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The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15
Form Of the Dairy Cow.

Form is everything to purpose. Ev-
cry machine has its specific form, ac-
cording to its purpose. Students Of the
COW have gradually come to believe in
this theory, as applied to the cow "A
dairy cow must have dairy form, even
as the race horse has racing form.
Temperament establishes function and
function establishes form.
In judging a cow do not rely too much
rect. There Is NO straight back,
from the horn down in good
dairy COW; there is in a beef cow.
In the dairy COW there is a rise Of the
pelvic arch, a slope of the rump. Breed
and feed for these feminine traits; breed
for motherhood. The primary consider
alton is milk, and the breeding Of the
dairy COW must be treated from that
standpoint. The dairy cow has large
lungs, larger in fact than the beef cow;
a large full eye. The dairy temperament
is based on the nervous temperament.
The dairy cow has a large amount Of
nervous force. The eye Of good dairy
COW makes a prOtrusiOn or dish" in the
face. She has large brain and power
full backbone, a feminine neck, lean
shoulders. The beef cow Is a miser,
boarding up its food for flesh 1t and the
dairy cow are at the parting Of the ways.
There can be little more in common be-
tween them.
Consider all these things in breeding.
The dairy COW has large open ribs; she
is never closely ribbed. The barrel is
strong She has large spinal marrow,
a narrow, rugged back, thin hips, in
curving. Nature is our guide, the COW
our study, If a dairyman succeeds. The
giving Of milk is very peculiar func-
ton. / believe that the fluid is mainly
made at the time Of milking. Take
COW with full udders, kill her and dis
sect her and the sum total Of milk found
will not exceed pint. In the tissues
will be found peculiar milky substance,
similar to butter fat. Environment is
important; study it. Read and learn
about dairy feeding and dairy care.
Above all, have clean healthy stable
and pure air.--W. D. Hoard.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15

flower as well as the sturdiest monarch Of
the forest reposes It's feet where this glO-
TiOus carpet can see them.
Let the grass perish, and the great
plains would be depopulated. Even the
raVenOus wolf and the cunning coyote
would perish for want Of fat calves and
tender lambs upon which to glut their un-
holy appetite. The long trains Of cattle
cars that clatter westward empty, and
return daily to the markets laden with
juicy grass-fed beeVes, would be aban-
dOned, and many long double streak Of
rust would gather where the glstening
rails now testify to the activity Of com
merce. The great American desert would
once more become reality
Grass is the only plant that Is indigen-
GUS TO every country and every climate
on the globe,-and no doubt all the great
planets that roll and shine in the solar
system have been sOwn by the hand Of
God with some OF the 5000 varieties of
grass that adOrn the earth.
MANS most natural occupation is the
raising Of 1Ocks and herds upon the grass
of the valleys, the hills and the plains.
Mans first experience on earth, it is true,
was in garden planted eastward in
Eden, but there the story was brief.
Shortly afterward we find the patriarchs
dividing up the land into ranches, one
going this way and another that, in order
tc find better grass. In those days q
mans wealth was estimated by the num-
Der Of cattle he owned. The Bible refers
to Abraham as rich in cattle; but with
out free range Abraham possibly might
have been farmer with large mort
gage.
Grass and cattle are inseparable in the
economy Of nature, and the cattleman of
to-day is following the first progressive
instinct OF mankind in utilizing the
otherwise waste land of the Western
plains by pasturing it with CATTLE"
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15
ABOUT LheB0 and theIr
trio Feed Cookers, etc.

bull tallow is not fit for any other pur-
pose it is put into oleOmargarine, and
worked off in many cases upon unsuspect-
ing consumers as an extra good quality of
butter. Bull butter made of beef talloW
and cotton seed oil with little butter
color and flaVoring extract added might
be entirely free from the germs of disease,
but process butter which is made from a
stale product that is teeming with dele
teriOus and destructive germs could not
be so renovated as to make it suitable
and wholesome for human food. Ut has
been charged that some creameries buy
up and work over this stale butter by
churning 1t again in sweet milk, and after
sailing, cOloring and faVoring it put it ON
the market as creamery butter. The law
ought to protect the public from any such
imposition, no matter where it comes
from. Frand of every kind in food prod
ucts should be prevented and honesty and
fair dealing should be protected and en-
cOuraged. Bull butter should be sold for
just what 1t is and not as an imitation of
pure butter and process butter made
from any stale and unwhOlesome products
should be absolutely prohibited. Pure
butter Is wholesome and very desirable
article Of food but fraudulent limitations
of any kind ought not to be sold under the
name Of butter and products injurious to
human health ought not to be sold at all
under any name.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15
Process Butter.

