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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

/ shook like leaf, aud my teeth kept ca
clsshing, aud the girl was so white.
faced End made such efforts to keep her
feet that expected to see her sink down
every instant. The two men showed
their heads above the rail at the same in.
slant, aud our two guns made but one
report. They were loaded with swan
shot, and the men were dead before
they struck the sands. The others raised
a yell aud retroated to the woods, and ]
fired second shot to accelerate their
pace. Emma did not faint. On tho con.
trary, she grew cool and calm, and afte,
three or four minutes went to the
cabin to report. There was dead man
on each side of the ship, and there lay
the AK where Dean had dropped it as h,
started for cover. threw over u rope
and slid down, and secured the AK, aud
was hardly safe on deck again when
Dean hailed from the woods. 1t was to
say that the men were only on lark,
aud that they meant no evil to anyone
They were truly sorry for what had hap
pened and begged the privilege of com
ing aboard.
We wero on guard all night, and al
satisfied that we could beat them of
whenever they attempted to board. Bu
about sunrise the American hailed III
from the cover of tho bushes to beg for
giveness and asked to be taken aboard
This the captain would not consent to
even though he argued that they hat
probably had enough of it and wer,
honest in their promises. They might
mean well enough then, but as soon as
they got ut the brandy cask again there
was no telling what they might do.
How the adventure might have turned
out if we had been besieged for several
days and nights l can't say, but hell
came to us that very afternoon in the
| shape OF n French Government vessel
engaged in surveying and charting the
islands. The brig was abandoned as s
total loss, and we were landed at zauzi.
bar. The Frenchman refused to at
tempt the capture of the men ashore,
but later on British man-of-war COB
bled the whole gang, burned the wreck,
and the fellows were taken to the Cap,
and got long terms of Imprisonment
G. B. Lewis, in New York Sun
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
Nnlkin.On Wnter.

Walking on the water has been nc.
complished by at least two Englishmen-
Captain Terry and Professor G.. w. Old.
reyie--both of whom use specially made
floats.
Captain Terry in 1889 walked on the
Thames from Barnes to Mortlake in Eng
land ut the rate of nearly four miles an
hour, aud intimated an in! ention of walk.
ing across the English Channel from
Dover to Calais, but that walk has not
come.
Professor Oldrcvie, who is the cham.
pion water walker of the world, hns
made several successful exhibitions of
his power both in Europe and in this
country. He successfully breasted the
Niagara rapids, walking on the rapids
through Hunter Falls in the presence oil
mo-e than 5000 spectators.
He also performed daring ana dan.
gerous feat in Boston Bay on July 81,
1889. On that occasion he started on q
trial trip across Hulgut. Three or four
harbor boats passed near him, aud he
was Obliged to take their wash, but
Notwithstanding this he accomplished
sAN ASos SuShy ~ Iuc
distance being about quarter of a mile.
Then the professor was taken into Mr.
Cunniff's steam yacht which steamed
away with him for his next trip. He
was lowered into the water aud at once
turned his face toward the main land.
So rough was the sea that the break.
ers hid him from view nearly half the
time. The yacht followed as closely as
possible, her occupants momentarily ex-
pecting to see the profess IT disappear
beneath the surface aud never rise.
After plucky struggle distance of five
miles was successfully covered, aud Pro-
lessor Oldrevie made successful land
ing at point near Strawberry Hill.
The wooden floats on the professor 4
feet were square boxes of cedar four feet
long, furnished at the top with recesses
for the feet. and in the bottom with a
series of collapsible paddles, hinged to
swing horizontally and on the back ward
push present fiat surface like the mem.
brane of ducks foot. Toledo (Ohio)
Com mercial.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
A Roman Uso OF Lomon.

Did you ever hear of the Roman
cure for malaria? / would advise a
iudicious preparation for anathema
maranatha, when about to admins.
ter the dose; it will give the marble
Venus a wry face, but 1t is claimed to
have cured stubborn cases Allow
one pint of water to ono lcmon-fou,
lemons make sufficient for many 4
Eose; cut up the lemons, rind, pulp
and all, in the water and boil and
boil until the whole is reduced to one
pint; a teaspoonful before each meal
Is the dose.
On hot mornings, when appetite
tails and the sight of food disgusts
one, try sliced lemons for a breakfast.
Peel carefully, remove every particle
Of pith, slice dc wn instead Of across,
Into deep glass saucer and strew
literally with sugar.
Do not, pray, be induced at this
season of the year to save your lem.
pns. Baltimore News
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
Eating Rats.

