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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
ltCcfOes,

RICE PUDDING Half cup soaked rice,
one quart fresh milk, half cup rai>ins,
one tablespoon sugar, half teaspoon
each of salt and butter, n squeeze or two
of lemon and little grated nutmeg;
serve with sauce.
POTATO GEMs.-Three or four Guns of
mashed potatoes; one cup of milk, in
which dissolve half teasponful of but
ter and the Same of salt; stir well with
two beaten eggs; then drop in we'll
buttered gem pans, with little -four
sprinklcd over the top, and put in hot
oven till nicely Drowned.
VINEGAR PuDDINc. Three pints OF
water, one cup of vinegar (nnless very
stronS), one cup of sugar, season with
nutmeg or cinnamon. Let it boil, then
add slicos of hop yeast bread Set in
the oven and let it bake about ten
minutes. To be served rs soon as taken
from the oven, with either sauce or
cream.
DREAMED PARsNIPs.-Boil tender
scrnpe and slice lengthwise. Put over
the lire with two tablespoons of butter.
pepper and salt, and little minced
parsley. Shake until the mixture bolls.
Dish the parsnips, add to the sauce three
tablespoons OF cream in which has been
stirred quartcr-spoonful of flour Boil
once, and pour over the parsnips.
SANDWICHES. -Pottcd meats, rolled
tongue or ham cut very thin and IN small
pieces, with very little touch of mus
tard, make excellent sandwiches. Timed
salmon sandwiches, ii properly made,
always meet with great approval, and
have the charm of novelty. Procure a
good brand of the salmon, drain oil the
liquor, turn the contents of the tin into
a mortar, add small lump of butter, a
little pepper and salt Pound it well
and spread it over the buttered bread.
. SAGo SoUP.-Take three pounds OF
lean beef, slice of lean ham, and lay
them in stewpan with lump of but.
ter, draw the gravy gently, add two
quarts of water and sliced onion which
has been Drowned by frying in fresh but.
ter; also add bunch of sweet herbs,
six cloves, blade of mace, teaspoon
full of alspice, and one of black pepper
whole; stew until the soup is rich and
brown, then remove the meat, and strain
the soup clear, put it into clean stew.
pan, and thicken it to good consistency
with sago.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
BOTTLES and Their Contents.

find it n good plan, writes lady
correspondent to the Ectrit Free Press,
to save few of the wide. mouthcd bot
ties like the larger ones in which pre-
pared horseradish is bought, or small
pickle bottles. or fruit jars will do In
one of these bottles I keep paste, made
of flour and water and boiled Il little,
and before taking from the stove add a
tcaspoonful of powdered alum, and a
few drops of oil of cloves or sassafras.
This will keep without moulding. Near
1T keep long haudicd paste brush. |
find this convenient when | wish TO
fasten bit of loose wall paper, put n
newspaper clipping into my scrap book,
and sometimes for sealing packages or
papers for mailing.
In another bottle keep plaster of
paris. This is useful for many purposes.
Mix some of it with n little water and
you can fasten OH lamp-tops or door
knobs. l fastened knob on the
kitchen door Oirst digging out the lead
with sharp knife nearly year ago and
it is firm yet. If there are any broken
places in the wall made by chairs, mix
some of the plaster with common sand,
using water enough so it will spread
smoothly, fill the places with this and
smooth off with n knife before papcring.
Try it for stopping rat holes, only have
the sand quite coarse, and it will give
the rats the tcethache. 1t hnrdcns
quickly so it must not be mixed till lust
before using.
In another bottle | keep washing
soda. This is nice for removing grease
spots from wood, aud for cleaning lamp
burners. When burner becomes cloggcd
and dusty, where you cannot reach with
scissors or rag, put it in IN old tin can,
with some water and n lump of the soda,
and boil for short time on top OF the
stove; then dry and polish and it will
be all right. This will prevent smoking
and the bad smell arising from it,
-Four years ago l doctored the kitchen
clock in the same way. 1t was n COM
mon brass clock and had become dusty
and refused to go. So | took off the
hands and face, removed the brass
works, and put them carefully in n kettle
with some water and soda and boiled
awhile. When clean and bright took
them out, rinscd in some hot water, put
them In the oven on some sticks of wood
to dry. When dry, 1 oiled them with
sewing machine oil, and replaced in the
case. it has never troubled me since
and has kept time correctly.
Vases can be made by painting the
bottles some pretty color, and, when dry,
fastening on the same bright-coored
pictures, and then vanishing with trans
parent ,arnish. l painted one black,
put band of gilt paper around the bot
tom of the bottle, and round the lower
part of the neck. Then | fastened on
bright butterflies and n few small sprays
OF flowers. Another l painted white
and put on small black silhouette pic
lures, that l cut from paper, and black
bands, and it has quite a japanese APP
pearance. They can also be gildcd, and
II you wish them to look rough, first
sprinkle some oatmeal on them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
A Canine Aritllmetician.

