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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
USES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS 1NrHE KITCHEN

If all clean papers and pasteboard
boxes were cut in convenient shape,
with hole near one end, through
which to hang them on n large hook
near the kitchen table, and used to
stand hot kettles, frying pans and
other utensils on, the table would be
kept white and clean without any
tedious scourings.
If newspaper is spread on tho back
of the kitchen range and stove shelf,
before tho dishes arc placed thereon
to warm they will not soil the table
linen.
If kerosene lamps must be cleaned
on kitchen table, spread newspaper
down before commencing the opera.
ton.
Avoid soiling the kitchen floor when
you remove the ash pan from the
range by laying newspaper on the
floor under the stove door.
Agriculturist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
HIS CRUEL FATE,

care there any cannibals in your
show?" said the nice looking man
anxiously, as he approached the ticket
booth of plnisance exhibit of foreign
tribes.
mo; nary one. Want tickct?"
But the young man had turned sadly
away with the painful reflection that
another plan for getting along without
darling Ethels plump little brother
had been foiled. Chicago Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
A NoN-DELIEvER.

Mrs. Fidget las she lays down her
novel; These ghost stories are silly.
just as if any one would believe
them %
MIR. Fidget-"Yes, That's so; but
you had better go to bed now, dear.
Its after IL o'clock, and I'll have to
be up for couple of hours yet"
Mrs. Fidget-"What go to bed
alone, after reading that book? Not
much Pluck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
HIS LITTLE CAME.

A stage coach was toiling mp steep
ascent. Suddenly the driver got
down, and while the horses were
straining every nerve, he noisily
opened the coach door and slammed il
to again.
"What is that for?" inquired one OF
the travellers, impatiently.
"Sir, the road is very steep, and ]
am doing it for tho sake of my beasts .
Glow is that?"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
TO KEEP FRUIT JUICES.

Fruit juices may be kept for n long
time by canning the same as whole
fruit. They are convenient for water
ices and summer beverages. Mash
the fruit and rub the pulp through Il
fine sieve. Mix about three pounds
of sugar with one quart of fruit juice
and pulp. Fill jars with the syrup,
cover and place in heater with cold
water to come nearly to the top of the
jar. Let the water boil half mn hour,
then fill each jnr to the brim, seal and
cool in the water.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16

Dueling in Russia has become SO
common that the Government has just
decreed severe code of punishment.
Killing an antagonist will cost six
years in prison; severe wounding,
three years; duel without injury, six
months; provoking duel, six weeks
to three months.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16

They are doing novel thing on n
wholesale scale in New York. This is
nothing less than the purifying of the
Croton water supply by tho applicn-
tion of electricity. New York justly
claims to be the pioneer State in this
respect, MS it is in the application of
electricity to the execution of GRIMM
ola
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
A WASTED OPPORTUNITY.

"Mrs. Denton looks all tired ont. I
suppose she saw everything Mt the
Fair"
"No; she didn't have time"
"She was there month"
81 know, but she spent all the time
looking for IL bargain counter on the
grounds. Chicago nter-Ocean.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16

A celebrated aeronaut asserts, after
patient investigation, that the ninth
day of the moon is the most rainy of
the whole twenty -eight, and 4 o'clock
in the afternoon the rainiest hour of
the day.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16

The spectacle seen in Iowa of q
snake forty feet long, ten inches in
diameter and sufficiently strong to lift
2OO-pound hog from the ground is,
to the Chicago Record, tho latest in
dication that Iowa's prohibition law is
not enforced.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
The French can show more persons
over the age of sixty than any other
Nation.

Only five passengers lost their lives
on British railways in 1891, but there
was yeritablo slaughter of railway
servants. Over 500 employees were
killed and more than 5000 injured.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
HER READY THRIFT.

Kirby Stone-"I hate to mention it,
denr; but must tell you That business
has been nwfully poor lately. If you
could cconomizo little in dresses
wear something palmer"
Mrs. Stone-"Ccrtainly, dear; I
shnll order some palmer dresses to-
morrow. Puck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
SURE WAY TO MAKE HENS LAY LONG

Farmer-"Looll here Those pow
dcrs you sold me were no good"
Pedler-"How's that?"
"You said they would make hens lay
the longest"
eyes, that's what snid."
"The hens L gave them to aro al
dead"
"Well, won't they lay tho longest
that wny?"-Texas Siftings.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
FULFILLING IT'S PURPOSE.

