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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
Walter Seotrs Mighty Magic.

In the year 1914 alone, Scott wrote
nearly the whole of the "l.ife of Swift. u
the second and third volumes of "Wa.
verify" The Lord of the Isles" two
essays for the Supplement to the "Ency-
clop dia Britannica" the introduction
and notes to the "Mcmorie of the Somcr-
vil!es," annotat;ons to n reprint of Row
lands &c! citing or the IIumors OF Blood
i'll the Head \cin," 1911, and kept up an
unstintcd correspondence with his
friends; and all this literary activity was
interrupted by two months voyage to
the Hcbrdes, and by constant attention
to the financial perplc yitics of the Bah
lantync press and publishing honse, in
which his pccuniary interests were in
volved. lie seemed to feel after this
stress Of work that, as he expressed it.
he needed to 'refresh the machine" SO
he set out for Abbottsford and ere.
frcshcd the machine" by writing the
three volumes of "Cuy Mnnncring" il
six weeks, at Christmas time. in the
three years from 1927 to 1880, while he
was under the pressure of load of debt
so large that it seemed as if nothing less
than some bold and speculative venture
i'll trade could remove tho burden within
the few years LETT to him, he wrote
about thirty original volumcs-somc.
thiog like ten for each of these years
S.yjbDa,,s
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05

covered piece of marble truly too
weary to go further, aud discouraged
at his failures. In all his wandering he
has never seen such complete ruin us
this, and he feels that his master and he
are Separated forever. Just US these
thoughts stir his heart he sees flicker
Of light in small window, near where
he sits. and his heart leaps with joy.
Immediately he sings his magic song; as he
pauscs in the middle, as is his custom, from
within clear voice completes the melody.
Blondel nearly screams with delight, for
he knows it must be his master as no
one else knows the last few bars Of that
song.
Blondol's trials are now over and
Richard will soon be free. A ransom is
even now demanded, but it is promptly
paid, and Richard, Cuur de Leon, King
of England, is restored to his own fair
country, and every night Blonde sings
him to sleep and wakcns him in the
morning with cheerful ballad. -Me,o
York Graphic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
NIcatIcss Souns.

Soup is both healthful aud economical
and should form II part of the dinner
every day in the year. Many house
keepers remote from markets are de-
tered from making soup Ivy the mis-
taken idea that it is necessary 10 have
fresh meat in order to make it, Many
very excellent soups nrc made without
meat, and will be found delicate and
convenient
Celery Soup-Wash three roots of
celery, and cut in small pieces. Cover
with water, and boil thirty minutes.
Their press through colander. Put o
quart of milk ON to boil add it to the
celery and water in which it was boiled
with half OF a small onion chopped fine !;
rub tablespoonful of flour and butter
each together, and stir in the boiling
soup. Season with salt and pepper
and serve.
Duchess Soup-put quart of milk
in saucepan to boil, with one small car
rot half q small onion, and n blade of
mace; rub two tablospoonfuls OF four
and one of butter together. Skim the
vegetables out of the soup and add it.
STIR until it thickens. Add three table.
spoonfuls of grated cheese, and cook live
minutes. Take from the fire and add
the beaten yolks of ten eggs. Season
with salt and pepper and serve.
Barley Soup-Scald ten teaspoonfuls
of barley, drain and cover with fresh
boiling water, and boil three hours
strain. lut quart of milk on to boil,
add the barley, little salt and pepper.
Beat the yolks of ten eggs, put them in
the soup, tureen, pour over the barley
souD and servo
Lima Bean Soup Put quart Of dried
beans in saucepan, cover with boiling
water, and boil slowly one hour. Drain
and pass through coander. Put n pint
of milk on to boil, add the heans.
thicken with lump of butter rolled IN
flour, let boil, add the beaten yolks of
two eggs. Season with salt and pepper.
and servo.
Potato soup-Put four potatoes on to
boil. When half done, drain of the
water md cover them with fresh water.
add ono small onion, q stalk OF celery, n
bunch OF sweet hcrbs, and boil until Che
potatoes arc dono. Boil quart of milk.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
Use ana Abuse of Salt.

