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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
A Valuable Dren,u.

Ono night tho past winter mombot
OF n lumber GROW at work in tho woods
north of Fort Kont, dreamed that ho
was using saw tho tooth OF which
were Of n peculiar shnpe. Tho dream
mado suoh NH impression on him that
"a soon IA possible he procured saw
and had tho teeth ont like those seen
III his dream. 10 the great surprise of
tho dreamer, ms woll us those who hayo
since seen it in operation, tho saw is
of great practical value, md it is as-
sorted TINT in tho samo length of time
ono mnn oan saw moro wood with it
thnn can three men using ordinary
saws. One of Fort Kent's wealthy cit
icons has Interested himself IN this
now invention, aud is said to DO pro-
curing pntont for the inventor and
himself, with tho expectation of plac-
ing the. saws on the market as soon rs
possible. --Aroostook (Me.) Ropubli-
can.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
oxFoRDsHIREs.

This is n comparatively now variety.
1t originated about 1880 by crossing
tho Cotswold with tho Hampshire,
but not until 1862 did tho brood 40
cure recognition in the prize lists of
tho leading shows. Tho Oxford ia
intermediate ms to length of wool be-
tween the Southdown and tho long
woods. The aim OF tho originators of
tho breed WAS to obtnin an animal that
possessed tho weight of tho long-wool
sheep with tho quality and character
istios of tho Downs, and tho best types
OF the breed show how admirably they
have succeeded in producing. breed
which can hardly be surpassed in tho
production of both mutton and wool.
The Oxford Down is q wcll-mnde.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
HINTS ABOUT CORN.

In planting corn the ground should
be thoroughly cultivated until finely
pulverized and then rolled until
smooth and level. After this comes
tho planting, which should DO followed
by running light rollor onco over
tho ground. This last is q great MD
in conserving tho moisture.
While corn may DO grown continu-
ously on tho Same field with fair re-
suits, yot it is not good practice.
There should DO rotation. Tho most
common is tho five years' rotation, in
which corn is grown for two years,
some small grain for tho third yonr,
followed by two years in grass or
clover before returning to tho corn.
BY very oarly planting, If good
stnnd is secured and tho corn kept
equally FREQ from woods, M largo
yields may DO obtained rs from Inter
planting. Tho question enoh ono must
determine is whether tho risk and tho
extra labor will justify carly planting.
As n rulo it docs not. But much do
ponds upon tho lay OF tho land and
tho nature Of tho soil. southern
slope warns up tho most readily, and
it is on such TINT tho curliost planting
should DO made. A well-drainod, dark
soil will warm mp and DO fit for plant
ing long before wet, light or porous
sell.
AS regards tho thickness of planting,
experiments show TINT thoro il less
danger of getting too many plants
than of getting too fow. Whether tho
corn is planted i'll hills or drills makes
little differences, MS fur rs yields aro
concerned, but it is generally bost to
plant in hills, us it is cnsicr to Guilt
vato the corn exclusively with tho
pillow when it il planted in checks
than when in drills.
There is no advantage in cultivniing
corn moro frequently than III ncccs,
snry to destroy weeds and keep tho
ground tolerably porous. Shallow
cultivation is to DO preferred to dcop.
Experiments regarding tho bost mt
nuro for corn go to show TINT much
depends upon tho different natures of
soils. OF tho three elements requisite
nitrogen, potash and phosphate, the
Inst is most generally lacking in soils,
and tho best results aro usually oh.
TUNED from its application. Practice
varies in tho methods of distributing
tho manure, and it would soom ns 4
there woro not much difference in the
results. -Now York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
RIGHT TIME TO FELL TREES.

When to hew timber that tho best
results can be secured has been n vex-
ing question to lumbermen. "For
strength, beauty, and durability, l
have found August, September md
October tho best, and February, March
and April tho worst months to cut
wood. a red maple cut in September
Will keep in n round log perfectly
white and sound until tho next August,
while ono cut in March will begin to
blacken and decay by tho middle or
last of June. This is not copied from
any scientific work, but is what l have
found to BIO a fact by many practical
tests. Good birch out in September
will keep in good condition until
tho next September, il left in the
woods cut in four foot lengths, whilo
If cut in March and left in the same
way it will bo nearly worthless by
August lat least such ia tho result on
my land. White pine, like rod maple,
keeps much longer il cut in Soptom.
Der than il cut in March, aud is not
injured by tho worms SO much. I
havo found that wood dried slowly in
low, cool place is better thnn dried
quickly in the hot sun, evon though
cut in summer. May this not, in a
measure, account for wood being bet.
ter in autumn, it having cold winter
to dry in2"-Now York Dispatch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
with Novel Emects.

