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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

E~ Information from Pittsburgh, Pa,
says that tho Mayer there has been in
structed 10y the Police Committee TO arrest
any women found crusading against the Ii.
qnor saloons, together with persons who
may be following them, on account of their
Interference vith business aud disturbing
the public peace.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

GF The Rockingham papers state that
the Barl Of Supervisors Of that county
have decided TO erect new Court. house
buildings in lIarrisonburg, tho present
structure having been condemned aud do
clared unsafe.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

4S Truly, the ball",ing in Massachu.
'et's for Summers seat in the Senate is
"becoming somewhat monotonous The
18th ballot of the siege was taken on Tues
day last without election,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

Ess- At our last report from Alexandra,
shsd were selling az l3@Sl5 per hundred
and herring at { 50@S9 50 per thousand 4.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

Eft The receipts of wheat at George
town on Monday last reached LOO bush
els, with no sales.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

EtF Ten thousand shad and % 900 her.
ring were received at Alex indria on Tues
day last.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

CAsNSr-NAKiSo.-We direct attention to the
,dyertisement Of Mr. John Greitzner. Cabinet
Maker. Mr. Greiizner is master Of his business,
aod we doubt if he has his equal as a workman
10 the State Of West Virginia
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

DIR Daily, Dentist. is in town, at KeIler's
Hotel, ready to serve all who may need nything
IN the line Of his profession.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17
South 8ramels 9ntellisemeer.
FRIDAY, APRIL II, 1874.

Gov Jacob has appointed J. W. Mason, ESQ =,
Of Grafton, member Of the Board of Regents for
The Asylum of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. at
this place, rice Hon. w. G. Brown, resigned.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

The sale Of the valuable Mill Property, be-
longing to the Estate Of the late Robert Cum
Minis will take place before the Court house doc r
10 Romney, Tuesday next. See advertise
men, on fourth page to-day.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

BALTIMORE, TUESDAY, April IL
Flour finn and unchanged. Wheat, white, fair
to prime s. c5@Sl so good TO prime red, 81
7O0Sl so. Corn, white, 80 cts yellow, SC
cts Oats, 678@72 cts. Rye, firm
In n. York, on the l4th, gold closed at lI4l.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

Within the Whole Rtuge of tonic and al,e
ratve medcin's known none is entitled TO more
consideration shan the Peruvian Syrup. In all
cases Of enfeebled or debilia,ed constitution it
ia the very remedy needed. The most positive
proof OF this can be adIucel.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

The crows Of India, which in number are
ike grasshopps:s, especially in the cities DO not
hesitate to enter the houses aud carry OF what
ever they can lay hands or beak on. While we
were in Calcutta the crows came into our re ON
at the hotel, in The very centre OF the city, and
seized our breakfast before cur eyes, while We
were waiting 20 eat it - Chambers Journal
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17
EE Wild coffee bushes are plentiful in

Gs~ Wild coffee bushes are plentiful in
Amrdor and other counties of California.
The Berries ore known to the settlers as
"cat berries" but are 10 every way similar
to the coffee Of commerce. a Colombian
Consul, who is intimately acquainted wi
the cultivation oF coffee in South America.
Is ronfdeut that the shrub is the genuine
coffee plant, and capable of producing uu-
der cultivation superior quality Of coffee.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

1t is said that there are ct present niue yes
sells in the port OF Baltimore chartered to carry
Cumberland coal 10 San Francisco, California
They will carry Out in the aggregate about Is,
900 tons. At San Francisco the vessels can ge.
good loading Of grain to Europe which makes
disposition on the part OF shp-mas,ers to 90 into
the coal trade to the point named -
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17
FEVER AND AGUE.

FEVER AND AGuE cured for my cents There 1.
not remedial agent In this world that cure Fever
aud Ague. aud all other MalsriouN B,lous Scarlet
Typhoid. yellow. and other Fevers laded hv RAD.
WAYS rILLSl go quick az RAILWAYS READY RE.
LIBF. Finy cents per bottle.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

The heavy rains last week causpd quite a
Use in all the streams in this section. The
South Rrnnch was out OF its banks also, Capon,
North River, Mill and Psiterson's Greeks. We
hear however, Of no special damage along any
Of these streams, but suppose more or less was
sustained by fencing &c being washed off The
South Branch, it is asserted, was higher than It
ans time since the food Of 1861.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

--On friday afternoon last Mr. John 3. Glenn,
n school teacher living Mt Odiown, Nd, fell
rom the Nbutmcnt Of the railroad bridge at
North Branch station, distance of % feet. and
was Instantly killed
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17

The Leavenwworlh Times speaking Of q
liquor Crusaders says Of them "Thay drin
% not, neither do they sin yet Solomon in q
bis glory was not on raid like some Of them.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-30
The St. Louis Bridge.

