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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
RULES FOR CURING DAIRY SKINS.

Slit the skin from the brisket to the
jaw, and skin down each side enough SO
that the throat can be cut without cut
ting the skin crosswise, as in this way
the check of the skin is saved, while, if
it is cut in the least across the throat,
the head is worthless. Slit the skin from
the brisket to the tail.
Cut around the foot close to the hoof
and slit the legs from the hoof to the
belly, taking care in Sitting the leg to
commence between the ducios and slit
directly over the gambrel, SO that the leg,
when skinned, will lie flat instead of
leaving pocket which cannot be finished
into leather
Skin the head and legs carefully Com
mencing at the head, so as to avoid cut
ting or scoring at the butt, near the tail,
draw or fist off the skin without any
farther use of the knife, thereby avoiding
those holes, cuts and scratches which in
jure the skin. Some farmers use wind
lass to draw off their dairy skins, Others
n horse, but two men Zone stout man can
do it can pull off a skin very quickly.
AS soon rs taken off lay the skin flat
upon VIZ HUI III Soou I)ilce Wnere the
sun does not shine upon it, and cover it
with good coating of fine or coarse-fne
salt. Coarse will do, but is not as good.
Don't roll up the skin. Don't dry it,
but let it remain green, and when you
take off the next place fiat upon the first,
sailing as before. Pile skin on skin in
this way, and when ready to sell you
will find them in nice condition, and
worth from five to fifteen cents more
than the same skins would have been if
poorly taken off and cared for.
What the skin does not require will
shake off when you sell your lot, and
answer just rs well for the next skins YOU
take off. Skins should not in warm
weather, even when carefully put down
as above directed, lie in salt over thirty
days without handling, so as to expose
to the air, but in handling be very careful
to repack in same manner as at first,
adding little, fresh salt at each rehand
ling.-Orange County Farmer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
CHATTING WAX.

There arc many kinds of grating wax
as well rs of other compositions used for
the same purpose. A composition made
of clay, fresh COW manure, and fine straw
or grass was the principal material used
in grating until the present century, and
is still used occasionally with good results.
The great variety of compositions used in
grating shows that the exact proportions
of materials, or, in fact, the materials
themselves if of like nature, are not very
essential TO success. For grating in the
open air the following compound is prob
ably more generally used in this country
than any other: Common rosin, four
parts; bceswax, two parts; tallow, one
part; melted together over slow fire.
When in n melted state it may be spread
upon thin cloth or strong manila paper, if
strips for binding the cions are required.
If the wax is to be used in cool weather,
add little more tallow Some nursery
men prefer linseed oil in place of tallow,
using about one pint to six pounds of
rosin and two of bceswax. In European
nurseries Burgundy pitch is used in place
of beeswax, making very tough wax
Neo York San.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
The Murderous Parang of sulu.

In Sulu there is no peace and not much
happiness. The first thing that strikes
the traveller is that everybody carries n
murdcrous weapon called ''parang,"
having broad razor-edged blade, and
capable of cutting man in two through
the middle. The next thing to be noted
is that their ''parangs" are not for show,
but that they are often used, and with
summary effect The Sulu Islands have
for some three centuries been claimed by
Spain. She has on one side of Sulu
small fortified town called Jolo, where
some Manila troops and Spanish officers
hold post. The town is surrounded by
loopholcd twenty foot wall, and when.
ever one of the inhabitants steps beyond
that wall Sulu steps up and dissccts him
with the national ''parang." The
Spaniards, in fact, hold the ground they
stand upon, and no foot else; and at in
tcrvals Salu gets into Jolo with his
"parang," and proceeds to "run a-muck, g"
killing all he encounters, until he in turn
is dispatched. One of these fanatics nc.
tually destroyed seventeen lives before he
could be killed. AS Jolo is unhealthy,
and there is nothing to do and it would
be too hot to do it if there was, the
Spaniards do not have completely jovial
time of it. Outside of Jolo the Suas pass
the time principally in conducting feuds
against one another, in the course OF
which many ''parangs" are employed and
much slaughter ensues.-Mw York T7i.
bune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
A Boyish Fiction About Steel.