There is branch Of the butter business
which does not seem to have sufficiently
attracted the attention of the advocates Of
pure food or the law makers who are pro-
posing TO regulate the making and using
Of butter frauds. Buying up large guam
titles OF cheap, stale and worthless butter
and churning 1t over and working 1t over
and coloring and flavoring it, so as to
make it a close imitation of good dairy
or creamery butter, has become quite a
large business i'm some localities. It is
called process butter" and In some
places 1t Is known as renovated" butter.
Whatever it may be called, 1t Is very evil
dent that the living germs which made 1t
stale have not been destroyed or ellmi-
mated by the process Of renovation to
which it has been subjected. Oleomarga-
rine is called bull butter" because it is
so largely composed Of beef tallow, and as
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15

tiOn will require more labor 10 the acre;
but will 1t require more to the bushel?
II 1t should require just as much TO the
bushel there are some probable and sew
eral certain advantages In favor Of the
thorough practice It is probable II would
develop those unknown causes, which Of
late years have cut down our crops below
their former average. 1t Is almost GER
tain, think, that in the deep plOwing,
analysis of the soil, experiments with ma
nures, and varieties Of seeds, observance
of seasons, and thelike, thesecauseswOuld
be found It is certain that thorough cul-
tivatlon would spare half, or more than
half the cost Of land, simply because the
same product would be got from half or
from less than half the quantity of land.
This proposition Is self-evident, and can
be made no palmer by repetitions or illus
tratiOns."
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15
Light In the Barn.

Ventilation and sunlight are very i'm
portant matters to be considered in the
construction OF barns for stock, and es-
pecially for milch cows. Cattle, and espe-
Cially cows, should never be kept in damp,
dark and musty Easements. Consump-
tion in people Is called tuberculosis in cat
tie, and the best preVentlves Of consump-
tiOn are sunlight and pure air. People
who live in damp, dingy houses are much
more subject to consumption than those
who live dn dry, we'll lighted and comfort
able rooms. For these reasons basement
barns, as they are generally constructed,
are the worst kind Of places for keeping
cattle, and especially cows, because they
are generally dark and damp and poorly
ventilated. Give the stock, and especially
the cows, comfortable quarters, with
plenty Of light and fresh cir.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15
The Snow Flower.

There Is a curious flower that grows in
Liberia called the snow flower because II
blooms only In January when the weather
is the coolest and the snow the deepest.
II resembles the morning glory, and the
blossom lasts only day. The flower rs
star shaped, and 1t produces minute seeds
about the size Of the head Of a common
pin which gisten like little diamonds
These seeds have been planted In pots Of
SNOW and frozen earth, and on the coldest
day OF the following January the bios
SONS would burst forth from that snowy
bed It seems to be forced into bloom by
the cold In mid-winter, as other flowers
are forced into bloom by heat and moist
ure In midsummer.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15
Inten I've Farming.

Abraham Lincoln was not only a care
full student of public affairs but was also
a close observer OF the great agricultural
interests in which so many Of his fellow
cOuntrymen were engaged. In 1858 he
delivered am agricultural address to a
State Fair at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in
which he said:
what would be the effect upon the
farming interest to push the soil up TO
something near its full capacity? I'm
Questlonably it will take more labor TO
produce flfty bushels from an acre than it
will to produce ten bushels from the same
acre. But 1t will 1t take more labor to
produce bushels from one acre than from
aver UnQuestionably, thorough CNltiVa-
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15
A Wonderful stallion.

