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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-01-20

In Assumpsit and Attachment: Damages 81 COO
The object of this suit Is to recover for the
plaintiff, the sum of Si94.93, with interest ON
el25.78 thereof from September LIST, 1891, till
paid, and on slS.37 thereof from September 2ist
1891 till paid, due from the defendant by ac-
count; and to attach any property, estate, or
effects of the defendant to be found in Augusta
county, and especially the real estate of the
defendant on which his factory near Staunton
is located, which said real estate was conveyed
to him by the StauutOn Development Compa-
ny. And 1t appearing by affidavit that the de-
fendaut is not a resident of this state it is Or
dered thai he appesr here in fifteen days after
due publication of his order and do what is
necessary to protect his interests in this suit.
j. n. RYAN, Clerk.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-01-20

VIRGINIA, TO TET:-In the Clerks Of
flee of the Circuit Court of Augusta coun-
ty, in vacation OF said court, DeceD Der
18th, 1891.
Richard Sauer, trading as the Rich
ard Sauer Manufacturing Company. Plaintiff.
vs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-01-20
GREAT SALE.

Clothing at 40 per cent. less
than actual value.
Dry Goods at 40 per cent.
less than actual value.
Boots and Shoes at 40 per
cent. less than actual value.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
The Bones of Bering,

During the cruise last year of the
Alcut, schooner attached 10 the Russian
Siberian flotilla, the officers landed on
Behring'S Island in search of the grave of
the discover or Of those straits The bones
of Boring and his companions in misfor-
tune were found buried beneath simple
cairn of rough stones carelcssly piled.
The officers resolved to replace the cairn
by more worthy memorial. and on their
return to Vladlyostock a collection wa:
set on foot among the officers of the ST.
berian squadron, with the result that a
handsome and durable granite tomb.
stone, surmounted by an iron cross, ha.
now been completed. The memorial will
be transported from Viadivostock and
placed over the lonely grave on Behring'S
Island next month. Captain Titus Ber
ing was Dane by birth, but was in the
Russian naval service when his important
discovery was made in 1928. He died
December 4, 174l 20. S.), from scurvy,
on Behring'S Island, where ne and his com.
panions had sought refuge after the
laundering of their ship. boston Tran.
script,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16

Tho frame may be made in any open
sunny place in the garden, as the cloth
cover tem2ers the light SO that usually
no other protection is needed. Another
consideration, no slight one to busy or
forgctfui gardener, is that evaporation is
retarded, thus making an everyday wa
tering needless.
The cuttings to be rooted may be set
In pots or in the earth under the franc
with equally good results. For fow
slips the former is the better way; but
the frame will hold great many more
If they are set close together in tho
earth.
Make the soil mellow for foot in
depth, add water, and mix till the whole
is stiff mud. Cuttings set in this will
need no further watering for long
time.
When rooted tho earth is so compact
that by cutting out square bit around
each they may be lifted and transplanted
without disturbing the roote in the least.
Tho frame is recommended for all
kinds of cuttings, but is especially good
Tor propagating hardy shrubs, most of
which strike root readily if cuttings arc
made in early summer.
The beautiful variegatcd Woigelia is
easily rooted aud tho other Wcigolias.
tho Forsythia, the Dcutzia, single aud
double, the hardy Hydrangca, the Sy.
ringa and Others. Tho calycanthus, or
strawberry Shrub" has been tried
without success. When the young
shrubs nrc we'll rooted, remove tho cover
aad leave them in the frame for protec.
ton all winter, setting thcm the next
spring where they arc to remain.-New
York Independent.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
A Battle With a Ice,

An observer writes us that tic is salts
fed that there is just rs much rivalry
between humming birds and bees in their
quest for honey rs there is between mem.
bcrs of the human race in their struggle
for the good things of life, and describes
q recent quarrel that he saw in Port.
land garden, where humming bird with
All angry dash expressed Its d,sapproval
of the presence OF big bumblebee in
the same tree. The usually puguacious
bee iLcontinently fled, but he did not
leave the tree. He dashed back and
forth among the branches and white
blossoms, the humming bird in close
pursuit. Where will you find another
pair that could dodge and dart equal to
these9 They were like flashes of light,
yet the pursucr followed the track OF
the pursued, turning when the bee
turned. In short, the bird and the bee
controlled the movements of their bodies
moro quickly and more accurately than
he could control the movements of his
eyes. The chase was all over in half tho
time that it has taken to tell it, but the
excitement of pack of hounds after n
fox was no greater. The bee escaped,
the bird giving up the whole chase and
alighting on twig. 1t couldn't hav.
been chasing the bee for food, aud there
is no possible explanation of its unpro,
voked ATTACK, except that it wished to
have all the honey itself. Portland
(Me.) Transcript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
scApnY LEGS IN POULTRY.

