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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
Fatal End OF n Feud.

NASHVILLE TENN" AUG, AT
Athens. Ala, this morning. difficulty
occurred between Bruce Hoffman. a son
of DR.. ]. r. Hoffman, and Clytus Clan
tom. n young man from near Elk RIVER!
Herman was shot through the hea'I
and killed. whuc Glanton was severely
cut. Glanton was ARRESTED and LODGED
I'm fail. A feud had existed between the
two young men for some time.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
q cp,N AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

RICHMOND, VA, August ., Io85 u
Offerings Wheat. sSi bushels corh' 90
bushels. 90 hnshels
Quotations Wheat-iongberry,o Oc 70 70 |:
No > rad s.s' Corn-White, prime Virginia
bag lot.S. lsc; No. white !sc-; No; mixed n a.
sSc 10 .sc. Oats-Winter for seed, Sc. 10
SIC. No. mixed. sic. 20 sitc-: NO. miAsu'
e9c to S0c. Rye, &c. to $50.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
NEW YnRK pRnnIrcE MARKET


NEW YORK. Aug. 25-Flour weak and
,ull; prices unchanged. Southern floui
dull. weak and unchanged. Wheat fairly
active and hr7n; No red store and el-
vator. eCI4g0I, anoat 06NQG7. OptioL.
opened weak and declined u to ;.
cent. rallied, 2and closed frmat "a
+, cent over yesterday and fairly 10
tive; March. slAs; Aug, e.; Sept. 6'-Sl
Oct, 10. Corn dull and weak; No 4j IN
elevator: iUqi. af1oat: Options declined
%Qas cent. rallied A9ss. and closed steady.
Nith moderate trade; Aug, 45b; sept ,
"a: oct. 45yA. Oats fairly active am
arm: Options quiet and firmer Aug, 29H
Sept, 30. oct, 30h. Nov. 81; No white
Oct 80: Spot: No ., 29hdS. No white
32lsQ33 mixed western, 3o932; white CO..
$500. Wool steady and quiet; Domestic,
fleece. 2o42s pulled. 1928 Beef steady
Family, ll9l2: extra mess, $1.5odS. B@ 4
hams duh at sl7.5O. Tierced beef steady
City extra India mess, 15Ql7. Cut meat,
steady and quiet Lard easier and dull
Western steam closed $SC0dG5: clty,SI
81. Refined easier; Continent, S9.95; ). A
snGO: compound, Tsg1H. Pork firm and
fairly active; New mess, Sl4oOa lo.-o
Cotton seed oil dun but steady. Petroleum
dull and easier Rosin duh but steady.
Turpentine firm but scasce at 2bg261S
Rice Arm and in fair demand; Domestic
fair to extra. 219Q5ls; Japan. 4hptA
Molasses. Foreign nominal New Orleans
duu ana unchanged Peanuts dull. Coffee
Options opened steady and closed fra
Spot Rio firm and in fair demand; No 1
10 cents. Sugar; Raw fairly active, steady
ann unchanged: Refined firm, active
and unchanged. Freights 20 Liverpool
frmer but quiet; Cotton. I'D; graz 3btd.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

WASHINGTON, d. c. Aug 5.-Surgeon
General Wyman, OF the Marine Hospital
service received a telegram from surgeon
Hutton at Brunswick, Ga, stating that
about 1850 whites and 400 blacks only
are left in that city. The destitution, he
says. will be very great unless something
is done very soon. --s
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

IKepOTteI Tor tDe III8IlIHl.
NORFOLK, August 25.-Marxet dull Prime
2Ac.; extra prime. &C.; fancy, Sac.
reports from southampton are generally
gratifying about the condition Of the new crop.
though some farmers say there has been too
much rain.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
Per Silver Coinage.

WASHINGTON. d. C. Aug. 25-Secre
tary Carlisle sent to the House to-day a
letter recommending the appropriation OF
$4,000 fes continuing the recolnage OF
fractional silver coins. The secretary
asks that the appropriation be made
available Immediately.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
F,tension of Quarantine.

WILMINGTON. NC. August &.--The
bonrd az health Of Wilmington met to-
day and declared quarantine against
Atlanta and Columbus. Ga, because OF
the number of refugees at those places
from fever infected ports.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
, .4.H.,ra FORECAST.