"That great Ferris Wheel actually
causes breeze MS it whirls around"
'Well, ono of the objects in build
ing it was to raise tho wind, wasn't it?"
Worlds Fair Puck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
TO RE,royE M1IpEw.

A spoonful of chloride of lime in q
quart of water will probably remove
mildew from your table linen. Strain
the solution after it has stood long
enough to thoroughly dissolve and dip
the cloth into it. Repeat if q first
application is not sufficient, but wash
the mixture well out of the goods
when your object is accomplished.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
A MINOR ROLE.

Kitty-"And were you extremely
fond of hor?"
Tom-"I was abicctly devoted"
Kitty-"Oh, tell me nil about it |
Was it really II thrilling tale of love
and pnssion?"
Tom-"Ycs; I did the love, and her
father did the passion. Truth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
HOTEL IIILARITY.

Arrival-"Can 1 put up Mt this
house?"
ClerlS--'T suppose SO. Got any
bnggngc?"
Arrival--"No."
Clork-"How much do you want 10
put ?"--Dctroit Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
A GREAT COMBINATION.

'T awskcd her old mans consent
1awst night.
'Didyou como out with flying colors,
old MANI"
''Yaws-blaclz and blue. "-Kate
Fields Washington.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
SHE DID NOT LAND HIM.

Miss Uncertainage (coyly)-"Two
heads arc better than one, you know. I"
Young Goodcatch (clutching his hat)
-'Yes--ah--but don't you know, /
don't want to be freak. Vogue.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16

"Why, you see, every time open
tho door and shut it again they fancy
some one has got out. New York
Dispatch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16

She murmured, ''It Is queer;
1 do not understand
Why you should boldly ask mo hero
To trust you for my hand.
Grimes arc hard" she snid
Unto that youth so rash;
"Love once might do, but now, inste:d,
A girl must have the cash."
Chicago Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
nor A1unt KIDS INsEcrs.

Insects may be destroyed with hot
alum. Put in hot water and let
it boil until the alum lie dissolved.
Apply hot, with brush, and oil creep
ing things are instantly destroyed
without danger to hnman Life or in
jury to property.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
JUST THE ONE FOR HIM.

Mr.. Sappy-"Smart Why, she has
bwains enough for two, Miss Navy"
She--"Has she? Then, sho is just
the girl you ought to marry, Mr..
Sappy. Truth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
JUST IN TIME.

Cobble-"As I was coming out of
Miss Castlcton's Inst night, met her
father fnce to face"
Stonc-"Did you bow?"
Cobblc-"No. / duckcd. "-Iifc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
NO HURRY.

"John," whispered Mrs. John in the
dend of the night, 'thero are burglars
in the house. I heard them"
every we'll, my denr," murmured
John, sleepily. "I'll attend to it the
first thing ill the morning. Harper Is
Bazaar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16

Several masses of native silver ex.
ceeding 500 pounds in weight have
been found in the mines of Norway,
Freidburg, Saxony. Bohemia. Peru
and Mexico.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-16
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Collateral Not satisfactory-Just Fl
Time-Hotel IIiInrity-Just tho
One For Him-FuIfilling
Its Purpose, Etc.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17
HOW 10 MAKE WAISTS.