The unsightly humps IN tho feet and
legs of poultry arc due to the presence
OF minute insect or mite very much in
size and habits like the itch mito in
sheep, causing disease known rs scab.
III you will rcniovc some of the scabs
from the feet of your fowls aud examine
them under magnifying lens of fair
power you will sec the mites in great
numbers. These mites feed upon the
spongy deposit in the scabby growLhs,
and can be readily destroyed by almost
any of the common itch ointments or lin
iments of an oily nature. Equal part,
of common lard, sulphur aud
kerosene will destroy them, or an
ointment made of one ounce
of carbolc acid and twenty ounces of
lard Is equally as efficacious, and readily
applied with small paint brush. You
should also smear the roosts with the
same ointment, or wash them thoroughly
with carbolic acid and water, in order
to kill any mites that may be in the
cracks of the wood. Clean out the hen
coops and hennery, aud after whitewash-
ing all the woodwork scatter flowers of
sulphur over the floor and some on the
ground at the entrance. As soon as the
mites are killed the scabs will drop off
from the feet and legs and there will be
a return to normal condition. New
York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16

told in the foregoing, it would be i'm
possible to tell where the limit of their
skill would reach. They must be far
ahead of America us engineers and me-
chanics. What other astonishing tri-
umphs ms mechanical originators they
have achieved must be left to the future
to discover.
"Onc circumstance, says Professor
Proctor, that may ut first excite surprise
is the fact that in planet so much
farther from the sun than the world
there should exist so close IL resemblance
to the earth in respect to climatic rcla.
tions.
"But ii VIC consider the results of
Tyndal's researches on the radiation of
heat, and remember that very moderate
Increase in the quantity of certain va
pors present in our atmosphere would
suffice to render the climate OF the cartn
intolerablc through the excess of heat
just rs glass walls cause dollhouse to be
warm long after the sun has sct-yc
shall not fail to see that Mars NAV rcndi.
ly be compensated by u corresponding
arrangement for his increased distance
from the vivilying centre of his solar
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
A Pretty Little Civ.

One of the prctticst little cities in
America is Austin, Texas. 1t is situate
in beautiful basin, the rim of which is
an almost perfect circle of vcrdsnt hills.
that are ever shrouded in purple
haze, causing to be bestowed upon it
Athens's ancient title, "The City of the
Violet Crown" In the center Of the
basin rises mound, and upon this has
been placed the famed capital building.
for which Texas gave land enough to
form no inconsiderable State. It is an
imposing and beautiful structure, the
fifth highest in the world. Through the
basin flows the Colorado River, roman.
tic looking stream, across which costly
dam has been thrown, forming beauti.
full lake some thirty miles in length,
shut in by the wooded hills.--Boston
Transcript
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
CURING n Bad IInbIt.

The boys were suspicious that Prof.
Spirc had formed the habit of going
upstairs every evening about 93G
o'clock to creep along the halls in his
stocking feet and listen at the doors.
They thought, however, that his case
WAS not incurable if strong measures
were taken. They made their pre-
partitions and then waited in silent
expectation.
When Prof. Spire came out of his
room and began to mount the stairs
cold, galvanized tack penetrated
his very soul. He uttered a subdued
howl of agony and sat down on the step
above to investigate. But tacks
were there ALSO and they began to
investigate before he did. lie rose
with promptncss, and this time the
howl was not subducd. Doors flew
open and anxious faces looked down
from above.
what is it?" gasped the PROBES.
sor's pet, beautiful blue-eyed lad,
who scorned to do a base act. He had
refused to contribute more than d
cent toward buying tacks.
Nothing Serious" replied the Pro.
fessor, with. a dismal effort at cheer
fulness. Il found the wind rather
against me going up these stairs, and
had just started on another tack;
that's all. But it is almost 10 o'clock,
and yacht to be abed, boys boston
Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16

corsets; Their little feet always accustomed
10 sandals. ache III kid slippers, but the En-
press has sud Chinese methods must 90.
and the swell girls and boys are bound to
give up sandals and kimonos, quit chop.
the German.
Some of the naughty old Damios. the
proud fellows who lost .hcir swords when
the Mikado squelched the Tykoon in 1863,
will not be Europcauised. IL is not unconi-
mon 10 see them leave their sandals ut tho
door of the Imperial Hotel dining room in
Toxic and march as proud as Caesars but
with bare feet, over the Japanese floors.
Sometimes lie checks his sandals but walks
in with his bat on and his kimono wrapped
around him Ikea Roman toga In TACT
the kimono is Il Roman toga and grand
o d japanese Daimio looks not unlike the
statue OF Augusta in Rome.
GGing down the mountain from Miyano-
shita the next day in jinriksha it was
amusing Ia watch these romantic Yankee
girls behind their broad breasted muscular
coolies. When the acrobats would turn n
precipice down which you look hundreds
OF feet into ioaming cataracts, the girls
would scream with glec; and the coolies
would look around proud of their burdens.
But what IL contrast: In the jinriksha was
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
WASHING SHEEP.

