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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23

that is . monstrous price. Why, he
wouldn't bring fifteen cents at auc-
ton"
mot . cent quietly answered Joe.
Three hundred dollars or keep him"
Herman groaned. He knew he was
being numerically cheated. but Jes-
samine depended upon the possession
of that horse. Perhaps some ono might
win her away from him by the means
Of that very animal, il he let this
chance slip Joe himself was unmar-
ried, and quite good-looking, too So
he paid the price. outrageous n 1t was,
and took the prehistoric crow-hait
home with him.
As soon IS he arrived there he put on
the brand new wedding suit that had
been some weeks in readiness, har-
messed in his ancient prise. and started
for the residence of Farmer Rose. He
meant to make Jessamine marry him at
once, according to agreement before the
old ruin had time to die on his hands
and leave him still without wife.
He got there 1t last though he almost
despaired Of It . great many times BE-
fore the journey was accomplished Old
Rosinante couldn't b argued out Of .
slow walk by all the eloquence of . six-
foot ash bean-pole. Apparently there
were no more joints in that horses legs
than there are in hand-spike, and his
every movement was suggestive OF .
funeral
jesse didn't look remarkably pleased
when she saw him drive up 10 the door.
u Aef heart ot hearts she admitted thst
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
lie Did Whip the Grizzly.

Colonel Thomas +. Barr, Assistant Adj,
vocatc-Gcneral Of the Army, arrived at
the Grand Pacific last evening, says the
Chicago IriJuae. lie is going out with
General Crook to investigate tie Lcaven-
worth prison, but when he met the
General in the rotunda of the hotel the
trip was dismissed with Il word and the
evening passed in discussion of bear hint
ing.
81 see said Colonel Barr, by way of
opening the conversation, THAT you say
no man ever engaged in hand to hand
fight with Il grizzly bear aud got away
alive"
eyes, sir, / said that, >" the General re.
Piled with emphasis. 'And | will even
80 further. | will state that don't be.
licve there would be enough lett of Il man
who would 10 that to build Il tombstone
over"
Colonel Barr smiled and said: "Gcne-
raj did you ever meet Tom Selkirk in the
Bad kands:n
The Scotch Indian trapper?"
Eyes"
II did"
Strong man, ch?"
"Strong, indeed
'llc whipped bear single handed. =
don't believe word Of it,"
''But nc did"
Nov. Colonel, I've been hunting bear
for twenty-five years, and you ought to
know better than to tell ne that
''But it's . faci'
'iIlow did he do it!'
"Chokcd it TO death"
General Crook arose and frowred.
Colonel Barr lie said, II have al
ways esteemed you ii gentleman and an
officer" and walked away Colonel Barr
sat still and grinncd. The General walked
around the hotel Tor two or three laps.
then came back, and with his hands
buried deep in his pockets stood in front
of the Colonel
Barr" he said las nan to man. How
old was that bcari'
"About two months, reckon"
The General too4 the Colonel's arm
without q word and executed right face.
The pair marched due south twenty-five
feet, wheeled, and moved west until they
were lost behind the red cedar partition
and shortly thereafter this conversation
iloated over the partition:
"Wc!l, General"
Colonel"
And then there was deep silence.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
Uncle SANS Timnnicces.

II costs Uncle Sam thousands of dollars
Z year to have his clocks wound Every
Monday morning You see men in Wash
ington going about the departments car
rying little ladders, like those used by
the lamplighters. Their business is to
wind and keep in order the clocks in the
departments. Each man has his own
department or section of the depart
mcnt to look after the clocks, and this is
his sole business. In some places men
arc employed by the month for this pur.
pose, while in other cases the contract is
let by the month or year to some enter
prlsing clock rcpairer, who sends ''jour-
neyman" around to wind the clocks and
see whether they are in order, and then
goes himself to make such repairs rs are
necessary.
The cost of winding and caring for the
clocks in the departments runs at the rate
of S75 to 500 t. month in each depart
ment. There are in the Treasury Depart
ment nearly four hundred clocks. Some
of these arc expensive ones, and cost
away up in the hundreds of dollars,
though the average value of departmental
clocks is not more than perhaps s15 or
$50 apiece. A. good many of the clocks
in the halls Of the public buildings, and
also those in the rooms occupied by the
heads Of departments are very valuable,
costing away up in the hundreds. - 0aah0
Worid- MtiuM.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
A Second Edition Of Paris.

