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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-10-26
Farmer and House Keeper.

CrGE FOR DysrErsiA.--lIalfan ounce
rhuoarb. half an ounce snake root. two
ounces wild cherry ono cubcbs. two
ounces sweet fern. one ounce pri.<iyash
bark. Put these into two quarts Of water
and let it slowly simmer until reduced
to pint, then pu. it into one quart OF
the best gin, aud take wineglassful
before each meal.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-10-26
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J@II. JIOr6dHtO1CH. 1878.

'n Institution Of learning, mn der the
( Presidency Of Rev !. Il. Thompson a VI,
"H''HEr upon q new era of prosperity. Dur
.. '0r spring Term just closed the attendance
.Ilrnis WIS increased over 90 per cent. u
% large md scholarly Faculty beautiful,
peg. .l'H. Hud moral location ample Scie Jtifc
..i philosophical Apparatus; A Library con-
'N..E growing n curricul um Of the most tho
.."'H character standard Of scholarship sur
.I nv o American institution Of lcarainR.
i"E LyrsysEs hHE TEss than az any other
...a HuoWn ~ afford equal advnn tsges The
term begins Sept. 9Th the Winter term
'..'rf 21. and Spring term March 27th For
n.'ruttiOn, catalogues, &C, address the
's..Heaf
GEO. g. STURGISS.
Secretary OF Regents
july 90, 1877.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-10-26

WHO MADE IT.-Sir Isaac Newton a
wise and cody man. was once examia-
ing n new and very fne globe, when n
gentleman came into his study who did
not believe in God, but declared the
world we live in came by chance. lie
was much pleased with the handsome
globe. and asked:
Who made it?"
Nobody" said Sir Isaac 'ft happen.
cd here"
The gentleman looked up In amaze
ment al the answer, but he soon under.
stood what 10 meant
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-10-26

r. One Of the annoyances Of gather.
ing autumn leaves in Missouri is the
fact that oil the best trees are in daily
use 20 cure men Of tho habit Of horse
stealing.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-10-26
SURVEYING.

I'VE undersigned would respectfully inform
IBIS friends Of the county Of Hampshire, that
' prepared TO do SURVEYING upon the
.I"si notice. OHice--the one occupied by DR.
IS. i' Lupton Romney, West Va.
March Q, 1866 A. MONROE.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-10-26

TIA cEild's heart responds 10 tbe
tones Of its mothers voice like q harp
TO The wind.
Promises made in time Of affection
require a better memory than people
commonly possess.
Incidence is a stream which flows
slowly on, but yet undermines the
foundation Of every virtue.
Whatever makes the past or the IN.
lure predominant over the present. ex-
ats US in the scale Of thinking beings.
~ IS better TO SOW a good heart with
kindness than field with corn, for the
hearts harvest is perpetual.
Through woe We are taught to reflect.
ana we gather tho honey Of worldly wis.
dom not from flowers, but thorns.
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-10-26

FEVER AND AcuE.--Swcct fern tea
has cured chills and fever in the South.
where it is very prevalent. Make tea
of the leaves and drink of 1t freely eve.
~ day.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-10-26

fUA remedy for choking cattle Ia
pportune about this time When they are
more than usually exposed to the dan
ger OF getting an apple. potato. or small
remedy is said to be 10 open the mouth
of the choking animal and throw upon
its tongue, away back. tablespoonful
of saltpeter. then let the beast 20 and
the obstacle will either pass out or in.
in very short time.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-10-26
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Letter from Baltimore.

Correspondence OF tue Ia,e'iigsace-l
BALTIMORE, Oct. l6. 1877.
Busiaess-Msryt,ad .State Far- Pimii.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-22
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instance of the modern Turkish belief that
Islam is always on the verge of stupendous
calamity, land of the Turkish superstition that
there is some strange and almost magical af-
finity still connecting the two great capitals
OF the two old Roman empires-the city of
Romulus and the pope, and the city of Con-
stantine and the sultan. He says that at the
extreme end of the city of Constantinople,
near the Adrianople Gate, there is a large
open meadow, which is now the property Of
city official named Rauf Bey. Its owner
lately conceived the notion of making this
vacant field more profitable by building
houses on it, With this end in view, he
made application to the authorities for their
permission, having little doubt that it would
be readily granted. When his request was
being debated in the City Council, certain
Edhem Pacha mot the grand vizer, but a
kinsman OF the sultan) stood up, and asked
whether the field in question was not one
which stood Immediately under the protec-
ton of the pope of Rome. The city fathers
replied that it was. Hereupon Edham Pacha
declared with fierce energy that nc patriotic
Mussulman could ever give his assent to the
digging up OF its SOIL 1t appears that there
is widely credited superstition among the
Constantinople Turks, inherited from crusad-
ing, or possibly Byzantine times, that there
is submarine passage between Constantine
pie and Rome, and that every New Years
night the pope comes along this passage and
has look at the meadow in order to con-
vince himself that it has not been built on.
The common Turk believes that as soon as
this field is desecrated by houses, the pope, as
the vicar of ChIist, will be Immediately Or
dered by his Master to proclaim the last day,
on which, according to the popular teaching
of Islam, Christ will take precedency over
their prophet. So long as this meadow is
kept in its present condition, although Rouf
Bey loses the chance of increasing his income
Islam is safe.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-22
Recent Publications.

