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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-25
GAME CHICKENS.
VALUABLE NEW CoMERS In
THIS COUNTRY.
Facts Regarding the AseeI. Which
Comes From India-$ 1915 For,
Single Eag-Thc Buff
Leghorns.

Every season since 1888, when the
Vyandottes opened the ball, some new
claimant for public recognition has
made its debut at the Madison Square
Garden poultry show. This year the
debutants are the Aseel and the buff Leg
horn. The Ascel is by no mears a new
variety, but IS as old as the India from
which it has come. Its name signifying
the pure, the original, thoroughbred,
serves to distinguish it as the Indian
game from counterfeits that have that
name.
They are very difficult to import, and
it is doubtful if an American could Sc
cure really good bird in India, as the
rajahs are exceedingly jealous of parting
with them and it is only as great favor
that any are let go. So highly are they
valued in India that an instance is on
record of S125 having been paid for IL
single egg from celebrated hen, the
females when really first rate being more
valuable than the males.
Some years ago the English Poultry
Club essayed to make standard for the
Aseel, but if the work was completed it
never was given to the public. The
only standard to be obtained is that of
MIR. G. F. Montressor, late of the Bengal
civil service, and judge of the variety
for English shows. Mr.. Montressor
owned and bred the variety for years in
India, and is the authority for all that
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Largest Ships Ahoat.

The largest sailing ship under any flag
is the fivc-m asted vessel In France, which
recently took coal from Newcastle to
San Francisco. She is BE feet III length,
ID feet in breadth and 333 teeth in
depth, measured from the upper deck to
the bottom Of the hold. Her net gauge
is 5000 tons and her burden 61O0 tons.
The principal dimensions of the vessel are
! rs follows: Bowsprit, 80 feet long and
II inches and 80 inches in diameter;
mizzenmast, in II single piece, 140 feet
long main boom of the mizzenmast, AZ
feet long; upper throat, 81 feet; lower
throat, % feet. Tho lower and top
masts are in a single piece, and of the
following dimensions & bovc deck: Fore
mast, 159 feet; foremainmast, 166 feet;
aftermainmast, 1877 feet. The diameter
of the mast varies from 80 inches to IL
inches; that of the topgallautmasts is
from 16 inches to 10 inches The length
of the lower yards is 80 feet, that Of the
upper yards from rs feet to n feet,
special supervision of the Bureau Veritas.
She was built on the Clyde
| 1t may be interesting to mention that
on her first voyage from Cardiff tc Rio
de Janelro the trip was completed in
thirty-three days, and although only
moderate winds prevailed speed OF
twelve md one-half knots was attained,
the vessel being laden with 5000 tons of
coal. The fifth mast ''very much facili-
tates the working of the ship, which
tacks about with wonderful ease" said
the captain at the conclusion of the
voyage.
Referring to big sailing ships, says the
Chicago News, calls to mind the mon
ster Yankee clipper, the Grand Republic,
built in the sos for Law aud launched,
but she was too big for her time and she
ended her days rs French transport
and then as IL coal hulk. But in her
prime she made the rue from New York
to ScillY in thirteen days.
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hundred years ago. 1t is pleasant trip,
Notwithstanding the shabby ferryboat.
To the stranger who for the first time
sees the blue Potomac on such a day it is
indeed II revelation. He passes the
Cpited States Arsenal, with its we'll
Kept grounds and fine trees, and as the
distance increases between himself and
the capital city it appears the more i'm
posing. The dome OF the Capitol and
the Washington Monument shine out
white against the sky, and the whole
city presents an enchanting picture.
In half an hour he reaches Alexandria
and he sees before him long, uphill
street, without trees. II the visitor de-
aides to walk he plods up the hill, pass
ing feed stores and bar rooms, second
hand clothing stores and old junk shops,
meeting few people, for this is church
time. He is on King street, the busiest
but least attractive in town. 1t is n
noticeable fact, says the Chicago Post,
that many of the streets bear royal
names, reminding one that in old
colonial days Virginia was Loyalty
subject to his Majesty the King.
Reaching the residence portion Of the
town, the visitor is struck by the attrac-
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tainity with which it transmits its econo-
mic properties when used in crossing for
table fowls. The breed promises'to be
valuable acquisition to American
wards.