Among the dogs entered at the
Washington %. CO. Kennel Clubs an
nual bench show is Jack, little black
and-ten dog owned by II. A. McNIurry.
The dog is an adept in figures and can dc
anything in arithmetic this side of frac-
tions. "Jack," said his master, "get I'm
in that chair and put your paws on the
back and count three" The dog did as
he was told, barking three little short
barks. "How much are two and three2''
was asked, and he repeated five barks in
like manner. He performed several
sums In subtraction, multiplication. and
division, with never single mistake,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03

No. has Pullman Buffet Sleeper New
York 10 Chattanooga and Memphis without
change, Vim Harrisburg, Hagtrstown and
Rolnoke: also has connection Mt Hagerstown
with fast mil from Baltimore
No. has through connection from Phla-
delphi viz Harrisburg aud c. v. Railroad,
ant from Baltimore via w. M. r r.. D lily
exceps Sunday. Also makes connection ut
Wnynestoro Junction with 9. Sc o. R'y west
bound train.
CONNECTIONS.
Hagerstown, Md, with tho Western Mary
land Railroad to and from B,ltimore, Fred
eerick, Emmittsbnrg, Gettysburg, Penmar,
Waynesaoro, Pa, and points on the Western
Maryland railroad and branches.
With the Cumberland Valley railroad to
ani from Harrisburg, Carlisle Shippensburg,
Johannesburg, Mercersburg, Martinsburg,
and points on tho Cumberland Yalley rail-
rond and branches
Al-n to and from Pittsburgh and the West
md Northwest, and Boston, New York,
Phil 'lelphia and the North and East.
AT Shenandoah Junction, w. Va, with
main line OF Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
to and from the West.
No. 8 makes close connection mt
way nesDoro junction with g. s. o.
Ry. EnsL and West bound trains.
At Loeb Laird, with Lexington branch of
Richmond and Allegheny railroad
AT Buchanan with Main Line of Richmond
and Allegheny railroad.
AT Roanoke, with Norfolk nnl Western
railroad.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Boyce, for Milwood and Winchester, Va.
At Troutville for Fincastle
NORTHWARD. DAILY.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
TWILIGHT.

Through silent air, DER miles ON miles o
gray,
No sound is heard
Where to the quiet plain the waning day
Whispers her latest word.
Beyond the dim wide land serene, the sea
.7 Kisses the shore,
Where tired waves but now made fretfu
plea,
Tossing the pebbles DER.
An, sweet tho calm when back into tho blu,
Wild clouds sink homo,
Nor longer mar tho pure undying hue
Decp'ning DER heavens dome.
Like dusky phantoms bred of earth's dark
breast,
The cattle lie
Where once they wandered, now content to
rest,
g Still as the earth and sky.
80 great the silence is, it seems TO grow
Into sound
Ah' surely now our reyerent hearts shall
know
The secret Garth has found1
more eloquent the burthened stiffness cries
nun SoufuS at noon.
ana deep'ning brown OF land and blue of
skies,
Soft with the rising moon,
Reveal Mt last tho tender bond that binds
Great Natures whole,
AS patient through lifcs eager day love finds
Soul bound ut last to soul.
Ihou dost not speak, who standest at my
side
AT waning of the day
"here we have often watched tho cventide
Steal into mystic gray.
But yet, though thou art dumb hear thy
speech,
Thy heart hear,
lhat scarcely in the troublous day could
reach
Unto my deafened ear,
And sweetcr words than all tho words l
know
Thy silence brings,
so let the silence to thea murmur low
The song my spirit sings.
Airs Coniyns Carr, in Harpcr's IYeekiy.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
a Twenty Yenrs' t.pcrIence.
no BROADWAY, New York, March II, 1880

IiU FrondWay, NOW ork, Mnrch II, 1850.
have been using ALLCoCK's Porous PhAs-
rERs for 20 years, and found them ono of tho
best of family medicines. Brief; summing up
my expience, say that when placed on tho
email OF Tho back ALLCoCH's PLAsTERs fill tho
body wi Ii nervous energy, and thus cure
fatigue, brain exhaustion debility and kidney
difficult cs. Fer women AMI children 1 have
found them inva,uabc. They never irrit tie
tho skin or cause tho slightest pain, but curs
sore throat, cr,upy coughs, colds, pains in
aide, back or chest, indigestion and bowel
complaints. ID. FREDERICKs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03

