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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

company alter company was organ
lZed III Russia for the purpose Of hunting
over these new grounds rs soon rs the
discovery WAS made known. No re.
striction was placed upon their slaughter
with the result that in less than twenty
years the seal was well nigh cxtcrminatcd
from the Commander Islands. In 1856 the
Pribylov Islands We're discovered. Their
discovcrcr, Gchrman Pribylov, was the
commander of y small sloop named the
st. George, in which he had searched for
these islands for three weary years. lie
named one OF them ST. George, after his
vessel, and the other st. Paul, after his
patron saint. Here he found the arrcat
breeding place Of the seal.
The slaughter went on for nearly q
century until, in 1868, the Pribylov
Islands became part OF the United States
by virtue of the purchase of Alaska from
Russia. During this period there had
been spasmodic attempts at restriction
both Mt the Commander and ut the Pribv-
low Islands, but it was not until the
Alaska Commercial Company was formed
in 1870, that system was adopted which
seems to have proved successful for the
protection of the seal during breeding
time. 1t Is to protect this system that
the United States maintains that Behrina
Sea is closed sea.
In 1870 Congress passed law for tn
protection of the seal, and in accordance
with ITS provisions placed the islands UNI
der the control OF the Alaska Commercial
Company, the highest bidder for tho
privilege. BY the provisions of the law
the Alaska Commercial Company are for,
hidden to kill more than 100, 900 seal.
annually. These must be killed in June
July and September. For this privilege
the Alaska Company pays tax OF S2.62I
on each skin, aud an additional $50, GOT
per annum rs rental. Their leases WA.
for twenty years and will expire in May
1890.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
MOUNTING IN ENGRAVING

Take the size Of the engraving and
makea wooden frame with laths two
inches longer in every way, inside measure.
wet some strong calico; lis threads NAV
be coarse with advantage, but they must
be evenly woven. While the calico is
wet, nail il down on the frame. stretch.
ing 1t to its fullest extent. Let il drvi
AMI should it then crease or wrinkle. take
on. the mails at those places, and pull it
tightly Boil over the fire the ordinary
glue size, mix this with little water:
when This is in liquid state, strain
through coarse muslin and put il on as
coating all over the calico, make some
PASTE free from humps, and boil up with
1t some OF the clear size; paste the back
on the engraving with this, and lay it ON
the mount, being careful 10 avoid all
ceases. Let the engraving thoroughly
"ry, then make some more clear size. and
put two coats of it over the engraving.
allowing the first to thoroughly dry be.
lore putting on the second. Paint the
engraving with rather dry oil paints, and
thin them with turpcntinc. The two
coats of size applied ought To prevent The
on m the paints spreading over the paper;
II however, the oil should spread, Il third
coat of size will be necessary. Paint the
engraving in the frame, and then stretch
1t YANKEE B{itlc. -
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

