South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-07

| hlspce TO q live man bracins his fee. in or
der 10 drag rhe load, n spectator could hard
I ly restrain an expression of enthusiasm ne
the cart rolled along the hoor. 1t was the
production of a matchmaker somewhere in
Switzerland, who was paid five hundred
dollars for the curiosity, which be made in
the course of long winter evenings Since
Monzel exhibited the mechanical ches.
player (which, by the way, was not con-
Quoted by machinery slthough the rope
dancer, skilfully managed wonder, more
nearly approached a first class androida! de-
vice, no very striking thing. hive been In
vented of that kind, at home or abrosd. -
The trumpeter was a marvel at first, but he
same bellows would have supplied the in
srument with wind if it had been in bar
rel or packing box When that fact was
realized by visitors, the excitement grad.
ually subsidized Some Inventors among US
arc capable Of making such ingenious CON
trivances, but few can afford the time.
RAISING GIANTS.
King Frederick William, of Prussia. a.
Their of Frederick the Great, determined IN
raise to order soldiers whose stature should
meet his views "f what grenadiers to serve
royalty should be. The army was his hob
by, aud tail men his special admiration -
He had a regiment at Potsdam that was
the talk of the world, on account of their
uesds aud shoulders being far above ordi-
nary humanity. There were three battaI
ions of 500 each, 2,400 in all, perfect A.
naks, the shortest of the men being seven
feet and the ta.iest nine. Such lofty be-
ings were procured from all countries in
Europe without regard to cost. James
kmkmsn, 40 Irish recruit, could not be
had Till six thousand dollars were paid -
Tail men were decoyed and put into service
at all haz lrds. Next be compelled them
Ia marry unusually tall women, whether
they consented or not. Prussia is rich in
very tall subjects, the descendants Of those
gigantic grenadiers these are fsr taller
than the full blooded kentuckians. In
spite OF his eccentric majestys efforts, how
ever, Nature would have her own wav, and
the children of such parentage were not all
tall at maturity. Then again, another law
came into opera ion to thwart tue monarch s
mbilion to dvelop race of monster men
Short men very generally prefer tall wives
and tall women, dapper little husbands-
vi course there is no very philosophical
way OF accounting for taste, but such is the
Tact. There Is growth Ii Imitation to
plants aud animals. GA reaching the pre-
destined dimensions, those active artizans
that built up tho body, as far as the law
OF limitation requires, cease laboring and a
permanent typo of size is thus established
1t Is impossible to 90 counter to those laws
and raise giants of any kind. A few indi-
vIduals, transcending their kindred in alti-
tude' are apparently accidental or at least
are beyond explanation but anomalies 10
that respect, like monstrosities, cannot be
Perpetusted through generations.
HOW FAR WE SEE.
Hsrschel was Of he opinion that, with
the telescope he used in those researches
IN the heavens which immortaized his
name in the annals Of Science, he could
penetrate 497 times farther than Sirius, as
sumed to be at least 80 far distant that the
sun IS near at band in comparison. While
exploring with that instrument, ZIG 600
stars fitted by the object glass 10 one quar-
ter OF al hour, and that subtended an
angle Of only l5o. So all tho worlds are
moving rapidly in space. Reckoning from
the limited zone thus inspected the whole
celestial region could be examined by Civ
ing time enough TO the enterprise and
judging from few sections orly within
the scope of assisted vision, more than five
billions ct liked stars might be reasonably
supposed to be recognizable, and could be
seen with modern improved instruments.
But more are beyond, vastly beyond, aud
We are hoping aud expecting that, when
Mr.. Clark, tho solf-mado astronomer Of
Cambridge, Mass, aud the most progressive
telescope manufacturer now known 20 scieu-
lists, has completed bis great work, Ear
more amazing discoveries will be made I'm
the ornament, Surely, tho mechanism ol
the heavens demonstrates the existence If
an Intelligent First Cause, since such mag
uihceui displays ct unnumberod worlds, req
uIaied by laws which secure order 10 the
uolyorss, could not have originated them
selves. God surely roigns aud directs.
FAT AND LEAN.
Meat eaters and yegetarians show In their
persons the effects Of the diet The fret
has the most brain force & nervous energy.
mixed food 81 auimal and vegetable ra.
Nons developes the bigbest intellectual pow
er'. A strictly vegetable living ordinarily
glvos far complexion, end amabitty aud
extreme puguacity whom the yegctsri.
ans views 10 regard 10 that one engrossinp
thought 81 his life are discussed They
are annual meeting rsformers, without ever
settlUg g river on fire. Arabs arc a sober.
frugal race, rather slender, mot tall, eonsci-
enuous and contentious on religious sub
Jects. They largely subsiss on rice, pulse
MIX and koimac, something similar to
whipped cream, through vast region Of
40 arid country where they are indigenous