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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
Turkey Raising in California.

Turkey raising in Fresno County, Cali.
tornia, is Sne OF the most remunerative
industries of the farm, says a CORE
spondent. We have not mare, COW nor
eve that will bring in as much money
from their increase at ten months old as
one turkey hen which we have will
bring. This turkey her is one fourth
Bronze, is one year and ten months old,
and weighed fifteen pounds last March,
when she was year old, and had laid
thirty eggs by the last of that month.
We set her on. twenty eggs on the first
of April, and in just twenty-eight days
she Matched eighteen chicks. At this
writing, the last day of November, this
little flock is seven months old and con-
sists of fifteen gobblers and three hens.
The gobblers average sixteen pounds
each and the hens twelve pounds each,
aggres eating 276 pounds. At New Year
they will pull the scales down about
sixty pounds more, aud we will get about
$50 for this lot. These birds hnve not
cost us six cents, as our land is yet
covered with wheat. and the alfalfa is
green and thick, and is the natural para.
disc for the turkey. In conclusion, we
have a superb county and a sublime
climate, and when everybody gets into
office and is dealing in futures we can
hope to raise the mortgage by raising
turkeys, which we cannot do with wheat.
New York Voice.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
The Origin Of a Famous Motto.

The following account of the origin of
we'll known motto for timepiece,
whether true or falsc, is worth record.
ing. Some years ago new clock was
made to be placed in the Temple Hall;
when finished, the clockmaker was de-
sired to wait on the P,nchers of the
Temple, who would think of n suitable
motto to be put under the clock. He
applied several times, but without get
ting the desired information, as they had
not determined on the inscription. Con-
tinuing to importune them, he at last
came when the old Benchers were met in
the Ten pie Hall, and had just sat down
to dinner.
The workman again requested to be
informed of the motto; one of the
Benchers, who thought the application
ill-timed, and who was fonder of eating
and drinking than inventing original
notices, testify replied: $50 about your
business" The mechanic, taking this
for an answer to his question, went
home and inserted at the bottom of the
clock: $50 about your business" and
placed it on the Temple Hall, to the
great surprise of the Benchers, who.
upon considering the circumstance,
agreed that accident had produced a
better motto than they could think of,
and ever since the Temple clock has
continued to remind the lawyers and the
public to go about their business
Million
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
Star Stones.

The asterias or star stones are among
the most wonderful productions of the
mineral kingdom. They are corundu,ns;
the star sapphire being gray:sl blue; the
star ruby bright red; the star topaz. O..
straw yellow. The star appearance in
the stone is caused, according to some
mineralogists, by foreign substance in
the gem; others say it is due to peculiari.
ties OF crystalization. Whatever it NAV
be, advantage is taken of it by the lapi-
darles who cut the stone cabocaou, or in
the shape of a dome, beginning at the
centre OF the star and making the points.
radiate to the circumference The stone
has six points, and as the light plays on
the surface of the stone the bright lines
OF the star change with the position of
the gem and produce singularly beau.
tiful effect. These stones arc very vail.
able, the best specimens being, it is said.
worth as much as diamonds of the same
weight. Burton, the great oriental
traveller, had Star sapphire which he
always carried on his person, and in the
heart OF Africa, the sight of this wonder
ful gem always inspired respect that
was akin to reverence. The wild Arabs
Africans would gaze at the stone and
then at the possessor and, concluding
that he had talisman OF unexampled
power, would render him all possible as.
sistance for fear of mourning his ven.
geance.-New York Dispatch
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19

The latest thing opened is hospital
for dogs in connection with the Univers.
ity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, the
only institution of this kind in the coun-
try. There are similar institutions il
Berlin, Paris and London, but none Of
these is said to be as finely appointed OF
as large as the university building. The
building stands in the grounds of tn,
veterinary department, is sixty five by
fifty feet in extent, two stories high 10
addition to the basement, and very solid.
ly built of Roman hydraulic press fac,
brick, with Lake Superior red stone
trimmings. 1t has all the rooms of az
ordinary hospital for clinics and operat-
ing, baths, medication and cooking.
The dogs will be in Separate cages Oh
wheels, and fifty Ut sixty can be kept
under treatment at one time. It is OK
pected that students will learn great
deal in comparative anatomy by this sort
Of thing; and not few wealthy people
are willing to pay we'll for having thei,
favorite dogs scientifically treated.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
Prevalence OF Color Blindness.

