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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
Riding Il Bicycle Under Water.

The Boston Gt0Je is responsible Cor the
following story: The recent sinking of
of the little steamer Carlotta in the Mcr-
rimac River, Just below Mitchell's Falls,
was marked by Il wonderful feat of a hi.
cyclist. james Webb and several other
whcelmcn were on the deck OF the
steamer. Webb was mounted Oh his III.
cycle doing the ''stand-sti act. The
Carlotta, under full head of steam, made
:ush to ascend the rapids, but before
reaching them II little rope broke and the
boat was thrown out Of her course. Co
ing mt high rate of speed, she struck Oh
the smooth ledge which rises out of the
water ut the foot Of the falls with such
force that the boat was carried half heJ
length on the slippery surface. The pro.
pcllcr thea broke on the rock ard the Car
lotta SANK like Il bar OF lead. Wcbbs
friends all managed to swim ashore with
no more damage than Il thorough wcttinr,
But Webb and his bicycle were thrown
over the side of the vessel and sank i'm
mcdiatcly. Webb is thoroughly ut home
Ill the water, and when he went over
board he did not think of letting go of his
bicycle. 1t was too valuable to lose.
inc wheel must have slid down between
two stones, for when the machine struck
the bottom it remained upright. In,
stinctivcly Wcbb's feet sought the pedals,
and putting forth Ill his muscle. he ac
tually propelled the bicycle over the
hard, sandy bottom, and up the ledge TO,
distance of sixty feet. 1t can he easily
imagined what cheer greeted the ap-
pcarance of his head above the water.
There have been some people sceptical
enough to doubt this performance, but
when shown through water glass the
wheels track i'll the sand they have been
promptly convinced. Webb has become
enthusiastic over submarine cycling, and
says that us soon as he can devise somei
way of Keeping up the supply of air he
will try for one-mile bicycle record I'M
der water.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
Daniel Boone's interesting comradc.

John L. p. McCunc, who was the old
est man in Clark County, Ind, died re-
Gently ut the home Of his daughter, Mrs.
G. G.. White, ut Charlcstown. He was a
native of Jessaminc County,in Kentucky,
and was born March 3, 1893. lie served
i'll the War of 1872. He participated in
the battle of Tippecanoe, and was in the
fight at Thames, October Is, 1913, where
lac saw Tccuinsch fall. With Daniel Boone
lie WAS on the most intimate terms of nc.
quaintancc, and made many Indian raids
with him. After settling at Charlcstown
he learned the trade Of shocmakinp and
followed it for II living, making footwear
for many Of the most famous LAWYERS.
judges, doctors and other professional
men Of the carly history of Indiana. When
General William Henry Harrison visited
Charcstown Mr.. Mcclure, who had heard
Of his coming i'll advance, made an en-
ccc;ingly fine pair of boots for him, which
were presented to the old warrior.
In his day Mr.. McCunc was n Great
fiddler, and upon still evening the notes
from his violin could be heard all over
the town, as lie sat in his front door play
ing upon his favoritc instrument. He was
Il familiar figure at the annual meeting Of
the old settlers, and WAS always down on
the programme for an exhibition of his
skill cr the violin. AT these gatherings
nc invariably played two pieces, which
were his favorites, 'NVashington's We'd
ding March" and s'NIartha Washinutons
Lamentations. At the meeting last fall
he attempted to carry out his part, but his
strength had so failed him that only the
faintcst sound could be heard as his stiff
cncd arm drew the bow across the strings
of his fiddle.
i few years since his wife died. This
WAS ii great shock to him, and 50 sure was
he that he would soon follow that lie made
all preparations for his death, even to
buying end having set up his tombstone,
with all the engraving done upon it but
the date of his death. 1t is located in the
extreme western portion of the Charles
town Cemetery, and attracts the eve of
every stranger who enters the ground.
The peculiar part of it is Il small TYPO of
9lr. McCunc, which is surrounded by Il
glass-covcrcd frame and set in the marble.
He is dressed i'll his shop aarb and on his
knee is a partially mcn,icd shoe, while in
his hand is Il hammer. The peculiar atti-
tutic and the fact that live man had his
picture adjoining the tombstone which
was to mark his grave was frequently
commented on.-Aow lOrI Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