Society in Bucnos Ayres, Argentine
Republic, is gradually becoming more
and more European. One walking the
streets Just now observes that we have be-
come almost a second edition OF PARIS,
says a correspondent of the Eaport and
Fiaancitr. The fashions Of that gay city
are copied by women and men alike, and
the fact that we have 200, 600 French
men in the Republic, in round numbers,
has made decided impression on the
social customs of the people. a man
landing here from Paris finds himself
perfectly at home, and would hardly
dream that he was so far away from his
native land. The same applies equally
to a Frenchwoman. She hardly misses
the gay life of the gayest capital OF all
the world. The Englishman, too, finds
himself, in certain measure, among his
own kindred here, but to the American .
certain lonely feeling is ever present.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
The Horse PerSpired.

had tine opportunity, says a writer in
Ch9mJers's -Magasine, of observing the eff
feet on Il horse when ridden near a mount
ain lion.
was late one night in the autumn. I
was riding along a lonely mountain road
and when only about two miles from the
town or mining camp, heard the cry of
the mountain lion. My horse at once
showed fcarand refused to move forward.
His trembling was so intense that he
fairly shook me i'll the saddle. To whip
and spur lie paid no attention. Indeed
1t was only by the strongest effort that |
could prevent him from turning and bolt
ing in the direction we had come from.
a crashing in the bush a short distance in
advance of me increased the horses fear
and restivcness to such an extent as al.
most to unhorsc me.
We both knew full well what that
crashing meant, but also was well salts.
fed that the beast would not trouble us,
because knew that only short distance
across the hill was slaughter-house,
whether judged the terror of the noun.
tains was journcying. Although quite n
cold night, found my horse sweating az
freely because of its fright as if had
ridden on Il dead run for miles.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21

Even in conservative England the
times are indeed changed. The cane
has always been considered ms necessary
a part OF the schoolmastcrs possessions
as the spelling book and corporal punish
ment prevails there to an extent that
would not be tolerated here. A school
master was recently sued by the father
OF pupil whom he had numerically
beaten by Gaming him on the hand, and
the magistrate gave Judgment against the
pedagoguc on the ground that Gaming Oh
the hand was attended by a risk of i'll
jury, and there were "mcthods of cor
poral punishment quite rs available,
efficacious and not necessarily attended
by any risk, which The defendant might
have used"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
Wonders III Watches.

''Those foreigners, said NcweYork
lcwccr TO Il Tribune reporter, "have re-
Gently made remarkable Improvements in
watches and clocks, which sooner OF
later will bring about complete rcvolu.
ton in horoiogy. a journeyman clock.
maker in the ncighborhood OF Lyons has
invented a method of making a ladv's
watch go without being wound up dur
ing Il whole year, mans watch during
three years, IL pendulum of middling size
twenty years, md Il public clock for a
space OF $50 years.
'llc manufacturers watches Of so small
size they are worn in iingcr-rings, tax
ing the place of seal, and require wind
ing but once i'll fifteen days OF course
you have heard of the watch worn by the
Empress Marie Louise on the forefinpcr
of her left hand. That was rare level
anR was said to have cost $50, 600. Ten
dollars will buy one like it now.
"Therc is one great drawback 80 these
watches. They can be wound up only bv
the inventor himself, or those acquainted
with his secret. The works are inclosed
IN eases Theoretically sealed"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
Can Birds Count!