When girls begin 70 don half long
skirts, regularly made waists are in
order. Their figures being yet Uniform.
ed, the waist must be cut with a direct
reference to that fact, and the diagram
showing a model for all sorts OF waists
and baSQueS as we'll as princess gowns
aud tight coats will show at a glance
Just where the benefit is. Fig. l shows
the back lining, Fig. the side back, 3
the side front aud 4 the front. The
measurements are 10 be taken in the
same manner as described above aud
the lining fitted In the same way after
the pattern is drafted, but the dress
maker must take particular notice Of
the darts, which, il will be observed,
are rounded slightly on one side aud
much on the other, while the opposite
sides of the darts are cut quite straight.
This gives a grace 10 informed figures
that could not be given in any other
way and is one OF the secrets OF WOrth's
success ia making gowns for too slender
figures. When the lining fits, the out
side is to be cut ana basted firmly all
around every seam, and the outside
material is TO Do held little snugger
than the lining that &c may not wrinkle.
The seams Sre 10 be sewed from the top
always. and great care should be taken
TO get the side back pieces 10 without
pulling or wrinkling.
THE model is the sure foundation OF
q perfect waist. IL can be cut of a,
the waist line il desired, and by carry
ing the lines on downward IL can be
heightened into a princess dress. The
same shape is suitable for habit basque.
II is the basis and model for all tight
wasted gewns for the young and Slen-
der. There is no sleeve added, as
sleeves are matters Of personal taste.
The proper collar is the rather
high cboker. Any kind or style
Of trimming or drapery can be
added 20 the basque or waist.
To finish II, all seams are TO be
trimmed neatly and bound with
dressmaker's tape, ana then they should
be we'll pressed apart Bone castings
are to be run in all the seams except the
side back, and rather flexible bones are
set in. The fronts should be finished
of with hooks and eyes or buttons, and
the collar made and put on, the ease
belt set in and tao lower edge trimmed
off and faced or ptped, and the sleeves
made and sewed 1t should receive
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

az got man once-a most serious.
minded man of most serious line OF
conference.-the write his autoblogra.
ply. He was painfully truthful man
he lust couldn't lie. Such men don't
turn up often, but every once In awhile
YOU End one who is absolutely deficient
in ability to lie. Well, he wrote II, and
II was the funniest thing ever read. /
have never run across a better JOKE
than that autobiography.
"Now, my mathematics DO not 20
bevond twelve times twelve, but don't
YOU suppose ! would enjoy an epcyclo-
media article on mathematics? read
one the other day, and was greatly en-
tertained, although / didn't understand
a word OF IL. 1t was facts. Facts are
so amusing. =,
"Get your facts Grst," he said loudly,
land then" here his voice died away TO
an almost inaudible drawl, you can
distort them as much as you please.
Twain, despite his scorn OF England
and her monarchial institutions, Is as
well known there and a. heartily loved
as be is in America, Rudyard hlpllng'
in telling OF a visit 20 him, SAID:
"Once. indeed, be put BIS hand on my
shoulder. It was an inVestiture oil the
Star OF India, blue silk, trumpets and
diamond studded jewel, all complete.
II, hereafter, among the changes and
chances of this mortal me- iall 70
cureless ruin, shall tell the superin'
tepdent Of the worEhouse that marx
Twain once put his hand on my shout
der. ard be will give me room TO my
self, and double allowance OF pauper's
tobacco"
1t will interest most people TO kno"
that Mr.. Clemens has contemplated
SEQUEL TO TON Sawyer" II Of course
ouabt NOT to be said, because OF the ma
ture of the man, that be has contem'
Mated II seriously. He says pc has had
two inspirations about II, one being tc
let SAWYER grow TO manhood OF grea'
mower. riches, congress, marriage Il
Judge Thstcner's daughter, and a.
that sort OF thing, and the other being
70 les Sawyer grow TO manhood and
hang him.
As charming a bit Of Twain lore az
ever came across was printed In some
far Western paper many years ago.
have the yellowed clipping and thal
! insert IL here because IL Is Ia the word
Of the living original Of the character
| whom Mr.. Twain may let grow into
congressman or hang. Tom Sawye
Keeps Tor kept at the time this wa
| written a liquor and cigar stor at No
9s5 Mission street, San Francisco. Ill
remarked:
Eyes, il was after me that San"-h'
always calls Mr. Clemens SAM
.nsmsd his book, and told hin Iots o
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