act have stopped the sale Of liquor of
all kinds, but i'll the more thinly settled
localities none save the revenue officers
have word to say, and even these use
conciiatory measures as the best means
Of making arrests.
The place selected Ivy the sinner for the
manufacture of whisky is always in some
hollow or glen difficult of access, and to
reach an illicit still nccessitates Il climb
over one or more hills. The still house,
if still house is wanted, is built well
back III the glen ut the side OF n clear
stream OF water, and the necessary
machinery is moved in at night OH
sledges drawn by oxen, for even the
most reckless moonshincr does not want
his ncighbor to know Mt all what he is
doing, rs this saves trouble in case the
nei9hbor should fail out with him. The
implements necessary are still, worm
and flake stand, n set of mash tubs several
barrels and Il supply of meal. The
corn raised III the mountains is ground in
water mille, and is then taken in bags to
the still house, if there is one, for plenty
OF the stills are operated in the open air.
a furnace of stone is constructed, and n
lot OF meal is scaldcd with boiling hot
water and then placed in the tubs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
Thimble in Il Gizxnrd.

George Goodcrl the proprietor of q
meat market mt GAINESVILLE, Ohio, tells
this story of Il thimble and chicken. Some
time since his wife was engaged in
feeding the chickens, when n thimble
she wore on her finger ut the time mys-
lcriously disappeared. Quite IL time
elapsed, when Tie other day Mrs. G.
requested her husband to bchcad a
chicken, which WAS done. In dissecting
the fowl the missing thimblc was found
firmly imbcdded i'll the chickens giz2ard,
the process OF digestion having almost
worn the thimblc smooth. The hole of
the thmblc was found to be completely
plugged with indigcstcd grain which
the hen with ostrich proclivities had
swallowed. - iAciaaati Eagairer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

same quantity or grain, but as the sinners
can get corn for from fifty to sixty cents
bushcl and pay no tas, there seems to
be Il small margin for profit, as long rs
the Sinner is not detected, but when he
Is taken, away goes everything. The
time for planting or harvesting his crop
may be on hand, his family may be in
want, but it makes no difference. A
deputy marshal or guard .akcs him up
on his horse, and They ride double to
the nearest United States Commissioner,
fifty or perhaps se,cnty-iivc miles away,
and stopping ut night at the nearest town
that has It Jail. 4 trial before the Com
missioner follows, and then, unless the
prisoner gives bond, he is sent to iail
and thence into the United States District
Court, there to be fined and sent to Jail
again. During his absence his wife gets
along and feeds and clothes her children
us best she can, for her husband may be
gone only Il few months, or year or
more. The wives all bear their mis-
fortunes stoicaly and wait patiently for
the return of their ''mcn," though oc-
casionally, if one particular man stays too
long, they marry again. LouisriNc Courier
Joul9,al.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
M00NSIIINERS.
HOW HLICfT WHISKY is MADE
IN KENTUCKY.
Precautions Against Discovery
Mcthods of Operating II Still
Profits of the Busincss-Work
Of Revenue Officers.

No place i'll the world better suited &c
the moonshincrs and moonshining could
he found than the mountain counties OF
Perry, Leslie, Knott, Pike and Letchcr,
though some of those adjoining the coun-
ties named furnish almost equal facilities.
Far removed from railroads, and all but
cut oil from the rest of the world, the
Sinners have ilourishcd here for years, and
the occasions when they have been dis.
turbcd by the revenue officers have been
few and far between. All travel is or
horseback or with OK teams, for the roads,
rs they are called, are impracticablc TO
horse or mule team, and any light vehicle
would be shattered after Il very few miles
up and down the hills and mountains and
over stones that arc as large us an ordinary
wagon
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
AN INTERIOR VIEW.

