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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14
SOUTH Branch 5ntelligemeer.
RoMNEY, FRIDAY. FEB. IL, 1873
THE SEASON OF THE HEART.

THE SEASON OF THE HEART
Tbro' clouds and light,
BY day By night,
NOW iraught with smiles-uow tears:
Our joys to blight,
Our hopes dispite-
swirl speeds the eight of years.
All nature smiles -
Her tace beyuiles.
And songste7s glseful sing
Our hearts are strong.
For every song
Proclaims the birth OF spring
The Summer comes:
The wild bee huns
Ihro held and wood, by streams:
The swallow roams;
While happy homes
Bs'k fair ia golden CLEANS.
But Summer ends;
And autumn blends
His varied hues and seems
An omen meant
warning sent
To tell Of aittng dreams:
For winter soon
Will roughly pruns
From woods, from fields their flowers;
Their leaflets sweet
The storm will beat,
And blast with icy showers.
Nor years alone
Their seasons own -
Our hearts must undergo
Now Summers light
Now Winters blight
Alternate veal and woe.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14
ARRESTED AVN CoMMIrrED Lost Mon

ARRESTED AND COMMITTED List Mon.
day Constable Hicks arrested a negro man
named ASTHONY WILLIAMS charged with
stealing He was committed By Justice
JNo. y. MEADE II appears that Autbo-
ny, having not the fear Of the Lag in bis
mind, made a raid on the smoke house Of
Messrs. j. +. Hicks and EDWARD Sun
DfTH and captured len pieces Of bacon
Being IN a quandary how 70 remove the
spOils, he Gu, the Gordian knot By going
to the stable and iakiug horse upon which
70 carry il of. TIE 'gemmen Oh colou r
was, however, ovorhauled, and safely rom
mittod t. jail ia Wiochester.-B.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

CEMENT YOR LEAKY .yBjanEYs. w.
II. 9. complains that be u greatly annoyed
By the roof of bis hor ~, lsskiag arouBa
the chimney, and he soald remedy the e
vii. The best ccmer &c know of for SUCH
purpose - made OF one pound Of fosin, ons
pound OF venetian red { % pure clay ground
TO hDs powder will do instead Of he We
nst,an-red), Wit sufHcient raw liDseed oil
10 reduce q % such a consistencs that u
will rot erac z when cold. The materials
should be zixel and applied Ehile bot
With y b,n.b, and tWS Or tbgge coats
.v.u, the es%s'' 0''Ds FIX -
,n,o he cracks --Ef.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14
TERMS or ADvFpTTsTNl

TERMS or ADVERTISING:
The rates OF advertising are, for a square (ten
liuesl or less, ONg DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS FOR
three iusertons-larEer ones in the same proper.
tiOn. Each continuance Thrty-seven and half
cents
Quarterly, half yearly and yearly advertise
ments inserted at liberal reduction on the above
rates.
Yearly advertisers disseminating during the
year will be charged regular rates.
No advertisement TO be considered by the mon III
or year unless specified ON the Manuscript or pre-
Sinusly agreed upon between the parties
Resolutions OF associations, communications Of
limited interest, and notices of deaths exceeding
TrN LISks will be charged ten cents per line.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

REMARKABLE CURE. The New York
TriJ0ne says:-"A most extraordinary
surgical operation for defective sight was
performed in Boston recently. Mr.. Chas
Thurlow, "f Nuntnn, who has had such
trouble with his eyes as to be almost blind,
= accidentally knocked into the hold of
- ve,s"i, aud, strange To lay, he now secs
NJ VII ~ anybody. What adds tn the
wonder If his cure is that Mr. Thurl,w
was also deaf belnra thi, tre4'rnent, and
now he al.o hears perfectly TIE treat
ment wa, somewhat heroic, and not likely
to be recommended by the doctors, except
20 persons of strong consri'ud,ns
There can he no d,ubt thai n sudden
shock. such that received by the person
alluded 10, vii sometimes kill or cure
We remet her the case of an ostimable la
d7, Of Gne accomp ishments, now upwards
of seventy, who, for thirty years, suffered
mental liberation which rendered her quite
unlike the deii'ately sensitive anil model
woman we knew in our boyhood 4 year
or more ago, ibis lady had a severe fall
which yearly proved fatal but when she
recovered, her mental balance vas restored
and no traces of hor long Fiction remained
w,ult not be commended by the medical
Faculty since v1-t'y more people have their
senses "knocked" out OF them by hard falls,
than have them "knockei" in by such &C
cidcn's. We only state fact within our
knowledge, but do not recommend tho
fr'a ment certain 20 b. Eff ,acious ind rr
aIl circumstances. j. might fail in some
cases, like the prescription II physician
Who having an Eoglshmsn under his care
FL CO q with fever, learned that his patient
bad eaton a sal' herring and drank an e.
nnrmols quantity Of water which produced
reaction aud wrougbl his cure He straight.
wy entered In his diary, "a salt herring
cur"s an EogUshman Of a fever" Shortly
ai'erwfrds be found a patient If another
nationality in fever and prescribed a salt
herring The sufferer died, and the learn
cd E-cuiapran completed bis diary 90
'bat % read in this vice: a salt herring
cnre- % Ergl.-hmsn # a fever, but kills a
Fsaucamaa.' Lynchburg Yiryinja7.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14
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may 90, be gu, Of 7,ses. Sos :. 'aS IL !,
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14
rrThe meolinr A. 49, Innndnnn 49,

