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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

See that all drains arc clear and in
working order.
Sow the early peas us soon as frost is
out of the ground.
Cabbages thrive best in rich, deep,
well drained loam soil.
Have you good seed drill for the
garden. Have you larger one for the
field?
Sow lettuce in rows sixteen inches
apart, and when i. is we'll started grow
mdishes between.
Do not try to repair rail. fence by
piling rails on top. In this work 20 to
the bottom of things.
Push the lambs that are Intended for
early market. Give ii little fresh cows
milk daily, from u dish.
Soft coal ashes contain a littis<pIa1t
food in the shape Of phosphate of potash;
hard coal contains none.
\ good asparagus bed is good thing.
1t takes three or four years to get " bed
established. but it pays to have it.
1t isn't bad idea to have a small and
welI-kept flower bed in the Vegetable gar
den. Contrasting colors are always beau
tiful
The supply of nice dry, fine soil for
sowing seed, ut hand when wanted for
window-poXes, etc, is 4 convenient
thing.
Fine dust and flour of sulphur mixed
in equal parts and busted into the hair
of cattle is said to he IN excellent remedy
Tor lice.
When the law requires man to re-
strain only his own stock, lie does not
need half so much fence rs when he must
fence against somebody clse's animals.
Have you Il row or two OF nice rasp-
berry plants near your home? Don't you
know it is simply delightful! TO have this
excellent fruit fresh and near at haud3
a glossy, shining coat is evidence of
thrift, and it is in either horses or cattle
as often the result OF thorough grooming
as of high feeding. The two ought to go
together.
Farmers in sowing grass seed, and
especially clover, should examine closely
to see that it is free from seed Of plantain.
This weed has gone almost cvs rywhere,
and great deal of the clover seed sold
contains it. No more pcstilcnt weed is
found for clover growers, rs its seeds are
very small and numerous.
Every dangerous bull shoulAs. ,bc de-
horned. The operation is best performed
on young calves, but can be done on
mature animals without injury. Bulls
should be exercised and trained to work.
Idle bulls indicate extravaganza in farm
ing. y bull can do as muci. work rs IN
OK without injurng his breeding quail
ties.
There is popular belief among farmers
that outs sown broadcast do better than
those put in with a drill. If the ground
has been thoroughly puiverizcd and is
dry, the drilled seed will probably be
covered too deeply. Grain generally
needs to be only slightly covered, es-
pecially in spring, when the soil isalways
moist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
CABBAGE GROWING.

Inc cabbage Is one Of the most val
liable garden vegetables, and, when
properly managed, 1t will afford very dc.
sira''lc food during the whole year. The
early varieties begin to come in in juno.
and by growing few varieties which
come III later IL constant succession of
fresh ones may be had until the hard
frosts compel the latest ones to be gath
cred and put i'll the cellar or in pits for
winter and spring use. This vegetable
Is hcaIthful and nutritious. IL contains
more nitrogen than potatoes, and twice
us mnch sulphur. TIE latter giving it Il
hi%il value Tor carly spring and summer
consumption. Its effects are laxative
and Alternative, and for winter use it is
especially valuable rs :; corrective when
much salt food is consumed Thus salt
meat and cabbage are rightly considered
as complementary foods, and the latter is
a specific against such diseases rs scurvy
and other blood disorders which affect
the skin. The Ohio experiment station
shows by tests that the best carly kind
is the Wakefield which is not only as
carly but more prolific than any other
early kind; the best second early is said
by the station to he the Henderson
succession; Winningstadt is awarded the
highest place us producing the most and
solidest heads, and the writer has found
1T to afford constant supply until the
Brunswick comes in in the fall aud this
is succeeded by the latest varieties The
Savoy l. by far superior in flavor 10 any
other variety.-Ncto York Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

The japanese, according to Industries.
havc made the important discovery that
lacquer applied to the huls of iron and
steel vessels will prevent corosion. The
lacquer, when properly applied, adhercs
very tenaciously, and can only DC re-
moved by scraping with sharp instru-
ment. The Russian Government has
tried the device on one frisatc with
great success, and the English are about
to experiment upon some OF their vessels.
If the composition will do all that is
claimed for it the life OF iron and steel
vessels will be greatly prolonged, and
much expense will be saved by the
avoidance of the frequent docking which
ut present is necessary to keep the bot
toms comparatively clean so that the
speed qualities OF the craft may not DO
impaired.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
The Puyallup Reservation.