The iron work of the great bridge
across the Mississippi, at St. Louis, has
been completed by the Keystone Bridge
Company. The bridge proper consists Of
three arches each, over 500 feet in length.
Platforms could not be built from which
to construct the arches on account Of the
rapid river current, and Of their interfer.
ence, If erected, with the business interests
Of ST. Louis. These difficulties we're met,
however, by the engineering skill of the
contractors. From each Of the two river
piers arches were sprung which balanced
each other as they were being built, and
from which the workmen's platforms were
suspended. The arcs to meet these were
balanced from the shore piers by coun-
terpoisc weights, so arranged as to auiomat-
ically support the arc in its proper position,
Notwithstanding the contraction and ex-
pansion always going on in the metal
supporting rods. Link by link the spans
were built ont from six different points,
until the three arches met over the river
and were firmly banded together The
bridge is wonderful specimen of skill IN
construction, and this, no less than It's
great size and cost, will make il attractive
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-30
A White Mans Skin Engrafted Upon
Negro.

Mr.. George Pollock's well-known and
successful experiment, by which he tested
the success Of Reverdin's valuable method
of skiu-cngrafting in surgery, has been
repeated inyersely in America DR.. Geo.
Troupe Maxwell, of Newcastle, Delaware,
reports in the Philadelphia Medical Times
of October Is, that in February, 1873, he
was called to negro who had been shot
in the face with a bird-shot As he was
only few feet from the muzzlc Of the gun,
the discharge passed through the left cheek,
in as compact mass as if it had been a
ball, and passed out Of the pcsterior por-
ton Of the ramus Of the lower jaw, Just
below the lobule of the ear. There was
extensive sloughing, and DR.. Maxwell
proposed skin-grafing. He conceived the
idea Of transplanting the skin Of white
man aud the consent Of the patient hay-
ing been obtained, DR.. Maxwell cut from
his own arm piece of skin about the size
of dime. He also took from the patients
arm similar piece, and having cut them
into pieces the size Of canary seed,
carefully inserted them on the wound
All the white gratis except one died, and
this one increased rapidly 10 size, till it
was more than half an inch in diameter.
After the wound had healed, DR.. Maxwell
thus describes the patients condition !:
Injecting my patient on the road, readily
distinguished the white patch on the side
Of the face twenty or thirty yards distant.
Upon examination, dark-colored lines,
forming net work on the white skin, was
discovered These lines increased in size
and in number, deepening the color of the
patch, until, at the end Of the third month,
the whole surface Of the wound was Of
uniform black color" The experiment is
exceedingly interesting, and it is said to
be the first published case Of the kind.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-30
The Growth Of Trees.

An interesting question relating to the
growth of trees is now being discussed by
botanists and other naturalists, the point
at issue being, whether the trunks and
branches of trees lengthen except by addi.
tlons to the extremity Of the growing
points. Or, in other words, whether there
is, during growth, an elongation of wood
already formed. A suit between two mill
owners, last Fall, turned on this question
tho legal height Of the water at one mill
being fixed under an order of court, BY
certain markings on tree trunk, which.
it was alleged, had been raised by the
growth Of the tree. The court decided
that the tree mark had not been raised,
and this is in accordance with the views.
not then expressed, of Prof Gray, the
hotanist. He says: IF trunks actually
lengthen throughout, that of young tree
or sapliug should show it more equivocally
than an older one, far greater proportion
of it being in a living state" He recon-
mends that tacks be driven in the trees in
a vertical line, at certain sharply defined
distances, so that if there should be an
elongation of the trunk in growth it may
be readily observed. Comparing a mark
on the tack with exterior marks or with
liked objects may, or may not give indica-
tons of the truth or falsity Of his views,
for the whole body of the tree might be
lifted up by the swelling of the roots and
pressure against rock or other hard sub
stance. The growth of sapling is so
rapid that an unquestionable elongation, if
any, should take place within six months
between any two points in vertical line.
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Aversion to Manual Labor.

