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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25
SOME OF THE SUaRES

The western farmers have been told that free silver will enable them to hit "the eastern money sharks right where they live. Who are these terri ble animals that the western farmer is encouraged to hit? A Chicago news paper recently published list of one hundred consecutive farm mortgages. taken at random from the books of a firm prominently engaged in the busi- ness of procuring loans for farmers The book numbers of the mortgages ran from 5,130 to 5,230. More than one- third (35) of the lenders and mortgage holders in this list were widows. In a majority of cases they had invested in this way the greater parts of their small capitals, the individual sums so placed by them ranging from $500 to $4,S00. They are relying upon the farm CTS who took their money in one-hun- dred-cent dollars. They have never thought that these farmers would vote
 
 and work for a rational policy which would legalize payment in fifty-three- cent dollars. Among the lenders were nine unmarried women, two farmers wives. four farmers, one blacksmith. one cemetery association and fourteen retired sea captains, country store keepers and small traders. Twelve of the loans had been made out of funds held in trust for the, heirs of small es- tates, the mortgages 50 placed ranging from s1,O0O to s4.5OO Seventy-eigh of the numbers are thus accounted for, and the remaining mortgages are held by persons of small means
 Why should these people be called sharks, and why should they be robbed of any or all of their savings?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

The questions Ii Hung Chang puts to women about their ages are embar- rassing enough, but his curiosity does not end there. Tn addition to ques- tion concerning her age he asked a London woman if she was married and If she had any children. Learning that she had none, he said: ''Our women in China pray for children if they have not any,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

Buffalo is felicitating itself upon the results following change to the con- tract system in the collection of ashes and garbage The contract system had been in use only a month when com parisons were made, and even better results are expected now that the contractors have cleared up the sur plus of ashes and garbage neglected by the city's employees The compari- son is made for. the month of July in 1895 and 1896. In that month in 1895 the city's employees collected Il, ,916 cubic yards of ashes at cost approximately of 54 cents per cubic yard. In July, 1896, the contractors collected 17.S99 cubic yards at a cost per yard of 37 cents. The percentage of increase in the amount of ashes collected was .46
 There was a percentage of increase in the total cost of collection for the month of but .OO9 but an actual de- crease in the cost per yard of collection
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

with edging of lace, and it seems as if August flufliness of many sorts will hold over into winter; certainly it will not give way until late in the autumn. It will be odd if the present trimmings for the daintiest muslin dresses exert a strong influence on the attire that sue ceeds these fllmy creations, but tha muslin dresses are 8 dainty argument
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

Some intelligent Europeans have queer ideas about the functions of the United States government. An anus Ing illustration of this is a letter re- ceiyed at the national department of agriculture from a citizen of an island off the coast of Asia Minor, who de- scribes himself as Greek merchant and sponge fisherman. He claims to have various inventions and devices for the propagation and the fishing of sponges. He wishes to engage in this business on the Atlantic coast of the United States and has therefore applied to Secretary Morton for transportation for himself, fourteen men and his outfit, and also for the privilege of propagat- ing and catching sponges in the waters along our coast for twenty years. He is confident that in that time he can cre- ate very profitable American indus try.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25
FASHION NOTES.

Summer Fiutiiness to Brave Frost,
 Next winters popularity of the sash is foretold in the frequency Of waist bows. lots of these now being of muslin
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

A mathematician has computed the movements of riders feet while work ing a bicycle, and has demonstrated that it requires less exertion to travel fifteen miles on bicycle than to walk three miles.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

bNIIvERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. l6 CENTS A WEEK, b0CENTs A MONTH, S3 FOR SIX MONTHS, $d A YEAR. TRE SAME TERMS BYMAu.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25
HORSES AND DOGS.
Dr. Bland Tells How to Take Care of
 Them in Hot Weather

Dr. ThomasBland, the veterinarian, in talking with a Waterbury Republi- can reporter about the proper treat ment of horses during the hot weather, said: Horses should be given as little work to do as possible, plenty of cold water applied over the head. and an oc-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
The United States spends 10000, ,0oC

annually for chewing gum, and there is no complaint that it does not get its moneys worth. Those who chew gum find much satisfaction in chewing gum.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