Old HambletOnian, as he was famil-
iarly called, was wonderful stallion, and
has left his impress upon more OF the
horses of this country than any other one
piece Of horse flesh. He did twenty years
OF stud service. He served 1843 mares
and got 1855 fOals. This blood has been
widely distributed over the country, and
all farmers and horsemen are proud DO
have Hambletonian horse. He earned
for his owners $267, 200 In stud fees His
first season was In 1852 at $25 for the sea-
son; in 1864 he served 217 mares at $100
each, and his last season was in 1873 10
thirty mares at $500 each. The Hamble-
tonians combine the rare qualities Of
beauty, size, speed and strength, which,
with great endurance, makes them value
bic for many purposes.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15
Iowa Fruit.

The Secretary Of the Iowa State Hortl-
cultural Society has made the following
report upon fruit prospects in that State:
The peach buds seem to be killed in
many places and In many places the trees
are killed or greatly damaged.
Many varieties Of cherries show dead
buds, others so injured that at best only
q hight crop may be expected.
Apples are variOusly reported, but Is
safe to assume that many tender and half
hardy varieties are so badly damaged
that the crop will be light as a whole.
Plums seem to have Jared about as ap-
pies, but some of the native varieties
seem 60 be all right yet, while Domestica
and other foreign varieties seem to be so
badly injured that they will not fruit this
year.
Raspberries are injured and most vari-
eties Of blackberries are too badly dam
aged to fruit.
Strawberries, where properly protected
will be all right.
Grapes are damaged and some vines are
supposed to be dead to the ground.
The damage extends far to the South
and In the South is comparatively worse
than In the North.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15
Grass.

The Live Stock Association Of Okla
homa aS appropriately eloquent in dflating
upon the utility and beauty OF grass. 1t
says:
"GrasS-that emerald carpet OF the
world, the background Of all Natures
beautiful scenery. The most dellcate
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d@oB. SaNabohM
A Statement.
Bristol Tribune.)

For the benefit Of the Big Ston
Gap Posi- and all others concerned
DIR. n. II. Reeve, chairman of tn,
health board of Bristol, Tenn, fur
nished THF TRIBUNE with the follow
ing card last evening.
"TO whom it may concern: 1t il
a fact, so far as the board Of health
has been able to ascertain, that from
the time smallpox made its appear
ance in this city not case of the
disease has developed on the Nor
folk " Western railway yards, the
Southern railway yards, or any
other railway yards either within
the limits of Bristol, Tenn, or Bristol,
Va. The board made diligent in
quiry and watched the situation
closely, so that no case could posi-
bly, have developed on the railway
yards here without orr receiving
knowledge of it.
But two cases of the disease have
developed within the corporation
limits of either Bristol, outside of
quarantine, during the last twenty
me days. Respectfully,
n. II. REEVE, NJ. d..
Chairman City Health Board.
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Why People Stay Away From
Church.

!. The fault clearly is not in christi
anity itself, but in the methods of i'll
presentation. Too many extraneou.
and unnecessary features have beer
introduced in the church service
which distract and weary the hearers
and help but little to promote relig-
ious belief and spiritual development.
The vast majority of people who at
tend church regularly 1--WE refer here
to the Protestants) and help tc sup
port it financially and otherwise
go to hear the preaching; the sermon
is, for them, the chief feature of the
exercises. all the others being merely
subsidiary.
In older times this want was rec
ognized, and the sermon occupied the
Chief place in the order of procedure,
and the larger part of the time and
attention. But this is not SO now.
Even in many of the SO called non
llturgical churches the tendency has
been to relegate the sermon more and
more to the background, the larger
emphasis apparently being placed on |
the music, the responsive reading,
and other features. AS typical in
stance, it may be noted that in a GER
tain Presbyterian church, recently,
the exercises that went before the
sermon occupied three quarters of an
hour, and the sermon itself thirty
minutes.
Herein we believe that a serious
mistake has been made, and one
which accounts in material degree for
he decline in church attendance. {
'eople are wearied out with all the t
lpriSings and down-sittings which +
he service calls for before the sermon i
eglns. So much time is OCCUPIED q
Nth what are regarded as Incidental n
+ preliminary exercises that many I
carers are brought to frame of 6
lind where the sermon does compar Ii
lively little good. The long wait l
as taxed the patience and wearied CT
he body; and the sermon fall on L
ardened and unreSponsive soil. The hi
rmon is what the people go to IN
ear more than anything else, and of
'thing should be allowed to over al
ladow it or push it to the back a
ound. Let it be short, practical,
i'd full of vital force and truth, and tn
will attract and hold the people an
Slie'S Weekly. br
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southwest Virginia Masons
Honored.

