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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-08-30
PUBLIC SALE
OF
Valuable Machinery,

by virtue of deed of trust executed by T.
Lovett 10 the undersigned trustee ON the 10Th
OF Nov. 1877. and recorded in the Clerks Of
nee oi the county court Of Clarke County.
In Deed Book y. page -. for the purpose of
securing debt Of 500 To- the Hydraulic
- mani Co. of Mt Gilead. O.. for the
purchase price of said machinery. and upou
the request of the beneticiarie~ default hav-
ing been made in the payment of said sur
chase money. according 10 the terms of the
trust there being Sio2.32 yet dine. ! will oi1er
for sale at public auction. To the highest bid
der, al the Steam Roller Flour Mill~. former
~ managed 10y +. l-ovett. near the y a W.
L. K. Depot. in Berryville. Va. on
THURSDAY. Sentemher IL 1900
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-08-30
BGTryVillG
CREAMERY

Having purchased the Creamery outfit re-
Gently operated by Mr.. H. L. Davies. At the
Berryville depot, we invite the attention of
FARMERS to the possibilities of keeping this
Creamery III operation. The Milk Cow is
one of the most Profitable Industries be-
longing TO the Farm, if UTILIZED TO THE
BEST ADVANTAGE. We propose to fur
nish you
Constant Market for Your MIX
at the Very Highest CASH Prices. and ifvou
will literally encourage us we will make II
To your advantage to do So
One of the firm has had large Expert
ence IN the business having run this Cream
cry for more than year. and we believe
with your patronage it can be made a com
plete success.
We Will keep constantly on hand FRESH
buIIER and BuTTERMILK for our pa
irons at home.
C.P. HOWELL & BRO.
sep26 ~
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-08-30

l Hydraulic Cider Mill Press

at II o'clock M, the following valuable Ter
sOnal nrnnertv tn-Mit.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
GUN PLAYS QUICK AND FAST
SOME WONDERFUL SHOOTING
Deputy Marshal and Desperate XIII
Each Other.-Chunk's Roast Beef
Trap for an Enemy.

1 F.- r. 10
II read In a newspaper the other day.
said an old frontiersnlan, 'of two men
who met up in Montana, indulged in a lit
tie rapid gun play and both fell NOR
tally wounded at the fl rst shot. Incidents
Of this sort are not so Uncommon as one
might think. Men onE the frontier who
use gun at all learn to be quick with
the trigger, as the fraction of a second
may mean life or death. recall one
.sHel incident -ins partie allar.
Tn the early s70s Charley Collins was
one of the most famous and perhaps
the most desperate of the criminals on
the Texas border He held up trains,
robbed stages, stole Ihorses, murdered
traders and commit tied other crimes until
the rewards Offered for lMs capture dead
OF. alive exceeded $4,000. At that time
Will Anderson was DEPUTY limited States
marshall at Dallas, lex. He was the
nerviest man ever knew. He was q
dead shot, absolutely without fear, and
the terror Of evildoers He had a some
what remarkable career. A native Of III.
hrois, he went to Texas before the war
He was drafted into the Confederate
army, but his sympathies were with the
deserted and made his way to his OLD
home, where he entered an Illinois reei.
ment. He was captured by the Confed.
crates, but escaped. At the battle Oh
Shiloh he received bullet in the head
which laid him up for several months
When the war closed went back to
Texas, and his courage and quick hand.
ling Of a gun brought about his appoint
ment as deputy United States marshal
Before long. he was the terror OF border
bandits. No man got the drop on him,
and more than one man who tried it had
his career suddenly brpught to a close.
- ''In 1876. Anderson started out to rur
Collins down.. He soon made Texas toe
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
:. WIN you carver asked cnunK.

