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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-01


A COUPLE of St. Louis lawyers recantlv
went into one of the subterranean vaults of the
court house, in that city, to look over some old
court records. One of thcm was CONNIE lied r,
leave before the paper desired was found. and
going out slammed the door without thinkin,
of the consequences The automatic lock- naT
formed its duty, and his friend was a prisoner
The friend discovered this disagreeable fact
only when he had unearthed the paper he de-
sired and turned to GO The lock could not he
worked, and he could not attract attention bIy
ca Ing. Finally, under the dirt and cobwebs
that had been gathering for years. he found n
narrow grating through which he could inst
peep out on the street. Calling through this
he attracted the attention of a passer- bv- who
rushed into the sheriff's office and annonnced
that a prisoner was trying to escape Inyesti-
cation disclosed the pent-up attorney.
T. A. LONG AND WIFE, of Alto, Ind. ara the
Oldest married couple in that state. Mr. Long.
who was formerly an associate nudge. was
exactly 93years of age Oct l6 last. His wife is
III her 9lst year, and they have been married
almost Seventy-one years. They settled in In
diana in 1926. coming from Kentucky. In 1870
Mr. Long removed TO his present farm. being,
the second party to locate inside the Indian
reservation. Here he worked in the gunsmth
business, and was known among the Indians as
''Old Specs, on account of wearing specta.
Giles. His place was great camping ground of
the tribe, and there Still remains on the farm
an Indian spring walled up with stones besides
several large sinkholes all in line, two of them
perfectly round, and each exactly $40 fee
across, while q third that is oblong is f21 feet
across, and on high bluff. These sinks are be-
heved TO be the work of mound builders.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
A Queer Family.

There resides in rrbana, Ohio, a
veritablc family of cranks. Two sisters
and brother are now living. Years ago
the father bought coats for the boys, but
neglected one of his sons. John, Dr..
whereupon the boy said he would never
wear coat as long as his father,
lived. lie went upsta RS to his ROOM.
where he remained until fourteen years,
after, when the father died. The house
was aftcrward painted all over With the
most grotesquc aud curious designs.
While John, the peculiar, and brother
were disputing about these designs, the.
brother said: "John, l wish you would
80 upstairs and stay there" John did
so, remaining as before for four years
coming down to attend the brothers
funeral. .'ohn, the iccluse, is blcachcd
rs white of a woman because of his long
confinement. He is sixty-fivc years old.
a sister has charge of the finances, but
the sisters and brother live secluded
out.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
TIE nusm METHOD OF wAnrAnE.


The song concerns Samoan King
who has attacked and conquered an
enemy on another island, aud OH the
way home the victorious warriors sing to
his praise, or rather rs jubilee. Trans
lated it is:
Keep her away, and mind the helm.
And then, arriving home, the people
sing:
We are glad you have come to your island of
plenty;
We have waited long time for our chief
and canoes.
1t is known that at the time the
Samoan group became known to the out
dictcd TO cannibnlism, and By many it is
doubted that it ever existed there.
A. much plcnsanter topic than that
fishing among the reefs, practiccd by
nearly half n mile long, is hung with the
split leaves of the cocoanut trees, max
ing sort OF net or fringe. 1t takes
about twO days to construct this marine
fence, and then it is taken out into the
water in three parts and aftcrwnrd
Joined so rs TO make one long one.
closed and all ha nds in the village unite
in drawing the fringe around and max
ing it smaller and stronger by the num-
Der of times it is Tapped.
When ut last the fish find themselves
in small pocket and attempt to escape
the fun begins. AS the tide falls and
the fish are exposed two or three hun
drcd men, women and boys set to work
to gather in tho fish, which arc squirm-
ing and splashing around. sometimes
jumping clear over the heads of the men
i'll their efforts to escape. Others arc
caught in hand nets and n good haul
will sometimes yield two OF three canoes
'ull.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
LOng-Liyei Tripicts.