EE-The meeting at the Loundoun street
Presby'oriau church is still in progress.
Rev. DR.. Leyburn, Of Baltimore, an elo-
quent divine is filing the pulpit during the
week. Much interest is folt by the large
congregations that attend upon biz minis.
trations - Winchester News Feb. 7.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

EEIt is said that the myster.o,
q the monkey wrench was ~ ~.
inventor, Mr. Monkey, vb1 .,'il i ',o'n - ~
Nav Jersey. ''''' ''''' -
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

Ss- The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has
been constructed at cost Of about thirty Eve
millions Of dollars some Of it being furnished By
the State Of Virginia, and the bulk Of the bal q.
anoe BY northern capitalists
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

e. The Stage ruouiog from Mitchslls.
burg 90 Harrad.Ourg, Ky, was attacked on
Thursday hight, about eight miles from
HUr5dsburg. 5y four men, one Of whom
ordered The driver 10 stop and deliver the
mail. and at the same time eDdoavored TO
climb 20 the s'age, bot vas shot desd By
passenger. The other robbers fed, but
were pursued by passengers, who captured
Two Of them and lodged them in The Har-
rIIsburg Jail.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

@s-It Is estimated that IS cents fsr eysrv
child named after Lee aud Jackson. will
for their proposed monUmen1, snd The -
cheap a. that.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

,.o-a,,ad 30 - lady Of Wheeling
s,s..aa.;t;,;,.. ashland with thr.s little
lice and L;eI one day last >.osk-all a.
.tDg.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

zsriand. caught ~ - Swit-
months Of 1872 1880 fbres
OF 'u' -, Tor which be received q bouH'J
ssnts a head
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

= .'l .i.. :. Arranging her graceful rug '
ist,. You viii not have 'l'
much longer ,u, he auswered
- disappointed once b"'' ."
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

GENEROUS we had occasion 70 write
ne other Day TO our worthy Senator, Hon.
II. O.. DAVIS, IN behalf Of poor nsn il
thi' vi.ipge. We solicited from Senator
Davis bis aid 10 procuring a ---
""sinah ana tor CO.,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14
j.. ,.u,ly 20 Ral ,,aoo,s.

y -, fe.ch EIoTI0N
promptly sI os? the 1IP rs b ,aa' i. f. IT, 20 -
our our. ', .oe PSI. d,od sod ,0 n, friend zen
$ Es.ns. on Me. DA,i..-I' Wa 5 kind Sc
lh'I 9s ,,,ndered, sod WI oo''' 80; S
49,, 49, - Weston Demo -" % 'O'
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14
South Branch Intelligencer.
VILLA ma Harper, Editor.
Office, Corner Main AMI GraVel Lane 81,
RosSET, WEST yInGIsrA
TER VI $:

THREE DOLLARS per ,nuum-or TWO
DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS if paid in an
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IN them 10 their
...psri,y, ADD on 81. return a. i' o1l
.ss CO,tinSpt, > month p''''ON
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

.,.rts sor bis susts - prove mat h1s'o
- ,a....L nance The produce o. ci8nt
WV and a. would furnish food Tor
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

tay-1he French government offers $500
,o~ard % any one who viii produce an ir.
iehble ink.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-14

! 2 zAcuARIAs. " D. J. cRAIoES
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-09-25
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Post ON G o A d DIR Q So

