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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
rAsruRING or MOVING I,xns

1t is bad practice to pasture moving
lands at all in our climate, and although
there is strong temptation 10 do it
where pastures are short, the prudent
farmer will resort to almost any Shift TO
keep his cattle in condition and the flow
OF milk good, rather than pasture the
moving fields.
In the first place the sod becomes
tramplcd by the cattle to its injury. then
weeds have good chance to grow and
thrive, and the grass is apt TO be hurt
IN consequence of being cropped too
closely i'll dry weather or left without
sufficient protection to the roots in
winter.
1t Is far better practice to let the NOW
ing lands grow second crop, and make
It INTO hay, than TO attempt pasturing
after cutting The first crop.
Many farmers are now in the habit of
feeding cows in the barn when the pas.
lures are short, using cnsilagc, or green,
freshly cut corn, clover or any other
fodder that may he in season; this is far
better than to turn the cattle into the
moving fields. --M"ssochu~tis Plomn,an.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Baked meat is an abomination. So
called "roast" meat cooked in ovens is 4
delusion and snare.
For a black eye: Paint it with mix.
turc of equal parts of tincturc capsici and
gum arabic and some glyccrine
Applying kerosene with a rag when
you are about TO put your stoves away for
the summer will help to prevent them
from rusting.
Spiccd phims: One gallon piums, ono
pint OF vinegar, one quart sugar, CHINA.
mon and cloves whole. Boil several
hours and seal.
Delicious waiilcs: Half pint of cold
boiled farina, half a pint of rice flour,
two tablcspoonfuls of wheat flour, ono
pint of milk, one tablespoonful of butter,
two eggs, well beaten.
Butter can be kept in good condition
in hot weather by placing over it largo
MnSlazcd earthenware crock, inverted.
Wrap wet cloth around the crock and
'ct it in IA draft Of air.
Salt sprinkIcd on any substance burn,
ing on the stove will stop the smoke and
smell. Salt thrown upon Goals blazing
from the fat of broiling chops of ham will
cause the blaze to subsidc.
Lavender water: Put one pound OF
fresh lavender with onc pint of water into
farina boiler, cover and steep slowly TO,
one hour, take from the fire, add two
quarts of alcohol, filter, and bottle for
use.
Lime and alkali stains may be removed
from white goods by simply washing. In
the case of colorcd goods and silks the
goods should be moistcncd and citric
acid, much diluted, applied with the
finger.
To frost window tic piece Of putty
up i'll piece of cheese cloth. HAVING
cleaned the glass perfectly, rub the putt
over it in smooth lines, let it dry and
then varnish the glass. 1t will "standH
considerable steam.
To clean porcelain sauccpans, fill then.
half full of not water and put in the
wator tablespoonful of powdered borax
and let 1t boil. If this does not remove
all the stains, scour well with cloth
rubbed with soap and borax.
For hard boiled eggs, cook them TWEEN
ty minutes in water just bubbling. The
yclk of an egg cooked ten minutes in
rapidly boiling water is tough and midi,
gcstible; cooked twenty minutes it ia
dry, mesiy and easily digestcd.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
TWO REcIrEs roR CEMENT.

a French scientific journal gives re-
cipc for cement which is coming into
use, and which is said to be harder and
more enduring than any other known.
1t is made by mixing glyccrinc with lith
argc (oXidc of lead). The preparation
seems to he very simple; the finely pow
lercd lithargc, after being dried mt a
high temperature, has glyccrinc added to
l, until the mixture is of the necessary
consistency, that of thick mortar.
Another recipe for cement for a diff
icrcnt purpose, namely for the attachment
OF paper labels to metal, has also been
lately published. The metal is dipped
into strong solution of soda, and is af-
terward washed over with the Juice of
an onion. Paper pasted to surface so
prepared, will, it is said, stick with such
tenacity that it is almost impossible to
release il without destruction.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
An Ingenious Fruit Pittcr.