In speaking of o recent celebration i'm
Boston, of triplcts who had reached the
age of twenty-onc, We stated that it
was the first instance on record of trip
lets reaching their majority. We were
in error, rs 1t will be seen FROM the fol-
lowing statements:
+. G. base, of Lebanon, N. H.,
writes: ''1n April, 1913. in awrcncc,
N. T., trip!ct daughters were born to
MIR. and Mrs. l.iba Chase Two are still
living, and are Mrs. J. F. Hyde and Miss
Carrie Chase, of marlborough, Vt.
The third was the wife of j. Il. Dewey,
OF Lebanon. n. H., AID was nearly
twenty-five years ut the time OF her
death"
Mrs. Robert W. Carpenter, of Fox
borough, Mass, says: "Foxborough,
the Gem of Norfolk County, has, living
in rs precincts, two sons and u daugh,
ter, children of Mr. aud Mrs. Jerry
Murphy at one birth, aged tn rty-four
years. They were born in Foxborough.
and have always lived here, and are
usually III the best of health"
MIR. j. N. Studley, of Amherst. Y.
H., writes; "Ilubbard, Polly and lin
coin Iitchfed 0riplcts) were born in
Scituate, Mass, August II, IDS. Hub
lard died March 9, 1874. at the age of
as years months. Polly died the day
Hubbard was buried, March -, 1871.
Lincoln died May ., 1877, ut the age Of
So years 10 months. These triplcts all
left children and grandchildren, some
oil whom are now living and are honorcd
citi. ems. "-B0stoa Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
Antiquities From Guatemala.

The South Kensington Museum at
London has recently received valuable
collection Of casts and originals from the
ancient ruins of Guatemala. p. NJ.
Maudsley, who has been for several years
engaged in exploring the country re-
ferred to, was the donor. The portion
of the collection that attracts the most
attention are five upright monoliths,
eight feet and ten feet high. The cary.
ing back and front is that of human
figure, while the sides are covered with
'picture writing" The slabs, which are
placed on screen, have human figures
in relief shown in profile. There is
noticeable in all the huge headdross, the
very rcceding forehead, the garments of
fabric and the far from savage type of
arms. The serpent-likc form with the
human head seems to point to tho wor-
ship of the deificd serpent. No attempt
has been made to deciphcr the hierogly-
phics, though it is thought it can DO
done.-SaR Francisco Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12

An interesting figure in the Pennsyl-.
van'a legislature is the Hon. John s.
hhey, member of the lower House from
Cambria County. He is past seventy.
was Speaker OF the House in 1852, and is
the only representative OF the old school
Democracy now in public life in Penn
sylvanin. AS Speaker of the House in
1852, he appointed tho committee that
looked after the entertainment of Lonia
Kossuth and his suite when they visited
Harrisburg and escorted them across tho
State to Pittsburg, large part of tho
journey having to be made in sleiahs.
there being no Pennsylvania Railroad to-
Pittsburg then, and the State canal
beng frozen. Mr.. Rhcy is one of the
oldest aud ablest lawyers, journalists andI
politicians in active life in the State to-
day. His mother is living, and will sooni
pc 100 years old.-M,o York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12

clouds swell the river to double its nat
ural size, carrying everything down
stream with rush. The natives follow
in their ''p:tpans, loosening all logs
that may become wedged in between
the rocks, and the proprietors rest as
suied that the seasons cutting will not
be delayed in floating down to the
''boo IT," which is built across the rivers
mouth, for the leborers are anxious for
their pay and to get OF to their own
homes. The Belize mahogany cutters
arc mostly Africans and descendants of
former slaves of that colony; but in
Honduras those employed are Caribs,
who arc fur superior to the colored men
in activity and strength; they are more
familiar with the country, are more in
tell gent, and in consequence fewer high
salnr ed superintendent, are necessary.
A fair cutter receives from SO to Sl5
per month; the captain of q gang
of fifty men receives $l5 per month, and
q good hunter can earn as much as $ltO
per month. In former times hunters
were pa d regular salaries but now, 10
induce them to do better work, they are
paid so much for every tree secured. =
Mo York Tins.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
Mnppy CHM Diggers.

