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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
SALTED ALMOEDS.

Shell, blanch and dry the almonds.
To each cupful thus prepared, allow a
large tablespoonful of good butter. Melt
the butter in tin pan, taking care that
there is no black adhcring to it that may
disco!or its contents. Stir the almonds
into the melted butter, coating them
we'll with 1t, and set the pan in moder-
ately hot oven, where the nuts will brown
in about ten minutes. Shake and stir
them often to prevent scorching.
When the almonds are delicate, uni.
form brown, take them out and drain off
all the butter that has not been absorbed.
Sift fine salt over them, and toss them
about in it until each one is well
powdered. Set them aside in a dry
place until perfectly colo. Before send
ing them to table the superiluous salt may
be removed by shaking them gently in a
'olander. = Courier. Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

DR.. Minnie Landcrs was lately per.
mittcd to serve as one of the jurors in IN
insanity trial ut Anna, Ill. The Illinois
law requires that in such cases the jury
shall consist Of ''six persons" of whom
at least one must be n physician. There
was no male physician in town at the
time. Under these circumstances Judge
Crawford decided that Miss Sanders
was ''person" and had her placed
upon the jury
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

Says Western lumberman: "The
signing of contract for 600, 900. 600
feet of pine IN Minnesota should serve MS
reminder that the fear of American
forests giving out is far from being an
imaginary one. I have been handlino
lumber by the 10, 900 feet for two-thirds
OF lifetime, but the figures in this deal
took me by surpri>c, and it was some
time before could realize them. The
supply OF lumber in the North is steadily
giving out, rs the figures for Michigan
i'll particular show. Ten years AGO the
annual output or product was just about
the size of the grcat Minnesota contract
just signed, for single companies, but
the aggregate totals for 1890 barely
reached these figures. We are lavish
and extravagant with our lumber now.
but at the present rate of CONSUMPTION
there will be precious little left to con-
sumo quarter of n century hence, even
making allowance for what we can draw
from Mexico"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
FEEDING YOUNG LANrs

When for any reason, as having twins
or natural 'cussedncss," u eve will not
permit lamb to suck, she should be put
IN small pen, with sides made so that
the lamb can gctln or out, and held twice
n day for the lamb to suck. In few
days either she will submit or the lamb
will persist SO strongly as to get its food
in spite of the ewes resistance. If all
fails, the lamb must be fed, and this way
VIII DC found effective: A nursing bot
Tie with nipple, or even small oil can
VIII, sponge fastened on the spout, is
used, from which the lamb will take
fresh cows milk at its natural tcmpera.
ture. Half n pint is enough for meal,
and care is to be taken not to give anv
more than natural supply. Half pint
three times day is sufficient. In course
OF time eve may be made to adopt and
foster the lamb.-Ncw York Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

! met the chief figure in one of the in.
dustries day or two ago. It was down
town in the banking ueighborhood. A
thin, wiry man sat in covered WAGON
that was driven by horse that would
have wonderful memory indeed could
he remember when he was young. The
vchicie stopped before one bank. Its
driver alightcd, aud taking stout can
vas bag that seemed very heavy went in
side. Sometime afterward he came out
empty handed, and drove to another
bank. This time he took in an cmpty
canvas bag and came gu, with it well
filled and heavy
Surely there was something mysterious
mere. SO | remarked to one of tie
attaches of the bank:
ooh, that's all right" he replied. in
his iordly way; "that's n money broker"
The explanation was n triflc vague.
but later found out what the penny
brokers' business was. 1t is not set
forth in the directories, but this is what
it is in plain English.
The penny broker buys and sells money
OF the lowest denomination. He does
not deal in stocks, cares nothing for
margins, and neither ncgotiatcs for or in
any manner deals in loans or anything of
that sort. His plan of business is vcty
simple. On each Monday the penny
broker makes round of certain churches
aud calls upon the pastor thereof. On
that day the managers of the financial
affairs of those churches have on hand
more pennies and nickcls and the like
than they know what to do with.
Well, the penny broker buys up these
pennies at a discount, of course. 1t
would cost time and trouble for the
church managers to change those small
coins into the more convenient form of
bills. The penny broker does this. lie
supplies certain amount of bills and
takes certain amount of pennies.
In addition to the churches, he buys
pennies from banks, from newspaper
Offices and other places where pennies
accumulate. The pennies that he buys
in this way he sells to stores, TO factories,
to banks again, that may need small
com, and in short, to any business house
that may be in line where it is ncccs-
sary to keep on hand exact change. And
he makes profit both ways, and as he
handles good deal of money in the
course OF year, fair share of it re-
mains with him. But the business direc-
tory will tell you little of him.-Ncio
York Noes.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
LOUISIANA TRIBE.