1t is impossible to obtain the exact
knowledge regarding the prevalence of
color blindness. But the figures gath
cred by the investigation of the British
Royal Society seem to show that there ex-.
lists among mankind pretty uniform
rate OF color blindness. Out of so 600
men examined by three authorities of the
highest eminence nearly four per cent.
were found to be affected Investira.
lions among sailors in the navy and
merchant marine, in many educational
establishments, such as Eaton and
Westminster, and in regiments such as
the Coldstrcam Guards, showed that the.
same, if not somewhat higher, per.
centage of disease prevailed. Two reg
iments of Japanese infantry belonging
TO the Toxic garrison were examined.
with the result that sixty-eieht out Of
!ZOo men were found to have weak or
incomplete vision. If these figures are
correct there seems no reason to doubt
that the same proportion of color blind
ness exists among sailors and employees.
OF railroads, in whom the disease is. of
course, in the highest degree dangerous.
both to themselves and the lives Of those,
who are in their charge. York
Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19

An interesting case was recently tried
in England which illustrates an import
ant difference between English law and
that of this country, though the common
law OF England forms the basis of all our
State codes except that OF Louisiana. A
MIR. Cobb was travelling on the Great
Western line. When the train stopped
at Wellington number of roughs got
into his compartment, hustled him and
robbed him of all his money. He got
out and notified the station MASTER; but
the latter refused to interfere OF to dc.
tain the train until the thieves could be
arrested. Mr.. Cobb sued the road, but
both the Divisional Court and the Court
of Appeals decided that, though the
facts might be as Mr.. Cobb had stated
them, he had no case. Such decision
in this country would, in the opinion OF
the New York World, cause something
of riot.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
WATER FIRST.

We wonder how many farmers ever
think of watering their horses before
feeding them in the morning, or how
much they lose by not doing it. The
horse comes from work ut night, gets a
drink, then is fed mostly dry grain
eats hay part of the night, and in the
morning another dry feed, and by this
time is very dry himself, so when he
reaches the water he fills his stomach so
full that indigested food is forced out of
his stomach and is damage rather than
benefit TO the horse. Now, friends,
Try watering your horse before feeding in
the morning, thus shaking his thirst and
at the same time washing the stomach
ready to receive his morning feed, when,
being properly moistcned with saliva, it
Will remain until thoroughly dIgested.
Your horse can do more work on less
feed and will live. healthy much longer,
besides humanity demands this thought.
full care.-The Horseman.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
GAME FAR NORTH.
HUNTING THE BUFFALO, MUSK
OK AND CARIBOU.
Indians on the Upper Mackenzie
Slaughter Them by the Thou.
sand-Vast Herds I'm Far
Away Region.

