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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-11-16

Nov. 9, 1877.-4t.
tVWhy is it that a man commences
to undress by taking Off his boots and
woman begins the same task by tax
ing out her hairpins? Don't all speak
at once.
IVA Lady correspondent writing
from Washington expresses her sur.
prise at the number Of bald heads in
Congress. The House of Representa- =
lyos looks Ike big skating rink. The
ueaas not bald arc white, like patches
OF snow. 4 frozen, drcary, wintry ma.
HouaI crauium."
~ Good wheat sold in Winchester
on Monday last for s1.27.
ETCol Robert Glass. a we'll known
and highly respected citizen of Frode-
rick county, died on Wednesday Of last
week, after long and painful illness.
Ia1c9mufism QU,c2ly Cuyed
D1rong's Rheumatic Remedy" tho
great iNrEnvAL MEDICINE. will posi-
''o'y cure any case OF rheumatism on
Tie lace Of the earth. Price 81 y bottle,
N bottles, S.. Sold by all wholesale
and Retail Druggists. Don't fail to
send for circular TO IIelpenstine & Bent
Iay Druggists, Washington. DO.
OCT y, 1577.-2Gw.
EGLast week Keyser dog chas.
ga po.ccai into bis masters house,
causing the inmates TO move out with
Er'a. celebrity. The vile thing was
'.7wn iopicces with a heavy charge Of
hot, anj the house is now undergoing
.1"IgatiOG. etc. Cumberland Netos.
~ Tho Eomncy public sbool has an
enrolment or seventy scholars.
!J'"No, maam," said n grocer TO an
p.icant for credit, L wouldn't even
..'a. my own feelings"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-11-16
Arrears Of Pay and bounty,


Contestrd loud t.t-rs Private I.aud tlst,.s
ffiuiug Pre-elu fiiifii utf tst. f,,e-
eut@d D,fpIo De- General is,nd Ui1g~ std f..nast
faeutcf the Ia.rftrr
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-11-16

Address GILMORE & co.
= q. hoN - H.assiHofsa. - o.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

Symptoms Of a Diseased Liver.
pain in the right side, undcrth edge
L of the ribs, increases on pressure :
sometimes the pain is in the left side;
the patientisrarelya able to lie on the left
side sometimes the pain is felt under
the shouIder-blade, and it frequently
extends to the top Of the shoulder, and
is sometimes mistaken for n rheuma-
tism in the arm. The stomachi satfect-
ed with loss of appetite and sickness;
the bowels in general are costivc,
sometimes alternative with lax; the
headis troubled with pain. accompan-
led with dull, heavy sensation i'll the
back part. There is generally a con-
siderable loss of memory, accompan-
led with painful sensation Of having
lcftundonc something which ought to
have been done. A slight, dry cough
is sometimes an attendant. The pa
tent complains of WEAKNESS and de-
buity he is easily startled, his feet are
cold or burning, and he complains ola
prickly sensation oftEe skin his spir-
its are low: and although he is satis-
fed that exercise would be beneficial
to him, vet he can scarcely summon
UP fortitude enough TO try it. In fact,
he distusts every remedy. Several Of
the above symptomsattendthe disease;
but cases have occurred where few OF
them existed. vet examination Of the
body, a(tcrdcatlI, has shown the LIVER
to have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND YER.
DIR. c. MCLANE's LIVER Pills, IN
CASES or AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quininc, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a FAIR TRIAL,
For all Bilious arrangements and as
asimple purgatlve theyareunequaled.
1870 BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine DIR. c. MGLANE's
LIVER PILLS are never sugar coated.
Every box has 4 rcd wax seal on
the lid, with the impression DR..
MrLANE's LIVER PILLS.
The gen,iine Mc LANES LIVER PILLS
bear the signatures of {. M!LANE.
and FLEMING BRos. Oh the wrappers.
TInsist on your druggist or store
keeper giving You the genuine DEC;
MCLANE's LIVER Pills, prepared
by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sold by all respectable druggists
and country storekcepers generally.
Torbose wishing TO give DR C. MoIAaE's LrvEE
PItLs trial we will mail post paid to dny part of
ths United States. one box OF Pills Tor twenty i've
cents. FLEMING BROS, PittsbaEg, Pa.
January 80, ls77-52.. .-..-....
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07
oETICAL.
IFor the Spirit of Jefferson.I
| WITHERED ROSE.

