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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20

nary paint, makes hard more
durable body, where it is tAedght it can
not be afforded, oiling with raw petro-
lc,m may often be used with good eff
feet. Inmersing in or painting with it
is cheap and useful prcservative for
seasoning posts or any kind of wood.
Charming the ends of posts that are to
go into the ground is Of doubtful utility,
considering the trouble and the fact that
they are liable to crack. AS general
thing. heart wood and the wood from ma
ture trees, neither young nor very old,
will last longer than wood from trees of
either extreme. In heavy clay soils, Ill
ways wet or moist, posts will endure
longer than in gravely and lighter de.
scriptions that are alternately wet and
dry. As ii rule, trees grown OH dry up
lands in open fields, if of the proper
age, are worth more as fuel or timber
than when grown in dense forest On
low, rich land.-(Ncw York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20

An excellent paper on collie in horses
is published in Bells Weekly Messenger,
Uondon.) 1t was contributed by Mr..
j. Smith, veterinary surgeon. This
complaint. : he says, sis rare in eases
where care Is bestowed on the diet of the
animals. lie recommends that those
who have charge OF horses. especially
agricultural horses, should he taught
hat the stomach of horse is not like
The rumcn of Il COW, mere receptacle
Tor iood, but mn essential organ of diucs-
ion oil but limited capacity, which does
not need 10 bc ci1lmmcd in order To Der
form lis proper functions, and that il
cannot he 50 treated without danger Ia
the animal; that the teeth of Il horse arr,
provided for the purpose of masticatiny
Tie i"od, and that food which does not
require nlaslication should be sparinaly.
II ever, used. lie further recommends
that M horse be PIT to work Immediate
" after full meal, and where Il horse
has .l4nc heavy days work it should
bc allowed Ia stand in the stable until il
Is cool and comfortable before being fed.
little water may be given, and if "A lit
Tie good hay he put into the rack il will
occupy his attention. and besides re-
curing proper m;lstcation, will further
have The effect of slightly stimulating"
the stomach I" secretion and prepare il
Tor the reception of the feed which is to
follow. Should Il horse require more
food than usual 10 supply the extra
waste of tissues caused by hard work LET
ii have it by all means, but let it be in
excess of its albumcnoitis or nutritious
constituents and let the horse be fed
oitener and not in increased quantities at
time"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
The Only Female Mason.

The gossip in Masonic circles over the
publication of q story to the effect that
the Grand Lodge of Scotland had been
called upon to discipline two of its mem.
bers for permitting two women to wit
ness and ovcrhcar n part of the ceremony
and proceedings of II Masonic lodge
while i'll session, recalls the legend of
the only female Mason. In the Office of
the grand secretary of the grand lodge in
the Masonic Temple, New York, hangs
m oil painting of woman dressed in
Masonic regalia. 1t was presented 70
Colonel Ehlcis, and is portrait of the
Hon. Mrs. Allworth. She is said to
have received, about the year 1875. the
iirst and second degrees OF Frecmasonry
in Lodge No IA, Doneraile, ireland
Mrs. Adworth (nce Elizabeth St.
LegcT was the Youngest child and only
daughter Of the first Viscount Doneraile
of Ireland. During the mastcrship of
Lord Donerailc, brother of Mrs. AID
worth, the meetings were held at DON
craile House, his residence. The lodge
was held in room separated from an
other by stud and brick-work. The
young lady determined to GRITTY he,
curiosity With pair of scissors she
removed portion of II brick from tn,
wall. She thus witnessed the first two
degrees in Masonry. When the brethren
were about 10 separate, she became
nervous and agitated. Being in the dark
she stumbled over chair. The crash
was loud, and the tier burst open the
door and, with light in one hand anda
sword in the other, appeared to the terri,
fled and fainting lady. He was soon
joined by the members OF the lodge pres
ent, and luckily; for it is asserted th,,
but for the prompt appearance Of hci
brother, Lord Doneraile, and the other
cool members, her life would have fuller
sacrifice to what was then esteemed q
CRIME. She was placed under guard of
the tilcr i'll the room where she wa.
found The members reasscmbled opd
dcliberatcd as to what was to be done.
For over two hours she could hear the
angry discussion, and her death deiber
ately proposed and seconded. AT length
the good sense of the majority prevailed.
1t was resolved to give her the option o.
submitting to the Masonic ordeal to th,
extent she had witnessed Qcllowcraft).
and if she refused the brethren wen
again to consult. Miss st. Lcgc., ex.
ha'isted and terrified, gladly and mhcs
tatingy accepted the offer and was mi
tiated.-lArgonaut.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
preven,ivcs of Wood Decay

