South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-09-01
Gleanings by Late Mails.

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1t is said that there is not single tree
in Oceola county, Iowa.
"A few days ago, Mr.. JouN KIGER, of
Winchester, died il Martinsburg from the
effect of sunstroke.
Why do persons who are walking, or
riding upon horseback, feel warmer when
they stop because as they breathe more
rapidly the combustion of the carbon in the
blood is Increased by the oxygen Inhaled
and greater heat is developed.
Paper table cloths will be the next
novelty.
Paris white is now made of marble
chips.
The Bedford Inquirer says that seven
ty-four rattlesnakes were found in one log
in Bedford county the other day, and dis
patched by the finders. The truth of this
story, snaky as it appears, is vouched for
by very reliable parties.
"A Lewiston (AIaiue) market gardener
claims that the time he has bestowed upon
his garden this year will pay him $40 a day
1t is fact, illustrating the necessity
of cleanliness, and of keeping the pores of
the skin open, that if coat of varDish, or
other substance impcrvious to moisture, be
applied to the exterior of the body, death
will ensuc in about six hours. The expert
ment was once tried on child at Florence.
On the occasion of Pope Leo the Tenth's
accession to the Papal chair, it was desired
to have living figure to represent the Col
den Age, aud so a child was gilded all O.
YER with varnish and gold leaf. The child
died in few hours. If the fur of rabbit
or the skin of a pig be covered with So
luton of lndia-rubber in naptha, the ami
NAL ceases to breathe in couple of hours
S. ID. CARPENTER, an editor and prin-
ter, after eight years study and an outlay
of $40, 900, has perfected machine which
cuts, rakes and binds grain at the rate of
fourteen acres day, with the help of only
one man and one boy. 1t was tried near
Wankesha, Wisconsin, July 9th, on field
of oats, with entire success.
An ex-assistant paymaster of the Brit
ish navy, died in Montreal the other day
of apoplexy, after eating three pounds of
ham, one pound of bread, drinking gallon
of water and pint and half of brandy.
A young lady in Colum bus, Ohio, fell
dead of heart disease few nights since,
while conversing at the gate of her fathers
residence with young man to whom she
was about to be married.
Missouri scoundrels are ingenious 10
their robberies. Two smooth. faced youths
near GreenvlIie, Wishing to plumber an un-
fortunate lrisbman vino had Just been paid
about 500 wages for hard work, one of
them attired himself as a woman, and the
other put on a pair of whiskerS and claimed
to be a justice of the peace. The II Der
man was gotten drunk, the boy in femi-
niue attire made love to him, the Celt was
smitten and asked to be married He gave
all his money to his bride and then went
to sleep. His wife changed her costume,
and so did the justice, and both helped the
sober Irshman to look for his money, as
may be supposed, all in vain.
AT last Hiram Powers has writ.
ten to New Orleans that his marble statue
of Franklin, contracted for over thirty years
ago, is ready for shipment.
There is cave in Efingham, n. IL.
in which sufficient quantity of leo freezes
in winter to supply the wants of the neigh
boring farmers all summer.
"A Providence man thrashed his bet
ter-half, was tried and liUed twenty dollars.
aud the abused angel washed aud earned
tho money to get him out.
Women in England that can afford 10
keep a husband must be prepared to give
I their unfortunate partners an allowance
when they determine to dissolve partner
/ ship. This has Just been decided by Lord
. in Il
which Mrs. Milne, against whom a decree
/ OF divorce was allowed, vas compelled TO
( pay to her husband out Of her separate
estate an annual sum Of $500 towards the
maintenance and education Of the children
Of tho marriage It's a rough rule that
won't work both ways
More mackerel arc caught this season
1 OF Halifax, Nova Scotia, than they have
salt 10 cure.
"A new steamship is being built At
Richmond, Va, at a cost Of 8 lG5 600 the
lowest estimate for which at tho North was
+ S20l 900.
"A Californian was 20 severely stunp
that it took four mon 10 drink whiskey e.
I nough to cure him.
Patrick county, Va, has sont TO mar
kei this season 100000 bushels Of black
berries
Evil thoughts are worso than lions
and tigers, for We can keep out Of their
way but bad thoughts win their way eve
ry-where keep your head and heart foil
Of good thoughts, that bad ones may hnd
no room 10 enter
The fellow who got an Office in the
internal rovenue service Of Illinnia. nndor