So much depends upon the condition
OF the wool rs to cleanliness that it
would be difficult to say too much ON the
necessity of thorough washing. One of
our subscribers, few days since was
greatly disappointed by the low price his
wool brought in the Chicago market.
The reason was that the wool was heavy
with dirt. One or two fleeccs on ton
were washed. This will not answer.
The commission men and especially our
National Cooperative Club go to the
bottom and expect to find all alike. OF
course tho wool can be sold if dirty, but
it will bring perhaps twelve or fourteen
cents, whereas frst-class wool or that
same wool we'll cleansod would bring
twenty-five cents or more.
Sometimes it is asked what is the
best way to wash. We answer almost
any way that is honest and removes ali
the dirt. AS to whether the washing
should be before or after shcaring cx.
perienced sheep raisers disagree. 1t is
much pleasantcr work to shear sheep that
have beeu we'll washed. The practice in
the East has been to wash always before
shearing. But in that case it would be
better to have the washing done week
or two before the shcaring. 1t is better
to allow time for the oil to come back
into the fleece.
There is to our mind no better way
than to take the sheep into running
stream ana wash by hand every part OF
the fleece. OF course the sheep should
not be placed in any dusty or muddy
yard Immediately after, but in clean
pasture. If there is any patent way for
an honest farmer in this matter of wash
ing sheep and preparing his fleece to get
sthe highest price in the market VIC do
not know it.-Farm, Field and Stock
man.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
Tho Prince orwa,os, Appetite.

1t is said that two OF the heaviest
eaters in Europe are the Gear of Russia
and the Prince Of Wales. Tho number
of the repasts and the amount of food
consumed by either is enough to startle
ordinary mortals. The Prince Of Wales,
Tor instance, after first light meal on
arising, eats an enormous breakfast. an
equally copious luncheon following at Q
o'clock. At or 9 o'clock there is n
kind OF tea; that is to say, it is tea oniy
In name and resembles far more the
Russian "prashnick," for it includes
caviar and pate-de-fo:e-gras. sand
witches, smoked salmon, and all sorts
OF what are falsely termed "appetlzers. I"
1t is, indeed, a square meal, washed
down by drink which Is far stronger than
tea. Between 8 and o'clock there fol-
lows dinner, and shortly after midnight
tho Prince is ready once moro for o
hearty supper.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
NOT GOOD For FOWLS.

Any substance that gives off gaseous
matter for several days is unsuitable for
use in the poultry house rs disinfect-
ant. For this reason the chloride of
lime is not recommended, as the chloride
gas which it gives off for while is in
furious to the hens. The best way to
dislnicct it is by the burning of sulphur,
as has been suggested before, or by the
use OF some solution. A three per cent.
solution of carbolic acid sprayed over
every portion of the poultry house once
n week is one of the best and cheapest
modes of disinfcctipg, and the method
IS harmless to the fowls. New York
Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16

He found that the planet has diane
ter of about 1000 miles. By careful cal
cuation he is confident that its year con
sisted of 6S7 days, and that each day in
time was forty minutes longer than our
day. He also found that the planet wa.
made up of water and land, just like our
world. 1t has, he says, seas and CONT
ncnts and rivers.
As to its density, it differs very little
from the earth. Gravitation ut its sur.
face must be much less than it is in this
world. A man who weighs $50 pounds
upon this mundane sphere would weigh
about sixty pounds on Mars. In fact,
all substances would be reduced in weight
by transfer from our world to Mars.
Upon that planet our oak would become
as light as cork. Our gold would be as
light as tin.
The question just now is: Is Mare in.
habited2
No one knows, of course, whether it
IS or not. The only thing to Judge by
IS IN the character of the planet gathered
by careful inspection through telescopes.
Astronomers are confident that they
have seen the eternal SHOWS of the two
polar regions of our neigabor world
They are confident that its contents are
red, and that its seas are green, and they
arc equally sure that its seas do not
cover more than onc-fourth of its sur
face. The seas on our continent cover
three-fourths of the world, which points
the comparison.
This scarcity of water in Mars is its
most remarkable feature.
The theory that people really do in
habit the planet is born out by the fact
that Professor Schiarpareli is confident
that he has discovered that MATS has
been traversed by gigantic canals. 1t is
easy to ace that if there are canals on
the planet, it is a surety that people
must have built them. This idea, too
is strengthened by the discovered fact
tnat there is scarcity of water in the
planet. Necessarily the planet must be
irrigated in that manner, and as there
are canals, the conclusion is that there
must be people there.
The canals on the planet Mars are be-
heved to have been cut for thousands OF
miles across the land to connect with
the seas. They are green in color, like
the water, and, in order to be visible
through our telescopes, they must be
from 100 to 400 miles in length. They
must also be about 200 miles WIDE. They
run mostly from north to south, for the
seas divide the land from east to west.
1t is difficult to conceive of such enor.
nous public works, but nothing else
will answer. Our little canals would
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
EASY WAYS WITH CUTTINGS.