The Maine clam digger isn't exactly n
fisherman, farmer or sportsman, but
his somewhat plebsian and commonplace
occupation partakes of the characters.
tics of each calling. His "game," when
he digs it, is fish. lie i, surer of finding
1t when he starts cut low tide than is
the fisherman of finding school of
mackerel, The farmer of raising his crop
or the sportsman of bagging his game.
~ clam digger may only limit his pros
pectivc wealth by his capacity to dig,
and that only means three times as much
money i'll week as some newspaper mon
can earn. Thcrc is more wealth deposited
in the Scarboro clam fats, for instance.
than i'll many of the National banks of
the Commonwealth, and they seem to
have unlimited power of replacing all
losses at the hands OF the digger. This
fish. agriculturst has no call to plow his
ground and plant. His crop obigingly
does it for him, and also accommodate
ingly leaves m air hole where he went
in, SO the clammcr may know where to
dig. An ovcr:ecr of the poor in Maine
town was once waited upon by an able
bodied man, who asked aid on the ground
that he was unable to find employment
and his family was starving. ''You can
dig CLANS, feed your family aud sell
those left, can't your" said the ilinty
hearted aims givcr, and the applicant.
Knowing that he could, desistcl from
further importunities. -Ltaoiston Cue. J
,0uTa0(.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
Working n Paper Mine.

I recently met Henry Palmer, an old
California friend and one of the Argo-
nauts, who told me had abandoned the
West and had settled in st. Lawrence
County. "What are you doing up
therc." asked. lie excited my curl
osity by replying: Working q paper
mine. "Whnt do you mean. ~ "I'lI tell
you. When was q boy worked in
paper mill at Camden and became ia
miliar with the clays used for sizing an d
weighing paper. | concluded short
time ago to leave California and spend
the balance of my days in the East.
While on visit to st. Lawrence County
was riding one day along new road
which had boon cut for some distance
through peculiar formation of soft.
white rock. examined it carefully
under the microscope and found that It
was fibrous, and seemed peculiarly
adapted TO paper making. had tests
made by manufacturers, who reported
favorably, so bought the land and be-
gan mining; we are now shipping ovcrn
hundred tons day, and it is rnpidly
displacng the clays formerly used, ms its
flbrous nature makes it part of the
warp and welt oil the paper, instead of
81 ing only. No other such deposit is
known in tue country "-Mew HorkS ar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
Feeding n I}ir CITY

The business of producing and provid-
ing food for mankind furnishes n livcli.
hood to majority Of the race. Gene.
rails in command Of armies OF 20, coo OF
80, 600 men have been brought TO igno.
IN .nious defeat and flight for the
luck OF power to supply them with food: :
and yet population of two aud one hall
million people in and around New York
is supplied with food every day and for
every meal from all parts of the world.
Ten thousand head Of cattle are slaugh.
tered every week to provide New York
with beef, and that is not more than one.
half the beef that is consumed there.
Some of the beef comes in on foot: the
rest in refrigerator cars from the West.
Swine are brought in dressed; but sheer
arc all killed in the city. The greater
part Of the fresh fish supply Of the city
comes i'll refrigerator cars from Boston
and Gloucester; the rest comes to the
markets in fishing. boats. Enough fish
is kept ahead III the cold storeh1 uscs to
last the city two or three weeks. The
vegetables come from almost everywhere.
Lettuce is mainly brought from near
Boston, where one firm ships 800. O0O
worth of it each year. Enormous
amounts Of celery come from Kaluma.
200, Mich. The South supplies the early
vegetables, and some of them come from
Florida. They come on refrigerator
cars, and because they can be safely
shipped and easily kept they no longer
command fabulous prices. But the bulk
Of the green vegetable business is still
done in the old way by farmers who
come in from their places five to thirty
and more miles away and sell their pro
duce from their wagons. Some Of the n
start i'll the afternoon and drive all night,
often slecpingon their wagons and only
waking when their trained horses have
brought them to the ferries at | and =
o'clock at night. The Ganscvoort mar
kct is the only place where they are al
lowed to expose their truck for sale
in the city, and there it is sold to dealers
In summer time rs many us 5000 wagons
n day are driven in. The cattle on a
thousand hills daily contribute the milk
that New York consumes the next dav.
The farmer gets from one and onc.half
to two and onc-half cents IL quart for it
and the consumer pass and 10. The
difference is divided among the railroads,
commission merchants and pcddlcrs, the
latter getting several cents II quart. One
of the curious things of tho provision
business is that eggs laid in Holland and
Germany get to New York in less time
than from some Western States and arc
actually cheaper than fresh eggs laid in
this country, The reason being that they
are rated as 'limed eggs. - GOod House
EcUi.1
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
An Electric Coin.CntcIler.

