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Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

REMARKABLE EvIDESCE Og TILE
POWER OF PRAYER.-A private let
ter from Raleigh y. C., relates that
three Of the lady-tcachers connected
with Peace Institute wrote to Messrs.
Moody and Sankey while in New
York asking their prayers and those
of the congregation in behalf Of the
young ladies attending school at the
Institute. About week after this
letter was written five Of the most
hardened girls at the Institute sought
their teachers and talked correct
" with them on the subject Of their
souls salvation. This seemed to be
the origin Of work Of grace in the
community that promises the great
est blessings. On last Sunday six.
teen of the Peace Institute scholars
protested conversion, and the deep
est interest is manifested by ALL
These three ladies say that no one
knew Of their writing the letter and
making this request Of Messrs. Moody
and Sankey. so the interest could
not have been attributed TO knowl
edge Of this fact.
Whether this revival is in answer
to prayer or not cannot Of course be
determined, but the coincidence i.,
20 say the least, remarkable. CeI
tainly The Bible warrants the belief
that such answers to prayer will lie
given.-Be5fmd Sentinel.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

and say they are not only entirely
too high, but very serious imPedi-
ment to the progress of the place
Some persons say real estate can be
bought cheaper in the vicinity of
Cincinnati or Pittsburg. The panic
put sudden stop to transactions IN
real estate here as well as elsewhere
Business, however, is reviving, and l
found several persons here prospect
ing for real estate, some from Rich
mond, some from New York, others
from Cincinnati.
Visitors are introduced to the man
who bought the first lot of ground of
the Central Land Company. Of
course was not made an exception.
This venturesome gentlemen was one
of Mosby's men during the war ;
and more quiet, unpretending and
mild-mannered person | never met,
and he had the reputation of being
as brave during the war as he was
quiet and amiable in peace: He
had little property near Culpeper
Courthouse when the war broke out
and this, with his aecumulations
made during the unpleasantness, as
he STYLED it, amounted to trlile over
six thousand dollars. Culpeper was
a slow kind of a place, not much en-
terprise, and where, he added, every
body got tight before dinner and
wanted to 90 to sleep after dinner
1t came into his head one morning
that he had better emigrate, and
take his chances West.
He got us far as Huntington,a ,and 1t
looked as if there was to be an open
ing for enterprise and small amount
Of capital, so he went in for three
lots. Then he began building the
Ware House, a bic, three-story frame
hotel. but his money gave out before
it was finished. The Central COM
pany, however, came 10 MS aid, anu
loaned him four thousand five hun
dred dollars to finish and furnish his
hotel. He now boasts that he had
paid off his Indebtedness before the
panic, though he had to raid some to
do it. He has very recently illustra-
ted his faith in Huntington by pur-
chasing more lots. Huntington has
got two new and quite stylish-look-
ing churcles-an Episcopal and a
Congregational-and also two sprlght-
ly and well printed weekly papers,
one Democratic, the other Republi-
can. Obey says Horace Greeley,
when he advised young men to pack
up and go West, must have meant
the Kanawha Valley.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09
NUMBER "a.

How THE DAYS Cor THEIR
NAMEs.-He Professor Proctor first
showed how the hours and days came
to be regarded as each ruled over by
a particular planet. Dividing the
day into twenty-four, and regarding
these rs ruled over in succession by
the planets in the order of their dis
tances according to the old system)
viz, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun,
Venus, Mercury, and the Moon, it
will be found that if the first hour OF
one day be ruled by the Sun, the
first hour Of the next will he ruled
by the Moon, the first hour of next
by Mars. Of the next by Mercury, the
next by Jupiter, then Venus. and Of
the next BY Saturn, and 80 To the
Sun again. Hence the order of the
seven DAYS, the Suns day, the
Moons day, Mars day Gn french
Mndi,) Mercury's day( MercredD,
Jove's day (Je,al0. Venus day Yen
dredi), and Saturn's day, Saturday.
or the Sabbath of the Jews. day of
rest with the Egyptians, because an
unlucky day for any sort of work, rs
ruled over BY the malefic planet Sa-
turn.-Protcssor Il 4. Proctor-Ioc-
t.re IN Ne,c York Tribune.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09
POetical.
There Is Rest Beyond the River.

