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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

the top of the jetties, and which is
the work receiving it's finishing
touches this week, is only a few feet
wide. The Gaping is q sea wall
four and One-half feet high and is
the only portion of the jetties not
submerged. The wall weighs between
two and three tons to each linear
foot.
The submerged structure support
ing this mass of concrete is made
almost entirely of willow poles and
brush. With the aid OF frame works
OF scantling the willows were formed
into so-called mattresses-broad, fiat
structures resembling bed mattresses
in form-each about two feet thick
200 feet long and varying in width
from thirty-five to $50 feet. The
mattresses were sunk one above the
other, with the widest at the bottom
and those above uniformly diminish
ing in width as they approached the
surface. The tOpmost mattresses
were uniformly thirty-five feet wide.
and on a level with the surface of the
water. Heavy broken stone was
spread evenly over the mattresses to
sink them, so that a layer Of stone
rests between each Of these willow
structures. The greatest number of
supperimpOsed mattresses is FIVE
The Mississippi has done some in
teresting work in addition to scour-
ing out a channel, for 1t has made
the mattresses practically indestruc-
tible to any normal agency OF nature
in this region by burying them under
hundreds of tons. of mud. These de-
posits follow closely the contour Of
the jetties, in conjunction with which
they form new banks of the river
The OnlV chan Oor 1ilralU m nccrr. in
the ietties is their gradual sinking,
until in time the concrete Gaping
entirely disappears. This sinking
already has occurred. to the jetties
at South Pass.
In the course of many years q new
bar may form by silt deposits in the
Gulf in the now deep water beyond
the mouth of the jetties, and then the
remedy will be the extension of the
jetties a short distance further. The
rate of bar extension during nearly
seventy-five years preceding the
starting Of the jetties was between
$50 and $50 feet annually, and the
deposits responsible for this advance
were made when conditions, now
greatly changed, favored such accre-
tons.
Part of the $6,OOO,OOO allotted to
making the channel is being spent in
safeguards several miles above the
jetties to prevent any increase in the
flow of other large outlets from the
main river to the Gulf. This is being
accomplished byplacing stone covered
mattress stills on the river bottom
across the entrances to those outlets.
Several small bayous leading from
Southwest Pass to the Gulf will be
entirely closed up.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
How to Dip Sheep.

For dipping a number of sheep,
FROM 1000 head up, the vat should
be at least forty feet in length and
five feet deep. The bottom of the
vat should be six inches wide, the
sides sloping outward and upward,
till at the top the measurement is
at least two feet, but on no account
should it be any wider, as then the
sheep swimming through would turn
around, which is one OF the things
to be guarded against. The vat is
made five feet deep to obviate the
danger of the sheep striking the bot
tom of the vat when thrown in and is
made slipping at the sides to save ex-
pense in dip. The inside of the vat
should be flush, so that no obstruction
will interfere with the passing
through Of the sheep. Sink the vat
in the ground to the depth of four
feet. The vat should at first be
filled with water to see if it leaks
Keep water in it till the leakage
stops, then bail out and fill with di~-
-Epitomist.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
News of Virginia
NAY BECONIE COAL PIER.

Norfolk Especially 1t now seems
probable that the Government pier
at the jamestown Exposition will
be converted into n naval coaling sta
ton. The Government still retains
the ownership of the pier, which was
built at cost of $3SO,OOO. 1t seems
that the Navy Department officials sent
experts down here some time ago,
who measured the pier and ascertain
ed that 100000 tons OF coal may
be stored upon it. Half of this can
be stored comfortably on each side
of the water basin. Barges OF the
sort used in transferring coal from
the shore alongside warships in the
roads may lie in the basin loaded and
safe in any kind of weather. In re-
ferring to the Norfolk naval station
the report of the Bureau of Equip
ment to the Secretary of the Navy
says:
There are no modern coaling ia
cilities at. this important station.
The bureau is endeaYoring to have
the wharf built by the army at the
jamestown Exposition transferred to
the Navy Department for use as a
coal wharf. If this is done with
the expenditure of a comparatively
ShAoil dhlOuhI very SLuCl6nb COdl
depot can be built near Sewell's
Point. Estimates for machinery
for handling coal on this wharf will
be submitted in the hope that the
transfer of the wharf will be obtain
ed"
Fire of an unknown origin which
started at Pine Beach at 11.30 P.
NJ, destroyed a dozen frame struc-
lures, including several small hotels.
The loss is about $4,000, with no
insurance. The largest building
burned was Hotel Portsmouth, which
was the headquarters for the ter
minal construction force of the Vir-
ginian railway. This in the third
big fire at Pine Beach since the open
ing of the Exposition. q
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
a Silent Household.

