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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
How Tenpin Balls are Made.

All the world is now either rolling or
talking about tenpins. The balls are
made Of lignum VITAE, which grows in
South America. The trees grow to be
fifteen inches in diameter, but the out
side of the wood is not hard enough to
make good ball, and only the heart of
the tree is used. The largest balls usually
made are eight inches in diameter, while
the smallest ones are four inches. Twelve
balls constitute set for one alloy, and
they are worth from 81. so to SO. so each
They are turned in a lathe by tool which
moves in a true circle, and will make II
ball from an inch to a foot in size. The
block of wood is set in chuck, and one
end is turned into hemisphere. 1t is
then changed around, and the other end
presented to the tool and the ball is
nearly finished, needing only to be fin
ished with sand paper and polished, all
the work being done in the lathe. The
balls get out "out of true" from use, and
they have to be turned occasionally. The
pins are usually made of maple, and are
turned in lathe. Rochester Post Erp,tSS.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
Photogrnnhlng tie Stnrs.

The following is the method of pho
tographing stars: When the photog-
rapher places in the focus of the telescope
Il highly sensitive Photographic plate, the
vibrations of the rays of light throw
themselves assiduously on the plate and
steadily apply TO the task of shaking
asundcr the molecules Of silver salts in
the gelatinc film Just as the waves of
the ocean, by necessarily beating against
Il shore, will gradually wear away the
miyhtiest cliffs of the toughest rock SO
the innumcrablc millions of waves OF
light, persistently impinging upon IA
single point of the plate will Mt length
effect the necessary decomposition, and
SO cngraves the image OF the star. 1t
will be observed that this process Will be
the more complete the longer the OK
posurc is permitted, and thus we see one
of the reasons why photography forms
such an admirable method of depicting
the stars. We can give exposures of
many minutes, or of one, two, three or
four hours, and all the time the effect is
being gradually accumulated Hence it
is that star which is altogether too
feeble to produce an impression upon the
most acute eye, fortified by telescope Of
the utmost power, yet be competent,
when 4 sufficient exposure has been
allowed, to leave its record on the plate.
Thus it is that photographs of the
heavens disclose to lis the existence of
stars which could never have been de-
tccted except for this cumulative method
of observation that photography is COM
petent to give. No telescope is required
as the Photographic apparatus takes the
exact impression.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
To Dry an Umbrella.

"You should never allow your umbrella
to dry like that" said the proprietor of n
large gentlemcn's furnishing store on
Broadway to New York World reporter.
The reporter had stood his umbrella fer.
rule down i'll a corner of the store.
GLOW should place it them" asked
the reporter.
'IIandlc down always responded the
proprietor.
"Thcre is not one man in fifty, or a
woman, either" continued the proprietor,
"who knows how to dry an umbrella
properly. You see, if n wet umbrella is
placed handle downward the moisture
falls from the edges of the frame and the
fabric dries uniformly. If stood handle
upward, as is commonly the case, the top
Of the umbrella holds the moisture, owin.,
TO the lining underneath the ring, and il
takes long time to dry, thereby iniuring
the silk or other fabric with which il is
covered. This is the main cause of the
umbrella wearing out so soon at the ton.
Umbrella cases are responsible for the
wear OF the silk. The constant friction
causes tiny holes to appear so provokingly
early. When not in use the umbrella
should sc left loose, and when wet left
loose to dry"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
A VEGETABLE GARDEN.

would urge, says writer in Ticks
Magasine, every farmer to have vcgc-
table garden, and good one, for, while
a poor one is better then none at all, II
good one is SO much better that one ought
never to he satisfied with anything else.
Let him make MP his mind to work it ut
least us well rs he does other portions Of
his farm, and he will iind if he carries
ont this resolution, and keeps an account
Of the results, tina; there is no other por-
ton of the farm which furnishes so much
of the family's living, therefore none
that ''pays'so well. That this is the fact,
everyone who has good garden will tell
you. 1t is also a fact that those who
have the best gardens appreciate them
most. Poor gardens are only to be toll
Grated on the principle that ''half loaf
is better than no loaf at ALL" Not only
does good garden represent greater
quantity, but superior quality, for fine
vegetables cannot be grown in garden
not properly cared for.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
JUST THE WAY WITH SOME MEN