TN a valuable report on the Mackenzie
River country William Ogilvie, q
Government explorer, devotes a
chapter to the fur bearing animals
of this far away district.
''As regards the musk OK" says Mr..
Ogilvie, "this animal inhabits a much
more inaccessible country than the wood
buffalo. This animal roams over what.
is commonly known as the ''barren
lands" that is, the treeless plains lying
east of the fringe of woods along the
Mackenzie River.
az was informed, but cannot give it.
as authentic, that they have lately been
found much further south, east of Lake
Athabssca. They are frequently found
within forty or fifty miles of the Mac
kenzie River, down to the Arctic Ocean.
A white man has entered their grounds
twice recently. His object, 1 under
stood, was simply to see the region they
inhabit and secure few heads as trophies.
"He was accompanied by Mr.. McKin--
lay and q large number of Indians. They
proved nuisance and had to be pro-
vided with food. On this trip upward
of sixty musk OK and eighty or ninety
caribou were slaughtered, and only few
musk OK heads were brought out, most
of the remainder being wasted"
A close season for fur bearing animals,
especially the musk OK and wood buf-
falo, Is recommended, together with an
ordinance limiting the number of skins.
20 be taken.
''Mr. McKinlay," continues the re-.
port, "thought the close season for them
should be about the same Us for moose.
He informed me that the Indian method
OF hunting them was to drive them to
some natural barrier and then slaughter
them. He said while they were driving
them they kept up continual talk to-
them, being firmly persuaded that the
animals understood what they were
saying.
"The musk OK gives birth to its young
generally in April. The Indians told
Mr.. McKinlay that the COWS generally
bury the Young In the snow as soon as
they are born, selecting some sheltered
spot exposed to the rays of the sun for
this purpose. 1 have also heard that
they only do this when menaced with
danger. About three days after the
birth they are able to run with the dam.
"Numberless bands of caribou make
the barren lands their hcme iu the sum
mer months, travelling north to the
Arctic coast in the spring and returning
south to the wooded country In the fall.
On their migratory journeys they run in
vast herds and the Indians kill large
numbers of them, often through sheer
love of slaughter.
"The Indians visit streams and lakes
where the animals cross and spear them
IN the water, often killing several hun
dred. Mr.. McKinlay told me that for
days they were never out of sight of
caribou. The average weight of meat
yielded by female caribou is sixty to
eighty pounds, and the male about I5U,
sometimes 300"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
NUT TREES FOR LIVE POSTS.

The recommendation OF sugar naples
LOT planting along permanent lines OF
fence as perpetual support for strands oil
WIRE, hardly fits in with the decorative
idea. After many years they may yield
syrup, and even sugar, to industrious and
skillful hands, but sweets reach us from
so may sources now as to promise to be-
come one of our cheapest supplies.
Moreover, maple roots run shallow and
far and rob the soil; aud the wood is
rarely of much value. If live posts are
desired, nut trees, which all make deep
roots, or locust, which is valuable wood
and which in its growth favors rather
than injuries grass, are recommendablo.
All look well, both in summer leaf
dress and in winter outline.-New York
Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19

sent him nearly eight hundred pounds
worth of forged notes, and that no had
narrowly escaped arrest himself on seok-
ing to get change for one at Warwick,
but fortunately the inquiries from Edin-
burgh had helped to explain matters.
He further told me that two men had
been apprehended in Falkirk, one OF
whom had sought to pass one OF the
genuine notes Of which 1 had been
swindled. and payment of which had
been stopped by young Macgregor. a
solicitor was engaged to appear for me
and was allowed out on bail, the two
hlacgregors, who were well known, be-
coming responsible for my appearance.
Two days after again appeared in
the dock, and to my great satisfaction
there stood IN it also the old gentleman
whose acquaintance had made at Lin
lithgow, and the horsey man had seen
in Mlcg:egor's shop. My venerable old
friend had dispensed with his beard and
wig. They had served their turn.
l was discharged from custody, and
called upon to give evidence. The whole
OF the notes had been recovered, a fact
which caused me no little qualification.
l had been the victim of gang who had
come to the Tryst to get their notes
placed; aud the conversation overheard
in Macgregor's chop by the old mans
companion, and, no doubt, the sight OF
what took place. in the back room, had
suggested thoir scheme, which my de-
parture for Linlithgow had admirably
furthered.
Along with other two they were SEN
fenced to fourteen years penal servitude
each. Since then do not allow senti-
ment to come in the way of business.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
A Curious Phenomenon.

A curious phenomenon has been OBJ.
served by NJ. Folie, member of tho
Academy Of Brussels, Belgium, who has
recently given an account of 1t. About
eight o'clock one morning last August
he and his son, while travelling near
Zermatt, Switzerland, saw q stretch Of
frs ON the TANKS of a mountain, all
glistening like snow, while the birds and
insects flying among thcm had the same
appearance. 1t was as though the entire
forest had changed into frosted silver.
According to NJ. Folie the effect was due
to sunlight reflected from glaciers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
A Reptile for a Necklace.