1t is easily imagined that the volume of
Poems of Places which contains verses sug-
gested by the wondrous scenery of Switzer-
land and roman tic regions of Austria is one
of great interest and beauty of contents.
These volumes are in reality the Baedeker of
the realm of fantasy, guide book to the
poetic and historic beauty that adds meaning
to river and field and Olden city. Boston: j.
r. Osgood & Co; Portland: Loring, Short &
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So many valuable and charming little vol
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ton: j. r. Osgood & Co.; Portland: Loring
Short & Harmony that the mere mention of
their titles is in itself quite an imposing eata-
logue. Owen Mereditbs Songs of .Servia has
peculiar interest at this time when war and its
attendant horrors are desolating the land of
this passionate and poetic people. 1t is diff
cult to say how closely the translator has ad-
hered to his original; from hints that he gives
in the preface one fancies that he has caught
the spirit rather than the letter of these half
barbaric, wholly pathetic songs. Other vol
umes of the series include Favorite Poems bv
Coeridge, Southey, Shelley, Moore and Byron.
Thomson's Autumn and Winter; Campbelps
Pleasures of Hope; Schllers Song of the Bell
and Fridolin, translated by Bulwer; Tennyson's
Princess and In Memoriam; and of prose, Mr..
E. y. Stedmln's elevated and beautiful essay
upon the genius of Mrs. Browning, which
formed ole Of that remarkable group Of
critques, the Victorian Poets; DR.. Holmes
lovely story of Iris; Goethe's The Tale, an
allegory of the elaborate tediousness permitted
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A CORRESPONDENT of the London Times
maintains that the Russian people are to-day
the cost purely democratic in Europe in
their tendencies and customs. There is the
form OF an absolute despo tism in the gov
eminent, but this vast undercurrent of de-
mocracy makes itself felt in the very heart of
this despotism, and really controls its action.
1t is this subtle influence which forced the
Emperor into this war, and it is the fear of
this power that prevents him from leaving
the field he has once entered until he can do
so VIGOROUSLY. The evidences Of this spirit
of democracy are plainly written in the every
day life of the army, and those who choose
may read it as they go. The old-style form
of aristocracy still exists in the court circles
of the army, but there is a vast majority
where the officer recognizes the private as an
equal, man for man, and the distinction be-
tween them is regarded as an official one
only. Scobeleif, for instance, shakes hands
with the lowest subaltern in the same man
ner as with the colonies of regiments. These
young lieutenants show no constrant in!his
presence; all is easy and purely democratic;
and yet every word Of command or express
sion of desire from the general is obeyed
with alacrity and rapidity that cannot be sur
passed in the most despotic martinez service
on the globe. The private soldiers are also
easy, and, to certain extent, familiar with
their officers, and yet the discipline is per-
feet
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The Southern members of Congress who
have arrived at Washington are represented
to be intensely interested in procuring legs-
lation for the material benefit of the South
ern states, and to openly declare that they
prefer the South to the Democratic party.
1t is likely, therefore. that they will claim the
Speaker as belonging TO them. This means.
OF course, that they will not take a Northern
Democrat for Speaker unless he be committed
to the support OF their particular measures.
These measures are large ones: 1. The sub
sidy OF the Texas Pacific Railway Com
pany, which includes the subsidy to purchase
various railways connecting with the Texas
Pacific Railway proper. 2. An appropria-
ton for leveeing the Mississippi River. These
are large and expensive jobs. The subsidy to
the Pacific Railway will cost many millions
of dollars annually for forty years, ard event.
ually the payment of the principal. The
leveeing of the Mississippi river will sink
$200000,000 aud as much more as NAV be
put in it. Both Of these jobs are to be paid
for by taxation upon the people of the North
ern States. The Southern members demand
that the Democratic party shall vote these
grants to the South or they will abandon the
party. That is the issue-the taxation of the
North to distribute money sin the Southern
States?
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-22

