Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-09-29

Nv NhOoS WIN iOfS 10 bCoN.
To remove potato, onion and other
vegetable stains from the hands. rub
with ripe tomatoes.
Skim the fat off the chicken broth
and use it to shorten biscuits. These
are much more delicious than when
you use lard.
At the altar: 81, thee, with all my
worldly goods endow.' - Two weeks
later: more money? Where's the
dollar gave you last week?'
A bank lately received the following
note from lady: "Please stop pay
ment on the check | wrote out today,
as l accidentally burned it up"
Save all your coffee grounds; rinse
them and use them to stuff pinchus-
ions. They will hold shape indefinitely
and the pins push in easily. Use worn
out white stockings for wash rags.
Cut away the foot. Fold thetop double
and hem or overcast the edges. The
edges may be bound, and a strap fas-
tened across the center to slip the
hand through.
The money that woman spends
Is never for the bonnet,
But always for the fancy things
The milliner puts on it.
The rich are known by their dollars,
but the humble onion is known by it's
scent.
When clear cement is wanted, try
melted alum. For mending pieces of
valuable china, or fastening the pearl
handles on knives, or mending pearl
toilet articles, it is splendid. Melt
the alum over intense heat, but do not
scorch, and apply very hot.
An exchange editor tells US of "the
fresh afternoon get-up which involves
flood of tears with the putting on,
and spankings with the taking off. &"
We, who are mothers will recognize
the Situation" without any picture
portrayal, and while teaching our
children to take pride in their person
al appearance, it is just as we'll to so
dress the babies that both we and
they will be comfortable in the use of
them.
For the boys wear, it is a good
thing to choose textures that do not
require stnrching. Seer suckers come
in several colors and stripings, wear
well, wash easily and require only a
pulling into shape when put on the
line, and good shaking out when
dry.
For cleaning the kitchen paint, boil
pound of wheat bran in a gallon of
water for one hour then strain and
use the liquid for going over the
kitchen paint after it has been wash
ed thoroughly to remove all smoke,
and the bran water will give it a
clean, glossy appearance
For preventing the rusting of wire
csreens, it is advisable to use a mix
ture of two parts of boiled linseed
oil and one part powdered rosin, heat
ed and stirred we'll until the resin is
dissolved. then apply very hot with
a brush. 1t is claimed that this or o.
tects against all kinds of weather
much longer than the paint that is
specially sold for that purpose. The
mixture must be kept hot all the time
1T is being applied so that the resin
will harden afterwards into a smooth
coat that will not wear off. Put 1t on
sparingly so as not to clog the space
between the wires.
Grape Catsup-Boil a pint of vine
gar and two pounds of sugar for
quarter of an hour; in the meantime
seed ten pounds of grapes and heat
the pulp and skins slowly until thew
nearly reach the boiling point; but do
not let them boil. When done, cool,
rub through sieve and mix with the
sugar and vinegar, adding an ounce
each of ground cinnamon, cloves and
mace. Cook for about twenty five
minutes, and if the mixture seems to
thick, reduce it to the proper consis-
tency by adding a little hot yinigar
and sugar in proportions as above.
When sufficiently cool, cork tightly
in bottles.
Steamed String Beans-Cut or
break tender beans into quarterback
lengths, wash, and lift them out of
the water into a sauce pan with
level teaspoonful of salt and scant
Tablespoonful of soda. Cover the
pan and set on the fire; stir occasion
ally. using but amoderate fire. They
are to be steamed. not boiled, and the
slow fire will cook them until tender
with no more water, in about half |
an hour. Then add one large table, |
spoonful of butter and half a cup of
cream; let come to boil again and
dish at once. serving while hot. Try
them until you make a success of
steaming.