IFor the Spirit of Jefferson.1
ONLY A WITHERED ROSE.
Onlv withered rose
Bruised, broken, cast away
Proud heart now numb with anguish,
Go to thy God and pray. '
For noS loves rose is withered,
And all ITS beauty fed
oncs cherished for its beauty,
1t lies now with the dead.
oh heart. cry requiescat,
God answer in pace.
Twas gathered in the sunlight,
With hopes light on the heart,
Oh! no warning voice whispered me.
How soon we were to part.
Aud now 'tis sceutless, faded
Exhaled its rich perfume
And with it loves white roses.
Arc whitening in the tomb.
o.! heart, cry reQuiescar.
God answer in pace.
Poor rose. lie where cast thee,
Upon the cold green sod,
But withered heart I pray thee
Rtght at the feet Of God.
Oh! love so crushed and broken.
And white rose tossed aside,
God graut you bloom immortal
Beyond Iite's rushing tide.
OA! heart, CRY reQaiescat.
God answer in pace.
.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

- The United States produced 199. .00o,-
600 pounds of wool in 1876. netting the
growers. it is estimated, $4,000, 900. Or
this California produced about 5S. .OOO, QUO
pounds, aud Texas about 13 900. 900 pounds.
Las, year we paid foreign countries $50, ,OOo.-
900 for wooden goods; 2O,0O0,OOO more
sheep will enable us to produce all the wool
we want. We are working toward it. In
1860 we produced 65, 900, 900 pounds; 80
that in seventeen year- we have increased our
annual wool crop BY 1873 ,0O0, 900 pounds.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

An artillery company has been organ
lied at Winchester. Va, with Gen. James
H Williams as CAPTAIN. q. W. Hollis hrst
Lieutenant, A. N. Pearce second lieutenant
and q. VI. Grim third lieutenant. The com
psny will be designated as the Frederick
Holiday Battery" in compliment to Col. F..
w. u. Holiday
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

"A veteran shopkeeper says tha, although
clerks are very ,aIkative during the day, they
are always ready to shut mp at night. -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

After a telegraph pole had fallen on =
Savannah negro's head he threw MP his hands
and shouted. Don't hit me again wild yer
club. Mr.. Policeman. 1t wasn't me dat stole
de ch;ekens."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

- Contributor have you not in.
serted my last article Was It too long
Edi;or-'.No. il was too narrow"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

DR.. Tut has been en-
gagged in the practice OF
medicine thirty years, and
for a long timewas demon.
strator Of anatomy in the
Medical College of Gcor-
sia, hence persons using
his Pills have the guaran-
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free from all
quackery.
lie has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore antagonistic
qualities of n strengthen.
ing, g,fnrgatiVe, aHGd PEr.
ifyIHg ionic.
Their first apparent et'
feet is 10 increase the aP
petite by causing the fe0d
10 properly assimilate.
Thus the system is nour
ished, and by their tonS
action on the digestive or
gaus, regular and healthy
cvacuations are produced.
Thcrapidity with which
Persons take on flesh,
willie under the influence
of these pills, OF itself in
dicatcs their adaptability
to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy in cur
ing nervous debility, mel
anclloly, dyspepsia, vast
ing of the muscles, slug
gisllncss of the liver,
chronic constipation, and
myth to the system. Sold
iui ray Street, New York.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

-"He is man after my own heart. pa,
said Julia, reverring TO Charles Augustus.
"Nonsense." replied old Practical. he ia =
man after the money your uncle left you"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

: 1t is supposed that Kosciusko fell on
Freedom, or else why did Freedom SHREK
when Kosciusko fell?
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

"IF BoDY"-If body see a body pro-
pirate his lat. should body kick body
just for doing thatl
If body catch body stealing his ''old
rye" should body kick body till body
cry? -.
If body spy body creeping "round his
lot, shouldn't body treat body to load Of
shot?
If fsller catch feller carrying of his
wood. should felIer whale felIer if teller
could? s--
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07
1scE Gus
TUT rs PILLS
A Noted Divine says
TRey are aCo3'tb their
aUeigzst IN gOld.
READ WHAT HE SAYS:

DR.. TuTT:-Dear Sir: For ten years have been
amartyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles: Last
spring your pills were recommended to me used
them (but with little faith(. am well man,
have good appetite digestion perfect, regular sools,
piles gone, and have gained forty pounds solid flesh
They are worth their weight in gold.
REV. r. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, KY.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

PERSONAL.
NOAH WALKER X CO,
The Celebrated Clothiers of Baltimore
Announce the introduction of pIan OF ordering
CLOTHING AND UNDERWEAR BY
LETTER,
To which they call special attention. They will
scnd on Appcst ton their improved aud accurate
RULES FOR SELF FlfEASURElIENT,
full line Of samples from their i'm stock
Of Cloths Cnssirneres, Coatings, shirtings' &c,
order their Clo.hlng and shirts direc. from them.
With the certainty OF receiving garments
The Tcry Latest Style
And Most Perfect Fit
attalnable. Goods ordered will be sent by Express
to any part Of tho country. As is well 1nown
three Years excclled in all departments of their
business, which is substantial guarantee as to the
character of the Goods they will send out. large
and we'll assorted atock Of
READY MADE CLOTHING
always on hand together with full line of
FURNISHING GOODS
including all the latest novelties in design, and
AT I'OPCLAR PRICES
When Goods are sen, per Express C. O. D.. there
will be coll, cton charge amounts of 3 30 and
Rules for seIt- measurement, SAMPLES OF
Goods atd Price List free ON appIicat The st
t-nti"n of the rrane is invited to our "holesae
Department, which isaI~ays kept up tothe highe,,
standard.
NOAH WALKER & CO,
Manut.ctnrers and Dealers in Mems and Boys
Clothing and Furnishing Goods. either
ready made or made to order.
l65 aud l67 l,aI.imore Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
November 29 1876.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

Asparagus resembles long sermons IN
one important par,ieuisr-tbe ends are mes'
sought after.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

In a low. close room, on pallet bare lay
Mary o'Briep'p lodger. The face which lay
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-07

imparting health and strength to the system. Soil
everywhere. Office, IS Murray Street, New York
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04
Concerning War Mans and the War.

Sundry correspondents entreat us to oblige
our readers with map of the seat of war in
Europe and Asia. If anybody really desires
to follow up intelligently the history of the
struggle now begun, we advise him to buy
good German or English map Of the Ottoman
Empire, stick it full of red headed pins to
represent the Turks and black-headed pins to
represent the Russians, hang it up carefully
with its face to the wall in his back garret.
and read the war news as it appears from day
to day with devout attention. The chances
are five to one that the name of any place at
which an engagement occurs will never be
spelt in the cable dispatches as it is spelt on
any English map, and never on any English
map as it is spelt on any German map. For
example, here is the first blood drawn in Asia,
as the cable tells US, at "Tchurukson, near Ba-
TOM" No such place as Tchurukson, we ven-
ture to say, can be found on anv ordinary map
of Asiatic Turkey, for no such place exists; nor
on most maps can the place be found even un-
der its more accurate name of Choruk-sou.
1t is in fact not "place' at all in the common
English sense of that word, being simply sta
tion with bazaar. but no dwelling houses ex-
cept one belonging to the bey, on the river
which makes the boundary line between Kars
and the pachalc of Trebizond. What has hap.
pened In the case Of Choruk-sou is reasonably
certain to happen throughout the war, at least
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04
The Danube.
The Great River which Flows through
the Scene OF the Eastern War.