MIR. Chugwatcr docking over his pape,
at brcakfasD-"IIcllo! Here's singular
story. Beats anything ever heard OF"
(Sips his coircc.)
Family (intcrcstcd)-''Rcad it."
Mr.. Chugwatcr-''It's too long. !
can tell you all about it, though in few
words" Cutters biscuit.)
Family (impaticntlO-"Wcll"
Mr.. Chugwater-''I seems that Mrs
lIaggcrty, wife of Reeves Haggcrty, u
blacksmith ut South Bend, accidentally
swallowed il" Gakes bite of bis.
cuit.)
Family eagerly -"Swa!lowed what2"
Mr.. Chugwater-"A hairpin. Thirty
seven years ago. CTakcs another bite }
Never felt any inconvenience from it
whatever, though her husband often
consulted the doctors about the
case. Last wcek-now comes the
strongest part of the story-another
cup of coffee, if you please. Last
week shc---''
Family lin brcathlcss suspensc)-
eyes,"
Mr.. Chugwatcr (spcaringa potato with
his fork)-''Dicd of old age Chicago
Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07

Snving is rs profitable as producing.
Let nothing on the farm go to waste if it
can be put TO some use.
TO simply sustain life is no: the aim of
feeding. Production OF meat OF dairy
products is the end aimed ut.
Study how to do Your work in the
easiest and. most effective way. This
.ivcs both time and labor force.
3arbcd wire makes u good fence for Il
hog yard 1t does not need to BIZ high,
rbut must be close. Swine soon learn to
cspsct it,
In the treatment of woodland two OBJ
jccts should be kept in vicw--thc growth
of valuable pasture and the growth of
valuable timber.
A man who cannot be on friendly
terms with his horses is not fit to own,
handle or i'll any manner manage the
faithful creatures.
AS Il rule, the nearer the maturity of
the plant the greater its feeding value.
There may be some exceptions, but it is
most emphatically true of corn.
Horses certainly resemble men in this
respect-no two individuals are alike and
further, i'll that while kindness goes
n long way, sometimes force is ncccs-
saiy.
Care should be taken to train the
young turkeys to roost in the poultry
house. If some pains are taken when
they are young they can be readily taught
to do this.
Every farmer ought to grow all the
feed for his stock, the grain included
He therefore saves transportation and
middlemcn's profits, and knows precisely
what he is feeding.
When is there better time to paint
buildings than in the fall when the frost
has killed the flies, the rains have laid
the dust, and the work on the farm is
closed for the season?
Tenants may not lawfully remove the
manure made on farm during the time
OF their occupancy; the law recognizes
the fact that good husbandry requires
that it should be returned to the soil
whence it came.
Hogs fed on corn alone can scarcely
be altogether healthy. When farmers
come to properly realize, if they ever do,
that n mixed diet is necessary to health
the country may, perhaps, bid II long
farewell to hog cholera and its attendant.
evils.
In buying fruit trees with which to
plant young orchard it is cheapest to
buy the best and be sure to buy young
trees and not too large ones. Such trees
are not so much injured by transplant
ing, and grow and do better than older
and larger trees.
Most house plants are watcrcd too
much in winter. Even in greenhouses,
where a uniform and higher temperature
than is possible in most living rooms is
maintained, the evil is more apt to be
from too much rather than too little
water Unless the plants are kept warm
enough to grow rapidly, water is an in
jury. 1t lowers the temperature of soil
until the roots barely vcgetatc, and il
the soil has much vegetable matter i,
poisons them by developing humic acid.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
CoRN sruNrEn PICS.