On Sunday morning not so very
long ago, the congregation OF Il Lon
don church were surprised ut certain
queer strange music coming from tho
organ, The orGanlst felt annoyed as
well as astonishcd, for the effects were
such rs he had not intended. After
service. he obtained II scrcwdrivcr ana
took out ono of the sides OF the organ.
Then cries of "Aicw! meww seemed TO
proceed from the inside OF tho lnstru-
ment, and further search led to tho
discovery OF II black and white cnt
crouching ut the foot of ono of the large
pipes. AS soon as she was set free tho
eat rushed from the church. aud liur-
mony and peace were restored ut the
next musical service.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
No Moro sla,h,ne.

1t is a noteworthy fact that the ran-
Idly increasing number of new books.
not Of poetry only, at the present hour
Is accompanied by diminution. NOT
IN increase, Of critical severity. One
would have supposed that at such n
pertod-when, to adapt the proyerb
of the wood and the trees, one can
hardly see literature for the books
the critical standard would rise; that
the critic would show himself more
not less, exacting, and would be moro
careful, In the interest Of the render
to emphasize the distinction between
the excellent and the mediocre.
Yet no one can read much of tho
current periodical criticism without
noting that 1t is rather the opposite
that is happening. While 1t is an oh.
vious and undeniable fact TINT the
manufacture of books, US distinguish.
ed from authorship. exists on nm
enormous scale, yet apparently the
average critic becomes more easy to
please, not less, than of old; us IL no
cried In sheer despair to the makers
OF books: "Well, If you can't rise to
my standard 1 must come down to
yours" and hardly six months Dass
without some prose romance appear
ing, by some fresh writer, and being
received with such chorus of vel
come and such hecatombs of praise as
Ito borrow Macaulay's phrase) would
require some modification IL applied
to the masterpieces Of Walter Scott
to "Old Mortality" or "The Henri of
Midlothian"
Now, as have said, no one wishes
for return of the criticism called
slashing, but what do think the in
telligeht reader often signs for Is some
criticism that may be called dlscrim-
mating, and If the value of such in
literature of whatever kind is great
1t is surely greatest where the liter
ature In question is poetry, In which
Horace has told us-and the cultivated
sense of mankind has ratified his
words-"mediocrlty Is not admissible"
-Macmillan's Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
A "Reminiscences of GuIloau.

"Como hero momeat, and look at
that man" said Charlie Gordon to u
Post reporter of tho Arlington. He
pointed to q blond whiskered foreign
er who sat in half-meditative, half
somnolent attitude, his head bent
downward. in chair in the public
writing.room and facing towards the
bar. "That fellow" continued Cor
don, reminded me 80 strongly of
Guiteau that I nearly tainted when
first caught glimpse CT him. 1
thought it must be Guiteau's ghost,
and it made a cold chill run down my
back. To mako the resemblance more
startling. he is sitting exactly in the
place where the assassin used to sit.
night after night. looking in the same
direction, and with the same brooding
expression on his face. "-Washinzton
Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
FARM AND aAnpEN NOTES.


