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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
A FEW HOUSEHOLD poS'Ts.

Don't dust your furniture with n
leather buster; it's like cleaning an egg
cup by stirring the egg around. Use a
cloth II it is slightly oiled, so much
the better for the woody work.
Don't put furnishings with big designs
IN u small room-it will make the room
look the smaller. Keep in the rule of
proportion. It's like a little woman with
n skinny iaco wearing big football of a
nat, which only acccntuatcs her sharp
features the more.
Don't be vague in your furnishings.
and get this and that and the other thing
because each by itself is pretty, but take
inc object OF Il room first into considera-
ton, aud live up to it, then take ono
color as a guide and select all others in
harmony with it,
Don't let ;csthctic;sm ovcrwhelm COM
mon sense to that degree that your win
dows are SO profusely "got up ms to
make ventilation or the washing of them
difficult job.-PHiLaaciphm Upholstercr.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
AN OLD MAIDS LUNCHEON

y few days ago twelve young women
received daintily- written invitations to
attend "An Old Maids Luncheon"-
whatever that might bc-evdent some
thing extremely pleasant, from the alac
rity with which those invitations were
accepted. At all events, on the appointed
day dozen pretty faces, belonging to
girls with dainty toilets, were gathered
around a table loaded with dclicacics.
In the centre Of the table were banked
large punches of field daisies, but alas /!
their former companions could scarcely
have recognized them, so changed had
they become. Each blossom had been
converted into the head of q little old
lady by clipping the white petals, with
Inc exception of two, cap and string
were formed, while pen and ink had
placed eyes, nose, and mouth in each
yellow centre. At each plate were placed
few sprays of pussy willow, strangely
suggestive Of old maidism.
In spite of this the faces were unusually
beaming and the tongues as lively as only
girls can be On such occasions.
After the luncheon the "old maids"
left the dining room, and as each one
passed through the doorway she received
II pretty be-ribboned basket containing
"a real live" kitten.-Ne,o York Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
Life OH the Panama Isthnlus.

al leave for Hot Spring. Ark, to-
morrow said Charles Dodson, who
registered mt the South .rn in St. Louis,
from Philadelphia 81 have been for
two years on the Isthmus of Panama.
and | am glad am alive. If had staid
there another month am sure would
have come home i'll Il box. came home
by sea, and only stopped off ut Philade!-
phia long enough to see the folks. [
have been raiirOading down there, and
although for the last six months was a
conductor and got $500 per month. |
would not go back there for $4,000 a
month. The Isthmus Railroad is but
forty and one-half miles long, and
it has been running since 1855; vet in
its thirty sixth year it has cost more lives
than have been lost on the entire railroad
system OF the United States. The run
from Aspln%all, or Colon, as it is also
called, 10 Panama is but = little over
four hours, yet many railroad man has
LEFT one end OF the road in rs good health
a anybody ever enjoys there, and he was
ready for burial when he reached the
other end. The so-caled ma!ar;al
fever on the iSthmus is the genuine
black vomit. You never get well of it.
The wages paid are Of course very large,
ranging from 81 Il day for common labor
to rs high as $1,000 per month for the
higher grades Of railroad employment.
The railroad cost 81, 800, 900, and, al
though it pays the Government three per
cent. OF its net revenue and $40, 900 an
nnaily for the right to transport mail, it
has made millions for its owners. There
was not much engineering skill required
to construct the road, the most cxpcn.
s!vc feature being G25-foot bridge
over the Chagrc' River which cost
$500, 900. Nobody down there believes
that the Panama Cana! will ever be com.
pletcd. The tunnel under the Ahogayc-
qua Mountains. which is to be IL, 800
feet long and 100 feet in the cear-only
one incident in the construction settled
the question of completion, while every
body feels sure that the Nicaragua Can.
al will be completed before 1000
Chicago Pest
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
\ ROYAL. wIG-MAKER.

