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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05

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Andersen's Fairy Tales,
Arabian Nights Entertainfnts,
Mary Cecil Hay
Esops Fables,
Anne Gray,
Amateur AmuScmentS,
Lorento
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Adventures among the In
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Boy Conqueror
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Sports.
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Boys own Book of Indoor
sports,
Burke on tie Sublime and
Beautiful,
Cast up by the Sea, Baker
Champion Book OF REGULATIONS
and Readings, Hawthorne
Children of the Abbey, Roche
Christmas Book, Dickens
Camille. Dumas
Charlotte Temple, Rowson
Charming Stories,
Mary Hewitt
Corinne, De Stael
Course OF Creation, Anderson
Crooked Path, Mrs Alexander
Crcasy's Battles,
Chris, w + Norris
Canon's Ward, James Payn
Complete letter writer,
" Hundford
Cook Book, tho Household
Daughter OF Heth, A.. Black
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DR.. Rameau, Ohnet
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Fern Leaves, Fanny Fern
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-05

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Faust, Goethe
Farmers Barn Book,
Five weeks in II Balloon.
from Fairy Land,
Footprints of Fate,
Giant Raft, Verne
Great Expectations, Dickens
Grimm's COLLINS
.Gulliver's Travels and Baron
Munchausen, Swift 4 Raspe
Guy Mannering, Scott
Germany, History of
Guilderoy, 0uida
Gems of Prose and Poetry,
Goethe's Poetical Works, -
Goldsmith's Poetical forks,
Good NJ easure.
Han dy Andy, Lover
Harry L~orrcquer, Lever
Hours with the Bible, Geikie
Hypatia, Kingsley
Hardy Norseman, Lyall
Highways fLiterature, Pryde
House Party. Ouida
Imitation of Christ,
Attempts
In the Forecastle, Cleveland
lngelow's Poetical Works,
.Ivanhoe, Scott
John Halifax, Gentleman,
" Mulock
Jack of all Trades, Reade
Jane Eyre, Bronte
iJuliette, Mrs. NJ Leslie
Jackson, Life of Andrew,
kenelm Chiilingly, Lyton
King Arthur,
author of John Halifax
knickerbocker's History OF
New York
KebIe's Christian Year,
knowledge ofLiving Things,
kingsley's Poetical Works,
Lady Audleyis Secret, Braddon
Last of the Mohfcans, Cooper
Life of Henry Ward Beecher
Last Days of Pompeii, BulweI
Life Among the Mormons,
Smucker
Little Dorritt, Dickens
Longfellow's Poems,
Lucille, Meredith
Life of Washington
Life of Paul Jones
Macleod of Dare, Black
Millions Poems
Moore's Poems
Mrs. Geolvrey, "rhe Duchess
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Nicholas Nickelby, Dickens
Not Like other Girls, Carey
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ThewinE
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
SOMETHING Anorr KEROSENE

Marks on tables caused by hot dishes
may be removed by kerosene, rubbed in
well with soft cloth, finished with a
little cologne water, rubbed dry with an
other cloth
When giving the final polish to stoves,
before putting away for the summer,
mix the backing with a little kerosene
instead of water, to prevent rust.
Tarnished paint may be cleaned by
rubbing with n cloth wet with kerosene.
Black walnut, or any wood finished in
oil, may be kept bright by polishing with
Kerosene.
Pour teaspoonful of kerosene into
each quart of boiled starch for gloss;
this will also prevent irons sticking to
thin goods.
Kerosene will brighten silver.
Rub lamp chimneys with newspaper on
which has been poured Il little kerosene.
This will make them much clearer than
if soap is used; they will also be less
liable to crack.
To remove rust from steel rub with
Kerosene and soak Tor day, polishing
with emery dust and Kerosene
Kerosene will soften boots and shoes
hardened by water, aud render them as
pliablc rs new.
Brighten zinc with kerosene.
a tablespoonful OF kerosene in boiler
OF clothes will greatly facilitate the rub
bling.
Iron and polished steel, when not in
use, may be kept from rusting by Miping
with cloth on which little kerosene
has been poured.
Oil cloth may be frightened by rubbing
with kerosene.
Kerosene poured on red flannel and
bound on the throat will greatly case
soar throat. 1t will also heal cuts and
cure chilblains.-Go0d H9useketpiny.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11

