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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28

cover with soil. This keeps thom
cleaner, makes them easier to get at
when wanted. and for these two things
especially, will be better than to have
been put away the same as potatoes.
A trench should always be dug
around on tho outside; so that good
drainage can be readily afforded. This
is very important for tho reason that il
they get damp they are easier injured
by frost.
Late in the fall or early in winter,
after tho ground has frozen hard, it will
pay to put on an additional layer of
soil. In order to be sure that this is
done evenly, the better plan is to begin
at the bottom all around, and build I'D
gradually, keeping the proper thickness
and making deep enough to keep out
the frost. This will be found u better
plan than to put on all tho covering at
one time. When intended for long
keeping, unless the cellar is above tho
average, if the work is properly done,
pitting out is preferable to putting in
the cellar.
A supply, however, for use during
the winter, can be put in the cellar.
When this is done boxc, can be made
and set three or -four inches from tho
Y e--s
wall and be set up on scantling so a.
TO raise them a little from tho ground.
This gives a much better circulation of
air, and secures moro even tempcra-
turc, and this is quite an item in keep
ing the products in good coa ditiou.
Generally thc7 will keep better if the
temperature is kept low and cvcn-as
near freezing as possible without run.
ming too much risk of injury.
This objection 10 the majority of
cellars is that they arc too changcable,
and what Is stored in them does not
keep as we'll rs if pittcd outside. =
Prairie Farmer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Don't breed the 5ows too young,
Ice water won't warm your stock.
Did you ever try dry bran for pack
ing apples'
The cold COW gives cold comfort to
her owner.
Bran is better than corn to keep of
the thumps.
You can now plan, if not plow, for
the next years crop.
AS the roads grow worse the loads
should be made lighter.
Something docs not com, fir ON moth
ing in the cow keeping business.
Don't forget TO protect those young
grape vines you set out last spring.
If you have some long manure that
you wish to put to good use, spread it
among the raspbcrr:es.
A few poles with plenty of straw
over them will make better shelter for
tools than snow bank.
Cane or sorghum seed is fed 10 fowls
with good results. 1t stimulates egg
production and in many ways is good
Tor Il change.
When the reals are wet and slushy
with snow take more than ordinary care
in cleaning the horses legs and heels
and wiping them dry.
Assert your seeds and make list of
what you neel for this year plan ting.
Do it now, and when the opportunity
comes for buying, you will know just
what you want
Those whose COWS all 'tcame in last
spring will soon find that the dollar
will not ''come OUT so freely as it
ought to when butter and milk arc
high, because then the yield of the
cows will be at the lowest.
Early picking of apples improves
their keeping qualities, but no differ
enco is manifest for nearly six months
after picking. If kept for longer
period than six months the carly picked
apples show II dc,idcd gain over those
picked late.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28

The belief that when COW drinks
too much water the milk is poor by cx-
cess of water is not n; ali probable; in
decd, it seems TO be PHI siolog .cally i'm.
possible, although, of course, no one
knows precisely what goes on inside of
an animal. But from what is known
of the origin and character of the milk
ii is reasonable 10 infer that if water is
drank in excess of the a,Aual needs of
an animal ii cannot affect the milk at
all and the excess OF water passes off
through the kidneys and the skin. II,
MS is believed, the milk is formed
by the breaking down of the
lobulcs of the milk glands it is not
possible that it can become thinner or
more watery by any amount of water
drank. Otherwise we must believe
that the whole of the tissues of the
animal are excessively charged with
water, an effect which has never been
perceived. The water drank is alb
sorbcd into the blood. and tho sensa-
ton of thirst is due to want of water
in the blood which is supplied By
drinking. We do not think it pos
sible that any anim,l will drink more
water than is required to moisten the
food sufficiently for digestion and 10
maintain the proper fiuidity OF the
blood, and whatever excess of it there
may be vii! pass eff through the kid
neys. Cows should not be stinted OF
water, but should have all they will
drink. ~ T. Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
What Is q Gentleman.