One of the latest dcviscs for fruit pit
ting is small machine like rope pulley.
The wheel has four spokcs and grooved
rim. At two places Numerically oppo-
site each other there are cnps in the rim
Of the machine. into which peach,
apricot, nectarino or other fruit can DO
placed. The wheel rcvolvcs on u small
overhung bearing and is turned by hand,
there being handle fastened to the rim
midway between the two cups. The pin
on which the wheel rovolvcs is fastened
to bracket, which. in turn, is screwed
down to table. On the bracket there
IS projecting arm which curves over the
grooved rim of the wheel, holding at the
end little guillotinc knife and a
corcr or pitter. The fruit is placed in
the cups as each comes up to the knife.
The stem or pit is forced out and slides
down the groove into one basket while
the rest of the fruit is carried around and
dropped into another. AS there are two
cups on each wheel, two peaches, aprIcots
or plums are pitted in one revolution of
the wheel. This is tho only handy rotary
fruit-pittcr on which patent has been
granted.
The only difference made M pittinp
cherries is in the size of the cup and
groove which are, of course, smaller than
for peaches or apricots. San Francisco
Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
Revival of Shilling Ships.

revival in the building of fine clipper
ships and very large schooncrs for fast
sailing appears to be at hand Shipping
men say that the cheap carrying trade Of
the next few years will be by four masted
schooncrs. There seems to be general
impression among shipping men that sail
vessels last longer than vessels propelled
by steam, and being less expensive to run,
need but sufficiently fine lines and pro-
portionate amount Of sail to make excel
lent voyages.
Several large schooners of this class arc
now being built by New York merchants
and persons who have capital to invest in
shipping. They are to be fitted with en-.
gines run by steam to do much of the
hard work about the decks, and do away
with the necessity of carrying large crews
Along South street, with their huge
iibhooms pointing nearly half way across
the street, can be seen at almost an,
time score OF moro clipper ships that
have made many remarkable voyages. A
shipping merchant, in speaking of then
yesterday, said:
"llcre are dozen big ships that hav,
been sailing for twenty years; yes, ant
some of them for thirty years and more
yet they are to-day almost as good as tn,
the year they made their first trip arouut
the Horn. Where is there steamship
that has been running ten years aud ca,
still make rs good voyage us she made
, whcn one year old. "-Nem York Con,u,c,.
c:ai Adrcrtiser.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
For rOrAro SALAD

Nice for tea. Take six large cold,
boiled potatoes, three hard-boilcd eggs.
few leaves of lettuce or sprigs of pars
ley, and an onion, if you like (ornit the
onion if You object TO it,, chopped up
together. Sprinkle celery seed over il
and enough salt and pepper to season the
salad we'll; then heat in Il stew-pan n
tablespoonful of good butter. When il
begins to brown add three tablcspoonfuls
OF vinegar and tcaspoonful of sugar.
rour tins over the salad and mix thor
ouSh'y' Serve on Il pretty dish, or
heapcd on n platter, garnishcd with al.
ternatc slices of hard-boilcd egg and.
picked beet, or with parsley. think il
quite essential TO that desirable sensation
we have when we sit at pretty, we'll
arranged and wcll-ladcn table, that the
principal dishes he garnishcd in some
way.-Fdrm md FTrsside.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
A Smart Bird.

There is lady in the eastern part OF
the city who has remarkably bright
hooking bird. Ho is just two years old
and can sing ms divincly us though he
had caught the tones from heavenly
spheres.
1t is amusing to hear him practice
no is vain-and loves to do wen; SO re-
Gently, when ms owner tried to teach
him to sing "Johnny Get Your Hair
Gut, he would stay awake all night and
practice Johnny get"-it didn't quito
suit him, so he began again, "Johnny
got your hair !"-again there seemed TO
be discord-but perscveringly he went
back to the beginning and that time he
succeeded satisfactorily. For weeks this
was kept up every night to tho annoy
ance of tho sleepcrs in tho house, but
finally when the tuno was learned il
stopped, This bird tries many airs. and
sings some of them real well; for in
stance: "The Elephant Walked tho
Rope" "Molly Put tho Kettle On" and
the "Kimball House Waltz" are on his
iist.-Atlanta (Ga.) WecEIa Journal. :
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
FISH CHOWDEIl,