Having studied Sir j. Lubbock's inter.
csting book, | remembered fact OBJ
served by me, which, though not con-
elusive, seems worth mentioning, says Il
writer i'll Nature. | was amused some
years ago to observe the feeding Of the
young in Il sparrow house near nm upper
window of my house. The old sparrow
alightcd upon the small vcranda of the
sparrow house with four living canlicr
worms in his beak. Then the four
young ones put out their heads, with the
customary noise, aud were fed each with
IL caterpillar. The sparrow went of, and
returned after Il while again with four
more living cankcrworms in his bcak
which were disposed of in the same man
ncr. was so interested and pleased
with the process that | watched il for
some time and during the following
days.
y fact which ! have not seen noticed
here in the extensive sparrow literature
j. that for Il number of years sparrows
begin 10 build nests Of dry grass and
hay ut the tops of high trees. The first
saw were large irregular balls placed on
the tripod of twigs. The entrance was
ON the inner side, near the lower cn.l of
the balls. Last year observed another
form of the nests. 4 strong rope formed
of dry grass, ms thick as mars wrist
and us long as the forearm, is fastened
only with the upper end to strong
branches ut the tops of high trees. The
ropes end has IL rather large Ovoid shape,
with the entrance on the inside near the
cud. OF such nests l saw last winter
about a dozen. 4 long pole near my
house strongly covered by vine (celcs-
trus scandcns) had such Il nest for three
years, used every year.
In the sparrow houses around my
lodging the sparrows stay throughout
the winter; commonly one male and
three females in every house, till in the
spring the srperiluous females are turned
out,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21

sam Summers, the coiored prodigy, was
IN Shelbyvillc yesterday. and, as usual,
entertained large crowd, who were
testing him with all kinds of mathemati-
cal problems. Summers is Il colorcd
man, thirty-four years old, without the
slightest education. He cannot read or
write, and does not know one figure
from another. lie is { hand. and
to look ut linn and watch his actions, he
seems to he about half witted, but his
quick and invariably correct asswcr to
any example in arithmatic, no matter
how difficult, is simply wonderful With
the hundreds of tests that he has sub
United to, not single time has he failed
to give the correct answer in every in
stance.
Some examples given him on yesterday
were: How much gold can be bought for
S192 IN grccnbacks if gold is worth
81 90! Multiply 597,3l2 by 13s. If n
grain of wheat produces seven grains, and
these DC sown the second year, each yield
ing the same increase, how many bushels
will be produced at this rate in twelve
years, if 1000 grains make pint. If
the velocity of sound is 1142 feet per
second, the pulsation OF the heart seventy
per minute, after seeing fash of light
ninS there arc.twenty pulsations counted
before you hear its thunder, what dis
lance Is the cloud from the earth, and
what is the time after seeing the flash Of
lightning until You hear the thunder? \
commission merchant received seventy
bags OF wheat, each containing three
bushels, three pccks and three quarts ;
how many bushels did he receive. and
so on.
With Robinson's, Rays and other higher
arithmctics before them, those who have
tested him as yet have been unable to find
any example that with q few moments
thought on his part he is not able TO cor
rectly nswer.-LOuiscWe Commeycial.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
THE THINGS THAT II NEVER COME
OUR WAY

sometimes talk about this earth
s AS being such dreary plac---
Ofhappiness there's such dearth,
While sorrow meets lis face to face.
But joys surround us oft, and yet
We're every one constrained TO say
'Twould be more pleasant could we get
The things that never come our way.
IL always seems TO MS as though,
While fortune is 10 Others kind,
We're never given half n show
To win the prizes we would find.
we toll i'll vain to grasp the gold
Which falls 10 others in their play
Across their pathway fate has rolled
The things that ncvc,. come our way.
We think if we could but design
The comforts that enrich and bless.
The sun would much more brightly shine
Across our path in happiness.
But yet we very dimly ."c--
We may be wrong. All. who can say
Our lives may more triumphant be
That things have never come our way.
--Chicnyo HrIuii.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
premises

il will, perhaps, interest some readers
10 know how much fuel locomotive
burns. On freight trains an average con-
sumption may be taken at about one to
one and onc-half pounds OF coal consumed
per car per mile. With passenger trains,
the cars of which are heavier and the
speed higher, the coal consumption is
greater. A freight train of thirty cars,
at speed of thirty miles per hour,
would, therefore, burn from 900 to 1850
pounds OF coal per hour.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
oLp.rAs!IIoxkn rHos,lNr.