With the advent Of the COWS is pre-
scmtcd strong contrast between the males
and females, not only in size and shape,
but in disposition. The COW is us dove
like and amiablc as the bull is saturninc
and Icrocious. The COW seal is much
smaller and much more shapcly in its
proportions than is the bull They are
not more than one fourth rs large nor do
they show any Of that terrible cmancia-
lion i'll the latter part of tho season dis
played by the bulls. The reason for this
lies in their going to sea every few DAYS,
leaving their young to take care of them
selves while they are gone for several
,iays NJ = time in search of food Their
roat is much more beautiful than that of
Tie bull, being Of Il rich steel and maltese
gray lustcr on the back of the head and
neck and along the spine, blending into
almost a snow white OH the chcs: and alb
domcn. The head and eye of the female
are exceedingly beautiful. Her expires
sion is really attractive, gentle and intel
ligcnt, and as she perchcs upon rock
She is the perfect picture of bcnignty and
satisfaction.
The seal pup, when born is n little
mite Of II thing, but within "a few minutes
after It's birth finds that it has Il powerful
voice which 1t uses in giving vent To Il
most pathetic and never ending blcut.
They receive but little attention from
the mother seal, who only approaches
her offspring ut twenty four hour inter
walls. She cares but little for it allowing
1t to DC removed or even killed under her
very nose without Il protest The pups,
left to themselves, get together like n
great swarm OF bees and spread out on
the ground, i'll what the scalcrs c;fS
"pods," keeping well away from Ito
water at first, for pup can swim no
better than can bar of lead.
The killing completed, the task Of skin
ming begins. The labor here involved is
very severe demanding long practice be-
fore the muscles of the back are so de-
velopcd rs to permit man to bend down
to and finish well fair days work The
body of the seal preparatory to SHINING
is rolled over and balanced squarcly on
It's back. The native then makes :. sin
gle swift cut from the lower jaw to the
root OF the tail. 4 circular incsion is
then made around the iippcrs Selling
a lap of the skin on one side OF tho alb
domcn the workman cuts the skin free
from the body, lifting it as he goes,
rolling the body out of the skin on the
sand as the operation proceeds
y good hand can strip seal in less
than minute. No skin is left on the
carcass save a small patch mt the muzzlc
and tail. The skins all gathered, they
are taken from the field TO the salt house,
where they are laid out one upon the
other chair to fat" with salt profuscly
spread upon the lleshy sides. Thus they
lie for two or three weeks, when they
become picked and are ready for ship
mcnt. This, however, does not usually
begin until the last week of the season,
when the skins are corded into packages
of two each with the hair outside. These
packages are in turn packed into hogs
heads containing twenty to forty skins,
in which shape they are sent to London
! to be dyed
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

The foreign elements in the population
of New England cities ana towns are
growing so rapidly that the native class
is fast losing its prepondcrancc, and, in
some instances, is even being over
Swallowed. An article in the Forum
gives some striking figures of this foreign
invasion. The French Canadian clc
mcnt is noticcably large, and pre-
sents one peculiar problem in the fact
that it carries the French language with
it, and tenaciously adhcres to it in the
parochial schools. A recent school re-.
port in Manchester, N. H., states that
out of two hundred and fifty eight French
children less than 5 per cent. could
read the simplest English words. The
French-Canadians in New England are
said now to number half million souls.
In Manchester and Nashua, N. H., and
Lowell, Mass, they constitute one-third
OF the population. In Fall River they
have increased in thirty years from ono
family to 2O,0 persons. This is the
percentage of illiteracy among the lead.
ing foreign nationalitics that are crowdine
into Massachusetts,: French Canadians.
oil per cent; Italians, SO; Portuguese, 60.
rms is putting heavy task upon the
assimilatiug and educating powers of the
Cd commonwealth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
Life on Il Cuban Plantation.

In Dakota and Manitoba the employ
ment on single wheat estates of Il hundred
reapcrs and an aggregate OF three hum
dred lahorers Tor Il season has been re-
@aroei as something unprecedented in
agricultural industry; but Oh one sugar cs-
tate iii Cuba-"El Balboan-from fifteen
hundred to two thousand hands, invariably
colorcd men are employed, who work
under severe discipline, in watches or re-
lays during the grinding season, by day
and night, the same rs in the large iron
mills and furnaces of the United States
and Europe. At the same time there are
few village communities where Il like
number OF people experience the same
care and surveillance The mail work
ers occupy Quarters walled and barrcadcd
from Tie women and the women from
the men. There are in every village an
iniirmary, 4 lyingin hospital. :. physician.
IA apothacary, Il chapel, and priest. At
night and morning mass is said in chapel
and the crowds are always large There
is of Sunday less restraint, though
ccascless espionage is never RENTED. On
these days and III parts OF HOLIDAYS there
are rude mirth, ruder music, and much
dancing. This picture is given some
what i'll detail, because it illustrates how
ali-pcrvading and tremendous are the
forces that are modifying society every
where, in civilized, partially civilized and
ever bar6arous countries, conformity with
the new conditions OF production and
mption.-Fopaiar .ScieGe -Ioathly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
WAYS or BAKING GRAHAM ,.ro,,,,

