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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05

GINGsNILL ISLANDER. ALASKAN WARRIOR
1t seems strange that the Esouima u,
high up in Behring Strait should feel the
need of armor. With plates cut from
walrus tusk he makes mail put togothcr
like that of the Japanese that are marvols
Of patience. When barrel hopes were to
be had ho sometimes used these instead
Of ivory.
Tho Chur.lchies, on the Siberian side
Of Behring Strait, had an armor made OF
bands of sealskin that telcscopcd like d
tourists drinking-cup. They had shield
attachment protecting the side, of tn,
face, also square breastpicce hinged on
with leather thongs.
A shield is detached or movable armor.
While it is tolerably easy to pick out all
the tribes that have advanced to the Use
Oh protection worn Oh the body, all tho
barbarian world use shields. Happy was
The Indian that had ssmedicinc" shield
no bullet or arrow could hurt him, and.
summit of Indian felicity, it was reputed
to make him successful in battle and
horse stealing. The Indian buffalo. hide
shield was generally showily decorated
"ho eiappcQ WIFI Tcu 1anQ0l,
scalps, horsc-hair and eagle feathers.
Sometimes the designs relate the exploits
Of the owner, or are his own dream de-
vice, kind of coat-of-arms.
African shields compare favorably in
point OF area with whole suit of armor.
they arc made of raw hide, wood or
basket and Stat work: The utter are as
pretty weaving as can DO found. The
Congo negroes trusted their shields
against bullets tor time. One of basket
work in the National Museum has hole
made by rifle ball that killed the man
that carried it.
The large round Siamesc shields arc
neatly woven of split rattan. Long
wooden shields covered with tufts Of
hair arc found among the head hunting
Dyalls of Bornco. The New Guinea
shields are of wood, partly covered with
finely woven basket-work.
The most wonderful shield in tho
world is that used by some Australian
tribes. 1t is really sort of parry;nr
stick. With it the native turns aside
any spear or other throwing missile sent
against him. An Australian gave an OK
hibition of its use to the Prince of Wales
in London some years ago. He parted
with case spears that were thrown full
force at him from distance of fifteen
paccs.-Ne,o YORK. World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05
Gathering Dates.

Dates, which with us are classcd with
the Injuries, arc to the Arab "thc staff
of lifc," just rs tho camel is his s'ship
of tho desert" The date tree, one of the
large family of palms, is native of both
Asia and Africa, aud will grow readily
in any sandy soil where the climate Is
not too cold. The stem is straight and
round, covered with rough protuber.
ances, and without single branch until
It reaches q height of from thirty to sixty
feet. The fruit grows in thick clusters at
the top of the tree, aud when ripe is OF
a bright golden color, fragrant aud luss.,
eicus, and in dry, hot countries where
palms grow no better food for morning.
noon or night can DO found Each tree
when mature bears $50 pounds season
aud sometimes even more. But, boys,
Pm afraid if you should find yourselves
under dark palm and you're getting
some of the fruit dcpendcd on your
climbing for it, you'd have to go with
out it.
For the gathering of dates is no easy
matter, and to be well done requires long
practice and experience. First, strong
rope is passed across the climbers back
and under his arms, and then, after be-
ing passed around the tree, the two ends
are tied firmly together in knot. The
rope is then placed in one of the notchcs
left by the foot stalk of an old leaf, and
the man slips that portion which is under
his armpits toward the middle of his
back, thus letting his shoulder blades
rest thereon, and then with hand and
knees he firmly grasps the trunk aud
raises himself u few inches higher. Thon,
holding fast by knees and feet and one
hand, he slips the rope little higher up
the tree, letting it lodge on another OF
the horny protubcranccs and SO on until
the summit is gained. Then tic fruit is
easily pluckcd and thrown down to be
caught in large cloth held Mt the cor
ncrs by four men, and it is eaten either
fresh or dried. Cakes of dates pounded
or kncadcd together, and so solid That
they are cut with hatchct, arc the store
of food provided for African caravans on
their journeys through the great. desert
of Sahara. -Det,oh Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05
ESKIMO WARRIOR.