- WIN you carver asked CnunR "
1T was a perilcus situation, = but the
man on the other side Of the table had no
alternative. Had he refused he would
have been branded as a coward. With
a smile he answered Certainly and, tx
ing UP the knife and fork, prepared to
cut the meat. AS the knife was sinking
into the roast Chunk drew his revolver.
but, in elevating it struck the muzzle
against the edge Of the table. The inter.
ference caused only e. moments delay,
but that moment cost Chunk his Life. Al
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heard the story, praised him for, ridding
the country Of Chunk. The traveller of
to-day along the old Santa Fe trail who
stops at the adobe house will be told this
story by white haired Mexican who
lives there, and owns a small flock Of
sheep in the cemetery where Chunk lies
buried.
These are only incidents to show the
character Of men who were on the border
twenty-five years ago, and how an in.
atant's delay might mean life or death
Denver Correspondence New York Sun. II
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
THE NEW MAZEPPA.

hot for him, and Collins fed to Colorado,
a, thence to Wyoming; and to the
Black Hills country, then filled with
about the toughest aggregation Of men
ever brought together. Anderson kept
close after him and Collins started north
for the British possessions. Anderson
OWNED his plan and made for Pembina,
then the gateway to Manitoba. He had to-
wait only a few hours when Collins
. came into town. 2 Both men were on the
alert. They met in the street, caught
sight of each other Eat the same time
Pulled their frevofvers, fired on the in
slant and both fell dead. Neither spoke
a word after being shot. Anderson was
taken back to Dallas, where he had the
biggest funeral ever seen in that city.
His family got the reward. Taking
everything into consideration, It was
about, the most persistent pursuit and
the most tragic climax ever known of.
About the same time there took place
down in New Mexico an ARRAY which
4 was for many years the talk of that re-
gion. Between ROTOR :. and Maxwell
stands an old two-story house. It is
heIday a stone throw from the Santa
Fe railroad track and stands directly on
the old Santa F'e TRAIL The high gabIed
roof. the shattered doors and windows,
and the general tumbled-down appear
ance Of the house gave it an uncanny
lock. II walls had tongues these walls
murder. Old-timers Of New Mexico and
Southern Colorado will remember that
the Red River crossing was before the
days of railroads. They will also re-
call the old two-story adobe house be-
side the road, which was the a1eadquar-
ters of the toughest men of that wild
section. In the palmy days of the Santa
Fe trail the Red River crossing was an
important point, end travellers going into
or coming out Of the great undeveloped
territory to the south used it as relay
station. AS far as the eye can reach en-
all sides of that old adobe house is:
great desert, covered with the curly tops
OF sage brush and the long slender tops
o. the soap weed. Immediately back Of
Tie mouse is a bluff, ind on it's top is
level stretch dotted here and there with
white spots which identify It as a ceme-
iel On one of the old pine boards in
letters now almost obltterated is painted
IN crude letters, Chunk, end thereby
hangs a tale. Is s.
In the early '70s. when justice in this
WHO Western country was done by Wig
li;,nce committees. N any bad men infested
lnat region. And the most desperate of
them all was Chunk. Who he was or
Wnere ne came from no one kneWS S,ut all
recognized him as thorough going des-
perado, and respected him accordingly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
How to Cut An Apple.

To cut an apple in two or more pieces
without also dividing the skin seems an
impossible feat, but that it can be per-
formed with comparative ease anybody
following. the directions here. given viii
testify. Apples are SD common a fruit
that they figure on every well organized
dinner table. and the little trick, when
performed as an after-Ginner feat, is
really quite startling. An apple with a
finn, smooth skin should be selected.
Take a long, slender darning needle and
thread it. with silk or cotton. Liner,
thread is perhaps the best, as it is not so
liable to break. Begin at the stem and
take a long stitch under the skin of the
apple, being careful not to go so deep
that the point of the needle does not
readily emerge. Take another stitch in
the same direction, sewing right around
the apple, exactly as you would cut it in
half.
When the thread comes out again near,
the stem, take the two ends in each hand.
cross them and pull steadily. The thread
will, of course, cut the apple in two, .leay-
ing no mark on the skin, and without
breaking it beyond the tiny holes made
by the needle, with are quite invisible.
BY repeating the performance in different
parts of the apple it may be cut into
quarters and eighths, ard on being peeled
will fall into these ctions.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
British Gamblers. !