James L. Williams, a hatmaker,
and his wife have occupied the same
house, taken their meals at the same
table together, and been in each 9TH
er's company almost continually for
five years without speaking a word
to each other.
Five years ago they Quarreled and
Williams made a vow that he would
never again speak to his wifess- He
has kept it religiously, and so COM
pletely was their affection for each
other severed in the quarrel that the
wife has not once begged for a word
from her husband. Their eldest
daughter. Alice, nineteen years OLD,
took sides with her mother. and dur
ing the five years she had never ad-
dressed her father, although she is
a member of the household.
The couple have two young chill
dren and have carried on what COM
munication was necessary through
these. Even this means was used
only in cases of extreme necessity
New York World
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

out the hay or other fodder from
between the Stats. 1t is twelve feet
long and five feet wide. Three or
four such racks in a yard will hold
load of hay or corn fodder. 1t is
the best rack in which to feed corn
fodder we ever saw. Cattle will pull
out every leaf and husk, leaving the
bare stalks in the bottom, which may
be removed as desired.
The posts are four by four, six
feet long. On top of the posts two
by four is spiked. upon which the
Stats that hold the fodder rest. These
Stats are four inches wide and
placed far enough apart to admit the
nose of cow-about six inches. The
bottom is made of common six inch
boards. If meal is fed in the rack
matched flooring is better for the
bottom. A six inch board is nailed
on around the outside of the bottom
to hold the feed.
Where young cattle, COWS or steers
run loose there is no better way of
feeding them. We have fed a good
many steers in this rack. They were
dehorned and ran loose in a shed. The
rack was kept full of clover hay and
ensilage, and meal was fed twice
daily in the tight bottom.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Farm Notes.

1t is a benefit to an old orchard
on level land to turn hogs into it.
Hitch the horse to the stone boat,
put on a box and drive around the
building, dooryards and nearby fields
and pick up the loose stones.
If we cultivate small fruits, have
plenty of interesting work on the
farm, this will tend to keep the young
men at home.
Clean out and air out the cellar
thoroughly before putting in the po-
tatoes or other root crops. Old,
musty or vermin infested lumber
should be replaced with new and
clean.
Don't let any apples go to waste;
convert them into cider or vinegar.
Don't use a sour or musty barrel;
roll it on the fuel pile
Cider to be kept during winter
should be got just before the mill
shuts down in late fall. Put in
barrel free of mustiness and then
keep as near to thirty-five degrees as
possible. Such cider will keep sweet
until spring.
The man who peddles squashes,
selling them by the pound, will find
it helpful to leave two or three inches
of vine with the stem. In selling.
by using a pull down hang scale, the
vine and stem will hang to the hook.
Cut the corn low, thereby saving
more fodder, and making the field
look less unsightly and the next
blowing easier.
Burn the potato tops, is the good
advice of nearly all potato special
lists.
Don't winter over any manure:
you can't afford to. The longer you
keep it above ground, the less value
1t has.
Every farm ought to have a thor
oughly good watch dog; and he
should be treated just as kindly and
considerably as is the horse. A dog
thus kept is an ever faithful friend.
If the corn crib needs repairs, why
not make them right now?
When poultry attain good size
look them over and any runts, sick
or MANNED coop by themselves and
give special care, with the idea of
selling or putting in the pot among
the frst
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Popular Feed Rack.