Some of the best-armored warriors
chat have been met with by later travellers
were found by Captain Charles Wilkes,
o. 8. NJ, in the Kingsmill Islands in the
South Pacific. They wore heavy cuirass
of cocoanut, woven over a bamboo frame
Uork resembling barrel chair. Besides
this they inclosed their limbs in cocoa
nut network like chain armor. The he'll
met was of the skin of the sea hedgehog.
The suit is admirably fitted to tear out
the jagged sharks teeth set into tho
edges of the murderous wooden swords
and spears of these islands. The Kings
mill natives acted on tho belief that
their mail was imprcgnable until Cap
tain Wilkes thought it advisable to hang
suit in the rigging and riddle it with
bullets.
japanese differs from European armor
by not being closely fitting. It seems to
be rather low in the scale, as it is COM
posed of overlapping plates, method
that is frequently followed in the begin
ming of the making of armor.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05
A Youth WITH a PIGS Face.

In this very pcighborhood -familiarly
called "Dutchtown" by old New Workers.
lis secret that is all but hidden from
teeming neighborhood. This secret is
guarded by an apron of leather, drawn in
front OF en- nncoinmonly large and heavy
baby carriage. Behind that apron is n
human being upon whom no eyes but
those of its parents may rest. They are
to be seen wheeling the pcrambuIator
about on every fine night; never in the
daylight. The father pushes the carriage,
the mother walks beside it. The occu.
pant of the carriage is youth with the
face of pig. But its parents love it the
more tenderly for that fact Clotter.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05
Oasis In q Desert.

Biskra is large oasis on the great
Sahara Desert. The climate is very de-
lightful for six months in the year, and
even in the middle of May the heat is by
no means excessive. There arc over
100000 date palms at Biskra, but there
arc also many other varieties, and in the
beautiful gardens Of Il. LanGon, me-!
exquisite tropical plants flourish in great
luSuriance. :. The huts of the villagers arc
built of mud-which the sun has baked
as hard as bric!1-and the interiors are
anything but inviting. The children are
half naked, but woman of Biskra in
full dress is sight not to be forgotten ;
the men, rs rule, content themselves
with turban and white burnous-
often of the finest texture, and of spot
less cleanliness. Outside the walls, and.
indeed, dotted here and there over the
desert, IRE encampmcnts of Bedonins,
whose low, dark colored tents are filed
with strange collection of animals
dogs, goats, chickens and children, with
perhaps camel or two, forming part,
and only part, of the live stock. Once.
a. Wax
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05
Grand Ruins ofnn Ancient Mexican CIT

Leopold Batrcs, Inspector and Conscr.
vator of Archaeological Monuments of the
Republic of Mexico, hns received letter
giving an account of some most impor.
tant and extensive ruins which have been
discovered by the Rico expedition Mt
Hunstcca, Vera Cruz, and Mt Canyon do
Papantila, State of Vera Cruz, in u mount.
ninous district, which appears mover to
have been explored except by Indnns.
The ruins are located in mountain
locked country, dcnsoly covered with
trees and underground. The buildings
discovered arc from four to five stories in
height, and show decided evidences OF
the Greek school of architecture, the cor.
niccs, windows and base indicating this.
The bases bear relief figures, covering the
sides of each cditice, which arc fre3cocd
in vnrious colors and which have with
stood the rayagcs Of the elements and an.
pear as bright as the day they were
painted.
The new ruins cover large extent oil
country and ale considered by Senior b..
tres. to be the most important discovery
OF the las. decade, if not the century.
Numerous idols are set up in the ancient
city a1:. siabs Of marble covered with
Aztec or Toltcc hicross,..;yrrhhics are set Ii
the cdificcs.
Senior Batres Is now making arrange.
mcnts to visi. the ruins for tho purpose
of bringing tho inscribed slabs to the
Mexican Notional Museum. Fyan
cisco Chronicle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05
A scIloolboy's Paradise.

