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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-02-02

EE The Iielmont h,dcpeadeat edited
and published by John =. Combs, for.
ruerly OF this place. comes TO us this
week much enlarged and improved in
appearance We wish the proprietor
Success IN his enterprise.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-02-02

~ Mr.. ani Hrs. n. Stornog. each
aged about seventy fvo years, residing
four miles from Union Mills. Carroll
county Nd. were frozen 10 death last
week. The husband was found behind
Gre!css stove paraliEed and specchlcss.
dying IN few hours. The wife was
fonni IN the barn yard ia tle snow. II
IS supposed thai Mr.. 5tcrner was seized
with Sudden illnssg and his wife went
out after fuel.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

~ imprisst desslo0 rs recently
~ TlN ~ W. snpfeme s0urt " Wv
fmh ih + fsp~ brought l~fyfs w. The
eiftHhrieNeas we're a. f,ii9ws a lsdy
lefeivti what Hle spgfsrsd wasa receipt
I'm ~ ffw f0ft inssfsf O.mpasy,
~ tfugk Which We " IN faksn fgom
w. Ner Htrsu istof e. Efnsigg To-
sisad 3 9 being q receipts va = sonifsef
BY Whl1h ne company sas not b. he
bold liable, IN tase n kss III more fbae
oie bnrdfed dollar The bunk va
lgsi ani me contents we're worth mOfs
ftaa ne sum named 4 fuil 70.
hrougbt ~ fecyVsr the valne ~ thetmnk
the company refusing 10 pay over o'
b iGdfed dollafst and The court held
that while n common carrier may make ;
cintract limiting bic liability yet IA ~
lsdy asked lor = receipt, and bad Thu
right " decline any contract snd compe
tie company to take the property urdeI
Ore cOmmmoniaw responsibility Of
common carrier she was not bound W
ile plraseology appearing % tho receipt
~ she bad not perceived ". The de
cisi0B was for the plaintiff
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02
Horse Clipping.

The Springfield Republican has the
following on this subject The practice
of horse clipping IS more prevalent this
winter than even before, and bids fair to
continue growing in popularity. Some
stable-keepers have all their horses clip
ped, while others lelip only the long
haired animals, claiming that a fine
haired horse is better without. People
hiring horses almost always prefer a clip
ped horse, and the stable boys certainly
do, as it is only about one-fourth as much
work to groom one. Il a horse has once
been clipped, the owner must keep it up
every year or he will have a sorry-look-
ing brute, with thick hair like a goat,
four or even six inches long. 1t is the
impression that a clipped horse must be
kept closely blanketed or he will freeze
to death, but one livery man tells OF an
animal which was clipped for him by
mistake and which could not be kept
covered on account of a vicious trick Of
tearing the blanket in shreds. After the
m~ischievious brute had eaten three
blankets, the owner gave him up, but,
to his surprise, the horse grew fat and
soon was able to do his usual work on a
third less feed than before. In fact, it is
generally admitted that, when proper
care is taken, a horse that isdriven every
day can be kept in cold weather for
nearly one fourth less, if clipped. The
reason is that a clipped horse dries off In
a few minutes when warm, while the
long wet hair OF an unclipped horse will
require the manufacture of animal heat
for several hours, and to make this heat
REQUIRES more food. But while the prac-
tice it so universally commended tor
driving horses, no would advise 1t
for an animal used but seldom, for team
and farm horses, or for those left stand
ing a long time in the open air, on deliv-
ery carts and the like. The cost of clip
ping, when the custom was first intro
duced, twenty years ago, was SO, n
the operation took three days. Now the
price ranges from So to So, and with the
common hand machines in use a skilled
man will clip a horse in three or four
hours, while some of the machines run
by power will do the work in forty-hve
minutes. In former days, after the outer
hair had been cut off with shears, a uni
form appearance was sometimes obtained
by brushing the remaining hairs owe
with turpentine and setting fire to it.
The operation required great caution,
but if the right amount of turpentine
| was used the horse would not be injured
in the least or scarcely know what was
going on. as the fame passed like a flash
| of g~unpowder, without burning the in
ner coat. The best judges say a horse
should be clipped twice a season, once
late in the fall and again In midwinter.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02
Smiths Gh0stly Order.

The New Orleans Republican tells this
wicked story: "A sugar-maker, who
might as well be called Onessmus Smith
as anything else, died recently in one OF
u country parishes. He was not long
i'll, and the day before he died he had
ordered a bill of goods through his COM
mission merchant in New Orleans. The
news of the mans death flew on the
wings of the wire, but the requisition
for supplies came along in a slow steam
boat way, and arrived two or three days
afterward. A portion of the order was
sent to a wholesale drug house for an
article used largely in sugar-making. 1t
was a well-managed drug-bouse and its
order clerk below was in the habit OF
communicating through a speaking-tube
with the book-keeper above before filling
an order, the object of this shooting whis-
pers back and forth through the tin com
municator being to ascertain if the per
son ordering goods is entitled to credit.
In the case we refer to the order clerk
shouted up, How's accounts of Oness-
mus Smith, And the information was
slid down, accounts o. K, but we've
advices that Smiths dead That's all
right said the man below, hes sent fol
ten barrels of sulphur"
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

COTTAGE PUJDING.-Three pints Of
milk; four to six eggs; sugar to taste;
two thick slices of bread crumbled very
fine. Any kind of fruit may be added,
and it is good without. Flavor to taste
and bake half an hour in a moderate
oven. When baked, beat the whites Of
three eggs to a stiff froth, with a little
sugar, and cover the top in large spoon
fuls, and sprinkle with pink sugar sand
heat till a light brown. Very delicate
and handsome. y
BLACK Dye FOR WooL.-Extract of
logwood, one hundred and twelve ounces:
blue vitriol one ounce; cOpperas one
ounce to each pound of goods; add the
blue vitriol and the copperas to suffi-
cient water to cover the goods; and boil
the cloth or yarn halt an hour; then add
the extract of logwood, and boil one
hour more, with frequent airing. Then
put in a strong solution OF salt, made
boiling hot, and let it remain fifteen
minutes; then rinse thoroughly in clear
water, The copperas alone will set log
wood dive.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02
HISTORY or a PICTURE.

Two Of the most oelebaied artists the
world has ever known dwelt In the same
city. One delighted in d~elineatiDg beauty
~ all it's graces Of tint, form, and motion.
His portraits were instinct with the charm Of
physical vigor. The graceful, ~halfvoluptu.
Gus outline Il form and feature bar1aonized
with delicately blended tints. On his eau.
vas, the homeliest faces had an almost ire
sistible charm. The other found pleasure
only in depicting weird and gloomy subjects.
Above all, did he excel in painting the por-
traits Of the dying. The agonizlng death
throe, the ghastly face and form, were oil
depicted with marvellous fidelity. There
existed between these artists the most in
tense dislike. At length this dislike culmin-
ated. The beautylovins artist had been
engaged in painting the portrait Of a beauti-
ful woman. Connoisseurs pronounced it the
most wonderful piece Of art that had ever
been produced. His brother artist was leal-
GUS OF his fame and sought revenge. By
bribing the keeper Of the studio he
gained access TO the picture each night.
At first he was content to only deaden
the brilliancy OF the complexion and
ewes, effaee the bloom from cheek and lip
and paint q shadow on either cheek. Later,
his strokes grew holder and freer, and one
morning the artist awoke to find the entire
outline of the pt rtraIt changed. He could
scarcely recognize in the emaciated form
and hsgsard countenance the glowing con-
ception he had embodied. The pallid face
and expressionless eyes he had attributed to
a lack of genuineness in his materials; but
when the outlines were changed he sus-
pected the cause and Indignantly dismissed
the keensr. What the revengeful artist
married by few rapid strokes of his skillful
brush WAS only restored by years of patient
industry. Reader, need we name the artists,
Health, who paints the flowers and GRASSY
carpet" no less than the human form divine,
Disease, the dreaded artist who revels
among the ruins beth of nature and human
ity,-and Carelessness, the keeper to whom
Health often intrusts his portraits. And is
it not the beauty of woman, the most adj
mired of all the works which adorn the
studio of Health, that Disease ~oftenest seeks
to mar? The slightest stroke OF his brush
upon the delicate organization leaves an i'm
print that requires much skill and patience
10 efIaee. Restoration must be prompt.
Carelessness must be dismissed. Let suffer
ing wonen heed the warning ere Disease
has marred their chief beauty-Health-be-
yond reparatiop. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription has been used by thousands of
these sufferers, and they are unanimous in
their praise of its excellence. If you would
be transformed from the pallid, nervous in
valid into a happy, vigorous woman, try il.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02
Social Life and Legislation.

Among the practical difficulties of the
day there is lone greater than that of
steering between the danger OF over-leg-
~islation ON the one hand, and the pc.
dantry of no legislation on the other. II
confronts us in every department of so
cial life. There are men who call upon
us to prescribe for the whole world in
what kind of houses they shall live,
what they shall eat, what they shall
learn, andy and by. it will come to be
added, as OF yore-wherewithal they
shall be clothed. People spend too much
on their dress, they are negligent Of the
opportunities of education, they drink
too much, they eat food that is injurious
they are carelesss of ventilation, and
what is the legislature good for If it can
not correct and, at least, try 20 suppress,
these evils London Times.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02
Feeding and Caring for Hor.e,.

In answer to various questions by let
ter oats should be fed dry, unless very
dusty, when they may be slightly
damped. Should a horse be out Of
condition, a good plan is to scald the
oats. Corn is best fed on the cob, and in
summer should be soaked twenty-four
hours in fresh water with a little salt,
changing the water every time; this
somewhat extracts the fusel oil and pre-
vents heating in the system. Hay may
be kept constantly in the reach of an idle
horse, but not so with one who has much
| labor-give him a little morning and
noon. saw four pounds, and.ten to twen-
ty pounds at night. Salt should be given
pure. and not mixed. Cut feed is eco
nomical, but is only adapted to slow
work horses. No wood ashes is needed.
The leather hacked currycomb il prefer,
able: use the c~urryeomb to loosen dan.
druf, then dust with = good halt-worn
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

The 0r9 wing j. ff1m " correspondent
M Wesimlaistsf, Md Wv conversation
eitA ~ Iasfp1i tf0lt 1i ftit town Who
Keeps ff0m 8ye bundled N ore fh0psanf
OWL. md wb0 sells lafve quantities u
cggs and chickens IN the Baltimore maf
kcts. he gave me- tho foli1niHg remedy
fof thn above disel.c which be hss made
ne u f0r several years. and which be
considers n certain cure Take y hand
nj Of white oak bark and boil 10 in a
quart VI water 10 make q strong dccoc.
lion. After IL cOol.. bikc Che liquid sud
mis- In Indian Or com med, b. thc proper
consistency ~ feed, md give - the fowls
Mis- q teaspOOnful Of red Or cayenne pep
per 90 two quarts ~ The feed. The fowls
will eat this mixture readily. His thcO-
~ IL that the cholera IL a species Of
diarrhea. and the bark acting NJ an ~
tringent, cures the complaint. Many Of
bis ~neighbors have alse tried this remedy
with great success.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02
A Remarkable Discovery in Cotton.

A remarkable discovery, has hfen made
in Egypt by Signor Glacomo Russi, the
Austrian consular agent at Alexandria.
He has found a new cotton plant which
is 50 wonderfully prolific that it may
prove a dangerous enemy to the Amer
lean cotton'raising interests. Signor Rus
81 has Just published an interesting re
port Of his discovery. He says that
about two years ago he accidentally
came across the new plant on the prop
erty of a Copt in the Manutia district,
who collected the seed and sold it to his
neighbors at twelvefeld the price obtain
able for the ordinary kind. The plant
has a long stem, and, being without
branches much space is saved. 1t bears
au average of fifty pods on each bush,
while the usual yield OF the plant is
about thirty. 1t yields from 1896 to 675
pounds per fcddan, thus doubling the
crop. A smaller quantity OF seed is
needed but the great drawback in Egypt
is that it requires much more water,
which necessitates the alternating OF the
crops with grain and vegetables. In the
sea islands Of the Atlantic coast or along
the lower Mississippi it would prove
wonderfully prolific. The Herald's cor
respondent at Alexandria thinks that
the discovery will create a revolution in
the cotton growing interest of Egypt
London special to the ~ Y. Herald.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02
Popularity,

The popularity of Messrs. James S. Kirk &
Co.'s soaps, manufactured in Chicago, is
shown by the unprecedented sale which their
goods have reached during the year 1876. This
by far is the largest soap manufacturing con.
Germ in the United States, producing and sell
ing in all parts of this country, from the Red
River of the North TO New Orleans, and from
Portland, Me-, TO San Francisco, % 600, 900
pounds annually. No so called greases enter
into these soaps On'ypure refined tsilow and
vegetable oils are used, containing no adul-
teration Fair and square weights always re-
liable. This is why their soaps are so popular
with all good and economical housekeepers.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

Unless the surface Of the ground is
mulched around young trees over an area
of six to ten feet in diameter, the ground
should be kept clean and mellow. Every
farmer knows that a hill OF corn or po-
tatoes will not amount 10 much unless
cultivated, and yet there are many who
will neglect to give the same care to Il
tree which is worth q hundred hills of
either of the former. In rich soil, trees
may grow rapidly without cultivation,
and 10 amount Of. grass OF weeds will
retard them but there are other things
beside growth to be looked after. If the
weeds and grass are allowed TO grow up
around the stem of apple, peach or
ounce trees, the bark will become soft
near their base by being shaded, and
thereby be in a suitable condition for
the reception of eggs which will eventu-
ally become peach or apple borers. Take
any dozen young apple trees in sections
where the apple borer is abundant, and
allow a portion to be choked with weeds,
and the remainder well cultivated, and
then watch the result. From expe-
rience, we believe the chances are nine
to one in favor of those cultivated being
exempt from this pest.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02
the WARDER'S DAUGHTER.

Marion Hyde was a cripple, but for all
that she was beautiful. Her father was
a warder in a prison. Among the prison
ers was one at the registering Of whose
name at his entrance Marion had been
present, and something in his youthful
though snllen face attracted her pitiful
glance. He had stolen repeatedly from
his be~nefactor, and finally had admitted
into the house in the nighttime q gang
of burglars, who had secured considera-
BILE booty and made off with it in safety,
save one, after severely pounding the
proprietor or the house. This n who
was not able to escape betrayed the com
plicity of the young man in the affair.
He was tried, convicted and sentenced.
There was no redeeming feature appa-
rently to the story, but somehow that
face haunted the girls gentle thoughts.
Perhaps it was because she had a young
brother who was a wild lad, wandering
just in disgrace, nc one knew whittier,
and all the more tenderly loved by
Marion because of his sad ways.
One day as she leaned on the window
sill, looking with a wistful sadness into
the yard at the prisoners. one Of them
looked up, and, changed as he was in
every wan, thin feature, she knew again
the black sullen eyes that yet were some
how like an angry, obstinate child's.
Her glance followed him as though
fascinated, and as he passed from sight
she sghed softly and went in to look al
the prison record for the poor lads name
1t was Aymer Preston.
The next she knew of him he was in
the sick ward.
For a few weeks she saw him there.
but the gloomy eyes never softened, only
gazed straight before them from theil
hollow sockets, or hid themselves obsti
nately behind the wasted lids.
He never spoke, he scarcely ate; anc
the prison physician told Marion that ht
was dying of sheer inanition.
NIt is my opinion he's trying 10 stsrvt
himself to death" he sid.
Marion drew mean the sick lad.
She bent over him and spoke will
gentle irmness.
But she might as well have talked a
the wall, for all sign he gave of havin.
heard.
Marion left the ward with a shocke,
and anxious face.
Let me know if there is any change
or you think of anything that | can do
she then said to the doctor.
But at dusk the doctor was Gale,
away BY serious illness in his own family
and neal midnight the assistant, goini
his rounds, found Aysner Preston dea'
in bed.
"It's either make believe or hear
break, DIR. Putney said, sharply, whei
word was brought him, and he ordere
that Preston's body should be ker
wrapped in blankets and not remove
till he saw il.
The order wss obeyed, but when tire
days saw no change in the form, ID
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

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es-e.. sHt w. fis iaHsh Aisss ~
live . eieeH alfy, spbHY plsee ~ ~
fthFs fhaf fhe ore j fsilefei ff9W Nig
Immediate fays NJ fa sHH ~ - ~
aYuat tlsfe + Hiadyw N any tind w
ffaHf . fhs hofse fnTwhsfe flse bet
h0W behind An occasional hfaH mesh
900 la winter . msgs ~ carrots aHd GIhef
usff r. ~ fHfameuHf fFd.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

MORE than fifty years have elasped
since Observation-Disclosures Liniment was first
invented, during which time hundreds OF
thousands have been benefited by its use,
Probably no article ever became so univer'
sally popular with all classes as Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

A NEW METHOD that cures Coughs
Colds, Bronchitis and Consumption, DIR. j
II. MeLean's Cough and Lung Healing Clio
bnles. As they dissolve in your mouth, &
healing gas is generated and inhaled, per
meates sud comes in direct contact. vii
cure Throat and Lung diseases. Trisl Boxes
H. mail, rs eents. DR.. ]. b. Mclean, 81
Chestnut ST., ST. Louis.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

Don't call a doctor, if suffering from
rheumatism, CONT or neuralgia, but send TO
your druggist for a bottle of Durang's Rheu'
matte Remedy, and just so certain as you
take it. Just so sure will q cure follow. II
never has and never can fail to cure the
worst case, if the patient is not beyond the
reach Of medicine. Sold by every reliable
druggists.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

PILLS bat contain antimony, quinine
and calomel, should be averted, as severe
gripping pains would be their only result.
The safest, surest, and best pills are Par
sons Purgatlve or Anti-Bilious Pills.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

VEGETABLE Pulmonary Balsam, the great
New England cure for coughs, colds and con
sumption. Cutler, Bros. d Co, Boston, only
genuine,
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

POMONA NURSERY n1LI Hs of c T5ss

n~L and Great A merle an. the best strawter
ies Ten acres Of Brandvtrtne fsusquecol Raspber-
ries. Welded last summer Sf.33s. send for GAIA
Iogne VIM. PARRY, Cinnaminson. -.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

ABOOK for the MILLIQNs
Vf0,GAL ADVICE A, p 6Rssssn f', G o. tsSc.l.
saTh, Gf:ure, Opium Habit, sc, SEM fbN+ ifSsi'
# ~'ti /, 1gsaas j snensay No. l2N 81 -. st. Louis,f''
NAVE sold Hatch,s Universal Cough syrup foI
about four years, By using il in my own famllyll
heca me satisfied of its merit. 1t has become the
leading article of its kind, having by far the best
sale Of any. sample bottles were freely given away
and this led 10 it's rarid Introduction.
- JAMES JOHNSON. Clayton. JEFF GO, ny,
Ex-Member of New York Legislature.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

0Allr DO your sWn AGENIs
fAtN d your own.R0OfENG NAfTkD
never ity andc3unty. send for circular and prce
list 10 John TGrAy, - Diamond St, Pittsoarso' r.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

=. &C mbination of Capital New
uITunlnGt0 mode OF operating in stocks. Loss
impossible. PrO6ts sure ES-
u Iuuluulu planatory circulars sent Ffer'
n tsrgaan a ia, Brokers' 80 Broad st p. %. BOX SRS'S'i'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-22
Chicago.

CHICAGO, December 2l.-Flour-Dull
and unchanged. Wheat-Demand fair and
prices higher No. Chicago spring at
81 0g9S, No. 2 do 81 09Al O9N cash, 81 O9JS
December, 81 cox bid January, 81 IO96
February, No. 3, 81 OH, rejected SIC.
COrn-Fairly active aud shade higher at
45Hc cash aud December, 49szC January,
4!Hc bid February, rejected 341fa35c. Oats
Quiet and firm ut 95c cash and January,
251sc February. Rye-Firm at Soc. Bar.
ley-Dull and prices shade lower at 573tc.
Dressed HOgs-Dull and dropping at 81 10.
Pork Fair demand but at lower rates at
Sll 70all IS cash, $1l 72Izall IS January,
SIl S711sll 80 February. Lard Fair de.
mand but at lower rates at s. 70 cash,
s. 7Oa7 TAX December. Bulk Meats
Quiet and unchanged. Whisky-$l O6.
At the close Wheat was active and
higher; 81 093sal 09A January, 81 1914
l0X February. Corn quiet and steady.
Oats firm and unchanged. Pork S cents
higher. Lard advanced exc. The Board
of Trade ahjOurns from p. N. Saturday TO
Wednesday The goth.