A BOOK has just been issued at Leipzig un-
der the title of "Stamboul und das Moderne
Turkenthum," which consists mainly of
number OF social and biographical sketches
of the population and officials of the Turkish
capital. The author takes the pseudonyme
OF "Osman" and we shouldsimagine him to
be the CoDstantinople correspondent of some
German newspaper. He gives very curious
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-22

The forests of Algeria are suffering great
losses from the fires that are desolating them,
and which have defed all efforts thus far to
extinguish them. They are supposed to be
connected with the excitement prevailing
among the Arabs in consequence of the East
ern war. In the district of Bone over two
hundred acres of timber have been burned,
and the magnificent forests in the Constan-
tine region are threatened with entire de-
struction. In many instances detachments
of soldiers sent into. the forests to fight the
flames have been burned alive.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-22

THE $4,000 cotton operatives on strike at
Bolton, England, against five per cent. re-
duction in their wages are said to be in good
financial condition to continue the strike,
while the wners Of the mills are said to be
glad Of an excuse to close them owing TO the
dnIl marriott
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-22

WHEN the Comm unists in Paris mobbed
the residence of Thiers they carried away his
bronzes and curiosities, which were sold to
dealers. The police subsequently seized
wherever they found them articles bearing
the private mark OF Thiers, which he caused
to be engraved or stamped upon his articles
of vertu. Judge of his surprise to find many
ornaments brought to him bearing this mark
which he had never owned. The dealers had
counterfeited the mark and preferred to be
robbed rather than confess the trick.
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-22
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Id Trial Balances and Cash Accounts investigat
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the services of thorough accountant. orders left
at % Exchange St., Portland, Me or forwarded by
mail, promptly attended to.
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with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley T.
Pulen, Editor All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-22
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-08-03

Jim Brown, a wealthy German, died
in Franklin recently, and his next friend,
also . worthy German, was appointed
administrator to settle up the affairs of
his estate. The administrator called n .
printing-ofice the other day to have
posters printed announcing that the
goods of the late Brown would be sold
at public auction.
81 want You 10 write up dose bills in
some kind Of sthyle,' = said the admins
TRAITOR, whose mind runs much to bust
ness; 81 want somdings dat will sddract
der public eye, und pring in der peoples
from der koundry.-
The printer asked for a suggestion 0 r
two.
"Mrs. Brown und mineself hat dalked
il over" continued the business man,
= und we want you to head dose bills
somdings this vay--and he marked on
the wall with his cane to show that he
wanted big letters" Hoor-rawl hoor-
raw! Jim Brown j. deadi'-Ost CITY
Derrick.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-08-03

the strikers had full possession Of the road,
n a train Of soldiers was switched on and
held, the soldiers making no resistance. Al
Harrisburgh the strikers stoned a train con-
tanning soldiers, and the police were also
stoned while taking a rioter 20 the stations
house.
On the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
the freight fremen and brakemen struck ON
the I'D, all freight traffic being suspended
between Toledo and Buffalo. The strike
also extended 20 the Philadelphia and Erie
and the Erie and Pittsburgh Roads.
AT Columbus, o., on the 23d, 300 railroad
strikers visited the rolling mill and other
factories and compelled the employees 10
quit work.
The Louisville and Cincinnati short-linc
on the sd acceded TO the demands OF en-
ployees for a restoration Of former wages.
At Cleveland, o., on the sd, all the shop
men and train men Of the Cleveland, Column
bus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
quit work. No disturbance Of any kind oc-
cured.
At GAINESVILLE, o., on the 23d, the railroad
strikers compelled other laborers 10 quit
work and join them.
The Union Railway and Transit Company
At ST. Louis informed their operatives on the
@bu tHAt ~ itnNtiIUn vi WIkfr ItitHIIN Nu-
nounced would not be carried into effect.
The Union Pacific Railway on the same
day issued a similar timely notice 10 their
employees.
The Missouri Pacific stopped a strike on
their road ut 81. Louis, on the 23d, by ac-
ceding TO the demands Of the employees for
last, since which date there have been two
reductions.
Al East Buffalo, N. H., on the night OF the
23d, the mob fired the Lake Shore paint
shop and a number Of cars. The west6eld
Militia Company were driven from their
quarters after wounding a number Of riot
ers. some Of the company we're shot by the
mob, who had gained possession Of the COM
pany's arms.
President Hayes issued another proclama-
ton Of the 23d, directed against the Penn
~sylvania ri0ers.
Cincinnati organized a vigilance commit
tee on the 23d.
The Wal Department, on the 23d, ordered
all available troops at Fort Leayenworth TO
be dispatched 10 81. Louis.
At Hannibal, Mo-, on the oath, the en-
ployees Of the Hannibal and Il. Joe and the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Roads
struck. The former road promptly acceded
10 the demands Of the men and they re-
sumcd work.
A strike took place on the Canada South
ern Railroad at st. Thomas, Ont, on the
oath.
The employees Of the NJ. X and r. Road
struck at sedalia, Mo-, on the cath, compell-
Ing the stoppage Of all freight trains.
Gov. Cullom, OF Illinois, issued a procIa-
nation on the oath, ordering all rioters to
dispense and TO keep the peace
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-08-03