The bluff Leghorn, the second new
conner, has its popularity in its color.
This, clear bull, is unusual for tho
close-feathered varieties. but once the
oddity of the Loghorn typo in the garb
is overcome, tho effect is most pleasing.
and tho observer becomes tho fancier
and the fancier the advocate.
The variety may be said to be in two
types, the natural and the artificial, the
iancier of the one claiming it rs lost
tribe OF the great Italian family, the
other as manufactured of good Italian,
Aslatic and game stocks in English yards.
ihat both are correct seems likely, as in
the birds of the one tho faults are ten
dency to lighter coloring, and to a pos
sibility that buff with white trimmings
was the original type, whereas the other
has faults in shape, stockings and dark
er plumage that betray the ancestry.
But, whether made or grown, the variety
will require much outside help before the
type its breeders have laid out for it can
be bred with amy certainty.
Although the buir Lrghorn was un-
known in England until exhibited ut the
Crystal Palace in 1888 there have been
classes ut many Of the exhibitions during
the past year. AS these birds are not
yet admitted to the standard, the judges
mt the American shows are to be guided
by the American standard of perfection
for the Leghorn in points of size, comb,
and shape, and for the bull Cochin in
points Of colcr; cvcnness and freedom
from blotches to count for more than
depth.
The difficulties to be encountered in
the breeding are white in tails and flights
and this Is so persistent as to create
the belief that the original bird had
white primaries aud sicklcs- uneven,
blotchy, and muddy color, grccnish legs,
blotched and misshapcn lobes and combs.
Although but just at the beginning,
this variety has its club, aud so jealousy
is the association guarding the interests
of the breed that to become Il member
one must give proofs that he possesses
the true bull Leghoru.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-25

The day of skyscraping buildings, so
far as Chicago is concerned, seem to
Frank Leslie's Weekly to be at an end
The Underwriters Association of tina
city have formally decided that they will
not insure any structures, except Office
buildings, which exceed cighty-tive feet
in height and that all office buildings oil
non combustihlc construction must bt
limited in height to one and ouc-hali
times the width of the street upon which
the building may be constructed. The
Underwriters Association, being one oil
the most powerful associations in the
country, its DEGREES will un lou btcdly be
enforced. 1t is said,. indeed, that a mum.
bero contracts for high buildings have
already been recalled. 1t is to be hoped
that the policy here laid down will be
enforced in other cities, and that some
regard to security will be paid in the
erection of public and private buildings
everywhere, throughout.,h country.
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Nearly two-thirds of the water or
dinarily used by New York is clea
waste. according to the figures of con
sumption aud supply for London, With
a population more than three times New
York's, the daily consumption of thai
population is 1873, $50, 900 gallons. II
is figured out that the requirement in
twenty years will reach 295. 900, OOC
gallons; that it will require at least three
years to get the consent of Parliament
after new scheme for reaching adj.
ditional sou: ces shall be maturcd, and
not less than twelve years more to erect
the works. Asno steps have even been
proposed yet, the conclusion is reached
that the supply of underground water
must be relied on to provide for the in.
creased consumption.
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They Are Not Currants.

ASreat many people suppose that the
imported article called currants used in
fruit cakes. mince pies, plum buildings,
buns, and the like, are fruit resembling
our own red or black currants when
dried. In reality these dried fruits
which we call currants are raisins, being
only dried grape, although of an ex-
ceedingly small variety, each grape no
bigger than common pea and each
bunch but two or three inches long.
These little grape punches are picked
and dried in the sun, and are so full of
s'igary matter that they become crystal.
liked into such compact form that il
requires considerable strength to open
the mass and prepare the fruit for pack
ing, they being then second time COM
pressed, this time by means of treading
with the feet, which process perhaps nc.
counts for great deal of the dirt and
gravel usually to be found packed with
them. These little grapes grow all
through the islands of the Grecian Arch
ipelago, and being exported originally
from Corinth, they were called at first
Corinths, which word was gradually
corrupted into currants.-. Detroit Free
Press
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sit with their backs turned to the
preacher. The backs of these benches
were so high as to cifectually prevent
the feminine portion of the assembly
from observing with critical eye the new
spring bonnets or fall cloaks of their
neighbors, but if this was deprivation
the same backs afforded excellent pro-
lection, for such us wished to do so, to
takcn quiet nap without being detected.
The Washington pew is the only one
that remains unchanged, save that the
backs of the two seats arc cut down to
the ordinary height. The two seats,
however, still face each other, thus fore
ing their occupants to stare each other
out of countenancc. 1t is customary to
reserve this pew for strangers, but they
are not ushercd into it, rs was General
Washington, by a Susannah Edwards.
nor by her successor Mrs. Cook, who,
with stern countenancc and manly stride
performed the duties of sexton, showing
persons to their pcws and locking them
up therein!
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ssuMeEn.Na SONG