To the white of cac! egg allow one
scant cnpful Of pui9erizcd sugar Have
The eggs as cold as possible in large
platter. DO not bca; them alone, hut be-.
gin by beating half the sugar with them,
adding the rest by degrees. Beat about
half IN hour i'll Il cold place, or till the
mixture becomes stiff. Then stu in Il
little extract or lemon juice, the latter is
incest. As soon MS stiff spread over the
cake, which should be previously ,irc,lged
with II little flour 10 prevent the butter in
the cake from discoloring the frosting
Put large spoonful Of lrosting i'll the
centre OF the cake, and spread it smoothly
with . knife dipped in hot water TO pre-
vent its sticking. When all is done set
the cake in Il cool place for half an hour
to harden. If the top is not "a guod shnpe,
frost the bottom OF the cake. Allow the
whites Of two eggs 10 frost one large loaf
-.imericaR CuHicof0r.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
WORDS OF WISDOM.

The innocence of the intention abates
nothing of the mischief Of the example.
When you're right you can't be too
radical, and when you're wrong you can't
be too conservative.
The true reply to the question. Is
life worth living is; II all depends on the
kind of life you live.
Never let Il day pass without thinking
seriously. if only for moment, of DEATH
1t will rob it of more than half its ter
rors.
To be able to endure honest and kind
criticism requires quite rs much wisdom
as to be able 10 make honest and wise
criticism.
The individual right needs no label,
for il exists in the consciousness of doing
right, thus proving that tire only method
one can determine what right is, is bv
doing right himself.
Wherever ticmost individual liberty is
recognized, in the same proportion
greater progress takes place and greater
security 20 life; also the pursuit Of hap
pincss is less disturbed
The persons depending upon external
appearance for their responsibility would
doubtless dispute the importance of
being honest, but FOR the fact that their
position can only he maintained by de-
ception.
Anguish of mind has driven thousands
to suicide; anguish of body none. This
proves that the health of tho mind is of
far more consequence to our happiness
than the health of the body, although
both are deserving OF much more attcn.
ton than either of them receive.
Imaginary evils soon become real ones
by indulging our reflections Oh them; as
he who in melancholy fancy secs some.
thing like face GIL the wall of the
wainscot, can, by two or three touches
With Il lead pencil, make it look visible
and agreeing with what he fancied.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21

II is estimated that our American tour.
sts in 1889 spent ninety million dollars
in Europe, and it is almost certain that
scarcely Il bagatcllc Of all this will ever
float back to our shores. This is an cnor-
nous amount of money. 1t is double the
nmount Uncle Sam has on deposit in I'LL
the National banks of The country. 1t is
nearly the sum which Secretary Noble
estimates for the entire pension list in
1880. 1t is far more than it takes TO run
two or three department Of the Govern
ment for a year. 1t is about time, the
New York Ttltgrom believes we had Il
fair on this side Of the water and pre-
vented all this flow Of good cash 10
EuroDc
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
Painting With Sand.

Parisians have lately been entertained
ny remarkable artist, who displays won
dcriul skill in her peculiar form of paint
ing. With plates of various colorcd sand
before her she takes the sand in her right
hand and causes il to fall in beautiful de-
signs upon table. A bunch of grapes
Is pictured with violet sand, a leaf with
green sand, the stalk with brown sand,
and relief and shadows by other sands ;
when the work is brushed awaya bouquet
of roses and other objects arc represented!
with the same dcxtcrity aud dclicacy.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21

