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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
CURIOUS FACTS.

| ANeSSi" n'l' hAcu uoctorS charges ffia
The art of letter-writing is now in It's
decline.
I. Women carry forty or fifty miles of
hair about on their heads.
The average of human life in Rome.
under Cesar, YVES eighteen years. Now
it is forty.
A colorcd man at Albany, Ca, has
served no less than twcnty-one terms in
jail for fighting
A Pennsylvania baker committed sui
eide because his bread was bad three
lines in succession.
William Lincoln who lives near Graf
ION, w. Va, has cat that plays with
rats but is death to snakes.
On dead pull, being put in harness.
one of Barnum's elephants lately drew
load weighing over four tons.
Hereafter dogs in England will not
hnvo their ears cut. If they do thcy will
not be admitted to any dog show.
Tho Constitution of South Dakota con-
tains $4,000 words. The Constitution
oil tho United States contains G000.
1t is estimated that the progeny Of
n single pair of English sparrows for ten
years will be 275 GIG, 9S3, SOS birds.
An advertisement in London paper
offers ''to pay fair price for second
hand tooth brushes and cast-off old
teeth"
Tho Oriental gifts sent by tho Sultan
of Morocco to Kaiser William tho Second,
turn out to have been manufactured in
Germany.
A quarry of paving stone in which tho
slabs ARE strcalicd with red, white and
blue, has been discovered near Mes
hoppcn, Wyoming County, Penn.
The farmers and shepherds of the Eng
lish moors declare that moro grouse arc
killed annually in England by tho tclc-
graph wires thnn by nll the sportsmcn.
A horse lying down on railroad track
is more dangerous obstruction thnn half
II dozen cows, while the engineer isn't a
bit worried over II dozen hogs or score
of sheep.
Jose dc Ia Rosa, M old painter ut San
Diego, Cnl., is 100 years old. lilo was
sent by General Santa Anna to Monterey
TO start II paper in 1888. He still has a
wonderful memory and the control of all
his faculties.
Cambria, tho term applied to tho finest
and thinncst OF linen fabrics, takes its
name from Cambria, II town in France
where such goods were first made. Cam
brio is pure linen. There are, of course,
imitation cnmbrics made of fine muslin,
such MS Scotch cnmbrics
An inscription dated the year 60 after
the foundingof Rome has been discovered
Mt Capa. IL contains dccrccs of the
elders Of villages in the ncighborlood
and will be Of value in studying tho pro-
vincial government under Rome of that
ancient seat Of Greek colonists.
The manager Of dime circus recently
showing in Camdcn, N. j., gave admis-
sion tickets for eats, which he fed to tho
few scrawny beasts he carries. Small boya
went on hunts for cats, and mnny pets
disappeared, till the Society for tho Pre-
vcntion of Cruelty to Animals put stop
TO the game.
When Charles Darwin, the naturalist,
after five years absence on his VOYAGE
in tho l'caglc, walked into tho lime lead
ing to his garden, his hugo English
mnstiiT spicd him Mt n long distance, md,
bnrking loudly, ran up to him. Mr..
Darwin, i'll after years, often said TINT
This was rs sweet welcome home us ho
had ever received.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
RECIPES.