There Is Rest Beyond the River.
HYMN.
By the Rev. w. A. Des Brisay, Episco..
pal clergyman, from thei last words OF
Stonewall Jackson: "Let us cross over
the river and rest under the shade OF
the trees"
There is rest beyond the river,
In the pleasant palm-trees shade,
Where the saints redeemed forever.
Are in spotless robes arrayed.:
When the conflict here is ended,
And the battles din is DER,
There is rest beyond the river,
On the sweet celestial shore.
There is rest beyond the river,
There We all shall meet again;
We shall see the great Life-giver,
In the splendor of bis reign;
Where the faithful and the fearless,
And the tried and true Of earth,
In happy home, and fearless,
Enter life's immortal birth.
There is rest beyond the river,
When the christian solder falls;
When devoted friends must sever
And the last loud bugle calls;
And the ancient anthems ringing,
Through the ever-blessed land,
The beloved ones are singing,
As around the throne they stand.
There is rest beyond TIE river,
We shall all cross over there;
Faith triumphant iail us never
Not a sorrow nor care.
SAFELY 10 the haven gliding,
Where our patient souls would bH,
And in loves own home abiding,
Arc the friends we long to see.
There is rest beyond the river;
Let us cross into the light
To the golden dawn OF morning..
Where there comes no shade oi night
Where the dear hands we have folded,
And the fond ewes sadly closed,
In the marble features moulded,
Are in perfect life disclosed.
There is rest beyond the river
Der its deep and solemn How
Where the saints in glory gather,
And our hearts dear Jewels 60.
Let us cross the silent river,
Sweet in Paradise to rest;
Safe TO part no more forever,
Where the pure in heart are blest.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

A WONDERFUL GUN.-Mr. VIM.
B. Winans has in his possession re
markable gun, and one that has an
unwritten and partly unknown his
tory more remarkable than the wea>
non itself. As to where it was made,
or by what train Of circumstances Its
de .th-dealing crack became sound
of terror along the Tennessee and
Cumberland rivers during the earlier
wears of the late war, We shall not
pretend to say. Certain it is that ma
nv a Federal soldier bit the dust du-
ring the Fort Donelson and Shiloh
campaigns, being laid low by the buz-
zing ball which escaped from her
dread muzzle, the trigger drawn with
steady finger, infallible sight, and
deadly aim.
The very sound of the gun became
known and familiar, and an ominous
ore along infantry lines and among
the sharpshooters. Near the time OF
the battle Of Shiloh some infantry
had been employed il skirmish or re.
connoitcring duty in the deep tangled
woods. Crack, bang, boom, roared
at intervals the Old gun in the dis
lance, at every discharge laying SOL
der stif and stark in death with un-
errinn accuracy. Shift their positions
us they might, the gun would bang
away, and with a hiss and thud
there would be one soldier less. The
direction of the firing was a:certaln-
ed, and the entire regiment or party
was ordered to charge towards it,
without knowing where or what 1t
was. On they went, losing man at
every few PAGES.
Nothing was accomplished, and the
party returned, leaving the murder
Gus gun cracking away as they re.
treated. Shortly afterward the old
frelock was heard again with her
murderous music. 1t was resolved at
all hazards to find out and capture
the internal machine. After persls-
tent efforts. 4 tall, raw-boned, grizzle-
bearded, laree-sizcd Texan ranger
was discovered in the foliage of a tall
tree, from among the branches Of
which he was picking off his foes As
well as he had picked off hundreds
before. With his iron viSage, pierc-
ing eye, and unquailing nerve, there
be sat, fierce as the untamed jaguar.
Brought to bay, he continued to load
and shoot with deadly aim till
brought down, and the famous gun
was captured. 1t afterwards Tell in
to the hands of the late Bone Lucas,
and finally friend Winans became
and is now its custodian. Its gun
of immense calibre, being near
eight feet lcng, with a smooth bore,
single barrel, large enough to admit
of a small-.izo walnut. 1t is quite a
icuriosity and an interesting relic OF
the past, and could its muzzle talk,
| it could tell Of many death-shots that
had passed its steeirinuied and bla
zins lips.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