The Danube, from its source to its mouth, In
an air line, is ,020 miles, but the stream is so
tortuous that its actual length is 1,S2O miles,
and it trayerses nearly % degrees of latitude
and 81 of longitude. The Danube and its trib-
utaries drain an area of 800, 900 square miles.
AT Belgrade, the capital of Servia, it receives
the water of the Save, and then pursues an
easterly course, constituting the boundary be-
tween Austria and Servia. until 1t reaches the
Transylyania or Eastern Carpathians, at the
extreme western end of Roumania.
Its course through this range is eighty miles,
and the pass offers great obstacle to naviga-
ton. The river is narrowed to less than half
Its breadth above, and in seven different places
there are rapids and whirlpools, of which those
in the so-called Iron Gate, below Old Orsova,
are the most violent. At this point, opposite
the small village of Ticheviztha. the stream is
narrowed from a width of a mile to about 180
yards, and with depth, as far as can be ascer-
tanned from the violence of the current, of from
800 to 1000 fathoms. The mountains on either
side are very lofty, nearly 5000 feet high, those
on the Austrian side being 1000 feet higher
than those on the opposite bank. The noun
tains rise nearly sheer for about 900 feet above
the stream, and where not perpendicular, rath.
er overhang the water. When the river is low.
the sharp, craggy points OF subaqueous rocks
begin to show themselves above the stream. anu
between these the passage is most narrow.
winding and shallow, and in fact can only be
passed by steamers especially built for the pur-
pose, OF light draught of water, four paddle
wheels and immense power, and even these
steamers make use of channel cut through
the ledge. AT the breaking up of the ice in the
spring OF 1876, the floating ice became jammed
among the crags in the Iron Gate, which caused
the stream to back up until vast tracts in Hun
gary were under water. Such deluge was un-
precedented, and it suggested at the time the
feasibility of producing similar effect BY artl-
| fetal means as a measure of war. The blowing
up of the precipce of Mount Shireber, on the
Austrian side of the pass, would bring down
many millions of tons of rock across the Iron
Gate, and long before the obstructions Could be
removed, vast part Of Eastern Europe would
be turned into an inland lake,
Having passed the Carpathians, the Danube
takes southerly course, forming the boundary
between Roumania and Seryia for q short dis
tance, and then becoming throughout the rest
OF its course the boundary between Roumania
and the Turkish province of Bulgaria, Below
Widdln 1t takes turn to the east, which it pur-
sues until 1t reaches point only thirty-two
miles from the Black Sea- Then it takes
sudden tnrn to the north, flowing in that direc-
ton for 100 miles, to the junction with the Se-
reth, near Gaatz. Then it turns again to the
east, receiving the waters of the Pruth, which
marks a part of the Russian fIontier. After
| flowing east about forty miles in the vicinity
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04
Current Comment.

Wade Hampton regards Hamburg Butler
as legally elected to take Senator Robertson's
place in the United States Senate, and he
says that the present South Carolina Legisla.
lure Will DO nothing toward electing a Sena-
tor unless the Senate rejects Butler and Cor
bin,
Professor Goodwin Smith, who wrote an
article lew weeks ago pointing out some of
the reasons which are likely to induce Canada
TO unite with the United States, has drawn
out gruff criticism from the Torono Globe,
Wnlcn REJECTS his arguments and declares that
Canada IS much less inclined toward annexa-
ton than she was thirty years ago.
There was very light vote in Georgia
Tuesday, upon the question of ratifying the
Legislatures reputation of $9,OOO,OOO rail.
road bonds declared to be fraudulent. but
there is no doubt that the repudiationists car
ried the day. In Richmond county, which
contains Augusta and has population of
25,00O, there were only 800 votes polled.
The Boston Aldermen are hungry. They
have voted to strike out section of their
rules which prevents the payment of bill 'for
refreshments or carriage hire furnished to
any member of the city government, unless
such bills shall specify in detail the names of
the members to whom such refreshments or
carriages were furnished
A calculation by the Cincinnati Commercial
of what would have been the result had the
latest Electoral College been chosen by the
vote of the Congressional districts for Presi-
dent shows that Mr.. Hayes would have re-
ceived one hundred and eighty-seven elector-
al votes and Mr.. Tilden one hundred and
eighty-two, But to obtain this result the
electors at large in Florida, Louisiana and
South Carolina have to be given to Mr.. Hayes
so that, so far as the recent election is con-
cerned, the disputed results would not have
been avoided.
Supposing, therefore, that the harvests in
America are good this year, do not see
what is to prevent your deriving very great
advantage from the disturbed state of affairs
in Europe. And this opinion was strongly
entertained by the bankers with whom con-
versed to-day. Indeed, it stands to reason
that no other result could happen from pro-
tracted war. What would be a disaster to
the Old World would be quite the reverse in
the New.-London Correspondence of the
Neao York World.
Georgia, it is admitted, was long ago "sol-
i'd" but the Oglethorpe Echo tells how the
solidifying process was conducted: '.An-
thony Thurster, the negro preacher, who
was so severely whipped by a party of dis
tinguished men near Maxey's recently, asks
that we announce to his white friends that
from this time forward he will prove himself
better man-will never again make politi-
cal speech, deliver sermon or vote Repnb-
lican ticket; from henceforth he is an un-
swerving Democrat. We are glad that An
thongs eyes are at last opened to proper
course for him to pursue, but sorry that such
stringent measures had to be adopted ere he
would, as it were, 'be born again."
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04