WASHINGTON, u. c.. August 70 For.
cast for Virginia, southwesteriy "i'''
and fair weather r-.,.,a
North Carolina ana south 49,.
northeastersv winds. with rain ON the
coast. possibly increasing 10 gales Sat
urday night; preceding hurricane cen.
tire moving north; fair weather IN NV
tntsgior. - s--s ---- .
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
msy- VOTING MEMS CHRISTIAN

ASSOCIATION Main ana Sixth stree's>.-
Young meme meeting At o'clock. Special
music Instrumental ami vocal.
Sunday-school lesson Iono week In advance)
taught az 5:l5 O'Clock.
Young men. strangers aud residents, Invited
Reading-room open SUNDAY EVENING from
1880 TIL 10 o'clock. -.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
THE COTTON MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, 1890 =. M-Cotton ouli
free supply offering; prices unchanseu'
American middling nominal at AZ. Sales,
,n0o bales: American. $500; speculation
and EXPORT 800. Receipts. 1000; American
200. Futures steady; demand moderate;
Aug-Sep., 4 G-Gi; Sep-Oct.. G-6f; OCT
Nov. 6-Gia7-G4; Nov-Dec., 7-d54S-H /;
Dec-Jan., 4 9-Gi; Jan-Feb., 4 1o-Gta 81 {;
Feb-Mar.4 12-G4; Mar-ApL.4 14-G4. Tend
ers 200 bales new dockets and 100 Old
p. N. Aug..4 G-G4.sellers; Au ,.s..,
G-G4 sellers: Sep-Oct. 5-6i.buyers !;
Oct-Nov., 4 5-Gfg6-Gi; Nov-Dec''4 oh
sellers: Dec-Jan.. 7-6iG9-N' Jan-r eo.'
4 100. buyers; Feb-Mar., l2-6f'sellers,
Mar-Apl. l3-Ggl4-GL Futures ciossu
quiet and steady. ,,. ,,.,.
Treasury balances: Coii"
currency, SS1GGOOO.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
Ranks Resumed Business.

SAN BERNARDINO. CAL. Aug. 25-
The Farmers Exchange National Bank
was reopened yesterday.
RIVER FALLS, WIS., Aug. 25-The
Bank OF River Falls, which suspended a
week ago, resumed business yesterday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
piy- PTNE-STREET BAPTIST

CHURCH corner Pine aud Aibomsris streessl--
Rev. J. b. bUrsos. Pastor.--Prcacbing SrSDAv
at IL A. ". No services at night. sunday
ecaool at A. NJ Prayer.mseting WEDNESDAY,
NIGHT at 81 o'clock. Young peoples meeting
FRIDAY MIGHT at Sls O'clock Welcome 10 all y
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

CHICAGO, ILLS. Aug. 25--A conserva-
tive estimate places the total loss by yes
terday's fire IN South Chicago at $500 600:
The heaviest loss was on the Creek Coal
Company's dock. which was damaged to
the extent OF $i25.0O0.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

CHURCH corner Grove avenue and beecn
etreetsl-Rey. J. c. HIDES. d. d., Pastor. -
Presenting SUNDAY by the Psssor at ii A. y
and S'I5 Y. IA. and "WEDNESDAY a. x1S r. -
seats tree aud the public invited. u
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

No other house DOES-ENER
DID-Or EVER WILL sell such
STERLING QUALITIES at sucl
LOW PRICES as WE quote.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
Movements OF the President

WAsHHGITON, August President
Cleveland is expected to return here Sat-
urday night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

and for ALI the conditions that lead to 1t,
this il positive and proved remedy.
Consumption is Lung-Scrofula You must
depend upon the blood for cure. The " DIS
coveryn reaches it, through thu blood as
nothing else can. Not only this, but tsre'y
form of Scrofula. In Consumption, Weak
Lungs. Severe Lingering Coughs, Asthma,
and oil Bronchial, Threat and Lung Aifec-
tons, it is guaranteed to benefit or cure, or
yOur money Is returned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
Lost In CbIca go.

CHICAGO, ILL, August 25.-MIary
Shacklett. aged seventy years, of the promi-
nent Virginia family OF Herndon. came
here 70 meet and marry Californian and is
now reported lost
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
cay SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
pas- GgOyE-AvENUE BAPTIST

corner Main ana Sixth street).--Rev. w. w.
LAsDRUh. ID. D.. Pastor. Services 1t IL A. N.
No Sunday night services during July aud hu-
gust. to
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
n.y.. CENTENARY METHODS

CHURCH Grace street between Fourth and
Filth strsetsl.-Rev. X. y. SLBDD, ID. d.. pastor.
Preaching AZ / A. VI. and s:l0 r. NJ. oy ne
pastor. strangers arc always welcome. Seats
free. 70
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
HILL HAS THE FLOOR.
ms DIAGNOSIS or TINE C0USTRry
MONETARY MALADY.
=, differs Somewhat from that OF MI.
Mech House Speak
ing TO Empty Benches.