Says hardware dealer in the Kings
ton IN. " Freeman: "Nfany people i'm
agine that by blowing their breath on the
blade of knife they can tell whether
the blade is steel or pot-metal. Now, {,
persons breath will adhere to pot-meta'
blade and fade away the same as or
steel, but nine out of ten men don't know
this, and that is the reason why so man,
people carry inferior pocket-knives. j
hate to see man enter my store and blow
his breath on a steel knife. Unless TIT
knife is rubbed off right after, it will
rust and spoil the appearance of it,"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
no FARM AND GARDEN.
SUGGESTIONS ABOUT SHEET.

Strengthening is a nice industry, and
when you can get an average of u lamb
and half, or occasionally two lambs. per
eve, very profitable. There will be in
every flock some sheep less thrifty than
others. These nre hustled about and
crowded away from their food and should
certainly be put by themselves and given
extra food and care. In the full, to avoid
loss, the flock must be carefully examined,
and those too old-whosc teeth are loosen
lng-fatted, if need be, for market.
Sometimes one or two sheep will be very
unruly; get rid Of these as soon as posi-
bic. Again, there will be one, two or
three that will blcat, and stir up the whole
flock every time you come in sight or
hearing. These are great nuisance;
weed them out for your comfort and
pleasure, as well as that of the flock
Nco York Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Do not forget the box of gravel for the
hen house.
Lilacs arc deformcd by trimming up
like trees.
Never place manure near the roots of
plants or trees.
Set the mothcrly hens as soon ms the
inclination is fully settled
A small hen will lay MS large eggs as
will large hen, and require less room.
Endcavor to keep hens instead of pull
lets, us the eggs will then be more uni
form.
In top grating large trees we retain
some of the older branches for several
years.
The accumulations of refuse will give
out disagreenble odor when warm day
comes.
Small fruits planted in burrows will not
endure drought so well as those planted
with the flat dibble.
The non-sitting breeds will lay as we'll
in winter as the sitters if they are kept
warm and comfortable.
For large raspberries. or blackberries
head back severely, cutting out super
fluOus canes and mulch.
Mulchcd strawberries have invariably
suffered more injury from late spring
frosts than those in cultivated soil.
Never use stale eggs for nest eggs.
Nest egg gourds are the best. A single
stale egg may ruin your reputation.
1t is easy to dispose of tho tent cater
pillar by destroying the eggs in winter OF
by attacking the tents early in May.
A flock may be composed of some of
the best layers to be found, yet the aver.
age number of eggs secured may be low.
More and finer fruit can be secured
by heavy mulching than by civilizations:
Deep cultivation near tho roots of small
fruits is worse than neglect.
One bushcl of muck about Young
vine or tree, in clayey soil, will give
better results than would be obtained if a
man hoed or watered continually.
Lay out the seasons work so that no
available force will go to waste, and SO
that there shall be no expense for main
tenance without its direct result in labor
To test the effects of irrigation, sink a.
leaky can or bucket near plants and fill
with warmish water often. Mild LIQUID
manure or few drops of ammonia win
make their presence visible.
aooseberry bushes are easily raised
from cuttings taken very early in the
spring from the previous years growth.
Set in good soil, they will take root and
grow. and can be transplated in tho fall
or spring.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
THE BANK ROBBERY.

1t was the invariable custom of the
night Waterman of the Merchants and
Mechanics Bank at Clio to throw open
the front doors and raise the curtains at
u O'Clock each morning. By that time
all the stores were open and the streets
full OF people. From ~ o'clock to he
swept and busted, and the bells had
scarcely struck the latter hour when the
bank officials began to arrive. Then
the Waterman went home, the doors were
closed, and at nine o'clock the bank was
ready for business.
One September morning the cashier,
teller, and two of the clerks arrived to
ind the heavy front doors still closed.
Peter, the Waterman, had been in service
nine years, and this was the first time he
had oversight his hour. The grocer ON
one side and the shoe man on the other
had pounded on the bank doors at n
quarter to eight, and not receiving any
response, were certain that something out
of the way had occurred. There we're
nine of lis who entered the bank as the
cashier unlocked the doors. The curtains
had not yet been raised when we knew
that robbery and murder had taken place.
When we got the full light we saw Peter
lying on his back ON the floor outside of
The railing. He was fully dressed, and
had been struck on the back of the head !.
and the blow had crushed in the skull.
The body was cold, showing that death
had occurred some hours before.
Further investigation proved that the
door OF the vault had been drilled and
blown open, and that the bank had been
robbed of every dollar of its cash on hand.
Taking the loss of bonds, stocks and
cash, the aggregate was about $50, 900,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
TWO SURE SIGNS.