In China, as is well known, many dis
agreeable things are managed vicarious-
ly. Thus in aristocratic schools the
richer pupils, so it is said, subscribe and
keep whipping boy, who in return for
his board, lodging and education, ac-
tcepts on his own person the punishment
intended for his patrons. So, too, when
an engineer builds bridge in such a
way that it falls down soon after, he
apologies to the Emperor, and in terms
of hunblcst repentance bogs his Majesty
to punish him by fining his deceased
grandmother and taking away all honor
airy titles from some ancestor who has
been obsolete for several centuries.-
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05
"a YAGE ARMS.
sHIELDs AND ARsIou USED By
VARIOUS TRIBES.
Coz sanut Cuirasso of South Pacific ISL
anders-Thick Corean Armor-
ABody Fence OF Sticks
Some Shields.

To those whose acquaintance with
Nrmor is confined to that OF the times OF
Isichard Ceur dc Lion, the primitive
suits In the National Museum at Wash
angton would prove surprise. There
nave been knights of all nations and
times; the first sword was blade OF
clipped flint, the first spear five-pointcd
stick, the first shield and body arnor of
thick skin of wild animals.
+ Those wero the humble beginners of
the famous swords, shields aud harness
'Sclcbfated in.song and romance. They
were the equipment of the brave knights
whose names arc unrccoIded.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05

Defense and offcnsc are the two great
ideas along which weapons have grown ;
nature began it in tho conflicts of tho
armored slow and the unarmored active
animals, which we see repeated between
the ships of to-day. When missiles be-
rome moro penetrating the armor must
Spe made thicker, and so this fight has
been waged with varying success in. all
worlds history.
Tho suggestion of the use of body
nrmor at the present day would recall
ahc amusing adventures of Don Quixotc.
and less than twenty years ago the Uhlaus
OF the Franco Prussian war were clad in
cuirasses and helmets of steel. These
were tested before being issued by riao
lire ut certain range. 1t is just this
sort of armor of different materials that
tome barbarous tribes used up to few
years ago.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05

1This battle ended the Comanchc
troubles and compelled them to sue for
peace. Shortly aftsrward tho whole
Comanche confederation was broken up. I"
In 1861 young Ross joined tho Con-
fodcrates as private, was soon made
Major, thcn Colonel, ard thea promoted
to be Brigadicr-Geueral in 1862. Ho
commanded the Texas cavalry in the
Army of the West under General Bedford
Forrest and General Stephen d. Lee.
He was in 1876 engagements and had
seven horses shot under him, but was
never wounded in the Civil War.
Before being elected Governor Of
Texas he was Sheriff OF Mcclellan County,
and was also delegate to the Constitu-
tional Convention and n member of tho
Texas State Senatc.-NeD York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05
GrIndIng Out Do..ors BY wholesale.

report mas Dcen made by tho Illinois
State Board of Health on Medical Edu.
cation, and much that is interesting is TO
DO found in it. II is cheering to see that
there has been suck decided advance
made in the training of physicians during
the last ten years. In 1882 there were
but thirty-two medical colleges in the
United States that cxactcd educational
requirements for entering upon tho study
OF medicine; in 1882 there were 1O1 out
of 116, and now there aro III out of
l26. In 1882 there were but nine col
legcs in the United States that required
attendance on three or moro COURSES Of
lectures; in 1886 the number was %, in
1889 1t was 81, and now it is 81. The
average duration of tho lecture terms
also has been notably increased. The
good results accomplished may be
ascribcd to the State Boards of Health,
to the practitioners of three schools of
medicine, represented in tho American
Medical Association, the National Insti-
tuto OF Homeopathy and tho National
Eclectic Medical Association, and to II
public feeling that the average doctor of
the present day should know more than
he docs. There are altogether too many
medical schools in this country, and not
less than eight have been started during
the last two years. 1t is n small minority
only of the present schools that are prop
erly equipped for medical teaching, and
the majority of our schools in order to
get students must hold out inducements
that cast stigma upon medical training
and diplomas in the United States. For
tunately some of the schools die. In the
present Illinois report arc named 140 OK
tinct medical colleges, including eighteen
that were fraudulent; there are yet four
fraudulent schools and three that have
suspicion stamped upon them. This is
the only country on earth where there arc
more dead than living colleges, and the
only one in which medical diploma mills
flourish rs business organizations. Nos,
of the new medical colleges are in tho
South, which is already rich in medical
colleges. Atlanta has four, and LOUIS.
vile, which had four, now has five. In
addition to its real estate boom Chat.
tanooga has Il new medical college; Knox.
Vile has one also; Memphis, which Ill
ready had one too many, now has two.-
Neo Hrren (Conn) Courier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05
Tho Earth's Fuel Pile.