A convenient propagating frame may
be easily made ms follows: With hogs
head or barrel hoop laid on the ground
as guide set in a close row of half
width shingles in circle just inside the
hoop. They can be hammered firmly in
place, and should be left at nm even
height of nine inches above ground.
These form tho upright part of the
frame from which, If rightly made, the
hoop may now be lifted, though it should
fit rather closely.
To make the cover. stretch one thick
ness of white cotton cloth tightly across
the hoop, bringing the edges inward,
and sewing 1t firmly, the thread passing
over and over tho hoop, as in winding.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
TO KEEP MILK SWEET IN HOT wrArgrn

TO KEEP MILK SWEET IN HOT WEATHER.
The milk dairyman is often ut his
wits end to prevent souring of the milk
in the hot season, when the moisture in
the air causes the heat to become more
than usually intolcrablc. To keep the
milk sweet then, every prccautiou must
be taken. 1t is not serious adultcra-
ton to add small quantity of carbonate
OF soda, or potash, to the milk, to ncu-
tralizc the slightly acid change produced
in the milk by tho heat aud bacteria, and
the small quantity required has no ap-
prcciable effect on the milk. The car
Donate of soda in the milk is changed
into lactate, end the carbonic acid is
given off, while the tactic acid is ncu
tralized, and the milk is kept from sour
ing. Dissolving an ounce of the soda in
some of the milk and then mixing the
solution through forty gallon cauful,
may save the whole from loss durlnt
times of excessive heat. -American A.
riculturist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
SO

ted. 1t was some fifteen years ago tina
Mars first became planet that had any
earthly interest to the people that live ON
this globe.
A very wise man That used to sit up
nights and look ut the sky through II
telescope first made known the fact that
Mars was good deal like the earth in
its shape, and also uttered the startling
theory that he thought it possible that
the planet was inhabited.
People laughed ut him just then, and
he faded into the oblivion that comes to
people who are in the habit OF discover
ing facts ahead of time.
But after him came a man who told
the same thing again in n new way, and
who now has got to n point where the
world is beginning to believe that he is
right.
The man is Professor Schiaparclli, Of
Milan, Italy. He says that in his opinion
the planet Mars is not simply ncbulous
quantity OF vapor, but it is solid sub
stance on which animals and men exist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16

system"
Professor Swift says that the1e is GER
tainly something that is mysterious in the
Typography Of the planet as viewed from
the earth.
"Somc of its markings" he adds,
'arc ohangcablc, and appear as clouds,
while others seem stable and are indica-
tive of solidity. AS, however, Mars
rotatcs upon his axis so slowly no belts
like those cnvironing Jupiter and Sa-
turn are visible.
"That Mars is inhabited is not an uu-
derstood fact. That it was created to that
end is verify, but whether it is or not
is only question that we can Judge by
understanding its availability for the
giving of life to human beings. No
telescope has yet been discovered that
truly tells that fact"
Professor Sciaparclli is The only astrono-
MGR that has managed to draw chart
OF Mars that rs a planet exists only in
the minds of others not quite SO famous
astronomers.
Aside from the discoveries of the Ital-
ian professor the credit Of finding that
Professor Schiaparelli is correct must be
awarded to the famous Lick Observatory
a. San Francisco. The money to build
this magnificent observatory was fur
nishcd by Mr.. Lick and it has well dem
onstrated his faith thut it was needed
by the fact that it has told the world
that Mars is probably another continent
like ours.-New York Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-09-16
How tho Horse Was Made.

The Arabian legend of the creation
Of the horse is curious. When Allah
willed to create the horse. He said
to the south wind: ST will that a
creature should proceed from thee
condense thyself"- the wind
con1ensc itself. Then came tho
angel Gabriel, and he took handful
of this matter and presented it to
Allah, who formed of it dark bay
or dark chestnut horse (koummite,
red mingled with black). Then he
signed him with the sign of glory
and of good fortune (ghora, a star in
the middle OF the forehead).