Apple Custard-Pare and CRATE n
quart of apples; stir in quarter of n
pound of melted butter and hnlf pound
OF sugar. Beat the yolks and the whites
of the eggs separately; stir in the whites
the last thing. Bake in {: deep dish,
lined with pulled paste.
Mint Sauce-Tnkc fresh spear mint
leaves, wash and drain them, chop very
fine, put in n gravy bowl, aud to three
tablespoons of mint add two of pow.
dcrcd sugar; mix and stand few min.
utes, then pour over it slowly six table.
spoonfuls of vinegar; let stand half hour
before serving.
German Sticks-Takc two eggs and
mix them with their weight in flour and
sugar, beat well with n fork, lay half of
tho paste on IL buttcred tin and put it in
brisk oven; when little set spread
over it strawberry jam; the remainder OF
the paste and bake; when cold sift lit.
tic sugar over it and cut in narrow strips.
Snow Pudding-Onc quart of milk,
one cup of sugar, four tablcspoonfuls OF
starch dissolved in little of tho
milk; let come to boil, stirring con-
stnntly; beat the whites of three cggs to
II froth and stir in and remove from the
fire when thick, and flavor; make Gus.
tnrd of the yolks of the eggs, put in u
deep dish and pour the snuce over it.
Green Corn Frittcrs-Cut through tho
centre of each row of kernels, then press
out the centre pulp with the back of the
knife. Beat two eggs thoroughly, and
add to them hcaping saltspoonful of
salt, pinch of cayenne, one pint of corn
pulp, and flour enough to make q
moderately stiff batter. Drop the batter
in smoking hot fat by tablcspoonfuls, and
brown them evenly.
Ragout of Beef-For six pounds OF
the round of beef take dozen ripe to.
matoes sliced, three sliced onions, half
dozen cloves and little whole black pep.
per. Cut gashes in the meat, into which
stuff half pound of salt pork cut in
thin Squares; place the meat upon the
other ingredients, and pour over them
half cup of vinegar and cup of water;
cover tightly and bake in a moderate oven
five hours. When about done salt to
taste; strain the gravy through a colan-
der and thickcn with flour.
Caulnower Salad-To make salad
that will suffice for ten persons procure
three heads of cauli1ower. Let them be
parboiled in salt water, and when thor
oughly done put them in ! stone jar and
cover them with water. When they be-
come cool place the caulifower in an ice
box and let remain till they arc ready to
serve. Then strain off the water, arrange
them in salad bowl, and garnish with
small leaves of lettuce. Pour over one
pint of French dressing, and when serv-
ing do not omit putting some of the dress
ing upon every plate.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

A writer who has been overhauling
tile records Of the patent Office says {:
"Thc first patent granted to woman was
to Miss Mary Kcif in the year 1900, for
weaving straw with silk or thread. The
next was fifteen years later, when Mary
Brush received patent for corset. Two
years afterward Sophia Usher followed
with cream of tartar carbonated liquid
In 1922 Julia Phantom had n foot-stovc
patented. OF later years the entries in the
patent office at Washington have been
annual. In the period between 1900 and
1858 precisely fifty patents were granted
to women. They are all embraced in
one page of the record. But in 1868 the
entries fill n full page, and by 1878 three
pages. The first native patentcc whose
address is recorded is Agdalcna S. Good
man, of Duval County, Fla, in 1859, for
an improvement in broom brushes. Up
to the outbreak of the Civil War she and
one other were the only Southern women
who had thus distinguished themselves.
During the same period New York had
furnished fourteen, Massachusetts four,
Ohio two, Maine, Connecticut, Indiana
and New Jersey one each. These patents
arc by no means confined to the domestic
arts and conveniences, or to the hygiene
and adornment of the female sex. In
1864 Mary Jane Montgomery, of New
York, brought forward her improved war
vessel. In the same year young woman
from Michigan introduced the improved
lantern dinner pail. Miss Montgomery
also devised an improvement in locomo-
tive wheels, and she has many associates in
railway inventions, even to an apparatus
for destroying vegetation on railroads.
There is q woman in Iowa who, with
male partner, makes an Improvement in
cigars. Another in Philadelphia invented
a mustache spoon. A Boston woman con-
tributes trousers tree, and another an
apparatus for killing mosquitoes. "-MeW
Orleans Times Democrat
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
FASHION NOTES.