The Creolcs of Louisiana have many
richly Favored dishes in which onions
and tomatoes play an important part
For one, scald II pound of tripe and cut
in stripes three by five inches. Fry half
pound OF sausage meat until done, fry
ing in the same pan and at the same time
a pint of sliced and drained tomatoes aud
one sliced onion. When the sausage
meat is done lay it with the thick part of
the tomatoes on the stripes OF tlipe. and
tic securely Make number of little
balls of sausage meat from the remain
ing half pound and fry done; put little
butter in pan and brown the tripe rolls
quickly. When they are brown pile them ,
up on dish with the sausage balls in the
middle and pour a sauce around them by
pouring little water in the pan in which
the tripe was Drowned, adding the thin
part OF the s"motoes, seasoning. thick
ening and straining.-1msrican Agricm
turist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
The Government Secret Service

The reasons why the business of the So
crct service department of the Govern
mcnt is not revealed to the public are
manifest, but l think there are MANY
things which might well be revealed .nnd
which, If known to the genera! public,
would save the chief of the secret ser
vice and his aids much bother, for it is n
well known fact that the ignorance of
people concerning the workings of the
department is simply astounding. 1t is
the common impression that the United
States Secret Service is in existence for
the purpose of fcrrcting out all crimes
against the Government. If petty mail
robbery occurs i'll Alabama, or opium
smuggling is being practiced on the
Canadian frontier, people OF this country
Imagine that the secret service officials to
the number Of several hundred are Mt
work upon the cases
TINS is indeed far from the truth.
The Secret Service of the United States
Is Tor the purpose OF ferrcting out coun-
tericits and countcrfciters, dcstroyiDr
SAID counterfcits and securing, if posi-.
Die, the conviction of counterfciters.
The work done by this department is
simply marvellous, in the face of the
TACT that the number of mca employed
on such work by the Government is but
twenty-cight. Just think OF it. Twenty
eight men cover this entire country hunt
ing out counterfeits and counterfcitcrs
dcvising intricate schemes to catch the
coniackcr red handed in his infamous
work, planning deep laid schemes for
securing the "grecn goods" and hunting
evidence against men well known to be
engaged in making or selling counterfeit
money PHtsJurg Dispatch
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
SHEEP on THE GENERAL rAnN.

Il North Dakota farmer is reported to
nave gone into sheep raising about two
years ago with n capital of 5000. Since
then he has sold S7U0 worth of wool ana
SOU worth of sheep, and has 400 sheen
now, for which he has been offered So. SO
each but refused to sell. What could he
more encouraging than this to farmers in
any OF the regions of this country sub
Jected to frequent crop failures from
drought or other causes3 The sheer
properly selected according to the china.
TIC condition of the country in which it
is to be bred, and then intclligently
managed, is one Of the most profitable of
domcsticatcd animals. In this country.
as also in Great Britain, there is constant
improvement in the character aud value
OF sheep. During the past thirty-fivc
years the average weight of the fiecces
produced has doubled. This is partially
due to the fact that the sheep have been
better cared for in every way than for
merly, and mole intelligcntly managed.
This last with special reference to the
marked and steady improvement in breed
ing. we would not by any means ad.
wise farmers to sell out aud go into sheep
husbandry, but rather to combine that
with their other pursuits. They should
not select sheep for wool growing alone,
but try to get good fleece and a heavy
carcass OF mutton from the same animal.
AT the same time the demands of the
times are for an early matu:in carcass
in sheep us well as in cattle, and it is
found that where mutton sheep have to
be fed at all with special crops the earlier
they arc matured the less likely they are
to ''eat their heads OFF," and, of course,
the greater the net profit to be derived
from them. An eve that raises two
lambs besides the wool clip pays her
owner 200 per cent. on the money in.
vested in her. Besides, this money
comes in from April to August, during
period at which many farmers have moth
ing else to turn into ready money for cur
rent expenses. Then, again, shecpdrop-
pings form one of the best manures for
grass lands and for cereal crops. One
hundred sheep produce much valuable
manure i'll the course of year and are
worth their keep for that purpose
-lmeric1n AgricuUurist
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