The mountain lis:illcrs have been so
secure from interruption for years that
until recently they have taken little pre-
caution To guard against being surprised
al work, but now the peculiar ''hoo-cc"
may occasionally be heard when the oili-
GERS approach still in operation, and the
men mt work invariably have their Win
chester or Colt rifles and big rcvolvcrs
hanging conveniently near. Why they
should fight for the poor property they
suppose they are protecting is one of the
mysteries Of mountain life; but fight they
will, if they get the chance, and also have
the chance to run away after having killed
one or two OF the officers. Their fight
ing is always from the bushes, and at long
range, and they rarely wait until the
spot cutters rs close TO them, for this
might he dangerous, rs the officers, when
once fired upon, arc not slow in returning
shot for shot, and probably few extra
ones for good measure.
When Il still has been captured and
cut up, the fragments are left where the
still-housc stood, for the officers have no
means of removing the remains An TX
is used i'll most cases in destroying the
outfit, and the copper is cut, aud hacked,
and torn, and denied until it seems TO be
nothing more than huge mass of metal.
When cast still is treated in this
manner, its usefulness is forever gone,
out not so with the copper ones. What
is left of these the sinners, who have
! escaped, gather up, and with infinite
patience and great ingenuity, patch and
piece together, rivcting the patches on,
and finally putting the still in order so
that it may be used again. Many of these
patched stills have been taken Il second
and third time. Some of them are genu-
inc curiosities, so clever is the Workman
ship on them. After having once been
seized, the still-cap is so mutilatcd that
it can never be used again. but the
sinners get around this by making wood
caps and fastening them on with dough,
SO that they are rendered perfectly air.
tight, and almost Us good as they ever
| were.
The places for the conccalmcnt of
whisky, or Of the stills, when the owners
have been warned in time for them to
pull the coppcrs out of the frames on
which they rest and remove them to i
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
A Candle Made to Pierce = Poor,

y tallow candle fired from a Gun will
pierce Il board the same us Il bullet will
We will have to go back to the phlosoDiy
Of the matter in order to see how this re-
suit is obtained. When II candle starts
from the breech of gun its motion is
gradually increased until it leaves ,hc
muzzle mt high velocity, and when it
reaches the board every particle OF matter
composing it Is in state of intense
velocity. AT the moment of contact the
particles OF matter composing the target
are at rest, and as the density of the
candle, multiplied by the velocity of its
motion, is greater than the density of the
target ut rest, the greater force over
comes the weaker and the candle breaks
through aud pierces hole in the board
Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

With this is mixed the malt corn,
which is Indian corn that has been wet
and kept warm until il sprouts, then
dried out and ground. When fcrmcnta.
ton has set in, the distilcrs, who cannot
wait until whisky is made, drink the
mash III great quantities, calling il
''bccr.' a sufficient quantity of mash
having been prepared. the sinner makes
n run by filling his still and running OIL
all he has OH hand. The still is II huge
copper boiler, or an iron pot, with the top
plugged, and Il tube running from il
through Il barrel of water, the flake stand,
and then cnptying the condensed vapor
into - !rrrci "lrccd ready 10 catc! IL
The first product, having been run
through the still II single time, is called
"singlins." When the mash has been
boiled until all the alcohol has been cx-
tractcd, the still is rclillcd with singlins,
or low wines, and another run is made,
this being called "dom3ins," or
moonshinc whisky. When enough
of this has been made tho
SINNERS almost invariably have
big spree, after which the whisky,
which is rarely more than five or ten gal
Ions III quantity, is put in key and CON
ccnlcd away from the still. Tie custom
Of the distillcrs is to wait for week or
more, getting plenty Of singlins ready,
preparing for Il big doublin, and by some
mysterious means, whenever they are
ready for n doublin, the news gets abroad
so that the people who want to buy
whisky hurry to the still and get il al.
most IA soon as it is made, seldom lcav.
ing enough to trouble the distilcr when
he wants to conceal il. Some of the stills
urc run almost continuously, and other.
only once or twice Il month, but the
neighbors always know, and the mount.
uin house which does not contain Il
quart or two Of moonshinc somewhere on
other would he hard to find. When u
good run has been made, the Sinner
generally pays for the corn and meal lie
has purchased, and then whisky is moro
acceptable than coin.
The signs Of moonsllinc still are the
same i'll every locality. These are "a fresh
stream OF water, and Il path up or neal
the glen or hollow through which the
stream runs. The Sinner cannot operate
without water, and unless he has a con
ccalcd spring, rs is frequently the case ir
'iS Hi'uHtttHS, tlc StIcttll Is cN1lcncc &c
start with. The path can not be con.
cealcd, for too many people visit the still
house, and in n very little time the
grass is troddcn down and IL little foot.
way formed. Another good sign is well.
fed and sleek looking hogs ON amount.
min side, for these feed on the slop OF
boiled out mash that is thrown away. and
can hardly be driven from the place
where they find such good food. II In.
often happened that still-hunting rcvc.
nue. officer has been led direct to Il still.
house i'll operation by hogs, for they learn
the time when the still is cmpticd, and
make regular journeys 10 it. The shin.
crs know this, and SO the most cautious
fence in their houses, or put them so faI
back i'll the mountains that the signs are
not visible except when one is close upon
tho sinners retreat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