Everybody has heard of "horse laugh, :" hut
ohas over seen an equine gifted with tho
power OF speech? Such an animal would he
pronounced n miracle; but so would the tele-
graph and the telephone have he N n hundred
years ago. Why, even Very recently n euro
Tor consumption would have been looked npon
to renlize that the dis aso is not hcurablS
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will
cure 1t, Ii taken in time. This world renowned
remedy will not male new lungs, bat ii will
restore diseased ones To II healthy state when
NIL other moins have failed Thousands can
gratefully testify To this. All druggists
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
III ny Nnu JOW5,
And, ere lie ID unds upon tho ring,
Selccia TIM nhicri of Lis anrin,, ~

Selects the object of his spring."
Sodiscase. in myriad forms, fastcns its fangs
upon the human race. Ladies' who suffer from
distressing ailments peculiar To their SEX
should use DIR. Pcrces Fayorite Prescription
1t Is positive cure for the most complicated
and obstinate cases of lcucorrhca, excessive
flowing, painful meustruatiun, unnatural sup
pressions: prolapsus or falling of the womb,
week back, female weakness" nm eversion,
retroversion. bearing-down sensations, chronic
congestion, Inflammation and liberation OF
Tho womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness
In ovarics, accompanied with "int ernal heat"
Mr.. Gladstone sleeps IL small uncarpcted
room.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
w 4 Y z!

WHY do I have this drowsy,
lifeless feeling? WHY do I have
Backachep WHY Neuralgia and
Rheumatism? WHY does Scrof-
ulous faint and Erysipelas show
itself?
BECAUSE your bloodis filled
with Poison, which must be
Completely Eradicatcd before
you can regain health. You must
go to thereof of the matter. Put
the Kidneys-the great and only
blood purifying organs--in CONF
plete order, which is complete
health, and with
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
DOBRINs' ELECTRIC

aud tako no othor. Nearly every grocer
from Maine to Mexico keeps it in stock.
If yours hasn't it. he will order from his
nearest Wholesale grocer.
Read carefully the inside wrapper
around each bar, and be careful to follow
directions on each outside wrapper. You
cannot afford to wait longer before trying
for yourself this old, reliable, and truly
wonderful Dopp1Ns' ELECTRIC soar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
1Yrltlng Up the Farmers, Climb,

The late Stanley Huntley, once a re-
porter on tho Tribune, was sent to re-
port meeting of the Farmers Club,
whoeo members got into quarrel over
D. now kind Of potato, and the reporter
Qt was his first journalistic effort gave
o very funny account of it, which, NOT
finding theolty editor in when lie went
down to the office, he sent upstairs in
the regular way. The next day tho
article appeared on tho first page OF tho
tribune, and young Huntley thought
he had "struck 1t rich," in his new sit.
uation, and promptly looked forward to
being made managing editor of the
journal.
When he arrived at tho Office and en-
tered tho city room he noticed smile
spread over the other reporters faces,
but. attributing IL to jealousy, nd
calmly seated himself at his desk. In
few minutes Mr.. Moore, the city cd
itor, called him and said that Mr.. Gree.
10y wanted to see him. Swelling with
pride, and casting look of triumph
around the room, tho young reporter
walked out of tho Office into Mr.. Gree.
ley's Office. The door was closed. He
raped gently.
Como in" responded shrill falsetto
voice.
Mr.. Huntley did so. Mr.. Greeley
was seated Mt his desk writing. He
waited patiently until he finished.
Then the old gentleman wheeled
around in his chair and said:
"Well. sir, what can / do for you ~
You sent for me, sir"
For you? What is your name?"
STANLEY Huntley."
70! SO you are tho blamed fool
who wrote up tho Farmers Club?"
The hopes of the future humorist OK.
perienced sudden decline. He would
now DO satisfied with the city editor.
ship.
why did you do it9"
"They acted disgracefully, SIR"
Yes, know it; but what did you
do with your copy2"
II showed it in hole in the wall and
whistled twice."
Young man, how long have you
been on tho press?"
"Twenty-four hours, sir"
well, SIR" said tho editor, "you
didn't know, of course, what the rules
of our Office are, but you oughtn't to
have written that report, indeed, YOU
oughtn't to. OF course, they are q
pack of fools. They always have been;
but You shouldn't have said 80 in the
Tribune. Young man, Pm the Presi-
dent of that club Y Graphic.
A LIBRARIAN says that ministers like
to write their opinions on the margins
of books. II found book so marked
ono day, and, recognizing the hand
writing rs that of prominent divine,
sent note to him asking to SEQ him at
my office. He came, acknowledged
that he had written in tho book, but
said that his writing madc it moro val
liable. Others do not think so,' said
/, $50 if you will give us q now book
you may keen tho moro valuable one"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03

