South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-07-23

The AIx.xoxD INpzAx FRAUDs.-The
| HoL. Charles J. Faulkner, Of West Va,
| one Of the committee appointed by the
Secretary Of the Interior to investigate
the charges Of Prof. Marsh against the
Interior snd Indian Departments, in
connection with Indian supplies, passed
through Baltimore yesterday, en- route
| for New York, where tho commission
was to be organized last evening. the O.
ther members being ex-Gov. Thomas c.
Fletcher, of Missouri. and Hon. b. w.
| Harris. OF Massachusetts. 1t is expect
ed that exc overnor Fletcher will be G.
lected chairman. and that the commits
sion Will start for the Red Cloud agen-
cy during the latter part of this week.
General Fisk, chairman Of the board of
Indian commissioners, said on Saturday
that he should endeavor to have both
| Professor Marsh and Indian Commits
sioner +. =. Smith appear before the
commission before it leaves n. York for
the purpose Of explaining their respec-
tive views relative to the management
OF affairs ut the Red Cloud agency.-
General Fisk added that. having been
forced into accepting the presiden-
cy of the Indian commission. he inten.
ded to have thorough examination of
the charges made by Prof Marsh, with
out fear or favor, hurt whoever 1t may
Baltimore San, July 90.
COOLING TIE ATMospmsRE.-A writer
| in the Public Health recommends that a
dish or basin large enough to present a
good surface ofwater be placed i'm rooms
where the heat is oppressive and the wa
| ter changed once, or twice on very hot
days, to secure n general lowering ofthe
| temperature. The hot air of the room
takes up the water in the form Of atmos-
| pheric vapor and diifuses the greater
GOODNESS OF the water throughout the
room, until air and water become Of the
same temperature. When this takes
place fresh water should be put in the
dish. He says that he has found a tum-
bier full OF water potential enough
when he has been sitting in u small stu.
dy, but the greater the surface OF the
water in contact with the air.the more
eifcctual will bc the diffusion Of atmos,
pheric vapor. The writer does not say
whether the doors and windows are to
be kept open or closed, condition that
might have IN important bearing on the
SuNNSSo Va tut lie Inlnn
| is rather doubtful rs TO its feasibility,
but it is easy enough to try, with the
doors and windows either shut or open,
and with n vessel containing any quanti-
| ty of water, from tumbler full To n
| tub full.
10 To show the advantage Of blood
in stock and its paramount Importance
to farmers, the Montgomery Messenger,
says: Mr.. James Shelburn sold three of
his Cotswold lambs for $50 and bought
| from neighbor IL common sheep for
$50. What striking eXemplifcation of
farming with sense and farming with
out sense. Mr.. Shelburn raised and fed
three and got the same price for them
his neighbor got for II!
A WIFE's TKICK.-The Cincinnati
Times says: A lady occupying high
position ut Washington, whose husband
was of the Government, made trip to
Europe with him. She ''doted" on lace.
and here was her opportunity. Talking
OF the acquisitions she would make in
| this line, he told her he should purchase
| any reasonable quantity, provided she
would not smngglc any. To this she &C.
| coded. The gentleman took as part of
his WARDROBE dressing-gown, for like
most Americans in the privacy OF his
room he liked to pull Off his coat. Sc.
veral times on the trip he observed the
care his wife took Of this garment. and.
was gratiiied for her anxiety for his
comfort. Once when smoking. while
| lighting his cigar. he set his gown on
fire. and quite hole was burnt in the
skirt. His wife Was considerably
| ssitatcd, and no was battered that
| so trifling danger TO him had SO
moved her. One morning Immediately
after their return to this country he
| found before he reached his office that
| the keys Inc needed he had left ut home,
and retraced his steps to get them
Letting himself in with his latch-key lie
proceeded to his chamber, and on open
ing the door found his wife on her knees
on the floor, his dressing-gown Invested
of its lining and spread before her. and
she, scissors in hand disengaging from
1t n white, flimsy fabric with which il
was covered. She sprang up on seeing
him, laughed and exclaimed, ''You are
the smuggler. You wore that lace all.
over Europe. and brought il home.''
THE CHAMPION BABY The boy child
OF ID. j. Shea, born last Thursday eve.
ming week, was weighed Immediately az
ter its birth by DIR. Rice, in the presence
of dozen witnesses, with balance scales.
and weighed twenty pounds and two
ounces. This weight can lie relied upon
and IS also verified by measurements of
the child taken yesterday morning.. six
| ty hours after its birth. The horizontal
circumference Of it's heal is 16 inches
the perpendicular circumference, 16l I'm.
ches; length Of child, 233 inches; dis.
lance from shoulder to shoulder over the
chest, 20l inches in short, the child is
as large rs al ordinary babe n year old,
and is well and Hourishing. That these
! figures are entirely unparalleled is prov
ed by medical works, which give instan.
| ces Of infants weiphinp 3 or Is mounds