was ut dinner few days since writes
DIR. William +. Hutchinson in the
Amcrican Miqa.iae where two la lies as
tonishcd me 10y the quantity of salt they
ate. Zach half-emptied her individual
cellar into the soup, finished it with fish,
called for moro with entrees, and were
out again before the meal was done.
Roughly, believe that an ounce apiece
of pure salt would have Lecn about what
they each ate Both were thin, nervous
women, with sallow, muddy skins and
weak, ilabby muscles. Inquiring later
Of one of them if that was her common
consumption of salt, she replied that she
atc rs much or more At every meal, and
had done so ever since she could remem-
ber also. that she believed IL larger con-
sumption than hers was not uncommon.
Salt i'll moderation is absolutely nc cs-
sary to health, indeed 10 prolonged life.
Its chief component, hydrochloric ned,
is part of gastric juice and nccdful in
small quantities. But when these are
increased, free acid appears on the scene,
and acting MS powerful irritnnt, de-
vclops acid or nervous dyspepsia to an
uncomfortable degroe. Continued,
stomach membranes lose sccrcting power.
become tliickencd aud inscnsitivc, and IL
long train of symptoms like those of or
game heart. disease begin to appear, and
prove exceedingly obstinate to cure. a
half tcaspooHfll of salt daily. exclusive
of what ia used in food, is all that should
be eaten by any adult.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
Kitchen Comforts.

Tho meat chopper. for use in mulking
the dyspeptic's delight, Salisbury steak,
fastens en- the end OF table aud grinds
after the fashion of q coffee mill. A
plain round steak is cut up in inch
pieces, all iibros, sincws aud fat re
moved, and THO meat ground somewhat
coarser than Tor sausage, is seasoned
slightly, broilcd and eaten with butter
Delicious it is and necessarily easy to
digest. A triflc dry for one who en- Joys
his sirloin steak extra thick, but in
cstimabc to weak stomachs and hurried
caters, aud nice change us well.
But the kitchen com ort of the day is
the egg heater. This, too, fastcns on
the wall, and consists of bunch of
looking wires, which twirl
viciously round and round in square
glass receptacle, and in three or four
twirls whisks the eggs into u solid white
froth-grcat Improvements on the Hat
plate, the fork, the open windows fer tho
draft TO cNpcdiatc matters, and the
never to be forgotten "tap, tap, tap"
proclaiming 10 TIE ncighbors for blocks
that it is cake day" ut ierk.ns's house.
-CEiclgo SdiW.Tiay Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
A Blind Boy in n Mime.

In the Pine Grove Mines, Esmeralda
County, Nevada, there is blind boy
employed to do errands, tend cars, and
the like. lie has most remarkable
faculty of finding his way, not only
through the intricacies of the mine, but
about the town. He goes to any part Of
the mine for tools and never goes astray,
and on dark nights he guides the other
miners from the town to the house where
most of them lodge. They can't easily
find the way without him, for the trail
is narrow and crooked, and on each side
are many prospect holes and old cellars.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
Methods of n Master Fainter.

The London G1oje furnishes more
gossip regarding Meissoner 81 have
frequently seen him at work." says n
gentleman who has the privilege of his
acquaintance, land his method gives the
clew to the whole result. He does not
use paint brushes set in humming bird 5
quilts, rs the critics who write in their
own backrooms are so fond of asserting,
but ordinary bristle and sable brushes !;
Of the finest quality, no doubt, but by no
means microscopic. He used at one
time to employ as model little fair,
lean -shanlled man, who could sit or stand
with the fiXity of statue / saw him
in Hussar's dress. Meissonier had spent
ut least two hours merely in working Mt
the carbine slung over his shoulder. To
me it seemed perfect, both in perspective,
in texture, and in weight and balance,
so to speak. But the painter grumbled,
scoidcd, got up and sat down again fifty
times. 1t will not do, he said. Il am
bungler; can't paint. 1t is disgust
ing. and taking up razor he carefully
shaved off all he had Just painted. was
ihunderstruck. IN point of fact the pic,
ture was finished and admirable"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
Made Rich in Thirty Minutes.