We have tasted the rats which have
iun riot in isolated wheat ricks, and we
can conscicntious!y aver that they are
both sweet and succulent. Their flesh
is white as that OF swcetbread, and has
unquestionably more flavor. We under.
stand that field mice are still moro deli.
cate, and, considering the simple and
wholesome habits of their virtuous lives,
we can we'll believe it. The "English.
man in Paris" speaks of a salmi served
soon after the beginning of the siege of
Commune, and the very memory of il
seems to have made his mouth water.
Yet the town mice scarcely gave the ex.
pertinent fair trial, for they had been
snared on tho bastions between the outer
boulevards and the Notifications. Sat
grday Review.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
Fish Dcstro, in; Commerce.

The fish are being driven out of the
Volga, in Russia, in consequence, It is
believed, of the rapidly increasing trade
in naphtha. This substance is conveyed
in badly built barges, and the leakage is
estimated to be from 100000 to g..
O00,O0 pounds annually. The fish are
decreasing in numbers throughout the
river; and have disappeared from the
vicinity of the boat landings, while OF
those still found in places some kinds
are so strongly favored with naphtha as
to be no longer ea.ablc. Not only arc
the fish killed directly, but the infusor.
ia, flies, mosquitoes, etc., which serve
them as food, are destroyed. Even the
vegetation of the meadows is injured,
and the natives collect the naphtha for
domestic use. Trenton IN. J.l Ameri
can.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
INSECT MuIsAMcEs.
HOW be- cot Rld old Hou,eho,M ro,,..

HOW to Get Rid OF Housch Posts.
In his fourth lecture before the
lowell Institute recently, Professor
Riley discussed the ever timely sub
lect Of household pests. The treat
ment of the subject was practical,
and the remedies given for each
particular pests are worth noting by
the careful housewife. For certain
of the commoner pests, such as tho
oed-bug, tho carpetbeetle, and the
clothes-moth, bcnzine, applied In a
uuo spray by means Of a hand atom
lzer, was stated to be the best remedy,
as in most cases it destroys the insect
in all stages, including the egg. In
using benEine, however, care must be
taken that no fire OF artificial light
Is In the room at the same time, tho
vapor of benzine being highly eXplo-
siVe. For cocllroacheS, bristlc- tails,
or hsh-moths and fleas, the lecturer
recommended u liberal use of pyre-
thrum powder, in the form OF either
Persian or Dalmatian powder or
Buhach. Fleas, he said, are general
ly introduced into houses by dogs or
cats, and the presence Of bed bugs Is
not always a sign of unclcanliness, as
they have been found under the bark
Of trees in the woods, and In country
houses may sometimes be traced to
this source. Keeping premises clean
and dry wds said to be in general a
good preventive of insect pests. The
common house-iiy, with its compli
Gated mouth and its stercoscopic eyes
with 1000 facets, was next discussed,
and the lecturer then passed to an
interesting account of the mosquito.
The eggs of this Insect are laid I'm the
water, and the larva, when Matched,
passes through several molts in tho
same element, the perfect mosquito
finally breaking out from the pupal
skin and flying away on her blood
thirsty mission. The female mosquito
Is tho form which stings, the male
seldom leaving the swamp where he
iwells, and contenting himself with
vegetable juices. In dealing with
the mosquito as a household pest,
good pyrethrum powder Is probably
the best preventive Of its annoyances.
Moistened and made into little cones,
allowed to dry and then burned in a
closed chamber, this powder will
either stupefy or kill, and is one Of
the best means of freeing chambers
from mosquitoes. Touching upon u
theory advanced somo years ago
that mosquitoes by their stings inoc-
ulate the body with malarial poison
the lecturer stated that In his judg-
ment there was no connection be-
tween the two, though the same
t,l.
apt to breed mosquitoes. In tho
case of elephantiasis, however, q
disease prevalent in tropical coun-
tries, and due to a minute organism
known as tllarla, 1t has been we'll
established that the tllaria in Its life
development must needs pass through
the mosquito as an intermediary
host Boston Advertiser.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
FULFILLMENT,