What is gentleman? 1t is not one
Knowing instinctively what he should shun,
Speaking no word that could injure or pain,
Spreading no scandal, and deepning no
stain7
One who knows how to put each at his ease,
Striving, successfully always to plea e
One who can tell by glance at your cheek
When to be silent and when he should speak?
What is gentleman? Is it not one
Honestly eating the bread he has won,
Walking in uprightness, fearing the God,
Leaving no stain on the path he has trod
Caring not whether his coat may be old,
Pricing sincerity far above gold,
Rocking not whether his hand may be
hard
Stretching it boldly to grasp its reward?
What is q gentleman? Say, is it birth
Makes man noble or adds to his worth?
Is there family tree to be had
Shady enough to conceal what is bad?
Seek out the man who has God for his
guide,
Nothing to tremble at, nothing to hide.
BE he noble, or he he iii trade
He is the gentleman Nature has made
The [fiot
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
STORING AWAY.

Beets, carrots, parsnips and satisfy
will be the better in pitting out if they
come in direct contact with the soil, and
in storing away very good plan is to
make trench sufficiently large to hold
the quantity it Is desired to store, and
put in aud then cover with a sufficient
amount of soil to keep out the frost.
Potatoes and turnips should have good
layer of soil put on the bottom aud over
them before covering with soil.
With apples and cabbage q good plan
is to dig out tho trench the proper size,
and then put in good layer of straw,
put in the apples or cabbage, at each
end set up q stout forked stake, and
into this lay good stout pole so as to
be at least foot above. Take boards
and lay so that ono end will rest up on
the ground and the other upon this pole,
nd first on both sides put thin layer
straw over the boards. aud then
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28

The Canadian Government is said to
be actually undertaking tho construc-
ten Of the ship railroad to transport
vessels over the isthmu' between tho
Gulf of st. Lawrence aud the Bag of
Fundy. 1t is not n very stup,n-
dous enterprise, a. the dis
lance across is only about eleven
miles and the grade easy. The work
has been in contemplation three or four
years. 1t will save long and rough
trip around Nova Scotia for coasters
and fishermen, and by enabling Amcri-
can fishing vessels to make quick run
to soms Milne port in railroad connec-
ton to dispose OF their catch, may give
them the chance for III additional trip
during the SCISSOR.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28

"No, no." admitted Classy. s,But l
thought you looked naughty and super
ciliou'."
''Comc," said the doctor, laughing,
'fhats funny! l thought it was mo
that you dcspiscd! Wao it because J
was doctor2'
"Oh, nor
'IIavc y gu anything against doctors,
as a rulel'
NO"
"IIavc you anything against met" he
persisted.
mot in tho least"
"Thcn. shall We be fricndsa' in q
coaxing voice.
And Classy agreed cordially.
How slight is the dividing limo be.
tween friendship and love, Miss Mari
eta Carstairs alono can tell, for she
alone was the conlidauto of both these
deadly enemies turned into oxccllo Mt
friends.
Suffice it to say, that when next
years apple gathering came around,
DR.. and Mrs. Hartford both went out to
supcrintcnd tho operation. -FasAion
BQ.Qr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
Strnnye Sayaye Dances

Some of the dances OF savaecs arc
very curious, all being pantomimic in
one way or another. A good specimen
of the primitive war dance is the Fee
ice club dance. saviges frequently
initiate in their dances the movements
OF anima's. The native Australians
have kangaroo dance" the North
American Indians, '.buffalo dance"
and the Kan ,chatkans, "bear dance"
The most remarkable of known dances
IS that of tho natives OF New South
Wales. who skip around the camp fire
at night, their arms and legs painted
longitudnally with broad white stripe,
aud their ribs indicated likewise. so as
to make them look like so many skele.
tons as they leap about in the fitful
freight, vanishing. reappearing and
vanishing again. The vanishing process
is accomplished by simply turning their
backs to the fire, tho stripes being in
front. The effect is said to be exceed
ingly weird and ghostly. Perhaps the
most extraordinary instance OF mimicry
/, In dancing is to be found in New Zea-
land, where the natives, who arc ex.
ceedingly fond of the sea, initiate ii
their movements the uneasy motion O.
the waves.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
A West African Town.