That corn alone is not good feed for
growing pigs, most practical farmers have
learned, but many do not give the true
explanation of the fact at is too hearty
for the weaker digestion of young ami
mails. is the reason assigned most fire.
qucntly. But is it true that young ami.
mails have less power to digest than do
those of mature agc2 We doubt much il
this be the fact. Young animals, prop
crIy fed, make more growth and fat from
the same amount of feed than those ami
mails which have attained their growth.
This would seem to indicate that their
digestive powers were stronger, and this
we believe to be true. But growth i'm
peratively requires II fully balanced ra-
ton, which corn is not It does not
contain i'll sufficient proportions the Gle
mcnts for making bone and muscle that
are Indispensable in the feed of growing
animals. 1t will take fat, but in small
animal there is not sufficient room to
place it. Hence pig fed exclusively on
corn grows ''podgy" and fat, without in :
creasing much in size of frame. In time
this does spoil the digestion. The un-
"'"hSe' i"Vioh C"hhot pc property us
posed of, because rs it produces only fat
there is no longer any room for it. No
other domestic animal suffers rs does the
pig from this ill feeding, because no other
is given SO concentrated aud poorly bal
anccd II ration. Calves, colts and lambs
have hay, corn stalks or straw in addition
TO corn, but where straw or corn fodder
are given largely to growing stock, some
other food, if only wheat bran, should
be added to corn meal, to supplement its
deficiencies rs Il food ration for young
animals. Iinsccd meal and cotton seed
meal are better than corn for mixing with
such coarse feeds. american Cuhirdtor
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
A Country Boy Comes Ont Ahead.

Ayoung countrynan, tall and nwk-
ward looking, secured clcrkship this
week i'll the office of an insurance COM
pany on Wall street. He came from up
the State. He wore stcro clothes and
rough cowhidc boots. Tiny tufts of
hair, the color of New Jersey mud, APP
peared in little patches on his chin aud
upper lip. He is n college graduate, and
can run up column of figures with the
rapidity of lightning calculator. AS
precaution against the temptations of the
big city, his fathcr advised him to be
economical, and told him to coniinc his
expenses to 81 II day. At noon on Tues.
day, being on speaking terms with the
rest Of the clerks, he asked one of them
where he could lunch u. modc,ntc fig
ure. Here was a chance to give the
countryman II rnzzlc dazzle.
"Go around into William street." said
he, 'and on the corner Of Beaver street
you will find good restaurant and tho
charges most reasonable lie referred
to Delmonico's. Thanking his informant,
the young countryman went where
directed. AS soon rs he had left the
office the other fellow told all the clerks.
-Four Of them, MS many as could get of At
one time, followed the new clerk around
to Delmonico's to "scc him drop dead
when he got his check" us they expressed
it.
They sat at n table where they could
watch him unobscrvcd. The new clerk
had roast beef and vegetables. 1t is
probable he expected the waiter would
hand him check amounting to about %
cents. 1t was more than that. The
young fellow stopped the action of his in
cisors rs he read the figures, "75c.," OH
the little pastcboard.
lIc gave his chair little jerk forward
and finished the meal. Tho four clerks
were gloating over the prospect. After
brushing the down on his upper lip with
his napkin he strobe UP to the cashier 8
desk. The four yny young jokcrs were
at his heels. He plnnkcd down his check
and his silver dollar with II bang. The
cashier slid tho quarter change toward
him. lie slid it back again and said {:
'Givc me twenty-five cent cigar" lie
lit his cigar and walked ont with the nil
of man who might have mortgage on
the Cotton Exchange. Ills nonchnnncc
nearly paralyzcd the other four youths.
As they passed him on the sidewalk
all wearing innocent looking faces, he
gave an extra pull to his cigar and said
''Boys there's mirror in that place,
saw you all the time. "-Nem York Sun
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
Electrical Frauds.

Those electrical machines at which you
test your strength on the sidewalk are
frauds. The moving of the hand on the
dial has no connectinn at all with the
measurement of the amount of electricity
which is sent into the system of the pa
irons by the withdrawal of the core from
the soil. The hand on the dial IS moved
by spring inside the core which the
fallir works as he draws out the core,
so that all bets paid on the relative
amount of electricity people can stand
from these machine are off. This is n
piece of news contributed coniidentially
by an electrical cxpert.-St. Louis Star,
Sayings.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
Mothers Strangely Equipped.

The author of "King Solomon's Mines
and "Allan Quartermain" has had much
laid to his chargc-from plagiarism to
downright lying, but as time goes on it
becomes every day more apparent than
the only South African romancist has u
considerable modicum of truth Mt tho
bottom of his seemingly most bizarre
conceptions.
Take, for instance, the Mapai, n small
tribe of bush people living between the
Kavcrczi and Yankotoi, who, among a
number of other curious habits, slit the
skin over both shoulders in the form of a
loop, and which, by being upheld, per-
mits Il second cuticle to grow beneath.
A corresponding slit Is made on
each side of all The young ladies
Of this interesting people, tho
loops, when the girls develop into
womanhood, forming four natural"
resting places for child, either ut the
breast or back, the straps of flesh on the
shoulders being for The hands or arms
and the Others for each baby leg,
Jehannesjo.o 6. .i}iicaQ Standard. 1
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
A Canadian Home OF I.onnrs.