Tho coaticlds of Belgium, Holland,
Switzerland, Denmark, Germany and
Bohemia arc estimated to cover an area
of 60, 900 square miles; those of Austria,
Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece, 3d.
0C0 square miles; those of Russia are
uncxplored, but she has already surveyed
220o square miles. In 1883 the collier
les of Kursk Kharkow, the sea of Azoy,
Donetz produced l 800, 900 tons of coal,
and in 1889 the output had risen to
about $3.50, 600 tons. Japan is also
well supplied with coaliclds in process
of Development.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-29
Snakes United.


The following from a Georgia
paper show that there is some in.
trinsic worth in snakes.
Here is a pointer for farmers who
use high-priced gnano. A citizen
cf Newton district says that while
lie was putting il guano last spring
to plant cotton, he killed q black
smoke six feet long. Not knowing
anything the snake was good for, he
concluded to experiment a little.
and see If snakes would make a good
fertilizer. He put the snake in Q
fusroW where no gnano had been
scattered. drove down stake at each
end Of tile snake, pas guano in tile
balance OF the row, but uoac where
The snake was. This row was plan.
ted and cultivated just like The
balanc of The row, and it grew six
inches higher than the others. II
may be that some enterprising man
will profit by this mans experience,
and 60 to catching aud grinding up
snaks, aud by onoiher year black
snake guano will be placed On the
market.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-29

NO AL
Weekly vgeasheE-Crop EsHlaetHh
HOnisfsants yyeafaer. Service,

Reports from North Louisiana
indicate that corn planting, that
had been retarded by excessive
rains oflast week, had again com.
menced lnder the generally fayora.
Bile temperature conditions,
Tie week, was slightly cooler
than ushalin North Louisiana and
slightly warmer than usuaiin South
Louisiana. The amount Of sunshine
received was less than. the average
for the season, hut the clondipess
was anaceohpaaied ky rain except
ID past. twenty.Fonr hours, when
light rains aggregating from 3
sprinkle 10 half an inch wers
reported, the latter amounts falling
in North Louisiaha,
Some hardy vegetation flat was
not entirely killed BY the freeze Of
March ] 3rd is reported as recover.
ing rapidly. In Central LQuisiana
generally favorable conditions prs.
vailed: about 4 fourth of an. inch of
rain fell with normal temperature
ard b deficiency Of sunshine.
Preparing the soil Cor planting Of
cotton and corn is we'll hnder way.
The observers from river parishes
report claminy condition Of the
soil ana II lack df snnshina fir
drying purposes.
In the sugar region reports are
geLerhEly favorable as regards tho
effect Of the weather on tile cane.
The frosted canes are coming ous
nicely with encouraging prospects.
and plant cane presents q Hue
appearance generally.
ct is reported from Tefrebonoe
that it ii now apparent that the
freeze Of March l.3rd killed uame-
rous orange and other 'fr1ft trees.
From tho Florida parishes REPORTS
are received indicating that q
vegetation il rapidly recovering
from the late freeze.
WEEKLY RAINFALL REPORTED.
Shreveport. Is Minden. 0z,
Liberty Hill 3B2, Citard. 2S.
Grand Cane. 40, Monroe. So, Vicks.
burg. 58, Columbia. IL, MatksvilIe.
So, Paincoartville. 2,25. Hammond.
Is, Lafayette. 81. Sugar Experiment
Station. 42, Edgord 90, New Or.
leans, a sprinkle, rhihodeaux. 43,
and Hoama. 46 of.an inch.
r. e. KERkAm.
Signal Corps, Director.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-29
En1orce tlae Laws,