then final pressing, and three. large
hooks should be sewed to the ease belt
to fasten to as many eyes on the skirt
band to support It on the shoulders and
keep it from sagging.
FOB A PRINCESS DRESS.
II the model is to be used to cut a
princess dress, the back breadths should
be left square from the waist line on
both sides Of the back pieces, so as to
fold in for additional fullness in the back
Of the skirt. All the rest of the pieces
can be sloped gradually in 3 natural
manner until the required length Is OBJ
tanned, and six inches more allowed, as
princess gowns take up in the making.
Yoke frocks are pretty for small girls,
and TO make yoke one has but TO cut a
pattern of the front and back portions
marked on the diagram and sew up the
shoulders and add collar. The rest OF
the dress is then to be shlrred ana
sewed 70 the yoke, from whence 1t tails
to the bottom. There should be very
little space followed out Of the lower
portion to complete the arm size.
There is practically no end to the
changes that can be made with this
model for a starting point, and the
home dressmakers would do we'll to cut
perfect pattern of it after having
drafted, cut, basted and fitted the model
TO the figure, by means Of pins set in
the seams, until it has become nodded
to the figure. When it has, it should
be removed carefully, all the seams
pulled apart little to show just where
alterations, if any, have been made, and
then the pattern should be copied In
cloth and saved for future use,
FOR A FIGARO JACKET.
In the fifth diagram will be found a
new design for cutting figaro jacket
all in one piece. 1t should be cut so
that the fold Of the goods comes down
the middle of the back, and the shape
Of the arm size, the shoulders and neck
can be traced after the same parts OF the
model basque. The arm sizes in a figaro
must be large enough for the arm to
have perfect freedom. The lining is cut
on the same pattern, the two edges,
outside and lining are TO be sewed to-
gether on the wrong side and turned
and pressed before anything else is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

too, but, anyway, he was busted and
thirsty. He knew Tom and Larry both
just as well as anybody, and he'd hung
up many a drink there, too. They was
both getting a little tired OF IL, but
whenever they'd Kick he'd tell some joke
or other and walk of while they was
laughin' NJ IL. Well. this time he come
ia with friend and ordered two cock
tails.
After they were drank Sam Just held
up two fingers at Larry and winked.
Larry made out as II be didn't uodsr-
stand what Sam was driyln' at, 30 Sam
lust leaned over the counter and says,
ia a stage whisper, believe they call
It: Mark Twain meanin' for Larry
to put two chalks on the slate. Well,
Tom Peasley heard IL aud wasn't going
70 have II that way, but Sam be started
TO to tell some ridiculous thing or other
and Tom had TO laugh and say: "All
right. But always after that be called
Sam Mark Twain, and when Sam COM
menced writln' books he signed that
name. sam was dandy, you bet. He
was his own original 'Huckleberry
Finn you know. and j recognized
many an incident In that book ~ haV-
ing happened TO Sam himself"
Ii should be said al the start OF In
rand resume OF Mark TWain's career
that ne was pulled out OF the Missouri
river nine times before he was fifteen.
so he was evidently not born TO be
drowned. He was born 10 Florida,
Monroe county, Mo-, November 30. 1895,
and was soon taken 10 Hannibal. No,
by his parents. While yet OF a tender
age he ran away from home and got
work In a New York printing Office.
One day he met man from Hannibal
and ran back again. He became
Mississippi river pilot az seventeen,
earning $3.50 q month. and kept a. II
until he was tYeuty.four years old. IL
was then. despite Mr.. Tom SAVERS
interesting barroom fiction, that be
got the name MARK Twain" IL IL an
expesslon used By riyormen as they
take soundlpgs. He enlisted Ia the
Confederate army, but soon left 20 be-
come private secretary 10 bis brother,
who was Lieutenant Governor OF Ne
yada Territory. IL was the resulting
tourney across tho plains that gave us
,'Roughlpz It." Then be tried mining.
Then be tried journalism on the coast
and In the Sandwich Islands. Finally,
against the enthusiastic discourage
nent OF bis friends he began 70 lecture
and was an instaptaneoEs success la
1861 be went 70 Europe with party OK
PhIladelp hIanG and then came "lnno.
cents Abroad. His. real name IS Samuel
l.. Clemens.
Mr.. Clemens is as good business
man az he Is humorisL He Is the
head OF big publishing house, and u
paid Mrs. Grant 500. 900. the largest
amount ever psid bY publisher 70 81
| ap,hor. EDWARD MARSHALL.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