First Dctcctivc-''I've got the two
men who committed that murder. Their
names are Chinks and Kinks.
Second Detcctivc-"You don't say so
How did you discover them2"
81 ran across Chinks one day, and
charged him with the crime"
eyes. How did he take itln
''Hc changed color-a sure sign that
he is guilty"
"True-and the other?"
81 saw Kinks soon after, and boldly
charged him with the crime
"Good! How did he act?'
"llc did not change color at ala
sign that he is hardened criminal.
tendon Tit Bits.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
CARE OF FoALs.

Every spring great many colts are lost
at foaling time or within few days after,
either through gross carelessness and
neglect, or lack of knowledge as to what
should be done under certain circum-
stances. The following from the catalogue
OF an experienced horse breeder may be
of value to many of our readers: 'The
following conditions should be closely oh.
served-1st. The mare and colt must
have thoroughly dry place to lie on,
unless the marc foals late in warm sum.
mer weather. I'd. AS soon rs the colt
stands and begins to run about the mare
and suck freely, then the bowels must
move freely. They ought to move within
six or eight hours after birth-this is i'm
pcrative. The first eXcrement is very
gummy, and is sometimes impossible for
the colt to void it without assistance. The
straining brings ON inflammation of the
bowels very rapidly. The outward in
dications of constipation arc switching OF
the tail, pointing toward the flank with
the nose, and uneasincss of the hind
legs. l have found the safest plan is
to make it a rule to inject each colt
during the first half day of its
life with about half Il tcacupfuI of raw
linseed oil in pint of warm CASTLE soap
suds, or warm molasses and cream, mixed
half and half, will answer the purpose.
If in great pain, it may be allayed by an
injection of half a tcaspoonful of lauda-
mum in teacup of warm water and out
ward applications of hot fianncls or mus
tard and vinegar plastcrs, rubbed into the
hair on the belly. Laudanum must not be
given to new born colt through the
stomach unless the bowles arc free and
open"
We have known of many foal being
killed by an overdose of laudanum given
internally for costiveness. Some do not
seem to know how little of such medicine
the stomach of new born foal can stand.
We have been bothered sometimes with
scours in the new born foal, where the
mares had been grained and gave more OF
richer milk than the colt could digest for
the first few days. In such cases we would
milk the marc little three or four times
a day until the colt got over the scours
and gained sufficient strength to take full
rations. National Horsc Breeder.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
HIS CREDENTIALS.

Diamond Merchant Ito applicant for
position)-"What references have you,
sir?"
Applicant "Thc surgeons at Bellevue
Hospital"
Mcrchant-"What do they know of
your qualifications for my line of trader"
Applicant-"Thcy amputatcd my legs
and supervised the construction of new
ones, which can be unbuckled and locked
in the safe during business hours"
observation-disclosures your limbs and
enter upon your duties. = Jeuelcrs'
Weekly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
NE WAS ALL RIGHT, BUT SHE wAsN'r.