4 SUIT ABOUT a CANCER. Tho
executors of George j. Thomas, de-
ceased, have entered suit in the cir
cult Court of Richmond for the re-
covery OF five hundred dollars paid
by him 10 DR.. 4. q. Wollar,l, of this
city; and the case will be tried next
week. Thomas for many years suf-
tered from a cancer, and Dr. Wollard
undertook to cure it. He entered
into q written agreement with VOL
lard, and bound himself TO pay him
FIVE hundred dollars down aud five
hundred dollars more if the cancer
was cured, but if the cancer was not
cured all the money was TO be return
ed. Thomas finally died from the
cancer,as is alleged, and demand was
made for the return Of the five hun-
dred dollars. Judge Crump and Cap
tain Scott are counsel for plaintiff.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

ceaseless wanderings. Hence comes
the custom of killing a slave at the
death of a Caboceer, for a Caboceer
may not draw water, hew wood, nor
cook food.
Having been removed by dint of
cuffs or manual force from the pres
ence of. the fetishman, the slave is
hurried to a wooden box, into which
the carcass of the Caboceer will evil
IDENTIFY be squeezed. Along the lid
of the box the slave is stretched upon
her stomach, and her head and feet
grasped by the two executioners, so
that her struggles may be subject to
control. A friend of the dead Cabo-
ceer approaches the PROSTATE crea.
ture and slashes her with sword
Just below the right shoulder-blade.
Catching the blood which flows from
the wound he smcars the box. When
a sufficiency other blood has been
drawn for this purpose, she is lifted
from the lid and is reviled, struck and
covered with spittle by the bystand-
ers. All the while she utters the
loudest and most grievous lamenta-
tions and the louder and more grievous
they are, the more acceptable do the
torturers deem the sacrificial gratuity
to be to the dead Caboceer. She
then is driven to the spot where she
is to be slain. When the head has
been cut off, the heart is plucked out
through an opening in the back. An
executioner receives the head with
yells and frantic signs ofjoy and runs
with it through the town. Savagely
and furiously he tosses it TO the
ground, and kicks il before him like
a ball, snatches it up in his flight,
spits upon it, filings it into the AR,
catches it in its descent, or, permit
ting it to drop heavily, kicks it again
and again. The body is never bu>
ried, but is spurned aside to be eater
by wild beasts or vultnres.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09
MARSHALL COLLEGE.
State Normal School.

Hm,irg'oa, ~ Ia. SEPT, 1, 1870.
Tie State Normal School Marshall
COLLEGE, will open ior the fall term Mon
dav. Sept. l&. 1875, under the direction OF
Prof 4. y. Chestcrman, \. NJ, as Primer
pal. aud Prof. i. II. Thack-tou, \. NJ, a
First Assistant. Additional ass stanls
will be added and announced aS requi-
red. go,
that heretofore pursued, but q higher
standard arrived At.
Normal students will be received, but
II the state Legislature makes no aPpro-
nriation for the year, they will be requ!-
rel 10 pay tuition fees. Charges for tui-
ION. board Sc, will be the same as last
\ large and prompt attendance ia ex-
pected. and a prosperous and satisfactory
school is anticipated.
Catalogues and information can be OBJ
tanned Lr applying to Professors Chester
man and Thaokston, or the undersigned.
JOHN II: OLEI,
Sen. stf Sec,y OF TX. Com.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09
A citizen Of Lexington has in his

A citizen Of Lexington has in his
possession a quill of condor which
has q history. 1t was given to Hen
ry Clay in 1894 with IN injunction
never to cut il until he was elected
President, when he was TO write his
first message with 1t. In case ho
were not elected, it was not to bo
cut until constitutional president
wrote constitutional message for all
the States" After Mr.. Clay's death
it was given TO Nlillard Fillmore, but
he was likewise unable TO use it
Daring the last campaign the owner
determined to give it to Mr. Greeley
should he be elected. The quill,
which is still uncut, is over three
feet long, and is a. large round rs II
mans thumb.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

