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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
Medical Hypochondrincs

So many people are hypochondriacs
that physician expects to find one third
OF his patients laboring under imaginary
ills. It's easy for people to exaggerate
symptoms. and, by giving them selves
into the hands of puacks, become con-
tirmed victims of ill-health. What IL
not at all unusual is to find physicians
who have become thoroughly hyp1d.
Many of them, with great reputation an d
large practice and capable of diagnosing
any case, be ONE cranks concerning their
own health. They exaggera.e the
slightest symptoms into dangerous cases,
and believe they have chronic troubles
when they would know that. in patient.
it would be but slight indisposition.
Most physicians are not competent to
treat themselves, and many of them are
confirmed hypochondriacs.
Medical students begin early to imag-
inc themselves Ilicted with the various
diseases they arc studying. / remember
when at college had room mate who
became thoroughly hypnd after entering
the course. One day he caught cold,
and that night suddenly informed me he
believed he was going to die, as he was
certain that he was nicted with n new
malignant fever, which he had been
studying that day. went Immediately
for one of tho professors, and ne not
being in. l had another come. The second
understood the case at once and gave nv
friend some simple remedy, and later the
first came, and he, wishing to give the
young man lesson, made me admin ster
a libertl dose OF ipecac. This made him
very sick, but 1t cured him of the malig.
nant fever.-GIobc- Democoat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
Tho Creamery Business.

The advantages of the co. cooperative sys-
tenn of buttcr-making arc daily becoming
moro apparent. In those sections where
the system has been tried, on right
principles. it almost invariably inures to
the benefit of the farmer in giving in
creased returns for his milk product, and
in the enhanced value Of farm land on
account Of increasing its fertility and
productivcness by stock. keeping The
removal of much hard labor from tho
shoulders of the housewife is one great
advantage of the system and one too
often under estimated. If the farmer
could get no more per pound for his but
ter by selling his cream to the creamery,
tho saving of labor in doors is a wcighty
argument in favor of his patronizing the
creamery. A writer in the Western
Lurat adds testimony on this point, by
saying that he estecms the factory us n
great blessing to the ovcrworKe cd women
of our farms taking them as whole.
The cream gathering System is the means
oil greatly blessing our wives mothers
and sisters. Cnc man wrote us some time
since that he had given up dairyng. be :
cause of the burden it imposed upon his
wife, aud was selling hay. We'll, that
is bad plan. Secure the establishment
of factory in the nc'ghborhood, and
feed tho hay to cows on the farm
Nes0 YOrE Indcpendent.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
MY sKoTHgR,a lrErrrK

80
70 who havo only walked through eartf,,s
fair places,
On whom no breath Of chilling wind IA
blown, = \ "a 80 =
Surrounded by kind tones and smiling fac..
showing the sunny side Of life alone; ,,,,,e
who talk about ''the rurs- q '.'A'''-'
A single thing to help them in their pain.
Take care, lest God, in wrath, your life re-
viewing,
Shall smite you also with the curse of Cain,
Gam I my brother's keeperf'--still 10
soundeth
Down tho long years, still children cry for
bread;
Still sin, and shame, aud misery aboundeth,
And men sleep on the cold stones for bed;
While those whose lives arc full of case and
gladness, ye-
Who have no wants that wealth can charm
away, h4
Write touching poems on tho caro- and sad
of those who hunger In our midst today.
Is 1t talk and poetry they want TO lead them
10 better things, 60 strengthen limbs that
tire1
VIII poems hclp to warm, and clotho, and
feed them,
Or serve as fuel for tho scanty flroi
Mon starvo while yo your help are still Do.
laying.
Time flies along, so silently and fast;
Pray God, ye turn before yo hear Him say
ing:
"Yo did It not to Mc,"-too late, at last
--Pfolet King, IN Once Week.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
A queer Game Among the NaYajooa.

