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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30
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Mr.. HARPER :-Education ia much
talked of and but little understood.
Some treat IL rs if it were n examining
of the mind with undigested facts, while
Others think that it consists in learning
abstract principles. The one would edu
cate By pouring knowledge by measure
into the child s mind, just as they would
ill storehouse, while the other would
exercise the mind by committing tcchni.
calitleS and contemplating distractions.
Both views are evidently wrong, mas
much as neither will develop the mind in
beautiful and harmonious proportions -
The thoroughly educated man is well in
formed, accurate, ever ready and possess.
es the ability TO turn to practical advan-
tage every item Of knowledge. The man
who is merely booked up in general
knowledge is not educated neither is
he, whose mental faculties have been
we'll trained but whose mind has never
been stored with those facts which can
acne be imbibed from books, properly
fitted for practical life. There Is a diff
ference between literary requirements
aud education. Education is initiatory
while literature is ultimate. The college
student burus his midnight oil & spends
his youthful hours, simply to acquire a
htness To prosecute with greater success
future undertakings. The day of his
graduation Is appropriately termed com
mencement, for then it is That ho bcgius
with those things which are Of more
tangible aud practical nature. You ask
what b Is Ia gained by his gears OF toll /?
lie has gained what the mechanic ar. +,
have gIined by machinery, what the
world has gained by stetmboafs. rail
roads, aud t5losrLPhs. lie is able 70 per-
form great tasks with little effort he
can investigate intricate subjects with
ease and Dispatch he can 90 TO the pul.
pit, TO the Bur, or the rostrum. and draw
ing his inspiration from some noble in.
cldent OF the past, he rises superior TO
his subject and from the lofty height TO
which bis education has raised him, pour
forth Hoods Of light in language cbaste.
beautiful and pregnant With burning
thoughts. Professional Tcachers.-Why
have we 50 few professional teachers (?
Inc answer TO tdis question is quickly
discovered by glance at our school svs-
TEN. Manifestly, because there are 40
lew incentives given to the profession.
that persons even with ordinary abilities
arc enemies to themselves if they follow
the business any further than it serves TO
and them IN engaging ia other pursuits.
Teaching In Hampshire county, w.
Va, gives opportunities only to the
young and inexperienced for persons
OF experience 1t has no proper incentive.
10 be sure, lucre should not be the whole
aim OF the teacher, he should always
have in view the improvement Of his pu.
pills; yet he certainly cannot be censur.
cd for looking TO bis pecuniary interests.
at least 50 far as his actual wants de.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

The feud between Charles De Young.
editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.
and Isaac s. Kalloch. mayor OF that city.
eliminated on the night of the 23rd
inst. in The shooting and killing of De
Young in his Office by l. M. Kalloch,
son OF the mayor. 1t will be remem-
bered that during the heated political
campaign in San Francisco. last year,
the elder Kalloch was sho. by De
Young. but recovered after long con-
6nement.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

Mrs. Catharine Zell on trial q: Car
isle. Pa, for murder was acquitted on
the 22nd inst, after three hours delib.
Grafton by the jury. Mrs. Zell was con-
victed last November of the poisoning
of Mrs. Mary KiehI, but was accorded
Il new trial by the Supreme Court on
the ground of the admission of certain
irrelevant testimony calculated to pre-.
judice her case. The circumstantial
evidence against the accused was very
strong, but the Commonwealth could
assign no motive. 1t was generally
supposed w. II. Wynkoop had induced
her to poison Mrs. Kiehl TO get poses.
sion Of her property, but as he was ac-
quilted of completely in the murder last
January O verdict OF "not guilty" i'll
Mrs. Zelrs case was almost universally
expected on the second trial. There is
no d oubt that Mrs. Kiehl was murdered
by poison, but by whom will perhaps
always remain a mystery, in view of the
acquittal of thoae supposed to have
conspired to kill her.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30
ROmney Hampshire County, West Va, April 30, 1880