Southwest Virginia seems to be on
boom in Masonic circles. The
Grand Chapter and Grand Com.
n. mandery of Virginia bave inst closed
their annual sessions in Richmond.
and good part of the honors seem
10 nave come to this section of the
state Il, En-. B. f. Buchanan, of
Marion, Va. was elected Grand Com
mander OF knights Templar in vir-
glnia; V. En-. j. Il. LeSueur. of
BRISTOL Grand Captain General of
the Grand Commandery, aud DIR.
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Jas. O'keeffe. of Tszewell, Grand
Sword Bearer Of the Grand Com.
mandery. In the Grand Chapter.
TX. Jrs. O'Kseffe. of Tazew.ll, was
appointed Grand Master of the Sec
ond Vail, and Elk. r. NJ. Ferguson. OF
Bristol. Grand Master of the First
Vail, and Grand Representative of
the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania
near the Grand Chapter of Virginia.
The two Southwestern Districts. pre-.
sided over by District Deputy Grand
High Priests O'Keeffe and Ferguson.
reported the larger part Of the net
increase i'll members for the state.
This is good for the Southwest
Bristol News.
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$500 Scholarship.

TO the Editor Of The Big Stone Gap Post:
The faculty Of Kentucky Univer
sity has, in commemoration of it
one hundredth anniversary, asked
me to award a "Centenial Scholar
ship" in its medical department al
Louisville, good for four years, in
payment of general fees at the rate
of $75 year, or total of $500 for
the entire course, this particular
scholarship to go to some "moral and
worthy" young man in Virginia,
preferably of the Southwestern part,
and the better educated the better.
Parties interested will please adj
dress me at Big Stone Gap, giving
their qualifications, as the best man
will be successful without favor or
obligation. JAMES w. Fox.
Papers in Southwestern Virginia
please copy.
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WISE DEPARTMENT,
CHAs. 7. kILG0nE. Editor
Local and Otherwise.

Mrs. Cecil has been sick, but
improving.
Z. f. Hodge, the photographer 0
Bristol, is here. Now il the time t,
prepare for the next crop.
W. d. Arlington is having a wei
bored on his property on Watel
Avenue.
Several of the young American,
better known as the Jr. 0. e. A. NJ
went to Norton last week to attend a
meeting of their lodge.
John r. Gardner returned from
Orundy, Va, Saturday and Sunday.
R. L. Kilgore went to TazewelI.
Va, Tuesday.
e. Q. Counts spent a few DAYS at
big Stone Gap last week.
L. w. Maxwell was in town Fri.
day.
Mrs. Ida Cornett, who has been
SICK Tor ,, some time. is still very low
and will not likely recover.
"A. N. kilgoie and VIM. Jenkins
u Norton were in town Monday.
D. "A. Hughes was up from Coe-
urn Monday.
j. ID. Dotson and wife returned
rom visit to Lee county I
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the same way that IL has secured ter.
ritory all over the world. In 1887
on some hlmsy pretext an English
resident was sent to Cabool. In a
year or so he bad an army at his
heels attempting to put on the throne
other than the rightful heir. Several
years later the British were driven
out and an army Of twelve thousand
absolutely destroyed. The Dost rul-
ed as ameer until 1863. After his
death the country was much divided.
In 1879 and 1880 the British once
more made war and were successful.
"A protectorate was established.
Russia was then taking territory inch
by inch. Turkestan was held as a
vassal state. The Russians proposed
commission for defining the bound
aries. But even during the sessions
OF this commission the Russian troops
occupied up to the very camps of the
British. 1t seemed that war was in
evitable, but happily it was avoided.
A railroad soon was built to Khiva
in Bokhara. Herein the Russian has
the advantage. His eye is on Herat
in northwestern Afghanistan near
Turkoman. 1t would be simple
matter to push troops into this terri
DRY and the prize would be won.
The position is precarious for {
treat Britain. Attacks by Russia in
and France in the Sou
Ian together with a war in South |
africa with the Beers would be hard S
meet. The British army might s
OF be equal to the task. But on the
ca Great Britain would be at an
dvantage. Her warships number
"a while France has only SO and
ussia 40. This is Britain's pride
nd hope. The situation is an in a
resting one.-Knoruille Sentinel. p
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The beer which is consumed
throughout the world in single year
would make lake 6 feet deep, 81
miles long. a mile wide, or 1919
acres in area. says an exchange. In
this vast lake of beer we coula easily
drown all the English-speakiug
people, to the number of12O,OOO 900,
throughout the entire world; or we
could give beer bath to every man,
woman and child at the same time
IN the entire continent of America.
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LAND GRABBERS LAW,
Its Constitutionality Upheld
BY the Court of Appeals.
Richmond Times

