davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
CLEAN MILK.

There is one thin. that everybody on
this earth is interested in, no matter
where he lives or what he does, no mat
ter whether rich or poor, refined or
vulgar-that is clean milk Pure mill,
is nourishing to those in health and to the
sick. Foul or impure milk is poisonous
to the blood and unfit TO he taken into
the system. If milk, after standing a
lew hours, looks dark and cloudy at the
bottom OF the vessel there is something
wrong, and the matter should be inquired
into at once. Extra care is needed to
keep the milk clean where COWS arc kent
iii stables. The animals should be care
fully brushed, and every particle of dirt
wiped or washed from the uddcr. and
the stables cleaned before milking is be-
gun, as the fresh milk absorJs foul odors
readily. With farmers there is no excuse
ior using unclean milk. Those in cities
who procure supplies from milkmcn may
be obliged TO endure what they can not
change. City authorities, however
should take the necessary precautions to
have the people served with pure milk.
1t is quite us important rs that they be
served with clean meat. Milk which is
kept where 1t can he reached by currents
oil impure air will absorb the impurities
with which the air IS loaded Smells
from the kitchen may be tasted in the
milk kept in cupboards opening into the
kitchen, where vegetables arc being
cooked daily.
The cleanliness and purity of milk
also depends on the food and water given
to cows. If the water is found in stag
nant pools or mud-holes look out for
levers, headaches, and other forms of
mnlarlal disorders. Clean food, clean
water, clean uddcrs, clean stables, and
clean pals and pans-thcn we have clean
milk, and if kept in Il clean place it will
continue clean and pure, and always
prove itself wholesome, nourishing food.
= CAicdyo Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
TIM srAnr ron rouAroi:s.

u Is time TO plant tomato-sccds In
boxes Oh fine soil in the house or liz hot
beds. Do this even whca near enough
to town TO buy plants, because home
ihh"e plants can be made more hardy
iilan those from the florist, and they are
ilways 1T hand when the right time comes
Tor setting them out Time spent in
going for plants is often more valuable
III the busy spring than the plants. |
have found that frequent transplantings
greatly improve the young plants. They
should he removed from the box or bed
INTO small pots or cans, then into larger
and larger, until when set out they are
large, bushy plants, which, when knocked
from the dry-pots, with NIL the earth
around the roots, will not seem conscious
of the transfer.
An experiment last summer of setting
tomato plants ut the bases of s,nllowers,
up which thcy were trained, proved very
successful. The ground was made rich,
and the vines bore IN abundance of good
sized, firm, well favored Mikado toma-
toes.-Ncic IorA 1riIUn,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09

A party of Germans and Hungarians,
who recently returned to New York from
Brazil, stated that they went out at the
solicitation of an agent of the Brazilian
Government, who paid their passage, and
represented that parcel of land, con
sisting of six acres, would be given to
each family; also that a sum of money
would be distributed every month until
the soil was in fair state of cultivation.
These promises did not matcrialize, how,
ever. Instead of being greeted by the
sight of fertile lands and inviting cot
tdgcs they were invited TO settle in a
swamp, with virtually no protection
against the clements. The supplies were
soon exhausted, disease appeared and
they decided to return to this country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
RIBBONS FOR SUMMER wr.p

