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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

A GENTS WANTED for the Best
"A aud Fassest-selling Pictorial Books
end Bibles. Prices reduced IS per cent.
National Publishing Co., Phil. Pa.
Oct. 4. 1SSl.-3m.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

iJusD DGhU.--Mrs. EAoLfA SH&s1.
i.LfzsR, was fJund dead In her bed. at
har residence nesr EptA River Mills,
iA 'bia county, on SUNDAY mprning. the
i,I inst. Mrs 5. retired on the prev
on3 aishi in hor usual hsalth-but, dur
og The nlght, she quietly passed away
rom une TO eternity. For some years
500 suffered from disease OF the heart,
An' u Is supposed, that sfiicgop oaus-
'' her death hrs. 8. was a consistent
member Of the Disciple Chureh; was q
Nnd hearted woman, and had attained
''e a5o Of 50 years, 3 months aud is
days.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

The ladies' sole AZ Ju1gc Armstrong;
on Iresday Afternoon lass, We under.
NFn' vs7 quite snccesq. Their bean.
'a''y and we'll arranged tables we're
'pcedi'y relieved Of their burdens. and
-h' owners 81 the tired fngers and snx.
-''s minds feel encouraged TO Try A
gain"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

Ia Casa county. no. on ,he 22nd Of
November. Mr.. WILLIAM HAWaIsoN, for.
nerly OF this county, aged SO.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

Our town 10 quite lively this week
everybody bent on the same errsud--
Christmas CITE.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

Mrs. HoUsER's establishment, We are
told, is unusually attractive just now,
and ". II. CooKus, alec. has stock of
Christmas Goods, fresh Candies, Nuts.
hincemeai, &C., &C.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

GLREsoSs & PUdH have, from what
we hear, q dazzling array of Christmas
Goods; I. Il. G. PANCAKE has just op-
ened, having disposed Of his first sup.
lily, another lot Of tempting Christmas
Goods. and r. RUSSELL & BROTHER,
not to be beat, have beautiful Christmas
Goods. Give eSeh call and inspect
before yog bug.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

year 1881 is almost gone. and
org cherished hope is about dy-
ing ont. Our Subscribers surely forget
0e sre no. ike the Camslcon. we need
toose than air. Those ~ho have sent us
heir subscriptions know We do not
mean ihom, but, we must say just here
Ito wheel horses on oSF books, and they
number hundreds, still hold back, VII en-
'hey "el'-snow it requires money to
conduct our business. Win this spur
open tbe.5 eyes Ne hope 80.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23
New Advertisements.

a CENTS WANTED.-A rare chance 10
~ make money rapidly selling oar Egw
BODK:
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

La conformity 20 custom NO shall is
sue no paper next week. Nevert heless
'he editor will ho found OF h;s post.
'r'dy and willing to accommodate those
VITO may call 10 pay their subscriptions
a nrnber Of articles prepared for to-
days issue have been crowded out. A
communication from "Amcteur," will
appear in our next ISSUE. We would
INFORM our Sianesville correspondent,
lex, That his itcms for publication
haze eaan few and FAR between, and all
'eceived, save those for the present
week, have been published.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

The 18th Quarterly Meeting OF the
komney Circuit, III. 4. Church. wall be
held IN Romney. January 9TH and 9Th.
1882, Rev. l. I. wIDERNAS. T. f.,
will be present.
II. p, WEST. 2. C,
Dec. %, 1881.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

The sale of Fancy and Useful articles
hy TIE Ladies Mite Society Of the Pres.
Dyterisn Church a, Springfield, in con-
ncc;ion with an Oyster Supper and re-
freshmeut. wall taks place at the resi-
df"co OF tho Kisses CLAYTos in Spring.
'l"li, on tho afternoons AMI nights Of
next Thursday aud Friday, the s9th
Ew! SON. MARY BLUE,
Dec. lG, 1881. President.
The public school OF this place will
have holiday from this evening until
the Monday following Now Years day.
A rev Government Printer, II is con.
Silently asserted, wilt re appointed to
5ugcfscde Mr.. D-FEees in few days.
asryiand Legislature meets on
edn jSr, January T.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23

dsryland Legislature meets on
edn 5gg, January A.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-23
baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