The practice of educating boys for the
professions, which are already overstockcd,
or for the mercantile business in which
statistics show that ninety-6ve in hun
dred fail of success, is fearfully on the in
crease in this country. Americans are
annually becoming more and more ayerse
to manual labor; and to get living by
ones wits, even at the cost of indepen-
dcnce and self-respect, and fearful wear
and tear of conscience, is the ambition Of
large proportion Of our young men. The
result is that the mechanical professions
are becoming monopoly of foreigners,
and the ownership of the finest farms, even
in New England, is passing from Ameri.
cans to lrishmen and Germans. Fifty
years ago father was not ashamed TO put
his children to the pillow or to a mechani.
cal trade; but now they are ''too feeble
for bodily labor; one has pain in his
side, another slight cough, another "a
very delicate constitution" another is
nervous and so poor Bobby or Billy or
Tommy is sent of to the city to measure
tape, weigh coffee, or draw molasses.
1t seems never to occur to their foolish
parents that moderate manual labor in the
pure and bracing air of the country is
just what these puny, wasp-waisted lads
need, and that to send them to the crow
ded and unhealthy city is to send them to
their graves. Let them follow the pillow,
swing the sledge, or shove the foreplaue,
and their pinched chests will be expanded,
their sunken checks pumped out, and
their lungs, now 'cabincd, cribbed, and
confined" will have room TO play. Their
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-30
Boys, Rsad This.


The lesson contained in the following
narrative Is earnestly recommended to the
thoughtful consideration Of every boy ii
this county.
spare copper, sir, am starving"
were the words Of poor, hslfstarved
ragged man to q gentleman Fastening
home one bitter cold night aspare 1
copper, sir, and God win bless you.
Struck with the fellows manner and an
pearance, the gentlemen stopped and said
You look, as if you had seen better
days. Ifyou win tell me candidly what
has been your greatest failing through life,
LII give you enough to pay your lodging"
I'm afraid could hardly do that,
the beggar answered with mournfuI smile
Try, try Here's shilling to shar-
pen your memory only to be sure You
speak the truth"
The man pressed the coin tightly IL his
hand, and after thinking for nearly min.
ute, said:
ITO be honest with you, then, | believe
my greatest fault has been in learning 70
"kiil time" When | was boy | had
kind loving parents, who let mo do pretty
much as liked 50 / became idle and
careless, and never once thought Of the
change in store for me. / hoped that /
should one day make my mark in tho world.
was sent to college but there | wasted
my time in idle dreaming and expensive
amusement If / had been Door how
with necessity staring me in the face. I
think should have done better. But
somehow | fell into the notion that life was
TO be one continued holiday. / gradually
became fond Of wine and company. In
few years my parents both died you can
guess the rest, | wasted what little thew
left, and it is now too late to combat NV
habits. Yes, sir, idleness has ruined me .
Il believe your story, said the gentle
man, land willtell il tony boys as war
ming. | am sorry for you; indeed am.
But it is never too late to reform. Come
to my ofhce TO morrow and let me try to
inspire you with fresh courage. And
giving the man piece Of money, and in
dicating where he could be found, he hur-
ried on.
"Never kill time" boys. He is your
best friend. Don't let him slip through
your fingers when you are young, as the
beggar did. The days Of your boy-hood
are the most precious you win ever see
The habits you form will stick to YOU like
wax. Ifthey are good ones, life viii be a
pleasure and a true success. You NAV
not grow rich, but your life win be a real
success, nevertheless If, on the contrary
you waste your early years, live for fun
only, triae with your opportunities, You
will find that your life is failurc--yes
even if you should be very rich.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-30
Rio de Janeiro.