Every week shows more plainly the
great e1orts which are being made by
ribbon manufacturers to keep this article
in front and to make it us attractive rs
possiblc.l This, of course. is the only
way OF capturing woman's fancy. and
we must say that foreign and domestic
manufacturers know how to do it.
There is n ribbon with straw effect
which is splcndidly adapted for orna-
nenting 4 raw hats. The body is double
faced sath and the border hemp, inter
woven with small satin stripes in differ
cnt colors. The fabric can be had in all
colors whth assimitatc with any straw
shade.
Another new material conveys the idea
OF two ribbons, and is called the two
ribbon effect. One side is gros-srain
with SAITH edge, while the other side
shows pain satin effect. The color
combinations are numerous, but we find
that IN thh fancy fabric all ribbons of
dark co:orshrc prctticr than those of deli
cate shadesl
The rubai bayadcre is high fancy
material AMI one of the prettiest in the
market. Tic weave of the body is tus-
sab, with b@aderc stripes, while the Dor
der is satin. The colors of the stripes are
IN the most lelicatc shades, and thus a
gaudy effects avoided.
For trimming Gainsborough hat the
latest ribbonln fashion is n kind of batiste
fabric. Blu} or vicux rose or yellow
stripes run trough the white baptiste
and are edgedwith small gold tinse.
The tussah ri bon is also made with
pointed ombrt border and preference is
given to all tie new shades which the
chambre syndicate in Paris adopted last
year. The ledling idea in all the latest
novelties of ribbons, however, is that
there are speed ribbons for trimming
hats to match desses of n certain material
We find ribbonI which follow the designs
and the weave lof ginghams; then we
have special rib ons which can only be
worn with layh or outing dress, and
finally we have lthcr ribbons that cannot
be used except dc dress is of cloth-like
material. This iariety will make ladies'
toilettes this yer rather expensive, as
each dress will require hat trimmed
with ribbons to hatch the toilette. Drv
Goods Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09

potentate, was an intimate friend of the
Empress, and during her visit to New
York spent much time with her Two
decades ago the name of Iturbide was as
well known rs that of Dom Pedro to day.
Mexico has always offered the spectacular
to the view of nations, aud Iturbidc's
career was in keeping with Mexican mise
en- scenes. Miss Iturbidc returning TO
Philadelphia always kept up certain
state. She conducted herself with the
dignity of royalty, and commanded
always peculiar kind of respect, even
from her few intimate friends.
Her life had its romance When quite
young she fell in love and became en-
gagged to a naval officer. State reasons OBJ
lised her To separate from him. The
engagement was broken. Years went by.
After her fathers downfall Miss Iturbitle
mctCapian -, then Admiral -, but
pride forbade her accepting his adj
vances. They met frequently, but never
spoke. Each waited for a signal from
the other. When on her deathbcd she
whispered to an attendant to seek him.
AS chauce had it Admiral =, having
heard OF her illness, was at that moment
about to enter the house. The servant
sent TO summon him met him without
recognition and exclaimed that her mis-
tress could see no onc He fingered Il
moment OIL the door step, ringing the
bell at last, left his name and sadly
walked away! So the pride of years had
its most pathetic fall
After her death it was found that in "a
memorandum she had left word that he
only was to see her in death They sent
Tor him, of course, and he kept the lone
ly tryst with the woman whom only
pride and political influence h,d kept
from happiness as his wife. No other
human being save those needed for her
intermcnt looked again upon her face,
A painted photograph taken of her and
the Empress of Brazil together shows
Miss Iturbide as Il brilliant, dark eyed,
olive skinned girl of five and twenty,
with ripping waves of hair and !, pecu- :,
liarly attractive smile.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09

mon, son 4 Plinlimmon, the famous
50, 600 st. leonard, Saffron and Lady
Miles (nlso fHDm Mr.. Moorc's kennel
were among fRc entries. In the mas.
tiff classes thdrc were several famous
entries.
In Newioun.Qands the native show.
ing was notablNwcak. Indeed. il was
probably the WEAKEST point III the en-.
tire exhibition.
he finest collie kennel in the world
is that of Mr.. Hanson, of PHILADELPHIA
and the showing IN this class was large
and attractive.
In foX-tcrriers the Belmont kennels
ut Hampstead, l.. T., made the largest
showing, including such unequaled
dogs rs Rachel, Lnciicr and Bucchanal.
In II bench show ngood deal of in
ierest always attaches to the bulldogs.
This year there was a capital showing
OF these thick-sct, MISUNDERSTANDING
CANNES. Foremost al bong them in nil
the qualities that eXpdrts admire were
portswood Tiger and \Britomartis in
the challenge class, AMI Monarch VI.
IN the open class. All three are beau
Ties, rs bulldogs go, ami have n front
that would inspire terror in the breast
OF the boldcst burglar.
The showing OF field anu cocker span
leis was somewhat slendct. There were
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
A Tiny Railroad.