Probably the most valuable Indian
reservation in the United States, acre for
acre, is that occupied by the Puyallups.
The Tacoma (Wasb.) city limits extend
to within mile of the reservation on one
side, and Puyalup, Tacona's largest and
most important suburb, lies on the other
side. The reservation has an area Of
about $4,000 acres, thrcc-fourths OF
which is the choicest bottom lands.
Included within the reservation is n
considerable tract Of tide fiat at the head
of Commencement Bay. The upiauds
are also rich and particularly adapted 10
fruit culture. These Indians do not hold
their lands in common. Several years
ago the reservation was divided and the
lands allotted in sevcralty, but rs now ar
ranged they amount to about the same as
entailed estates, only the succeeding
generations of Indians having right to
the soil.-IH Vest jShore.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
RUNNING WATER.

Those who never have had the luxury
cannot realize the Importance of having
running water in the furin house. Even
though not introduced in pipes through
the building, Il small stream Of sweet
spring water constantly running in the
Kitchen or Mt some nearby convenient
place, is Il wonderful convenience and
source of health. Even Fl the stream
only comes to the outside, near the
kitchen door, it is great Improvement
on any well with pump or windlass for
drawing. And i'll how many instances
might the farmer, with comparatively
little expense, enjoy this luxury by clear
ing out II sprin" on the hillside or other
ground higher than his house? Pipe is
not very expensive. The opening OF a
ditch i'll which To lay the pipe may he
dug to below frost line ut intervals when
little or nothing else is crowdng. and
when done, if the work is well done, it
will last for many years and save many
stops and lots of trouble and inconvcn-
lcnce. 1t is best for the health OF tic
women folks, by all means, TO introduce
the water into the kitchen, so us to pre-
vent their taking cold by going out at
improper times or when in improper CON
dition. The waste water can be con-
Quoted away and utilized for other pur-
poses.-Ac,o Yor& HeruM.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

field would have to be cultivated by handD
to raise as good and as profitable u crop
from single eyes as from whole tubers,
and have signally failed in every in>
stance. Wherever comparative trials
have been made and reported in recent
years, the claims for heavy seeding were
indorsed. The country is fast going back
to the old and safe method OF using seed
more literally. The saving OF II few
bushels of seed is i'll most cases ''penu b.
wise. '-Me,o York 1ri5uhe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

In a pamphlet lately published, at
tcn,on is drawn to the vast fields of pc
troleum that at present, owing to the
supineness of the authorities, remain UNI
worked. In Burmah, which has not
been long under the control of the Eng
fish Government, great fields are known
to exist, but instead of working them
and exporting the oil, the people in that
country actually import from Russia the
quantity they need for their own CON
sumption. In Canada, too, - similar
state OF things prevail.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
A Dogs Portrait That Cost $4,000