wheat and oats is diminished and his
supply OF meal and ground meat in
creased. Finally he enters on his last
STAGE and grows corpulent ON meal aud
milk. Then lie il fit Tor his martyrdom
and fufiis his destiny on the tables OF
those VINO can afford the luxury Mr..
Burr said, in speaking OF his system of q
feeding TO a 1rijunc reporter: "We
first grow the frame of the duckling and
then iat,en it. Rapid growth isa neces-
sity to tender, juicy meat. All the food
Is carefully cooked and is fed naturally.
Pure corn meal, wheat middlings and
bran, ground oats, pure meat and fresh
vegetables grown Oh our own farm make
up the bill Of fare. We also let them eat
grass as they grow older. am going to
try the experiment OF feeding them eel.
err 20 Sc" what effect it will have OH the
flavor oi the meat It's that which gives
tue csn"asbacl;s his delicious flavor, and
j don't see why it would not add to the
iiaTorof our dack!in.s.
''It is what the birds cat that makes
the quality OF the flesh. We are careful
about the water, too, and have little
fountains in the yards and brooding-
houses 50 arranged That the birds can ONLY
get ,acir bills in the drinking trough
Iorh IriIuae.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
Bisectc;l Ships.

The unusual pressure of business in
the building OF stec! steamships in all
OF tile ship-bulding yards along the At
lantic coast Of late has resulted in u curl
Gus undertaking on the part Of the firm
OF Z. w. Wheeler & Co., shipbuildcrs,
at West Bay City, Mich. This firm has
under way two large steel steamships,
290 feet in length and forty-one feet
beam, with L tonnage of 5000 gross tons,
which are to he built at West Bay City
AID delivered at Montreal
There would be nothing wonderful in
the building Of these steamers, which
are to be named the Mackinaw and Ker-
vccaaw, were it not for the fact that they
are - be constructed with the particular
idea Of navigating the Welland Canal,
running from Lake Ontario to Montreal.
The locks in the canal are Only 1S5 feet
in length, and in order to get these two
big steamers through they will have to
be cut in two at Buffalo and towed
through the canal in two sections. On
reaching Montreal they will bc united
again and made ready to proceed down
the coast to this port.
The West Bay City shipbuildcrs pro-
pose to construct these vessels III such i
way that the provision allowing for cut
ting them III two, or rather dividing
them, will not in any way weaken their
hulls. The hulls of the vessels will be
constructed of series of twclvc-feet
steel plates. At the junction of each
plate will he q steel strap on the inner
side wide enough fo- several rivets TO he
inserted in double rows. The arrangement
oil these straps ana rivets will he such
that the latter can be readily cut and the
straps remocc1, separating the vessel into
ha!ves. Temporary wooden bulIShcads
will keep the two parts ailoat till they
reach Montreal, where they will he joined
together and bolted into place again.
Cymmcrcih .idcertistr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
RECIPES.

Fried Parsnips-Scrape and slice them
lengthwise about quarter of an inch
thick, and fry brown in little butter or
clear beef drippings. If previously boiled,
they will fry sooner, or the remnants of
those boiled for dinner may be used.
Potato Pie-Cut any cold meat in inch
square pieces; lay in pie-dish with any
cold gravy, or, if there is no gravy, add
a sprinkle Of cornstarch, and little cold
water. Cover the whole with thick
layer of mashed potatoes as u crust, and
bake rich brown.
Cracker Pudding-Gra LAYER of
cracLers in pudding dish, over which
lay sliced apples, bits of butter, and
sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Pro.
coed in this manner till the dish is full;
pour over all one cup or more of water
with the juice of one lemon, or one cup
OF cream or milk.
Okra Soup-Six pounds of beef, five
quarts of water, one cup OF Lima beans,
three pints of chopped okras, two pints
ripe tomatoes (cut up, one slice of tur-
nip, one teaspoonful of mustard, little
salt and butter. Boil the beef in the wa
ter for one hour, then add other ingredi-
ents and allow to cook for another half
hour.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
Refuse to Shave wicows' Heads.

The agitation among the BARRIERS OF
Bombay, India, is likely to result in their
refusal 10 shave widows heads. OF
course, those who are acquainted with
native views in India will recognize that
this intimation is not so ccmica! ms it
sounds. but has very serious meaning
and reflects great credit on the native
barber. Il is a relic OF = system of cruel
treatment of native widows that they
should nave their hair shorn oil at the
moment of their ai,liction Native Jour
nails have recently been dcnounc;ng the
cruel practice in spite of the opposition
of the Brahmins, who have themselves
threatened to cut the hair of the widows
if the BARRIERS refuse. This, however, it
is said the Brahmins could net not do
without losing caste. The revolt in Bonn
bay is due to the excessive cruelty prac
ticed toward widows there Up country.
says m Indian contemporary, the prac-
ticc of shaving the widows head is not
so persistently enforced as in Bombay.
The hair is allowed to grow again, and
the widow is only expected to submit to
rcnewa! of the unwclcome operation
when she visits shrine of special sane
tity. In Bombay widows are shaved
regularly once a week, and this causes
them deep distress London Nescs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
Sheep Carried or by a Tornado.