Take two fine, fresh goldfish, weighing
six pounds each; clean them well; cut
the fish lcngthwisc from the bone, and
cut it into pieces two inches square.
Chop up the bones and heads; put them
into saucepan; add three quarts of warm
water, one red onion sliced, hcapino tea
spoonful of salt, dozen bruised pepper
corns and few stalks of celery. boil
until the fish drops from the bones; then
strain into another saucepan. Gut into
small squares one peck of small potatoes
and pound and half of salt pork; ar
range the fish, pork and potatoes into
mounds; divide each equally into four
parts; add one quarter Of the fish TO the
stock, next quarter of the pork, then
quarter Of the potato and three pilot
crackers, broken into quarters, salt,
pepper and II little thyme Repeat this
process until the remaining three quarters
of pork, fish and potato are used; cover
all with warm milk; simmer slowly until
the fish is tender, care being taken that
the soup does not boil over; now taste
for seasoning, serve as neatly as possible.
This is the oldfashioncd New England
fish chowdcr. -Ne,o York San.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
DAIRY HINTS,

Professor l.. Il. Arnold once said thai
IA cow going into II stable filled with
the odor of Che solid and liquid cxcvc
mentS will carry it into her milk in tif.
teen minutes" For this reason he in.
sists that stables should be ventilated in
such way that pure air will come to
the cattle from the front. True, and
this Is one of the reasons why a COW barn
should have wide barn floor through
the centre; why the cows should stand
with their heads toward the centre. and
have wide space behind them, with laryc
grated and wirc-screencd windows be-
hind them and wide stable doors Mt both
ends OF the stable, and big barn doors
at both ends of the centre floor. This
arrangement of stables and floors, aided
by plaster busted upon the well-cleancd
stable floors, will make suitable habi-
tation for Il clean COW to dwell in.
The albuminoids in whey are MS one to
SO in skim milk, while the other solids
are nearly the same in both. Chemists.
in comparing the feeding value, make
that OF whey at eleven cents to twenty
three cents for skim milk, or about half
as much per 100 pounds.
There is great need that large pro.
portion of the yearly milk supply should
be diverted from summer to winter
flow. Butter is unreasonably cheap in
summer, because so great majority of
the farmers have their cows calve in the
spring. Hence there is but little profit
gained from the COW. 1t is also I'M
reasonably dear i'll winter, because so few
COWS are made to calvc in the fail.
There needs to be better balancing
up OF the yearly milk supply, so that less
milk should be produced in summer and
more i'll winter. This would eoualizc
the prices for the whole year, greatly in
crease the consumption in the winter,
and in the end bring great profit to the
dairymen. 1t is well to remember that
it costs only about ten per cent. more
to keep COW in good milking condition
than it docs to keep her dry, as she ought
to be kept, while the returns from winter
milk are fully thirty per cent more than
from summer milk.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

to the ''crab grass" Panicum sanguinaIo
digitaria of the older writer's. Tho
stems Of this grass lie close to ground,
taking root at every joint, and crowding
out most other grasses. Fortunately this
weed is an annual; were it perennial
VIC might despair of ever getting rid OF
it. Its flowers (and seeds, of course. J nro
borne at the top of each stem, which are
foot, more or less, in height; the flow
ca and seeds are arranged closely upon
Hat stems or spikes, which are three to
SIX inches long; there are four to fifteen
OF them near the top of each stem, and
spreading in all directions. From this
height these flower-stcms are caught by
the mower. Where this grass is present
the mowings should be carefully removed.
The stiff stubblc broom made from split
rattan Is better than a rake The grass
being carefully gathered should be re-
moved and burned. If cut when the
seeds are but partly ripe they will derive
nourIslmcnt enough from the stems to
carry them on to maturity, and if they
were not removed, would seed the ground
and prepare for another crop of trouble
next year. Many OF the coarscr weeds of
the lawn are perennials; they arc sown
III the fall, but the thistlcs, docks. plant
aims, and many others, in their carly
state appear so unlike the mature plant
that they are not recognized. 1t is very
important that the cultivator should be
familiar not only with the appearance of
the seeds of weeds, but with the plants
themselves in the different stages of their
career. These perennial weeds usually
SOW themselves, or are sown, unintention-
ally, with the grass seeds in the fall.
They gcrminatc, and their young leaves
are often much unlike the leaves that
will be borne by the same plant the next
spring, though they differ greatly in this
respect; the Seeding weed does not
make much show in its first season. 1t
is employed in storing up supply of
food for vigorous growth next spring,
when it usually comes to perfection, |
flowers, aud scat!ers its cds.-America,,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
The Skeleton Market.