A sorrowful story came down from the
Colville reservation recently. An Indian
woman named Ki-Yu tied her papoose.
strapped to board, as usual, to tho
stump of tree and went off PICKING
berries. She heard her baby crying, but
thinking nothing of the matter paid mo-
attention to the little ones wailinr. A
half-hour afterward she went bacl, TO.
the stump where the poor, innocent babe
was tied up. To her horror she found n
large rattlesnake coiled about the child,a
neck. She dispatched the reptile with
stick, only to find that the baby was
dead, having been bitten several Smes
by the reptile. 80
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19

Among the many progressive measures
inaugurated in England by Gladstone's
administration is scheme for teaching
the elements of politics in all scholastic
institutions controlled or supervised by
the Government. Hitherto this branch
OF education, to which SO much attention
is paid in this country, as we'll as in
Switzerland and France, has been en-.
tircly neglected in the primary schools OF
Great Britain.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
Says the New York Tribune:

Says the New York Tribune: "The
number of American shrines is increas-
ing. Not long ago public-spirited
citizen of Eaverhill, Mass, purchased
John G. Whittier's birthplace, and
turned it over to, board of trustees
representing that city, who are to main.
tain it in its present condition pcrpetu.
ally. A movement is now in progress 10
and about Boston to raise the sum oil
money necessary to purchase Elmwood,
the Cambridge home of James Russell
Lowell, in order TO preserve it as 3
permanent memorial of its late owner.
The house now stands substantially as
Mr. Lowell left it, and this movement
bids fair to meet with good success.
The Legislature of New Hampshire has
under consideration proposition to ap-
propriate $4,000 for the purchase of the
birthplace of Daniel Webster, in Frank
lin. 1t is owned by the heirs of Judge
Nesmith, an intimate friend of Webster,
and. although it was Judge Nesmith's
desire that it should be retained forever
in its original condition, it is stated that
it will soon be put in the market. The
house in which Webster was born now
forms part of the homestead on the old
Webster farm of $50 acres. All these
movements are in the right direction,
and are sure of popular approval"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
COOLING A DAIRY.

1t is quite possible to cool dairy by
means of metal box containing the ice
suspended in the milkroom. A greater
elect would be produced by adding salt
to the ice after breaking 1t, for by this
method us much as thirty degrees lower
temperature may be produced in the
cooler. Cheap salt for this purpose may
be procured for six dollars ton, and
the salt water may be thrown on the ma
nure or compost heap, and its cost
saved in that way. The cooler should
be kept as high In the room as possible.
The plan proposed is in effect precisely
the same as that by which common re-
frlgerators are cooled.-New York
Times
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
ought to be able to carry great amount

ought to be able to carry a great amount,
Of snow without breaking. OF course
there are few exceptions everywhere,
especially these trees trained to standards
on account of growing along roads OF
for any other reason. They will require
the attaining of greater age before they
will be able to stand Us much as their
neighbors close by which are braucbed
close to the ground and sturdy all the
way up. The first you ought to do is to
knock all the snow off them to prevent
breaking off the limbs. Be careful the
way you do it. Do not take stick OF
your foot to shake the snow load off;
you are apt to bruise the tree and cause
barking aud sores. You are sure to have
an old broom around the house. Take
it and go along the rows and you may
knock the trees any way without fear of
injuriug the bark.
If the snow keeps on falling and you
have some trees with limbs too long to
carry any heavy load and the limbs neces.
sary to form your tree, take string out
of your pocket, which you as rancher or
fruit raiser are very apt to carry always
"ASAA Jod1 uuo IuO Ill JUG way VI
other to secure hold for them on the
main stem or stick supporting the tree.
Is the tree split and that in place
where every limb is needed, splint the
place as you would broken arm, aud
secure the standing branches. You must
remember that the circulate on of the sap
Is seriously interrupted. How can the
smaller amount of bark nourish the same
system of limbs. Cut out more OF less
of the branches of the upper part and
thus balance the supply aud want OF
food. If the cold keeps on you will have
to protect the sore place even further,
especially if the frost is severe. Take
tree wax, OF any felt material, axle
grease or the like, and by wiping it over
the injured place you keep the cold and
wet out. Don't think that you are doing
any unnecessary work. Any tree will
do better for being treated thus and the
healing process will go on ever so much
casier.-The Homestead.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19