The natives take advantage OF every
creek or stream in constructing their
highways, and one may ride for miles in
the water, which in good seasons is not
more than from an inch or two to II foot
In depth, without finding Il rod Of dry
going. When, as occasionally happens,
traveller desires to get from one valley to
| another, he is forced To 80 over the noun
tans, and then he has n climb that pounds
his horses feet to pieces and gives the
animal Il sore back quicker than anything
else that might he done with it. The
roads over the mountains circle, us do all
, mountain roads, but the circling is the
worse for the reason that everything is
mountain, an acre of Hat ground being
extremely rare.
In Perry County, between IIindman
and Hazard, there isa road or track over
the hills that for eight miles has no level
ground On either side of it large enough
to hold house, and the same character
OF country may be found i'll many other
places. Travel is so difficult that very
little is done, for no one can 90 any dis.
lance except on horseback, since IL foot
passenger would find wa,ling down stream
Or climbing over mountains anything hui
agreeable. When the mountainccrs have
nothing to ride they stay ut home, and as
all of them do not own horses or mules,
many OF them have never been more than
dozen or fifteen miles away from the
cabins in which they were born. Coal
and wood can be had anywhere, many of
the small farmers having coal mines ut
the back doors Of their houses, from
which they dig fuel as n resident of city
would dig it from his cellar. Nearly all
have IA few acres Of ground, on which they
raise corn. There is but one market FOR
it, however II cannot be conveyed To
outside points, and hence the corn grown
i'll the mountain counties is nearly all con
vertcd into moonshinc liquor, the sinners
paying the best price for it by giving
whisky i'll payment, for all the mountain
counties, where moonshining is carried on
to the greatest extent, are prohibition
and no liquor is sold except that which
pays no tax To any power. The moon
sinners themselves are prohibitionists IT,
the extent OF voting for local option, n:
it gives them business in which there is
no competition, except among themselves,
and they have Il fixed price for their liquor,
which seldom varies.
The law can hardly reach them, and
as for local interference, the nci9hbors
are either in sympathy with them OF
dare not inform on them for fear of the
moonshincrs revenge. In some of the
towns, men with sufficient courage tc
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
An Elusive Word Caught.

a few days ago attaches Of newspaper
Offices Ill Milwaukee and elsewhere were
cudgcling their brains 10 think Of three
English words OF more than two svlla-
bles ending III .'cion" 1t was said tha;
William Henry Smith, the great mogul
of the Associated Press, had used the IA
cilities of that organization to secure aus
sistance in bringing the three words to
light, though for what purpose nobody
knew. Every one who was enlisted in
the quest briskly mentioned "suspicion"
and coercion" as two OF the words, but
failed to find any clue TO the third. Some
boldly declared that "scion" was the
only other word ending in Scion" but
as ''scion" contains but two syllabcs il
clearly wouldn't meet the requirement.
Readers Of the Ncics who are asked e :,,cy
can name the words may respond:
Suspi cion,
Cocr cion,
Inferno cion.
"lntcrnecion" means mutual SLAUGHTER.
--Iel0'cine's Macs,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
Twin Palms and Ancient Well Of Los
Angeles

The accompanying engraving is from II
photograph taken by our correspondent,
Mr.. a. w. i. Kinney, of Los Angeles,
and shows the EDWIN Palms" on San
Pedro street, Los Angeles, Cal. Mr..
Kinney says:
These trees are Of the fan palm species,
and are gigantic in size, being probably
the largest in the United States.
1t is supposed they were planted by
some of the mission fathers who founded
the old Spanish missions on the Pacific
coast. They may be classcd among the
wonders Of sunny California.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