A REPORT comes from Paris that the Le-
gitimists are already preparing for the great
campaign of 1880, when Marshal McMahon's
term of office will come to close, and that
they are getting up subscription for the pur-
chase of Lorraine, which is to be handed over
to the Comte de Chambord. The sum which
it is proposed to raise amounts to 100000 900
francs, Or $SO,OO0,0OO, and one great family is
already down for 100000. 1t is supposed
that the Comte de Chambord, who was re-
jected in 1878 on account of his flag, will be
accepted in 1880 if he can only restore the
severed provinces.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04

THERE is one respect in which the 1idcu-
lous proceedings of the South Carolina Legis-
lature for contempt are successful-they have
succeeded in making those who are conduct
ing them entirely contemplate. Here, be-
tore the settlement of the dispute, were two
rival Legislatures. A portion of the MEM
bers adhered to one; another portion ad-
hered to the other; each, it is to be assumed,
honestly believing in the authority of the
body with which it was identified. When
the decision of the controversy comes, those
who had remained in the Republican Legis-
lature join the other; but before being al
lowed to take their seats they are compelled
to apologize for having sustained Chamber
lain!
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04

nine times out of ten. Furthermore. no accu-
rate idea of the conditions of the conflict either
IN European or Asiatic Turkey, can be given by
any maps on which the mountain chains, ranges
VI NUS and water-eourses are not adequately
represented; and it is impossible to represent
snern VI WI aaequately on newspaper map. Towns
~ ~ w Sstern Europe or America imply roads,
Ior tne ordinary reader Iu EuroDeau and
Asiatc turkey they imply nothing of the
sort; and unless the reader has correct idea
OF the typographical character OF apy region
IN Whlch military operations ara going on,
map which enables him merely to ascertain
tnat the Turks are at one point aud the Rus
SLAMS at another will not only afford him no
sort OF practical light on the subject worth hay-
ing, put IN all probability will mislead him i'm
to wild and absurd conjectural strategy Of the
SORT aHected by Levers regimental surgeons at
mess tables after dinner, with walnut shells
ana reversed wine glasses. Any respectable
geography with decent atlas will enable any
ordinarily Intelligent person to get q good gen
erai idea OF the extent of the invaded empire.
and OF the relations of its different portions 10
each other and to the invading empire. After
acquiring that he may "read up' on the sub
1ect as much as his leisure will allow or his in-
clnatlon prompts and then by following in
our columns the march of events from day to
DAY he will probably be able to understand
Wnat IS going on quite as we'll as it is likely TO
oe necessary that he should. Ee certainly will
not better himself by trying to follow the armies
OF the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael with
the tine OF a fork on the breakfast tablet over
maps which make the Danube run up hill, put
Etzeroom on the top of Mt Asrat, and, in a
general way, resemble the typographical eDgi-
neerlng OF blind spider escaped out of an ink
staDd.-N Y, World
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04

The people of Louisiana are to have aIay
of thanksgiving for the good Providence hat
has brought an end of their political turmoil.
That is very well; and now if :hey will re-
member that politics has not been their sole
trouble, and will intelligently and faithfully
devote themselves to good, honest work ior
the rebuilding Of their material prosperity,
they may learn that Providence helps those
who help themselves.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04
A suffrage petition, signed bv over a thou

A suffrage petition, signed by over a thous-
and women who own real estate and pay
taxes, was presented to the Louisiana Legis-
lature on the last day of the session, and by
unanimous consent the petition was referred
to the judiciary com mmittee, who will report it
back at the next session. Both the political
parties in Louisiana. are reported as favoring
woman suffrage, an d it is expected that the
Legislature at the next session will adopt a
constitutional amendment to that end, which
the people will vote upon in 1878.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04

WHATEVER may be the temper of the
Southern Conservatives, the Democracy Of
the North do not appear to be satisfied with
the concessions which have already been
made. They want more. The New York
World declares that ''the Democratic organ
ization, North and South, does not intend to
rest content with removal of the army from
the State-houses of South Carolina and Lou
isiana, but proposes to agitate for something
more, and to obtain it''
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04
THE PRESS
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1877.

we do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.