! Warmth aud moisture. by causin" fer
mcniatlon Of the sap, are the active
agents i'll inducing decay in ,nscasoncd
wood. Posts set in the ground rot
soonest ut or near the surface, and quite
often the lower parts will be comlrrh-
lively sound when entirely rottcd off at
the point mentioned. An application of
an oily or rcsinous substance that will re-
Sist decay if put on to Il seasoned post
for only Il few inches at this most vul-
nerablc part will be beneficial. Wood
cut III the sap may from too rapid dry
ing be well seasoned on the outside. but
nnscasoncd within, and thus be liable to
decay from that cause, while IL slower
and more perfect drying would have
made it practically indcstructiblc for
most Uses.
Logs when cut should not he allowed
to lie long in direct contact with the
ground. Sawed lumber, such ms boards
or joints, should always be separated by
sticks or laths when piled up for drying,
u afterwards while in lumber wards for
sale. Lumber that has been RATED and
kept under water for weeks will season
much more quickly and is believed to be
more durable than lumber seasoned di-
rectly from the saw. The water dis
Olives Il portion of the sap and causes it
to leach out. Stcaming lumber produces
The same effect more quickly besides
making it more pliablc and fitting it for
bending into different shapes without
racturing. Saturating wood with brine
'r salt as a rule will lcngthen its useful.
aess
While painting wood before it is sea.
'oned is not only useless expenditure.
out will often contribute to decay, the
preservation of seasoned wood by paint
ing cannot be too strongly recommended.
The surface of all lumber exposed to the
lction of the elements, whether in build
ngs or agricultural implements, should
oe completely protected in this manner.
While the admixturc Of color, as in ordi.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
Surprising Chcapness of Tinworc

"Pcoplc often express great surprise at
the chcapncss of tinware Not long apo
lady told me that for $1.20 she p,,r-
chased wash boiler and enough smaller
articles Of tinware to entirely fill the
boiler. If they could sec how quickly
those articles are made they would no
longer wonder at their chcapness. 4
piece of cheap cokc-tin can be made into
stew pan almost in the wink of an eve
| might say. There is general impress
sion that because such tinwarc is cheap it
will not give good service, but this is not
generally the case. The greatest impcr-
lection is caused by careless soldering.
but this applies only to the most inferior
grades. The better grades of the So
called cheap goods have double pressed
seams, which are practically everlasting.
Tinwarc is cheap only because it is made
by rapid machinery. Should this coun-
try ever produce tin in quantities large
enough for home consumption, tinware
will likely be cheaper than ever. "-(Bos
ton Cultivator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20

1t is hard for the clergy to please
ever, Eody nowadays. A Boston woman
complains that her pastor never looks at
her whtn h. breaches, but devotcs all his
attention to the sinners on the other side
of the church. For this reason she saws
that his sermons do not have the moral
effect on her which they ought to have.
On the other hand, Chicago woman re-
Gently complained that her pastor invari-
ably looked at her when he was preach
ing, especially when he denounced hum
bugs and hypocrites, and she wanted to
know if it wasn't an outrage to treat re.
spectacle pew-holders in this way. When
the clergyman finally heard of her gricv-
nnce he laughingly explained that he
wasn't looking at the woman Mt NIL when
she thought he was but Mt n certain pil.
Jar behind her, the sight of which, fol
some mysterious reason, always seemed
to clarity his thought.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
A Deadly Railroad

Nobody will ever know how MANY
lives the building of the Canadian Pacif.
ic Railroad through Maine cost. The
dead unknowns have been buried like
sheep. "a correspondent of the Dexte,
Gazette, writing from Ellotsville, saws
"An old, unused burying ground (whert
IN intement had not taken place for 81
gears prior to tle commencement of tn,
S.P. r. r. is lseing rapidly filled up
A. few days ago your correspondent
counted, scattered around among tn,
skeletons of old horses, seven newly
made graves. These contained the re-
mains OF workmen on the c. p. who had
no friends in this part of the world. y
ILewiston (AIe.) Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20