In the lates. history of gambling in Eng
land. just published. there are some astonish-
ing revelations as to the amount of money won
and lost by men and women whose names
were ais familiar as household words early in
the present century There are records of EGO, :
600 having: been lost at a sitting, and the
loss of $4,000 appears to have been
a very common occurrence. A gam
bling story is told of Charles James
Fox that rather, reflects on Il his hon
or. He was one of the ardent admirers
of Mrs Crewe, a noted beauty of her day, and
able sum to this lady at play, and being obliged
to leave town suddenly. gave Mr.. Fox the
to her for his not having paid the debt OF
honor in person. Fox lost every shilling Of
II before morning. Mrs. Crewe often met the
supposed debtor afterward, and, surprised that
he never noticed the circumstance, at length
delicately limited the matter to him. Bless
me, = said he, II paid the money to Nj. Fox
three months ago. Oh did you, STRIP said
Mrs Crewe, good naturedly. Then probably,
he paid me, and forgot It. =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01

INC most cO1d-DIooueu ana outrageous
crimes We're attributed to him, and he
boasted Of having committed them. With;
ugly scars on his face and a brace Of six
shooters and a bowie knife in his belt, he
presented figure which made men ,un-
comfortable when he met them in lonely
places In direct contrast to Chunk was
Clay Allison, also a desperate man, but
possessed of many good qualities. He
lived on The Pecos in New Mexico and
died there only a few years ago. IT was
ne who rid the country of the terrible
Chunk, and that he was not killed in the
encounter was surprising.
Early In 1876 an emigrant going into
New Mexico stopped at the old adobe
house beside the trail. Chunk, who was
also there, invited the stranger to 20 for
a short tramp. The newcomer appre-
ciated the fact that there could be no safe
refusal toe the invitation and went.
Within a few hours Chunk returned, but
nothing more was ever heard Of the emf
grant. The natives knew that the stran-
ger had been murdered and robbed, but
NOBODY dared to refer to the fact openly
Chunk sat around a while and then left.
Soon Clay Allison arrived. The story of
the murder was related to him, In
straight English, naturally embellished
ION, of Chunk. Somebody who heard him
repeated Allison's remarks to Chunk, who
announced that Allison must die It was
some time before the men met, and mean
time Allison had been informed of the
threat made by Chunk. Both made prep
arations accordingly 80
In the old adobe house the two men
met for the first~time. Chunk accosted
In the most friendly manner the man
whom he had threatened to kill. and the
Salutation was returned, neither being
thrown on his guard by the apparent
friendliness Of the other. ~
How long will you be here? asked
Chunk. = '--n' <.
81 will stay for dinner and possibly
longer" answered Allison
Chunk thereupon extended an invita-
ton to dinner to Allison and it was ac-
copied. AS good a dinner as the house
could afford was ordered by Chunk for
two, and among the edibles was roast
beef. When dinner was ready the two
entered the dining rcom both aware that
the crisis was approaching, and eacn
watching the other :ntently. They sat at
opposite sides of the table with the roast
beef in front of Allison.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01

,or the floats these elastic floats to bend
loutWardly to a corresponding degree; but as
soon as the waves have monentarily subsidized
1.-THE floats spring back to their initial position
1T is evident that the striking Of the masses of
water against the arched surfaces of the floats,
ias well as the exertion of force during the
backward springing, gives rise to a force which
lis directed toward the fast ends Of the floats
land which drives the boat in the direction Of
this impulse. Thus, by means Of q continuous
(motion Of alternate arching and backward
ALREADY remarked, ina direction from the free
Ito the fast end Of the floats : <@'' ; 50
/ The effect Of the floats is more pronounced
las the motion Of the waves is stronger and
more frequent. Owing to the resistance en-
ing and rolling Of the boat are materially re-
iduced. ,r--.+. $500
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01