That sterling paper tie Tensas
Gazette has l4le following to say
Of affairs ID that parish and point
out the vital necessity Of furnishing
crime in all Instances by the ageA.
cy Of ihe law.
As humillating as The admission
may be, il is nevertheless the truth.
that the law has not been enforced
with Us as it should have been.
Offence after offence has been either
not punished at all. Or the punish,
meat has been wholly itcoinmensu,
rate with tho crime. The natural
aud logical consequence Of this state
of affairs Is that tie law has fallen
into contempt. and the iawIess
neither IN the coutemplationt nor
commission OF their acts are deter
red By the fear that The strong arm
Of the law may fall upou them.
The fear Of the legal consequences
does not appear to .en1er into the
| calculation Of any one Inclined f1
intractions Of tho peace and ii. IL
foil time 70 call q bait, and fall
time for the law 10 assert itself and
10 restore d feeling Of c6nEdeDco
and security which has been sadly
shaken.
| 1t would be both idle and useless
now to inquire where tbe responsi.
billy for this atate Of affairs. rests.
| Perhaps we are all more or less 10
blame. Perhaps public segtimcnt
is somewhat at fault Howeves
that may bes The living burning
issue just now, is TO make it pateut
10 the most unobserying mind. thai
llencefOrth the Law will be enforced
20 its fullest extent. Enforced nnti
every human being within iht
boundary lines Of this parish Il
assured that tile law will, aud doe
afford him protection from Iawles:
! ness aud yioleuee Of every kind
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-29

* down east editor offered .
prize of $50 and d years snbscrip
tion for tie best written proposal
II marriage from q young ledy f
him. He picked out nicely writ
Zen, elegantly composed opislle Lon
d beautiful and wealthy widow, an
swered il accepting The proposal
and threatened her with a breacl
Of promise suit. andfinally scared hci
into marrying him-Ex.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-29
u ElairaHs Il iHslsusnIx d aLie.

81.
The following poem BIZ pr. q. 4. Doziel
in the Rome ga. Herald. tiissifates SON
of the earlier inaginings of Hfe
4 usedsto thfsTk whenI was young.
And my heart was free from guile,
That there was grief il every tear
And joy III every smile.
But thinking now of wiiatI think,
Itlfink I thunk b lfe.
4 used to think about myself,
And think that1 weald BE
IA governor. or a president,
Or goneral like Ice.
Butt haTe waited lphg Iii yair.
Whist years rolled slowly by,
And thinking now Of what 4 thunk,
i think thunk allie.
The.honest tiEler Of tire e6fI,
When marketing his crops,
Takes pains toput theiripe and best
Alwags'upon the ton.
I used to think those honest fhen
Would neyercheat or try;
Butthinking now of whatI thunk,
think thunk lie.
The Editors, lordly set,
Who live on milk and honey
They we mother else on earth to do
Bnt write and rake in money.
Leastwise, that Way used to think,
But now it makes me cry,
To thinksof what / thunk,
And BBwI think i thunk al lie
The lawyers, tool used to think
Oh: God forgive the thought
That their convictions df the right
Could not by knav6s be bought;
That they wouldn b client rob,
Or Eselln him or the sly.
But thinking now of what I thullk,
/ think thunk a lie
The dry goods naen are honest, too;
q'hey swear they sell at cost;
used to think they told the truth,
And all'their profits lost.
thought a.yard was full three feet
Don't ask my reason why,
But thinking now of what thuuk,
tnink1 thunk q lie.
The niggera, too, used 70 think.
If once they were set free.
Would make good, honest citizens.
Like white folks used tobe
But they have wandered far freih grace
The chickens still roost high,
And thinking now Of what thunk,
gthink think a lie.
1 used to think the town police,
With all his bIne and brass,
Would never sleep upon his post
Norleta criminal pass.
Thaton blind tigers they would keep
An'ever watchf0l eye
But thinking now of what thlila,
I think thunk lie.
4 nsed to think the poor Ohinee
Was worse than "Melieanp man;
That we should missionaries send
With civilization s plan.
But thinking now Of latepven5s
Beneath cur Southern sky;
4rather think fiat what thunk
Was wusserf than q lie.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-29

A negro, while blowing IN field
eight miles below Nashville. Ark.
uacarllied a jng containing. $4,000
10 gold. Finding that be could not
carry the jnS. ho put $IC0 in his
pocket. and started for a vehicle.
feeling richer than Jay Gould. IN
the fnllness Of his joy,, be told of bis
good fortune, aud whe he retnlped
tho 7ag and contents could be found