THE WEERLY ,JoURNAL, Issued Thursdays, One Dollar Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25
Advartihinw llntcs.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, One Gent a Word each in eertion. Five cents word for full week tseyeu tines.)
 Dieplay Advertisements-Pe inch, one in- sertion, Sl.20; each subsequent insertion 40 cents; one week, S3.20; one month, Sl0; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, l5 cents per line. Notices of births, Marriages, Deaths and FuneraIs, 50 cents each. Local notices, l6 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own iminedito business (all matter to be unob- Jeotio1able), and their contracts do not in- cltide Wants, To Let For Sale, etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or more one month and over, 10 per cent; on four inches or more. one month and over. b per cent REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
 FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, of Ohio.
 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GARRETT A. HOBART, of New Jersey.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

THECARR1NGToN PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

Tie men liable to military service in little Switzerland number 509,C00, &C., cording to recent statistics published by the government at Berne. Of them 233,0OO are incorporated in the active service and 276,000 kept on the rolls, to be called upon only in case of an ex- traordinary emergency. Of course the regular army does not reach so for midable a figure, but this represents the real force that Switzerland could place in the field whenever her inde- pendence or the neutrality of her ter ritory should be nnenaced by any one of the European powers. It is known that the Swiss militia is equal to a regular and standing army.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

Another method of preserving tim Der has recently been tried. It consists in dissolving in naphtha the heavy oils and waxes left after the distillation of petroleum, and forcing the solution in to the seasoned timber in the same manner as in creosoting. The timber is then heated, when the naphtha evap- crates and is recovered in a cooling chamber while the waxes, etc, remain behind in the wood, water -proofing it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25

'Tmn All Alone's," the dismal grave mortalized by Dickens in the Poor Joe episode, is now almost an open space, owing to the extensive denlolitions in the neighborhood. The old, dismal Iassage and steps have gone and the yard is paved and laid out as a poor looking gate with the rust-eaten bars still remains.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06
Burrows vs.. the Constitution.

A good many of our modern states
men often betray sad lack of famili-
arity with the Constitution of the
United States, but more striking ex-
hibition of ignorance has seldom been
manifested than that displayed by
julius Caesar Burrows on Friday last.
Tho Michigan Senator actually intro
duced bill to restore to the dutiable
list the articles that were taxable I'm
der the Mckinley law, but were placed
on the FREQ list by the tariff act OF
1874. This in face of che fact that the
Constitution expressly provides that
"all bills for raising revenue shall
originate in the House of Representa-
lives" Mr.. Sherman had to remind
MIR. Burrows of the fact, that the body
to which he belongs has no right to
originate bill imposing duties on i'm
ported goods, and that it is contrary
to the Constitution for the Senate to
attempt such legislation, except in
the way of an amendment to House
bill. Tho orator who is wont to make
the eagle scream loud defiance of
the whole world was thus reduced to
most humiliating position. New
York Evening Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06

$3.50 was cleared. In April four
hens set on Brahma eggs matched
thirty eight chicks, and later on, be.
ing reset with two moro, Matched
fifty-nine Leghorns. Eggs and poul-
try were sold to the owner OF fash.
ionable hotel at top prices, receiving
for sixty.nine hens and chicks S4S. 80,
and l had forty pullets left to begin
the third winter. Divided into. four
flocks of ten each-as 1 had observed
from previous experience that small
hocks usually do. better than large
ones-they were placed in winter
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06
Grass Growing In n Cable.

a picture has been sent to this coun.
try from India which illustrates one of
the dangers to which underground
wires in tropical countries are subject.
The picture shows piece of rubber
cable perforated by foot of grass,
which still retains its vitality and
thrives vigorously
1t appears that the piece of core in
question, after being treated with n
composition which was supposed to
make it proof against white ants, WAS
buried, unprotected by any armor, in
soft, damp soil at Calcutta for six
months to test it.
On the piece OF core being dug up
the grass was found TO have crown
through it. What might appear nm
impossibility is explained by the state
ment that the roots of the particular
grass nave very hard, sharp, needle.
IKE points, -Pearson's Weekly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06

