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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

10 sill down to milk cox that is dis
posed to kick, or is so uneasy rs 10 be
continually stepping is an ANNOYANCE
that leads TO Il very strong desire to use
''cuss words" if not ''hard knocks" and
1t is the development OF this desire on
the part OF rough helpers that frequently
ruins an otherwise valuable animal sovs
w. IL. Foreman, in the lSoutke,a Lire
Stock Journal. Any habit OF this kind is
injurious in more ways than one: II
makes IN undesirable animal, and the
constant interruption in the milkino
tends to diminish the flow Of milk. We
recently purchased = fine COW that was
soon 10 come in, at surprisingly low
price; ut calving time we thought we
discovered the reason; upon attempting
to milk, the COW had formed the hobit
oil lifting her foot so constantly and so
close to the pail that it rendered milkino
almost impossible. In devisinc ways
and means for prevention we took rinp
and staple and attached it to the sill in
the barn directly back of where the COW
was sanctioned; we then took strap
with buckles and buckled around the
''S"' 'iho icS just aUONc tDc ictlOck, and
setting the foot back, hitchcd the other
end to the ring. We then sat down and
went to milking, the COW attempted to
take her foot up over the pail; but every
time 1T came back in its place, and our
milking continued in full confidence o.
safety. After repeated trials the COW
gave up for few minutes, and then
would try again with the sam. rae,,It A.,
soon as we finished milking, the COW was
released. We continued putting ON the
harness, and for some time she would trv
to continue the old trick, but findipn il
was os no avail she soon tired of r.
After pursuing this treatment for about
three weeks we omitted the placing of
the strap and there was not foot raised
The cure was eiIectual; no harsh words
were employed, but the animal soon dis
covered that she was controlled by n
power superior to her own, and very
gracefully yielded to its influence.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
TO PRESERVE MEATS.

Commissioner of Agriculture Hender-
son has found another excellent recipe
for preserving meat, which he is anxious
: to have the farmers OF Georgia make use
of, as he considers it an excellent one.
For 1000 pounds OF meat, mix Srtil ITO
pounds of salt, two pounds OF sai.petre,
one and half pounds cloves, one pound
cayenne pepper, six pounds brown sugar,
and dissolve in water. Then boil slowly
and skim well, until the brine is strong
enough to float an egg. If necessary add
more salt. Trim meat we'll and pack in
water tight barrels, and when the COM
pound is cold pour in until the meat is
covered, and weight it down so as to
keep it submerged. Keep on hand enough
OF the compound TO add us it cvaporates.
In four or five weeks the meat will be
ready to hang up, then take it out, wash
well and hang up. This should be done
in dry weather, and it would We we'll to
dry out with slow fires. When thoroughly
dry, take down and sew up neatly in a
covering of shifting or ducking, which
cover well with II paste made Of two parts
lime and one part of wheat shorts on
flour. See that the paste is put on thick
enough to exclude the air. Hang up in
cool, dry place, and the meat will keep
for years.--4t!anta Constitution.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

1t is fact, alleges the Atlanta Cohsti-
fHtion, that side whiskercd men are sci
dom seen in young and busy communi-
ties. There is good reason for it. Side
whiskers are expensive. They make Il
man look digniiied, and lead him to cul-
tivate slow ways and careful style of
costume. In order to keep up trst-class
side whiskcrs, u man must have leisure
and money. If he gets up early and
rushes around town in bob-tailed coat,
he will look out of place, and people will
stare at him with panied curiosity. At
lanta as yet has very few whiskered
men. They will come in time. When
we have more wealth and leisure there
will be lot of solid old fellows here
summing their mutton chops on the prom
made. But we must wait awhile.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

The New York Telegram says: A gun
with a calibre OF only one inch which
can send its projectile through three
inches Of wrought iron and yet is built
on principle which allows it to be
constructed in few months promises Il
further significant advance in the arts Of
destruction. If the power of penetration
keeps pace with the increase in bore in
the Brown segmental wire gun the nation
will have an arm with which its ships
and forts can be rapidly equipped.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
AN EFFECTIVE TABLEcovER.