Don't disgust everybody by hawking, blow
Ing anu splitting, but use DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and he cured
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03

If afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac
mhompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at
Zoe. ner bottle 800 "
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
WARMERS SAFE CURE

and WARMERS SAFE PILLS
your Cure is Certain.
BECAUSE u Btons of thous.
ands of CRATE ~ full men and
women in all & parts of the
world have volunt arily
written us to 81 this effect.
There ia no standstil1 i'm
disease. You are either growing
Better or Worse. How is it with
YOU?
WHY not to-day resort to that
medicine, which has veritably Car
ed Millions, and which will cure
You if you will give it q chance ?
All of Warmers preparations are
Purely Vegetable. They are made
on honor. They are time-tried.
They are no New Discovery,
untried and worthless, on
the contrary, they have stood the
test-they have proved their SUI
periority. They stand alone in
pre-eminent merit, and
I YOU KNOW 1T.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03

Lolita wears sixteen plirs OF shoes in ono of
her Dlays
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
DOBBlNs' ELECTRIC SOAP.
The Best Family Soap in the
World.

1t is strictly pure. Uniform in quality.
The original formula for which we paid
$50, 900 twenty years ago has never been
modified or changed i'll tho slightest. This
Soap is identical il quality to-day with
that made twenty years ago.
It contai, nothing that can injure the
finest fabric. 1t brightens colors and
blenches whites.
1t washes fiannels and blankets MS no
other soap in the world does without
shrinking leaving them soft and white
and like new,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03

Pearl and silver whistles, for calling ones
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
READ THIS TWICE.

There is great saving of time, of labor,
of soap of fuel, and of the fabric, where
Dobbins' Electric Soap is used according
to directions.
One trial will demonstrate its great MGR
it. 1t will pay you 10 mako that trial.
Like all best things, it is extensively I'M
itated and countcrfeitcd.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03

Standard Time EXPRESS. EXPRESS
10Th Meridian, NO. 4 NO. 9.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
"As glares the Iiger on hIs zoos,

Olive oil is being made of California
mustard seed
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

Insist upon Dobbins' Electric. Don't
take Magnetic, Elcctro-Magic, Philadelphia
Electic, or any other fraud, simply because
it is cheap. They will ruin clothes, and
nre dear Mt any price. Ask for
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-03
Amorsc WIN Gun rnlhI

Mr.. Gladstone sleeps IL a small uncarpclet
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-24

making the best individual score yesterday
were to participate. In the days running
fortune favored the following ive j. b.
Newton, So; C.. A. Flemming, "a; A. Minis,
Jr, 50; j. w. Keller, 5212, and j. l..
Walthour, 521%.
At the drill room last night five slips or
paper, on one of which was written Horse, "
Were put in hat and Lieut.. Carter drew
out one for each of the five men interested
in the result. The fourth drawing brought
forth the inscribed slip and the prospective
horse became the property of Private Keller.
Under the conditions of the gift the money
will remain in the hands of Capt. Gordon
until Private Keller finds horse at $3.50 to
suit him, whereupon the Captain will pay
for the animal.
Mr.. DeRenne also offered $50 to be di-
vided among the four filters in the
second and third classes of the
Hussars making the best scores yesterday.
In the second class Private Cunningham
won SIS of the money and Private Gilbert
$40. In the third class Corp1 McAlp;n car
ried off SO aud Private Sheftal 80. Under
the conditions of the offer the four prizes
last mentioned are to be expended in the
purchase Of some part of the uniform or
trappings.
Private Newtons success entities him to
wear the company medal for the ensuing
year. The presentation was made by Gov.
Gordon, who participated in a luncheon, to
which the visiting cavalrymen were invited,
spread III the drill room on the return from
fine cOurSe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-24