Cut up your old turnips, cabbage,
otc., for tho hens.
Don't blame tho horao for bnlkinp
if his collar docs not fit or il ho il
overloaded.
The hen That liz weary with chasing
grasshoppers tho Give long summer
day" will enjoy n handful of corn for
her evening meal.
Push tho pigs and market thom
when six to eight months old. IF OF
good stock and properly handled they
should exceed 200 pounds Mt that age.
Tho farmer who plants several crops
this year, not too much of any ono
thing, manuros and cultvatcs thor
oughly, will be independent next full.
Solitary confinement in dark sta.
BILE has tendency to mako horse
vicious. 1t affects tho brain, IN it does
the brain of human being in such
confinement.
The late Hiram Smith declared that
ho believed he could reach tho point
where ho could keep n COW on every
acre of tillnble land. IIo succeeded
in keeping half that number.
Orchards md tho dairy go woll to-
gether. Cows like apples, and fed
judiciously they mako desirable
change; and there is always enough to
fall to the ground to furnish the sup
ply.
New England farmers have declared
that by tho administration of tubcrcu-
lin their COWS have been ruined. They
shy that tho compulsory lso of tho
remedy in Massachusetts is an out
rageous injustice.
Rotation in crops must be, but it is
not oil. Every crop takes out OF tho
land certain properties, lenving tho
farm and tho farmer just that much
poorer. These must be supplied; there
can DO no other way.
A silo twenty-five feet deep and
twelve feet square should feed herd
of ten COWS for six months. The corn
should not be cut 30 green that it will
lose much of its feeding value. nor so
late that its suoculenco will have
turned into dry fiber.
What is the sense of putting tho
profitless field again to tho plow? We
sec fields every day which could be
turn cd into meadows or pastures with
great promise, which now returns moth
ing but loss. Give them to the stock /;
to rest and recuperation.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
sNA1Ls IN THE GARDEN.

For some years snails or slugs have
given mo considerable trouble. Tho
foliage of early peas and other plants
was found badly eaton in tho morn
ing, always from the ground up. At
first l could not imagine what animals
had done this damage. Whom dis
covered that Blugs were tho culprits 1
soon found means to got rid of them.
Salt is the sovereign remedy for them,
but limo is just rs effective, and 80 is
wood ashos and kainit and muriate of
potash. l would fill up my knapsaok
sprayer with salt water or with lime
water, and thon go to tho patch whore
1 knew these slugs to DO ut work, usu-
ally Mt or after dusk, and give the
plants good spraying. That treat
ment will kill every slug touched by
the spray. In the morning only grease
spots arc left of Thorn. boston Guilt
vator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
THE OHIO WAY OF RAISING LIMA BEANS.

This delicious and wholesome bean
is one of the pleasures and profits of
the garden. Any good garden soil
will grow thom, and the varieties are
multiplying. When select my seed
for the next season / always do it when
picking the green crop. Whenever
find nm early, we'll formed and we'll
fillea pod mark it by tying string
loosely around its stem and let it hang
for ripeniDg.
always plant in rows three feet
apart, and for my family of seven /
plant two rows twenty feet long or
four rows ten feet long. This gives
us an abundance OF green picking and
quite number of messes of tho dry
beans. / mako the ground nice, fine
and smooth. Then I draw limo and
stick tho bean edgewise ego down,
four inches apart in the row, with my
thumb and forefnger, and then silt
along the row some finely pulverized
stable manure. Whom tho beans are
up sufficiently high I cultivate care
fully until they start their runners,
then | go to the lumber yard and get
three light posts 2x2 and two strips of
inch plank two inches wide. If my
rows are twenty feet long, put one
post equidistant between The rows at
each end, and one in. the middle.
Then ] put the strips of board edge
wise on these posts as high up on them
as can conveniently reach. These
strips form ridge pole above, and
between the rows. I then split some
short stakes about fifteen inches long
out of a piece of board or straight split.
ting stove wood, and drive them di-
rectly in the rows of beans in slant,
ing position about three feet apart in
the rows. Then using ordinary wool
twine, run string along these
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

Every household" says woman,
SHOULD own flag, Just MS much M 1t
should have bed lmen," II sentiment
thnt Will find few dlssentcrs. Tho flng
Should not only be owned. but put out
on every occasion on which there IL
the least excuse. Patriotism is Unborn,
to bc sure. but lots of Unborn sentl-
mcnts need development and fostering,
Love of country Is ono of the things
Tint we cannot bring out too early or
have too strongly demonstrated.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
Curious History OF tho Tomato.