silver, was bowed in binding agony,
and her heart was well-nigh broken.
Tue JOY had gone out Of her life aud
TUCK darkness was round about her.
And so half year passed. One day
the postman left q letter at the door.
The hand OF the superscription was
familiar. Mrs. Walsh tore it open and
glanced her eyes over the contents. Oh,
joy Oh. rapture! Her boy lived, was
well, and was on his way home to her.
When DR.. Walsh entered the room
he found his wife fainting with the let.
TER clutchod tight in her nerveless grasp.
BY and by. when the great surge had
passed, husband and wife sat down aud
read the letter undcrstandingly.
Thank God! l found true friend,
or l should say, true friend found
me- wrote Philip. after he had told Of
his safety and his whereabouts. sBut
for the coming of this friend should
have died ere this. lie heard OF me by
name, and when he learned that 1 was
from Ellsworth, and was the son Of ST.
las and Mary Walsh, he bent all his
energies for my release. He spent thou.
sands of dollars in enlisting and equip
ping men for the work, and with his own
hands struck down my savage captor
and took me henceforth under bis care
and protection, God bless him And he
you ready. both, TO bless him, for he's
coming homo with me-
Upon their Bonded knees that night
the rajoicing parents thanked God for
all His goodness, and called down q
Of Of
prescrver Of their son.
And with Philip came a man of mid.
die age "a strong, frank faced, hand
some man, with gray eyes and curling
hair.
This, said Philip, when he had been
released from his mothers rapturei EN-.
brace, is my preserver. Do you know
him p
The doctor looked and shook his
head. He did not know.
But the little woman observed more
keenly. Upon her the light broke over.
poweringly.
is it he p she whispered. putting
forth her hands. is it James Ammer.
ton p
Yes said the man. stranger now
no more. Il am James Ammerton, and
thank God who has given me an OPP
portunity thus to show how gratefully
| remember all your kindness TO me,
my more than mother
And he held her hands and pressed
them to his lips. and blessed her again
and again, telling her, with streaming
eyes, that she, of all the world, had lift.
ed him up and saved him.
That evening Mrs. Walsh, sitting by
her husbands side holding one of his
hands said TO him:
Once upon \ time q pebble was kick
ed about in waste Of sand. A lapidary
saw it, and when he had brushed away
the dirt from the surface. he applied
his chisel, and broke through the crust,
and hehold-a diamond pure and
bright
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

A young man named Rose, in compa-
nv with his father. visited Avilla, Ind,
on Thursday of last week and purchased
a plough. They both got very drunk,
and in that condition started for the
farm in wagon containing the plough.
The next morning they were both found
in the road dead. The wagon had been
upset, and the son was found beneath
the vehicle, with bottle in his hand,
while the father was killed by the plough
falling upon him.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

The assault made by a mob Of white
people upon n company of negro soldiers
in the republican city OF PhIladelphia.on
Sunday, is passed over by the rcpubli.
can press as matter Of no consequence.
Had the affair occurred in any city of
the South, says the AieTondria Gazette,
the bloody shirt would have been run
up at the head OF every radical newspa-
per in the North, and the Incident been
made TO point the moral and adorn the
tale Of many n double loaded disserta-
ton upon the blood thirsty savngery
that inspires the bulldozing peculiarly
characteristic Of tue Southern people.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

Halls Vegetable Sicilian II air Re-
newer has for many years occupied an
honorable place in the toilet OF American
women, and has also attained populari.
W in foreign countries. This is because
it does perform What it promises. Its
warmest friends are those who have
used II longest, and those who sound
its praise the loudest are those who
from actual experience and personal
trial lave demonstrated that by its use
gray hair is restored 10 lts natural col.
or and dry, harsh, and wiry hair IS made
soft and lustrous, a thing Of beauty,
and matter Of JOY AMI pride TO the
wearor. - SaJ.SOler and Democratic,
Coriah, Miss. -2w.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

OF gentleman recently deceased.
friend said to a news gathercrI "IIe
was in the Legislature one year, be-
lievc; but ] would not say anything a.
bout that. Otherwise bis lifo was free
from blot"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30
Hcal T2r6inia UniUersitU.

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.'r rti dgyprs and other Information
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..-' Aug. Z, lJ79.-4m.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

At the annual sale Of thoroughbreds
by General Harding, at Bellwood, near
Nashville, Tenn. ,on Friday last, twenty.
four yearlings by Bonnie Scotland and
John Morgan aggregated the sum OF
S8,565. Eleven were purchased by Mr..
Joseph Blackmoro for gentlemen in
New York, and netted S4,455.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

The Grand Jury at Washington, ID.
g.. returned an Indictment one day last
week against Ambrose Faliot', a drug
eist, foF manslaughter in causing the
death Of Miss $ .san Wheeler OF Rooms,
boro. Bail wac fixed at $4,000.
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

Three men charged with murder were
taken from the Jail at Mabcrly, Mo-, by
a mob CT masked men early on the
morning Of the 21st inst. One of the
prisoners made confession. and was
put back in Jail the other two, named
Mitchell and Yancey, were hanged.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30
South 9ransl. 9ntelli9enter.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY, APRIL so. 1880.