HE WAS ALL RIGHT, BUT SIZE WASN'T.
Landlady of Boarding House Ito appli
cant for board and rooms) you
good referencesl"
Applcant-''Yes, madam"
L.andlady of Boarding House-ssYou
don't stay out latc2"
Applicant-s'No, madam"
Landlady of Boarding Housc-sYou
have no callers who are likely to injure
the good name of my house."
Applicant-"No madam"
Landlady of Boarding Housc-"Then
you may send your trunks"
Applicant-"But first, madam, I beg
to ask n question or two. 1t is right
there should be satisfaction on both
sides. Have you q piano in the parlor2"
Landlady of Boarding House haughti-
ly)-"Ycs, sir, rosewood upright"
Applicant-''Have you daughtcr9"
Landlady of Boarding House-"Ycs,
sir"
Applicant-'Is your daughter taking
music lcssons?"
Landlady of Boarding Housc-'Shc
is, sir"
Applicant" Thcn, madam, am sorry
to say, cannot send my trunks"
Landlady OF Boarding House Gndig-
nantly)-''Sir!"
But she spoke to the air. The young
man had departed. Boston Courier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
AT A BIG HOTEL.

Gucst-'Don't put on any of your top
lofty airs with me, sir, or l Shall be
Obliged to take you down peg. You
don't know who am, do you?"
Clcrk-"No, sir, and l don't care a
continental rap who you arc"
"My name is Jackson. I'm the dia
mond expert
Clerk (who wears brilliant imitation)
-"Ah, yes, | beg your pardon, Mr..
Jackson. Certainly. We can move you
down to the parlor floor and give you an
elegant front room. Don't say anything
about this spark of mine, will YOUR
Chic0go UculN.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
UNronruNArE ABSENCE OF MIND

Miss Uppercrust (who has been wait
ing outside in the coupc)-"W keeps
you so long, mammal Couldn't you match
the braid?"
Mrs. Uppcrcrust-"Oh, yes But in
adycrtently put my purse into my pocket,
and it took nearly half a. hour to find it
again. Burlington Free Press
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
HIS HARD YEAR.

Young Brother-'I've had hard tus-
sic to keep in good health sometimes.
Why, one year drank nothing but milk,
and ate no solid food whatever"
Elder Brothcr-'Ble if have not
known you ever since you were born, and
| have been with you all the time, but |
cant remember any such year"
Young Brothcr-"Nly first. "-Basay.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
SARCASTIC.

"Look here" said Mr. Blankerton, as
ne sat opposite his wife at supper.
whats the mattcr?"
1--WE found pearl in my oyster"
tits odd, )" said his wife after pause,
show every day brings forth some illus
tration of an old proverb."
~ don't quite follow YOU"
81 was just thinking of the casting of
pearls before swine. "-Merchant Trareler
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14

Poct-"I called in, sir, to see about
that little poem 1 sent you some time
ago"
Editor-''That poem has not been pub
lished yet, SIR"
Poet-"And the stamps I enclosed
with it2"
Editor-''rhe stamps were published
long ago. accident Me,os.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
PIGS THAT ARE ovER-FEp.

Swine are proverbially greedy, but it
is the duty of the owner of IN animal to
control its natural habits when these arc
opposed to its well doing; so that the
first thing to be done in feeding young
pigs is to measure their feed judiciously,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
HOW III is DONE.

Sonm''Popa, how do they catch lu-
natics?'
Cynical Fathcr-"'With large straw
hats and feathers and white dresses, jew
eiry and neat gloves, my boy"
Mamma (musinglD-"Ycs, | remcm-
Der That's how dressed before we were
married. "-Boston Saturday Gazette.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
WHERE THE PROFIT COMES IN.

Barber-'I would like to sell YOU n
bottle of this balm. 1t will surely bring
out your hair"
Cnstomcr-"Why are you so eager to
SELF Is there large margin on itl"
Barber-'rhc margin on this is very
small, but we get n royalty from the wig
maker. "-Neio York San.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
NOT A PART OF SPEECH.

Johnnie, what part OF
speech is nosc?"
Johnny" faint emmy"
"Ah, but it must be-"
"Mcbbe your'n is because you talk
through it, but the on'y part O. speech
that I've got is my mouth. Thine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
AN ACCIDENT.

Mr.. Dc Prig (of Boston, in Dakota
HoteD-"Waiter, what caused the cx-
plosion just now, at the other end of the
dining-rooma Was somebody shot2"
Waiter-"Oh, no sir. We don't allow
shooting in the dining-room. The cook
was little careless, and let cartridge
from his revolver fall in the soup, and
the gent who was just carried out, hap
pened to crash it between his teeth. ~
Time.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
SAhn, that her baby looked good enough

to eats
Mrs. Jason-"well, what's the matter
with that7"
Mr.. Jason-"oh, nothing, only you
know that they start as missionaries to
the Cannibal Islands next week. "-Iey9e
Haute Eapress.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
NOT An OLD MASTER.