Over the pulpit of Michigan
church, according TO thu 0c'd:Gciicsc,
published in that State, is this in
scription: "No man shall preach in
this church who does not knecl when
he prays; no man shall preach in tins
church who uscs manuscript; no
man shall preach in this church who
belongs to any secret society.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

The old bell which called together
the Virginia convention Of l715, in
Richmond, when Patrick Henry ut
tered the stirring senteucc, Give
me liberty or give me death" is sill
in use in MartinsviIle, Henry county,
i'm that State.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

4 mammoth steer from Oregon is
already en- route tor the centennial.
1t stand. nineteen hands high, or six
feet four inches, measures twenty feet
from tip to tip, and weighs 1900
bounds
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

The Supreme Court of Maine has
recently decided that if Il person buys
railroad ticket for passage between
two given points, he has a right to
ride an equal distance anywhere ON
the road, and in any dire ction-back-
wards or forwards.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

French experiments Indicate that
iron rails Of excellent quality show in
three years a wear ofonly 0,3?3 inch.
while steel rails show in four years n
wear Of only 0,I57 inch, the table of
the rail preserving perfectly regular
form.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

Some one has been kind enough TO
send the editor of the Warren Snii-
mel some turnips. If some one would
present him with piece Of pork hs
would be able to have Il good sllIaro
meal once moro. -Iiarisburg OH Com
nonreniM.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

This year. crop ofapples in Miehi-
gan SURPRISES anything ever produ'
ced there before. From Adrian alone
22.Sjl barrel. were shipped in the
month Of October.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

Twenty cigars per head are annu.
ally manufactured for every man wo-
man and child in the United States.
Forty wears age two was the average.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

During the lat three months,
1,4l6 horses, 81 donkeys and five
mules were killed in Paris for public
consumption.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

The thirteenth ccnsns Of Iowa just
completed, shows a population OF
| ,34l ,43S. being an increUe Of li7,
41S since 1870.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

Why is coal the most extraordina-
rv article known 10 the commerce?
Because when purchased it goes "
the cellar.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

An Irish doctor lately sent his
bill 70 lady a. follows: 'To Gu
ring your husband TIL be died.
What does an honest grocer do
with his goods? lie gives them
away "a weigh.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

The new census Of Michigan shows
that the State has total population
of | ,344, ,03i-an increase OF 1892
since 1879.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

In tie hate fcarfli ,torrns in France
so sheep were killed at Bellc.Coste
by one flash Of lightning.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09
NJARSHALL COLLEGE.
State Normal School.
1NsrRrNTuEs.
EASTWARD-LEAVES: :

n vrSrrFMAN, a. W., Principal
n,,.1 II TuAcK.roN, A. W. lst A. {
Miss LAURA SrEiDEE, - ma -, - |,
\T1.. NANNIE LOVE-, VI "'''
Tn, Fall Teru Of fourteen weeks com
4 1 IL.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-12-09

Spirit Of the press-Cider.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-12
A Tea Plantation.

This Is very pretty sight when seen
At distance il looks like a shrubbery
OF evergreens, the leaves Of the plant
being of rich dark green. Green tea
is multiplied by seeds which are ripe in
October; when gathered they are put
into basket and mixed with sand and
earth in a damp state, and kept i'm this
condition till Spring. In March the
seeds are taken from the basket placed in
the ground. They are sown thickly in
rows in some spare corner ofthe ten farm.
After picking, green leaves are spread
ont thic'Sly OH flat bamboo twiQs to get
rid of their moisture; they are then
placed in roasting-pans. and rapidly re.
moved about and shaken up with both
hands. When affected. by the heat and
faccid they are placed on a rolling In.
BILE. Several men then roll the bali, to
get rid of the moisture and twist the
leaves. They are then shaken out on fat
trays. after which they are taken to the
roasting-pan andthrown in again. The
second part of the process consists i'm
winnowing the tea through sleeves in or.
der TO get rid Of dust, and to divide the
tea into "Gunpowder." "Hyson," ssTwan.
key, &c. The process of curing black
tea is about the same, only the leaves
are permitted to lie longer after picking
and are tossed in the air and beaten by
the hands. The Chinese never color
teas for themselves. 1t is entirely done
for the foreign market.-7ne (Lo,,don)
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-12