In the new downtown Dclmonico's q
place of honor will be accorded to an
! oil painting of Il rather common looking
dog, cross between nristiir and cur,
which mad, however, very remarkable
history. Old "Tiger" was well known
in Wall street. For many years nc had
the run Of the famous hostclry and cafe,
and it used to nc sud OF him that lie
knew every phase of the market just us
well as though he could read the tickers.
Tiger had his favortcs among the fire.
qucntcrs of the place, and lie would show
his preference by sitting beside the men
he respected and sharing their lunch;
but never, under any circumstances,
would he accept Il tidbit from the hands
of Il man who had once been discourtc-
Gus to him. lie was the guardian OF the
restaurant, and no other animal was
permitted to enter il while he was
around. When Charles Dclmonico, who
was very fond of the old dog, persisted
among the Orange Mountains several
years ago, Tiger was inconsolablc. lie
went mOping about. and his famous ap-
petite and his spirit were broken to.
gcthcr. a furtivc bite was all he cared
for after that sad event, and he turned
up his knowing nose in melancholy
fashion ut the daintcs with which they
sought to tempt him back TO the enjoy
mcnt OF material things. Brokers who
knew the brute have actually declared
that Tiger was several times surprised
weeping canine tcars But, then, Wall
street men are sentimental and magina-
tive us Il rule.
One day Tiger, who had been on
hunger strike OF unusual duration,
reached out his gaunt yellow jaws and
took from the pile at the end oil the
lunch counter OF the old Beaver street
establishment sandwich continuing
thin slice OF beef tongue. An unsympa-
tictic waiter yelled ut him and kicked
him. OF itself it was but Il triile. In
other days Tiger would have responded
to this familiarity by cheerfully biting OIL
ii portion of the "arcon's anatomy s.rcst
20 him, but now-;las the bowed
spirit Was indeed broken. With the iron
III his soul, Tiger gave Il parting glance
at lis old home, and, setting his tail
rcsolutely between his legs, malc bee
line for the dock ut the foot OF Rector
atAcSt' iiiSIci Ut lHS Coi'l dll't luTDiu
North River, he sought surccasc from the
struggle OF life. Ii ever there WINS dlc-
libcratc suicide outside of the human
race, the death Of this dog was onc-so,
At least say the brokers.
1t was long afterward that the Inca
ments of Tigers face and neck were com
mcmoratcd on canvass. The painting
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000, and
it will hang where Ill the bulls and bears
can see it as they eat their luncheon It
is a valued possession Of the Dclmonicos',
and they would not part with it for
kings ransom.-NeO lIo,h Val and E'c-
llrlSs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
Still Cherish Their Ancient Worship

Rider Haggard, the famous English
author, has announced to friends in the
City of Mexico his purpose of going to
Mexico for a long sojcurn in order to
gather materia! for new books. Recent
discoveries of hidden Aztec temples will
give him come interesting material. a
few days ago q discovery of subtcrra-
nean Aztec temple was made within
thirty miles Of the City of Mexico, it be-
ing Il large cave filled with great idols,
and believed also to contain treasures
The sole priestess Of this temple is an an
cicnt Indian woman, who daily desccnds
a marrow shaft to keep Il lamp burning
on secret altar; and she, becoming con-
vinced OF her growing fecbleness in
trusted the secret to another person,
through whom the existence Of the cave
became known; but even now no white
person has visited this underground tenn
pie OF ancient gods. 1t is well known to
Psychologists like Adolph Candalicr, of
Santa Fc, that Mexican Indians still cher
ish their ancient form of worship, their
hidden temples being carefully kept
from the knowledge of white men, and
that dolatry is still rampant hcre.-Bos-
ton Iier0id
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

What is believed to be one Of the
largest water wheels ever bnilt In New
England has been produced in Green
witch, Mass, for use under conditions in
which a turbine wheel made Of iron
would not give satisfactory results. The
material used in this Immense construc-
ton is largely white oak; the height of
the wheel is twenty eight feet; the shaft
something more than twelve feet in
length, with surface OF forty eight
inches; the buckets are white oak and Of
great depth, SO that when filled with wa
ter a prodiglous weight is given 10 them.
1t has force equal to some one hundred
and twenty-five horse power, power be-
ing communicated 10 gearing by means
OF enormous iron scglncnts.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

Cannot some one produce better
wagon wheel than at present exists?
While the American wheels are the best
in the world, American roads are in the
same or Il greater proportion the worst,
and there is needed Il wheel which will
have strong yet elastic tire, some
thing that is more enduring than
the rubber tire, which is i'll use to
some extent, but not with every de-
gree OF satisfaction.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
NcM Life.Saying DeYice.

y valuable addition to the modern de-
vices for Inc saving OF life consists of a
pistol, two lines, each 80 in length, 5
shots or arrows, ami % cartridges, which
are all packed in box II inches long, 2
inches wide and weighing complete only
64 pounds. The pistol is OF great
strength and is said 10 throw its projcc-
tile us far as rifle. The line is OF the
best selected material, warranted not to
kin!l or part while firing the shot, while
10y II special system OF winding, it can be
rewound instantly and made to fire again,
IN case of failure to reach the desired
place. 1t can readily be operated By one
man, the left hand holding the line aad
right hand holding the pistol. Pittsju,J
Dixo0IcL
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
4 Siberian Prison.