That plan was finally formulated, and she
resolved to communicate with Maxwell.
She did so, and the letter is a curiosity
cunning shrewuness, intelhgently expressed,
She said she had been an amateur actress
and hadsplay ed male characters. She had
studied the art of makeup and was satis-
fed she could so disguise herself as TO make
the guards believe she was Maxwell. Her
plan was to visit Maxwell disguised as
man. and dressed as near like him as posi-
BILE. Given five moments freedom from OBJ
servation by the guards she could. she SAID,
by a clever makeup, disguise both OF them
so that each would look like the other.
Then Maxwell could leave the jail, and she
would remain and cake the consequences
1T was a strange proposal, ana one
hardly TO be conceived outside OF wOmanS
brain. And MAXWELL He read the letter,
smiled contemporary, and handed 1t over
10 the District Attorney. Not that he was
too honorable to attempt to escape through
a woman's aid. No one who knew Max
wells contemplate spirit would believe
that. He simply saw too many dliilculteS
in the way of lis accomplishment, ana
sought to curry favor with the state by re
vealIng the one-sided plot. Perhaps he
Thought too, that the scheme was too
visionary. 1t certainly would have re
quired courage, while there was danger
that the fair libeTatOr might be 3arched
and her carefully prepared make up con
fscotcd
THE apparent feasibility of the thing,
however, surprised the States attorneys.
They were more surprised " hen the yelled
woman was 'shadoweI' by a detective and
the discovery made int She belonged to one
of the best connected families OF ST. Lous.
Her father was an extensive merchant; her
mother belonged 10 the best bue-blOoded
stock Of FlOlissant, the French settlement
near st. Louis, while the young lady herself
alike distinguished for her wit, intelligence
and attractive manners.
"What there was in Maxwell to fascinate
her was a mystery. He was, even with his
vicious physiogOnmy covered anything but
handsome. But she was taken with the
man, and in order to escape attention
dressed shabbily and visited the court room
yelled
Tho story was kept quiet The unfor-
tunate girl was too well connected TO adj
init Of publicity being given to her attach
ment. Even the wrong she was about to
commit was condoned. The few who UNI
avoidably heard the story were pledged to
secrecy, and the newspapers never told
their readers what singular romance had
narrowly escaped being enacted in the am
pitheatrical Jail of the famous old -Four
Courts The parents of the girl however,
were informed of the matter and the
yelled woman was seen no more.
by the way therea are three genuine and
only trunks III which Preller's body was
found extant in st. Louis; several more in
Chicago, and two or three i'll New York.
The Preller trunk was the museum mana
gers bonanza"
The museum manager is a genius.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-24
A TEMPLE OF MUSIC AND ART.
One of the Sights of Savannah.


Visitors to the city are specially invited
to pay us visit, and will be made welcome,
whether desiring to purchase goods or not.
Come and let us have the pleasure of
showing you the largest and most attractive
Music and Art House in America.
Pretty large talk but it is true, and no
exaggeration. You will own it when you
see us as we are.
A magnificent four-story and basement
building, fifty feet front, filled from cellar
to loft with Music and Art treasures is a
sight not often seen, even in the great cities
of the Union.
Our elegant salesroom on ground floor,
with its decorations and grand display of
Musical instruments, Music, Art Novelties,
Pictures, Frames, Views, Statuary, Bronzes,
Plush Goods, Brass Goods, Artists Mate
rails, Stationery, Albums, ETC., ETC., will
bewilder you.
Our Piano and Organ warerooms, on sec
ond floor, with over one hundred superb
Instruments, open for your inspection and
pleasure Will make you feel harmonious
and happy.
On Thursday and Friday a fine orchestra
will give free concerts for the entertain
ment of our friends and visitors All are
invited
Doors wide open, hands ready for grip,
courteous attendants to show YOU around
all glad to see you. Come.
LUDDEN & BATES
SOUTHERN Music HOUSE.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-24
Suicide at Porter Springs.

DAHLoNEGA, GA, Feb 23.-John r.
Thornton, Assistant Postmaster at Porter
Springs, committed suicide Feb. 80. Mr..
Thornton had been in ill health for some
time. Col. Farrow finally prevailed en-
him to allow doctor to be called, when Dr.
Jones. of Dahlonega, was sent for, but only
got near enough to his patient TO hear the
discharge of a gun. Upon going TO his
room it was found that he had blown off the
entire top of his head. There was no note
or word left to any one, and the only cause
that was at all probable was dependency
He was clerk at Porter Springs Hotel last
season.
Saturday evening Mr. Fred Settler of
Atlanta, a student of the North Georgia
Agricultural College, came near being
killed while examining a pistol in the hands
of w. H. Strange. The pistol was dis
charged, hitting Settler in the thigh, max
ing bad but not dangerous wound.