Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-09-04
LOST rRlses Of ISRAEL.
Legends Pertaining 20 Their wspdsrinx,
Up and Down tho Earth.

Legends Pertaining 20 Their wsoderiuxs
Up and Down tho Earth.
l. may not be Inappropriate to recall
an old legend extsnt among the ortho-
1ox Jews of Russia regarding this sub
ject, and which confirms the report of
the explorer.
Years and years ago. so the story
runs, an exiled jew on the bleak wilds,
Of northern Siberia, In an effort TO
reach an overhapging branch of tree,
placed his foot upon a log floating on
the water. No sooner had his foot
touched the log thnn il seemed inspired
with life and moved rapidly off. bearing
the exile away toward the vast ice fields.
which were plainly visible and plentiful
toward the north. Rapidly the cur
rent swept the log northward, bearing
with it the unfortunate jew, who was
so benumbed with fear and cold that
he was unable to formulate n plan Of
escape from his perilous position.
For three consecutive days and
nights the prisoner chung to the log,
passing through towering fields of ice
bergs and dashing under arches cut by
the current through the sl<y-scrnpinp
AANAco VI ~ OOl illO DSdulllul sun
shine our traveller eventually emerged.
Tho grass was green and the trees were
CARRIED in the splcndor of nature and
birds made merry music on every
branch. People great in numbers were
congregated on either bank of the
stream all dressed i'm holiday railncnt
of the finest texture, but similar i'm
character to the clothing worn by our
ancestors 1000 years ago. The current
of the stream ceased to 'fiow, the log
drifted to the bank and the almost fam
ished and thoroughly frightened trav-
eler repeated Tor the thousandth tire
the Hebrew words, "Shama-Isracl.' -
and in uncertain manner dismounted
from the log.
The inhabitants crowded about, and,
speaking in Hebrew, with which lau-
guage he was thoroughly conversant,
learned of his need of food and restund
supplied these wants, after which they
inquired whence he came and whittier
he was going. Numerous inquiries
were made regarding the people who
lived beyond their circumscribed world.
who IA reciprocity informed him of
Themselves and their mode of living.
which had in nowise changed since
the advent of the Christian era
They worked and worshiped even as
did the jew in ancient times when
Palestine was n garden and Jerusalem,
the center of civilization. The trav-
eler earned that these people were the
lost tribes Of Israel, who had migrated
to this goodly country, led by the
descendants of Aaron-named Joseph
who had passed away without leaving
any descendants. With them they had
brought many vessels and much of the
pnraphernalia of Solomon's temple, and
patterned their house of worship after
this famous temple of Jerusalem.
The traveller was told TINT the
streams current was active six DAVIS in
the week and on the seventh became
quiet and did not move, but rs he vas
a member of a different tribe to them
selves be would not be allowed TO re-
main within the country. So he was
placed In a boat, which was pushed out
into the currcat and was horne by q
circuitous route back to Siberia Aft
er~1ryi he was p0rdoped, returned 60
Russia and toid his advuniurc.-Atlan-
ia jewish Sentiment