1t seems tina. the hair on the heads OF
royal ladies turns gray quite like that OF
ordinary mortals. This discovery arises
lroi" discussion over the guardianship
o! the Princess of Wales. whom every
body here has grown to thInlS OF rs pos
sessing the trick of perpetual youth.
Mr.. Labouchcrc has, however, pointed
out that she wears Il wig, and it appears
that this is constructed by an artist o:
fabulous craftsmanship, whose identity
is profound State secret. The cx-
Queen Isabella is said, however, to have
obtained his address by frankly throwing
herself on the mercy OF the gentle
hearted Princess, with the results that
her iron-sray crown of once raven hair
is now replaced by jaunty, short, chest
nut carls, Moved by envy 81 these, the
present Queen Regent of Spain, the Aus
trian Christina, upon whose youth toll
AMI trouble have imposed premature
Srayncss, is said also to have implorcd
the privilege Of sharing the secret, and
in consequence, will shortly dazzle Mad
rid with child-likc locks. -M;o York
Recorder.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
SCIENTIST, NOVELIST AND EDITOR.

Quite distinguished person is Mis-,
Ruth Ward Kahn, Of the Leadvillc Col
Ae"s. She has written II scientific work,
two or three successful novels and is Il
story and sketch writer Of great power.
She was recently elected Il member Of
the English Authors Club, of which
Lord Tcnnyson is President and Walter
Besant President, and the English
papers speak in high praise of the pretty
young American writer" She has "a
round, girlish face, winning, vivacious
ways aud rare accomplishments, which
united with her genius aud talent, make
her universally a iavortc and seem to
have left her unspoilcd.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
AN AFTER SUNSET cosruMI.

Tennis, rowing, evening, afternoon,
tea, morning, calling, street, and riding
costumes are evidently not enough for
the summer girl to carry away with her.
So we hear now that cloth dress for
beach walks after sunset is a necessity for
every CIR! going to the seashore. Beach
walks after sunset imply great deal !;
but why one should need q special gown
for these promenades is problem, for
the color suggested for the gown is in no
way harmonious with the sea, the beach,
or the sunset. Now, if it were described
as made In the colors of the sunset sky
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07

The population OF British India, ar-
cor,lng To the ccnsu, iha; was taken in
February last, now runs up to 22p 500, :
900, or an increase within ten year, ri
20, 000, 900 There is an additional
population OF 65, 900, OO0 in those East
Indian States that are under frudainrv
rule subject to British influence, with
British protection. The peasants in some
OF the congcstcd districts are sechin..
new homes in regions where ti.r noriia
ton is less dense than it is in the pro-
vinces oi Bengal and Oudt Mr.. Gibson
says that in the single province of Ben cal
which has ;,n area only northumberland
rs large rs that OF The United States. the
population Is q, 0n0,O0p more ihrn tia.
Of the .Ancrican republic, Ihon. h ,.mYl,
is almost wholly agricultural AMI Ina,
scarcely any large manufacturing ccn;r,.,.
In that province there are 10 person, -
every square milo OF ,utvatib,c lanj.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07

The Philadelphia Times says: "rhc
Government of Paraguay few years ago
prohibited the publication Of suicides TO
prevent cpdemics OF sc!f-mur'lcr, and it
really seems as il sensational crime. o:
any kind were apt to provoke imitation
The butchcrics OF Jack she Ripper have
been emulatcd in ut least twenty differ
ent cities OF Europe and North America
Dynamite outrascs and hu'ban'i-poi,on-
ing have repeatedly assumed the form OF
international mania,, but even cx,rlor-
binary and complicated crimes have oc-
cislonally been initiated with all de-
tails"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
Prison Habits Cling

Convicts who were forced to drag
about IA ball and chain Mt the galleys
could often be detected, when released,
by the habit of trailing one foot after
the other. John Boyle O'Reilly, con-
demned to convict life in Australia for
his Fenian sympathies, had also, in after
years, habit which told like sad
story. Says friend in his recent
'Life:" When walking abstractedly
and mechanically, he always wen5 short
distance, and then rctracted his steps,
no matter how wide a stretch he had be-
fore him. 1t was always three PAGES
forward, turn, and three PAGES back, ex-
actly like the restless turning of lion
in cage. One day I asked him
"Boyle, what was the length of your cell
when you were in prison? How many
paces9" "Three," he said; "why do
you ask" "Bccause, when you are alb
sent minded, you always walk three
PAGES forward, and then rctrace your
steps. "-Argonaut.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
our YESTERDAYS.