DIR. Matthews, OF tho army, read /,
paper before the Anthropologicai Society
Tuesday evening on the SUBJECT of stNa
va Gambling Songs" The NAVAJO In
dams, he began, have numerous songs
many of which. are sung under the pro
gress of gambling game Called 'hesi
ebay. The game is founded on a myth
which forms one Of tho traditional beliefs
OF the Navajocs. The songs used in this
game are almost nurnberless. snd;o old
man OF whom the doctor asked the mum.
| Dor said, with an intended eXaggeratiou,
that thero we've ovor four thousand in
the game. Another said that thore was
o song for every bird that flies, every
animal that C avis or prowls.
The game is sacred and is usually
played in winter aud always in the dark
hours. When asked why the night
should be elected for the game one In
dian remarked that "he on whom the
sun shines while playing the kesichay
will be stricken blind" Tho game is
played in a lodge or wigwam. Six moe.
casins are buried with thoir tops even
with the ground in two rows several feet
apart aud filled to their edges with sand.
The Indians divide into two parties,
and draw lots for the first move. The
winners OF the first move take small,
black stone, and, raising blanket be-
tween thcm,clvcs and their opponents to
conceal their operations. hide tho stone
IN one OF the moccasins, burying it in
the sand so that it is entirely out of sight
The others then try to find the stone by
striking with stick the moccasin sup
posed to contain it. If they find it they
take the stouc in turn and hide it, the
others guessing, but if they fail their op.
ponents hold 1t until it is found, each
timo hanging up tho blanket and chang
ing, or pretending to change, its location.
The game is counted by means of one
hundred and two long slender sticks on
each side, which change hands as the
sides win or lose. The system of count
ing very intricate, the count depend.
ing on the location Of the ball. Four.
Sin or ten counters change hands ut each
hiding Tbs changes are almost all in
favor of the holders OF The tho ball ball and fire.
quently one side will lose all of their
counters before the ball is found, when
the game comes to an end. Two of the
counters on each side arc notchcd and
are called "grandmothcrs." When there
has been long run of bad luck tho
'grandmothcrs" are stuck up in the
ground and told to go and seek their
grandchildren, meaning to bring back
the luck and hold the counters. 1t is
supposed to be lucky to hold the grand
mothers until the last, so that they arc
not lpid out until the others arc all gone.
= Washington !S'dr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
Is, 40 MARIN AND GARDEN.

Play This Joke on Your Chickens.
An amusing test of the difference of
dispositionin barnyard fowls may be
made BY placing piece of looking glass
against the trunk of large tree and
laying o trainsof corn in front of it.
Some hens will discover what they ali
take to be u new arrival with mild curl.
osity and merely look at it intently. per.
haps peeriug around behind tho trec aud
then wax quietly away. Others peck
the glass. angrily and insist upon fight.
ing, while few nervous females show
much Of the same noisy excitement that
seizes upon most hens when they spy a
snake. We tried the valiant old auto.
crat of the farmyard with this trick and
no was at once aroused to fury. Drop
ping his head when some ten feet In
front OF the glass, he began tho cautious
advance parallels which every one fa-
miliar with poultry has seen before a
6ght.-1hc PoultrV Yard.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
Anarchist Schools for children.

The executive committee of the newly,
organized local anarchist society of Chi
cago, known as the '.Arbeiter Bund,n
has issued circular calling q large mass
Meeting for tho purpose of deysng
means by which to found anarchist
schools throughout the city. Tho cir.
cular has been freely distributed tin-
vitcs all anarchists to investigate the So
ciety's Sunday schools, of VIII CHI there
are six in Chicago, each situated in tha
rear or in tho basemt MT OF saloons.
In ono ofseihe schools in the back
room ofsa saloon on lincoln avenue,
there were 20 children, ranging from
five to fourteen:yeais.o age. They were
listening intently to,a tei,cher's doscrip-
ton OF Johann Most. The teacher told;
che children that Spies and PARSONS had
been murdered by the capitalists, and
| referred to the dead anarchists as mar
, tyrs. = Commercial A.tserti,er.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
A birthday Party Aboard Shin