A very effective tabecovcr can be
quickly manufactured of piece of sheet.
ing linen yard and quarter square, in
Guiding the fringe, which is made by
ravelling the linen to the depth of three
inches and knotting the top. A row of
demonstrating, worked in heavy linen
floss, forms Il heading Two OF the cor
ners diagonalIy opposite to eaclf- other
are decorated with three fern leaves, en-
broidered in outline stitch; one curvino
toward the left is worked with orange
silk, one toward the right with brown,
while between the two, intcrlacins both,
is the 9raceful-maiden hair fern in very
pale shade of yellow green. The design
III the other two corners is Il spray of
sumach leaves wrought in crimson silk.
dropping toward the right, spray OF
acorns and oak leaves i'll darl: brown. ex-
tending toward the left, and between
them cluster Of rose leaves, In lighter
brown. Ii would he difficult to produce
q prettier piece Of work with the same
outlay of time, skill and expense. -Ne,O
Vo& Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
PAPER FOR PILLOWS.

All England is crazy on the subject or
paper pillows. Tear the paper into very
small pieces not bigger than the finger
nall and then put them into pillow
sack Of drilling Or light ticking. They
are very cool for hot climates and mucl,
superior to feather pillows. The news
papers are printing appeals for them for
hospitals. Newspaper is not nice for
use, as there is Il disagreeable odor from
printers ink; but brown and white pa
per and old envelopes are the best. AS
they are torn stuff them into an old pill
low case until sufficient quantity is had.
The easiest way is to tear or cut the pa
per in strips about half an inch wifLpaud
then tear OF cut across. The finef it is.
the lighter it makes the pillows.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
For Getting Rid of Mosquitoes.

Robert II. Lamborn has placed in the
hands of the managers of the American
Museum of Natural History, New York,
the sum Of $500, to be paid in three
prizes of $50, $50, and $50, for tho
three best essays on the destruction OF
mosquitoes and flies by other insects. l,
is suggested that the dragon fly is an ac-
tive, voracious, and harmless mosquito
hawk, " and that it might, if artificially
multiplied, diminish the numbers of the
smaller insects. A practical plan is called
for in the breeding of the dragon fly OF
other such destroyer in large numbers,
and its use in the larva, pupa, or perfect
state, for the destruction of mosquitoe!
and flies in houses, cities, and neighbor.
hoCfs.-Seieatifc american
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

!. hi ~ sls ftaking of the Exposition,
AehijsyS York seize the idea of
y elsats !iafernstional naval review in
e1S92aasks the RAJ Estate Reriuo. If
proper steps were taken, the naval Pow
crs OF Europe would doubtless consent to
send squadron Of some Of their fines,
vessels to this country. New York has
not got the Fair, but that is 10 reason
why nothing should he done in this CITY
to celebrate the discovery of the CONT
nent. We should make something Of
the event, and do our part in what should
be National celebration Our citizens
should organize for this purpose and sub
scribe. Let lbs have great art exhibit
or an exhibition of the industries of New
York State in n noble building that will
be permanent addition to the architcc-
ture Of the city. In n time OF National
rejoicing New York, the port at which
our foreign visitors will land, should not
be i'll the dun of her everyday existence.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
THE FARMER rEEpEra ALL.

THE FARMER FEEDEra ALL.
My lord rides through his palace gate,
My lady sweeps along in state,
The sage thinks long on many a thing,
And the maiden muses. on marrying;
The minstrel harpeth merrily.
The sailor plow's the foaning sea,
Tine huntsnan kills the good red deer,
And the soldier wars without fear.
But fall TO each whate'er befall
The farmer lie must feed them ALL
Smith harnmercth cneerily the sword,
Priest preaclieth pure and holy word,
Dame Alice workcth bro:dery well.
Clerk Richard tales OF love cnn tell,
! lie tap wife sells her foaming beer,
Jan Fisher tishcth in the mere
Ana courtiers rufiie. strut and shine,
While pages bring the Gascon wine;
But fall to each wilatccr befall
The farmer lie must feed them all.
Man builds mis- castles fair and high,
" hatevcr river rumeth by.
ureat cities rise in every land
treat churches show the builders hand,
6rent nrcies. monuments and to;:ers.
fair palaces and pleasing bowers,
Creet worfi IS done, bet here ard there
And well man worketii cverywhere:
nut work or rest. wlate'cr nefalI.
The farlner lie must feed them all.
-Ch"fIeS q. Lct0ad, in Jndcpcndcnt.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