quarters. The winter was extremely
cold. Eggs sold at high prices, so I
managed to clear from the forty hens
$3.50. III tho spring 1 raised 100
Brahmas and 131 Leghorns, but, as
the hotel management had changed
sent my eggs and broilers to Boston,
and, a though ] did not get as good
prices, cleared S131.5S. That season
L raised nineteen turkeys, my first ex-
perience, and lost several, but learned
to care for them.
Tho fourth winter I kept four tur.
keys and fifty pullets, one pen being
light Brahmas. These wero fed as
were the Leghorns, which caused them
to become too fat to lay. 1 have since
found that by feeding very little fatty
food and keeping them Mt work they
can BIO made to pay as well, if not bet
ter, than the boosted Leghorns. As it
was, my net proceeds were S7O.11,
and again I raised 221 chicks and
forty-nino turkeys, which netted
Sl77.47. In four years the pair of
hens that my mother gnvc me had
been the means of paying the mort.
gage that had looked so discouraging,
again proving that great oaks from lit
tic acorns grow. During this time
had managed tho farm go us to get
living from it and pay tho taxes. =
Far I'd Home.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06
MAKE THE POULTRY HOUSE WARM.

If your poultry house is not as
warm as you think 1T ought to be. it
can very easily and cheeply be made
warmer, whatever the material it ia
made of or lined with. If you cannot
afford heavy MANILA paper for lining
take old newspapers and line the walls
and roof of tho house.
Make good paste of flour and
water, aud put on three or more lay.
ers of the newspapers. These will
keep out wind and cold that would
get in through unseen cracks and
small knot holes or other small omen
lngs through which frost and wind
could work.
When the paste is dry apply good
coat of whitewash. If you can afford
covering of thin muslin over all II
will make more durable Job, but if
the surface is moderately smooth, the
paper alone with the coat of white
wash will make wall surface that will
last one season..
In the spring If the surface is some.
what broken and apt to make hnr-
Dor for vermin, the paper may be
scraped OF before the spring white.
washing is done.
Try coating of paper on tho In.
side of your poultry house if it is not
thoroughly warm and comfortable
Farm, Field and Firesidc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Cows should be protected from the
frequent changes OF weather during
the fnll. More stabling aud care are
generally demanded.
There are degrees of mental devel-
opment even among cows. The
chances are that n nervous COW will
give more and better milk than dull.
stolid one.
The New Hampshire law which re.
quires all imitation dairy products to
he colored pink has stood the test of
the courts and is now being vigorously
enforced
In Switzerland, milkmaids who can
sing get higher wages than those who
cannot. The reason is that n maid
who sings at her work can coax one.
fifth moro milk from COW than a
sonsless milker can extract
Milk is pNstcurized whi,h has been
heated ut 1G7 degrees Fahrenheit for
twenty minutes, then quickly cooled;
it is sterilized when it has been heated
with steam or boiling water long
enough to destroy the germs.
A red-pollcd COW ut Whittinrham.
England, has yielded milk continu.
ously since she ceased ca!ving, five
years ago, her record being 1874
quarts OF milk of the first quality. No
other case like this is known.
Ii you wish to grow hyacinths.
tulips or other dubious plants indoors.
plant them now and place them in the
cellar until they have grown about an
inch. They are then ready for the
window and will bloom successfully.
A new variety of blackberry has
recently been grownin California. It
is pure white and is known ms the ice.
berg. The berries are delicious in
flavor and SO transparent that the
tiny seeds are perfectly visible when
the fruit is ripe.
Eben i. Rexford writes in tbo
Ladies' Home Journal that ants do not
Injure plants to any great extent.
Indeed, they arc of benefit in most
instances, as they catch the insects.
which If left TO themselves would soon
damage tho plant greatly.
There is often great difference in
the churning qualities of the mill, of
different COWS, some cream coming to
butter sooner than others. This oc.
casions considerable loss in churnino
when the cream of several cows IS
churned together. 1t is better. il
possible, to churn each cows cream bv
itself.
The rains will carry the soluble Dor
lions of the manure down if it is
spread on the ground now, and worked
into the soil, while the solid portions
will decompose during the winter.
rains and frost more easily decompos.
ing it than when coarse material is not
placed in the center of the heap. One
advantage of spreading manure in the
fall is that the labor of haul ng il can
be done with less interference with
other work than to postpone the
spreading until spring, ct which sea
son work becomes urgent.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06
Weighing n Pencil Marx.