No one fulhlls the plan of his creation.
Who cannot say
That no has led one soul from wilful blind
ness
Into the day.
We may not stand on some high mountain
Summit
With wisdom crowned,
And see a brother lie in human weakness
Low on the ground.
We cannot reach tho blessed land of promise
By one swift flight
but step by step, not hating in our weak
ness,
We reach the light
If we but make ladder of our failings.
And round by round,
Climb up, helping hand outstretching,
Rest will be found.
Our welcome will be warmer. Mt the ending,
If it be known
That we have helped some truygling. faint
ing brother
To stand alone
Florence o. Jones.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
Fire ut Weddings.

Fire Is an essential in some wed.
ding celebrations. In Persia the
service is read in front Of a fire. In
Nicaragua the priest, taking the
couple each by the little fingers,
leads them to an apartment where a
are Is lighted, and there instructs the
bride in her duties, cxtinguishing it
by way OF conclusion. In Japan the
woman l1lndles torch, and the BRIDE
groom lights ono from 1t, the play
things Of the wife being burnt then
and there.
ANOTHER episode in which Texa,
editor was obliged to shoot an enemy
emphasizes the fact that while tn,
pen may be mightier than the sword
1t is not amiss to supplement 1t with
b Winchester rifle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
Drend and IL, MaSin-.

A French agricultural paper has boon
discussing lately tho various substances
used ut different times aud In different
countries in bread making.
In America North and South, rice,
chestnuts, poppy seed ard earth nuts
have all been used, the Indians aud Other
aborigines apparently using any grim
that came to hand in good season; while
in times of dearth powdered white stone,
pounded birch bark and sawdust have
all been utilized. Dried and powdered
fruit, too, such as mulberrics, and mutt
of every kind, have been used at variou'
times down to the present day.
In fact an American company has been
lately started to supply bananas and
plantains prepared for food either dried,
in pulp, or as meal or -four, and for some
time banana flour for pudding and cake,
has been, believe, to be had in London,
These materials can one and all with OK.
ccption OF the Indian famine bread de-
scribed above) be intelligjbly called pal.
atablo, and, at worst, eatnble; buc the
practice mentioned as prevailing in Tar
tary and the extreme north OF Europe, oil
using dried, ground and pounded fish
instead of -four. does not commend itself
to ones English ideas.
Still, even the worst of these is not to
be compared with an awful compound
lately brought back from one OF the Rus.
sian famine districts. The horrible bread
U is produced from birch and other tree
bark, weed said to be of the most un.
wholesome kind, aud sand, to give the
grewsome cake the necessary substance
to enable it to cheat the wretchel con.
sumner into feeling even molnentary
support. This, at best stodgy, heavy
paste of dingy brown, becomes, when
kept, black stony mass of (apparcntly)
petriticd turf, the very idea of which a.
food is nauseating.
One frequently reads of, but ono sell.
dom sees, the revolving mcsses by which
famine stricken populations try to dcaden
tho pangs of starvation, and more
potent method of cvoking sympathy of
useful kind for the hapless Russian peas
ants in their terrible distress than the
sight of this bread it would be hard to
devise.-The Queen.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
Snnkes by tie Million.

Harry V. Gates was down at Linkville
few days ago and tells very strange
"toad and snake" story. If Mr.. Gates
did not stay way above par in the mat
ter of truth and veracity the Gazette
would hardly take the time to repeat the
incidents.
All know that Linkvile is situated just
between Upper and Lower. klamath
Lakes. While walking along tho streets
Of Linkville, wooden sidewalks, of
course, he was surprised to see darling
hither and shither snakes, little, big, old
and young, creeping, crawling every
where, into the hotels, dwellings, stores,
etc. Every knothole presented living
head playing peek-a-boo, or a disap.
pearing tail doing the whipcrackcr"
act. People do not kill them when they
invade their premises, only kick them
out into the street as they would stray
dog or cat. Mr.. Gates says there are
millions of them, and he has photo
graph to substantiate his story. He saw
rolled into one mass bundle Of reptile.
as big as water bucket.
Every year the toads by tho hundreds
OF millions hop along up from Lower to
Upper klamath Lake. They can be seen
everywhere, and Linkville's snakes gorge
themselves from early springtime till
"holding up" season in the foil. Mr..
Gates says if you turn one of them back
toward Lower Klamath he will make one
or two little half-hearted hops and re.
sumo his pilgrimage toward Upper Kla-
math. This occurs year after year and
is another proof chat Orcgon's wonders
are without end.-Heppner (Oregon)
Gazette.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