1t is hardly surprising, remarks the
Detroit Free Press, that the Chinaman
should be so fond of his ancestors when
almost every observance which is had in
homer of the dead winds up with glori-
Gus feast for the living. 1t is strange
illustration Of American cosmopolitanism
that the Chinese of New York and
brooklyn should flock to the cemeteries
en- a given day, load the graves with
roast fowls and other edibes, burn Joss
Sucks and paper images in the most ap-
proved heather fashion, and generally
conduct themselves like genuine ccles-
tials. 1t is an equally striking evidence
OF the thrift and common sense of these
Orientals that when the ceremony is over
they invariably take the food which they
have so generously presented to the
spirits of the departed and themselves
cat il.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

Next fall the little Republics of the
Isthmus are to unite and form the United
States of Central America. son the sur
face" observes the Chicago Times, 'tthis
attempt to secure unity is commendablc,
but when one rccollects the past one is
inclined to believe that the Central
American States are firing of their third
rate revolutions, and are spelling for one
good, frst-class civil war"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
MINING MATERIALS.

In the compromising of recipes varioul
methods are employed for mingling to-
Sether the different ingredients, chief Of
which are stirring, beating and knead-
ing. BY stirring is meant continuous
motion round and round with spoon
without lifting it from the mixture, ex-
cept to scrape from the sides OF the dish
occasionally any portion of the material
that may cling to it. 1t is not necessary
that the stirring should he all in one di-
rcction, as many cooks suppose. The
object of the stirring is TO thoroughly
blend the ingredients, and this may be
accomplished as well by stirring in ono
direction as another.-faFm, Field and
St9cI:man.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Fat vegetables require fat land.
Don plant in 4 restricted area.
Girls, have Il fine show OF flowers.
Farm for both profit and pleasure.
Don't set aside your poorest land for
the garden.
Don't depend on the markets or your
neighbors for supplies.
How many tradesmeu and men in 9th
eli lines of business arc bankrupted to one
on the farms
One bushel Of cornmeal is worth near
ly three bushels of oats rs food for fat
tening hogs.
Management" This enc word has
more meaning on the farm than is gener-
ally suspected.
Tastes differ; if you are making but
te. to sell you must consult the tastes of
your customers.
The farm may not yield big profits,
but is there any other calling so sure 20
Sivea man Il living?
It requires 1880 pounds of skim milk
to produce one pound Of pork when fed
with coinEeal; ratio LILY to fatteninp
hogs.
Skim milk could not be economically
Fed TO fattening hogs unless it was a
product which could not be otherwise
utilized.
Stand up like n man and honor your
calling. fou may have wrongs, but
they are not III your farm, although some
OF them may be in your farming.
The sweet cream will make butter OF
very mild flavor; if you prefer its flavor
to that of ripened cream, then the cues.
ton Is settled so far rs you are concerned.
You can churn sweet cream and get all
the butter out of it; you can churn
slightly acid cream and get all the butter,
or you can churn thick, sour cream and
get all the butter.
The seed-bed should be in perfect
condition, which means mellowed deep,
all manure thoroughly Incorporated with
the soil, narrowed and planke1 until all
clods are reduced fine.
If you gather the butter in the churn
before washing it you will have butter
with decided buttermilk flavor There
is no objection to this-if one likes it
but it is not true butter favor.
All seeds, so fur us possible. should
be sown by drills, of which there are sew
eral excellent makes. the advantages
of regularity OF depth, even distribution
and saving of seed are matters of great
importance, to say nothing of the
amount of ground thu. can he sown in
day, which is great saving of time.
Stable and yard manure is considered
by many Il complete manure, and us such
indispensable for market gardening, but
it has been demonstrated that on some
soils n combination of stable manure, and
commercial fertilizers have and do in
variably produce the best, earliest and
consequently the most profitable crops.
Have place in which to deposit what
ever will burn and will not soon make
rotten manure. A shallow trench of
proper size should be made to hold the
ashes. When Il burning has been made
cover over the trench with boards to pre-
vent the ashes from being blown away.
This will give you valuable fertilizer and
rid you of much rubbish that is but an
unsightly circumference to any farm or
garden.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