The proprietor of the Scilly Islands is
Colonel Smith Dorrien Smith, who holds
lease of all the islands from the British
Government. lie is virtually King.
Should any of his tenants prove OBJ
iectionablc they are shipped off to the
mainland, an arrangement which insures
his having just the sort of subjects he de-
sires. In all matters, civic, social and
religious his word is the supreme authority.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

They arc about ninety five feet in height
and seven feet in diameter. Their age
is variously estimated, but it is safe to
say that they arc over one hundred years
old.
During this period they have wit
messed the growth of Los Angeles from
Spanish pueblo of adobe huts to the
metropolis of Southern California.
Near these palms there still may be
seen Il we'll of great antiquity, whose
waters have refreshed, perhaps, many of
the ancient Aztecs, the children of the
sun.
The well and palms together form an
interesting study for the historically in
clined tourist and scientist, as well us the
botanist aud antiquarian. --.Scientifc Amer
iran
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

Distrcsslul snowstorms are the latest
visitations which have fallen upon Silesia.
When the people are not starving to death,
exclaims the Washington star, they are
drowned by inundation; and when the
water goes down, late snowstorm comes
to blight the crops and freeze the poor
cottagers in the highlands. The poet
who thought variety the very spice of
life missed deal OF pleasure by not hay
ing the lines OF his career cast in this
Prussian province.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Ignorance is the mother of all evil.

Ignorance is the mother of all evil.
No gift can make rich those vino are
DOR i'll wisdom.
Twenty years in life of man is some
times Il severe lesson.
The best remedy for depression is to
count up our mcrcies.
He who thinks himself good for every
thing is often good for nothing.
The surest way to please is to forget
ones self and to think only of others.
Beauty is often but splendid cloak
which conceals the imperfections Of the
soul.
We attract hearts by the qualities we
display; we retain them by the qualities
we possess.
All creatures are intelligent vino know
enough to go round y post, rather than
attempt to 30 through it.
If one man canno; see rs much MS an
other, he can console himself by rejecting
that the other don't know it.
1t is never the opinions of others that
displcasc us, but the pertinacity they dis
play i'll obtruding them upon us.
The only object of words and forms is
to demonstrate that which is real, over
which they will never take precedent.
The man who is helped up is always
behind, until he gets spunk enough to use
his own faculties and "gocs it" alone.
EXclusveness will worl, well in fair
weather, but at sea in storm, humanity
will fratcrnizc upon common principles.
Men arc like trees; each one must put
forth the leaves that is created in him.
Education is only like good culture; it
changes the size but not the sort.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

1t appears to cost the people of this
country about ten cents apiece to be
counted, calculates the Chicago Herald.
The appropriation for the census Of next
year is $G,4o0,O0o. The original appro-
priation for the census begun in 1880 was
50, 900, 900, but as the work progressed
from year to year additional sums were
appropriated, and the former figures do
not portend census report proportions
ally bigger than the present one. Over
4O, 600 enumerators will be employed in
addition to force of 400 clerks at tho
main office in Washington.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
Danger in Postage Stamps and Money

The Sanitary Noes calls attention to
the TACT that postage stamp may in
various ways convey contagion. One of
the simplest and most plausible is that in
winch postage stamp, partially attached
TO letter to pay return postage, is sent
by person infected by some disease to
another person. The disease IS trans
ferrcd, in the first place, TO the adhesive
stamp through the saliva, and inxbcing
attached TO the letter by the receiver the
poison may DC transmitted to him in turn
through the saliva. Another cause NAV
be the infection of the stamp with disease
germs. The stamp, having been exposed
in room where Il diseased person lies,
may become slightly moistcned, and thus
retain the germ. That this is true can
be proved very simply by microscopical
examination. We often see a person
holding change for moment in the
mouth, probably not knowing that in
vcstigation has shown that disease germs
can be carried by money. If one could
see through what hands the money has
passed he would hesitate before USING.
such a third hand. Silver money is rs
bad as paper money; but, while many
would hesitate to hold dirty banknotc
in their mouth, they think that silver
piece, because bright. apparently CLEAN.