Green in all shades is popular this sea-
son.
The yoke bodice is the favoritc for
white wash goods.
Feathers are worn equally with flowers
rs decoration for hats.
In many eases parasols match the pre-
Willing tint of the toilet.
All gold jcwclry is moro fashionable
than before for several years.
Maize or cork color is revived, among
other fashionable shades of yellow.
Even bingham dresses have parasols
made up of the mntcrial of the gown.
1t is quite common now to see ladies
without either hustle or reeds in the
dress skirt.
Pongec in natural puff colors is ms pop
nlar as ever for summer gowns and tray
cling wraps.
Many light shoes are worn by both
sexes. They are particularly suitable for
the scashorc.
Pompadour foulnrds rival other
printed stulfs for summer morning and
Eccentric shapes are noticeable in
millinery, some of the hats being of
gigantic proportions.
Some new mcnu-stands arc in the
shape of miniature tennis racqucts, in sill
yer, with gilt network.
There is n new envelope that is SQUARE
but has the flap from corner to corner,
opening also up one side.
Nearly all the bouquets carried this
season are i'll loose clusters and SPRAYS
most artistically arranged.
Some of the daniiest parasols of net
and tulle are fringcd all around with
the petals of roses, poppics, lilacs or
ferns.
Small low hats, low coifrurcs, undrapcd
skirts, no blstlcs, full sleeves and wide
belts, are the features in all fashionable
toilets.
A scarf of lace, resembling somewhat
the Spanish mantilln, has been introduced
to wear on the head and shoulders ut
lawn parties.
Parasols ornamental with beetles, liz
ards and various fantastic creatures crawl
ing about among silk and lace are being
used in Paris by some eccentric fashion
AT lie danes.
Butterflies made of colored, dyed, or
painted feathers, large as life, and
mounted Oh spiral wires, are one of the
decorations of summer hats of lace, tullc,
net and crepe.
The hats chosen for out-of-door enter
tainmcnts have very low crowns, but wide
brims, projecting over the forehead, and |
tapcring to almost nothing in the back
and at the sides.
Black lace toilets are ms fashionable MS |
ever, but they are now made up in com
bination with black velvet, and some
times with green or purple velvet, but |
not with red or blue.
Sea wave velvet, exactly the tone you
OF the waves, is being made up into the
simplest dinner gowns, with just sash
of cream crepe de chine.
Broad bands of soft leather, in colors |
to match the material of the gown, are
worn rs hens, cuffs, collars, waistcoats |
and revers on walking and driving suits
intended for country wear.
White China silk with silver pas
sementeries and sometimes with gold
dotted embroidery and gold passcmenterio
or gold gallcon, makes lovely garden
party or summer out of-door festival
gown.
The Queen chain has competitor in
chain of delicate, light workmanship I'M
what IS Familiarity known as the fancy
vest style. Sometimes this chain is fin
ishcd with swivel and sometimes with
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
Two Chickens From One Egg.

A curious feature of ornithology is re-
ported from lexington, Yorkshire, Eng. ),
where hen has Matched two chickens
from one egg, both chickens being in a
perfect state, except that they are Joined
together on one side of the membranes of
the wing. Beyond this they walk about
and feed in the usual manner.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
LOVE.

"Shall give your love to your mothers
He said to the maid of three,
Tor her mother had gone to n country
Where presently no should be.
What calm in the eyes of azure,
What snow on the innocent brov.
how sweetwas thatvo of slow music:
Ny mother has my love nowp
-Ho'1fet p Spo6ord, IN st. Nicholas.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
4 Natural Bed of Shoe Blockinr

A natural bed of substance resembling
Shoe backing has been discovered in
Rush Valley, Utah. Analysis shows that
It contains 16 per cent, carbon, 81 per
cent. aluminium, and 80 por cent. clay.
When properly applied to leather it pro,
auces fine polish that is not easily de-
,troyed.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
He was as good as his word

"You're a trump, Brooks" Miller said
to him, in hasty aside at the reception.
"You have outdone yourself tonight"
(: "Don't say a word" returned Brooks,
in low delightful voice. 81 have a
note from Miss Howard in my pocket,
asking me to come out tomorrow after
noon and tell her about it. So I am
playing society reporter tonight, seeing
everything and everybody"
Miller laughed. "Alas! poor Rad
fordl" he said, significantly.
! On the following afternoon, therefore,
o pretty young lady with an interesting
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

A new industry is developing on the
Island of Guadalupe. There are now
about 30, 600 wild goats there, and they
are being killed for their skins and tai
low. Steamships have already arrived at
San Diego, CAL, with cargoes of goat
skins and tallow.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
woMEN's LETTERS TO MRS. HARRISON.