A wonderful railroad is the one which
connects the towns of Bedford and
Bellevue, Mass. 1t is nine miles in
length, and is probably as unique as any
on the globe. The distance is not so as
tonlshing, except when the gauge OF ten
inches is considered. In the short dis
lance traversed by the pigmy it crosses
eleven streams, with bridges from five to
thirty-fve feet in height. The rails
weigh but twenty pounds to the yard,
about the size of those used in the mines
of Missouri and Illinois. The cars and
engines are constructed so rs to be very
near the ground, ensuring greater safety.
The cars are provided with single seats
on each side Of the aisle. The car itself
weighs but four tons, the weight of nm
ordinary car being twenty to twcnty-six
tons. The engine, without the tender,
weighs seven tons, and runs with two
passenger or freight cars at the rate of
twenty miles an hour. There is a small
or railroad than this in the United States
the one in Bucks County, Pa, but it
is only kept as an expensive toy by
rich farmer, who has made fortune out
OF ol.-Alta2y 4iYus..
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09

"Thc defeat of New York for the
Worlds Fair and the death of John
Jacob Astor have cach," says writer
Tor the New York Press, ian important
bearing on the prospects for the erection
OF st. Johns Cathedral, the great $685.
ooo,oO0 structure that the Episcopalians
OF New York contemplate erecting under
Bishop Potter's direction. The site for
the cathedral is part of the ground that
was included in tie Worlds Fair site
1t had been given to the use of the
Worlds Fair Committee and the COM
mencement of work on the cathedral
was thought thereby to have been post
poned for several years. Now the pros.
pect is that ground will be broken next
year. In the Trinity Building architects
are are at work daily making drawings
and preparing plans for the cathedral,
using the four prize plans as basis of
their work. The plans alone cost some
$4,000. They all contemplate the use
of the finest granite, such as is put into
Government buildings at Washington.
John Jacob Astor's interest in the cathe-
dral was very deep. He was, indeed
second only to Bishop Potter in urging
on the preliminary steps for the cathe-
dral, and had expected to spend two or
three millions Of dollars to put an Astor
memorial in the church. His interest in
the cathedral made it certain that be.
tween his bank account and the Trinity
Church millions there would be no lack
of funds for the work when once begun.
I am told that his son and heir, William
Waldorf Astor, intends to carry out his
fathers wishes in respect to the cathe-
dral, so that, with the site not wanted
for the Worlds Fair, we may soon look
for the breaking of ground for its foun-
dstions."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PHEASANT LITEI;ATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
AMERrcAN GrRr.-BAc,1ELors.