An account from Tomsk, says the
Berlin correspondent of the London Daily
Ne'1S, describes the state of the Siberian
prisons as something fearful, and gives
the following figures, which speak for
themselves. Tomsk, the seat of the only
university in Siberia, is at the same
time the central depot OF exilcs. 1t
possesses a prison which can accommodate
165 men, reckoning for each one is
cubic feet OF air There is space for 400
healthy persons aud 275 sick ones; but
the number of cXilcs who arrived in
Tomsk in 1856 was 16, 1S4, of whom
only li,SG6 were transported further.
In 1887 there arrived Ii, 277, and in
1SSS, 1904, and in 1889, up to Sep
TENDER, over 1900, OF whom Is, 522,
1889 and 900 respectively were
taken to the interior. In 1856 the
average daily number OF prisoners was
at least 1913; in 1887, 1920, and in
1883, 1880. IL some weeks these num-
hcrs increased III 1856 to 1855, in 1887
20 2155 and in 1888 even to 1920 men.
Among these the daily average on the
sick list was, in 1886, 394; in 1887, 512
(not less than 45.7 per cent?, and in
1SSS, 396, the majority suffering from
typhoid fever. The official report says
in a few words that for want of room
hundreds OF beds with patients suffering
from serious naladies were placed in the
open air, while the temperature was only
six degrees lteaumur (45i FahrcnheiD.
The mortality was, of course, enormous.
Betwccn $50 and 400 cxilcs are buried
yearly from the Tomsll Prison.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

little bunch of these bruised leaves, and
then rcnews his operations until he fccls
that the slug is out. In order to con.
vcy the impression of mystery to the
operation, he confcrs with his charms,
puts diiTerent-colored powders on the
wounded man, and, after gesticulat;ng
with little idol, finally pronounccs tc
the assembly that the slug has been
charmed to the surface. He will then
pick it off the mouth of the wound, and
drop it into the basin OF water, and SO on,
until he has extracted every bullet, vary.
ing the pantomme which accompanies
the dislodgment of each slug from the
wound.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

At Paris dinner-tables the latest fea-
turc for dessert is the practice of putting
on the table small rcceptacles. called
marmites, or "pots," in which are in
closed nuts, bonbons, and any other
trihcs that the hostess pleascs. Each
guest takes 4 pot, and before opening it
tss2cs for that of some one else. The
fun comes in when the results of the trades
are known and some are found to have
snapped II pot filled with candy for one
containing something of value.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
The following is an accurate list of the

The following is an accurate list of the
portraits on the national currency: On
United States notes-S1, Washington;
50, Jefferson; So, Jackson; SO, Web
stcr; $40, Hamilton; $50, franklin;
500, Lincoln; $500, General Mansfield;
$1,000, De Witt Clinton; $4,000, Mad
ison; $4,000, Jackson. On silver GER
titicates-S10, Robert Morris; $50, Com
modore Decatur; $50, Edward Everett ;
500, james Monroe; $500, Charles
Sumner; $1,000, w. L. Marcy. On gold
notes-$2O, Garfield; $40, Silas Wright;
500, Thomas II. Benton; $500, 4. Lin
coin; $1,000, Alexander Hamilton
$4,000, James Madison; $4,000, An
drew Jackson.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
Experiments in northern Australia ha

Experiments in northern Australia have
demonstrated the value OF a kind OF
stt99nc-clovcr, originally imported from
western China, which seems almost to
equal the cactus in its capacity for flour
;iyss!hins in rainlcss climate. lii two or
three years the trailing sprouts OF the IT.
rcprcssible little plant will spread over
whole square leagues of arid uplands,
preparing Il soil for other crops, and in
the meantime furnishing food for my
RAIDS of bees. rs cattle food il is in
ferior to other kinds Of clover, but
might prove decidedly preferable to the
sage brush nuisance of our south western
prairics.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
Two Thousand Years Behind the Times.