Alarmists would have us believe, sue.
gcsts the New York Commercial Adccr-
tiser, that canvasbac,l ducks and terrapin
will soon be a luxury OF the past, i. C.. i,
tie extinction of both is predicted. In
time niagara Falls will be gone, some
years hence the sun will burn up the
world, and it may be, in some centuries
yet to come, that the streets of New
York will be clean. Meanwhile, let us
cat, drink and he merry. Sufficient I'M
to the extinction of canvasbaclis and ter
rapin is the day thereof.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
ZONE MEAL AND ASHES FOR SWINE

Three separate trials were made Mt the
Wisconsin station to test the comnnro-
tive effect of feeding corn meal alone to
hogs and feeding it mixed with small
quantities of bone meal, also with hard
wood ashes. Two pigs were fed corn
meal alone, two were fed corn meal and
ashes, and two others corn meal and
bone meal and ashes mixed. The OK.
periments covered period Of over
twelve weeks ut the close of which the
animals were slaughtered, the thigh bones
tested as TO their breaking strength and
burned to determine the quantity of ash.
Omitting details, the result summar lied
about rs follows:
l. 1t appears that the effect of the
bone meal and ashes was to save about
one hundred and thirty pounds of corn,
or twcnty-cight per cent. OF the total
amount fed in producing 100 pounds of
gain, live weight.
:. That by feeding the bone meal the
strength of the tigh bones was doubled
also that ashes produced the same effect
to almost the same degree.
8. There was fifty per cent. more ash
IN the bones OF the hog receiving bone
meal and hardwood ashes than in the
others.
A. No difference was pcrceiyablc in the
proportion of lean to fat meat in the
several carcasses. The bone meal and
ashes seemed to have no effect ON the
size or weight of any OF the internal
organs OF weight of blood.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

An ingenious system Of rapid trans
portation has been devised by Lieutenant
Chase, United States Army, whereby it
is anticipated that California fruit will
be placed in Eastern markets in les than
y-eight hours after it is picked.
Lieutenant Chase terms his scheme "The
Electric Elevated" and it is a galloway
mounted on rigid uprights with balloon.
like reservoirs to reduce the weight of
the trains and the friction well nigh to q
minimum. The motive power will be
electricity, and to the top of each car
will be attached reservoir CHARGED with
hydrogen gas. These reservoirs will be
built OF the strongest material, stiffened
by system of aluminium rods and made
impervious to gas. The gas will lift the
load to so great IN extent that there will
be but little dead weight, compared t.
the two and onc-half tons which the
ordinary railway is forced to carry fol-
every 200 pounds load. "Thc Electric
Elevated" is going to be experiments
with on twenty mile track, built cithc
out of Chicago or st. Louis, and it maj
be made one OF the novel features of tn,
Worlds Fair.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