"What is the most characteristic thing
you have found in our American life?"
was asked recently of an observant Eng
lishman who had been spending the win
ter i'll New York. "i'hc girl bachelors, {"
he said. "rhere are no spinsters here,
rs we call them in England. The I'M
married woman i'll America is type al
toScter unique. She has all the indie
pendencc Of Il man, and still keeps every
essential trait of the best woman. She
thinks and plans and executes for her
self, and she does not seem to make mis-
takes. The girl bachelor often has her
OWN home, and she values it exactly AS
she would if she were married. She is
always gracious and companionablc, but
never oversteps the bounds of her dig
nifty. Oh, the girl bachelor is the most
wonderful thing America has vet pro-
duccd, and she is altogether charming"
-Neio York SIN.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Don't use doubtful seeds.
Milk, sweet or sour, is excellent for
fowls.
Good onion seed sinks when placcd in
water.
The parsnip is root much rclished by
cattle.
Fresh sprouts OF onions arc fine for
poultry.
Exclude light from potatoes and keep
thcm as cool us possible
Tie shelter shat shuts out both purc
and cold air is not Il profitable struc-
tuvc.
Rust and rot do more for the implc-
mcnt maker in winter than wear and lear
do in summer.
The secrets OF large yields always and
everywhere are rich soil, good seed and
thorough ,ilagc.
The peach tree IS easy to plant, easy 10
remove, if it proves worthless, and of
great value when 4 success.
Many people are prevented from rails
ing asparagus by an exaggerated notion
of the labor involved Its requirements
are simple.
If u hen will leave her nest when any
one approaches she should not be used
for setting purposes. She will generally
prove IN unsteady sitter and breaker of
eggs.
y good crop of both corn and weeds
cannot be grown on the same ground at
thn . Al
way trains can pass each other on the
same track.
Profitable feeding must be steady
feedins-in spasnodic feeding the feasts
may do actual harm, and the short rations
surely entail loss. Do not cram one day
and starvc the next.
In buying poultry for breeding pur
poses, go to some reliable breeder, who
has his reputation at stake 1t may cost
little more for the birds, but the buyer
can depend on what he gets. Culls are
expensive at any price.
Some farmers think that they can
afford to spend Il frequent half-holiday
in town as their crops arc growing. Sad
mistake! 4 farmer can not neglect his
business any time without loss, no better
tnan the merchant or mechanic
Experiments in feeding mich COWS,
described i'll Il bulletin of the AIassachu-
sctts State Agricultural Experiment
Station, attest the great economical value
of cornfoddcr, stover, and cnsilage for
the production and quality of milk and
cream.
Where one COW only is kept there is
little trouble in obtaining all the butter
the milk is capable of producing. But
where there are twenty COWS this is quite
impossible, rs the milk of different COWS
requires varied management and treat
mcut.
1t is difficult to SON gram or grass seed
evenly on hillsidcs if the sower walks
sidcwise of the hill; throwing down the
hill, the grain falls on broad s. rip
thinly; throwing up the hill, on a narrow
strip thickiy. Also, it is difficult to
walk straight.
Ground bone is fertilizer that bcnc-
fits nearly all crops; can he applied at
all Seasons of the year; will not injurc
any tree or plant; is permanent and last
ing iii its effects, aud is the cheapest
form OF fertilizer in proportion to the
benefit it imparts that can be used.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09

VIZ tIhb sg6s% York State electrical expert
,,, l vi have displayed somewhat
silssasSSs sayidity to supply information TO
IN, Inquirer on the subject of the latest
Fcysaie il electrical execution de-
vices. He is quoted as>sa 1yiiHttg--.A4rw iii
guarantee now that the time, from tho
moment the prisoner enters the chamber
until his death in the chair will not cx.
coed thirty seconds. The moment hq
enters the death chamber he will be put
in the chair. Two straps will fastcn him
in with a snap; the head piece will go on
in twinkling, rs there are only two
straps to buckle; the black mask will be
thrown over all, and-fash! he will
cease TO live. We will have any convict
ready in thirty seconds"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09

- EEftvlt aSnp seegn tpddcr green, dry
nor cnsilagcd," says Professor Chamber
lain. "Thc real corn crop is bcs, and
cheapest. One cannot afford 10 grow an
inferior com crop for cattle food when Il,
better crop can be grown at the same en-
pensc. II costs no more to care for an
acre o! field corn than to properly pro-
ducc the same area of fodder corn. 70
he sure, some SOW two bushels of seed
broadcast, and get IL watcry crop that
isn't worth harvesting. But corn should
never be broadcastcd. Not over sixteen
quarts of seed should he used, and the
planting should be done in order, far
enough apart to admit the sun and cult
Walton. When the grain is ready to
pick, simply pluck the ears and throw
them III rows upon the bnrc ground.
They will take no harm whatever if sim
ply moved once in Il week or two. The
crop can be gathered and placed in the
silo as readily as if it had never borne
ears, and is just as good or better, being
matured, besides providing the profit
consisting of grain. Ears treated in this
way OF the past fall havr'bccn cured in
good order, Notwithstanding the severity
of tho rainy season, during which they
were left upon the ground for weeks"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
VARIATION ~ moHsE-EADIsm.