= Virginia Coal Co. VS.. Thomas:
The Supreme Court handed down an
e opinion yesterday in the above case
\ which makes deed from a clerk,
executed under the provisions of sec
tlon 666 of the Code, as amended
commonly known as the "land grab
bers" law, carry with it the absolute
title OF the former owner to the pur-
chaser from the clerk. In this case
the appellee, Thomas, secured a deed
from the clerk of Wise county for the
land in question, which was delin-
quent for taxes due for 1890 in the
name of one Greear. The Virginia
Coal Co. had become the owner from
Greear, but did not know of the de.
lInquency, and had no notice of
Thomas application nor of the exc
cution of the deed from the clerk to
Thomas; the application of Thomas
having been filed under the amend
ment of section 666, made by the acts
OF 9o-96. which did not provide for
any other notice than to the delin.
quent.
When the coal company discovered
that such deed had been executed
and recorded they Immediately
brought suit to vacate the deed, al
leglng that the original sale made bv
the treasurer to the state wa. without
notice; that the execution of the deed
to Thomas was without notice or
due process Of law" and various
other irregularities. The Circuit
court OF Wise Judge W. r. Miler) II
held the deed valid, and the coal
company appealed to the Supreme +
jJurt, where the case was fought y
With great earnestness and ability on
10Th sides.
The Supreme Court held the deed %
ana and binding, and that Thomas a
eld by virtue thereof the absolute
tile to the property, the opinion be
tatlng that such deed could be de- W,
lated only by showing that the taxes M
" which the land had been sold had
zen paid, or that they were never r,
'operly chargeable on the property, "
ting section 66l of the Code, which
held by the court to be constitu- Va
onal.
This case was argued and submit Ri,
d al Wytheville in June. Hon. R.
ate Irvine, of the Wise county bar.
IS counsel for the coal company; oay
q Samuel A. Anderson, of this
y; William H. Werth, of the Wise sicl
unity bar, and Roland L. Chase. of and
; Dickinson county bar were
insel for Thomas. =
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ORDER OF PUBLICATIONS

In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Cour
Of The County vi Wise on the 2lst day o.
October 1899. v
raul "A. Markham, Plaintiff
W. In Hban,o.
Mary l.. Markham, Defend't.
The effect of this is to obtain a divorco
vmcula matrimoni for the plaintia
against the defendant. And an atidayit
having been made and filed that tbe de-.
sendanf, Mary L. Markham, is not a resi-.
dent of the State Of Virginia, il Is ordered
that she do appear here within Is DAYS
ai'er due publication hereof, and do what
may be necessary to protect her interest
IN inns suit. And it is further ordered
that copy hereof lie published once =
week Tor four weeks in the Big Stone Gan
rosr, and that copy be posted at the
front door of the courthouse Of This
county on the first day of the next term
OF the County Court.
A coDy-Teste:
W. Il. kILGoRE. Clerk.
: by Z. A. JOHNSON, d. C.
J. A. HrcHrs, p. q. noy2 4t.I7