DIR. Norman Reed is prominent ply
stefan of Atlantic City, n. j. Lately he
gave the following as his views TO New
Yorker: "The great trouble with people
i'll the large cities is that the life they
lead causes their systems to run down.
Their nerves give way. That's the state
OF affairs 1 always find. They eat too
much, they sit up too late at night, they
fuss too much"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
RECIPES.

Corn Bread-One cup of flour, two
cups OF Indian meal, butter the size of
an egg, sweeten and salt to taste, one
teaspoonfu Of soda, one cup of sour
milk or buttermilk.
Baked To:natoes-Take eight or ten
tomatoes, peel and slice rather thick, and
put into Il deep baking dish; season
literally with salt, pepper, and two
ounces BUTTER. cover over with bread
crumbs, aud then pour over little but
ter clarified by heating, and bake in a
moderate oven Il third to half an hour.
Serve hot. 81
Brown Bread-Scald one cupful OIL
Indian meal, add to this one pint of
sweet milk and stir till the meal is we'll
mixed, three-quarters OF cupful of mo-
lasses, one teaspoonful each of salt andI
soda, and Graham meal enough to malre3
a batter that will pour with great diffi-l
Guilty. This makes one large loaf Bake
one hour and half.
Beef Kidney Stew-Wash, remove ALL
bits of skin and fat, cut into small pieces. /
and soak in salt and water for one houlk
or more. Brown lump of butter in d
stew-pan. Dram the kidney, and put ID
in the stew pan; nearly cover it with
water. and allow it to cook slowly fo1&
two hours. Thicker with little flour6
and butter, and serve hot Oh toast.
Dried Turnips-Pare, slice and CUT
them in dice an inch square, boil till
nearly done in rs little water as possible
and to one quart turnip add a tablespoon
of sugar, and salt to taste; when boilecE
as dry as possible without burning, ado
two or three spoons of cream, beate4i
egg, and serve. Slices of turnip or par T.
snip left from a boiled dinner are. uic r
Drowned in little butter the next siavE
Lemon Cakc-Two cupfuls of sugar IS
one half cupful of butter, three eggs
one cupful of milk, three cupfuls Oh
flour, three level teaspoonfuls of bakina IS
powder; bake in layers. For thc<jell} Is:
use the grated rind and juice ofStw}
lemons, one cupful of sugar, one eggE
one half cupful of water, one teaspoonfr} !
Of butter, and one tablespoonful of louE
mixed in little water. Boil until II
thickens, let it cool and spread it betweel E.
the layers of cake. 81
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
gRAp1cArING INK STAINS.

Ink stains can be taken out of carpets.
rugs and other WOODEN goods if sweet
milk is applied to the soiled places
directly. First lay sheet of blotting
paper over the place to soak up the ink,
then with piece of cotton batting wash.
oil the place with milk changing tue bat
ting for clean piece as soon as it becomes
much soiled. Continue this until the
ink no longer shows, then wash of with
hot suds, rinse with clean warm water
and rub dry with u clean cloth. Wash
inytOn Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

An Ohio firm is in the market with es,
says, compositions, orations, debates and
such results of mental processes, for the
use Of college students at reasonable
rates, and now, sarcasticaly says the
Washington 'StU, the boys can devote
more time than ever to the manly and
muscular sports.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

One Of the finest pieces of work ever
turned ont Mt Mare Island Navy Yard,
San Francisco, has just been completed.
1t is u whale boat built for King Malic
toa, Of Samoa, to be presented 10 him
10y this Government as token OF esteem
for his kindness to American officers and
sailors ut the time Of the wreck Of the
Trenton and the Yandalia.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
In one nlncc I'm Charleston. S.