S. r. Roger and his brother left their
homes near Hastings, Mich, about fou,
years ago and went to Breckenridge,
Col, where they worked in a stamp
mill. They got possession of two
claims, the "lron Mask" and the
"kewanee," and worked them during
spare hours, putting considerable time
and money into them. The claims had
been worked previously for six years by
an old MINER who failed to find paying
ore. Roger recently put a man in the
lower one and went to work himself. In
less than half an hour, after digging
about two feet. he struck gold and silver
bearing carbonate Of silver, SAID to be tho
most valuable ansl easily worked in that
State.
The vein was followed to the surface.
when it was found that all the previous
years work had been within eighteen
inches OF the vein. The Roger Brothers
haze been offered 500. 900 Tor the two
mines, but want 5000, 00O.. Within n
week after this find 5000 men were on
tho spot, establishing claims, but the
rogers had secured many of the most
desirable. The minc is on the cast sido
of the mountain and the snow necessi.
tates keeping it rooted ovor. - Chicago
Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
To Ecmoyc Stains.

To remove bee stains, put thick
Glycerine on the wrong side of the nrt-
Gle und wash out III lukcwarm water. ink
stains on clothes, dip i'll milk and wash
rs usual. kcmovc ink stains from silver
plated ware 10y rubbing on paste of
chloride of lime and water; then wash
and wipe dry. Wash out common oil
stains in cold water; oil status on carpets
can bc removed Mt once by scattering
corn meal upon them, also by applying Il
hot iron through heavy sheet of blot
ting paper. Boiling new milk will take
out most fruit stains; dip the articles in
several times; another way is to dip in
sour buttcrmilll and dry in the sun ;
wash in cold water and dry two or three
times daily. For raspberry stains, n
mixture of weak ammonia and water is
best. Remove stains from the windows
10y using diluted spirits Of salt. To take
out iron mold STAINS, wet with milk and
cover with salt. The latter also rubs
egg stains from spoons. Wet grass stains
on white goods with water, rub in some
soft soap and rs much soda rs will adj
here; let stand half an hour, then wash
In the usual manner. For Stains on tea
cups or tinwarc dip damp cloth in com
mon soda; rub brlskly, then wash aud
wipe dry. Stains on marble arc the most
obstinate. Take OK gall, a wineglassful
of turpentine, and mix into paste with
pipe clay; spread this paste on the stained
marble aud let it remain several days.
Niildcw is removed by rubbing on com
mon yellow soap, then little salt and
starch. Rub all we'll on the article, and
put out in the sunshine; or after rub
bling on tho soap, scrapc chalk over it
and rub well; put in the sun, and rs the
stain dries, wet it n little. 1t will come
out with two applications. Detroit hree
Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Bean,irnI Bed Clothes.

Apropos Of quilts. it is much the
fash on nov to buy the white linen tea
cloths, worked with gold-colored silk,
which arc quite moderate in price, add
avery wide border of go!d-colored or
golden brown plush, then fall of coarse
cream lace. and lay them on beds. The
night-dress case is often composed of u
smaller-sized cloth, edged with lace, and
finished off with large bow of the vel
vet. IL the decoration is further carried
out, the splasher consists of long, mar
row cloth. aud tho toilet table cover of
another, in the same style, and which are
sold for sideboard cloths. -Xioua toije.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
q nospltal Trnap.

Ilo was poorly dressed. his face and
hands were grlmy, md his stops md
movements were artistically feoble as h1
shamblod up to tho clerk of ono Of tho
big city hospitals n few days ago. but
tho whine IN which ho asked for bed
md ''doctorln' had MI Enthusiastically
false ring, and his eyes had anything but
the look that genuine illness gives.
Nevertheless, the house surgeon told him
of to certain ward and no won't away
with IN orderly in q most willing
manner.
"why did you let that fellow ina,
asked an interesting spectator. "Ho
is most certainly an impostor."
The doctor laughed eve couldn't
refuse to let him in. He wouldn't walk
ten steps from here in the street before
he'd fall down in cloverly counter
feited faint, aud the next morning the
papers would be filed with Turned Cut
to Die, Cruelty in Hospital, No Place
for The Poor, and so on. But he won't
stay with us many moons, be sure of
that"
slow will you get him out?"
"Well, l guess we'll begin on this fell
low with what we call the 'Cndertaker's
Revenge 1t is a frightful mixture of
copaiba, asafetida. castor oil and ether,
and tablespoonful of it is given to the
patient every two hours, day and nigifH,.
A cQncoction Of the three iirst-named in
gradients would he bad enough in all
conscience, but the taste of it would not
remain in the mouth for more than half
an hour, white the addition of little
ether makes the taste stick closer than a
twin brother for all t me- Very few of
of these hospital tramps' fail to ask for
discharge after the fifth or sixth dose,
but once in u while VIC get one that will
appear to live and thrive upon it,"
docs he become q fixture, thenl"
"Well, hardly. The second morning
after the tramp's arrival go to his bed
side and inquire tenderly into his con-
dition. He will have an awful pain
they always do-and every time touch
the indicated seat of the trouble he will
writhe in agony. OF course say it is
more serious affair than had thought,
and order my assistant to bring up that
red hot iron. In less than ten seconds
Mr.. Tramp feels very much better, and
is generally clothed and out of doors by
the time the iron is pleasing red. i
suppose that some day we will get fell
low who is so lazy that he will stand the
cautcrization rather than leave his COM
Portable bed and general board, out
think that if the occasion arises we will
find some way to GUST him. "-Ne,o York
Times
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05

