Michigan Cavalry, under
Captain Alexander, WAS IN the battle Of
Gettysburg. On the third day of the
light, when the buglc call sounded, he
drank water ont of his tin cup. lie
placed it in the crotch of an apple tree
and joined his command and forgot ali
about it. Last week he went to the bat.
tic field and bought the tree for S25, and
had the tree cut up and carried TO his
home. The cup was completely im-
bedded in the crotch of the tree, and
Angelo prizes The relic beyond anyihiu.;
that he OWLS. He Was i'll the city re-
Gently, and gave away parts of the apple
tree to his old army comrades.-G iaet.-
.sati Enquirer,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
A COFFEE PLANTATIONS.

pl0wed and lain off into squares. Then
shade trees must be planted to shelter the
collec bushes from the sun. Every plan.
tation is shaded. Banana trees are put
out originally 10 protect the young plants,
Tor they shoot up rapidly and have lux
urlous foliage, but for permanent shade a
large, quick-growing tree called the
Ducuara, which resembles the sycamore,
Is used. The coffee seed is planted in a
nursery and the seedlings are transplanteGl
to the field when they are about foot
nigh. They must be kept free from
weeds and have good deal of water.
A coffee plantation without irrigatine
facilities is worthless, but after the bushes
are fully grown they are not so much
trouble or expense to care for.
The blossoms, which are as b autifu1
as those of tho orange flower. begin &c
appear about the third year, and the fifth
q small crop may be expected, but the
'rces do not mature until the seventh ycal
and full crop will not be gathered be-
lore the eighth. A well-shaded estate
Will last sixty or sevcnty-iiye years and
GEAR irult regularly. There is one plan.
'ation just outside the city of GARAGE,
which was planted in 1910, and another
That was planted al The end of the last
century. Both of them are producing
ENORMOUSLY. Coffee is Il tough crop, i.
never affected by bugs or worms or grass.
hoppers, although the trees may perish
from thirst or the fruit may rust from Too
ouch rain.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

Certain German newspapers announce
with great impressivcness and awe that
"thc German court dress is to be mod
clcd after an ancient costume, which
comprised knee brecchcs, shoc-buc!llcs. n
thrcc-cornercd hat and periwinIn
Shades of Luther, 1Iclancthon, Jean
Paul, Schiller and Goethe, exclaims the
Commercial Adeertiser, where are ye2
Only to think that the noble German ma
lure, SO illustrious for its science, art, lit
erature, learning and religion, whose an
nails CLEAN with the great names OF men
OF genius, which has 20 long led the
world in SO many Of the highest branches
OF civilization, should be the subject OF
Anticipated feudal tyranny, OF such non.
sense as n sacred imperial family. and OF
o court ambitious to bcdizen itself in
knee-breeches, three cornered hat aud a
periwiel
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

Professor TyndalI, the great scientist,
upon one occasion was to deliver lee
turc iii certNin town, and, on the day
in question, visited the lecture-hall dur
ing the afternoon, us lectures usually do.
to make various arrangements. The
place, OF course, WAS empty; no orc was
present save the careta.;cr, who was
busy over his dusting at the far end of
the hall. happening to look up from
his work, however, the careiallcr was
surprised to see the learned professor as
sidiously vaulting backward and forward
over his table, for some inco.nprchcnsiblc
reason. The explanation of this little
performance was quite simple, and was
forthcoming during the course of the
lecture in the evening, when, cl,ancine-
by accident, Of coursc--to knock over
some of his paraphcrnalia, the agile pro-
lessor, amid apprcc;atiye applause,
lightly leaped over the table and rs
lightly leaped back again. There IS
nothing like being prepared for these
little accidents. AS Sydney Smith said,
some of his best impromptus took him
years to rcpare.-Aryoaam
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

During some manWuvres Of the Ger
man cavalry at Breigh, recently, a woman
and her little boy got in front OF a rcgi.
ment of cuirassicrs charging in full gal
lop. The leading officer shouted to her
10 lie down, and she did, lying upon her
boy. The whole regiment passed over
without injuring her, every horse in
whose track she lay having been mado
TO jump over her.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

1t will DC a comfort to many timid per-
sons to remember that deaths by lighting
in this country average only about one i'll
million of the population annually. In
vention will reduce this average, but can
not give entire immunity.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

The Boston and Maine Railroad Com
pany has instructed lis ticket agents TO
sell no more tickets to Cinnamon for
points in Canada or TO points in the
United States by any route requiring the
passenger to 20 through Canada. This
rule is made necessary by the national
legislation regarding Chinese iminigra.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Beneliting n Peonfe.

Eighteen months ago young hdy
travelling through the West Of Ireland by
herseif was struck with the poverty OF
the people. She began to- consider
whether she could not lsarn basket max
ing and then teach il. She knew moth
ing about it, aud with a great dca! of
trouble she got 4 thorough training in
basket making. She then went 10 France
y whcfc snc learned how to make pretty
ffench baskets. in the following year
sue settled down in Lcttcrfrack and
started the trade OF basket making. She
began by teaching one small boy, but
hcr class rapidly increased, and there is
now quite It little industry started there.
She has planted the place all afou. with.
osiers, and she is now making an expert
mcnt IN the growing Of carly vegetables.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

The Prince OF Monaco is ready to
Stop the gambling in his priucipality if
the great powers will guarantee him an
annual income OF $780, 900 and permit
him to maintain his neutrality and indie
pcndcnce. The Prince is willing to DO
good, but lie wants 10 be paid for his
morality
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
Consumntion is rorc :, c,,;,a,ooa H.,

Consumption is rare in childhood, but
increases rapidly after the age OF fifteen,
and is most common between the ages OF
twenty-five and thirty. Those who Is.
cape 1t till the latter age are less and les.
prone to it as they advance in years, :nd
may escape it entirely, even though the,
may have hereditary predispoyi!ion
to it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

In recent case IN England where ex.
perts in chirography were called ill to
testify, a bank cashier knocked them out
by exhibiting sixty-iivc checks signed by
one man, and yet no two Of The sigma
lures were exactly like. 1t is doubtful if
any man ever signed his name twice
alike
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

the entire history of
the country. Not only
has the coffee crol,
been uuprecc lent
ed in quantity and
quality, but the price
has been higher than
for many years, owing
10 the drought and
cpidcrnics in Brazil.
They say sit is an ill
wind that blows no
body good" and Ven
cauela and other cof-
fec-growing countries
have prOspcrcd rs Bra
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

The German Government is rapidly
substituting smokcIcss powder for tbs
ordinary kind. As Germany generally
acts the pace in martial if.irs tue vt or
countries will likely adopt a similar in-
novatiOn before long.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
The Family Tree.

The man whose antecelents mako
Tho little he can brag on,
In things pertaining 10 success
Is APT to be yaluc.ess
As that admitted usclessness--.
The fifth wheel TO wagon.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

China has recently negotiated loan in
Hamburg of $40, 600, 900. The Celcstia's
arc surely getting modernizcd if not civ
ilizcd.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29
VEN EZUELA.
PROSPEROUS SECTION OF
SOUTH AMERICA.
Wealth in Coffee and Cocoa-Story OF
How the Two Popular Berries
are Planted, Gathered and
Sent to Market.

The good people of Venezuela are just
now feeling very rich, for the last two
years have been the most prosperous i'm
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-29

Menclik H., the new King of Abys
synnia, is the son Of n bcgaaI woman wi.>
took his fathers fancy.