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Coffee.

The oldest mention of coffee that can any.
where be found does not go further back than
three hundred years. N body knows when
it was first used in the East. In any case,
it is certain that coffee is Incompatible as a
stimulant, and will even make up for the
want of food. Roasini used to say that it
could keep him up for fortnight, the time
he required for the composition of an opera.
There is no other stimulant that can sustain
such pitch. Opium iS wonderfully SUI :
tanning, but it has bad effects, and it tends
too much to dreaminess, with lack of con-
centration. Alcohol has force Of its own,
as We all know but it requires frequent re-
newal, and is too speedily followed by reac-
ton and collapse. Tea comes nearest to the
Arabian berry as a stimnlant, but it often
exciteS without invigoratiug. Coffee seems,
while wakening up the brain, to make one,
for time at least, independent of food. 1t
is most enjoyed on short ratons; and on
full stomach neither pleases the palate nor
refreshes thesystem. Nor is it always quite
harmless Brillat, Savarin gave up coffee be-
cause he found that it turned his head into
mill whirling round without ideas to grind
To some people it gives shaking of the hand
and trembling of the knees. Stories ere
told Of some people who have become Grip
Piles through excessive love of it; other
stories Of people who have become imb beetle
Brillat Savarin is PARTICULAR y earnest in for
bidding it to children. It mus; be confessed
that black tea is less dangerous, but it lie
much more of feminine drink; it wants the
masculine qualities of coffee. Balzac wrote
q little treatise on modern stimulants full of
his usual enthusiasm and minute analysis, in
which he maintained that by certain mode
of preparation, chiefly by quick infusion,
whatever is hurtful in coffee may be avoided
We do not pretend to decide. No two con-
8titutions are alike, and according to the
more or less of nervous excitability or bill
ious temperament which each of Us possesses,
will depend the degree on which we can give
our confidence to c,f3e as sustaining ard
cheering force. When properly made there
is nothing more delightful than its aroma
for it is not only agreeable in itself, but it s
also associated in our minds with the exhil-
aration it has often produced, until by force
of habit the mere thought of it is almos,
enough to raise the spirits and clear the
brow. Yoltaire was a greater drinker of
coffee than johnson was Of tea. He said
that nothing raised hi0 spirits so much as the
smell of roasted coffee, and he had it roasted
daily in his room. Perhaps this is too much
of a good thing. There are not many peo-
pie who would care to have their rooms in
ce8santly perfumed by the smell of roasted
coffee; but there is this to be said in its IA
vor, that while coffee gives forth powerful
fragrance, it is also an admirable disinfec-
tant by reason of the facility with which it
takes to itself whatever turks in the air
Worl@.
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CLEANLINESS IN COOKING cribner 8
Monthly for December says: "The first
consideration in cooking room is cleanli-
ness. Tried by this test, papered walls are
au abomination in such place. You cen-
not darken this room through part Of the
day in Summer, as you do others, and, con-
fly apecks will be numerous
These walls absorb the kitchen cdors and
steam, and the smoke rests lovingly upon
them. If creeping things get into house,
they are sure to lnsinuate themselves into
the paper on the walls. Hard finished walls
are really more clearly, for they can De
washed; but, unless the finishing is better
done than in the kitchens we have seen, they
soon look dirty, and this is the next worse
thing to being so; for such finishing soon
becomes discolOred and 'splotchy.' There
ia nothing that will compare with the old
fashioned whiteWash; not color wash, but
wbitewasb, pure and simple. The color
wash may give the walls prettier tint, but
it must be put on by practiced hand, where
as whitewash can be applied by any one,
whenever dirty spot makes ts appearance.
It is true that unpractised hands do not ap-
ply the brush as evenly as could be wished,
but few streaks more or less don't matter,
when we can all see that the streaks are
white and clean"
SELECTING SEED CoRN.-Says an old grain
grower: d" In gathering corn for seed, take
such ears only as are finest, and from the
most prolific stalks. Never take from
stalk having but one ear, if large, thrifty
stalks can be found with two or more good
eized ears Generally but one of them is
fit fer seed, and that usually the second from
the ground; but if the lowest is the best,
take that. Always take the ears that are
filed cut to the end, and that run beyond
the husk, if such can be found. When you
come to plant, before Smelling, break every
ear, and see if the pith of the cob is dried
up, for if it is not the corn is not ripe"
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The DATE OF NAHUM's PROPHECY against
Nineveh has always been question of con-
siderable difficulty, as has also the reference
in iii 8, to the destruction of Thebes or No
Ammon-"t the No of the god Amun," not
"populous No as our authorized version
mistranslates it. Here, as so frequently
elsewhere, food of light has been thrown
upon the matter by the decipherment of the
Assyrian inscriptions. Assur- bani- pal tells
us that soon after the suppression of the first
Egyptian revolt, and probably about 665 B.
c., second and more formidable insurrec.
ton broke out in Egypt, headed by Rud-
Ammon, the nephew and successor of the
Ethiopian Tirhahah, in conjunction with the
city of Mia, or. Thebes. It was promptly
suppressed, however, and after the fight of
Rud-Ammon the Assyrian army entered
Thebes and set about sackiug and destroy
ing the town. The temples, statues, obelisk8,
and palaces were as far as possible disGgured
and overthrow. Silver and gold, precious
stones, the furniture of the palace, robes of
various materials, horses, people, both male
and female, elephants, and monkeys were
carried eff; and two of the great obelsks.
together weighing about seventy tons, which
stood in front of one of the temples were
transported to Nineveh. 1t was this terrible
destruction of the ancient and magnificent
city of Upper Egypt that Nahum must have
referred to as an example of the fate which
was to overtake Nineveh itself. The event
must clearly have been recent one and fresh
in the memory of everybody; hence, the
prophecy could not we'll have been uttered
later than B. C. $50. Nehum, therefore,
would have been contemporary of Manas-
sch, Anon, and josiah.
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so many happy months may one look for
ward to in the new year." The origin Of
the Christ crotch will help us to discover the
true meaning of this curious superstition
As the promises of the worlds future rested
with the newborn infant in the Bethlehem
manger, the very memory of which should
fill our hearts with gladness and rejoicing, so
by the association of ideas the littIe crotch
became significant Of all the germs of hope
and promise that may gladden. the dawniDg
of the ew-born year; and the more we sym
pathize with each others joys the greater
will our own become.
4" Joy is an import joy is an exchange.
Rich fruit heaven planted never plucked by one.
Little Folks.
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WHEN they build railway the first thing
they do ia to break ground. This is often
done with great ceremony. Then they break
the shareholders. This is done without cere-
monv
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NoTHING is more likely to ensnare the fol-
lovers OF Christ, than bringing them to med
lie with disputes about world politics.
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The RESURRECTION of Christ is miracle
that no infdel can explain away.
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FROM RICHMOND

OHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.-Ol
" and afer JANUARY I'd, 1876, passenger
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

s Geo. May Powell has studied the
bee. sugar industry and says. if this in.
dustry were developed to near its capa.
city, even II the New England and Mid.
die States, it would furnish employment,
and, therefore, measurable relief from
and wafstr To hundreds of
thousands OF people in the fields in
summer, and in the factories in winter.
IL has twice saved France from famine.
We arc now sending out Of the country
for sugar one hundred million dollars
per year, an amount in excess Of the az.
gregate annual yield of our gold and
silver mines.
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10 The growth OF iron manufacture
in the West is we'll illustrated in the
case Of Chicago, whic'i is situated remote
not only from the iron mines, but also
from coal suitable for the purpose. or
the ten Bessemcr steel works in the u.
nted States, the Wheeling Inteiiiyencer
states, two are located in Chicago, and
OF the POI, 900 tons Besscmer steel rails
made in the country last year. $4,000
tons, or nearly one-thiid of the entire
amount, were made in Chicago. The
iron industries have 200 establishments,
employ 10000 workmcn, and manufac.
ture to the amount OF $50, 100000 an
nually.
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Do BEES GATHER HONEY on MAKE
IT.-Prof. Riley, the celebrated Ameri.
can entomologist, at recent house.
keepers convention at st. Louis, stated
that bees do not extract honey ready.
made from flowers, but make it. The
nectar lying in the flowers. says the
Professor. could never be manufactured
into honey, no matter how manipulated
by the hands aud minds of men but it
is taken up by the bees and passed
through state OF semi.dieestion and
excretion, resulting in honey, yet still
retaining in part the flavor or perfume
OF tie flowers from which the nectar has
been extracted, by which we determine
one kind Of honey from another. This
view has since been corroborated by n
chemist and botanist Of Louisiana, who
has fully described the changes under.
gone 10y nectar in its elaboration into
honey in tue bees stomach. At the
same meeting Prof. Riley minated. in
reply TO the query Do bees injure fruit?
that they do, but only in seasons Of Sc.
we're drought, and when urged by neces-
sity. The fact, however, is no deroga.
ton to the usefulness of the insect, for
its utility as a pollcnizer more than coun.
terbalances all dcpredations upon fruit
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majority IN The State. and wss garvison
ed by seven companies OF troops. alnost
ono oursh Of all the oonpaaiss In the
entire State. Laursns Vas alec gusri.
soned By troops and carried BY demo
Gratis By . majority Of over LOO. This
IL in . county whose republican msssen.
ger refosed 70 surrender The rssurns On.
al arresoed under warrant. lt 10 lite.
rally true that the democrats received
their largest majorities where The troops
were stationed"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

WHOLESALE SHEEP kILLING.-Thc
Lecsburg (Va.) Waahingionian says: 1T /.
NJ. G. Paxson had killed by dogs. on the
night Of the 27th ult., 81 sheep and AZ
wounded, some OF which will die, out OF
a flock OF 1914. This makes az killed
and 40 wount cd by dogs for him within
the last week. j. Wilson Bowie lost 10
or IL sheep by dogs on tho night of the
2Gth and had several wounded"
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re- The Salem Mass G,zeqe says
MIR. Benjamin Lunt, Of Newburyport,
has n cat Of great sagacity. A few days
since mouse.trsp had been set in tho
store closet behind a flour barrel. which
bad sprungupon n mouse. The cat OBJ
serving this took the trap in her mouth
and passed into the cellar, where Mrs.
Lunt was engaged, and laid il at her
feet. She opened the trap and gave the
mouse to the cat, who sooned finished
IT, and then took mp tho trap, rs before,
and placed it where she took it from.
and quietly awaited for it 10 be reset"
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NJ l. Ii MS HOT Ell
Moorefcld, West va,
JOHN WILSON, proprietor.

HE undersigned having purchased the good
~il and sxtIses Of MULLINS HOTEL.
Jokes this method OF informing his friends an a
we public generally that he is prepared 10 ac.
not fail 10 please
FIRST Class Hotel, having all the modern
improvements, and IL furnished throughout with
ne" and splendid furniture. The TABf,Ris al.
Wy supplied with the best the market affords
oo , Stsble attached 20 the premises. Faithful
and obliging servants always on hand IA sscnrs
comfort 10 guests.
- TERHs MoDERArE.
JOHN WILSON.
-5orcfc!d, June 9, 1871.
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UNITED STATES MAIL LINE
FROM
Green Spring Run co Romney.

1--WE subscriber having changed the running
d OF his daily line Of Stages Sundays exctp-
ted from PattersOn's Creek to Green Spring
Run, will leave each morning Green Spring
Run upon the arrival Of the accommo-
dalton train, and leave 2Omney at A. N, each
-lorning and connecting with the western bound
accommodation train 4P. ~. BY This line dis
Vance between Green Spring Run and Romney :
oI'l54 miles, shortest route Passengers NAV ress
assured That on the part or the proprietor evet
" Huenuon will be paid TO their comfort AL.
PNN"Bes entrusted TO me will be attended TO-
ISAAC PARKER.
August 10, 1878.
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VA Troy. New York, qqack d octor
promised to cure Constructive woman
with cucumbers. in which he said he had
discovered an infalliblc remedy. Three
cucumbcrs killed her; yet he has sued
her husband Tor $50 paw.
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South @raneh antellisenter.
ROMNEY. FRIDAY. DEC. 8. 1876.

VGov. JACOB. on the 2Sth ult., is.
sued proclamation declaring A. f.
Raymond. Okcy johnson and Thomas
Z. Green elected Judges Of the Supreme
Court OF Appeals-the two former for
the long term and the latter for the
short term.
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1T Tie Baltimore american publishes
ridiculous story about attempts to in.
timidate negro at Summit Point. JEFF.
fcrson county. by throwing a heavy
weight at him, and wants troops sent to
that point to protect the VIM
chester Ne,cs, Dec. /.
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- II Is stated that two hundred and
hfty.thrcc employees in the mechanical
department Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad live at Grafton.
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South Branch Inteliigeucer.
William Harper. Editor.
0Gc~, Garner xain and Ora eel Lone .Ns.
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tVT The Cincinnati Enquirer figures
up 2S4. 267 majority for Tilden on the
popular vote.
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SmAyI~a WkTEE.--Dissolye,o'nc
borax ia water, and use Tor ret 20
shave, when Il will DC found 1'a'sc
tho soap more pleasant, aud : "i's'A-
sion OF shaving much easier
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

tVBy tie terms Of an lection oe'r
one man la Worchesier ~ ear a sunny
tons dinncr. while anottef who pays
bills. will sit ~ the s~ie ta0'o and -
six cold potatoes,
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Lumber Wanted .

WALNUT, White Pine, Yellow Pop
Lar Lumber. Apply TO
WIN. G. BIERCAMP.
Cabinet Maker. Romney, w. Va.
Sept %, lS76.-tf
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tsraa ;" htfrI~s'--Onc pint Of M,
ban sJ Ssss, thrco pints rye eour - -,
no .'-'s, :. wheat hour, halfteac6n ,r' one
E 60, ,', eas'' or penny's worth o Slnc-
= .s,;n e, IT,. MAKE over night g. ~ pa
- !. vain .' place to rise, and. bsE~ oet IN
% f'uni tins half an hoor e IN rings
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VHo was around inquiring after
'thc latest" and he lo-'.,d so hard IN
and knocked about the. ~.0n Ter
cd what possible beneft .ic-
tory could be to him. ' ade
bold TO ask him he replial. "u- you
see, my brother Bill is fshinu for the
Office OF "Secretsry OF war;" "IIe is,
eh?" Yes. sir, and IL be gets It he will
get brother Sam appointed revenue col.
lector?" yes" and then Sam will
get the old man appointed post master"
Yes" And the old man will get my
brothcr.in-law on as n letter CARRIER
Yes "And my brother-in-law will
use his influence To get me appointed
weigh master Of the Western district.
and then the whole family will walk
around in clover knee high. You sec
how much depends on this thing. How's
Florida gomez"
EV'Kindlc not fire that you cannot
extinguish
SO Lying for the truth is bad. and
scolding for it is not much better.