The most exacting, timc-consuming
and laborious portion of the daily routine
of the chief lady of the White House is
her correspondence. One of the princi-
pal subjects of correspondence is the re-
quest for samples of her inaugural ball
costume. They come from feminine
sources, of course, and in the appeals for
the coveted fragment of the silk woven,
homespun textile, the acme of epistolary
composition and logic is often reached.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
THE NEW FEMININE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


''Know all about ita OF course do. &"
said bright little Indy the other even
ing. "Therc is new craze in so.icty.
and it is craze for wood carving. 1t
is the latest fad of fashionable women
having time and money ut command. In
Sweden this occupation has long fur
nished recreation and amusement to tho
fair sex during the dark and dreary
winters. Learners are apt to become dis
couraged, but average patience will
triumph over few difficulties, and soon
dcft fingers will be able to turn out
beautiful specimens of wooden sculp-
turc." AS this fad has started SO late
in the season and just at the time our
select circles arc hieing themselves off to
their summer resorts, it is feared that
when the cool weather sets in lis vo-
tarics can be counted on The digits of
one hand.-Baltimorc Free Press
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
wEppEp To a puNon or rLowEns.

Among the Hiudoos there are some
castles near Ahmeaabad in which widow
marriages are allowed, and girl can be
given in second marriage without the
ruinous expense considered necessary on
the occasion of n first alliance. Tho
parents, therefore, sometimes marry n
girl to u bunch of flowers, which is af-
terward thrown down we'll. The hus-
band is then said to be dead, and the
girl, as widow, can be married ut
moderate cost.-Co Commercial Advertiser.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

and festooned with greenery, and high
above everything is great crescent made
with twinkling lights like little stars.
Now! Enter eight conspirators! I am
one. The sexton is there to admit us (;
the organist and n few favored friends
are already in the loft. A mob besicces
every one of the doors. That is the
stufiing of the assembly, so to speak {;
without it the hooks and crannies which
one could not fill with invited guests
would be vacant, and give the cherries
look which lights and flowers could not
soften. Now we admit this stuffing, and
1t tears its component parts to shreds try
ing Tor places from which to see. Good
The hooks and crannics are filed, and
still they come. They are vandals. They
stand up in their seats; they walk up
each others skirts. These are ladies,
you understand; at least they were ladies,
until the rumor of wedding turned
them centuries back into barbarians"
"Splendidl" interrupted the audience,
laughing. "Why do you not report for
the papers7"
"Too young" he answered, dryly. az
must have experience first"
81 am blighted by your sarcasm!" she
cried, continuing to laugh. "Please OK
cuse me for living, and go on with the
story"
"Listen, then, for the plot thickens.
The organist is playing and leaving of
at his pleasure, and any ingredient of the
stufiing would, at this moment of excite.
ment, be willing to stand upon the fore
head of its fainting neighbor to get q
better view. Presently we are summoned
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-27

BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
AtFrench S, ,4l7&4l9Kingst.
ALEYANnRIL VA

TIN CASH BOXES, secured by the new and
perfected Yale Dial, or Keyless Combination Locks
All our Combination Boxes are finished in rich
Maroon Enamel and with the Yale fac-simile OF
best safe locks the most attractive as we'll as
the best working, most simple and secure boxes OF
this kind ever shown. We have in stock five
leading sizes at special prices for introd uction
Don't fail to examine these.
DUB STATIONERY DEPARTMENT is filled
with the prettiest and most fashionable stationary
ever shown in the State. In the domain of Writ.
ing Papers there are no two papers to-day 80 dis
tinguished or 30 perfectly adapted to the uses OF
select society Of either the grave the gsy-none
that give such complete satisfaction and hold
sway over mankind and womankind-as WARDS
IRISH LINEN and the CREAM.LAID PERFEC.
TION NOTE PAPERS, with Envelopes to match
The most complete and attractive line of FINE
PAPETERIEs, Wedding Notes and Envelopes
Visiting Cards, Mourning Stationary, Orders OF
Dance, &c Elegant and artistic Novelties, Sta
TONERS specialties, Sporting Goods, Hammocks
Croquet, &c, &C.
Something new every day. Mail orders solicited
for all lines Of Stationers Goods.
je12 GEO. E. FRENCH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-27
Deaths Visit.