Isaw my yesterdays 20 past,
~ sinuous stream Of souls Of days
Clad d;versely; i'll the vague haz,
Some forms, it seemed. no shadow, cast:
Each right hand held its mirror fast
Some vrcatled with myrtle, some with
bays,
AMI those that answerc | to my gaz,
Showed me my memories as they passed.
Over Il twilight plain afar
Their blurred line faded out OF view
Toward mountains mystic AS the SEA;
But, shining each one like star
The mirrors wherein saw YOU
Cleaned backward through the dust; to
mo.
-k"""rd l.. White, in Ncm York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
ANTITRUST COAL TAR.

a. simple and economical way !, OF
tarr'ng sheet-iron pipes to keep tfsm
from r,tstlng is as follows: The sections
as made should be coated with coal tar
aud then filled with light wood shavings,
ana tue latter set on fire. 1t is declared
that the elect of this treatment will DO
10 render the iron practically proof
against rust for m indefinite period, rem
uering future painting unnecessary. 1t
is important that the iron should not be
maze TOO hot, or kept hot too long a
time, lest the tar should be burned off.
Hence the direction for the USE of ligbt
shavings instead of any other means of
heating.-New York Joarna,.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
How Can That Be?

Over the mantle piece of an old inn in
Lincolnshire, England, may be found
this droll QUIZ
A man without eyes slw plums on Il tree,
Neither took plums nor left plums.
Pray how can that be?
The answer just below the riddle is
this: =
Tho man hadn't eyes, but no had lust one
eye,
With which on the tree two plums he could
spy.
He neither took plums, nor plums did he
leave,
But took ono and left one, as we may con-
ceiYe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
i.i;I ii'ES.

Carots-Wash and prepare the carrots.
throw them in plenty of boiling water
with salt in it; keep them boiling, and
when fork eau be easily pushc through
them they are done. Time for Young
carrots from onc-ha!f to three quarters .cS
an hour.
Boiled Leg of Lamb Put plump leg
OF lamo into rs much boiling water rs
will barely cover it, let it boil few
minutes, then add little cold water:
draw the pan to the side of the fire, re-
move the scum carefully a, it rises, and
afterwards simmer gently till done;
place the meat on hot dish, garnish
with tufts OF boiled caulifower and car
rots. Allow onc-half honr for each pound
OF meat.
Green Peas-onc quart peas, two
quarts water, one-qunrtcr ounce salt. n
little mint, three ounces butter and
pinch OF sugar. Let the water boil with
the salt, skim well, add the peas with
mint, and boil quickly, uncovered, till
quite tender, which will be about fifteen
to twenty minutes; take them off the
fire, drain them, put into a fresh sauce
pan with the butter, Il piuch of saIt and
sugar. and shake over the fire till the
butter is melted. Serve immediately.
Whipped Crcam-Ialf pint of cream.
one tablespoonful Of castor sugar, q few
drops OF essence OF vanilla; pour the
cream into basin, which, if the weather
is at all warm, should be stood in another
containing cold water, add the sugar and
flavOring, and beat with whisk till the
cream commences 20 th;cken and q froth
rises, carefully remove the froth, and
stand on sieve continue to remove the
froth till there is none left, and stand in
the larder till wanted. Many persons
add the white of an egg, but this is not
necessary ii the cream is good.
Raspberry and Currant Tart-Hala
pint raspbcrries, one and onc-ouarter
pnts currants, three tabespoonEhs
sugar, one-ha'f pound butter, one-haif
pound flour, cold water, the yolk of one
egg. Make some puff paste AS follows.
Rub two ounces of butter into the flour
then mix with cold water and egg; after
it has stood short time roll ont the re-
mainder OF the butter in sheet and Law
it on the paste; give the paste three
turns to work i'll the butter strip the
currants from the stalks, put in dish
with the raspLerrics, placing IN inverted
cup in the centre, add the sugar. coyet
with the paste and bake in good oven,
and when done sift sugar over.
Boiled Chicken, Southern STYLE
Truss and stuff the chicken AS for roast.
ing, dredgc it all over with white flour
and put in pot of boiling water. Take
the pot off the fire for five minutes after
the chicken is put in or the skin will
crack. Then let it boil very gently, ac-
cording to age and weight, an old fowl
requiring twice as long to boil asa Young
one. Allow fifteen minutes to the poun l.
Take OFF the scum as il rises and W len
done serve with egg sauce or parsley or
oyster sauce and mashed potatoes. This
IS nice way to cook an old chicken. as
it is much more tender and nourishino
than baked, for if the chicken is old
baking toughens it. We have given The
receipts for egg sauce before. 1t should
be made rich with cream and butter.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07