by this time everybody knows how 20
make Graham gems by the usual
mcthnd, which is simply to sir the bat
ter Just a little sitter than griddlc cake
batter, and bake quickly in very hot
oven. This thing is certain. the thinner
the batter the hotter must be the oven.
1t is also the case that gems mixed with
water require ii hotter oven than those
mixed with milk. So, if YOU can not
have Il very hot oven, either make the
mixture of simple Graham flour and WA
fer quite thick, or mix the flour with
milk
Sknncd milk is good enough, though
new or creamy milk makes the bread
more short" OF course. Have the nem
pans very hot q set them III the oven be-
lore filling them), and then Il SCRAP of
cloth with the least bit of buttorupon it.
rubbed over the irons, will prevent the
gems from sticking.
Houaekcepers who have no gem pans
can make very nice warm Graham bread
Tor breakfast III several WAYS. Make n
dough of flour and sweet milk (sl,immed
or creamy, as you prefer or find convcn-
lenp, still enough to roll out easily.
hnead this little, roll it IN inch thick
and cut into diamonds; or cut off sirips
and make it into rolls with the hand: or
roil 1t into balls two inches in diameter.
iiattcninS them a little or not all, us you
choose; or roll the dough- very thin and
cut 1t into square crackers, prichinr
them well to prevent their pulling.
Crackers are best with some cream in the
mixing, and crackers require more
kneadinS than diamonds and rolls, which
are expected to be soft inside.
Any of these kinds of bread-dia-
monds, rolls, balls and crackcrs-are
baked upon the CRATE in the oven, which
should he wiped of clean. They will
not stick TO it, and will bake very fast.
! recommend Tie crackers in particu-
lar All these breads are swcctcr and
better, think land VIC nil think so at
our house,, without salt, but most peo-
pie prefer salt in the crackcrs.-Ne,o
York -EuH and E,p,4ss.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

dyeing them is tedious and expensive, re.
curing great amount of skill and sex.
perlencc. The dye, too, is in the min
4 secret which is possessed almost entirely
W English houses, although there are
Two or three American concerns who do
splendid work. Their output, however,
u SO insignificant, that London may be
sad to have virtual monopoly Of the
trade. All sales of raw skins are now
made in that city, which fact may have
great deal to do with I.ondon's monop.
oily. The average price of a raw skin in
London is SO. After they are dressed
the! will readily bring $25 eacll.--.Waa
anil Exlytss.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

England and France both promise
harvcsts better than last year. Germany,
Italy and Spain will have IN average
grain crop. On the other hand, it is re-
ported that Russia and Hungary will have
little grain to export. India has n small
crop this year, while Australia is already
importing wheat. Present appearances
indicate good foreign market for any
surplus brcadstuils the United States may
have out of the bountiful haryests now
promised for 1889. ...-,/
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
l.ECTpl:S.

Corn Fritters-One pint OF cornmeal.
one and onc-half cupfuls of milk. one
tablespoonful of salt, one egg, one cum
ini OF flour, tablespoonful Of sugar, one
tablespoonful of baking powder; cook
on hot griddc or spider.
Frozen Peaches-Pcel and mash two
pounds of ripe peaches, boil Quart of
wafer and one and onc-half pounds of
sugar together half an hour, then strain
III and stand aside to cool. Wien cold
add the peaches, put in freezer and
freeze.
Vegetable soup-Onc quart of verc-
tables, including turnip, carrot onion
ana celery, potatoes; cut into small
pieces and boil one hour in water enough
TO cover; then add quart more boiling
water, one tablespoonful of butter, one
oaii cupful of cream, and serve.
Ginger Drops-Two eggs well beaten.
on cupful of brown sugar, two teaspoon,
fuls of ginger, onc-half cuDful of
ihoiasses, one teaspoonful of soda, one
tablespoonful of vinegar and little
lemon or vanilla extract; roll thin, and
cut with small cutter and bake in n,
JuiCh oven.
Mutton llash-Threc cupfuls of finely
minced mutton, half cupful of boiling
water, dessertspoonful of choppcd
celery; add three eggs, and stir all well
together; when the eggs are sufficiently
cooked, add little piece of butter,
season with salt and pepper, and serve
at once with baked potatoes.
Baked Indian Pudding-Boi one pint
oil milk. while boiling stir in one table.
spoonful of Indian meal; cool n little
and add three eggs well beaten, one pint
OF cold milk, one teaspoonful of flour.
onc-hali cupful of sugar, one cupful of
m"lasses, one teaspoonful of ginger one
tcaspoonful of cinnamon, a little salt;
bake one and onc-half hours; serve with
cream.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