"The fresh, cool sea breeze, sweet and
pure from the coast Of Africa Il blowing
on us now in this city Of Rio de Janeiro
(the river Of January on this Sunday
evening in March.
"fou have seen the sky over Cayupn
Lake, as you have been on the hin side
in cur village Of Aurora, and you remem-
Der the fantastic shapes the clouds assume,
piled, and carved, and lighted, and giidea
by the setting summer sun. You and |
have seen summer scenes in Italian and
other skies, but none 50 gorgeous and
grand as these celestial displays.
"The city is built on the spurs Of three
mountains--the Tipuca, the Corcovada
and the Pal de Apucan, or Sugar Loaf.
Between these and the water the city con-
tains some 100000 inhabitants, Of various
nationalities. The flags Of many coun-
tries are. floating in sight. The bay is
larger than the upper bay Of New York.
more picturesque than that Of Naples,
even with its Vesuvius in the back ground
and Capri in front.
Il can say less Of the moral condition
Of the city. An American said Of this
country; "The birds have no music, the
flowers no fragrance, the wosaen no virtue,
and the men no morals. ~ II Observer.
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Before leaving this subject, says Paris
correspondent, | must relate curious dis
covery made on this occasion. NJ. Guye-
taut took me to see one Of his first artist is,
who works at home. In the front room
of modest apartment was the intelligent
artist working at his lathe, and in the
back room was his wife working upon an
India shawl. A fine cashmere, worth
1000 francs, or perhaps, 81 900 in New
York, was cut into strings, or figures, and
on glancing at it ! could not help crying
"Ah, how in the world did this fine shawl
get so badly damaged? Was it eaten by
the rats?" NJ. Guyetaut laughed, and
said: e0hl Monsieur, il is not damaged
at ALL | am rearranging it. Probably
my lady readers win be as much surpris-
ed as was to find at these costly shawls
are purposely cut in pieces and then sewn
together again. The philosophy Of it is
this; Some years the fashion is for white
figures, running about in scrolls as in all
cashmeres, and sometimes for black.
Hence the shawls with white ground fig
ures are cut when black sell best, and the
black cuttings sewn in. Sometimes, when
a lot Of shawls have been for many years
on hand, the disposition Of the figures are
changed in order to suit the prevailing
taste Now, the work was done SO well |
that / could not distinguish the seams,
but il seems to me that If | were to buy a |
shawl worth thousand dollars, l should
greatly prefer to have il as ii came from
the Indian loom. I was told that hun
dreds Of these rearrsnged shawls are an
nually sold to American ladies at very
large prices, and If those who have them
end that they come in pieces they win
understand the reason. They have only
10 send the shawl to some accommodates,
like the person Of whom write, and the
work will be elegantly done again, This
artist and his no less industri- |
BUS wife earn very handsome living from |
their common labor.
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ence, look well to two things in the man
you marry; first, his great virtues; Sec
ondly, his small weaknesses. One very
pronounced and obnoxious vice, or one
ridiculOusly triaing failing, in man, may
render your home an unhappy one. But
don't be alarmed; there are hosts Of men
in the world, and If, as / once heard it
suggested, a law were passed compelling
forthwith every old bachelor over fve-and-
forty, to marry a spinstor over five-and-
thirty, depend upon it the spinsters would
prove the most refractory. There is such
a thing as Nemesis, and every man over
forty is just as anxious to marry as before
forty he was anxious not to marry.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-30
South Pacific Cannibals.

According to the New Zealand Herald,
the schooner Sandhy, Of the British navy,
which has been employed in the suppress
sion Of the Polynesian slave trade, must
have brought away from its late cruise
among the Solomon Islands some very
unpleasant impressions Of the customs
OF the natives Of that interesting little
archipelago. In one Of the group it was
found that the beach natives we're on
such deadly terms with the. tribe which
held the hills within that they could not
meet without murderous consequences,
and just before the arrival Of the SandHy
one Of the latter tribe who had come down
to pay secret visit to his daughter, mar
ried to "beach native" before the rup-
ture, had been discovered and tomahawked
on the spot. The way Of disposing of
dead enemy being to roast and eat him,
preparations were being made for thispur-
pose by the son .in-law Of the deceased,
when the commander Of the cruiser, has-
ing learned what was going on, at once
interfered by means Of an interpreter, and
expressed his intention Of destroying the
village if the body was not forthwith
brought to his vessels side and there sunk,
which was accordingly done. Not long
afterwards the same officer arrived at a
village which had just been visited by a
slave-catching aud skull-hunting foray Of
another stronger tribe the practice being
OF such occasions to kill and eat the male
adults and carry the weaker members into
captivity. A threat from the schooner
and the show of her rocket tubes compelled
the spoilers to take their departure abrupt
ly, which they did without showing fight.
On Lieut. NOVEL; and his party landing,
they found fourteen children, whose
parents had just been killed before their
eyes, and number Of skulls undergoing
the process Of roasting, in order to be
retained afterwards as trophies. Some
fugitives now returning, were treated with
presents and left in charge of the children;
but the skulls, for security sake, were
taken out to sea and sunk. On the whole,
the account Of the Sanday's cruise inclines
one to believe that the unfortunate natives
Of the Solomon Islands could not be worse
of if the group were to be annexed by
China as a depot for the emigrants refused
in California, or even by Spain as com
pensation for the probable future loss Of
Cuba.
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HEALTHFUL DWELLINGS,. --Ameng the
indispensable requisites Of heathful
dwelling are that Il shall be absolutely free
from damp; because damp house is a
most potent and active and everpresent
cause Of disease, especially Of rheumatism,
neuralgia, colds, coughs, consumption and
such like. The site, therefore, If not nat
urally dry, must be rendered 80 BY means
Of asphalt or cement, throughout the foun-
dation, and the roof and cutters and drain
age must be perfect. And, second, that
the house shall be 80 placed that the direct
rays Of the sun shall have free admission
into the living apartments; because the
suns rays impart healthy and invigorat-
ing quality 70 the air, and stimulate The
vitality Of human beings d they a. those
Of plants and without sunlight, human
beings, q well q plants, would aicken and
die. The aspect, therefore, should Be
southeast.