Moods assistance 1t may DO bost to rendcr IL
promptly, but ono should remember to use
evon tho most perfect remedies only when
NODDED. Tho beet and most simple and gontlo
remedy is the Syrup OF Figs manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Co.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
Drursed tho Baby

Tho London Zoolog cal Garden contain.
now no less than 3, 100 animals.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

Conductor y. ID. l.oomis, Detroit, Mich saws:
Tho effect OF Halls Catarrh euro IL Wonder
inl." Write him about II. Sold by Drugglsts
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
That. what nroushi Tho ra,,orl, =

Cheap fuel and low freights are tho necc..
lines, four railroads, one a complete bolt line,
give Griffith these advantages and brought hor
Tour factories as soon rs tho town WAS laid out
by Jay A. Dwiggins u Co.-Chicago NewF.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

Tho greatest days run of an ocean steam
ship was 5l5 miles
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
When Nature

Epping Forest, England, is the largest
public recreation ground in the world.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

Hindoostan is about 25 times rs large us
tho State of New York.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

Mrs A.-"That cough mixture bought ycs-
terday for baby's cold made her vomit, aud
then made hor 90 stupid feared she had brain
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

Mrs. B.-"My young friond. Dir uoxslo,.
Certain Group euro Is the ons and only cough
remedy for children. Your druggist can yet II
OF any Wholesale medlclno house. 6Oc.M
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

f7V"ucU w ftrf rtuFU
Last week Mcssrs. Morse Bros, proprotors
OF tho VOL known Rising Sun stove Polish,
filled ordcrs from two customera In the West
Tor twenty-threo cars loads of stove polish. A
the shipment to these two houses was 0taD
gross, or 345 tons. Tho Immense business done
by this firm Is u monument to tho industry and
high grade of goods for which thoy have carned
q reputation ct home and abroad.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

Ask your doctor what hap
pens to cod-liver oil when it
gets inside of you.
He will say it is shaken
and broken up into tiny
drops, becomes an emulsion;
there are other changes, but
this is the first.
He will tell you also that
it is economy 10 take the oil
broken up, as it is in SCOTS
Emulsion, rather than bur-
den yourself with this work.
You skip the taste too.
Let us send you an inter
esting book on CAREFUL LIv-
ING; free.
ScorT & DowHn, Chemists. ~, South sth Avsnus,
New York.
Your druggl,, keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of eod.liyer
oi-ull druggists everywhere do. 81.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

WHO surrERs with his liver, con,ipa tion,
bilious Ills, poor blood or dizYino,s-tako
Boccham's pills. or druggists. 20 cents
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
Train Loaded With stove Polish.

There are 10000 miles of overhead tele-
graph wires in London
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

Ii afflicted with soro Dyes uso DIR. Isaac Thomp-
sons EX-SENATOR. Druggists soil ut 10 por bottle
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
THE MUFFIN Y.

HE crew of the brig
Penguin, when we
left tho Cape of
Good Hope for Bonn
bay, consisted o f
Captain, two mates,
steward, ships boy
and ciuht men he-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18