PpKsrpEnr JupoE---Hon. Jos. @. Buchcr,
Lewisburg. Union county.
ASSOCIATE JuDoEs--ilon. Geo. C. Meyer,
Freeburg, Hon. Jacob q. L. Shindel, Sc.
linsgrove.
PRoruoxorApY AND CLERK or ruE CouRrs
Jeremiah Grouse, Middleburg.
RroIsrru AND REcon6En-Samue1 D..
Scbuck, Middleburg.
SusRiFr--Daniei BoIender, Middleburg.
CouSrr CoanrssIoSERs s--Philip Kinney,
Beavertown. Adam J. Fisher, Selinsgrove,
John I. Huguagle, Penn's Creek.
JufsY CoastssiosEns-IIenry Brown,
Preeburg. George q. Iornberger, Mt.
Pleasant Mills.
County sunvBYok-Aaron X. Gilt, Mid
dleburg.
DIsrmcr ArronSEY-penjamiu I. Parks,
Middleburg.
TREsuREn--Jacob Gross, Beaver Springs.
AuDirons--John ). lIassinger, Middle
bnrg, Samuel a. Ne,lel, Beavcrtown, ID.
Diehenbnch, Salem.
COMMISSIONERS CLrnK. Andrew Peters.
Mid1lcburg.
MERcASrILE AppRAisER.-W oils o.
Holmes. sclinsgrovc.
CoRoSgR.-Peier Hartman, Pcnn's Greek
CoUSrY SUPERINTENDENT Noetling
Selinsgrove.
TERMS or CounT. Fourth Mondays in
February. May aud September and Second
Monday Of December Of each year.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-09-25

Mr.. s. greeted his friend with,
a surprise which changed TO incred.
ulity when the barTister, requesting
his private car, declared tho reason
Of his appearance.
1T cannot be- said he. "Ts it
likely that no one should over havo
heard Of the hiding of the decd but
the old gentleman you mention De-
pend upon it, you have been deceiv-
ed, my dear friend. / am only sorry
you should have taken so much trout
BILE to 80 little purpose
The barrister mentioned the name
OF lis visitor
"Hugh 81" exclaimed tho
gentleman laughing; II have not o
relation in the world of that name"
ut is worth the trying. however,
said the lawyer, "and, since have
como so far, | will finish the adyen-
turc.
Mr.. $, seeing his friend so de
termihed, Mt length consented TO sat.
isfy him. and accompanied him to-
ward the apartment he specified. As
they crossed ono of the rooms in
their way-he sud leuly stopped be-
fore u large full-leugth picture.
For s~Heavon's sake cried ho,
who is this 2"
"My grand uncle" returned Mr..
$, IA good old fellow as ever
lived l wish with all my heart he
was alive now; but he has been dead
these thirty years.
"What was his name"
Hugh $, the only one of tho
family of that name"
That is the man who called upon
mo. His dress, his hat, his very ring
are there"
They proceeded to the closet, lift
ed the false bottom of the trunk, and
found the deed
Tho kind old unclo was never
again seen.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-09-25
4 Father StnbS IL Cripplod
GlIlI

Ono day recently respectable
dressed man carried well grown
child, muilled up and apparently
sick, into Frenchs Hotel, N Y. He
placed tho child on tho stairs and
began to talk to ii in very unkind
and rough way. The attention of
the guests was attracted, anl they
gathered around.
You arc able to walk up stairs by
yourself the man said, and l wont
carry you."
"Oh, Oh, the child sobbel, "do
carry me please, pr, do. You know
ever since | was rum over by tho car,
and lost both my feet, cant walk
up stairs by myself.
"Thlt's all stuf," the man answer.
ed get up at once or I'll make
YOU
The poor child began to sob wors,
than before, aud tho brutal man
gave it severe thump over the side
of the head. The child moauol pitt.
ously. The Indignation of the by.
stander was excited, and one of them
said to tho man, rs that your
child p
Whats that to you1" the man an:
swered, Il won't toll you.'
"iIo's-my-father,' the child
sobbsi, "and-he-killei m y
mothar-just-as--he's-,gding to
-hill-me.'
The man doubled his fist rs though
he was about to give the child saw
age blow. One of the bystanders
interfeared anl said, Say, if you
don't stop this III call policeman.
never saw such u brutal father in
all my life"
The man began to tumble in his
pockets AMI the child cried out:
Take care; he's got knife. He's
a going to stick yoa.
Sure enough, the man produced
knife and opened it. The crowd
slipped off one by one, except two.
Bring an oificer,' one of these
cried to friend.
"If / am TO be arreste1," the man
said, "it shnll be for something" and
thcreupon plunged the knife into
the body of the child. The child
shrieked, 'I'm murdered, Tn mur-
dered = and a crowd rushed to the
spot Tho man quietly raised tho child
in his arms and removed his hat, said.
"Gontleman, this is WOODEN
child. 1 am ventriloquist, and
any little offering you may he pleaf-
cd to make will be very acceptable"
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-09-25
Advertising Rates.