The tomato has n curious history.
After tho revolution of ST. Domingo
many French families came from thoro
to Philadelphia, whore they intro.
duced their fayorite "pomme d'amour"
or Glove apples" Although intro
duced from South America rs early as
1896 into England, it was looked upon
with suspicion, and its specific name,
lycopersicum, derived from lykos
(wolD and persikon IA peach. refer
ring to the beautiful but deceptive mp
pearance of its fruit, intimates pretty
closely tho kind of estimation in which
1t was held, 1t is now, however, all
but universally used, even in England.
ATLANTA Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
Not tho Same Gcneals, Z

A German Hebrew professor Ind five
daughters, whom the students called
Genesis, Exodus, Lcvitlcus, Numbers
md deuteronomy. One day tho profes-
sor began his lecture by saying
"Gcntcmcn, l wish to speak ito you
to-day about tho age or. Goness,"
which remark was greeted with n
burst of feet scutling and general
smile on the pnrtof the class.
Tho professor thinking that his sub.
ject was belngsappreclnted, continued,
with n sull:tlrnler note In his voice
"Genesis lenot so old rs some of you
suppose" VOC
This wassgrcctcd With such burst
Of mcrrlmont that tho professor had
plenty ofitimc, before II Qulctcd down,
to think what should bc his next re.
mark. AiidNhis, after all, was not SO
wide of thegmhttcr.
81 may notsDc thinking of tho Same
Gcncsla thatyou are" ~
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
Boots From Human skin

In 1876 the firm of Hahrcaholtz
Brothers, boot and shoe manufac.
turers, New York City, made pair
of boots from human skin, which they
sent to the Centennial Exposition ut
Philadelphia. They were mover put
on exhibition, which shows that there
was some humanity left in the EXPOSE
tion officials if not in the maker of the
CHASTITY footwear. They were after
ward sent to the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, but were not allowed shelf
room. ---St. Louis Republic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
Summon Activities.

III ono wcro to nttcmpi TO cnumorato and
classify tho sports OF summer, ho would huvo
large job on hand, but ut II glnnco we know
that thousands nro engaged In these pnsl lines
oil 'nnh mud wntor. Tho uso OF physical nnd
muscular cxcitlon IL immense, and ns n ro-
suit Tho rough uBngc brings about spriina,
hurts, bruises, wounds aud cuts, for which
tho greatest and surcst euro IN Vt. ,Jnrobs
Oh. All sporisIncn know und acknowledge
this, ~ also raisors aud trainers OF line
horses, aud breeders Of ilno cnttlc. IL ~ tho
spoT:slnrn's boat reliance und Is kept on
hand accordingly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

round-bodied, short-l legged sheep, in
size about equal to tho Hampshire.
The fleece is thick, but not too curly.
It's weight is estimated at about seven
pounds per sheep. They have tho
dark faces of the Southdown and in
appearance closely resemble tho Shrop-
shire, being, however, larger. They
arc very hardy, bear confinement well,
fntten easily and prodnco excellent
mutton. The Oxford Downs may be
used with great success in improving
the native stock of the country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
WHEN THE GOOD TIMES COME

Tho world will all be brighter
When tho good times come.
And tue hearts will all be lighte
When the good times comes!
The birds will all be singing
Tho sweetest roses springing;
Tho bells will all BIO ringing
When thegood times come!
In love and peace we'll minglo
When the good times come;
You'll hear tho silver jingle
Whom tho good times come.
And sorrow'll sock us never,
And friends no moro shall sever;
But Won sing and shout forever
When the good times comet
Atlanta Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
GREEN roo6 FOR FOWLS.

There is. nothing that your fowls
will be moro grateful for ut this time
OF the year. and nothing is oftener
neglected, than the supply of green
vegetable matter which you can SO
easily supply from your table waste.
Bits OF carrots, parsnips, satisfy or
turnips, apple and potato parings,
cabbage leaves and such refuse, will
be greedily eaten by tho fowls and
will have most beneficial effect. -
American Agrioulturist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

TnELLIs FOR LIMA DEANS.

and trouble is small, and tho string
and poles can DO used for several sea.
sons. Besides, when little caro- III
taken to do the work neatly, tho
growing beans are an ornament in tho
garden. / raisu all pole beans tho
Same way.-Ameriosn Agriculturist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

stakes, looping it on thcm SO as to
Keep It from slipping; and from tho
string pass strings over the ridge
board to each bean hill, and tho work
is done; Only then carefully loosen
up the soil, pull tho earth from tho
centre we'll up to tho rows, and thon
lot them run along tho strings till thew
reacl, tho top, which is tho signal for
pinching tho runners off. Tho cost
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