"The skeleton market Mt present, >
said dealer in those grucsomc commo-
dities, sis very dragging. You can get
. first-class article now for S35, whereas
the price three years ago was s;G5 and $40.
All the skeletons we getnow arc imported.
There is no duty on them, and American
makers found that they could not COM
pete. Just outside of Paris is colony
which does nothing else but articulate
skeletons, and they supply the world
Men, women and children arc employed
in the business at their homes. No, |
wouldn't think it would be pleasant
place to visit, unless ono enjoyed the
odors of dcsiccating factory. Tho
bones have to be boiled. There is d
skull there in that glass case for which
we have refused $100 Every tooth is in
its place, and the smallest suturc shows
perfectly. y Cincinnati Enquirer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
An Unwritten Law Among Bee Hunters

There is common law among them,
or there used to be among the bco hunt.
ers of the North and West, that tho man
who first finds beo trcc is entitled tc
the honey. The owner of tho land where
tho tree grows is not brought into the
question. The first duty of man who
finds such tree is to put his mark upon
it. After this if any one else cuts the
tree down and takes tho honey tho of.
fcnsc, in the estimation of mountaineers
is mortal. Washington Star,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
PEACH sHoRTcAKE.

Ono quart of flour, one teaspoonful of
salt, two tcaspoonfuls of baking powder,
have them hcaping; two tablcspoonfuls
OF butter, one pint rich milk; mix this
into smooth dough just soft enough to
handle, divide into two equal parts, roll
out to the size of an ordinary pic plato
and place on buttcrcd tin and bake about
twenty minutes; have two dozen peaches
peeled and cut in slices, separate the cakes
without cutting them, use half of the
peaches to cover the bottom halves of the
shortcakc, sprinkle plcntifully with sugar
and cream, lay on the top piece, with the
crust downward; use the rest of the fruit
over them and sugar plcntifullY.-Mew
York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
FAIL FEEDING OF BEES.

"A Western apiarist well says that the
average bee Keeper docs not like the work
OF iceding sugar syrup to his bees in the
iali to ensure them against starvation, be
cause of the attention, and, us usually
prac'iscd, the puttcring work it takes.
10 any such let this word of caution be
dropped; now is the time to prepare
against having this to do While honey
Is coming in and the surplus being stored.
n few brood crumbs filled with honey
should be removed from your ucst colo.
mes and set to one side that they may be
ready to give to those light in stores later
on. There is probably no more satisfac
tory way than this method of fall feed :
ing 1t is easily and quickly done, and
does not incitc robbery. YORK Viz
ocss.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE;
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
FEED FOR YOUNG CHICKS.

This should be changed ms often
MS possible, advises good authority.
Too rapid feathering is drain on the
system: Some varieties feather up quick
ly' while others are almost naked. Feed
ground bone 0ine) every day, mixed in
with the feed. "Whcrc we raise from
oooo TO lo,000 per year we know by this
time the necessity of proper feeding.
Corn and oats ground together is our
standard feed, to which We add ground
bone, ground meat, charcoal and oyster
shell. A pinch of bread soda (bicarbon-
ate OF sod0 can be used as n substitute
Tor charcoal. -Ncw York Witness.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
KEROSENE 10 KEEr OFF FLIES


DIR. Willim Horne, veterinary surgeon.
writes to Ite~Fs Doirymua, under this
head, as follows: ''ATany poor animals
sui'cr the most cxcruciating torture from
the bites and irritation of flies. Some of
inc Tim skinned ones are often all but
KILLED outright. Many arc killed in some
localities, Others arc worried so much that
they lose the flesh quite often needed for
cold, Indictment winter.
81 have experimental with nearly
everything could think Of as a remedy
Tor ms curse tn our poor dumb brutcs. /
nave rcad nj quite number OF sure pre-.
vcniivcs recommended by others and
t"und but little satisfaction.
Some eighteen year; AFRO cyn.ri-
mcntcd with kerosene rs ii preventive of
hco upon poultry and in the poultry
mouse. 1t was-it is a success Some
twelve years ago tried kerosene to keen
oil HES from horses, cattle, poultry. etc.
II Is success. | use IL pint long nozzlcd
oil can. use the commoncst kerosene
l squirt from this quite liberal spray, as
near rs can, of the fluid. put it upon
The youngest chicks, in the laying boxes
81 the poultry. l squirt the kerosene
apon the sides of the stall literally, upon
The ioor more literally. am not in the
east afraid of sprinkling kerosene upon
ne horses, cattle or poultry. I have
acNcr seen the slightest injury done to
my ot those SO treated. find it Il sure
preventive against maggotS breeding in
The barrels OF hen manure which 7 save
.or sale and Use. Kerosene is clisin-
'cciant' too, and it is II positive tlcodori
her' much pleasantor than the chloridcs
are -
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
Should Care for a Cl,ild's Ryc>