Press the potatoes through sieve, mix
with them a tablespoonful of butter, and
stir in the boiling milk. Season and
serve.
hice soup-Wash half teacup OF
rice, put in quart OF water. and boil
one hour; add half of small onion, o
stalk of celery aud three cloves; boil
one hour longer. Strain, return to the
mess kettle, add pint OF cream, a
tcaspoonful OF butter rolled in -four, with
pepper and salt: let come to boil
Mock Bi;que Soup-Put pint OF
canned potatoes on to stew, with sprig
OF parsley and blade of mace; let cook
fifteen minutes. Put quart of rich
milk on to boil. thicken with two tahle
spoonfuls of flour and one of butter
Press the tomatoes through sicyc, add
n teaspoonful of sugar and half tea
spoonful of soda; stir in the boiling
milk aud serve Immediately. = Courisr.
Journal
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05

There is one famous fnancier in Wall
street whose stenographe. receives n
salary that would satisfy the ma iority of
bank presidents. The stcnographer is Il
man not more than twcnty-six years of
age, slim, alert and agile in his move
mcnts. lie takes off his coat when he
goes into the dice in the morning, and
never puts it on again until he goes
home late in the afternoon. He carries
q note book in one hand and n pencil in
the other, and, wherever his principal
goes wandering around his spacious
offices, the boy" il at his heels. Scores
of letters have to be written every day,
whether he is surrounded by one or
fifty persons. They are .otted down in
the book by the stcnographcr as he
stands at his principals side, and moth.
ing more is said about them. Even
when the big operator goes into one OF
his inner offices to luncneou, the shadow
is at his side. This man, however, is a
machine compared to the secretary pure
and simple, yet considered merely as Il
machine he is notable product of the
rush and hurry of nineteenth century
life. Once IKe,k.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
HIS VALENTINE.

Love, ut your door young Cupid stands
And KNOCKS for you to come:
Tho frost is in his feet and hands,
His lips with cold are numb,
Grant him admittance, sweetheart mine,
And by your cheering fire
His lips shall loosen Us with wine
Aud speak forth my desire.
He left mo not an hour ago,
And when the rascal went
Barofooted out into the snow
asked him whittier bent.
Quoth he: "To her whose face is like
A garden full OF flowers,
To her whose smiles like sunlight strike
Across the winter hours"
No moro he said, nor need of moro
Had to know. l know
His path lay straight unto your door
That face belongs to you.
"Godspeed," cried, land give her this
When You her face shall seo;'
And on his lips set kiss,
A Valentino from me,
Frank d. Sherman, in tho Century
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05

Mr.. Gould's tomb is built upon tho
highest ground i'll Woodlawn cemetery,
New York. The acre cost MIR. Gould
$50, 900. 1t was Mrs. Gould who wanted
the mausoleum built, and the cemetery
people who suggested the idea of its
being something after the style of the
old Parthenon. The temple is built
throughout of Westerly, Rhode Island,
granite. 1t is twenty-five feet wide,
thirty three feet long, and twenty feet
high TO the apex of the roof. The COL
umns are ten and one-half feet high and
thirteen inches in diameter in the widest
part, having the slight swell of the Ionic
order. Thee rows of steps. running
all around, lead ur to the temple and
form the exterior of its base.
The columns and the walls are alike
unornamcnted. In the doorway are two
doors of bronze opening inward. The
lower part of the door is of solid bronze
pnnced, and each part is ornamented on
The outside with q Dragons head; big
iron ring swinging in the mouth of each
dragon. The upper part of the doors is
n frctwork of che. ubs and vines. The
roof of it is one solid slab of granite,
which weighs six tons. The floor is one
plain slab of marble. Along the sides
of the interior are the catacombs. There
are twenty. ten on each side, in four
rows of five each, the rows on each side
being separated by granite slab. A
stained glass window ut The back lights
the crypt. 1t pictures heavenly choir
of angles. The faces Of the choir are
refulgent in the light of grand candalc-
bra. The archcd window Is six feet high
and three feet wide. 1t is understood
that the cost of the mausoleum was
about $50, 900. : Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
Ieprosy's Preyalcnce in India.