kerosene, literally applied, will softer
boots and shoes that have been hardened
by water.
Oil cloths will last twice rs long if n
layer or two of waddcd carpet lining are
placed under them.
Use wire frame for boiling potatoes,
and see how much vexation it saves and
how satisfactory the result.
Ease tired feet by bathing them in
warm water in which few Jumps of
salaratus have been dissolved.
Paint, varnish or japan may be soft
ened or easily removed from old surfaces
with solution OF caustic acid.
To remove stains of blood, saturate
the spots in kerosene and let stand time;
afterward wash out in warm water.
Gas is always Objectionable in sick
room rs it exhausts the air, and In bed
rooms generally it should not be used
To clean n brown porcelain kettle
boil peeled potatoes in it. The por-
ceiian will be rendered nearly rs white as
new.
Rub your lamp chimneys after wash
ing with dry salt aud you will be de-
lighted with the new brilliancy of your
lights.
BY rubbing with a flannel dipped in
whiting the brown discoloration NAV By
taken off cups which have been usetl,1of
baking.
When whitcwashing Your cellar add
one ounce of carbolic acid to each aal
lon of wash before applying for sanitary
purposes.
To keep closet or pantry dry aL1
sweet, place Il small box of lime upon
one OF the shelves. 1t will nb sorb all
dampness.
Keep cranberrics fresh by putting them
IN water in which piece of charcoal
has been placed. Change the water oc-
casionally.
~ tickling in the throat can be cured
by placing pinch of dry, pulverized
boraX OH the tongue and allowing it to
slowly dissolve.
The clear juice of a pineapple is now
considered by eminent physicians to be
the best remedy known for. dphtheretic
sore throat, and even for diphtheria.
The removal of warts is most easily
elected by means of caustics. such as
silver nitrate, nitric acid, or amstic vim
egar. Great care, however, must be taken
i'll DING them.
If you wish to keep a kitchen knife
particularly sharp, never put it in grease.
Stir and turn greasy cooking with an
old bread-bladed butcher knife, or com.
mon dull case knife.
AN uncomfortably tight shoe may be
made easy by laying cloth wet in hot
water across where it pinchcs, changing
as it cools several times. During the
process the leather will shape itself to
the foot.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
PLANNED SHAD.

The shad after proper dressing, i.
fastened, skin down, upon a thick oak
board and exposed before the fire, chang
ing the ends of the board (and fish, as
soon as the juice begins to run out upon
the lower part of the plank. Set pan
under the lower end of the plank and
haste the fish with butter and the drip
pings which run down into the pan; sea-
son the shad with salt and pepper, and
when the flakes begin to separate serve
the fish upon the board, which should be
'aid upon large platter. Chicn1o Mers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
IMPORTANCE OF WIND BREAKS.

Even where the farmer is able to build
barns, stables and sheds, yet wind
breaks on the northeast and northwest of
the cattle yards save much discomfort to
stock, and, therefore, many dollars 10
the farmer. Part of every feed is used
IN maintaining animal heat, and, when
the cold, wet storms of winter beat mer
cilessly upon unprotected animals, the
farmer must pay for his inhumanity and
thrlftlcssncss. The east wind is every
where dcletcrious to health. Stanlcy's
men, even in Equatorial Africa, from the
cold cast rain storms dropped dead. Ami
mails have often been chilled and killed
by the cast winds of winter. Store up
material in temporary wind breaks for
the manure heap. Agricultur-
ist
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
TENDER VEAL OUTLETS.

a correspondent sends the following
recipe: "Vcal outlets cooked in this way
will be found us tender as swectbreads:
Divide the meat in pieces ready for serv-
ing, place these on board and pound
them well with potato nasher; then
season with pepper and salt and dip in
egg and either rolled cracker or sifted
bread crumbs. Fry slowly, keeping the
pan covered. When nicely Drowned lift
the cover and pour into the pan cup of
cold water. Recover quickly and let the
meat lie i'll the steam for few minutes.
Then thickcn the gravy with Drowned
flour, and let the outlets simmer in it for
a few minutes longer. Place the meat
on platter, pour the gravy through
strainer over it and serve. - WASHINGTON
Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

The first woman WHO ever voted in
Texas, chronicles the Courier. Jou,ual, Is
Mrs. Carrie b. Foster, OF Houston, who
on recent Monday, rode to the polls
and cast her ballot in the election to
amend the charter relative to issuing
bonds. Mrs. Foster claimed her rights
as property holdcr to vote. The pre-
cedent will be hereafter availcd of by
other ladies who are taxpayers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE;
10 FARM AND GARDEN.
rERHEcTLY PRESERVED cADpAcEs.

Ru'ul M~ Yorker says: The most per-
,ectly preserved lot OF cabbage that VIC
have ever seen so late in the season were
placed together in nothcrn exposure,
roots up, on the soil. They were then
covered lightly with six inches of marsh
nay Over them was placed slanting roof
which merely serves to protect them from
RAIN and snow. These cabbaecs are rs
green and fresh looking as they were the
day they were taken from the field.
Treated i'll the usual way, TINT is, COW
eTcd with soil, the cabbagcs become
bianchcd and predisposcd to decay.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
At EVENING.
Eastward tho hill:ops show
Still where his wheels havo run.