WASHINGTON. II. G., Aug, 25.-At
tc close Of the routine morning bust
,..,s IN tho senate to-day which compri-
"a 10 matter OF public interest except
tie presentation Of communications from
g., treasury department adverse 70 any
4, .,.ial legislation IN rgard to penalties
OIL ile whiskcy tax Mr. Hill addressed
r.s rhair and was recognized lie
yielded. however. 90 Mr. Vest. who sent
q. fts clerks desk ana had read a com
r...lration from the dtrectofof the mint
,.lur statistics as 10 'hc purchase. COS;
Id. clnace 81 silver. Mr.. li.l then re-
b rr1 tho moor ana began his speech.
a.. opening paragraph Of which attract
q much attention.
There were those. Mir HN said. who
e. not wholly agree with ne Ttrrident
. fs daeuos.V of the malaiy affecting
.f. l,lv u..fi-. and who ma not has
OIL. j.ir with him iu thc rosy conclusion
I...a financial ru'crium s. 60 come The
D. .u.ut thc sherman law is removed.
...r. ,yrra some who had gwen thes ub-
d.. ..tt.rlln who believed the cause Of
O.. present depression was deeper than
cd l.,ou1 ihr sherman bin. ana that
'f f.-, chm me country pnUit-
..t..,..l as.d, The financial policy that
"a t..n see guide since the foundation
tu. government The existing financial
..... ...u..s. Alr Iul found. were attrib-
3d. g., .l ZOO distinct rauees. First
3D.. ,4,Yr.i ana ircvitalls reqult
.... ~ r.,l ~ c.,i,to,,e ,,r,s-
.t.. .
va ''' P','."'
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49,.
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'' .''''"S "S "'"'u
'' .\ th'Ii sac ut'h MN
- Ii'.' Gu.'i ana suIih,SS IN
Will" he spoke ana the
''1 was paid u the speech
'.""i ana ga the galleries.
crowded.
...ls- of bis speech Mr.. Ilhl
- asserted that IN" President
hostility To- independent Tree
image. was disposed an one tiIne
.I.a favor 90 "rlhl'so" IN the
,rr sherman law, which hid
..'r."'It "r means by which
e.."IF. Raj been defeated.
.'s Do. SD or mot. the fact re-
i'I ESCAPED s'iF"tIoh
.tr Democratic national plat
.'..l t1r Sherman la" ana
f.I Aide H'uh'rd IL nor
... ,..stirt"-yet Mr Cleveland
' speech delivered at Mddl-
Garden. New York, IN an
tf
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

H'- N.t+-AnN Va s++'NAN
Dir .Josssh Ooen N M spoke Ip.fa.Y .;
fsa coinage. br. Compton CDeuE, I'D
ati that he had heen N favor 81 RTy'e
r..as.,e q silver. sbut his opiniOns Aed
Convictions had changed. and he wscsd
'.w vote FOR the unconditional repeal
90, purchasing clause Of the act Of 1850
Money MISS said that he had come
. Washington prepared 10 vote for re-
i, hut since ne had been here he haa
changed his 'front.' II not his views. and he
Intended 20 vote against the repeal oil
purchasing clause OF the sherman
law. Dir. Dnrborrow dem. Ils) argued
t.' the United States alone could not
i..t free coinage.
Nr Springer followed lie said. ! at
H..ie the actual condition which now
casts Ga the country 10 three control
4r and funds mental causes. First, the
''.ff legislation since the war, the pro-
HVr tariff laws, which are imposing
nous burdens upon the people OF
ve country 90 protect fayOfite interests
There has been oyer-production by this
inaaturai stimu ant there has been over
rowing, over trading, OYer-drafting
@.l mus inevitable disaster.
the second cause. la my judgment. for
ne present financial condition IL found
i1 the demonstration Of silver In 1873.
ati the third cause. the authority given
lf The Sherman act 10 purchase 400.
,J OgBces Of SILVER each month and issue
treasury notes thereon. which Treasury
t'tes. under the ruling OF the Treasury
apartment. are redeemable in gold.
There are. OF course, other causes which
hgbt be referred 10. but these three.
seems 10 ms. are those most respon.
t.hie.
We have been called together
~ tbs President IA sxirs0fdiaAxs sAs'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

For Colo. Diarrhea, Dysentery, Cholera
Morbus and Cholera Infantum, take DR..
Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart Weed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
,ssy-FOURTH. STREET RApTrST

CHURCH-Rcy. II. y. WILLIAMS. Pastor.-
Preaching at IL A. II. and 3 +. NJ. sunday
school at 9la A. n. 70
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
uEATuA.