TIE MIN goes toiling slowly around,
With steady and solemn creak.
And my little ono hears in tho kindly sound
The voice Of the old mill speak;
While round and round those big white wings
Grimiy and ghostlike creep.
Ny little one hears that the old mill sings
sleep. little tulip, s!eepp
The sails are reefed and tho nets are drawn,
And, over his pot of beer,
The fisher, against the morrow's dawn,
Justify maketh cheer;
He mocks ut the winds that caper alone
From the far off clamorous Deep
But We've love their lullaby-song
OF sleep. little tulip, sleepr
Shaggy old Fritz, in slumber sound
Means of the stony mart
Tomorrow how proudly he'll trot YOU
around
Hitched to our new milk cartl
And you shall help me blanket the kline.
And fold the gentle sheep.
And set the herring a-soak in brine
But now, little tulip seepl
A Dream. One comes to button the eyes
That YEARLY droop and blink,
While the old mill Bullets the browning skies
And scolds ut the stars that wink,
Over your face the misty wings
or thnt beautiful Dream. One sweep
And, rocking your cradle, she softly sings,
"Sleep, little tulip, sleep"
Eugene Field, in Chicago News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-25

DR.. ]. F. Lydston, of Chicago, in
recent lecture on the causes of crime, ad-
Vanced some novel ideas, which, if true
admits the New Orleans Picayune, re-
fleet very seriously on the condition of
our country. He said: 1t is more com.
Portable, more profitable and less dan
gerous to be thief than a common day
'aborer. A single explosion in Il Penn
,'ylvania colliery will kill more laborers
in thirty seconds than the laws will ex-
ecute burglars or private vengeance over
lake in ten years. Dat of a hundred
crimes not more than one is detected.
The toll of the laborer is harder, his
working hours longer, his provisions
foorer, and he makes less money thu
the thief. The iaborer loses more tim,
through sickness, unemployment and
other unavoidable causes than does The
thief. The thief makes more money and
makes it great deal easier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-25

The Chicago Herald observes: "Thc
pneumatic tube transit service to con
meet the business portion of the city with
the worlds fair grounds and also to sun.
ply parcel and mail delivery from the
postoffice to sub-stations is the birnest
thing that even Chicago has organized
.for some time. AS the Illinois Central
has closed contract with the National
Pneumatic Tube Transit Company for
the work, the enterprise is an assured
fact. Not the least of the advantages,
according to the promoters of the pneu-
matte system, is that offered to women,
who are told that whenever they want to
buy pair of gloves or some such thing
they can shoot the nioney over to
the big dry goods store and have the
articles shot back. 1t would take many
Q long year to popularize this notion.
II must not be imagined that woman
dislikcs going in a cold and crowded
car to atore, standing two hours in q
breathless jam, quarrcling more or less
politely with the clerks and coming
home late and tired with a spool of
ak"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-25