One column ono year, $1,000
One-half, column, one year 5000
0ne-fourth column, one year, 1900
One square 10 linosit insertion, 75
Every additional insertion, 30
Professional and Business cards or
not more than s lines, per year, 800
Auditor, Executor, Administrator
and Assignee Notices, $50
Editorial notices per line, 10
All advertisements for q shorter pc
riod than one year are payable at the
time they arc ordered, AM. if not paid
the person ordering them will be held
responsible for the money.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-09-25
DARTMOUTH HOUSE,
IL NEAR THE DEPOT,
NIiddlebuI.g. Pa.

GEORGE GUYER, PRoparEToR.
This house is in close proximity to the
depot aud has lately been rebuilt and re.
fitted. Rooms commodious-the table well
supplied with the best the market affords
AND terms moderate.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-09-25


TRAppISa TIaERs.--A writer in the
London Times tolls how, they trap
tigers in India, and describes the
trap in use IN some parts Of tho
country Strong posts aro fixed in
the grourd SO as to form Il circle of
palisades ten or twelve feet in diam
eter. Another large circle is formed
in the same way outside tho other
leaving space of q foot and a,half
between the two, In the outer cir:
Gle a small door is made Of a width
equal to tho space between the cir
Giles, A goat or calf is tied to post
in the centre, and the dooris opened
80 that it stands across the space bo-
tween the circles. The tiger comes
and walks round the outer circle till
he findsthe entrance. He enters, and
walks round the space till he meets
the open door, which he pushes back
into its place. The space is too mar.
row for him to turn round or exert
his great strength, and he contin.
ues to walk round and round till
morning, when he ia easily killed,
and the bait extricated unhurt
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-09-25
|rTIE POST.
-
led every Thursday Evening by
|ENIAH GROUSE, Prop'r.

|.rorms Of Subscription,
k.0LLARs PER ANNUM. .rPay-
sithfn siy months, or $2.50ifnot
risI IN the year. No paper dis
(iruel snt.i nil errearagcss are
sqlcss at the option Of the pub
Il aions outside of tho county
pAYALLE IN ADVANCE.
y rscrn lifting and using papers
|sd 20 9th es become subscribers,
d liable forthe price ofthe paper.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-09-25

--In 8urlingtop, lowa, recently, o little
girl was led into the room 10 take The last
look Of her dead mother. After ga,ipg In
silence for q few moments the child turn.
cd away and expired almost instantly.
--0ne watch set right will do 10 trv
many by but. an the other hand, one
that goes wrong msy be tho means Of mI,.
leading = whole nsighborhood. Aud tia
|mry be ssid efA NJ sxAmpls. ="
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-09-25
AM ACT,


also give official notice to the electors OF snys
der county by an act entitled IAN aot further
supplemental to the act relatingto the electiDn
Of this commonwealth, approved Apzil, 1th, A.
ID. 1902 1t Il provided as follows;
BE II snfetd BY the Senate md House Of rep.
rssentatfvss OF the Oommouweafh Of PEnnsyls
vania In General Assembly met, and II Is herr
by enacted by the authority IL tho same.
sEo. 4. On the day Of election any person
VIII 80 name Is not on said list, AMI claiming the
right 20 vote at said election shall produce at
least one qualified voter, Of the district as wilt
ness 10 the residence OF the claimant In the dis
triet In which he claims TO bs voter, for t6s
period OF ai Ieast ten DAYS next preceding said
election, which witness shs II take aud subscribs
4 written or partly pfinted sfiidavitto tao facts
stated BY him which affidavit TO tho facts stated
BY him, which aifdavit shall define clearly where
the residence 10 OF the porson 20 claiming 10
" Q y0ter Rnd tho poison so claiming the ripht
TO vote shall also take and subscribe written
OF partly written and partly printed aindavit
stating U tho best ~ his knowledgs and belief
where abd when he Was born, that he 10 citizen
|0f the eoiumonweaith OF Pennsyivania and oftho
Units( ~ }tss. that he has resided IN tho CONS
monwsalth one year or " formerly . eitissn
lhofein. and has moved thcrcsrom, that he Ia 1
reoldrd therejn six months next preceding said
~ ~ pssPsss q yslins shs'sls, thss y ~
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-04-11
What Is an Iceberg?