The hotel men OF New Yor!, city
formed their association in 1887, largely
TO protect themselves from sneak thieves
and "dcad Leaf guests" President W.
D. Garrison, of the association, says that
in one year before it was formed the pro-
prietors of the Astor House had to paw
Tor fourteen gold watches stolen
from guests. But since the or
ganization of the hotel men they have
not suffered any raids from sneak thicve;
md Mr.. Garrison last year did not have
to pay fora single gold watch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

There is popular but very erroneous
idea that the skin of the seal has much
the same appearance upon the back Of its
rghtful owner that it has upon that of
the fair creature who eventually wears it.
Nothing can be further from the truth.
Few skins are less attractive than is tho
seal skin when first taken from the seal.
The FUR is not visible, bu; is concealed
entirely by coat Of stiff ovcrhar dull
gray brown and grizzled. The process Of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
Bones in the Hearts of Cattle.

1t is well known to psychologists that
i'll certain hcrbivorous mammals, us the
On, sheep, goat, etc, there is often found
n cruciform ossification, called the ''bone
of the heart" between the ventriclcs, but
this is merely Il strong membrane that has
become hard and bony, but it is not true
bone. Sometimes portions of bone are
developed 10 protect and otherwise SUBJ
serve the organs of the senses, and in
some species are found cncasing mucus
ducts and buried in the substance of GER
tain yisccra, but these ossiiicd membranes
can scarcely be classcd with the skeleton
or true bones OF the animal. -Ne,o Iorl,
san.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
An American Beauty Xeds an Eng.
lishnan.

Hriss Jennie S. Chamberlain, second
daughter of Mr.. Chamberlain, of Clevc-
land, Ohio, was married recently in St.
Georges Church, London, to Captain
Herbert Nnylor Leland The bride wore
white satin, with silver and pearl orna.
mcnts. Her sister Josephine was brides.
maid. The presents included brooch in
the shape of horseshoe studded with
diamonds and pearls, to the bride, and a
diamond ruby pin to the groom from the
Prince of Walc4
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

y young African OF royal blood, who
has seen and talked with Henry NJ Stan
ley since the explorer entered Africa TO
relieve Emin Bey, was i'll Boston II few
weeks ago. lis English name is Fred
e:ic;l Nicholas Smith, and he is being
cared for by The Amcican Baptist Missi an
AIRY Society. Ills coming to America was
an accident. While on his way from the
Congo 10 Sierra Leon, his home. his YES
sci was wrecked \ New Bedford.
Mass schooner picked him up and land
Ell him in that town recently
"AIy father" says the young African.
twas king of the Bruro tribe in the
Congo country. | was educated in Sicrr,
Leon i'll az intermediate school and after
ward was employed us Il clerk in the
Office of the Sanford Exploring Expcdi-
ton IL kinchassa, west Of Stanley Pool,
where remained two years. About No
vcmhcr IS, 1889, saw Mr.. Stanley ut
kinchassa and Stanley Pool. lie had
with him about two hundred men in cx-
ccllent health, with their goods, curiosi-
ties, etc. Stanley pitched his tent nj that
place and there he remained for several
days after which he embarked for the
eastern part of Africa. At that time he
looked very robust. l remember tie
effect his voice had upon all the people
around him. 1t was like the voice OF a
lion. The natives looked upon him as t;
great and mighty man. They call him
'Bulu Matadi, which signifies Break
Stone The reason why this name WAS
given him is, that when he first came
among them he dug up out of the earth
great rocks and stones and made Il fine
wide road. Nee York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

A professor of the University OF Cali
fornia asserts that he has discovered Il
process of tanning leather which will
make it almost indcstructibIc. As the
people of the United States oxpend $500
600, 900 yearly on shoe leather, this is
highly interesting news; but it is doubt
full if boot and shoe men will rejoice to
know that the product of their factories
can he made to wear indefinitely.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

Paris is following the example of Lon
don, and is about to build an under
ground railway line. The railway will
be seven miles long, although only four
miles of it will be completely under
ground; the rest will go through cutting
and by viaducts. =
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
Hammock Pillow.