In one place in Charleston, S. c., say
Hrler's Weekly, the Stars and Stripes
were exposed 10 public view without
molcstation all through the WAR. This
WAS in family vault in Magnolia Gene
terry, the flag that cnshrouded the coffin
of Midshipman Vanderhors,, Of the
United States Navy, showing plainly
through the plate-glass doors OF the
vault.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

Here is practical example, rs ciie0
by the New York Witness, of the saving
to the public that would result from Il
system of State production and distri-
button: In California the State not only
supplies the schools with books, but
edits aud manufactures them. The books
arc sold mt actual cost, which is fully one
half less than that of books sold by pub
,liebors
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

1t might be somewhat different in tho
case oil an absolutely viciens and ugly
kicking COW, ind yet we have no doubt
that the above treatment will subdue
them, although the attaching of the strap
would be attended with some danger.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25

Wisconsin is one of the few States il
the Union i'll which the foreign born vot-
crs greatly outnumbcr the American
born. In 1880 there were 1S?, coo of
the former, and but 1l9, coo of the latter.
In the city of Milwaukee the foreign Gle
ment is particularly strong, and in that
city two-.hirds of it is German.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
HORSES AT REST.

| THESE are some curious facts about til,
disposition of horses to lie down. To q
hard working horse repose is almost as
great necessity rs good food, but tired
as lie may be he is often shy about lying
down, even when IL nice clean bed of
straw is provided for him. The writer
once rode mare seventy miles in Il single
day. The stable in which she was put
Tor the night was uncomfortable in every
way as II could be made, yet she stood the
whole night through. She ate her oats
and hay and then went to sleep leaning
forBard with her breast against the
manager. There are horses that have
never been seen to lie down, and if they
nave ever done so it was only for short
time and at an hour when they were not
likely to be seen. No marks have ever
been discovered upon their coats which
would indicate that they had been living
down. a horse is recalled now that &C.
cupicd for fifteen years, from the time he
was two years old, the first stall in grand
fathers stable. Up to the hour he del
no one had ever seen him lying down,
and several times after wearisomc drives
OF about eight or ten hours n watch was
placed on him to see,if during the night
he would lie down, but he was never
caught Id that position, and he would
not be tempted to recline by even the
sweetest and cleancst OF bedding. He
died literally upon his feet. He was
taken sick, and i'll giving him drencb
from long-ncckcd bottle, with his head
pulled up to beam, he suddenly fell
back and expired.
Unless horse lies down regularly his
rest cannot be complete. and his Joints
and sincws stilfen, and while it is true
that horses that sleep in standing posi-.
tioh continue to work for many years, it
Is equally true that they would continue
10 work for many years longer and per
form their work much better if they
rested naturally. Young horses from
country stable may refuse to lie down
when put into stable in town, and tho
habit may be confirmed unless induce
ments are offered. Horses can be taurht
TO he down, and they can also be taught
to be as neat and clearly in their habits
as individuals.
1t is II very rare thing for horses af.
fiictcd with II disease that sunerinduces
iever TO lie down They will stand up
' .'"'Aic pecoiiies completely eX-
and their limbs refuse 10 sustain
them. They have an instinct which
teaches them that ii they lie down it may
DC dlincult for them TO get upon their
feet again. A sick horse, because OF his
evident knowledge of his own condition
and his inability to communicate the
symptoms and the nature of it, com
mends himself to human sympathy more
lhar any other animal. Horses have Il
horror of death, and especially dread
death i'll their own kind. 4 horse may
be sick in company with o stablcful of
horses and the others will not notice him
1t all, but the moment he dies there is
CONSERVATION throughout the entire
stable. ~ horse may be absolutely fear
ess of every inaaimate thing that comes
% his notice, but will be frightened be-
lond measure at the sight of one of his
OWN kind lying dead by the roadside.