Eastward tho hill.ops chow
Still where his wheels have run,
All golden in the glow
OF tho departing Sun:
Burns now single spar
In tho last crimson light
fades, -ard, above, one star
Blooms in the night.
AS 'twere a jewel-Iower
Set in this garden blue,
Telling the twilight hour
When falls the silent dew
As 'twere lantern there
Lighting Diana's way
Through the dim realms of afr
With its pale ray.
Over yon purple line
See, her white face appears!
Breathe once the air divine
STEPPED in her fragrant tears!
Out of this silver bath
Flowers shall emerge ut dawn
Grazing the narrow path
Across the lawn.
Far III the tranquil deep
Trcnble u million eyes.
Guarding the world asleep
Under the summer skies.
Night, like mother mild,
Tcnderly to her breast
Takes up her weary child
And gives it rest.
rank Sherman, in Youths Compauion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
The "Latin Uniouu

The "Latin Union" comprises France,
Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. 1t was
formed in 1865, to last twenty-five years.
Any nation can now draw out at will.
When formed silver was ut a premium of
three per cent. over gold. The Union
was a combination to maintain the ratio
oil Lay to one, each nation obl&ing it.
self to exchange IT'S gold for silver coin,
or vice versa, on demand, at that ratio.
-Mew York Voice.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

When Stanley returned to London last
fall there was fad for alleged "African
dishes" which, if the natives OF that
country could have tasted, they UNI
doubtcdly would have pronounced bogus.
These dishes created so much dyspepsia
and other illness TINT people decided
they would rather read about than cat
them. And so that gastronom;c fad en-
Dired.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
CHICKEN ON TOAST.

When you have some cold chicken,
but not enough for meal, free from
skin and bones, chop fine. Put in tho
spider or basin cup of cream, and mix
together one tablespoon of butter and
half tablespoon of flour until smooth;
when the cream comes to a boil, stir In
the mixture and add little salt and the
chopped chicken. Have ready six or
eight slices of crisped toast arranged on
platter, pour the cream and chicken
over it, and serve immediately. House
wife.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24
ABOUT COW ni;YIxn.

II the average dairyman points out
one or two COWS he ''would sell" be-
cause he has "tco many" there is usually
something wrong with them, thinks
Galen Wilson. But if he permits the
would-be buyer to take his choice from
the herd ut fair price, he really desires
to sell, and the purchaser is apt to get II
good one. But before buying, especially
Il family COW, it is we'll to learn the dis
position of the owner. If he can walk
up to her and handle her and she has no
fear he is at least kind to his cattle, and
this is great point in favor of the row;
but II the COW needs coaxing before n
hand can be put upon her, he has had
some kind OF II ''circus" with her, evil
dencc of, or resulting in, bad habits of
some kind. One is likely to get good
cows Mt farmers vcnduc (if he has
them), and of II poor man who desires to
sell his only. 1t is IL sign the COW gives
poor milk il, when MIXED out, the I'D
der collapscs and feels like wet dish
rag. The greatest butter producers do
not show this tendency to any great de-
gree. OItentimes, after milking, one has
to observe closely to tell whether rich
mixer has really been MIXED or not. 4
collapsed bag is pretty sure Indication
vi SCRUB blood.-imerican Dairymnn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

Tho effect was evident only in tho
building up and strengthening of the
bones and the aiding Of digestion. The
experiments point to the great value of
hardwood ashes for hog feeding and
show that they should be regularly fed.
Bone meal seems to build up somewhat
stronger bones than ashes, but ashes do
the work well enough and usually cost
the farmer nothing.-New York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

1t is not only stout men with short
necks who are in danger of apoplcxy,
declares the New York World. Accord.
ing to Professor Loomis and Dr. Austin
Flint, the thin man is just US liable to die
from such an attack MS the fat man is.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

Roosevelt Hospital, New York City,
has brought suit against the Elevated
Railroad for 100000 ON account of
damages to the institution done by tho
noise of the trains
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-04-24

Between the years of 1880 and 1890
the Sacramento Valley, according to the
census, lost 10000 i'll population-all,
says n California Exchange, because 100
land-holdcrs monopolizc 1852, 600 acres
of us good land as there is beneath tho