Working people ncrl clear heads, sound
sleep and y0u,l digestion; Tor ir sickness comes
what thcnl IL is cheaper 10 keep well. That
queer leciin;" springs from indigestion.
First you "puOh. puOnl Then You grow
alarmed and send Tor the doctor. No need OF
thnt a bOx Of l;lpans Tnbucs will set yOu
riHht anu Keep you right; ~ you can cat, sleep
ana work. Ask the druggist Tor Them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
Tho Banjo.

photographers have agreed that
"banjo" is corruption of the Spanish
'bandore," which has words Of SINH
lar sound, spelling and significance in
many tongues. 1t is quite likely that
the Arabs, in their conquest or by
trade, may have introduced the guitar
and banjo into Western Africa, whence
1t was brought to this country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
ONEo NJNNOY@

Both tho method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
md refreshing to tho tasto, and nets
gently yet promptly OH tho Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, clennscs tho sya-
tenn clloctunlly, dispcis colds, head
achcs and fevera and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy Of its kind over pro-
duccd, pleasing to tho tasto and ac-
ccptnblo to tho stomach, prompt in
ito notion and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from tho most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
TO all and havo mado it tho most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for salo in 30
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for amy one who
wishes to try IL. DO not accept any
substitute.
CAl.fF0RRlA FiG syrup co.
san FRhHCiSCO. en-.
LOUISVILLE, ~. rev yORK. M
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

a., !; G., Simpson, Marques. w. Va Gays:
cnsc of cntnrrh."i Dru.glsts soil II. zoe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

MrS. Winslown Soothing Syrup for children
uclhl,S, hoitcha the gums. reduces inflnmn
iiCh aiinyb pain, curcH wind collie. - e. n bot ln
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

American yosscla havo nmoat cxtcr-
minated tho wnlrus nnd whale In many
Northern waters.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

Clue mndo ont OF reindeer horns Ia con.
sidorod tho best In cxistcncc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

v So few women know how to use dry
goods after they get them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

Tho akin ofn California Condor WINS sold IN
London somo timu rinco for S225.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
THE BLESSED BURGLARS,

Z first burglary"
remarked Uncle
Bobs suddenly,
as Dicky and he
sat on the piazza
together, F" was
committed when
l vas a boy of
twelve.
"What You
committed o bur-
G | u T y you .
Uncle Bobs 2"
cried Diokey, in
dismay. ooh
ing to do"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21
Hoods
SarsapariIIa
Makes
Pug Blood

sale to be without it; it gives me instnnt re-
lief. am now so years old but foel much
younger sincetaking Hoods Sarsnpariila. 1
gladly recommend 1t and do all eau for
Hoods Sarsapariln in return for tho benefit
have received" MEs. A. LYNCH, Pettin-
CELLS Corner, Maine. Remember
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-21

Cut up your old turnips, cabbage,
to-, for tho hens.
Don't blame tho horao for balkinp
his collar docs not fit or il no il
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-17
No Trouble About the Issue.

Some anxiety is manifested about the
issue that will lead in the national can
vass of 1896. This uneasiness is con-
fined chiefly to the mugwump and the
democrat. With the former, SO far as
the republicans are concerned, it is of no
earthly account what the issue shall be.
A political Ishmaelite, his hand is more
swiftly and surely raised against the
best republican than the wickedest
democrat. No republican policy, no
measure of republican craftsmanship,
no republican leader, can find favor with
the prophets of mugwumpery. The
democrat exhibits solicitude that
betrays foreboding that the one issue
upon which he is tenderest will be
forced upon him by his political enc
mics. He shows the trepidation of the
child that has strained the limits of pa
rental forbearance. He knows that he
is foredoomed to punishment, but is
chiefly anxious as to the instrument of
chastisement. He wants to know
whether the hand or the more aggres-
sive slipper is to be used, and he is
naturally inclined to forestall the choice
of the cushioned palm. The one trans
cendent issue in 1896 will be the disci.
plining of the democracy, and the slip.
per, soled with the tariff, will be the
instrument.
The Administrations zeal for "sound
money" is ruse. It's real purpose il
to make the currency, instead of the
tariff, the issue. Mr.. Cleveland does
not explain what he means by sound