Not drop Of water remains Of what
was once Ruby lake in Nevada, which
was, some years ago. twenty miles long,
varying from half mile to three miles
In breadth and very deep.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30
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'i'HR undersigned would rospectfnlIy in form,
bs-ierda or the county Of Hampshire that
10 90 prepared to 10 S;urveVino upon the
no. '',' notice. Ohice-the one occupied by DR..
T. iuV'on. Romney, West Va.
N1rch . 1866. A. MONROE
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T'av,lamss OF TIE weekly" begin with the
F''t N1roner for January for each year When
~ ime - mentioned, IL will be understood
'Ae suh7criber wishes 10 commence with
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30
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HARPER'S WEEKLY.
ILLUS TRATED.

This periodical has a. WAYS By its able and
l.1 -i7 dscussi )ns of the questions of the day,
81 eel ~ ~ ia iiiustrstions-w are pre-
,re- by the hest artists -eKsrted a most power
and beneficial Influence upon tie public
l.'i
DE weight ~ its influence will always be
l1a on the side Of morality, enlightenment
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

10 Polish TonToIsE-SRELL Arr.
III Sl'sS. - axe some whiting (having rub.
pea u between the finger and thumb
mat there may not be a particle Of grit :
mix With water to the consisteney -
cream; rub with very soft rag polish
With some Of the dry whiting. FS'''u
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

Plant tansy ut the roots Of your plum
trees, or hang branches Of the plant ON
Inc limos oil The tree, and you will not
be annoyed with curculio. An old and
successful fruit-grower furnishes the a
bove, aud says it is the most successful
curculio preventive he has ever tried.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

New Linen may be embroidered moro
easily by rubbing it over with fine white
soap; 1t prevents the threads from
cracking.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

LIMA BEANS WITHOUT POLLING. The
Lima bean is not as generally grown as
it should be, on account Of the trouble
OF procuring the poles and polling them.
Recent experiments. however, have pre-.
we'd that by adopting the following plan
this most delicious Of all beans may be
raised without polling Of all: When the
tendrills begin to start nip them or
continuing TO do so as often as any ap-
pear. The plants will then assume IA
low, bushy growth, and become loaded
with early maturing pods.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

a moth destroying tincture Is mad.
OF one ounce oil gum camphor and ono
ounce OF powdered sholl of red pepper.
macerated in eight ounces Of strong al.
cohoi Tor seven days. and then strained.
with this tincturc, the fars or clothes
are sprinkled over and then rolled np
In sheets. This remedy is used in Rus
STA under the name Of Chinese TING
ture for moths" and is found very eff.
fective.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

Thoroughly wetting the hair once or
t"'cS week with weak solution of
salt water will prevent IL from falling
out.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

LIKE Produces LIKE.-Some years
ago, we planted number of hills with
small potatoes, and by the side Of them.
an equal number with large ones. Both
rows received the same attention: anil
on digging, the large "seed" gave 81
times as many pounds as the small ones.
Do not try TO save the largo potatoes,
by planting the small ones; there is
good reason why it does not pay.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

Frosted silver.wnre or frosted orna.
mentation on plain silver should nevor
DE cleaned With powder. but only with
sott brush and strong lyc. eecompani.
ed by frequent rinsing With soft water
AFTER tho frosted parts arc perfectly
Org, the polished parts should be rub.
bed carefully with powder.-H ayoe,.,
BGsB. 'P''
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

To SOFTEN PurrY. -SIacS three
pounds of stone quicklime in water.
Then AID one pound OF pearlasb, and
make the wkole about the consistency
OF paint. Apply it TO both Sides of tho
glass, and leu itfemain Tor twelve hours.
when the putty will be so sortened that
the glass may be easily taken out of the
frame.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-30

The Seieatitic Amerioan says: .vari.
Gus instances have been recorded of tho
discovery in hens eggs OF minute spe-
cimens OF the d'stSma obatmm. They
appear like small speck. the size OF a
miiiet seed or pin's head. II is be :
lievcd by Acknowledgements that they
Will develop into one OF the varieties o Z
tape worm, and it Is wise. therefore, To
take eggs bard boiled or Otherwise we'll
cooked. A writer in one OF the latu
numbers CT Natare cites several ins,an-
ces where these parasitic bodies have
been found"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-07-30