There are few things more terrible than
n visit by night to the lnzarctt0 of Ira
cadie, in New Brunswick, and men arc
known to have tainted ut the sight. One
goes along II gallery into ward thirty
feet long and only eight feet high, con-
tanning beds, benches and stove. 1t is
used as a dormitory for some of the men,
and is, besides, dning-room, living and
smoking room. There patients are
grouped, most of them deformed out of
NIL semblance of humanity, and the scpul-
chral cough haunts one for weeks after
ward. One Of them is young man
named Noel, who was earning a comfor-
table livelihood in the world ns wood
man, but three great blochcs, like iron
mold, showed themselves on his legs, ac-
companied by terrible drowsiness. Hc
had inherited the disease from his grand
mother, though it did not make its APP
pcnrancc in the intervening generation
The sisters have observed that lcprosy
attacks its victims under two different
forms. In one case the head and limbs
swell, the hair and eyebrows drop off, the
eyes become covered with thick film,
and the skin cracks into divisions like
that of an alligator. The other symp-
toms are those of consumptivc person /;
the form wastes away, the skin becomes
shiny, the fingers and toes, even the bands
and feet drop off, and hollow cough
sets in. Another symptom is silvcry
appearance, as of quicksilver, in the
crcnses of the palms of the hands, and n
contraction of the muscles between the
thumb and forciingcr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
no FARM AND GARDEN.
PROVIDING WINTER cows.

One reason why there are fewer winter
COWS is that it is often difficult to get them
in heat for breeding ut the right season.
1t is easy to breed them in spring, when
warmer weather and good feed combine
to bring them into breeding condition. n
spring mich COW, gradually growing
poorer all summer, will not breed in fall,
unless heavily fed with nourishing food
for several weeks to bring her into heat
Oats are probably the best for this pur-
pose, though for COWS that have grown
very poor oil or cottonsecd meal mixed
with bran should be addcd.-Ameyican
Cutirdt0r.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
DY INTUITION.

"Bctyo three to one that chap is af-
ter II marriage license" said City Hall
official to an acquaintance yesterday as
he pointed TO young man hanging
about the corridor.
"Cnn you tell thcm?"
"Always."
GLOW do you do iti"
ooh, by intuition, suppose"
Then, stepping up to the Young man.
lie qucricd;
"Want Il liccnsc?'
eyes, sir"
al knew it. Go right into the County
Clerks office"
"But 1 was there, and he said l must
so 10 police headquarters"
"Iou must have misunderstood him.
He issues marriage licenses"
son, but l want Il license for dog!n
Detroit Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
TIE PROPER rHEcAur1oN.

4 very nervous old lady coming in
ON the 1890 train at Des Moines, the
other night was put by the hotel clerk on
the very top floor OF the hotel. AS the
chambermaid was bustling out of the
room she stopped her and asked in n
trembling tone:
"Do you know what prccaution the
proprietor has taken against fire2"
"Yis, mum; yis, num-" said the
bright one. "Ic has the place INSURED
fur twicct wat it's worth. - General
Manager.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
rnE Ey1pENcE AoA1Nsr max.

Hard-looking citizcn-'Do you want
to hire man?"
Merchant-"No. I've no use for a
man that drinks"
Hard.lookiny citizen with offended
dignity)-"I can bring you any number
OF witnesses to prove I'm not drinking
man, sir"
Merchant (motioning him to the door
-"fou can't establish an alibi for that
breath. = Chicago Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
HAMLET LEFT OUT.

Jones, who is Observation-Disclosures
itself, entered shoe store the other day
and asked the attendant to measure his
son and heir for pair of congress gait
'ers.
"But where is he, sir!" asks the shop.
iman.
"Why, drat the boy!" cxclaims Jones,
waking up and glancing around, eff I
haven't gone and left him to hum"
sLNtlle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
WHAT SHE PROBABLY SAID.

"What did Miss Frost say in answer to
your proposal?"
''Wcll she spoke in such hoarsc
Whisper that found it impossible to M
dcrstand her"
ooh, then she probably said neigh"
-Bost0A G0Gette.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
HE WAS A VICTIM HIMSELF.