The icebergs, which are the glory and
terror of the arctic seas, are simply the
broken ends of monstrous glaciers. A
glacier is a river of ice pushing its way
slowly down from mountain heights to
the ocean level. Where, as on the
arctic shores, the glacier reaches the
sen, its lower end is impelled into the
ocean, the base resting on the bottom.
Propelled by the weight and force of
its upper part, it is pushed into the sea
or bay, often to a considerable distance,
and plows It's slow way over the bottom,
and carrying off huge rocks in its path
and tearing the bottom to pieces. Enor-
nous fragments may be separated from
the end of the glacier in two different
ways, according to the temperature of
the sea into which they protrude. In
Spitzbergen and on the coasts of South
ern Greenland, the CONCEALED mass,
which often projects far into the sea, is
gradually undermined by the compare
lively warm waves which beat against
it, and the remaining fragments over
hanging the water are detached with q
terrible noise, and plunge into the ocean.
NJ. Martins and other members OF the
French expedition to Spitzbergen have
observed this at the base of all the gla-
ciers of that archipelago. But in very
cold seas, like that of Smith Strait, the
water, being Of still lower tempera-
ture, can not melt the glacier, which
continues its course into the bay, it's
extreme end reaching far into the
depths of the ocean, like an immense
plane gliding over the rocks. Though
lighter than the water, the enormous
frozen mass is kept together below the
surface by the force of cohesion. But
time comes when it must break apart,
and then the broken piece shoots up
ward to the surface, inpelled by its less
specific gravity. Thus icebergs are
formed for the larger masses thus
broken off are mountainous in their pro-
portions.
The total height of an iceberg always
exceeds seven or eight times the height
of the part above water. But icebergs
have been met by vessels which were
800 and even 400 feet above water, and
whose mass must thus have been from
2, 100 to $500 feet in perpendicular
height. When such berg floats into
warmer sea, it's base melts more rapidly
than its top, and the result is a somer-
sault, the whole vast mass turning over
and over until it RECEIVERS its centre of
gravity.
The ice masses approach the equator
from both poles; they obey the currents
which seize them; but, owing to the
greater warmth of the northern hemis-
phere, icebergs have been found 250
miles nearer the equator in the southern
than in the northern hemisphere.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-04-11
A Dinner Excuse.

Apologies for poor dinners are gener-
ally ont of place. But when lady has
a forgetful husband, who, without
warning, brings home dozen guests to
sit down to plain family dinner for
three or four, it is not i'll human nature
to keep absolute silence. What to say,
and how to say it, form the problem.
Mrs Tucker, the wife of Judge Tucker,
of Williamsburgh, solved this problem
many years ago. She was the daughter
or niece G am uncertain which, of Sir
Peyton Skipwith, and celebrated for
her beauty, wit, ease and grace of man
ner. Her temper and tact were put to
the proof one court day, when the
Judge brought with him the accustomed
half score or more of lawyers, for whom
not the slightest preparation had been
made, the Judge having quite forgotten
to remind his wife that it was court day,
and she herself, strange to tell, having
overlooked the fact.
The dinner was served with elegance,
and Mrs. Tucker made herself very
charming. Upon rising to leave the
guests to their wine, she said "Gen-
tlenen, you have dined to-day with
Judge Tucker; promise me now that
you will dine tomorrow with me-"
This was all her apology, whereupon
the gentlemen swore that such wife
was beyond price. The Judge then ex-
planned the situation, and the next day
there was noble banquet.
Morat: Never worry a guest with
apologies.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-04-11
Chinese Books.

In cheap printing the Chinese are our
superiors as, in consequence OF Their
simple method of impression, the whole
apparatus OF u printer in that country
consists of his gravers, blocks, and
brushes. These he nay shoulder, and
travel from place to place, purchasing
paper and lampblack MS he needs them
and borrowing table anywhere, he
may throw of his editions by the hun
bred or tho score, as he is able to dis
pose of them. Their paper is thin, but
cheap ten sheets of denny size costing
only one half-penny. This, connected
with the low price Of labor, enables the
Chinese to furnish books to each other
for next to nothing. The books Of
King-foo-tze, comprising six volumes,
and amounting TO 400 leaves octave, can
be purchased for ninepence and the
historical novel of the Three Kingdoms,
amounting to 800 leaves, IN 20 vol
umes, may be had for half crown.
Books are, consequently, multiplied to
an almost indefinite extent and every
peasant and peddler has the common
repositories of knowledge within his
reach. In China, wo are accordingly
told. the.o are. perhaps, more bC oks
and more people to read them, than in
any other country OF the world.