G. w. Doyle, of Smithfcld, Henry
County, was in the city yesterday, and |
told some remarkable freaks performed
by the tornado in his ncighborhood, for
the truth of which he volichcs. About
one mile west of Emincncc lives James
Drane, prosperous farmer. His farm
was directly in the path of the tornado.
A Mr.. Maddox and child who lived on
the place, were killed by Il falling house,
and Mr.. Dranc's residence was unroofcd
and his barns demolished. But the most
singular occurrence was that large flock
OF sheep on the farm was picked up bod
lily by the wind and blown away. The
sheep were missed the day following the
storm, and diligcnt search was made for
them all over the surrounding country,
but no trace of the animals could be.
found. So careful and thorough was the
search that it left no doubt in the minds
OF those engaged in it the sheep were
actually blown clear out of the neighbor-
hood. a few miles further on from the
Dranc farm, sink-hole was found INTO
which the tornado had disgorgcd itself,
but had evidently held on to It's mutton,
as none of the sheep were found in the
hole. Into this hole the tornado had
dropped large quantity of articles, some
of which had certainly been brought d
long distance, as they were unkn.>Jsn to
the people OF that locality. The article
attracting most attention was large,
elegantly carved pulpit
None of the churches in that neighbor-
hood had lost pulpit, and among them.
oil such fine one could not have been
found, even had the tornado gone
around and selected the best. Beside the
pulpit was large quantity of cd-cloth-
ing, mattresses, feather-beds, pillows,
comforts, sheets, etc. The bulk was held
down by number of tin roofs, which
also must have come a long way, as the!
roofs OF that section were made Of
shingles.-LouisoiNe Courier-Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
INSECT PESTS IN TIE HOUSE.

In bulletin just issued by the divi-
sion Of entomology, Department. of Ar
riculturc, DR.. G. V. Riley, writing of
insect pests of the HOUSEHOLD, after de-
scribing various species of cocllroaches,
says: In the latitude of Washington and
further south the croton bug cats every
thing which contains paste, and conse-
quently wall paper, photographs and es-
pecially certain kinds of cloth book
bindings suffer severely from their at
tacks. In Il recent number OF 'Insect
Life" will he found an account of severe
injury done to certain OF the important
files in the Treasury Department in
Washington, the bindings of many i'm
portant public documents being disfig-
ured and destroyed. III the office of the
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur.
vey they have hccome an intolcrable
nuisance !ol eating off the surface, and
particularly the blue and red paint from
drawings of important maps.
But need not elaborate further upon
the damage which they 10 How to kill
them and prevent this damage is the
question.
Without condemning other useful
measures or remedies like borax would
repeat here what have already urged in
these columns, viz, that in the free and
persistent use of California buhach or
some other fresh and reliable brand of
pyrethrum or Persian insect powder we
have the most satisfactory means Of deal
ing with this and the other reaches men
toned.
Just before nightfa!l go into the in
Tested rooms and puff it into all crevices,
under bascboards, into tic drawers and
cracks of old furniture-in fact, wher-
ever there is crack-and in the morning
the floor will be covered with dead and
dying or dcmoralized and paralyzed
reaches, which may easily be swept up
or otherwise collected and buried With
cleanliness and persistency in these
methods tie pest may he substantially
driven out Of house and should never
be allowed to get full possession by i'm
migrants from without.
For no other insect have so many
quacl1 remedies been urged and are so
many newspaper remedies published
Many Of them have their good points,
bat the majority are worthless. In fact,
rather than put faith in half of those
which have been published it were better
to rely on the recipe which T. A. Janvier
gives in his charming article on "Mexi
can Superstitions and Folklore" pub
llshed iii recent number of .ScriJner's
Magazine, as current among Mexicans:
To get rid OF cockroaches-Catch three
and put them ina bottle, and so carry
them to where two roads cross. Here
hold the bottle upside down and as they
fall out repeat aloud three credos. Then
al. the ccachroaches in the house from
which these three came will go away
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
Discovery OF Silk and Satin.

Few people know that the discovery of
SILK Is attributed to one Of the wives Of
the Emperor of China, IIoaneti, who
rcisned about two thousand years before
the Christian era; and since that time a
special spot has been allotted in gardens
OF the Chinese royal palace to the cult
ration Of the mulberry tree and to the
keeping Of silkworms. Persian monks
who came to Constantinoplc revealed to
the Emperor Justinian the secret OF the
production Of silk, and gave him some
sllkworms. From Greece the art passed
into Italy at the end OF the thirteenth
century.
When the Popcs left Rome to settle at
Avignon, France, they introduced into
that country the secret which had been
kept by the Italians, and Louis NJ. cs
tablished at Tours n manufactory of silk
fabrics. Francis l. founded the Lyons
silk works, which to this day have kept
the first rank. Henry II. of France,
wore at the wedding of his sister the first
pair of silk hose ever made. The word
''satin," which, in the original, was an
piled to all silk stufTs in general, has,
Ancc TIC llst century, Deen used TO deslg-
nate only tissues which present lustered
surface.
The discovery of this particular
brilliant stuff was accidental. Octavio
Man, silk weaver, finding business very
dull and not knowing what to invent to
give new impulse to the trade, was one
day pacing to and fro before his loom.
Every time he passed the machine, with
no definite object in view, he pulled
little threads from the warp and put them
to his mouth, which soon after he spat
ont. Later on he found the little ball of
SILK on the floor of his workshop, and,
attracted by the brilliant appearance Of
the threads, he repeated the experiment,
and by using certain mucilaeinous pre-
partitions succeeded in given satin to the
"orid.-Brooliyn Citizen.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
FEEDING AND MArERISG

The frequency of feeding has gradually
decreased until at the present time it has
narrowed down TO feeding either twice or
three times day, says Farm ana Home.
Tie tendency al the present time is yery
strongly toward emitting the MONDAY
meal and feeding the cows only morpino
and night, allowing them n day of rest
III which 10 rcmasticatc and digest the
morning meal, the same rs they have al
ways been allowed night of rest for the
evening meal. recent census of expcrl-
mcnt station directors showed that nearly
two-thirds were feeding but twice day.
Inc same remark applies to Watering.
Twice day is sufficient in all cases. and
and where green fodder is given once n
day is usually enough. This allows n
very economical use OF the farmers time.
lie can feed, milk and clean the stables
the first thing Ill the morning and 20
about his other business for the rest of
the forenoon; few minutes spent in
watering at noon, and he can leave them
again until night.
AS TO whether warm or cold water
Should be given, doctors have decidedly
disagreed. Many practical farmers adj
duce proof from their own experience
that warm water pays. 1t is at least Il
noteworthy contribution to the literature
OF this subject, that out of four stations
which have tested the subject in the most
careful manner, three have found no gain
by warming, and the other gain which
at the utmost amounts to less than fifty
cents per COW per winter. There is q
growing belief among those who have
most carefully studied the subject that
the question is not one of warm or cold
water, but rather of warm or cold barns.
If the animal is we'll housed in good
warm stables, warming the water will be
OF no advantage. But if the barn is full
of cracks, and the animals are compelled
to drink out OF doors and stand shiverino
in the cold afterward, or are kept in
open sheds, or still worse, allowed to
warm the prairie, everything in the nature
OF warmth which can be gotten INTO them
will show an eifect.-National Daiyyiaan.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11

The mania for suicide in Germany
seems to have reached the school chil-
idren; at least that is the inference drawn
by the New York Ne,cs from an cxtraor-
binary circular issued by the German
Government to directors of schools,
urging them to be more lcnicnt with
backward pupils, on account of the nu-
merous cases of suicide among the schol-
ars.. There is occasional criticism Of
American schools because they attempt
to force the pupils too much, but they
have not reached the stage where the
children take refuge in suicide.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-11
DEPTH TO sow GRASS SEEDS.

1t Is necessary to rcv,sc the common
practice i'll sowing Grass seeds and 10
longer scatter them on the surface, where
the young plants experience precisely the
fate mentioned in the parable of the
sowcr vino cast his Sect in the hard
ground, where, having no depth Of root,
the plants withcrco away when the suns
heat dried the surface. This is precisely
the result of the common practice of sow
in" grass and clover seed. The writer's
practice for several years past Of harrow
ing III these small seeds with Il light
siopmg-iooth harrow after thorough prep
ara,ion OF the soil previously and max
ing II smooth, fine surface, has been sue
cessful without eXccption.-Mc,o York
Times.