Customer Ito Boss Barberj-"Why
don't you get q decent hair-cutter2 Here
you have six men, and not one of them
can suit mel"
Boss Barbcr-''Ycs; know it is a lit
tic unpleasant. I'm going to have some
e}bctter hands soon. I've been obliged to
'Stgct my own hair cut outside all this win
ter. "-PUck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
A MODEL son.

Fussy Old Gentleman Ito chance
travelling lady companion-"Have you
any children, MADAME"
eyes sir; SON."
"Ah, indeed Does he smokc2"
"No, sir; he has never as much as
touched Il cigarette"
$50 much the better. madam; the use
Of tobacco is II pcrnicious habit. Docs
he frequent the clubs?"
"lic has never put mis- foo, III one"
"Allow me to congratulate you. Does
he come home latc?"
"Nevcr. He goes to bed directly after
dinner"
"a model young man, madam, a
model young man. How old is hc?"
"Two months. '-M,o York San.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
TIE WORST NUISANCE OF THE LOT.

The children were making Il great
racket just outside their fathers door, the
father being at work i'll his study.
Rushing out ut them, he cries in no
very gentle tones:
''What a fearful noise you're making I!
Who was it shouted the loudcst?"
Children Tin chorus)-"You papa. v
Judge.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
HEADING HIM DEE.

eyes. Miss Jcnkcnoir:" said Gus Sof-
fly. "I'vc had great many disappoint-
mcnts.
"'Indecd," said the young lady, "they
do not seem to have materially affected
YOU"
"No; l realize the force of the pro-
verb 'man proposes, you know"
eyes, and woman very frequently re-
.jects him, - Merchant 1ruueler.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
A COOLER.

NIowbray-'I have something very i'm
portant to say to you, after the girls leave
the room"
Jcsic-"Oh, talk it right out, do I've
promised every one of them to tell
them just what you said when you pro-
posed, and they might as well get it first
: hand"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
SURPRISED INNOCENCE.

"Wiat are yer dom, you young ras-
-cal?' said a farmer to Il remarkably small
boy, on finding him standing under IL
tree i'll his orchard with IN apple in his
hand
"Plcasc, sir, Was only goin' to put
his ere apple back on the tree, sir; it
had fallen down, sir. "-Judge.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
HARD LUCK.

"What has happened to you? You
look so vcxcd?'
II should say so. This morning was
just going to be very angry about some
thing, when some one spokcto me, and
have been trying the whole day to think
what was going to be angry about, and
L can't do it. FHegende Bdcttcr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
SOME OTHER MANsE.

Algernon-"Whcn we are welded,
darling, it is my greatest desire in life to
live at the old NTansr.'
Stephanic-"Then, Algy, VIC can never
we'd. The old man said Yesterday that
he had one son-in-law on him already,
and that he would never have another. -
Puck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07

The Siberian squirrel costs but from
ten to fifteen cents in the Siberian forests
but is of double the value at the first
trading place. From five to ten millions
Of these little animals are killed annually,
but their fccundty is such that no very
appreciablc shortness in the "cropr has
been yet observed. Russia, too, supplies
two raillioas of harcs annually.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
NEW TROUBLES

''It's too bad that the Blofrets are
moving out OF the ncighborhood, isn't
it?n
"Too bad? Why Bloffctt was terrible
nuisance with his cornet"
eyes, but now that he is leaving, the
rents will go up Time.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07

sShe could swing a six-pound tlumb-bell,
She could fence, and she could box;
She could row upon the river,
She could Chamber 'mong the rocks;
She could do some heavy bowling,
And play tennis all day long:
But She couldn't help her mother.
Cause she wasn't very strong"
Puck
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
NOT A SURE SIGN.

A-''Gracious, how. your boots crcak
They arc probably not paid for yet"
B-Foolshness! If things bought on
credit cracked, then this whole suit of
clothes, not to speak of my underwear,
would crcall all the time. "-7ems SIT
in9S.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-07
EXPERIENCE TEACHES.

Her Old AIan-"And could you sup
tport my daughter, sir?"
Her Lover-''I have two strong arms. :"
Her Old AIan-''But can they support
eher2"
Her Lovcr-"Thcy often have, sir. =
Toledo Bitcle