REANEY. at the residence Of I'd.
ward G. Marshall. near Vernon Mills. Ia
fauquier county, Va, SUNDAY. August
55th ear of his age.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

r.y- BARTON HEIGHTS BAPTIST
CnURCH-Prcaching by the Pastor, Rev. X. II.
! PITT, ID. d., on SUNDAY at ia A. ". Prayer.
meeting WEDNESDAY At 4. n. Seats free
| All Welcome. u
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
ps,s~ TRINITY METHODIST EPIS

COPAL CHURCH, SOUTH corner OF Broad and
Twentieth streets).-Preaching at III A. M.
Wednesday-night service az SID O'Clock. sun
day school at g:15 A. VI. Cordial invitation "
ALL seats free "
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvements ana
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence ID due to its presenting
IN the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of aperfect lax
alive; efIectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and levers
and permanently curing constipation:
II has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
pists in SOC and 81 bottles, but It is man
nfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrupot ffgs
and being well informed, you wiH NOV
accept any substitute II offered.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
,,opuoND sTOCE MARKET.

psro,,,d by Messra John l.; Williams q
snn. EanRsrs, corner Tenth and Main
'"''' RICHMOND. VA. August 90 1854
9 CONVENIENT sEcUsIrlEa oa' h'"e"
- no ,ooC .,.,..., lllH go.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

DOCK AND JOB WORK NEATLY
~ lH.xx5Se0gxwA9 Tks psafA 2ok San@
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26

CHARLESTON, S .C.,Aug. 25--Turpen-
Inc flrm at 23'5 asked. Rosin firm at 80
tents for good strained.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-26
The leading feature. ranged a. follows.
WILMINGTON.

WILMINGTON. y. C.. Aug. 25.-Rosin
.eady; Strained. Is; good strained, so
eurpentIne steady at %. Tar firm at s1.OO.
Crude turpsntine steady; Hard, Sl.0O;
loft and Virgin, S1.40.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-20
A New Photographic Process,

An effective and greatly simplifed
method Of producing Il Photographic
representation in the form Of an in,lglo
engraving, or, as it is generally called, u
"photogravure,' is being introduced.
The new method is intended to reduce
the time occupied in the process, which
usually takes many days to Il few hours,
and TO dispense entirely with the supple
mentary aid of the sBillful engraver.
It's essential feature lies in the fact that
the picture, instead of being obtained
from graduated depth of the engraving,
is produced from u sunken surface Of
uniform depth, the gradations of light,
half tone and shade being effected by
minute lines and stipples of varying
thickness, but of uniform distance apart
from center to center.
The picture is made up Of equidistant
stipples, varying from microscopic
point up to size where they coalesce in
a solid black, the half tones consisting of
stipples about 1-400th of an inch in di-
ameter. If a coarse stipple is used the
effect varies from that Of mezzotint and
approaches more nearly that Of Il line Of
engraving, the light shades being made
up of perceptible lines and stipples, like
the effects of a steel or copper plate en-
craving of equal texture.-Pittsburg
Dispatch
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-20

The poetry Of shopping comes in with
those shoppers who are starved for ex-
citement, variety and beauty at home.
1t is not lawful; they have no right to do
it; but they have no society to satisfy a
hunger for tho beautiful with jewels
and fine dresses on others il not on
themselves. They cannot afford the
theaters; they go to the shops. They
look at the laces and long; they
go to the embroidery counters and
fancy; they educate themselves in the
matter of india shawls; they seek the
silkroom, brilliant with gas lights and
electric lights, and look ut brocades fit
for the court of a princess, at silks whose
hamboyant scarlets burn in the illumi-
nation, whose tender blue is the blue of
spring skies half robbed Of rain, whose
green is the breaking wave Of the sea,
whose violet is the hue of mountains far
away in autumn mists, and they picture
themselves or those they love robed and
radiant in these tissues. And if the poor
shopman is weary when they go away,
they themselves are refreshed for Il long
season of further denial and renuncia-
tion.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-20
A LITERAL MINDED MAN.
An Interested Spectator who Took Po-
litical Story In Good Faith.