"Scales are now made of such a nice
adjustment" says the Railway Re-
view, "that they will weigh anything,
to tho smallest hair picked from the
eyebrow. They are triumphs of mech :
anism, and are enclosed in glass
cases, rs the slightest breath OF air
would impair their records. The glass
cases have sliding door, aud as soon
as tho weight is placed in the balances
the door slides down. Two pieces of
paper of equal weight can be placed
IN the scales, and an autograph writ
ten in pencil on either piece Will cause
the other side to ascend, and the
needle which indicates the division of
weight even to the millionth part
OF pound and less will move from its
perpendicular. A signature contain
ing nine letters has been weighed and
proved to be two milligrams, or the
fifteen thousand five hupdrAdtb mart
OF an ounce, troy"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06
A WORD ABOUT FEEDING IN wryrpn


The coming winter will find many
farmers with fair supply of feed for
their stock, but in many instances this
VIII be very largely of one kind, such
as corn and fodder. which will make n
ration too broad if fed rs tho PRINCIPAL
iood OF the COWS, and others have oats.
peas and possibly clover hay in .ex.
cess, without proper proportion of
the starchy foods to go with them.
Animals will live on few varieties. even
II Tie food clements in them may be
broed, or narrow, but it costs too
much to burn protein for fuel. or
make energy out of starch, or the car
bohydrates. Clover hny fed alone
comes quite near being balanced ra.
non, ms the proportion of starch TO
protein is a little over five TO one. Now.
as a COW needs not far from two and n
half pounds of protein day, she must
consume a full 100 pounds of corn
iodder day to get it, and would get
twice too much starch, which. is first
impossible for the COW to do. and
second, to digest, if possible. To Get
n full ration ont of the clover hay, she
musical full ythirty-iive to forty pounds
in twenty-four hours, which is too
much tax upon the system, SO it is n
matter of economy for tho farmer to
give part Mt least of this protein in
the form of pound or SO of oil meal
day, few pounds of bran or gluten
meal. Where one is feeding silage. if
an addition is made to it of ten pounds
OF clover hay and five pounds Of bran
ana two pounds OF oil meal, we have q
pretty well balanced ration, or if 81
lage is out of the question, then what
bright corn fodder the COW will eat up
clean answers-in way-the demand,
and then the COW is being economical.
ly fed, provided this COW is not com
PEELED to use up the most of this "a
ton to protect herself, to withs tand
unneeded, and worse, unnecessary, ex.
posure. A ration we'll fed to we'll
housed animals Is thirty-thrce per
cent. economy.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

every time 1 see you am remind
ed of Herr Bummel" "How SOP"
"He owes me $40. "-Fliegende Blaet,
ter.
"You never told me Miss Fairgirl.
was an athlete" "Well, is she?"
eyes; she has thrown me over. Tit.
Bits.
There is difference between'a cold
and the grip, but you will not realize
it until you receive the DOCTORS bill. -
Truth.
Nell-"Jack Softleigh doesn't know
his own mind" Belief never know
he was as ignorant as all that. Phil
adelphia Record.
IL tell you what, Sharp, marry;n.
an heiress has its drawbacks" eyes;
but think of the grcenbacks, Bond"
-Harper's Bazaar.
We stumble ON the gifts we prize
All other things above
For ever since the world began,
We've fallen into love.
New York Recorder.
Scene: A scEoolroom In the year
1900. Teacher Ito new boy)-''Hans,
have you got your certificate of vac
cination against smallpox?"-New
York Sun.
Pussy Old Lady-"Now, don't for.
get, conductor. want the Bank of
England" Conductor-"All right,
mum. (Aside). She don't want much,
do she, mate ?"-Punoh.
III you will giveyour hand to mo.
I'll toll your fortune true"
tNn 6nuht Ianr
"And YOU would spend 1t, too"
New York Recorder
''The world owes me q living" he
said bitterly. COT course" replied
the other sarcastically. "But don't
seem to get it," "Well, you never
were much good as collector. Chi
cago Post.
She-"So there arc the Alps at
last!" He-''Must be. You don't
suppose first class tourist company
like this would work off any substitu.
lions or limitations ON Its patrons?"-
Household Words.
Mr.. Goodheart-"My income is
$4,000 year. Don't you think your
daughter could live on that?" Mrs.
Spendwell-"She probably could, with
economy; but how would you live. -
New York Weekly.
The safe flew open, and there inside
receipted gas bill lay.
Tho baffied burglar shook his head.
i've come little to late" no said,
And he mournfuy turned away
Chicago Tribune.
Thoughtfulness: Magistrate-"If
you broke into the house with honor
able intention, as you say you did,
why did you take off your boots in the
hall?" Burglar-"I was told by nv
mate that tho master was lying ill in
bed" "Six months. "-Dorfbarbier
Fully Explained: First Detective
Strange that didn't recognize him |
l thought I'd know him in any dis.
guise." Second Detective-.But
when no was caught he had no dis
guise." First Detective-"Ohi
that accounts for il. Puck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06
A LOVE rorE.