ton at Naples. Italy. He has had con-
structed BOAT which, with its attach
ments, is propelled through the water by
1.-THE waves at a speed of the same degree
as that secured by an oarsman pulling at
an ordinary rate.
Linden's boat is 1912 feet long, 3.12 feet
Ibeam, 1.64 feet in depth and has a dis
placement of 40 pounds. It is decked
over, except for small space in the CEN
ter called the cockpit, which is OCCUPIED
by the steersman. It has watertisht com
!partme1ts at both ends. It Is a stanch
little craft, so constructed that it will
island heavy weather at sea-
The form OF construction of the boat
itself is not very different from that de.
scription of craft known as the jolly boat.
It is in the motor contrivance the secret
/ lies. This consists of series of powerful
ibuoyant floats, with free ends attached to
1.-THE boat at bow and STERN ~
+ Each float is of four hardened steel
plates, nineteen inches in length nine
inches in breadth and .O6s inch in thick.
ness at the attached ends. thinning OUT
to .OO9s inch at the free end Canvas is
lspread between the platesssgiying, an area
5on the upper surface Of each float OF
Iabout thirteen and half square feet, In
isome cases the inventor has increased the
resistance of the floats by means Of steel
tongues. The floats are placed at such a
depth that they are at all times under
water. - L. - : . 40 z.ys14
The principle of the boats construction
)s that of the swimming motion of fishes
(which Linden has had plenty Of oppor.
,tunity to observe during his duties at the
geological garden. After months of study
The made up his mind that this swimming
'motion might be initiated mechanically
with good results, and his experiments
FINALLY crystallized into the following
statement of facts, which he has prepared
himself: r. .-.-.r- 50 : ::
If powerful resilient (buoyant) floats be at
tached horizontally, obliquely or vertically ur-
der the water line of boat in such q manner
that the free ends of the floats, made of sheet
steel or of other elastic material or of some
Skeleton covered by a membrane like the web
fleet OF aquatic birds, are directed rearwardy
then the boat will move constantly and spon.
Itaneously onward through the waves by reason
}of the impact of the water on the elastic floats
the operation of the later corresponding essen
italy to the action of a fish's tail.
The resistance encountered in the water by
tine floats due either to the motion produced by
}the pitching and rolling of the boat or to the
!direct pressure resulting from the impact Of
masses OF water falling on the upper surfaces
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
MIR. MITCHELL KINGS SIX DEER.
He Had a Contract to Produce Them.
end He DID So.

F. - Z.
The managers of Riverside Park, Me-.
think that Mitchell King is the meet
crafty Frenchnan in America. Last Feb
ruary they hired Mitchell to GIT six live
deer for the park, agreeing to pay him
$500 if the animals were alive ard in good
condition on May 5. biitchell took his
time about the Job Late in March he
brought In one lean doe that was hungry
and apparently at the point of death.
After the middle of April he caught an
other doe, which was in good condition.
Before he could go cut again the, Nv
could get near deer until after the
lakes had opened. The managers talked
to Mitchell and made many threats, bat
the Frenchman remained cool.
True to his agreement, Mitchell went
to the park with the managers on the:
morning of May 5 and walked out to the
deer yard in which were the two does,
ard with thea were four sprightly fawns
that had been born within week.
: You hef zes seek deer, hey?" said
Mitchell in, triumph. Nov, ai'lI take re
money. The bill was paid without PFC
test, though the managers think Mite, q
played mean trick on the-a.-C;.caso
Tnter-Ocean i ..-z
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
Saving Tor the Government.

. A neat little sum has been saved to
the government through novel trans
action in the postoffice department. On
July 1, 1875, a law went into effect re-
curing the use of stamps in collecting
postage from newspapers and periodicals.
It some time ago occurred to the third
assistant postmaster general Hon. John
A. Merritt, to recommend the discontinue
ance Of stamps for this purpose, and to
require publishers to pay postage charges
in cash at the office of mailing. The
Fifty-fourth congress passed the neces-
sary act providing for the change. AS
"a result the department found itself with
a large stock Of discarded newspaper. and
periodical stamps on its hands. Gen.
Merritt, being practical man Of affairs,
conceived the idea Of selling these stamps
in sets to stamp collectors. Fifty-thor-
sand complete sets were placed on the
market, the set consisting Of one each
of the following DENOMINATIONS: 81,
50, SIS, $40, $25 $50 and 800. The
entire lot Of $4,000 sets has been sold,
bringing in $3.50, 600. Gen. Merritt, who
conceived and carried out this clever
transaction, is being congratulated on
the handsome results obtained.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
Bank Note. of Ancient 80 1rra

!, Among the products of civilization which
twere familiar to the Chinese many centuries
before they came into use in Europe may be
lreckoned bank notes. There is at this moment
in tha ppssessiQn- G 1he Bank of England a
specimen supposed to be one Of the oldest ex-
tant, dating from the fourteenth century of our
era It is now proved, however. that paper
money was issued in China early as 8O7 A.
D. These securities closely resembled the fa-5
nous French assignats in being based upon the
estates of the kingdom The Bank OF Stock
holm claims to have been the first Western in
stitution to adopt paper currency, but the
Bank of England must have followed very
close with it's EGO notes, which were issued in
1896.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
i,H5l-A.RNESSlNG OCEAN WAVES