OF the nearly 1000 homicides reported
in 1892, 246 were committed by mobs,
this being an increase of forty-one over
the number reported for the previous
year. This represents an increase of
about fourteen per cent. in a single year.
Of the persons SO murdered 231 were
men and five were women; eighty were
white and 155 were colored, while onlv
one Indian was reported.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
THE HELP THAT comEsroo LArr

IT'S wearisome world, this world of ours,
With Its tangles small and great.
Its weeds that smother tho springing flowers,
And its hapless strlres with fate,
But the darkest day Of its desolate days
Sees the help that comes too late.
Ahf WOO for the word that Is never said
Till the ear is deaf to hear,
And woe for the lack to the fainting head
or the ringing shout OF cheer;
Ah! woe for the laggard feet that tread
In the mournful wake Of the bier.
What booteth help when the heart is numb9
What booteth a broken spar
or love thrown out when the lips are dumb,
And life's barque driftoth far,
OIL far and fast from the alien past,
Over ths moaning bar?
A pitiful thing the gift to-day
That is dross and nothing worth,
Though IL it had come but yesterday
1t had brimmed with sweet tho earth.
A fading rose in death-cold hand,
That perished in want and dearth.
Who fain would help in this world of ours,
Where sorrowful stops must fall,
Bring help in time to the waning powers
Ere the bier is spread with the pall
Nor send reserves whom the flags are furled,
And the dead beyond your coll.
For battling most in this drcary world,
With its tangles small and great.
Its lonesome nights and its weary days,
And its struggles forIorn with fate,
Is the bitterest grief. too deep for tears.
OF the hep that comes too late.
Margaret e. Sangster, in Harper's Bazaar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19

Rubinstein, the pianist, it is declared,
would become an American citizen il it
were not for the objections Of his wife.
He is quoted as saying: al am q Rus
sian of Russians; but am also Re-
publican, and America is the land fol
those that love liberty"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
MEASURING HAY IN THE STACK.

No ''correct" rule can be given for as.
certaining the exact number of tons of
hay in stack by measurement because
OF the variations of conditions. If the
hay has only recently been placed in the
stack it will be more bulky than when
well settled, and of course measure more
in proportion to its actual weight. There
is also 1 great difference in the weight of
different species of grass, and some be-
come more compact than others when
placed in stack or NOV. Further
more, the hay in the bottom of Il large
stack will weigh at least one third more
per cubic yard than the same kind of hay
at the top. Many rules are given and
used for ascertaining the measurement OF
hay in bulk, but in none can we expect
to arrive ut anything nearer than a rough
approximation OF the true weight. The
following rules are in common use in
regions where scales for weighing are
not readily attainable: Multiply the
length of the stack in wards by the height
in yards and this by the width, and di-
vide the product by fifteen. The quo.
tient will be the number of tons. An
other is to multiply the length, height
and width in feet to determine cubic con.
tents, then divide by SO if the hay is
not well packed, if it is, then divide by
460.-New York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19

Wealthy Chinese merchants are send
ing, their sons to England aud America
to be educated. Last year America had
more Chinese students than England had.
The correct length of time for thor
ough education is considered to be about
i've years. If possible, tho father goes
after his son and brings him home when
his period of education is Completed
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19

The Chicago Herald says that captains
of United States mail carrying steamship
companies are expressing dissatisfaction
as to the new United States mail pen.
nant. They say it's too big.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19

The Atlanta Constitution AYERS that
she dogs of North Carolina tax the
owners and sheep raisers somewhere near
~, 600, 600. annually, or about double
what 10000 people pay for. public
education.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-19
Twenty-one per cent. Of men EN- A
ployed in our merchant service are un-
able to swim.

AChicago judge has decided that de-
spite imposed restrictions and conditions
common carrier is responsible for dam
age to goods sustained In transit.