.
What, sweet mistress, should there boz
'Twixt thy heart and mine this day?
There no barrier I SEQ
Which Love may not kiss away.
Kiss away. and tenderly
Bear his sweetest roso to thee.
liza rose should bar his path
Thorny with jealous frown,
Love such winning favor hath
+ Heshallquickly kiss 1t down
Kiss 1t down and beauteously
Bear 1t ON his breast to thee.
Love will come his own to greet
Though no light his path adorns,
Through world of roses sweet!
Through desert sharp with thorns-
Say that Love thine own shalt be.
Love will win his way to theel
r. L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06
CARE OF YOUNG Stock.

Nothing initiates so much against
the interest of the farmer whose busi-
ness is stock raising us to let the stock
fall OFF in flesh in the fall of the year,
writes A. III. Rhodes. This is done by
neglecting to feed or house them
through the cold storms which almost
always prevail more or less mt this time
OF the year. Young cattle that were
smooth and sleek rs moles nre now
commencing to look rough and soyry.:
and an experts eye eau plainly see
there has been n falling oil in flesh. 1t
is very wrong to let young creature
OF any kind commence to fall off in
flesh, and sometimes it will cost ouito
an effort to turn the tide the other
way and get them to gaining again.
No young creature was ever put in
order for the SHAMELESS too cheaplv or
rapidly for the safety of tho small
proht tho grower receives, and when
tho growth Is checked two or three
times in the shoit life of n bullock
there certainly Is material loss which
could and should be avoided by hons
ing and feeding carly, or as soon ne
wv" S'oi no oi iuli commence. 1t
Is also cruel to let stock cringe up to
hedge or stoim fcnco and with their
believing plainly tell that they are
very uncomfortable and want shelter
and forage until the storm is pest.
stock is about tho only thing the
fnrmer has at present that will brine
nearly what it costs, and they should
be cared for kindly. New York Wit
ness.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-03-06
WIND VOICES.

NlND NolCES.
Wind, that art wniling through tho night.
With the voice OF q soul In pain!
Thou hast walked the waves that slept on tho
shore;
hear them rise, and dash once moro
'Gainst tho sullen. fixed, and chaugeIess
rock,
Which has stood unmoved through many
shock
or tho raging storm, and tho breakers
white
That must sweep to tho sea again
Wind. that art waiting through the night,
With the voice of soul in pain!
Thou hast walked the passion of wild regret,
Which slumbered so long-to rage and fret
'Gainst the pitiless, fixed DEGREES Of life,
As we'll may the waves with tho rock hold
strifei
Dack-to the lido OF tho Infinite,
Poor heart, that hast cried in win,
Wind, that art waiting through the night.
With tho voice of n soul in pain!
Thou hast gathered up each cry of earth
That from mortal anguish ever had birth,
At tho door OF the living to enter in,
Weeping for sorrow and death and sin;
Yet heart, make answer, Goods will Is
right"
Aud rest In His peace agaiD.
MARY Gorges. in Chambers's Journal.