bundle of superstitions, and had dc.
cidcd fear of ghosts.
"Wcll, honey, she said, 81 reckon, on
the whole, it wouldn't suit me to 1.-Two
| with you. 1t would be fatiguing to climb
so many steps, and don't think could
get along Just with tea and bread and
butter for dnncr-particular as I've
heard people say your tea is never any
; thing but hot water"
AS the price Aunt Bates wished TO paw
for her board was very small one, she
had some difficulty in finding place.
AT last, she settled herself with the
T"skers, poor family living in the viii
lagc, and there she was seized with n
dangerous illness.
She fingered painfully on the confines
OF death for some weeks. Sabina would
have taken her home; but she was too i'll
10 be moved; SO Sabina and her dauyh-
tiers paid her frequent visits, though Aunt
l}atcss tongue had forgotten none OF its
sharpness.
Toward the last, her mind wandered
back to the days of her girhood She
was child again, and she called upon
"Philiy" To look at the dead bird she had
'''.''' 80 wv lc lltllt 'fGOtilcr
and sister were at play together once
more.
Then. she talked in baby language TO
tic second Phiily, and often cried out
Eve remembered your girls. 1t was for
them, Phily-all for them"
When the end approached, her mind
cleared, and she family asked the doctor
how much longer Inc thought she could
live. He replied that, N all human prob
ability, she could not live an hour
"Ill have two hours" said the I'M
daunted Aunt Bates, and she did.
g After a long silence, she bccsoncd to
Stbina to stoop down that she might
speak to her.
. Sabina," she whispered, whats
the price of butter Just now"
Sabina drew her head up abruptly, and
faltercd, "I-I don't know"
g You were always impractical" re
marked Aunt Bates in a barely audible
voice.
These were her last words. After her
death 1T was found, to the amazement of
her relatives, that she had left Cynthia
and Laura $50, 600 apiece. While every
one believed her poor, she had pnchcd
and hoardcd-had dressed mcanly and
made herself by-word for their sake.
1t was the only blossom of love that
sprang from the grave of the lonely old
woman.-- Times DcmOcy0t.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
An EXCELLENT BREAD RECIPE.


Take four large or five small sized
potatoes, boil till tender, drain and mash
fine; into this put one tcaspoonfui of salt,
two teaspoonfuls Of white sugar aud one
third of good fresh yeast cake; beat all
well together and mold i'll two balls;
place each i'll saucer and set in luke
warm place till several cracks are visible.
In the evening make your sponge rs fol-
lows: Scald one cup of -four, stirring
well, leaving no large lumps. When
cool enough so it will not scald the Yeast,
add wafer till it becomes of the con-
sstency Of cake batter, then take the
potato bail and one tcaspoonful Of salt
and mix it thoroughly with the batter,
after which set it away in II lu!lcwarm
place to rise till morning. In thc morn
ing, add one cup of flour and one quart of
lukcwarm water; set away again until il
begins to rise, which it will do in about
twenty minutes; then knead ior about
ten or fifteen minutes, and let rise, alter
which mold into five or six loavcs, let rise
and bake. The potato ball which was
lett in the evening must be reserved in a
clean, cool, dry place till next baking
time. At noon. or i'll the evening, take
three common-sized potatoes, boil, and
proceed as before, except leaving out the
yeast and putting in your potato ball
Preserved from last baking). which
answers the purpose, mix thoroughly,
and mold i'll two balls, set away in warm
place till they begin to crack, use the one
for your sponge and the other reserve TIL
the next baking. Ydnkee Blmle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21

DIR. Alfredo dl Luy, of Rio Janeiro,
believes that the climate Of Brazil is de.
generating to Europeans, especially to
persons from the north. lie has noticed
,hnt brazilians in general are more pal
lid and arc less vigorous and energetic,
than persons coming from temperate and
cold climates. The degeneration of the
Portuguese race may also be noted in
Rio de Janciro. An anrmic condition.
caused by maarious influences, is com
mon among them, and, while it does not
Kill by itself. wcakens the hold on life and
greatly increases the infant mortality.
The children of Portuguese and Italians
do not seem to fare so badlya the chill
dren of parents coming from more north
crn countries.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21

There is vast deal of patriotism
among the women of the Country. The
Ladies Hermitage Association, with
headquarters at Nashville, Tenn, has
undertaken to raise fund for the pre-
servation of Andrew Jackson's grave and
homestead. The intention is to make
the Hermitage, like Mount Vernon, a
Mecca for patriots. Mrs. Nathaniel
Baxter is the President of the Associa-
ton. The Mary Washington Monument
Association, of fredericksburg, Va, is
also in the hands of earnest and LOYAL
women, who wish to see the grave of the
first Presidents mother marked by an
appropriate monument. Mrs. james
Power Smith, OF fredericksburg, Va, is
the President.