To the cast OF and adjoining the colony
farm La Logia lies a Mayo Indian settle
mcnt, AIayocoha, where live upon n tract
of perhaps 2000 acres some 300 descend
ants of the branch OF the Aztccs called
Mayos, now inrer,nixcd with q considera-
bic percentage Of Spanish blood! Most
of the land is uncleared, Il few acres be-
ing all the land required for cuitivAHon
by the natives, and being all they can till
with the ancient means and methods en-
ployed by them.
These people arc quiet, docilc, honest,
unlearncd, and, though more industrious
than the northern Indians, are ly no
means cnterprising. Their needs ardfcw,
their surroundings the most primitive.
Their carts, their cooking utensils, their
p!ows, their OK yo!es, their contrivances
Tor spinning and weaving, their water jars
everything about them is as in the timd
of Christ. The native civilization herd
is like Palestino's 1000 years ago Cred1
IL Foncier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

Americans, who grumblc because in
some of our Western cities letters are
collected only once OIL Sunday, ought to
be banished to Vendsburg in the Trans
vaal South Africa Republic where mails
from the coast arrive only once a month,
in charge of carriers who have to swim
half dozen different rivers and take
their risk of being shot by Caflir bush
whackers or freed by entcrprising lions.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

According to II French paper, there is
considerable talk in commercial circles Of
new process which is to rcvolutionize
certain industries by making possible the
production of aluminium at Il price which
will enable it to compete with iron and
copper. A syndicate has been formed in
France with the object of giving it an
extended trial, and u factory in the
neighborhood of Paris has been selected
for this purpose. 1t is said that u we'll
known banking house has taken the
matter uD.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
The cost of maintaining one OF the pro-
,osea Federal hattlc-shine ,vhi'" "r'isiDs
Is about S25, 900 per month.

Nine thousand millions OF dollars nre
said to have been expended on the con-
struction and equipment of railroads in
the United States, and still the work
goes on. The average cost of construc-
ton per mile is about $50, 600.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

A man who wants to be register and
.ecorder of Warren County, Pennsylvania,
has announced himself thus: ga true
patriot should be willing to serve his
country at all times. I, having served
three years when war was in the land and
patriots needed, now desire to serve three
years when peace and good will pre-
mil
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
TIE SEED POTATO rt;zz1.E-

In potato growth, although the plant
may be indefinitely propagatcd from top
cuttings, we are not after top growth, as
in the case OF the rose gcrarium, but
after tubers. Persistent propagation
from top cuttings, without ever giving
any OF the plants time to develop tubcrs
would, believc, breed the habit Of
tuber formation entirely out of Il potato
plant. How long this would take / pro.
pose to learn by experiment. The potato
plant has dctcriorated. Imperfect de-
velopment of flowers; absence of true
seed; necessity of frequent renovation
by seedlings. almost unanimous verdict
of the growcrs-all contribute proof.
The average yields, even with the better
systems Of cultivation and under the
higher culture now given, and with the
best improved varieties, are decreasing
instead OF increasing, rs they ought.
Professor Golf, by series of carefully
conducted experiments, has shown that
persistent selection OF tubcrs from the
most productive hills for seed percepti-
bly, increases yield, while such selection
from the least productive hills perccpti-
bly, decreases yield. Nobody nowadays
dares to deny that single eye paintings
give the smallest yield per hill, whilt
whole tubers give the largest. Single
eye planting, therefore, must necessarily
result in dwarfing, gradual decrease il
yield and deterioration. have for fer
years tried every possible way Except
planting in rows so close that the Who'll,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
ORNAMENTS OF THE poon.yAnDs.

Nothing is more attractive around q
farm housc than a flock of cvcnly-marked
and handsomely plumaged fowls. They
are an ornament to the door-yard, and OF
interest and profit to the owner, while Il
flock OF mongrcls have no beauty. If
the boys and girls arc allowed It small
flock of fine birds, as their own, to care
Tor and manage, you will find they will
make them pay. Just try it and be CON
Notwithstanding A9ricuhurist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-27

causes, but it must be borne in mind that
the above figures do not include sap
lings, which, while not fit for timber,
will produce their quota of straw.-4t-
Mntd Constitution.