Boat Propelled as Fishes Swim Il.
Constructed.
) The problem OF practically controlling
the motive power of an ocean wave seems
4 TO nave been solved. The man who claims
. to have worked out this solution is 81 .
Linden sec-etarv of thu xoa1aaieal sta
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01

Brave Man Who Was a DereIfct
Of the FrOntier-The Fight, SIN
EIe-Handed, With Indians That
Gave Briny Standing in the COM
munity-Fate OF the Woman Who
Caused His Death and of the MUIR
derer-"I Cunt Pray FOR You" y
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01

No Denying Dewey.
Dewey says he desires we should retain IL
Philippines. It 10 hardly possible % deny any
request George chooses to make.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
WONDERFUL HISTORY OF THE
CELEBRATED WOMAN.

Rrave as Any Man, Tenderest of
Women, She Is Famous Over the
. World for Her Deeds and Her
GoOdn ess-The Princess. Who Is
2 an American, Is the Heroine OF
Three Wars-Former Rider of
Bareback Horses and a Tight
Rope sWalker.sss
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-28

Ladies' White. Black and Colored Null
Waists. 4ac
l2.sc. Grenadines. all colors. special now
Special 6Hc.
New arrival OF Dress Innings. Tuxedo. :"
White. Black and Colored Leather and
Velvet Belts
Chiidrens Fancy Checked Aprons. ESQ
Csc
Pretty Jap Fans. beads to match.
Specials in Ladies' and Chidren's Hose
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-28
kGTCh0RIS, KQnu'Gcu eTS Ond Professional Eel

Clean up your rubbish it's all protits
we are doing an excellent WORK m col
Judgments We collect everywhere Far
particulars. call on or address NJ. =.
CLAuD. General Agent fer the Inter-
state Commercial and Collection Agency
room l<irn building. Portsmouth. Va.
5 :. phone lSts. =. .. box /. Norfoik
aauresS' ---sseas
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-28

On Monday from 1890 to HOO, 10 yds.
only. Androscoggin Cotton. SO. Fruit OF
Loom. &C.
A new and elegant assortment OF Rib
bonS. all colors.
Dotted Muslins. SOC.
Mouselin de Soir. white pink. light blue
special 69c.
Plain Black and Brocade Net
A nice limo of French Ginghams. 1oc
and 12Hc.
"Vivetta." for wash dresses, &c.
Summer Corsets. white and colors. now
49c.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-08-25
vAR0AMAn DECLINES.

The Greenwood Commonwealth.
which is supposed to speak anthori.
tativcly for Major Vardaman. says
that lie would not accept a nonin ma.
tion for Lieutenant Governor over
those who have borne the heat iand
toll OF the day In the canvass for that
office. This Is like Vardaman. lie
Is always Noble, generous. high.mind.
ed; which proves again that lie is the
kind 1T man we ar looking for to fill
the office Of dignity and responsible.
ty In Mississippi, and the people will
yet command him to 80 up higher.
II he is defeated for Governor and
refuses to be Lieutenant Governor,
let him bIde his time. He has
grown wond .rfully during this cam
paign upon the hearts and minds OF
his countrymen and they will not
forge: him.
james X. Vardaman Is coming
man in Mississippi politics. jackson
Dispatc Ii
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-08-25
-
NOT A DEMAc0cuE.

TIE BILOXI HERALD does not TAKE
very kindly To the suggestion tina,
Major j. X Nardaman, now prom
inent candidate for governor. be
elected to the Office OF lieutenant.
governor. In fact the Herald is very
Violently opposed to Major Vardaman
for ANYTHING ut all.
or course the fact that the Rrricv
Is supporting Nardaman, did not in.
tluence the Herald to call him a dem.
agogue, but all the same the Herald
has done Major Vardaman gross in.
justice. There may be great many
people who do not like Major Narda-
man and who are opposed to eecting
him to any office, but the Nems has
never heard him charged as being a
demagogue. He is Il very elegant.
polished gentleman and for the short
time that he has been in the canvass
for governor he has made IA brilliant
canvass and there is no mistake
about 1t. The Ncrs is not the cham
pion of Major Nardaman but it does
not think that he deserves the stig.
ma that the Herald has sought to
place upon him. During this canvass
the Herald has developed great deal
Of political intolerance which should
have no place In any campaign.-.I
Jackson Evening News.