Great regret is expressed among naval
officers that yellow fever should have
got hold upon the United States man.
ofwar Boston. 1t is sometimes limos
siblc, they say, TO get the germs out Of
the vessel, and when the ship is thought
to be entirely freed from the disease n
trip into the fever country will develop
the germs and cause an outbreak of the
plague. A fever ship is always feared,
for no positive method Of fumigation has
yet been discovered that is regarded rs
reliable. 1t is n question, however,
whether the germs will find Il foothold
IN the Boston, for she isa new ship, con.
structed for the most part of iron, and
with no rotten or soft wood anywhere In
her frame. AS these materials usually
furnish the hiding places for the seeds Of
the plague, it is hoped that the Boston
will escape the reputation of being 8
'fevcr ship"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
Ralso the Curtain.

Raise tho curtain-let tho brightness
Ofyour cheering light shiue forth;
To the passers I'm the darkness
It may DO Of vital worth;
Give glimpse to lonely wanderers
Ofyour household full Of joy.
It may rouse tanew ambition
Some poor frAndless, tempted boy.
Raise tho curtain--we are kindred
Each to all is bound by ties
Which forbid n selfish shutting
or ourselves from others Dyes;
Share your light and share your blessings,
God hath made tho whole world kin,
And his love so universal,
Takes the weakest sinner in.
Raise tho curtain Of your window,
Raise tho curtain of your mind;
DO not let possession make yon
To tho wants of others blind.
Helping others We are strengthened,
Giving, We arc richer made;
Aud no ono SO strong OF patient,
But some ti;no hath need of mid.
-tFlora n. Candoc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20

'Niost of the sardincs sold nowadays,
says grocer, ''arc nothing but small
herrings, put up in boxes with gaudy
labels and French inscriptions. In East
port, Me-, there are nineteen places
where they turn out sarlincs, beside,
three at Lubcc, two at Joncsport, and
one each ut Millbridgc, Lamoinc and
Robinston. When it was first attempted
to make sardincs from behring's it was
found that the difficulty lay in cladicat-
ing the herring flavor. II took years OF
experiment to accomplish this. Finally
n manufacturer succeeded i'll producing a
combination Of oil and spices which re-
moved the trouble"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
About. Dressing Poultry.

lfyou want to know how to dress your
poultry so that df otherwise good it will
command the highest price, send right
straight TO commission house tlint deals
in poultry, or to some retail dealer in
poultry in tine place where you propose
to sell your poultry, and fipd out just
what kind of dressed poultry sells best
whether dry or et-picked, drawn or UNI
drawn, is preferred. You will find this
will be better than going ahead accord
ing to some directions that you have read
somewhere in some paper, for these di-
rectlons are for some particular market,
and the chances are they may not fill the
bill Tor your markct.-l Prairie Farmer
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
Kcnovating Turnout orchards.

tIrcn0fUS.
We often meet with an Orchard of ap.
parcntly healthy trees, which is prlcti-
cally fruitlesS. The owner may tell us
that 1t formerly bore abundant crops, bu,
of late years the trees have ''run out. :"
Why have they ''run out?n They for
lnerly gave good crops of apples. All
the other land on the farm was expected
to give but one good crop, but this of
the orchard was made to give a crop of
grain, or u crop of grass or clover, to be
taken off as lay. The soil soon became
tired Of doing this double duty. The
trees gave out because they were
robbed of food; the first thing they
need is feeding. OF course if the soil
needs draining, lay the needed tiles at
once, or rs soon us the soil will allow.
Such orchards are usually III grass; draw
on II heavy dressingof manure and spread
it, and as soon MS the soil is in proper
condition, turn over the sod and manure
with the pillow; with the hot weather the
sod will decay rapidly When this is
found to he well rottcd, give another
blowing, and II deep one. If ashes can
be had, spread heavy coating and har-
row; in the absence of ashes, harrow i'm
good dressing of lime. If the trunk
and larger branches arc covered with
LOOSE scales OF old bark upon which
lichcns and MOSES have foot
hold, scmpc Off the loose bark,
using 81 blunt. short handled
hoe is scr.lpcr. Then in damp time
or tlGlw wash the trees with soft soap.
made thin enough to apply with brush.
Use home made soft soap, made with I've
or potash That sold at the stores is
usually merely hard soap mixed with
water and very deficient in strength and
quite inferior to the homemade. Mix
the soap with enough water 20 work
readily, go over the scmned portions
with 1t, and leave the spring rain to
finish the work. In due time the bark
will be found beautifully smooth and dc.
prived of all foreign growth. The soap
that has been washed into the soil will
act as auscful fertilizer. Long neglected
trees usually require pruning, and this
must depend upon the condition Of the
tree. Never cut out branch without
good reason for it. If the top has be-
come crowded, cut out enough branches
To let light and air into the center: if
grown one side, remove the branches
needed to restore the balance. If LARGE
wounds are made, smooth the surface
and paint them over with some dark.
colorcd paint American Agriculturist
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
A Fortunate Song Writer