Opposite this pow is the memorial,
tablet on which is inscribed tho name Of
Washington. 1t recalls to the mind th,
work the patriot accomplished toward
the freedom of his country. and brings
before the mental vision the strongly
marked features aud powdered queue
portrayed by Gilbert Stuart.
When seated in this pew the only way
to avoid the eyes of the one opposite is
to Xix ones own intensely upon the null
pit. This pulpit is peculiarly constructed
being shaped like goblet, with stairs nj
the side leading up to the platform upon
which the minister stands, considerably
elevated above the congregation. The
old sounding board which hung above
the pulpit is long since gone. but a new
one is being made after the old design to
take its place. The present pulpit is a
reproduction of the original.
On one side of the chancel is written
the Lords prayer and the creed; on the
same side is the marble tablet in men,
DRY OF Georges Washington. On the other
side the ten commandments and n twin
tablet to the other in memory of that
$3.50 sOh vi fHSinla-Onc VINO, nko
Washington, was from boyhood a rcgu-
lar attendant ut this church, whose
memory is more fresh, whose name as
dear. to the heart of all Virginians-
Robert Edward Lee.
Tine benediction is pronounced, the
service finished, and with tho rest
OF the congregation the visitor rises
to depart. Tho people arc soon dispersed
and he turns his attention to the smooth,
green yard, kept in too perfect order to
be picturesque. A wealth of tangled
vines and wild flowers would be moro
appropriate to these weather beaten stones
than this clean clipped sod. He pauses
before stone, Clipped in many places,
bearing the marks of wind and rain,
scratched and dcfaccd by pocket knives
in the hands of mischicvous little boys.
The oldest stone in the yard he observes
is that under which lies the body Of Mr..
Isaac Pierce, born in Boston, son of Mr..
Isaac Pierce, distiller, who departed this
life on March 26, 1771, aged twenty
four years. With difficulty he dccipcrs
the letters, almost erased by age and
weather, which on moss covered stone
tell of "Henry Booer, who departed this
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PEAT Products.

Peat is being utilized in Germany, &C.
cording to DIR. Leo PrIbyl, as a source of
bog head naptha, star, solar oil, paratfin,
acetic acid and gas, and the peat-bog of
North Germany and Sweden are being
worked Tor their elastic fiber, which is
woven into carpets aud other fabrics.
Good peat also supplies peat cellulose,
which is valuable for paper-making and
as packing material. The dust is es.
pecially useful as a preservation, and
meat and fish packed in it have been
safely carried long distances.
IN. J.) American.
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should point IL out, it would remain un.
discovered until he peered through the
only pane OF glass not to dusty to let II
light through.
AT 100 Elizabeth street is one of the
dingy tcnements of the Italian quarter,
where the people are so packed in that
when one stirs all have to shift their po-
sitions. Years ago, no one around there
knows how many, hallway led into the
tenement. A few years ago the owner
decided that it was Il waste of valuable
space, and he sealed up one end of the
hallway, compelling the tenants to use
the outer brick passageway. The sealed
hallway he offered for rent rs shop, and
the result is that its tenant is dis
tinSuishcd from all cobbicrs aud shop
keepers whatsoever by the smallest shop
in New York.
Its width is three feet three inches
from wall to wall. There is no room for II
window, and the door serves II double
purpose. The shop is about seven feet
in depth. Thus the cobbler has to keep
the door wide open all the time or else
tight shut to get room for his bench and
his tools. In summer he moves his bench
out on the door sill. In winter it is
about twp feet back. Those who 90 i'll
or out never open the door wide, but put
it little ajar and then squeeze through.
Many of the fattcr customers do not
enter, but tap on the window part of
the door, which the cobbler then opens
bit to take in the shoe needing repair
and to wrangle about the price.
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The IIrnth Brush.

1t is from the tlower-bcaring shrub
called heath, which in Great Britain is
used for brooms and also, by the way,
for tliatch, beds for the poor aud for
heating ovens, that the quaint little
brush seen in the illustration takes Its
name Of 'heath brush" 1t recommends
Itself TO the frugal housekccper from the
fact that is easily made and also for is the
reasons that the material cost next to
nothing, that it is for many purposes
most convenient, and last, but not least.
because, when finished, it is an artistic
object to look upon. 1t is really moth
ing more nor less than II bit of the best
quality of rope ravclcd out so that each
liber stands out by itself. There is the
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The largest British ship is tao Liver
pool, OF 1880 tons, built of iron by
Messrs. t.ussell S5 Co., on the Clyde.
She is 333 feet long, As feet broad and
rs feet deep. Her four masts are each
square rugged, but she is far from clumsy
aloft, is easily handled and has run
fourteen knots an hour for whole day.
For beauty she compares unfavorably
with such II ship as the Thermopyiec or
a large American wooden ship, having
bright lofty spars and decks rs white as
hounds teeth. Iron decks do not lend
themselves readily to adornment.
Next in size is the Palgraye, of 307S
tons. The United States ship Shenan-
doah, of Bath, Me-, built by Messrs.
Sewal & Co., OF that port, is the largest
wooden vessel in existence. She is
1858 tons register and will carry about
5000 tons of heavy cargo. She recently
left San Francisco, CAL, with liz. 900
centals of wheat, worth $175, 900. This
is the largest gram cargo on record.
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A MarshaI's RetOrt.