DIR. Webster Fox, in the journal Of the
franklin Institute, maintains that the
majority OF blind people have lost their
sight from want of proper care during
infancy, and that nurses or mothers who
heedlcssly expose an infants eyes to the
glare OF the sun for hours, may be laying
the foundation for the most serious evils.
lie protests against permitting young chill
dfcn to use their eyes in study, and de-
r'ares that the eye is not strong enough for
school work until the age of seven to
nine. Children should not be allowed to
study much by artificial light before the
ago of ten, and books printed in small
type should be absolutely prohibited in
the schnolrnom.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
SECRET THOUGHTS.

hold it truo Chat thoughts nrc thing,
Endowed with beng, breath and wings
And that We send them forth 10 ill
Tho world with good results or III.
That which wc call our ''Secrct thought
Speeds to the carth's renotcst spot,
And leaves its blessings or its wo,s
Like tracks bchin,! il, Us il go,s.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
WEEDS IN LAWNS.

The worst lawn weed of late summer
and early autumn is one that the careless
observer may not sec at all. we refer
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-28
City improvements.

EDITORS HERALD-A day or two ago
asked the Superintendent of Streets fol
work, and this was the answer 1 re-
.ceived:
'I would like very much to put you te
work, but the Council will not allow me
to do the work that want to do, and
that really ought to be done. 1 had tc
lay off about thirty men a short time
ago, and am now only working fifteen
men, while have work enough for two
hundred all summer" Now, a few
months ago, every Republican candidate
pledged himself if elected to Immediately
do his utmost to secure all necessary inn
provements for the city, and thereby pro-
vide labor for great many unemployed
laborers.
Has the pledge been fulfilled, and i
not, why not?
There has quite a number of new offices
been created, at very comfortable salar
les, most of which are more ornamental
than useful. l do not begrudge these
officials their salaries; but I do object ia
the city's money being squandered upon
a batch of sinecures, while there are al
least a thousand idle workmen goinp
around our streets, and in many cases
whole families are on the verge of actual
want. while really necessary improve
ments are being neglected.
hope the working classes will hence
forth remember the pledges of the G. o. p.
Yours, A LABoRER.
Los Angeles, April 25, 1889.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-28
EXHIBITION OF PRODUCTS.

The Chamber of commerce Will
Take Active steps ia the Matter.
A special meeting of the Chamber OF
Commerce was held yesterday afternoon
at 8 80 O'Clock. The Chairman stated
that the object Of the meeting was to dis
cuss the advisability of placing credit
able exhibit in the Board of Trade rooms
at San Francisco.
Several gentlemen who had visited the
rooms and talked with the management
were enthusiastic in their praises of the
exhibit as a whole, and the beneficial
results arising therefrom. They all said
that hundreds visited the exhibit daily,
and studied the different displays,
with view of locating per-
manently lands best suited for their
purposes. In consequence, there were
large sales OF land daily in the northern
counties. They said that Southern Cali
fornia vas poorly represented, while the
inquiries for her display were very nu-
merous and persistent. 1t was the opin-
ion of the meeting that it is the duty OF
the Chamber to lay hold of present and
possible opportunities, and not to seek
after great things out of the reach OF
theft nences OF the organization.
]. B. Lankershim said he found an en-
tire absence of jealousy toward Los An
geles, but on the contrary, he received o
very cordial reception, and was urgently
requested to have the Los Angeles ex-
hibit made as perfect as all knew the
county deserved.
It was, on motion. resolved that it was
the sense of the meeting that the exhibit
in the State Board of Trade and in Cali
fornia on Wheels should be maintained
and that it was the imperative duty O
the citizens to avail themselves of the
opportunity.
A committee consisting of J. B. Lank
ershim, Col. John Flournoy, A. @. Fish
L. K. Webb, A. Workman and E. w
Jones were appointed to take steps to
ward obtaining immediate funds for per
fecting the exhibit and to provide suffi
cient amount to be expended monthly
A number came forward without an,
solicitation and fifty dollars was imme
diately subscribed.