While the flavor of horse radish does
not vary, yet there is often considerable
difference in the pungcncy Of its root
we have seen that grown on heavy and
rather wet soil much stronger than that
IRON sandy or grivelly land. II may be
There are different varieties, or the differ
ence may be due to the soil. After the
roofs acquire age, they become more
tough and strin2y. Hence horsc-radish
growing wild does not work w so well
rs that grown by regular gardeners and
always cleaned ont wien Il year old
Americon Cnitjrnior.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
HOW TO LOOK WE'LL IN 4 ruoro.

HOW TO LOOK WE'LL IN \ PHOTO.
When you have your photograph taken
don't wear silk frock. Nothing comes
out so badly as the gloss of satin or
glimpscs Of silk. Instead, choose wool
or velvet. Ii you are young wear II
white gown. Remember thut gray takes
white. aud yellow or tan becomes black,
so that with your white gown you must
have white gloves. Lace always comes
out very well, and furs are artistic. Do
not fix your hair in any elaborate way,
and remember that you are posing as Il
lady, aud not as an actress. If you have
any frecklcs, the artist will, if he is
good one, spot them out, and if your
hair is really light, put little powder on
it with powdcr-muir, aud it will look its
natural color.
Unless you are one of the people who
can smile naturally to order, do not at
tempt to look pleasant, for the result is
too often that seen in the picture of some
body just sitting down in the dentists
chair. For full-lcngth picture, throw
your body, from the waist up, a little
bit forward. Remember that bonnet
IN fashion to-day will be out of style Il
year from now, and that unless your pic
lures are only for the time, it is better to
have them taken without chapeau.-
COuricr-Journal
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
Tho surrestiou has been made in Lon.

The suggestion has been made in Lon
don that, rs the French have erected the
highest tower, the English shall dig Tie
deepest holc-say on the exhibition
grounds of 1851 in Hyde Park. The pit
could be furnished with an elevator shaft,
and lit up by electricity; and in each
stratum there could be an excavatcd
museum with specimens of the minerals.
fossils, etc., afforded by it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
SOWING PEAS IN SEASON.

In growing peas IT is well TO remcn,-
Der that early kinds cannot be success
July grown ont Of season. They mature
,,Hafiss9nd must DC grown. early in the
~ does not folluw that rs they
eiiiin, March and fruit in fifty
ssla5 hhSy be sovn in July and
3tfii' fha Same tim.. The fact is,
3 kytiw more rapidly in one-third
ies5sihis But, rs soon rs they mature,
their unconstitutional weakness renders
them unable to withstand the heat. and
they are attacked by mildcw and perish.
For late peas, late varieties must be sown.
Early kinds may be sown aa intervals of
Il week or two--as long rs they will re-
main in bearing up to juno, but not
later with safety. and late kinds planted
with them will carry the supply ont :.
month later, which is the best that can
he done. This does not apply 10 corn,
which is tropical plant aud requires
heat, NJ To beans, which are equally
favored by heat; SO that although the
peas may gives ont; shysseptcmhcr, there
wilI4eseg liHakinds sufficient
fos;S; q s!s ss.!,: y sssk 4sns,.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
DESIGNING cntlpnrS's cosr,.vrs

DEsI0NIN0 cIIlLDKENs COSTUMES.
clever girl who loves children and
has the soul OF an artist has opened IL
nc" Nocation ior herself and other
"aiuehs VINO need money. This girl re-
ccntiy saw beautiful child of four
years, sitting III Il carriage with his
mother, III front OF shop. But, alas |!
Inc boys beauty was almost concealed by
4 do"dy costume, costly, but unbccom-
ing: a bright thought popped into the
girls hean, and she said to herself,
heres mother who does not know
hoYstA dress her child. Why not design
Z eos saltaf SaSr him and send 1t TO herr"
Sh ss,q the woman WAS, and
.%eat hgfie x the cutest lit
I q. q l dreamed Of.