There is such an insect as the black
fly in the Ad~irondacks. He Is a quiet,
orderly little fellow, a hard worker, who
goes steadily about his business, and
earns his living by constant application.
There is much 10 admire in this little in
sect. In the first place, he is industri-
Gus; he i also a generous liver: he is
orderly in his habits; he goes 10 bed
regularly at sunset, and arises regularly
at sunrise. We think that be is a little
more regular in getting up than he is in
going TO bed. He is also friendly to
man. He will cleave to you closer than
a brother. The consistency of his aflec-
ton is remarkable. Once having form
ed an attachment, he never deserts YOU,
but clings to you until death do you
part. He IL no by any means a gour-
mand. He has a taste, and discrimin-
ates. His favorite feeding spot is Just
back Of the ear, although in case of ne
cessity he is satisfied with the nose. He
likes a large nose, and we have never seen
one so small that he could moi make it
larger in less than two days. We saw
a nose last summer-at least We sup
pose il was a nose; the man who owned
II said ii was-that was so enlarged that
the gentleman expressed grave doubts
as to his ever being able to take ii home
with him. We are inclined to think
that he succeeded, for when he came
out we heard Of that nose until we reach
ed Martins, where we we're told 1t took
the stage for Plattsburg.-Golden Rule.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-08-03

READING, Pa, July 23.-seyeral thousand
persons assembled along the Reading Rail-
road this afternoon and stopped the freight,
coal and passenger trains, only permitting
mail trains TO proceed. AT 3 o'clock this
evening seven companies Of the Fourth
Regiment Of National Guards Of Philadel-
phia arrived and proceeded along the rail-
road 70 Penn Street. While in a deep cut,
extending two squares from Walnut Street
to Penn Street, the soldiers were assailed
with stones and Immediately began firing, il
il alleged, without orders, doing bad work
among the immense c%oncourse Of people in
the vicinity, among whom were many re-
spectacle citizens, as well a. ladies and
children Seven persons are known 70 be
killed, and from ~ 10 - wounded, several
MORALLY. The mob broke into the armory
OF the Reading Rifles and captured all the
guns. They threaten vengeance upon the
military. The mob l. tearing up the rail-
road tracks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-08-03

At Prosperity, a station on the Green
vile and Columbia Railroad, dwell in
reach Of the sound of the whistle four
widows.
No. l. This lady, as all the Others,
lost her husband during the war, and
was left in straitened circumstances.
Did she sit down and grieve at her fateP
BY no means. She has raised four chill
dren, besides fine crops, and to-day she
has much Of last years cotton and flour
on hand, is free from debt. and i able
to pay cash down for what she wants.
No. ? looks complaccntly on all Of her
last crop Of cotton, and, with d sense Of
perfect rest and absolute fulness on 5000
pounds Of flour, neither Of which she
has sold because she had no use for the
money. The only thing which disturbs
her rest now Is what TO do with her new
fodder, every place being occupied with
the old. She, too, like a true woman,
has raised children and set them up I'M
der their own vines and fig trees.
No. 3 struggled through the years
which have rolled on since the late I'M
pleasantness, raised six children, giving
each at majority $500 in cash. Last year
she bought a tract Of land, for which
$1,400 in good money was paid. Has
corn, fodder, and other things in abun-
dance.
No. a, like unto the others, has made
a splendid fight, and brought up q large
family in the way they should 60; has
Of lastyear's crops abundance, pays cash
in trade, and loans her earnings out on
interest .-Newberry rs. on Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-08-03

The strike on the Pennsylvania Railroad
became general on the 2ad. At Philadelphia
all trains were abandoned by the men at 8
p. M, on the I'D, hut no violence occurred.
At West Philadelphia, however, the strik-
ers burned nm oil train. At reading a num-
her OF cars were burned, the tracks torn up,
and the Lebanon Valley Railroad bridge
in destroying the bridge IL believed to have
been 10 prevent the passage Of troops
through the city Of HarrIsburgh and points
the Pennsylvania Railroad. AT Altoona