Like ancient Thcbss, st. Paul do
Loondo was once perhaps lovely spot,
but human nature treated Mother Ma
turo so shamefully that the old dame
removed to moro congcnial quarters.
When General Corrcia the Portuguese
soldier, drove out the black hordcs and
rc-ostablishcl tho supremacy of tho
Latins in Angola there was n magnif.
cent harbor here, says New York
Hcra!@ correspondent. Now tho sand
OF the ocean, hurled in by the waves,
and tho sand of the red dunes washed
down for two centuries, arc gradually
meeting, and in short timc tho noble
anchorage will be thing of the past.
The apathy which has permitted tho
streets Of the city to become sandy
wastes, so that you have to cxcavatc to
find the beautiful pavcmcnts put down
by the military pioneers, has also left
the harbor channel to fill up and may
ultimately lose Loando her position as
seaport. EycrJ year, too, the bar be-
comes narrower, engineering SIX ill offer
ing neither stone nor spite to resist the
effects of the heavy sea swcls, or IA
lamas, which sweep the Atlantic coast
limo ut intervals from Gibraltar TO tho
Cape. Even Loando Island, which is a
sort Of Concy Island on small scale
the only brca thing place for pleasure
parties. i'll fact-is succumbing to tho
action of the sea. which, often flows
over portions of ii aud prccipitatcs
thousands of tons of filling matter into
the harbor. A few years ago all tho
native fishermen had their little huts on
this sandbar IN few are there now, but
they are gradually being driven off. and
the villas of the merchants and palm
groves are threatened with destruction.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28

The Legislature of Wyoming will
shortly pass a law making the killing
of II buffalo IL misdcmcanor. An act to
this fleet is not required to protect the
bu(fa;ocs rs game, for tho hunter would
hunt tho mountains and plains for wild
bIlfiloes in vain. 1t is intended to APP
ply to the men who lie i'll wait
and shoot down the buiralocs
that happen to stray off the reserva-
lion in the Yellowstone park. where n
few relics Of the bygonc race arc pre-
served. A dcad buffalo brings its
slayer 5000, and the temptation TO kill
them is a strong one for tic hunter.
The animal alive is almost invaluable,
md only u few years ago they were
killed in mere sport by the thousan d.
aud lcf, prci TO the wolves and buzz
yards on He plain.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
USES OF SOFT CORN,

The difficulty in Keeping the softer
cars of corn has undoubtedly lci to
wastefulne', in its use. Tho old fash
toned way was to throw this cora on
the ground and leave tho hogs to gnaw
the grain off the ears. This was wastcful
in several ways. 1t mad the pigs teeth
sore, the nutriment in tho cob was lost,
and the grain being damp often sourcd
on the pigs stomachs and gavo them indi
gcstion. There i, prob,b!y no f29d
harder to digest than TITS ' soit Con- x
Cows or sheep that have double di-
gestivc apparatus handle it best. Cows
cat corn with the cob and arc able to
digest most of it. Sheep will pick the
grain off the cob, but they digest so
much better that they will benefit from
this feed moro than any other farm
stock. But the better use of soft corn
Is 10 spreal it thinly, so that it will dry
out, and then grind corn and cob to-
gcthcr, mixing in enough oats to enable
the mill to pnlvcrizc the cob instead of
merely reducing it TO chunks. -Ameri-
can Cutiglt0r.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
IDEAL BUTTER MAKING.

Though of late years many imp rove.
mcnts have been made in butter maxi
ing, and much has been learned as to
how the milk should be set, the time in
which the cream should raise and the
temperature at which it should be
churncd, tho indications now are that
the next great need will be practical
invention where by the cream from each
COW can be kept and churned by itself
AS rule man can govern in matters
Of time, speed and tempe nature, and
bring these into working harmony bet
ter han he can bring about that exact
uniformity in the butter making quail
Ties required in dairy cows, for tho best
possible results in butter making under
the present method, of setting and
churning.
In other words, allow the milk Of
each COW TO vary at times as it may
from its own average standard, or from
tho average of the herd, but give lis a
practical method of getting from the
milk of each the most and the best but
ter it is capable OF producing. When
we have this VIC will be rs fur advanced
in profitable darying AZ the enthusiast
expects to be when he has herd SO
carefully bred that the milk of all the
cows is exactly alike; requiring a uni.
form treatment throughout from the
setting of the mi Tx TO the final taking
of the butter from the churn. -Fay0a.
Field and Stockmaa.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28