Visitor Ito butler who is showing him
through the picture gallery Of the old
mansion)-''That's a fine portrait Is it
an old master?'
Butlcr-"No. That's the old missns."
-BostOn Courier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
OFFENSIVE rAnTIsANs IN OFFICE.

Postage Stamp Ito mailbag)-"Bump
into me again and III knock the stufiing
out of you"
Mailbag "Try it and you'll get the
worst licking you ever had, you stuck-up
thing. Thine
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
GOT TIE MITTEN.

MIR. Jonathan Trump-"What's the
matter with young Darlingtona He's
gong into the conservatory with Dolly
Flicker MS pale us II ghost"
Miss Penelope Pcachblow- "Going
into decline, take it, from what
know of Dolly, life.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

In tho Long Ago-Jn the Potagc-
InutiIity Not an Old Master
Offensive Partisans In Office
AT the Concert, Etc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14

Elderly Female -'I shall probably
never marry. My afiianced fell in battle y
The Major" Waterloo Ftieycadc
Btdetter.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
INUTII.fTY,

Ilusband--"This is pretty go"
Wifc-"What is the matter!n
iiusband-"Somc one has gone and
iaubed ink on my new pcnwipcr.'-
juoyc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
IN TIE poTAeE.

Lady iddy, have you seen the lit
tie stuffed bird | had in my bonnct?"
Biddy-"Yes, mum; put it in the
soup to make it little richer. "-EpocA.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
MONEYS REToRT.

Tcachcr-''Wha is seventeen times
three and onc-halfrr
Bobby-'I cr-cr-"
Observation-Disclosures the question. What
do you stand there saying Ser" for?"
Bobby-''ro err is human. - Chicaqo
Saturday HcyuM.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
CONSOLATION FOR MISSIONARIES.

Mr.. Jason-"A nice fool you made of
yourself at that sociablc last night"
Mrs. Jason-ssMc2 Howin
MIR. Jason-'Yes, you. Telling Mrs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
AT THE CONCERT.

AT THE CONCERT.
First Swcll-"What glorious music I,
Who wrote it?"
Edward Beethoven
First Spy Jovc, I'll write to him.
What's his address?'
Edward-"Bonn Cemetery, believe. {"
-Epoch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
A FATHERS VIGIL.
Chapter I.

Chapter I.
Mr.. Figg-"Hcrc's little toy I've
bought for Tommy to amuse himself
with. Pigs in clover, believe they call
it,"
Chapter II.
Tommy-"say paw, amt you goin to
femme see that puzzle2"
Mr.. Figg-"Go to bed You ought
to be in bed nm hour ago."
Chapter III.
Mrs. Figg-"John Figg, are you 60
ing to sit up all nighta"
MIR. Figg-"I'll be there in minute.
I've got them all in but one"
Chapter ".
Mrs. Figg-''Havc you been up all
night, John Figg2"
Mr.. Figg-"None of your business"
Tommy-''Say, paw, where's my puz-
zlc?"
Mr.. Figg-'In the Pierre
Houtc Express.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14

PROFESSIONAL WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
Customer Ito barber = ''IIave you
heard of the bad scrapc young Brown got
into ycstcrdayl'
Barbcr-''Mhy, no, sir! Who shaved
him?'
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-05-04
Is Consumption Incurable.

Read the following: Mr.. G. H.
Morris, Newark, Ark, says; "Was
down with abscess of lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced
me an incurable consumptive. Began
taking DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, am now on my third
bottle, and able to oversee the work
on my farm. 1t is the finest medi-
cine ever made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
says: "IIad it not been for DR.. King $
New Discovery for Consumption l
would have died of lung troubles.
Was given up by doctors. Am now
in best of health" Try it. Sample
bottles free at G. j. Lincoln's drug
store.