Automatic weighing machines, and
power-testing machines, and dispens-
ers of chocolate cakes, Walls of per-
fumes, and other wares, have become
n familiar sight in many lands during
the past few years. a new develop
mont OF the idea HIS been introduced
by French society, and has already
found favor in the waiting rooms, gar
dens, and theaters of Paris. 1t is
called the Electric Magic Lantern, +"
and serves something of the purpose
OF an illustrated daily paper. 1t is in
tho form of highly ornamental box or
pillar seven feet tall, bearing a CON
spic ious invitation to "Giye ten CEN
times and see." The person accepting
the invitation looks in five-inch lens
in the front of tho apparatus, drops
his coin in the slot, and sees pass up
ward series OF seven drawings illus
trativc of current events, each picture
pausing for few seconds to give time
for good view of it. A Swan cleo
trio lamp eliminates tho pictures, and
the entire mechanism is operated by
electricity. The drawings are changed
daily, the list of representations being
neatly placarded on the outside. -Al.s
kQRSdlU Traveller
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
His Eyes Eclipscd by tho EcliDsc

Locnl oculsts are excited over n
curious case of eclipse blindness which
aliicts Robert Winter. young artist of
this city. During the eclipse of the sun
on New Years Day, Winter and party
of friends were walking near Mills Col
lcgc, and having no smoked glass or
other oh ect to view the eclipse, they
were compelled to use their naked ewes.
The sun presented such beautiful
spectacle that Winter gnzcd at it until,
dazzled by the rays, he was compelled to
withdraw his eyes AS soon as he could
sec plainly, he again looked ut the
eclipse, Notwithstanding the protesta
tions OF his friends, who warned him he
would injure his eyes. When the moon
had rcccded from the face of the sun
Winter joked with his friends for their
alarm and thought no more of the mat
ter When he awokc next morning
he discovered he was totally blind. x
light passed in front of his face made no
impression on his eyes and he was con-
scious of slight burning sensation in
the optic nerve. DIR. Barkan pronounced
Winters case curious one.
1t seems that Winter had caught tho
focus of the SUMS rays ut exactly the
point where the heat was so intense rs
to scorch some of the nerves in the mir
ror of the eye, while the dclica tissue
behind the pupils was also seriously
effected. Winters right eye, under the
care OF the phys clan, is gradually re-
covering the faculty of sight, but the
left eye is so seriously affected that there
is doubt whether he will be able to lis it
again for months. DR. Barkan says the
most peculiar thing about the case is
that with the aid of the most powerful
instrument he possesses he has been un-
able to detect anything unusual in the
appearance of his patients optics. The
pupil OF the left eye has been enlarged
with chemicals, but Winter has discoy-
cred no Improvement in its sight quality.
| -.Snli Lrnucia a E'r1,..; - '
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12

H@MpAN spiblEltS WITH WEAPONS.
The education Of Il soldier consisted
in teaching him to ward off blow and
to get in with counter ut the same time,
He who was tho most sl;lful in this sort
Of fencing match was considered the
best warrior.
1t was seldom that they engaged in
pitched battles in the open field. They
preferred bushwacking and strategy.
All enemies whom they encountered thGv
at opte proceeded 10 Kill! whether taken
with aims in their hands or engaged in
the peaceful cultivation OF their patcles
During their wars they were not in the
habit Of posting scntincls at night or,
in fact, Mt any other time. They seemed
to trust TO luck or in their prayers to the
god of war. As both sides were equally
reckless in this matter little harm was
occasioned by the omission. though Sow
eral times the powerful invading armies
have been defeated by surprises.
Now that many, and, in fact, most of
the warriors, are armed with rifles of va
rious patterns, they have pretty gen
orally laid aside their clubs, their spears
and their bows and arrows, and thus,
while moro effective, arc much less pic
turcsque soldiers. They still wear their
war paint and tattooing but lava-lava,
of breech cloth OF America, cotton, over
which hangs body belt and cartridge
box, with strap ovor the bare shout.
der cannot be called uniform with
which we are accustomed to associate
tho idea of o soldier.
They still adhere to their old methods
OF bushwhacking and it was in that way
that they succeeded in injecting such
fearful Punishment upon the German IN
vaders in the recent encounters and suf-
fered so little themselves. The Samoaus
cropt upon their enemy through the
bush and the Germans found themselves
surrounded by numerous but invisible
enemy, which fred upon them from tho
brush or from behind cocoanut trees,
while there was no guide for their return
fire except the puffs OF smoke they could
sec OIL every side. Thus il was that they
were driven off with heavy loss by an
enemy they could feel, but could not
SEQ.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
A Goose Flew Into Their Comn Fire