Probably the most fortunate of all
popular song writer's from Il financial
point of view il Frank Howard, whose
income from his first song hit, "Only a
Pnnsy Blossom is said to have been
more than $4,000 in single year. It
must be borne i'll mind that he is n we'll
known negro minstrel singer, and there
fore, has unusual opportunities for intro
ducing his songs to the public and max
ing them popular. This fact is
thoroughly understood and appreciated
by his publishers, who on that account
pay him royalties much larger than they
otherwise would, and probably much
larger than ever given to any other com.
poser of popular ballads. Howard is
the son of an Iowa clergyman, and in a
Maynard mood left home at an carly
age. He was singing in the streets to
draw crowd around the wagon of a
liver-pad pcddler in Western city when
Aliit Barlow, the well-known minstrel
manager, "discovered" him and nut him
on the minstrel stage indianapolis
News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
charge, and such Of the men as wished

chhrBc, anu such OF the men as wished
to go were shipped for new cruise in a
clean ship. Must of us signed articles
though none Of us liked the new Captain.
1t was curious that he and Tom Finch
took strong dislike to each other Mt
lirst sight, but the sailor had signed and
would not desert. We had only got
we'll outside when the new Captain made
us n speech. We had made an average
cruise up TO this date, and the ship was
in good condition all the way around,
but he would not have come up to the
mark had he not insultcd and abused us.
We had call aft, and remember how
ugly he looked as he surveyed lis for n
moment, as an ovcrsecr looks over his
slaves, and then said
"You Internal lot of soiers and lob
scoises, there's new deal aboard this
ship and | want you to understand it on
the go Off There's to be no more sojcr-
ing and picnicking There's to be no
more cumming between cabin and fo'cas-
tie If we have II man aboard whom the
sharks won't bite he'd better look out for
me! l will bite him if he doesn't walk
chalk. There's got to be discipline
aboard and the quicker you come to it
the better for your lazy carcasscsi Go
forward and go TO work or I'll be among
ym.'
Almost every Captain gives n crew
That sort of talk. The average master
looks upon his men MS below the brute
creation. He thinks it necessary to brag
and buster aad threaten to let them
know the wide difference between them.
lie had made a break for Tom, who had
entered us Il boat stccrcr, and every man
Of us foresaw trouble.
We had been five days out when the
row came. Several of the men had been
brutally knocked about without excuse,
and one day as we were on whaling ground,
and Tom was placing his boat in order,
Capt. Locke took occasion to find deal
of fault. 1t was plain to all of lis that
he was seeking a fuss, and that he was
bent on stirring Tom up. lie
kept at it until he reused him
self to fury and struck the
sailor. We knew Tom would never
stand that, nor did he. lie squared off
and fcllcd the Captain like an on, and
during the confusion he took refuge in
the cabin and barrcadcd the door and
armed himself. Wasn't the old man
bowling mad when he came tol lie
issued all sorts of orders, but took
precious good care not 10 expose him
self to Toms fire.
The sailor held the cabin for three
days, allowing the crew TO move about
as they pleased, but watching TO fire
upon the Captain if he exposed himself.
On the third night, when we were good
hundred miles OIL Cape Frio, he dropped
out of one of the stern ports into the
open sea, and the first we knew Of il we
heard him laughing rs he swan away.
Six months later we had "gam" with
the Scotch whalcr Janet, and the men
told us that they picked Tom up when
he had been ahoat three days, and landed
linn three weeks later at Bahia. New
York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
Sentenced TO the Bamboo.