Long marches have been added to the
training of the French infantry. They
are also exercised in the practice Of
boarding trains for the transportation of
troops, and the rapidity with which they
get in and out is admirable.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07

The Chicago Mjcr- Ocshn warns per-
sons in all part, Of the country, who oc-
casionaly hear tina; vast estates in EnS-
land are coming to them, that there is
nothing in such stories. Out Minister III
England, it says, has looked into hun
drcds Of such cases, and has never yet
found the fortune tina. was so confident
" looked for.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
TIE DRESS srlsrESnE,.

The "drcss suspender" is decidedly a
desideratum this season, for skirts are
long, and always more or les, trailing on
the ground at the back. They are quite
plain III front, with few plaits at the
back only. Indoors this shape is grace
full, but for walking it is scarcely go.
The necessity OF holding up ones skirts
to avoid mud or dust takes away all the
harmonious outlines Of the dress, which,
70 look well, requires 10 be long and
lowing.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07

Figures collected by the American
Statistical Association show that the aye
at which people marry is steadily advanc-
ing. The average age CT tr;deerooms
now is twenty eight, ard twenty-five for
the brides.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
The Largest HoteI

The area and capacity of the Hotel del.
Coronado OF San Diego, the largest ho-
tel IN the world, are: Area of ground, !
twenty acres; total floor area, four and
n hall acres; capacity of reservoirs, $50. 4
o oOO gallons; area of dining-room, 10, !
600 square feet.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
HOW ONE WOMAN LIVES.

There is no reason nowadays why
any woman with brains shouldn't make
Il good living. The La1ies' Home journal
tells of young lady who turned to
practical account her fondness for order.
ing and supervising an elaborate menu,
and is now professional "table dresser. -
Her duty Is TO superintcnd the details OF
u stately breakfast, luncheon or dinner.
If desired, she makes out the bill of fare.
Tor which she does the marketing. Ev-
erything goes OH under her direction.
from the garnishiug OF the dishes to the
serving OF the coffee She arrances the
howcTS, attends TO the lighting, and into
each function intcrpolates some dainty
original conceit Pcrcciving that an.
other service WAS needed, she has Joined
to her first profession that OF decorating
the drawngroom and the dressing-rooms
Tor company. With her help the house
mistress is able to be occupied with her
friends until it is time to dress, and vet
have 70 :oiicitulc concerning the prepa-
rations. o. course, it costs something,
but there are wealthy people who think
nothing OF that.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
The city of Boston owns 157 pianos in
the public schools, valued Mt $40, 600.

The latest fad among Iowa farmers IS
to rent their land for 81 per acre aid take
life easy in the town.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07

''N' ci'"N NN''trih'HN ANU lcciln9s %,
pity, not unmixcd with Il { thought that
Mrs. Darrow was receiving her lust de.
ser;s. Mrs. Johnson obcycl.
Mr. Sanders came, and in a few minute.
the unconscious woman was laid on Mrs.
Johnson hes, bed
faint worth while to carry her home.
There's nobody there TO take care of her,
and she'll need lots Of taking care of be,
fore shes through with this, reckon. y
said Mrs. Johnson, her warm heart be.
ginning To swell with sympathy, as she
looked at the white face that had been 50
dear 10 her in her girhood.
Then followed days and weeks of suf.
lering; days in which Mrs. barrow was
helpless. irritable burden, bemoanin"
her fate that a surgeon had been called,
and that the time had at last come when
she was going strlight to the poorhouse.
Kate was her patient, tender nurse,
bearing silently nj! her fault finding and
pcnuriousness. But Mrs. Johnson
spirits boiled holly within her, until Mt
last her Indignation reached climax
"Sce here, now, Betsy barrow, I've
t"oh just All III gong to from YOU.
look at you and wonder sometimes ii
this can be the sweet tempered, merry.
rcc-hcartcd girl | used to love more'n
loved myself. If you'd IA died before
you grew into ii cross, stingy, mean
woman, no more like that sweet oirl was
than II wild rose is like Il cucklc bur. Won
would have been fit to meet your rood
old mother, and we could all have loved
Bessics memory. Do you remember how
we used to call you Bessie, then, instead
OF 'old Bets, and how you put your arm
around me NJ we stood in your pretty
room in the old farm house the day Won
was married, and said you'd never quit
loving me as longs you lived9 And YOU
talked of the good you was going to do
Tor others; of church work and Sunday.
school, and such like. Yet here YOU lie
with your life as bare and ugly as \
WORKOUT field. No, it doesn't even
amount to $ much 3 that, because tho
ola field would warm up when Gods sun
shincd on it, and the birds might lioh,
on 1t, and the posies come up and cover
Its worthless blotchcs. But you, Betsy
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-29
CURIOUS CALLlNGS.