The illustration of a fodder rack
here shown is one invented by the
editor of the Agriculturist and used
by him for many years. The rack
is such a good one that hundreds
of farmers copied the idea, and they
came into quite general use on cattle
farms. There is absolutely no waste
OF feed in using this rack, and any
thing can be fed in it, from corn
fodder to ensilage and meal, says
the Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The rack has a tight bottom, into
which all litter falls as cattle pull
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
How The World Grows.

In a little more than 100 years,
according to government figures. the
population of the world has grown
from $40. 100000 to 1,6OO,OOO,OOO,
an increase of $50 per cent At the
end Of so many hundreds of CEN
turtles, in other words, there were in
the world in 1900 only 64O,OOO,OOO
Of persons, and 106 years, from 1900
to 1906, to this number had been
added $50, 100000.
The total commerce of the world
in 1900 was about one and a half
billions of dollars; in 1900 it was
more than twenty billions Of dollars.
Other figures show that in wealth
and the growth of various industrial
agencies the increase has been far
swifter than that of population.
The overpopulation of the world
Is not a present menace to the think
ers OF today, but the thinkers of a
period when there were less than
half as many people in the world as
there are now seriously debated the
imminence OF the catastrophe that
the overcrowding of the earth would
produce.-BoSton Globe.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Ducks Slide On Ice.

Ezekiel Crawford, of Northport, L.
l., has a flock of Muscovy ducks
which quite accidentally have invent
ed new game. They were in the
habit OF flying from the barn to the
duck pond upon Crawford's farm and
entering the water with a rebound
ing splash.
When winter arrived and the pond
was coated with smooth ice the ducks
flew from the barn as usual. Near
ing the surface of the pond they ex-
tended their feet and quit flying,
evidently expecting to splash into the
water. They did nothing of the kind.
Their feet slipped out from under
them and they sat down hard and
slid swiftly across the ice until they
bumped against the frozen shore.
"Quack, quack!" said the ducks,
and hurried back to the barn to try
1t again. The result was the same.
Again and again they are said to
have tried the stunt. Now it is said
they show signs of JOY when, upon
retiring at night, they note evidences
of freezing before morning.-New
York Times
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

. ,Greenyille. m.-Professor II. G.
Russell, superintendent of the High
School, has introduced instruction in
iovemakking into the school curri
culum. Parents of some of the pupils
declare they do not want their chill
dren's thoughts turned so early to
love, but Professor Russell and his
wife, who is his assistant, say they
will see the experiment through.
Russell thinks in time courtship will
be taken out of the realm Of en-
pyricism and lifted into the realm of
exact science as chemistry followed
alchemy.
TweDty-tfiree pupils. ten of whom
srs girls, constitute the first class in
the world to receive formal instruc-
ton In courtship. Professor Russell
has given them three lectures and
they have written essays. The in
struction will be chiefly through
study of the literature of love, includ-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
THIS ADVANCED WESTERN SCHOOL
y HAS a GLASS IN WOOING
CoUrshP Formally Adopted
eupisSome Subjects

ing the courtship of Miles Standish,
Romeo and Juliet" and other stand
ard works of fiction. Pupils will be
expected to learn:
How to take heart by storm or by
siege
How to detect the advent of the
grand passion.
How to behave if parental objec-
tion is manifested
How to pay a compliment.
How to encourage a basnful sutton
or corner an elusive girl
How to allay unfounded jealousy.
How to propose.
How to ask papa.
The etiquette of the engagement
ring.
Department during engagement.
Girls will learn how to promise to
be a sister The years course will
take the students all the way from
the first sweet sting of love to the
altar ~.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
THE SOUTH HAS JUST FINISHED one OF THE GREATEST
CHANNELrMAKING UNDERTAKINGS TN HISTORY
New Jetes Ready For Big ShipSLower Mississippi Gets
One of Worlds Deepest HarborS
C-r-TrE-