This punishment is as peculiar as most
Chinese punishments are. The man is
seized by four or five stalwart attend
ants, thrown down on his face, his loose
pyjamas rolled up. lie is firmly held
ouistrctchcd in this position by men at
his head and feet. Two operators then
squat down opposite one another on each
side of the victim. One takes strip of
seasoned bamboo about three feet long
and one inch wide, and begins lightly
spanking the backs of the thighs. lie
gives twenty of these apparently harm
less spanks, and then hands the bamboo
to his vis-a-vis, who gives his twenty,
and then hands it back; and so on, turn
about, until the two hundred blows are
administered.
At first the punishment looks ridicu-
lousy light; but by the time the first fif
~ blows are reached the skin of the parts
beaten begins to assume the appearance
of thick wash-lcathcr; and before the
hundrcdth blow the skin begins to fly off
in loose white flakes; before the time
two hundred blows have been struck, the
whole of the back of both thighs looks
like II mass of swollen raw liver, though
not Il drop Of blood flows from the parts.
1t is said that man would expire under
the eXcruciating torture of two hundred
and fifty of these blows. | have never
seen anything like the exquisite agony
depicted in that mans livid, quivering
features, when he was carried into the
prison to recover Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20

Italy is rcarranging her railroad system
on the plan of her great ncighbors, so rs
to make it more efficient in carrying
troops to any threatened point. 1t seems,
comments the Cincinnati Enquirer, us if
The war burdens would never close oycl
them. But they have increased at such
n frightful rate since 1870 that every one
who can is running away.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20

The startling assertion Is made III one
of the opening pages of Il recent work ON
prison reform that "judging by the mum
Der of commitments, year by year, to the
pcnitcntiarics and state prisons, crime
has increased in the United States, rela-
lively to the population, since the wal
by not less than one third.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
q, QUAINT ANp CURIOUS:

Divorce is unknown is South Carolins.
Steam was first applied to boats in
America.
The famous, Kohinoor diamond of:
England weighs 106 carats.
Nine knots made in black wooden
thread formerly served as charm in the
case OF spr,lin.
In many parts of England and in the
United States an odd number of eggs is
put under setting hen.
A Quaker witness was ordered, ont OF a
London court the other day because he
would not remove his hat
.John Bull" nickname given to.
Englislimen, is said to be derived from
DIR. Arbutllnot's satire of that name.
a man can hire Il house in Japan, keep
two servants and live ON the fat of the
land all for II little over $50 month.
AJupncse is coming over to this coun-
try TO prove that man can stay under
water for four minutes as well us for
twenty seconds.
\ iissire has recently appeared in the
Garth in Churchill county, New, which
is three feet wide, several miles long and
of unknown depth.
A spring of natural cologne has broken:
forth in the southern part of Algiels.
The liquid has not been analysed, but
its odor is vdry similar to fiat of
patchouli.
a tourist fell into Yellowstone park
Seyscr the otllcr day and was carried
some distance below the surface of the.
earth. An instant later lie was hurled
Twenty-Five feet above the ground
MIR. Toplilr, Of Cleveland, is nothing
II not cntcrprising. lie proposes to fake
phonographophone with him around
the world and record his impressions.
sending the phonograms to his daughter.
When the Qlympan left Victoria,
British Columbia the other day three,
and Il half tons of barnac!cs were scraped.
of from her bottom. 1t is estimated
that it cost her $50 trip to carry them
Several white topazcs, so much like.
diamonds as to deceive even some cx-
pcrts, have been found on Bald Face
mountain i'll Chatham, N. H. A small
boy found one which he sold for few
cents, and the buyer realized $50 for it
after it had been cut and polished.
Two young Engishmcn who recently
passed through Chicago on their way
around the world, informed reporter
that they have been making collections.
of samples Of the water of the great.
rivers of tho world. The samples are.
bottled as soon as collected and tho
bottles duly labelled, are sent TO their
homes in England by express.
Near the soda springs at Ashland.
Oregon, there is one which emits n. gas
50 poisonous as to kill whatever may
breathe it, and it is said that there is al
most constantly ring of birds, snakes,
lizards and such small deer, lying dead
about it. The same deadlincss is.
claimed for spring somewhere in Ida-.,
no, and in both it is thought that a. con-
centratcd form of carbonic acid gas is..
the active agent of destruction.