A good deal of attention has lately
been given in India to the grave question
of ieprosy. Statements in Nineteenth
CtntWiy article are alarming. The au-
thor said that in the course of six
months tour in India he had found
lepcrs in almost every town he had visit
ed, even though his stay in the place
might be only few hours duration. He
saw most CHASTITY lcpers begging in the
streets; he met them in railway stations;
in one small bazaar II friend told him he
had counted twelve; he even heard of
one who was employed by an English
baker in the making of bread. More
over, it is estimated that all the copper
money of India has passed through the
hands of lepers. The author found n
man whose hands were covered with
leprosy, engaged in the railway service
as a ticket collector. Lcpcrs, he asserts.
with their rey2!ting miserics fully ex-
posed, asaeea1GA freely with the com
munity.
1t has been stated by the superintend-
ent of the leper asylum in Calcutta that
Of those who assemble at the funeral
feasts Of the wealthy natives fully one in
three is lepcr. This asylum is gener-
ally oyercrowded, and the police bring
lerers who are dying to it in cabs, and for
whom it is necessary TO turn out less i'm
minent patients. In short, lepers in
India mix with people, go where they
please, marry whom they choose, lend a
rowing life and thus continually become
fresh centcrs for propagating the disease.
The evil is SO widespread that Lord
Duiferin said to the author of the paper,
one might almost as readily undertake
TO rid India of its snakes rs of its
lcDrosy
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
A Famous Chinese Food DelicacY.

This Goo has excited the Chinese
quarter. Tbs Goo is not n man, it is
famous Chinese food deiicacy, whose
root is richer in taste than the best OF
vans. 1t is to Cinnamon what celery is
to Mclean man. 1t was not supposed
to grow in this country, but Dr. Ii,
Chinese botanist, of Mott street, some
time ago recognized species Of Ameri-
can pond lily or wild lily, that grows
everywhere in America rs This Goo.
The doctor discovered it in n creek in
Astoria. He dug one out of the water;
its roots were very small, but upon close
examination he found it TO be the very
identical "Ths Goo" of China, whose
valuable roots are sold ut ten cents
apiece. He took out several and sent
them to thinese farmer in California
for cultivation. The latter reared them
sufficient quantity of seedlings, and
then planted them in field which was
immersed Ill water last spring. This
species of lily, when carefully cultivated,
produces great quantities of ycllowish
roots that resemble the Irish potato, but
are smaller III 81 C and longer. Yesterday
Chinese storekecper in Mott street re-
ceived two barrels of them from the
farmer in San Francisco who raised
nearly ton this scison from the seod-
lings received from DIR. III. The China
men were wild with delight when they
saw fresh This Goo here as if in China.
They were sold in less than an hour after
their arrival at twenty cents per pound.
Considering that these were apparently
wild vegetable, picked up in one Of
the highways near New York, it is
good price, especially when each of
these plants would produce as much as
five or six pounds of This Goo each
season.-Ne3o York Itle0rn0l.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-05
Blondel, the Minstrel.
BY FREDERICK w. PEARSON.

In the cleaning OF summer day,
when nature seems to slumber, when
soft, SLY shadows creep stealihily, ever
frightening; when the birds are cooling
swcctly to their mates and the evening
sky is pink, red, yellow and blue, a
happy maiden in the doorway of lowly
cottage in rural Austrian hamlet pause,
in her sentimental musing, lifts her head
eagerly and listens. And she hears n
pathetic, weird strain of song, broken,
unfinished. Again 1t comes, and is
many times repeated always broken and
unfinished.
"Ah" signs the fair ono, as she listens,
cit must be Blondcl, singing to his
master. Poor, unhappy minstrel, wilt
thou never find thy king."