New Orleans, La.-One of the
greatest channel making undertake
tngs in the history OF American river
improvement will be brought nearly
to completion when the jetties at the
mouth OF the Southwest Pass of the
Mississippi River are finished. These
1etties, after some dredging between
them is completed, will give the
South one of the deepest harbors in
the world by openings to the access
OF the largest steamships afloat the
100 and 200 foot depths of the lower
Mississippi River.
The harbor thus made accessible
has navigable water connection with
at least a dozen States bordering the
Mississippi and its tributaries-the
Ohio, the Missouri, the Arkansas and
the Red rivers. About 100000 is
being spent on this Improvement by
the United States Government, which
has the work in charge.
The new jetties were begun four
years ago. They are on a larger
scale and more substantial than the
famous jetties at the Mississippi's
South Pass, an outlet which for more
than thirty years has been the rivers
commercial entrance. They are near
ly parallel walls, one about three
and the other about four miles long.
lying more than half a mile apart
and built in the shoal water at the
Juncture OF the Pass with the Gulf
of Mexico. Their purpose is to con-
fine and thus accelerate the rivers
current across q mud bar about three
miles broad, so as to produce a chan
mel at least 1000 feet wide with
minimum depth of thirty-five feet.
The swift current which they have
produced, aided by dredging, even
before their completion, has caused
tremendous scour and has already
made fifty to eighty-five feet of water
in some places, where at the begin
ming of the work the depth was only
little over a mans head. To make
the uniform contract depth there is
still in several spots about ten feet
Of mud to be removed. 1t is expect
ed that the high water due within
few weeks will sweep the remaining
mud deposits out to sea by the be-
ginning Of next summer.
Probably few walls ever have been
constructed under greater difficult
ties than were these jetties They
are made of willow. scantling, stone
and concrete. Although in some
places they are not six feet deep,
and although their greatest depth is
barely fifteen feet, they have cost
$2,70O,00O. Every material entering
into their construction has been
brought from distances of one hun
dred to five hundred miles
The jetties have no foundation,
but rely for stability upon their ex-
treuely broad bases, being from 100
to 15l feet wide at the bottom. In
contrast to this great width Of base,
the concrete Gaping which forms
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
TIE
General Demand

of the Well Informed of the World has
always been for q simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Flo Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of tho laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buv
the gcnuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co.. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
The Value of Poultry Manure.

Farmers do not appreciate the
value of poultry manure. 1t has
been estimated that the value of the
droppings for fertilizer is fourteen
cents per fowl per year. The New
Jersey Experiment Station values the
fresh manure of fowls at $4.96 per
ton; the Massachusetts station values
it at $5.2S. The farmer doesn't value
IT at all, yet fresh hen manure is
considered nearly twice as valuable
asSfresh COW manure. 1t is claimed
that the poultry manure if sold or
used would cover the cost of the
care of the fowls. Left in the hen
house to dry, the dust breathed in by
the fowls, it costs the farmer more
than he would willingly pay, did he
know.-Wallace' Farmer.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Mining Operations Resumed.

Bristol Especially Practically all
Southwest Virginia mining operations
which suspended recently because Of
the financial furry have resumed
work. These include the operations
of the Colonial Coal and Coke Com
pany at Dorchester, the Blackwood
Company and the Norton Coal and
Coke Company. Most of the con-
Germs are again running with a full
force of hands. Work is to be re-
sumed at the iron rolling mills and
other plants here early in the new
year
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Breeding the Bacon Hog.

Mr.. Hoyt says that DR.. Harper is
trying to get a good bacon hog. He
has Tamworths, which are certainly
a good bacon breed. But why should
he think to improve by crossing on
the Poland China, purely lard hog?
There is really no hog that will make
better bacon than the razor-back Of
the South, the black-haired survival
OF the fittest. His fault is slow ma
turlty and big waste. If was breed
ing for a bacon pig 1 would use
the Tamworth with razor-back sows,
and by continually keeping only full
blood Tamworth males, 1 would ex-
pect to have in a little while the
finest bacon pigs in America. Smith
field hams are made from the native
Virginia stock, and cannot be made
from the Western lard hog.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Halls of Congress.