The most curious person in the audi.
ence of n story teller is The literal minded
man. When General Dix ran for gov.
ernor there was great discussion as tc
his age. IL was one of the controversies
of the canvass His opponents claimed
that he was too old to fulfill the functions
of the office. Singularly enough, the
biographical dictionaries differed about
ten years. | was making u speech al
Wptertown to n very big audience. J
was running at that time as a liberal
Republican for lieutenant governor upon
the same ticket with Francis Herman. II
was an immense outdoor audience. IL
front of me stood man who watched
me during the three hours of that speech
for the purpose of catching mo on some
material point.
finally took up the question of Gen.
eral Dix's age, gave the dates Of the va.
rious biographical dictionaries and en-
cyclopedias, and based u theory on how
old he must have been in the war of 1912,
where he was a lieutenant, and finally
said that the only really authentic data
had been revealed by some recent re.
searches in the colonial records of Mas
sachusetts. II had been discovered that
when the pilgrim fathers landed on Ply.
mouth rock they found General Dix
standing on that historic spot and shout
ing that unless they made him u justice
of the peace he would go over and join
the Indians, the point Of which was that
the general had changed his politics sev.
eral times, and every time he got Oh Office.
Ny critical friend saw his opportunity
and grasped 1t Mt once. He sprang up
with shout that could be heard to the
Canadian border, "Mr. Depew, that Is q
her' looked ut him for q moment TO
see whether he had swallowed the bait,
and found that no had taken it in hook
and line, bob and sinker. whole and nll
Then I stepped to tho front Of the plat.
form and said with great emphasis and
indignation, Sir, have told that his
toric anecdoto from Montauk point to
Niagara falls to hundreds Of thousands
Of the Intelligent and educated people Of
this great commonwealth, and You are
the only man who over had the audacity
to deny it."
"It amt true, Mr.. Depew," he repeat.
ed, because that happened moro than
$50 years ago" / was told when in
Watertown Last fall that although this
happened in 1872 that man had never
been able to como into town since
Chauncey NJ. Depew in New York
World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-20
Tho Rise and Fall OF Families.

A family, like a race or n nation, does
indeed bud. flower and run to seed, and
the seed must be transplanted to new
soil in order to bud and flower again.
Now part of the foolish ancestorship
Of the past resulted in the creation Of
aristocracies built on the foundation
Of an illustrious ancestor. We are get
ting wiser and better We are putting
our aristocracies closer to tho primal
source. We are learning no longer to
respect man because his ancestor was
better than himself, but because he him
self is an ancestor. The farce Of royalty
is played out; the farce of rank and
caste is in moribund condition. All
men will soon learn to laugh at the
claims of long descent. Many men
laugh at them now. And this in itself
is an immense step in advance.
Snobbery, vulgarity, pretension-these
hideous traits will soon be of the past.
Our grandchildren, freed from the alb
surd ideas, the absurd restrictions of
semisavage inception, will be larger,
more generous, more tolerant-better, in
short, than ourselves. Fresh and vigor-
Gus blood will intermix with the worn
out descendants of great men, and in
due time greater men from the stock
will be born to the future. Every sue
ceeding age sees tho abandonment of
some superstition which has checked the
progress and development of the race in
the past.-William s. Walsh in New
York World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-20
A Novel Diving He'll.

Archibald Price, one of the pioneer
settlers Of Kanawha valley, West Vir-
ginia, was making maple sugar in a
grove across the river from his house,
when he caught sight of three Indians
sl1ullrng in the vicinity. "The var
mintsl' he said TO himself. 80 they
mean TO pounce on me when I've two
pals o sap aboard"
He was just starting for some of the
moro distant trees. OF course he changed
his purpose on the instant, but he was
quick witted enough to give no sign of
the fact, and for few moments busted
himself about the boiling place, whistling
merrily.
If he set off across the river in his
canoe, the Indians would pursue and
shoot him. He had u brother who was
sea diver. From him he had learned
something about diving bells, and he
now took u sudden resolve TO mako his
kettle serve him in that capacity. He
emptied it, but in such way that an
observer at little distance would have
supposed he was filling it from tub
standing near.
As soon as it was emptied he lifted it
quickly, and hurried down the river
bank, where he raised it, in an inverted
position, over his head, the rim resting
on his shoulders and walked into the
water. The bank was steep, and the
water was soon up to his shoulders.
Keeping a firm hold of the kettle, he
proceeded. The water got deeper and
deeper until it was several feet over the
top Of the kettle.
The improvised diving bell answered
its purpose excellently, supplying air for
him to breathe until he emerged on the
home side of the river.
SO Mr.. Price saved himself and his
iron kettle from falling into the hands
Of the savages.- Companion.