tho jealous Amazon dealt him blow. In
an instant all was strife and congusion.-
The crowd rushed in on oil sides. The
police fought their way with drawn clubs
through to Kearney and were compelled to
tear the woman by force from stheS arm Of
her idol. Then wild rush was made for
kearney from many directions, frisbds and
ioes alike struggling TO get 20 hid The
police formed ring about him1and fought
the crowd back, beating tho locust tatoo on
the heads of oomers impartially. In this
way they escorted Kearney, with dense
mass of angry, excited men. .struggliug,
shouting and cursing about him, along Nc
Allister street. 1t is likely that after the
first encounter Kearney would have been
tramPled or beaten to death by the excited,
maddened crowd but fog their protecting
Gordon. He was seen safely along Market
street to point between Mason and Taylor,
where his Amazonian champion, somewhat
the worse for wear and tear, was dismissed
and bid to go her way in peace, and Kear.
ney was placed in hack and driven home
AN astonished, frightened, demoralized
leader. The crowd soon dispersed after his
disappearance and the whole raging tempest
subsidized.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-07-30
how 10 AsxAxb HAVE.

: ''0h, sis 6me should talk 10 your mother. &
Sweet Mary" says L;
'oh, don talk to my mother" says Mary,
Beginning to cry;
"for my mother says uen are deceivcrs, (,
- And never, know, win consent; :
she says girls in hurry who marry
At leisure repent
"Then suppose would talk to your father,
Sweet Mary" saysI;
'oh, done talk to my father" says Mary,
beginning TO cry; -
"for my father, he loves me so dearly,
he IL never consent ] should 60 ..
Ii you talk to my father" says Mary,
"Hel surely say mo-" "
"Then how shall get yoa, myjsweif. ,
Sweet Mary" saysI;
'If your father and mothers 20 sruef,
Nest surely I'll die rSs' r
"Oh, never say'die, deaf," says Mary;
way now to save sou, 1 see;
Since my parents are both so contrary
You'd better ask me. [Samuei Lover.
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WILD SCENES on THE sANp.Lor.

For fifteen or twenty minutes tho meet.
ing was yelling match, the centre and
left cheering fer Weaver, ut Kearney's call,
and the right responding with counter
cheers Justify for Hancock. Kearney finally
went on with his speech. the Hancock
whOOp never ceasing for moment, 80 that
he could not make his voice heard ten feet
from him. He could not even be heard on
the psasfornr. An elderly woman in black
jumped on the scat on the rostrum aud
shaking her fist aDgrily at the yelling
throng shouted, in strident tones, "Shut up,
you- She was unheeded
and Kearney finally sabsided without get.
ting a hearing for his 'in conclusion" which
he speedily announced as bid for silesce
In this way for more than an hour, without
ceasing, the right wing yelled down half
dozen speakers in succession.
At the conclusion of she speeches Kear.
ney came forward, as is his wont, to make
few remarks in closing the meeting. He
never made them. His appearance was
the signal for great uproar, groa1s, cheers
and all manner Of derisive cries coming
from the right. He tried to beat ,hem by
calling for round of cheers for Weaver
every timo they ceased cheering for Han.
cock, but they brought forth Roland for
hin every Oliver. Then they called "All
hands up" for Hancock, amidst a storm of
derisive laughter, followed by more cheers.
After fifteen minutes Of this kind of conflict
Capt. Short advanced TO the rostrsm and
advised him, as no headway could be made
against the clamor and his meeting was
practically at an end, to adjourn it, as a
prolongation of the contest would eudanger
the peace. Kearney complied by declaring
the meeting adjourned. He then climbed
down over the rear Of the platform and
started to leave towards McAllister street.
Some ono spokc to him and he stopped to
exchange word Then others stepped up,
attracting still others, stragglers from tho
jeering right joining in the train, 80 that
in a moment there was quito stream of
people making his way. 1t is not likely
that there was any set purpose 70 assail
him, but in the excited state of mind the
crowd was in he feared, as he said privately
before leaving the platform, and his friends
were ready TO apprehend violence. Miss
McLano, the strapping young woman who
distinguished herself fortnight previously
by repnlsing Wellock from the rostrun,
with a staggering blow of her clenchea
fist, rushed to his side and passing her arm
tir . h his arm clur q to II. Just then n
nan ruh,d up with ,ecr in his jaws and
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-07-30

A Michigan widow who jumI ed of load
of hay and knocked down tran. y who made
fun of her sunbonnet, had three offers of
marriage within week.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-07-30

spokep ofin terms of the highest praise by
both the bar and tho people. Cor Ne,cs
and Courier.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-07-30

Teach your boy to love the farm. To do
this don't send him out to drop potatocs,
but give him horse and carriage and new
whip.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-07-30

The campaign has begun iu earnest why
don't you subscribe for the TIMES
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Save Your Rags.

ONE cent pound will be paid at the 1smss
" 0niee Tor any quantity CT clean, dry, whit
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