Mr.. Frye was. made president Of
the Senate pro tempore.
Congress is expected to take up
the ship. subsidy question again.
Secretary Cortelyou was asked by
the Senate1ta furnish figures bearing
on the recent financial stringency.
Senator Aldrich gave assurance
that a currency bill would be intro
duced soon after the holiday recess.
A committee presented memorial
to Vice-President Fairbanks and
Speaker Cannon asking an appropria-
ton Of $40, 100000 year for water
way Improvement
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

A journtl2st atsa dinner was talk
ing TO Wi,llam Dean Howells about
literary. Ghe.
But. &HSr ALL" said Mr.. Howells.
with his Heptle smile, literary fame
Is not - highly regarded by the
people, 1t is? Z remember when
was IN San Reno some years ago
seeing In a FrenclN newspaper a
notice that bears UPON this question.
1T was a notice inserted by a rat
trap maker OF Lyons. and 1t said:
ITO Whom 1t May Goncern-M.
Pierre Lott, of Lyons. inventor OF the
automatic rat-trap, begs to state that
he Is not the same person.. and that
he has nothing In common with one
Pierre Lott, a writer washing
ton Star
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
A Rather Novel Idea.

IT is said that a farmer near Lam
caster, Pa, unable to obtain farm
help and realizing that he would be
unable to harvest his crops alone,
hit upon the novel scheme of public
sale of his crops as they stood in the
fields. He had sixteen-acre corn
field and large apple orchard. The
novelty of his proposition attracted
crowd, and bidding was spirited.
In consequence the farmer netted
$2S per acre for his corn, while his
apples fetched him $1.25 per tree,
the purchasers furnishing the labor
necessary to gather The corn and
pick the apples.-Weekly Witness.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Teaching a Calf to Drink.

II. e. Cook says in Tribune-Far-
mer: Fix things so the calf can never
suck its dam, and when the cow has
mothered for few hours-don't be
In too big rush about it-milk about
three quarts of her milk into a pail,
put it up under the calf's nose so as
to touch it, and in minute it Will
drink from The word go, and you
nave won out, and kept your piety
besides. A calf that has never sucked
viii drink as readily as it will get
the hang of finding its own dinner.
BY the same rule, a heifer should
always be hand MIXED and then she
knows no other way. Let the calf
run with her a few days anc then
to milk her is. in her way of think
Ing, robbery of her calf and You
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Fatally Wounded BY Playmate.

Roanoke Especially Robert G.
Brent, Jr., the 10-year-old son of
Robert Brent, is in the Roanoke Hos
pital in a critical condition as a re-
suit of an accidental gunshot wound.
The bullet entered his back, cutting
the small intestines in IL places, and
lodged in the hip. The shot was
fired by Edward McNamee, son OF
J. d. McNamee. The boys with sew
eral others went out target shooting.
Young Brent ran in front of Nc
Namee's gun just as he fired. The
boy cannot recover.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Low Down Barrow.

which should be of three-quarter
inch boards. The legs are mortised
into the shaft or handle pieces, the
front ones resting about three inches
from the ground and the rear ones
securely braced, as shown in the cut.
If desired the sides may be built
from the floor solid and straight up,
but we find it better to have a per-
manent bed from floor to top of han
dies, with removable side boards to
slip on for use in handling bulky
stuff.
Heavy material, such as bags of
fertilizer, large stones, ETC., are easily
handled with this type of barrow, as
they may be loaded between the
handles directly from the ground.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO.
Lucas COTrN-ry y

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that ne -
senior partner of the firm OF H. CHENEY \
Co, dong business in the City OF foiesn
County and State aforesaid, and that SAID
firm will pay thesum of ONE liUNDilED DOI
LARS for eac and every case OF CATAnRn
that cannot be cured by the use OF Hall >
CATARRH CURE. FRANZ ). CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN M,
presence. this 9th day of December, A. -
1885. A. W. GLEASON.
SsEAL. Notary Publr.
Halls Catorrh Cure is taken int ernally an .
acts directly on the blood and mucous SUI
faces of the system. Send Tor Testimonials
free. +. j. CHENEY q Co.. Toledo. @.
Sold BY all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation