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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
FASHION NOTES.
Vcry large Dircctoirc muiTs arc carried
both in Paris and London.

Vcry large Drcctoirc mutfs arc carried
both in Paris and London.
Sleeves are set in we'll UP on the shout
dcrs, and colors are straight and modcr-
ately high.
Portia fans of white ostrich feathers
with flower centres and jcwclcd handles
are very fashionable.
The identity of dresses is lost in the
unprecedented amount OF passemcntcric
and embroidery used nowadays.
There are pretty and stylish wraps
with Short back, very long fronts, and
sleeves made of ~ series of capcs.
Tabliers and panels for evening gowns
arc made of rows Of crystal fringe over
some color, usually pink or yellow.
Muirs and boas OF ostrich plumagc arc
fashionable. They are shown in white
but black is oftcncr chosen tor general
wear
The latest Partisan novelty in gloves
has Il IL small purse inserted in the palm,
wherein women can carry their railway
tickets and small coins.
Stylish sets OF embroidery on velvet
may now be obtained, all ready for use.
They comprise a long Louis XIV. vest,
cuffs, revcrs, collar and pockets.
Elegant little dress bonncts from Paris
are made of black velvet trimmed with
shaded velvet leaves. The effect of the
deep vari-colored foliage is exceedingly
rich.
Wouldbc English fashionables scorn
watcrproofs and storm coats. Ther
wear Il Leeds check funnel suit with n
coachmans cape or short jacket, and
carry an umbrella.
Heavy rel leather gloves with bono
buttons are the correct style for walking
or riding or driving. They must be so
big taat the wearcr may double her fist
without discomfort.
4 house toilet OF economy as we'll as
chic NAV be made with IL .'p.lgri N
skirt of white alpaca and French blouse
of fine white cashmere with smoked
shoulder pieces and full sleeves
Mantles are varied in form; some are
as wide as those worn fifty years ago-in
the days or great -grandmot.icrs- Il
wholesome Shrinking from cxaggcration
keeps i'll check the bizarrc-ic of form.
White satin slippers accompany white
gloves, tan-colorcd or gray slippers are
worn with gloves of thc same color, and
colorcd dresses have Slippers made of the
dress fabric, with stockings TO match.
New short wraps have very full side
plated skirts extending about eighteen
inches below The waist-linc. The edges
OF these skirts arc finished with handsome
galloon, passcmenteric, or other suitable
Sarniturc
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
"Charms" Formerly Used to Prevent
Sickness

To allay hcmorrhagc,a toad, well dried
in the sun and put into bng, WAS hung
round the neck by string sufficiently
low To touch the region Of the heart; and
Il preparation of garlic and honey
smcarcd on the person was said to net us
charm against the bites OF dogs and
reptiles, or the sting of numerous in
sccts, likewise effccting their cure
Toothache could be charmed away by Il
few leaves Of the shepherds purse, :"
placed in the sole of the shoe ON the re-
verse side of tine body to that in which
the tooth WAS aching. An excellent re-
cipe for weak or sore eyes was the cx-
pressed juice of the calyx of the red
honcysucklc; provided always that the
flowers were gathered knccling, repeat
ing nine patcrnostors in honor of the
Trinity, nine more "to greet Our Iadye,"
and Il creed. Itcst and sleep were re-
puirci after application
Another prescription for the eyes much
in favor with the Anglo Saxons was n
paste made of the strawberry plant and
pepper, diluted with sweet wine. Chill
drcn were passed thr ugh the split stem
of Il tree for the cure of the ricketts,, but
the fracture must bc altcrward bound up
sufficiently tight to insure cohesion. For
aSue very snltcd herring, split open,
was applied, as hot as possible, to the
feet. 1t might also BE- mitigatcd by the
habitual wearing round the neck of an
emerald gem equally potent in cpl
lcpsy. Precious stones were accrcditc
with marvellous powers over the moral
qualities and affections, rs well as physi-
cal discasc-hcncc the origin of ;hcir
being set in rings and worn. The teeth
OF old age were fixed firmly in the gums
by an infusion of powdered jet; while
water in which the bcryl had been stepped
afforded Il valuable wash for strengthen
Ing the eyes, beside insuring The mutual
love Of II welded couple. -Iioypitai.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOE
FEMININE READERS.
PRESENCE or MIND.

Near Eastaliago, II small station on the
Georgia Pacific Railroad, Miss Betty
Enmons was walking along the track
when she discovered that the spikes had
been drawn and rail removed. Just
AS she made the discovery Miss Emmons
heard the roar Of an approaching pas
scngcr train, which was running Mt high
speed. She knew the train would be
wrecked if she did not stop it, and she
did not hesitate an Instant. She wore II
red flannel pctticoat. and hastily tearing
it off, ran toward tho approaching train,
waving the garment across the track
Tho engineer saw the signal in time to
stop the train. When the passengers
lcnrncd of their narrow escape and Miss
Einmonss GOODNESS they ut once made mp
II handsome purse and presented it to
hcr.-Nc,o York Telegram.
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IIAIi, ORNAMENTS.

The ldfashioncd hair necklace and
bracelets, with which VIC arc so familiar
and which are plated in flat strands and
fastened with gold clasp, can be made
for $40, and certainly this is pretty
ornament to wear MS Il souvenir of lost
relative or friend. Another design,
either for necklace or bracelet, is of three
narrow bands, clasped with gold at regu-
lar intervals, and cross of hair of diff
icrcn. color, with the ends tipped with
gold, may be attached to the necklace
making an ornament that would adorn
any neck.
Rings made like serpe1ts, with a gold
head and tail and fiery icwclcd eyes. are
popular, while narrow braids of gold
with hair plated and inlaid. protected
by an outer covering of gold, with two
hands closely caSped, astonish us when
we lind they really can unclasp and re-
veal the hair beneath. These rings can
be made for 81, So and Sc, and any de.
sign that is suggested can be executed
in short sracc OF time.
4 pair of sleeve buttons, with the hair
resembling puff and kept in place by a
fine twisted gold wire, is an attractive
design, and scarf pin anda watch chain
complete this set, which is pretty and
durable present for man to receive
Charms can bc made in great varieties
hearts, anchors, crosses, harps and various
other desi9ns-at a small cost
The process of working the hair is
braiding it on small pieces of metal
about seven inches long, and then it
goes through Il process by fire before it
comes to us in its ornamental state
Clereland Plumdeaicr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07

have no cooking done in their own
rooms. The rooms arc exceedingly pref
ty and convenient, fitted with cupboards,
lardcrs, and so forth Each occupant
will furnish her own apartment, and
where two friends live together 1t will be
very easy 10 set together pretty and com,
Portable household appointments. There
is prospect that this English idea will
tie initiated in New York by ladies CON
nectcd with the Woman's Exchange.
AT the last annual meeting, recently held
at Mrs. Henry Wizards home, the most
interesting event was the report of Mrs.
Candacc Wheeler cmbodying the propo-
sition that the Woman's Hotel project,
which many wealthy men and women
have been pushing for two years, be
combined with the present Exchange,
and that ii large building be erected for
their joint occupancy. The idea would
DC to use the lower floor for the En-
change and the upper ones for apart
mcnts for women. Since the exchange
WAS started it has paid ont Il million dol
lars to needy. women for their handi-
work, besides training hundreds of
women to be- sclf-supporting, who before
knew nothing about using their hands
and brains in profitable industry 1t is
proposed to make u grand exhibit of
womcn's work ut the Worlds Fair that
will illustrate the progress made by
women in art and industry from the car
licst time up to 1S92.-Ncn llorl; STIR.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
THE Nmt-Chewcrs of Brazil.

Much of the country of Northern
Brazil! is covered with forests of valuable
trees. and the savage tribes of Indians
called Botacuoas from their hideous
WOO en- ornaments stuck through huge
cash in the lower lip, rove about freely.
terror 10 Tic scattered Brazilian "mu
tatos, or pcasnntry.
They shoot with bows and arrows, and
live by hunting AMI fishing, and on the
nuts OF two or three kinds of palm trees.
These nuts, being hard, are usually
chcwcd by the women, to prepare them
for the food of their husbands and chill.
dren. The whole number of these In
dams in the Rio Docc valley is recl,oncd
mt 70G0 tic widest tribe is that Of the
IncuScraclSs, who have destroyed the mis-
sionary station of Fray Bcnto.-Mw Tori
JouyRal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
TERMS usxp BY pRrssu,Krps

Some of the phrases used in drcssmal1-
ing are perfect Greek to the unknowinc.
so add II short list of the words and
their meanings. An apron is any sort of
II drapcd skirt front; tablicr is fiat
undrapcd skirt front; full back means
II straight back to the skirt gathered in
two or more rows ut the top; Il panel is
straight piece for the front or sides, set
i'll between Il trimming of some kind to
convey the idea of III inlay; IL Spanish
ilou1cc is one reaching from the knees
down, and gathered to form an erect
ruiile. Knife plcats are very narrow side
plcats, and accordion plcats arc still mar
rover and pressed into shape by ma
chincry; kilt plcats are those turned ono
way, and box plcats have fold to the
right side and one to the left: double and
triple box pleats have two or three folds
on either side; "kilt" means IL skirt en-
tircly of kilt plcats. A ''drop'' skirt is
one OF the dress material made up indie
pendent of the lining, and then hung or
dropped over il from the same belt. A
border is any trimming put on the edge
or just above it. Armure silk has Il birds
eye or draper weave; faillc Franchise has
II soft cord, MORE has water waves over
Its surface; tricotrinc is sometimes called
armure surah from its lines of birds eve
weaving; surah has almost invisible cords
and Is very soft.-Iiome Journal.
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We WANDER BACK TO HOME.

The worlds wide path, shining way *.
May open asp go, s.@f
With picture, Scene, and colors gay,
From tci;I6 fancy's flow;
But as noH way. once grand and cheer,
There ffdes each brilliant chrome.
The eye/afar through iilmy tear, ssa "A 4
Willfvantler back to home. hrs' - "'. =
Whe1 friendships wcan--once leal and truo--
md coldly glimmcr where
Thy skies have lost their deepest blue
, - e. bring chill shadows there,
yhe slintng CLEAN of sunshine, then,
4 Athwart the sullen 3loain,
Will flash bright rays from childhood whcr
Hearts wander back to home
Giro all the world should kindly greet
NEacn footstep rs We stray,
And str'ew, with garIands meath our feet,
The path long life's highway:
Yet Will the moments brighter secm
Whereer We, rambling roam,
When los'-' - happv dream -.
" w. NE Fi,Dnome
'--h,te,-Occdh.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07

Cheese, is almost invariablc eaten with
the fingers by the most particular people
When cooking onions set tin of vino
gar on the stove, let it boil, and you will
have no disagrccablc smell.
BE sure to keep your dish-cloth clean,
as some physicians claim diphthcria will
start from using greasy dish cloths
Flannels should be washed in hot
soapsuds, and rinscd in hot water CON
tanning soap enough to soften it
little.
To take the .'isty" smell from your
skillet after frying fish. put soap and
water in the skillet and let boil for ten
minutes.
Silver should be washed with chamois
skin saturated with silver soap each
time after use, thus avoiding general
cleaning.
a carpet sweeper is invaluable in n
dining-room where small children cat,
but should never be used for general
sweeping.
Windows should never be washed
while the sun shines upon them, rs it is
impossible to polish them without lcav-
ing blue strcaks.
Take two large spools, drive large
nails through them in the wall. about two
inches apart, and hang your broom up,
brush end up.
Silk dresses should never be brushed
with Il whisk broom, but should be care
fully rubbed with velvet mttca kept
for that purpose only.
When your oil-cloth is du! and be-
ginning to wear out, give it ono or two
coats of varnish. II will be pretty again,
and wear much longer
Never put milk or batter i'll the cup
board where cooked cabbage, turnips or
onions are, rs the smell from them viii
faint butter or milk in short time
Chemists say that it takes twice ia
much sugar to sweeten preserves, sauce,
etc, if put when they begin to cook rs
1t does to swectcn after the fruit is
cooked
Even the leg or other small pieces Of
a bird is taken in the fingers at fashion
able dinners, and ut most of the luncheons
ladies pick small pieces of chicken with
out using a FORK.
10 Keep your hands fro:a chapping,
get equal parts of benzinc and glycGrinc,
shake well and rub few crops on the
hands after washing them. 1t will keep
them soft and white.
When your pies with upper crusts are
reacy to put in the oven to bake take Il
little sweet milk in cup. and with
Lit OF clean cloth wet the upper crust and
rim. When baked i. Will present Il shiny
surface, and will not flake off.
1t is said that bathing the eyes freel1
i'll cold water mt the morning bath and
ribbing them toward the nose with the
fingers will prevent the tlattcniug of the
eychal! and diminish the need Of artif-
clal aid. Some tribes of Indians arc said
in this way to preserve their sight to
old age. For iniamcd cyelids bathing
in hot salt water is very effective.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
rLL,DHEssED BOSTON WOMEN.

1t is feared that Boston women can
never claim the title of being well dressed.
Do what the few may TO aspire to that
favorable verdict, there is always the or
binary. uncorseted hygicnic minority to
countciact it. 1t would be laughablc,
were it not pathetic, to note the short
comings in this one direction of the
average Boston woman She has RS
much opportunity, us many means of
dressing well rs women elsewhere, but
she invariably fails in producing the cf-
feet which strikes the observer in New
York. Regard the throngs OF women
who daily pass up and down Boylston
street, for instance, and point out ten, if
you can, who become their clothes. or
who carry themselves With grace and Gle
gancc. Nearly all have bccn to fashion
able tailors. who have done what lay
within their power to give chic air,
style but the Boston woman is stubborn
She will moi permit her prcconccivcd no.
tons to be displaced by the newest FASH
IONS; she will not wear corset; she will
wear !ygicnc waist, il she wants to:
slc wont wear her hair except so, and
she will kick up her skirts ut the back be-
cause her gymnasium teacher tells her to
bring I'LL the muscles into play when she
walks. Beside this. snc is in haste. How
can she take LIE easily and gracefully
when sixty different calls arc being Ta,.c
on her time ard brains AL at once! rho
art of wearing her clothes we'll is UNI
known TO her She puts them on. She
does MT make her toilet. She wouldn't
he guilty OF ''prinking," nor of being
sure her boots were well BACKED; nor
would this usual Boston woman con-
slider it worth her while to take IL hand
mirror to see if the angle OF her bonnet
correspondent with the angles of her pro-
file and her black hair. It is these little
omissions, this forget:ulncss of detail,
which READERS two-thirds of our women
dowds--in the eyes of appreciativc,
though critical, observers. i Boston Her
ALL.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
Brother, and Sisters for pnpils.

a remarkable colorad farmer lives
near Niddletown, Del lie has a family
OF fourteen children living, while two
have died. lie educatcs his children in
Il peculiar way. lie sent his eldest son
to college in New Jersey, where he ac-
quircd fairly good education. The
farmc: tncn went 80 work and erected II
suitable building FOR school house on
the farm, and his eldest son is installed
us teacher Of his brothers and sisters
the school is opened in the fall, when
the iarm work is all done, and in the
spring, when the planting season com
menccs, the school is closed and the
children so TO work On the farm.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07

Two Bangor (AIe.) young men returned
home from hunting trip about Whitney
Ridge, bringing with them a pair of
locked horns, which they obtained from
hunter in that region. The hunter, in
prowling through the woods in search of
game, came upon the carcasses of two
fine bucks, with their horns firmly inter
locked. They evidently had been fight
ing, and in the struggle locked horns.
Being unable to get them separated, and
consequently, unable to obtain any food,
they had starved to death in that posi-
ton. One set CT horns had nine prongs.
The horns are so firmly locked togcthet
that it is impossible to separate them
without saving off one of the prougs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
Prefer Their Own Idens.

Very few artists care TO paint pictures
to order and conform their canvases to
the tastes and ideas of prospective pur-
chaser. They prefer to follow their own
inspirations entirely and sell the picture
after it IL finished. The experience OF
artists with patrons who wan. pictures,
aai who are willing to pay for them in
advance. is that the patron in many eases
wants to dictate the picture and use the
artist simply as an amanucnsis. The
wcli-known landscape painter, Thomas
Moran, once undertook to paint picture
and listen to the ;deas af :!!;c ;iiaii who
was to own the picture after 1t was
painted He agreed that the customer
should furnish the idea, and ne was to
Go tnc mechanical part of the WORK mt so
much an hour. ard lc made what seemed
to him very profitable bargain. The
painting WAS in progress for Il whole
year. and mt the end Of that time the bill
Tor services was Il magnificent affair, iun-
ming up to over $1,000. Tho picture
was no; nearly 50 magnificent rs the bill.
The customer wa, iain TO confess that Mr..
Moran had carried out all his suggcs-
tons, AMI wncn lie dwclt Oil this fact he
was rather inclined to accept the result
and grow enthusiastic over it. But he
was thoroughly dissatisfied when he
asked the artist to put his name to the
picture and the artist refused. After
that experience he decided to let the art
ist whom he dealt with furnish not only
the brush and the skillful handling of it d,
bat the ideas which prompted the brush
movements. -Mtio York MaH and Express.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
TATTOOED GIRLS.

In Algeria every girl born of native
parents is tattoocd on her forehead be-
tween the eyebrows and just on the root
of the nose with cross formed of several
straight lines of small stars running close
together. These tattoo marks arc Il dark
blue color. Algerian women are also
considerably tattooed on the backs of
their hands, their forcarms and chests,
rs well ms on their shoulders, their wrists
being especially adorned with drawings
representing bracelets and flowers strung
together. AS rule, women are the
operators, and it is principally on chill
drcn between the ages of seven and eight
that they have to exercise their art.
They use sometimes IA needle, but more
frequently Barbary fig tree thorn.
They employ kohl us a coloring substance.
1t is II kind of fine powder made from
sulphur of anthony, which is also in
great request by the Algcriaa women for
the purposes of face painting. = Voice.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
pARsNIr rRIrrERs.

Tho incest way to serve parsnips is in
fritters. They are too pronounced in
favor when boiled, or oven stcwcd.
Take two or three largo parsnips-ac-
cording to the size of your family-boil
them, without pceling or trimming, I'M
til tender. Mash them up, aud then
pass them through a sieve to remove all
strings and fiber To every quart of tho
parsnip allow four eggs, we'll beaten, and
four tablespoonfuls Of siftcd -four, or in
like proportion for less or more parsnips.
Beat the mixture together, seasoning to
taste with salt and pepper and Il good
spoonful of fresh butter; when. it is very
light drop it by large spoonfuls into,
boiling lard and when well Drowned lay
on II hot dish before the fire. These
should be served at once, as standing
don't improve anything that has eggs in
it, and is fried. Some people eat them
with sugar, like fried eggplant, but that
Is matter of tastc.- Good housekeeping
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
4 Find II Flint.

Year by year fresh traces of the earth's
carly inhabitants are being revealed.
One OF the most important of recent dis
coveries is that of Armand Wire, who, in
y French valley through which runs the
the Lunain River, has come across the
remains of ut least ten prehistoric settle
mcnts. The immense quantity of flint
implements and refuse. at one place, near
the village of Lorrc-lc- Bocage, some
sixty miles south of Paris, seems to Justify
the conclusion that there must have been
located prehistoric manufacturing vi
lage, the flint was worked into various
shapes used by the primitive people of the
early Stone Age. Some of the implc-
ments arc of types hitherto unknown to
science, including very small stone
hatchets, which are supposed to have
been funeral or votivo offerings, and
flint hooks from one to three inches
long, the smaller probably having been
designed as fish hooks. -Aeo York 1ele.
rum.
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now TO ESCAPE PNEUMONIA.

Just how the fashionable woman who
appears night after night in the Metro
politan Opera House clad in Il tullc
dress, kid gloves and slippers and a
pearl necklace manages to escape pncu-
monia must ever remain problem TO vcx
and bother the doctor and philosopher.
These lovely creatures are certainly en-
dowcd with great endurance, whatever
may be said of their sense. Perhaps, rs
Carlyle said, "Vanity is warmer than
down and pride rivals the robe of cr-
mine" But to get ut facts put the
question TO Il pretty little creature who
never read Il line of the sage 81 don't
feel cold mt ALL" sic said, Sin evening
dress. Just before dressing I battle my
neck. arms and shoulders in slyccrinc
and rose water, and after drying with IL
coarse towel [ have r,y maid rub me
down with alcohol. | don't need this at
all, but do it to please papa. think,
however, it is good idea, for my flesh
never gets gooscy, and this is my second
season, and | haven't had cold vet.
Then always wear "a very warm wra1 in
the carriage, and whcl get home
take warm bath and go to bed ''-Ne,o
York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
LAEDED BIRDS,

A grouse, partridge or quail may
10 cooked by this rule: grouse re-
quires about thirty minutes roasting in
very hot oven, partridge forty and quail
only fifteen minutes. Draw aud wash
either bird with q clean cloth, not in
pan, and inspect it we'll, taking out any
stray shots or feathers that have been
driven into the flesh by shot A bird
that is torn to pieces with fine shot can
never be made into as prcscntabc a dish
as one shot by more experienced marks
man. The wings of the bird arc cut off
close to the body, and the neck cat off,
but the legs and feet left on. Cut strips
of pork the size of matches and run them
through the breast and thighs about
quarter of an inch apart; rub the breast of
the bird with butter aud drcdgc flour
over it, and put half au onion in it. Lay
it on its back in a dripping-pan, and
roast it till done. Rapidity in roasting
is essential to success. All game must
be rare, not raw .-Meo York Tribune.