As swallows often ny through lon.
distances at Il vcri great height, it fol-
lows that they are excellent rathlind ers.
1t remains Vt to be found out how
they SC: OFT 10. their au;umnal journcy
to the South, as they Start at night, but
it is suppose tina. the youag BIRDS arc
taught by the parents the direction in
which 10 AZ. 1t has, howe yer, been
quite recently ascartainc | that single
RI Is alb 10 linl 1t, way back from Il
very long distance. In The dancing
room o! a rest Ii atcur. in a village not
!ar from Dusseldorf, Gcrmany, II nun.
tcr Of swallows have their nests on a
raf;cr which runs across the room, under
!hc ceiling. In September last three OF
the parent bird, were taken from the
nc Is. and a gentleman travelling to D,r-
lin TOOK them by train AMI gave them
heir lib .rty ut different stations. Each
BIRD had Il narrow re ribbon tied
roual one leg, but all three had Ly
some me ans torn this off. III | were III.
| scqTcnli not recognized Immediately
after their return. After two days,
however. Ill the nests were examined,
and it was found that the wanderers
had returned to them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28

According to the Nsw York !Sua
'thc report from Ottawa that the ap-
pcas for protection to France by
French G madians against Great Britain's
authorities have induced the French
Government TO possibly interfere and
exact the fulillmcnt of former trcntics
is, on its face, erroneous. In 1899,
when the Province Of Quebec rose in
arms against the central government in
Clnada, France did not move
finger in favor of her old
'colonists for two reasons: First, she has
not the least right to do it, havin e
-ceded all her rights on the Canadian
soil to the Uaitcd States; and, secondly.
French Canadians are French only in
name and language. and have time and
time again declared tina. politically,
they want to have. nothing to do with
France, who has behaved for more than
century a ii she had never heard OF
the existence OF Canada. Besides, re-
marks the New York Sum- France knows
that the. United States would never
rcountenancc foreign intervention on
American soil, AID she value, too high
ly the friendship Of the United States
to engage in any International broi
which would cndangcr her cordial re
lations with Uncle Sam.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
The Prn,,er Vas hns,rerea.

City Engineer Goodwin of Portland
Tells story of little Portland boy
who had committed some misdemcanor
for which he was about to receive
punishment at the hands of his mother.
The boy begged to be first allowed to-
go to his room. Permission was
granted, and the child went up stairs
to his own room and closed the door
behind him. The mother followed and
listened outside. after telling him no
must hurry and como down again to
receive his punishment. The boy went
10 the side of the bed, knelt down, and
This was his prayer: Dear Lord if
you love little boys and want to hclp
ono out, now is your timc." Tho
prayer wa, answered. -Lsaois,on me. \
Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
FOR FARM AND GARDEN
SPREADING MANURE FROM PILES.

SPREADING MANURE FROM FILES.
Tho habit of dumping manure from
tho wagon or sleigh in small piles is
wasteful both of timo aud manure.
Comparatively few men can spread ma
nure from piles so as to cover all the
ground, much less to cover it evenly.
The matter is made still worse by leav-
ing the manure piles to lie several days
or weeks before being spread. The
soluble parts of the manure are washed
into tho ground, aud if every particle
OF tho visible manure is removed, the
spot will yet be richer than the space
Surrounding it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28

+ King Alphonso, the baby king OF
Spain, has had great many dign.tics
since his birth. The latest one was his
elevation TO the scriou; function f god
fatherhood. He promised and vowed
by proxy, of course-in the name of
a youthful son of the Comte and Com
tessc dc Morclla, to rcnounco those
pomps and vanitics which are the best
reason for the existence of thrones.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
When to Wind Your Watch.