70 be sewed tOgether-tbe lining in
order, .. and 4 first and then 4 and
are 20 be Joined under the arm and on
the shoulders and tied on, the seams on
the outside. Any slight fault may be
rectlfied. When it fits, rip the lining
apart and cut the outside after Figs. :
and 3, cutting out portion in 'front.' to
leave a square, which is TO be filed in
with a gathered vest. Seven Is the
front and s the back. The crosses show
where the material Is 70 be gathered to
a. the lining. The waist can be made
n in front or in the back, as
suits the wearer. Fig. is half OF
.ap bretelle of some material con-
ting with the dress. Fig. 5 is half
the rundown collar. II the dress
,ens in the back, the collar has to be
pen there as well as in front
When the vest front has been laid on
and stitched down, gather the outside Of
the waist and haste it TO the lining,
which should have the darts taken IN
and the four back pieces altsseWed TO-
,ethsr and The two side pieces sswed ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17
tom and about inches wide at .he,.op,

tom and about inches wide at theItop,
tapering to 2 at the bottom.
When the lining is basted securely In
this, facing is bssted around, wrong
side out. and sewed, turning the corner
that forms the lapel sharply. After 1t
is sewed turn il back, haste il down,
stitch it half an inch from the edge
and then press 1t well. After this
the edge can be bound with dress
makers tape, or some prefer to
hem the lining onto IT, The sleeves
should have double row OF stitching
around the wrists about three inches
above the edge. The sleeves should be
lined with satin. There are three peck
cts, and each has lid bound with braid
or lined and stitched. The collar may
be and generally is Of velvet A lining
and interlining of stiff material are
quilted together, and then the outside
is sewed on wrong side oct and turned.
II of the stuff OF the overcoat III
OF velvet, the velvet is Tapped over
on the under side aud catstitched
down snuglY. The ends OF the collar
should reach the point marked on the
fronts and be fastened down invisibly
in the neatest manner. Every seam
should be well pressed. Areefer jacket
is made In the same manner, the only
difference being that the fronts are
made wider TO lap over in double
breasted style, and the pockets are set
higher and the coat cut shorter. The
finishing up and the pressing are the
most important points in the successful
making Of boys clothes.
OLIVE HARPER.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

things that he put In IL, too. You sec.
we used to knock around a good deal
together. me and Sam, and we was al.
ways tellin' each other stories. Sam
was a dandy. He could drink more and
talk more than any other Teller ever
seen. He'd set down In 9 chair and
take drink, and then he'd begin to
tell US some joke or mother. and then
somebody'd buy another drink and
he'd tell another joke. Once be got
started he'd set there all night. The
crowd would always stay as long as be
did, too. Yes, sir; tell you that Sam
was the greatest story teller the world
has ever produced. / am not prepared
to say how he sizes up as liar, but
think that he could hold his own that
way, too. But there were so many liars
floatin' around them days you never
could exactly place 'em. used to lie
some myself. You see, had TO be In
the game. Bat never tried to compete
with Sam.
"He has workin' on the Cdu He
never had cent. and most Of the time
his shoes were worn out and his clothes
needed pstchin'. But he didu't care.
They'd send him out down at the paper
to write something up. and he'd go up
to the Russ House and sit around tell
ing stories all day. Then he'd 90 back
TO the Office and write up what he'd
been sent out for. Most times 1t was
all wrong, but mighty entertainin'. BuI
/ believe his city editor said be was un-
reliable.
He used to cost me about $50 .
month. You see, he was such a good
fellow, and be didn't seem able 10 look
out much for himself. and sorter took
care of him. He never had cent and
used to pay for most Of his clothes. I
often hear from him now. He's comm
out here some time, be says.
Isuppose you know how he comes to
get the name OF Mark Twaln2 No?
Well, IL was up in Virginia City, away
back in 1850. Ten PeSsley was keepin'
a saloon there then and Larry RYAN was
tendin' bar. San had been drlnkin'
some and spent all his money. Maybe
he'd gone against faro bank a little,