~ party OF boys were hunting Mt night
near Paxton, Ind, and their dogs freed
coon. Suddenly there was a mysteri
GUS whirr in the air that startled the
youthful hunters. Almost at the same
time dark object struck the fire thew
had built with such force as to make tie
sparks Fly in all directions. The Young
huntersfor moment could not realize
what had happened, but on examination
they discovered that large wild goose
had sailed straight into the fire. The
goose turned several somersuults, and
balanced itself after its revolutions on
its feet in time to receive blow from n
cnidgel in the hands of Young Walters,
who proudly carried oil the prize. The
goose incident removed tho coon com
pletely from the minds of the Young
Nimrods. indianapolis Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Chance is word void OF sense.
Nothing can exist without q cause.

Chance Is q word void OF sense.
Nothing can exist without cause.
Individual liberty is the virtue of life.
Borrowed knowledge is mortgage on
the mind.
Requirements are but the appearance
of culture.
Better diamond with flaw than a
pebble without one.
Passing away" is written Oh the world
and ali the world contains.
Public money is like holy water
everyone helps himself to do.
Many COW stands in the meadow and
looks wistfully at the common.
He who can take advice is sometimes
superior to him who can give it.
Nothing is so strong us ge,tlcuc;s
nothing so gentle as real strength.
Vcxation is but lad; with time and
opportunity he will grow to bc Mr.. Mad.
Sad, very sad it is, to see people
literally starving to death for want OF =
fun.
A man who cannot mind his own
business is not to be trusted with the
Kings.
A good word is an easy obligation
but not TO speak ill requires only oui
silence, which costs us nothing.
No man can discover whether another
is fool or not, for it takes all his force
of sense to discover lie is one himself.
The style of language has no more tc
do with the conveyance of knowledge,
than the form of drinking cup has TO
the qucnching of thirst.
Love cannot be regulated by any law
Of man. 1t is the very essence of indi.
viduil liberty, right which is proved
by the possibility of interfering with the
SHINE right i'll another.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
A mast Is stepped in the centre Of tho

A mast Is stepped In the centre of tho
platform and is held in place by stays
fore and after and from either side in tho
same fashion as Yorkboat on the Cana
dian lakes. The Samoans are not good
sailors as q rule, but trust rather to their
gods than to their own skill when caught
out in n gale. Their war.canocs arc
moro used for transports than for fight
ing purposes, and o naval engagement
would not be their strong point.
Whom upon warlike excursions the
Samoan warriors lift up their voices and
brace their courage with songs. Their
music may be inspiritng to them, but to
the European car it is most too monot-
onous to be enjoyable. Mr.. Joseph
Drayton, who was attached to the Scien-
tiic Corps of the Uhitcd States Explor-
ing Expedition under Captain Wilkes,
United States Navy, at Samoa in 1882,
wrote down specimen of their war
songs, the words being furnished by one
of the interpreters on the island.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12
THE SAMOAN MAN-or-wAn.

Though part of this fight was at
night, the result would unquestionably
have been the same had it been during
the daytime, for the same tactics arc
adopted. With perfect knowledge of
the forest and consummate skill in
woodcraft, they have every advantage
over the invaders of their country and
homes. When crawling cautiously upon
his foe, the Samoan warrior is accus-
toned to so arrange leaves and small
bushes around his head as to conceal his
person. He may, in fact, be said to
carry shelter with him, instead of being
dependent upon such as he finds set
around HIN by nature.
Not alone upon the land does the Sa-
moan light. For war purposes two
large canoes are lashed together like n
catamaran, and over the platform be.
tween them is erected hut which shell
tiers the chief officers from the sun. Some
OF these war canoes will hold hundred
or more men and carry quite respecta.
BILE howitzer to add to their efficiency.