Clinton Lodge. No. 81. A. p. q A, H., meets
=, ,he SID Friday in each month.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Tie woman who has mind of her
own generally takes charge of her hus-
bands. Gate City.
It's wise turkey that divines the sud
den enlargement of heart regarding ra-
tions, on the part of the farmer Lock
port Union.
Some folks are so rigidly fashionable
that they fairly bend backward, and
never unbend until they are taken down
and hattened out.
The man who sigh, Glow soon we
arc forgotten" has only to leave hotel
without paying his bill to find how
sadly mistaken he is.
The trouble about taking medicine
warranted to cure all diseases is that
it may not know exactly what is wanted
of it, and will go fooling around in the
system trying to cure you Of some dis
ease that you have not got.
The Philadelphia Herald says that the
women OF that city are busily engaged
in getting up political climbs. They are
about two feet long and only appear on
parade when the husbands Of the women
come home late at night.
BY some mistake horse was hitched
to an apple tree near eighty hives OF
bees, in Hunt county, Texas, lately, and
the lees became eLraged and attacked
the horse, stinging it 80 badly that it
died in a few hours. An aged man, in
attempting to loose the horse, was Sc
verely stung, and in running away
from them fell and was dragged into
the house in an unconscious condition.
When we read the statistics of educa-
ton in Russia we get a new cause of the
discomfort OF the people, and find another
Justification of the hatred ofthe despotic
government. A Russian journal of edu-
cation shows that if all the Russian
people are to be educated, there will be
1000 new schools wanted in the St.
Petersburg district, $500 in that OF
Eovgorod, and, not to mention other
instances, as many as 5000 in that OF
CharkoW.
The authorities of Brantford town
ship, Canada, have recently offered
fee for each dog killed. One innocent
old gentleman slew cur, and, instead
If looping off the tail, carried the car
cass bodily before o magistrate and got
his check. Then, taking the body away,
he cut off the tail, exhibited it and got
another check. Yet once more he tiled
the venture, and this time it was to cut
off and present the head, and he got still
another check! Another spotless youth
of ten summers drowned litter of pups
and got 50 apiece for their tails.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14

We should do many more things II
we believed in impossibilities.

We should do many more things II
we believed in impossibilities.
After all, the JOY of success does not
equal that which attends the patient
working.
The FREELY only shines when on the
wing. So it is with the mind; when
once we rest we darken.
You may shrink from the far-reaching
solitudes OF your heart, but no other foot
than yours can tread them.
The time for reasoning is before we
have approached neaESnough to the
forbidden fruit TO look at it and ad-
mire.
To achieve the greatest results the
man must die TO himself, must cease to
exist in his own thoughts. Not until
he has done this does he begin to do
aught that is great.
Nothing sharpens the arrow OF sar-
casm so keenly as the courtesy that
polishes it; no reproach is like that we
clothe, with a smile and present with .
bow.
The only way to shine, even in this
fair world, is TO be modest and unas.
suming. Falsehood may be a thick
crust; but, in the course of time, truth
will find a place to break through.
Elegance of language may not be in the
power of us all; but simplicity and
straightforwardness are.
The crime of obtaining money under
false pretenses has greatly diminished
within the last few years." said a police
Justice to a country friend. Z" How do
you account for thatP" asked the friend.
Easily enough" replied the justice.
"You see, the fact is in these times it is
almost impossible TO obtain money
under any pretense."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14
One WOman,s Movement,