Inst March Miss Josephine Dcyo. Of
Rondon., N: y, left there for tho Sand .
wich Islands, Whoro sho mad sacNycd n
position MS teacher. Sho was tho onlv
aay on board tho ship on which sho took
passage. Sho carried sealed latter
from friend, with instructions
oot 10 open II until her birthday. which
occurred while oil route. The passage 70
INC nrst stopping place, San francisco.
vas long and tedious. Tho vessel was
oesot with Gains. When Miss noyo,s
o.irtnday arrived tho ship was out of
,isht oil land, its sails napping idly and
40 sign OF a brcoze. Misa Dcyo went on
aeck and began reading tho letter. A
.,eollns OF Loneliness crcpt over her and
'ho wcpt. Tho Captain saw her sboddina
Tears and inquired tho reason. Miss
poyo told him how lonely she felt and
aow II was the only birthday anniversary
INC ma over known when sho was not
'urronndcd by friends. Tho Cnntnin
,poko cheering words to her. When
Mss Doyo went to tho cabin for her
upper sho WIS surprised to SEQ argo
'rostod cake on tho table in front of ber
plate. On tho top of it we're the words
birthday cake for tho only Iadv nm
lhipboard." Tho captain md crn ~
bad o. arranged this pleasant surprise, and
Tho enjoyed it very much. Miss Doyo is
oow teaching school in tho Sand w;cb
tslands.-Ncp York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
Sweet Corn a Modern Delicacy.

Many persons can remember the time
when ''roasting ears" rs they were
called, were pulled from the Common
field corn, the more palntablc sweet corn,
with hich all are now so familiar, be
ing practically unknown. While the
history of the appearance OF sweet corn
i'll our gardens shows it TO be quite
modern, it seems its existence was known
in New England as early rs 17I?, when
few cars found among the Indians on
the borders of the SusQuehanna were
brought to Plymouth by an Ole Ger in
General Sullvnn's expedition against
them. In Sibleys grain and farm seed
manuals writer in the Plymouth paper
III 1922 is quoted rs saying THAT was
the first of the species ever seen here,
and has since that time been more and
more diifused, and within few years
only has been generally and extensively
cultivated for culinary purposes. Whom
trst introduced the core was a BRIGHT
crimson, and, after being boiled and the
corn taken off, if laid in contact with
linen it communicated an indclible
STAIN"
In DR.. Sturtevant's exhaustive history
of Indian corn it is stated that sweet
corn is not referred to by Jefferson in his
"Notes OH Virginia" in 1881, nor by
Thorburn in 1917, nor by Fes-
sender in 1928. In 1882 ..swect O,
sugar corn is mentioned among gar.
den vegetables by Bridgeman. In 1851
Buist mentions two varieties. In 1862
Salisbury says of the .'early sweet corn, II
the variety introduced by Captain Bag
mol of Plymouth, that one kind has a
white and the other a red cob. In 1854
Schenk mentions the extra carly, the
eight-rowed sweet and Stowcl's sugar.
which had been brought into notice
within a few months. In 1858 Klippart
mentions in addition the mammoth
sugar. In 1866 Burr describes twelve
varieties. The seed catalogue of Thor.
burn in 1928 offers one variety, the sugar
or sweet; in 1881, sixteen varieties; in
1888, twenty-siX varieties.
However, this sort, as distinguished
from Indian corn, may have originated.
it has furnished notable example of the
influence of cultivation, until it has be-
come an indispensable article for the
table in its season, and one of the most
highly priced vegetables for canning. Sc
numerous are tho present varieties that
from twenty to thirty arc usually advcr.
tised by leading scedsmcn. > Mew York
World
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
To Make Poultry Grow.

Nothing will enlarge the capacity of q
chicken quicker than varied bill of fare
and good supply of green food, To
chickens in confinement onion tops are
especially acceptable, and the tops arc
rclishcd more than are the bulbs them
selves. Beet and turnip tops will be
greedily devouied. That they mag not
be wasted lay them with the tops all onJ
way and weight them down with stone.
Bran and shorts, wheat and oats, table.
scraps and meat, with very little corn,
few sunflower seeds, and small
amount of buckwheat, make an irresisti.
BILE combination, combination that will
make chicken grow and thrive in spite
of itsolf. To make pullets trot along to-
ward maturity with wonderfully accel.
Grated pace, give them every morning q
warm feed of bran and shorts and ground
oats mixed up with milk or meat stock
in which is little salt. At noon give q
feed of meat and at night all the wheat
they will eat and little left to scratch
for the next day. In addition to this,
provide green food, crushed bones, and
pure water. and give each day one heavy
iced of broken d shes they will be eaten
with avidity. Feeding pepper often to
fowls as a regular appetizer is bad
Practice. Although very little will do
no harm, yet the continued use of the
condiment is liable to cause liver COM
plant. Warm feed tends to have the
same stimulating effect without possess
ing the injurious qualities OF the
cayenne The only way to mako n
chicken-housc is to build it with board
floor. Where tho droppings nightly fall
on tho ground the soil will become foul
and damp, even though it be cleaned out
every day in the year. The odors that
then ari.e. are unwhoesomo in the OK
tremc, will cause roup, and in fact nearly
all the ills that poultry flesh is heir to-
Tho board floor should then be kept
covered with two or three inches OF dry
soil, which should be repeatedly re-
newed. The only way to make roosts is
to make them on movable frame that
may be taken out of doors, there to he
scalded with boiling hot water in which
is a little crude carbolic ncid. Make
the roos:s all on level and not more
than two feet high, thereby preventing
much quarreling and tbs humble foot
Chicago Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
When tho Princess Wa. poor.