The Marshal de Bassompicrre was en-
ploycd by Henry w. on several embas-
sizes. He once told the King that when
he went as Ambassador to Spain he rode
into Madrid on the most beautiful mule
he had ever seen, which had been sent
by the Spanish monarch for his special
use.
"Ha, ha, what comical sightl"
laughed out the boisterous King; San
ass upon mule!"
''Yes, Sire, said Bassompierre, coolly,
81 represented your Majesty. ALL the
Year Round.
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j, 1t is strange story that comes from
New. Orleans. While playing hose
upon fire telephone and an electric
light wifeigot crossed, aud the stream
of water striking the wires, heavy cur
rent was thereby afforded an opportunity
to make ground, which it did through
the column of water and the body OF
the fireman who held the nozzle, killing
him instantly. This story may or may
not be true qs regards, its actual happen
ing, comments the Boston Transcript,
but the fact remains that theoretically
1t is possible for just such an accident to
OCCUR.
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Two guides there are to the purity of
the stock-one, the peculiar flat foot,
the other, the voice. The crow of the
cock is short and shrill, and once heard
will never be mistaken. fhe bird In its
peculiarities requires peculiar treatment.
First, it should rarely be allowed to sit
more than once through season, but
with the first indication of broodiness
should be penned apart, but never out
of sight of its fellows, else there will be
war when it is again allowed among
them.
The value of tbs bird is in the GER
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ALEXR LATIMER,
Who departed this life on the % / day of De
cember in the year of our Lord 1906.
Aged 42 years
Who Affections sore lonl, time he bore,
Physicians WAS in vain;
Til God was pleased death should him siezs
And ense him of his pain
Oh, death, where is thy sting?
Oh. grave, where is thy victory?
AS he passes out the stranger notes a
large monument, erected by the city
Council to the memory of Charles Ben
nett "a public benefactor," and near it
the Confederate mound, beneath which
are buried thirty-four Confederate SOL
dicrs, prisoners of war vino died in the
Federal hospitals of Alexandria.
And so he leaves the church by the
gate through which so many feet have
passed. Mcny men OF talent have filled
Its pulpit, some to become bishops, some
to 80 out to foreign lands rs missionaries.
No one can say how far its influence has
extended, from the old days when it was
first opened under the ministry of its first
pastor, Rev. Townsend Dade (whose
salary, by the way, was 1880 pounds
OF tobacco), down 20 the present time.
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i've homes, beautiful gardens and broad,

tive homes, beautiful gardens and broad
shady avenues. The people suit the
place; easy going, hospitable, glad to
show courtesy to stranger. There is
one curious fact worth mentioning in
regard to them: Every one of the Is, 900
inhabitants is an ~. +. v" 1t makes
not one bit Of difference whether you be
rich or poor, your social position is as
'ured If you have the instincts and
manners OF n gentleman and can
claim rs your grandmother Ran
dolph, or Carter, Harrison, Stuart,
Mason or Fairfax. Every one is rela-
ted to Washington or Lee, Chief Justice
Marshall; John Randolph of Roanoke =,
or even Pocahontas.
At ll:l5 the visitor starts in search
of the old church. Following the di.
rection given him he walks out Wash
ington street one block and reaches the
sacred ediiice. 1t is an old brick build
ing, very simple in its architecture and
surrounded on two sides by burying
ground, long since filled. 1t now pre-
:ents very different appearance prob
ably from what it did in the old days
before the revolution. Then it was
almost surrounded by woods and with.
out the stecplc which is now con
spicuous feature. The interior is still
more altered. There were no galleries
such rs now accommodate the choir anc
Sunday-school; the pcws, which are OF
the usual height and so arranged thai
each faces the pulpit, where in the ole
days stiff and high, arranged in rows OF
two hard wooden benches facing cacl
other, SO that half the congregation mus