With that he staggered aft to the
cabin and disappeared. Ho was seriously
but not fatally wounded, and while the
Captains wife at once proceeded, under
the Captains directions, to stanch the
flow OF blood, her sister Emma came for.
ward to me. She was very pale, and
her voice trembled, but there was no
cowardice in her eyes.
"Harry, you aud must defcld the
shipi" she said, as she came I'D and
picked up the other fowling piece. "I
know how to shoot, and if they attempt
to come on board we must drive them
back, even if we have to she'd bloodi"
assured her that | stood ready to do
my best, and two or three minutes later
the whole gang OF men broke cover and
came to halt before US. They saw our
heads above the rail, but not our fire.
arms. Dean was carrying the Ak taken
from Chips. They were bit surprised
to ind no ropes at hand, and Dean com.
manded me to throw over couple.
When refused the gang began to curse
and threaten, aud the African sailor called
out in n loud voice that they had done
for Chips aud meant to serve the rest of
us in the same way. Finding me deter.
mined not to assist them in boarding two
men stood against the hull, and the
steward who was light man, spraug On
their shoulders aud grasped the fore.
most channel plates on the port side.
Three others did the same on the star.
board side.
1--WE must shootl" whispered Emma,
as told her what was going on. "You
take that side, and I'll attend to this"
| We were both badly ratified knaw
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-13
UNION PRINTERS HOME.
The Dedication Ceremonies at Colorado
Springs.
ADDRESS BIZ SENATOR GALLINGER.
Reception rendered to George W. Childs-HS Con.
tributiOns Acknowledged the HGme
Vas Started by the Craft.
ADDRESS By SENATOR CALLINGER.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, May 12.-The
Childs-Drexel Home for Union Printers
was dedicated here to-day with appropriate
ceremonies. The building-is located one
mile from the city on an elevation which
overlooks the Garden of the Gods, Pixies
Peak. ManitOu and the Cheyenne Canyon,
and cost $4,000
The dedcatory exercises were preceded
by parade OF military and civic societies
and the printers union.
At the dedication to-day Hon. Ira G..
Sprague. Mayor of Colorado Springs. deliv-
cred the address of welcome on behalf Of
the city, in which he spoke In euogy Of
tho printers and the printers trade, in
stancing many illustriOus men, beginning
with Hurace Greeley, who had been print
ers.
Governor John L. ROutt delivered the adj
dress Of welcome on behalf of the State,
congratulating Colorado on being chosen by
the printers as a site for the building, and
the printers for having selected the most
suitable spot in the country.
hon. George w. Childs. one OF the CO.
donors of the institution, spoke briefly, say
ing that it was Al years ago when the Inter
national Typogra phical Union was estab-
lished. Printers unions had not only spread
the light of education and reason over this
vast continent; they had given to labor a
higher dIgn ity, broader Independence and
all those gu aiities which render it of
greatest worth. The speaker continued,
saying that he had been more or less init
mately associated with printers from his
boyhoOd and naturally sympa thZed with
them, and what little be bad been able to do
TO express respect and admiration for them
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-13
RISE OF THE MISSOURI.
The River Gut Of Its Banks and Great
Damage Feared.

KANSAS, Mo-, May 12.-The Missouri at
this point to-day reached the danger point,
and several families in the bottoms" moved
to places of safety. Harlem. on the other
side Of the river, is in considerable danger
of being flooded, and a number Of people
living near the river banks also
moved to higher ground. If the food
does not subside within forty eight
hours serious damage will result. The
Kansas River is also on the rampage. and
seems to be causing its full share Of dam
age. At Kawsworth the water is even with
the Missouri Pacific tracks. and number of
coIored squatters moved to-day. The bottom
lands near Twenty-fourth-street bridge, on
the ArmOurdale, side were flooded and there
were eight feet of water in the Phoenix
packing-house. The packing-hOuse of
Kingan & Co. was also flooded and a num-
Der of animals were drowned. The signal
service to-day ssued a bulletin advising all
people living in the lOwlands ia this vicinity
to move to places Uf safety.
KANSAS CITY, May II. AT Arrow Rock
(Mo.) in Saline County, the river Overfowed
Its banks and an enormous acreage of crops
is under water. The situation is similar at
Fayette, Mo-, and considerable livestock has
been lost.
GLASGOW, Mo-, May I2-The Missouri
and Grand rivers have OYeThOwed their
banks north Of here, and are now flooding
the fertile section lying between the Biz
Muddy and the west fork of Charlton. This
section is known as tie Big Bottom, and
comprises thousands Of acres of growing
grain, pasture land, etc. The damage will
reach 100000.
VICKsBURG, May 12.-The break in the
Arkansas leyee which occurred to-day is
widening rapidly. 1t is now 1900 feet in
width and it is cutting fast. The water
going through is six feet deep.