Twenty-Five years ago tho now prin.
soss oil Walos and fut1e Queen of Eng
nnd was living on tho third floor Of n
; ;orner house in Copenhagen, and her
atheri who no ono evor dreamed thon of
oeing King, was poorer than many n
ourgher in the same street. She and
oer two sisters, now the Caarinc of llussia
thu the Duchess of Cumberland, occupiod
me Same room, scautily furnished. md
instead OF wardrobe a curtain drawn
,cross tho wall hid tho pegs ON which
'heir TOW dresses hung. They Ind noyor
worn a silk dress in thoir lives. Now
Hioxandra doubtless has all tho dresses
inc wants, but it is moro than likoly that
the looks back with pleasure upon those
ago Herald. o"'-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
Bog Dntter.

The material known as "bog butter, j,
peculiar mineral substance which is
found in some of the bogs of Ireland. II
is evidently OF vegetable origin, probably
formed by the decomposition of the peal
in which 1T is found. In composition
it resembles asphalt and amber, but is
probably of more recent origin. In
colorand consistency it resembles butter,
and at temperature of about I24 de-
grees Fair. it becomes liquid 1t is moi
soluble in water, but it is readily dis
solved in alcohol. --New YORK. Sun,
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take large per cont. from thcir value
when matured. A colt is easily stunted

take fargo per cont. from thcir value
when matured. A colt is easily stunted
or weakened, and il may even contract
disease on account of bad food or i'm
proper sanitary conditions. Providing
stables or sheds in which colts can barely
exist, to mako them tough, is both iu-
human and Improbable Warm quar-
tiers not only save food, but aid healthy
growth, which should DO maintained all
winter. Tho stable should be warm
enough to allow the manure to freeze
only IN tho coolest weather, and as in all
buildings for domestic animals, draughts
OF air should be guarded against. Colts
coming. through in spring time with
long hair, prominent ribs and projecting
hips, and lousy, arc disgrace to their
owners. They are so reduced in vitality,
and the basis for the next summers
growth SO undermined, that they cannot
make nearly so much profit out of pas
lures ms il we'll wintcred.
Since form and quality of tho muscles,
tendons, and frame are equally as i'm
portant as 81 o the feeding of colts Is
even OF moro Importance than that Of
calves for beef, or pigs for pork. Corn
alone has not enough muscle and bono
producing clements, and in the hands of
the Ignorant feeder is often Improbable.
No one grain food with hay answers the
purpose in point of oirccti eness, COM
binod with cost, SO we'll as oats. Ifthoy
cannot BIO obtained cheaply, good ra.
ton can bn made up of 100 parts by
weight of bran, fifty of cornmeal and
nifty OF ground linseed cake, feed with
nice hay chopped in tho feed cutter.
-Four to nine pounds of tho mixed grain
food should be given each colt per day
in two to three feeds. 1t should DO
mixed with about its weight of cut hay
before feeding. No definite amount can
be given, us some colts will require moro
and Others less than an average. In
several days, or at most few weeks, an
observing feeder will know whether or
not tho feed for each individual colt
should be increased. Colts rs we'll ms
mich cows, will enjoy water warmed to
seventy degrees. and mixing in other
foods, for variety's sake, will give tono
to the appetite and CONDITION" to the
animal. = Wisconsin Agriculturist.
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Fashion Notcs.