A dry goods merchant aud jcwcler
were going home together on street
car at the close of their days labors,
and the former drew from his vest his
handsome watch and proceeded to wind
it up. s'This isn't the right time of
day to do that, said his friend. every
watch should be wound at home the
first thing in the morning, so that the
fullest tension of the spring may be
upon tho movement during the Earring
of the owners footsteps while he is ur
snd awake. This will save frequent
regulation OF the time piece. Try il
for month or two and you'll be sur.
priscd at the Improvement in you
time"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28

Careful Parent-'Befo l can rive
consent to your proposed marriage. TO
my daughter, must know something
about your character"
suitor-"certainly, sir, certainly.
Here is my bank book"
Careful Parent (after n glance>-
Take her. my son, and be happy. y
Neu FORK Weekly,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
Australian Games.

The game of Australia, rs evory ono
knows, Is peculiar, Thai country. not
having shared tho glacial epochs which
made SO many changes in tho fauna of
the rest Of the earth, has retained de-
scendants of the most primitive fami-
lies of the mammalia. Nearly all its
larger animals are mlrsupials, or
pouched animals; kaagaroos, vel labys,
wombats, so-callcd op,ssums. flying
foxes, mountain kangaroos, and what
not. The goldman" kangaroo is the
only one of tho large animals which
makes a game dofencc when hunted,
but he often kills the dogs. and some
times even rip, open horse or a man
with the powerful claw on his hind
foot
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
Superluous Advice.

Jones-For heavens sake, Robinson.
look hercl That boy has broken
through tho ice.
Robinson-So no hasl What in tho
world arc wo going to do for him,
JOnesi (To shivcring and exhausted
boy.) Keep cool, bubl keep cool!--
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
1t is not generally known that the |

! It Is not GENERALLY knoWh That the
naming of vessels of the navy is regu-
lated by law. Vessels of the tirst class
arc required to be named after States,
those OF the second after rivers. those
of the third after the principal cities
and towns, and those of the fourth as
the President may direct
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28

i Blanc, who WIS sent to Northern
Africa by the French government to in
vc-iigl.c tho matter, declares that the
Sahara Desert is advancing northward
and that the whole southern par. Of
Tunis Is in process of gradual loss Of
moisture. Far within the pre- sent
limits OF tho desert Mr.. Blanc
spstts;iBpu mcrous ruins OF build incs
Sduring the Roman occupancy,
tssSssing conclusivcly that ut the ii avn
3t,tksl christian era fertility and YER
sslase sseigned where now only the steril-
ATTY OF the desert exists. Without the
isgsd Sof artcsian wells there is no known
way TO prevent further cncroachmcnt
of the desert, but some efforts similar to
those employed in France to prevent
the sand dunes along the Gulf of Gas
cognc from cncroachng upon the good
lands will probably b, made.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
The Value of Water in the Far West.

The far West has been tho land of
mines and ranchc'-a desert terrible in
lis vaitnesS and blrrcnncss. But nearly
al the good farming land of the Central
Plain has now been taken up The DA-
loias. which have been receiving and
absorbing tho mass Of immigrants since
the lands OF Nebraska, Kansas, and
Minnesota have been appropriated. arc
now wcl-scttlcd States. When Okla
homa was recently opened, twice
~ man? settlers stood ready
"a there was laad for them
to occupy. Sill the great stream
of European immigration rolls in upon
Ia. The E,stcrn States will send their
Youig men West. Where arc all these
now farmers to find the farm, to work!
In their search for them they arc mat-
ing their way into every pnrt OF the
Western Plateau. Thcy are ut Last, by
necessity, forced to turn to the arid
region. hitherto unthought of as field
ior agriculture.
"A these pioneers press on into this
unknown land. they find the common
picture of it mi'ieaiing. They find
that, IL the country be a desert, it is Sc
only from lack OF water, ani not from
the stcrili:y of the soil.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-28
Misunderstood.

snodgrass Ito GroceO-Thoso apples
I got from you wore not half bad.
Grocer (cheerfully)-Pm glad you
liked them.
"Yos; only abouta third of Thorn wero
bad"