A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch
sends the following remarkable story to that
paper.
''The following strange occurrence hap
pened in North Carolina and is strictly true
In every detail-only names are concealed,
and 1t is vouched for by responsible parties
A. short time ago my brother, my friend
s., and were stroling out short way
from town when the subject of death was
brought up, and we coDjectured as to whetb.
or 1t we're possible for the spirit of one dead
to return to earth and make itself known.
After discussing it awhile we three agreed
that the spirit of the first of us who died
should return and disc Iver itself to the re-
naming two. we were all young and in
vigorous health, and soon the agreement
passed out Of our minds. A few months of.
ter the above my friend s. left town to
visit his mother in neighboring village.
The third night after his departure dream.
ed that was sitting with the family at the
tea table when soft rap was heard at the
door. responded to it, and upon opening
the door saw my friend g standing In
the hail. His face was bruised upon the
right side SO much as to be almost blue, his
eyes bad the CLASSY stare of death, and his
llpS HOLc llSlulS uioWu 90 IL III lulOucO Phth :
but particularly noticeable was q deep tri-
angular cut over the right eye. Its appear.
ance suggested some jagged instrument.
With ghastly smile he said: I have come !;
tell Charlie / want to see him. My
brother at once turned as if to go to him,
but caught and violently restrained him,
beseechipg him the while not to go there,
for believed S-to be dead. The dream
was 40 vivid that awoke with start of
horror and aroused my brother, and was
about to narrate to him my terrible dream,
when, right in the doorway, with the same
bruised face and ugly wound I had seen in
my dream, stood S-gszng intently upon
me. I nervously called my brothers. at
tention, but could not by any means per-
suade him to look where I directed. Only
once, and that when he first woke up, did
he cast his eyes toward the doorway. Fully
two minutes the spectre-like figure stayed,
then vanished, leaving my brother and my.
self sitting upright in bed conversing at the
top of our voices. Our father in the adioin.
Ing room was disturbed by the commotion
and came in to learn what the matter was.
Being informed he hooted the idea, and
said it was nothing more than an unusual
nightmare. Notwithstanding we did not
sleep any more that night. The next day
we recsived message to the effect that s.
had become dizzy while STOPPING to drink
from spring, had staggered and fallen,
striking his head upon a sharp stone. caus-
ing instant death. My mother hastened to
his home to sympathize with his be.
reaved parent, and learned that the location
and shape of the wound was identically the
same as I had seen in my dream and also
as I saw upon awaking, The agreement
we had made to return after death occurred
to me, and knew that S-had kept his
promise"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-27
BARGAIN BULLETIN FOR THIS WEEK.
READ AND pom d Err.

now complete Have line of Striped Muslin at
6qc also line Of Plaid, finer quality, at 12la.
Our and 12lac numbers of India Linen in Rem
nsns are worth double Just opened 20 pieces
beautiful styles Dress Ginghame az 7c former
price 10e, One lot French Percals in Remnants
extra quality large figures and stripes, particu-
lsry pretty for childrer's shirt waists at only
12I,c New Sateens. New Prints. Outing Cloths and
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-27

HUNTING A WILD BEAR "A wild bear that has
been creating consternation in the neghborhood
of Lancaster and Ft. Mills g. c., for several days
was killed on Monday near Rock Hill. Since Sat
urday hunting parties have been on the track of
the bear. The hunt was exciting the bear swim
ming the Catawba river three times with the
hunters in hot pursuit The bear killed nine dogs
and knocked over many before dispatched. 1t
weighed 800 pounds, and is supposed to have
come from dense patch of woods near Lancaster.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-27
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-27
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

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children teething is the prescription of one of the
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their children. During the process of teething
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in the bowels and wind.colic. By giving health
to the child it rests the mother. Price 30 cents
bottle.
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RuckIen.s Arnica Salye.

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-27

SMALL HAMS, choice Breakfast Pieces, Sugar
- cured Shoulders and Jowls for sale BY
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