oStiiCH ichtHor inns hrO ING lnVOritoS.
Doas made of cocks feathers aro
now fancy.
Tho various shades of gray nro all
fashionable.
Claret still holds its own MS ono OF tn,
favorito rods.
Many bridal dresacs arc being made in
tho directoiro style.
A now and rather muddy shado of
green is called lihono.
Tho dinner dresses arc gaycr, and arc
mndo of richer materials
Tho long, round boas hnvo givon way
in Paris to tho boas with flint ends.
1t Is said that whito cloth dresses will
DO much worn in Paris this winter.
Serpent and jasper greens arc popular.
They have n changoablo, iridoscont hue.
Hats arc, many of them, mado with an
eye 10 tho costumes with which they will
be worn.
fashion papers, but short wraps arc still
much worn.
The "tiger eye" is popular for bonnet
pins and Is vc- y pretty, though it is not
jewel but merely pctrifod wood.
In Paris the hustle is still worn, but it
IS no longer visible, being merely two or
three short stools ut the top of the skirt.
Bands of silk embroidery are now
made and sold by tho yard, and form
convenient trimming for wooden Dresses
A dinner dress for homo wear is mnde
of q changeable silk, varying to old gold.
The corsagc may be trimmed with Pokin
gauze.
Ladies in mourning wear ornaments OF
jet, cut into trofoils, pansios or violets,
and SGT with small diamonds in tho
centor.
Black velvet is the most elegant OF the
favoritc dress materials, and may DO worn
by all save those who arc troubled with
On access of cmbonpoint.
Partisan milliners favor trimmings in
two or moro shades of one color, and
these combinations arc very tasteful,
though the effect is always quiet and
subdued.
The last onormity In trimming is tho
use of some small animal, as the sable,
head, tail, claws and all, curlcd up along
the side of big velvet hat or else curved
comfortably on tho folds OF q cloth or
velvet muf.
Some of tho new shades of gray have
very expressive names given to them.
Among them are punch flame, goura, the
tint OF an African bird of that namo,
oxide, Vesuvius, Russian powder, and
thunder cloud.
Yoles and yoke effects nre multiply
ing on young ladies' costumes, and take
all sorts of shapes-square, rounded or.
cut in points that extend nearly to the
waist in front and terminate at tho mid
die of the back.
The rich white brocado showing a
flight of swallows across its sleeny eur
face is favorite material with this sea.
sons brides. Mrs. Amelia Rives- CHAMBER
claims the honor of having first brought
it to public notice.
Embroidery has become quite feature
in millinery. Usually 1t is donc directly
upon the velvet or cloth with which tho
bonnet is to be trimmed, aud tho latter
is so arranged that the embroidery por-
ton is conspicuous.
An afternoon dress of gray cloth is
made with plain, straight skirt, en-.
broidored deli, ately in black like CASH
nero shawl. On the edge is narrow
band of astrakhan. Tho corsage is enl-
broidered throughout, and sash OF
black surah tics tho front,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
Tho Secret Honeymoon.

ono OF tho latest notions in weddings
= 20 have tho wedding tour arranged
" inc oost man. lilo gives tho brido-
ssoom, as the happy man steps into the
;Iarriage witii his bride, paper contain
.ng schedule of the arrangements
nauo; as we'll as tho route. This is
.aiIeo the secret honeymoon. The great
.usantage is TINT the fortunate pair do
aoe nave TO discuss tho subject until
alter tho wedding. -Nec York Ieic1yam.
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
RIDE asANT LYTERaTURE TOR
FEMININE READERS.
Rerore tha GIaa.

sho stood before a looking glass
winsome, pretty dark Dyed lass
aer mead little to ono side
~ W,. though all mankind sho defied.
Hor long hair DER her shouldors foil.
her Drown eyes sparkled with delight.
~ needed no soft speech to toll
mat she was fair; abe know IL woll.
And her soliloquy ran thus.
~ how awful slow the time would piss
~ IL wasn't for this looking -glass!a
--Rurper,s BdxQr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25

The winter in Washington promises to
lbe brilliant one. Five Cabinet houses
will be open during the season, with the
probability OF rosebud party at the
house of the Attorney General to intro
duce his pretty daughter.