Half OF the ticking of an old pillow
answers 10 fill with curlcd hair or
straw, and an old waterproof unfit for
wear Will furnish material for covering
1t. 1t Is not q thing Of beauty when
Completed; bnt IL is not SPOILED if left
out over night, for n shower will not
satnrate 1t, and nobody is distressed
when the children toss it abcut. 4
pretty towel conccals its homcly fea-
turcs.-Medica, Classics.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

1t is stated that one Of the Chicago
limited trains recently attained speed OF
slfty-siz miles M hour and maintained it
for long distance. y writer in The
Raaeoy 1g6 predicts that the presen!
railroad time OF twenty-four hours be-
tween Chicago and 2S.w York will be re-
ducc,l 10 ten hours.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

In England armori"l bearings ha
long been taxed and now NJ. Bore, Il
French Boulangist deputy, has introduced
q bill for taxing not only coats-or-arms
but titles of nobility likewise. His no.
zion is TO apply the money thus obtained
10 providing pensions foragcd and iulirm
agricultural laborcrs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

The ocean freight of this country for
she last fiscal year amounted to $780,
600, 600, and foreign ships carried all bus
$50, 600, 900 of it. The latter, carried
by ships of our own, was mostly coasting
trade. ''Finc thing.'' remarks the Gin
cinnati En9airor.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

ROMANTIC Daughter - Mother, yon
must admit MIR. Dudclcttc is rising
Young man. Old Lady IInmph saw
him sitting in crowded street car tho
other day. when n poor old woman en-
tered, and he didn't rise any, that
noticed.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

OF the PAT Indian students sent home
from Hampton, Va, in ten years who are
now living, only seventeen are doing
poorly or have fallen back into their old
ways of living.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

Nearly two hundred thousand pcopl>
in the United States arc to-day wearing
artificial limbs. This at least is the cs-
innate given by prominent maker OF
these articles.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
TO MAKE GOOD SOFT SOAR.

Put the contents of box OF good I've,
three pounds of clear grease or its cquiva,
lent in Kitchen scraps, and pint of crude
turpentlnc or resin, in Il large pot, with
two pailfuls Of cold water Let it come
gradually to boil and keep up the same
amount of water until it jeliies: When
done put iii another buckctful of water
and boil u little longer, then pour out
while 1T is hot Washington STIR.
DECORATING WALLS WITH CLOTHES LINES.
a very artistic and ingenious way of
treating the wall and skirting the door
way, sides and top, is done by means of
clothes line, which is stitched by or.
binary mucilagc or -four paste, bent into
designs required, aud left till hardened.
when applied to the wall the has-rclief
effect is very pleasing. A rather more
complicated and difficult decoration of
the same sort is made by working the line
up into the design required, then trust
ing 1t to color. a silver applied to a
pale bay background gives very rich eff.
feet: Rope panels may be made very ef-
iectlve by bronzing the rope. a be.
ginncr i'll this work will find unlimited
possibilities for both designs and color.
ing.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

Emperor William, of Germany. has
sent palm and laurel wreath to be
placed on the coffin OF the late Grow,
Prince Rudolph OF Austria.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01
The present estimated population Of
the United States is GA, 900, 900.

Belgium has driven out British firms in
the wire fencing business i'll South Amer
6ca
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany charges the United States Govern
ment one cent word for Geographic &c
sDatches.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-01

The New York Tribune sarcastically
Suggests the "Elixir of Life' ls u substi-
lutte for capital punishment.