DRIED RusK.-TaSe one pint ofwarm
milk, two eggs, one-half teacupful of
butter. half cup of yeast and one tea
spoonful of salt. Set sponge with
these ingredients, leaving out the eggs,
and stirring in flour until you have a
thick batter. Early next morning add
the well-beaten eggs, and -four enough
to enable you to roll ont the dough-
Let this rise in the breakdown two hours.
Roll into sheet nearly an inch. thick,
cut into round cakes, and arrange i'm
your baking pan two deep, laying one
upon the other carefully. Let these
stand for another half hour, and bake.
To dry them divide the twins, thus leay.
ing one side of each cake soft, and, pill
ing them loosely in the pan, set them in
the oven when the fire is declining for
the night, and leave them in nntil morn.
ing. Then put them in clean muslin
bag, and hang them up in the Kitchen
They will be fit. to eat upon the third day.
Put as many as you need in deep dish
and pour over them iced milk. or water.
If You cannot easily procure the former.
Let them soak until soft, take them out.
drain them for minute in a shallow
plate, and eat with butter. Invalids and
children crave them eagerly.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-12

y curious story is told OF an owl
in Rutherford county, Tenn. A farmer
had for months been steadily losing his
chickens until his flock was reduced to
very Improbable number. He ct last
set steel-trap on an old dead limb mp
on which the bird of night was in the
habit of lighting. 1t proved effective
But the owl, though trapped was by
no means fastened. BY dint of repeat
ed efforts it succeeded in breaking the
string that held the trap, and scared off
with the latter instrument clinging to
its leg. And now comes the wonderful
part of the story. After the lapse of six
months-on the honor of respectable
local journal-that owl was shot within
ten miles of the farmers house. and the
trap was found with its grip on the bird s
leg unrelaxed.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-12


~ The courts Of Pennsylvania have
just decided n very singular case. One
Pillow was q passenger on the Pitts
burg and Connellsville railroad 4 fight
arose between two drunken passengers
in the chr with Pillow, and in the fight
Pillow sustained such injuries rs cost
him n leg. lie sued the company in the
Court cf Common Pleas, and recovered
damages. The case was appealed, and
the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirm
ed the Judgment Of tho lower Court
The Courts hold that it IL the right and
duty Of the company TO maintain order
in its cars, and its failure to do so gives
the person injured inst ground for action.
The drunken men should not have been
allowed on the cars, and If 30 permitted
should have been so guarded and sepa-
rated from the sober and orderly pas
sengers that no injury could have result.
ted from their brawls. Conductors
may, in case OF need. stop their trains
and call 20 their aid all employees, and
also al passengers who arc willing 20 as
sist. Until the utmost effort has been
made 20 repTess riotous conduct, the re.
sponsibility Of the company. represent.
ed by the conductor, for any damages
sustained by orderly passengers remains.
Cumberland Nc1cs.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-12

IN red-hot meteor fell near West
Liberty, IN the eastern part Of Iowa. on
the 18th ult., sinking fifteen feet into the
ground. and making a hole ten feet in
diameter. For hours it continued TO spit
forth flames. orackle, sputter and smoke.
and occasionally discharge canon-like
reports. TO the infinite terror Of the poo.
pie in the vicinity. None dared approach
while this miniature volcano continued
IN action, but with the cessation OF life
hundreds gathered round to investigate
tho wonder.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-12

Irhe grubs that one robin DESTROYS.
would. if allowed to manure, destroy
more fruit than six robins.

A Cure FOR FROSTED OR FRoxEN
FEEr.-A gentleman handed us the fol.
lowing recipe. which he says never fails
to cure:
Take one tcs-cupnearly full Of coppe-
ras. pulverize It. and dissolve it in boil
ing water. Then just as soon "a the
water is cold enough. put the feet in il.
and let them remain twenty minutes. II
there are any sores on the feet. after
taking them ont of the copperas water.
wash them in lukewarm water, and grease
them, TO prevent the copperas from eat.
ing the feet.