Camden, n. j., has blind barber, who
can shave as we'll us if he could see.
A colored man near Cochran, Ca, has
six fingers ON each hand, and three of his
four sons are said to possess the same
number.
remarkable freak that is making its
way toward Paris, having originated in
Bohemia, is built on the Mile Christine
plan. 1t is a two headed maiden, joined
at the waist, having four arms, but some
what handicapped by having only two
legs.
"A Philadelphia surgeon says that by
three strokes of the lancet he could para
lyZe the nerves acted on to make man get
mad, and thereafter any enc could pull his
nose cuff his ears and spit on his boots
and he would simply smile soft, bland
smile.
A colt born on a farm near Redwood,
o., had both eyes merged together in the
center Of the forehead and the mouth cut
in across the face. more like human
mouth than like that of horse. 1t was
almost devoid of anything like nostrilS.
Otherwise it was we'll shaped. 1t only
lived four hours.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-29
THINGS WOMEN SHOULD KNOW.

That pocketbooks are smaller and nearly
square.
That luxurious petticoats are on the In
crease.
That old fashioned tatting in silk Is a
new feature of new embroiderieS
That pale blue and purple are used in
combination by French modistes.
That silk belts with diamond buckles are
worn by those who can afford them.
That there isn't any difference in modes
designed for middle aged and young ma
irons
That the favorite of the daring color
combinations peculiar to the season is
green and heliotrope.
That really elegant women no longer
wear pointed shoes, and even the square
toed slipper has appeared.
That the most fashionable neckties for
women are made in white linen or pique,
folded like mans and tied. not made up.
That crepon with daintily fringed and
silken borders is our old friend grenadine
under a new name, that Bedford cord is
only crepon ribbed, and that no material
is more useful under its various names
than this same crepon.
That white enamel or thistle sticks are
Used for chiffon and lace sunshades; nat
ural wood sticks with realistic fruit do
duty for those of heavier material. Mother
of pearl, enameled with silver or black
wood, with a pierced monogram in gold,
are also new. "Cobweb hats'' are the new
est for summer wear.-New York Sun.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-29
AROUND THE THRONES.

Louis XVII Of France never actually
reigned
Empress Eugene has taken up the
children Of the late Prince Napoleon az
. part solace for the grief and loneliness
which fills her life.
The Prince of Wales is direct de-
scendant Of King Alfred, being the
thirty-third grandson of that monarch.
Singularly enough, he is also 80 deg.
Mason.
The Duke Of Edinburgh, as every one
knows, is a violinist of no mean merit,
but for all that he does not disdain to do
a little tum-tumming on the banjo occa-
sionaly
In February, 1877; Queen Victoria re-
ceived from the empress Of Brazil dress
woven entirely Of spiders webs, which
for fneness and beauty is said to surpass
the most splendid silk.
An engagement has been arranged be-
tween the young king Of Servia and
Princess Xenia, the daughter Of the
prince Of Montenegro. The young lady
Is only eleven years Of age. 1t has long
been known that the car favored such q
match.
William possesses no fewer than fifty
one stars and crosses, including the in
sigma of seven Russian orders and one
Of the very few stars and ribbons which
exist of the short lived Mexican Order of
the Eagle, which was founded by the ILL
fated Archduke Macmillan.
If the little king of Spain be excepted,
the emperor OF China is the shortest Of
male monarchs, standing as he does only
five feet in height. He must, however,
In point Of stature, take second place to
Queen Victoria. whose height is four
feet ten inches. The house of Hohen-
zollern boasts of the greatest number of
men of big stature.