Another movement for the enfran-
chisement of woman has come to an un-
timely end. In 1862 the girls OF Geauga
county, Ohio, while nearly all the young
men were of at the war, organized
themselves into what finally came to be
called 1.-The old maids society,"" adopted
n constitution declaring man to be the
common enemy" and resolved to ex-
clude him absolutely from all social
privileges. To make matters doubly
sure, u bylaw was devised, providing
that any member who married should
be fined 100 copper cents, and be branded
with tar on the soleS of her feet. Atthe
recent annual picnic of the association,
at which eighty-six of the reiormers
were present, 1t was discovered that
every one of the original members, as
well as nearly all later ones who had
reached years OF discretion, bore, in u
figurative sense at least the matrimonial
tar-mark on her heel. Ofall Onat noble
army OF martyrs who started GU to
abolish that insidious viper called man,
not one was left-not one. A good
many children padded in the lake, and
caught polliwags, while their mothers
sat on the bank above, and told how
they were charmed by the viper, and led
up to the marking pot like lambs TO the
slaughter, while the "cause" was for.
gotten.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14
The Baked Potato Man.

In speaking of street traders, / ought
not 10 omit the "baked-pCtato" mtn.
Many of the owners OF tie steamers
which are familiar to US In Tottenham.
Court-rc ad, Gray ay-inn-road, or On the
Surry side of London, are well-to.do
tradesmen. Two OF three that | know
of are industrious mechanics, who,
when their days labor is over, supple
ment their income by retailing "hot
murphys" at ole halipenny each, but
ter included, at street corner
much more sensible OF them than to
squander in drink what they already
earned. The hot potato business re-
quires some capital. The can itself
may only cost coupe of guineas, but
there are men who have spent as much
as ten guineas on their steamers. The
average price for a very fair one, the can
of lin and with brass mountings, is
about f3. The potatoes are, of course,
baked at the bakers, for they take some
time 10 cook thoroughly, and the tin
avails to keep them hot. There are all
classes amongst the Taxed potato men
--tradesuen who have been better of,
mechanics out of york, and costermon.
gerswho in the winter find it more pro-
titabl. than to hawk fruit. In the sum-
mer nearly all of them with the excep-
tion Of the first class spoke of, take to
cherries, strawberries, and green cages.
The customers of the baked potato men
combine all classes. Near theater the
actors will send out between the acts
for hot potatoes and porter. The work
ingman returning home after a days
toll will pull bimseli together" with
murphy" The hundred-a-year
clerk will pop out to the street corner,
and from the potato CAP bring his little
wife in hot supper, which she can
enjoy after she has done stitching for
the baby who is in bed. Even better
off men, when going home late (if they
think nobody is looking), buy potato
and MUNICH it on their way to their
lodgings. There are many potato men
who make a couple of pounds week in
the season, and the aristocracy OF the
business has been known to roll up
IA. 1t is the custom with the majority
to be stationary, and at many street
corners in the metropolis the baked
potato man is as much an institution
as the big tavern with tie flaring gas
ights,-LONiOn Echo.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14

When an individual is reported to
have died of disease of the heart, we
are in the habit of regarding it as an
inevitable event, as something which
could not have been foreseen or pre-
vented, and it is too much the habit,
when persons suddenly fall down dead,
to report the heart as the cause; this
silenCes all inquiry and investigation,
and saves the trouble and il convenience
OF repulsive post-mortem. A truer
report would have tendency II save
many lives. 1t is through. report OF
disease of the heart that many an
opium eater is let off into the grave,
which covers at once his folly and his
crime; the brandy-drinker, too, quietly
slides around the corner thus, and is
heard OF no more; in short, this report
Of disease of the heart is the mantle of
charity which the polite coroner and
the sympathetic physician throw around
the graves of genteel people,
At a scientific congress al Strasbourg
it was reported that of sixty. six persons
who had suddenly died, an immediate
and faithful post-mortem showed that
only two persons had any heart aAec.
ton whatever --one sudden death only
in thirty three, from disease of the
heart. Nine out of the sixty.six died
Of apoplexy-one out Of every seven /;
while forty-six-more than two out OF
three died OF lung affections, half Of
them of congestion Of the lungs, that is,
the lungs were so full of blood they
could not work; there was not room
for air enough to get in to support life.
1t is then of considerable practical in L.
terest tC know some OF the common,
everyday causes of this congestion of
the lungs, a disease which, the figures
above being true, kills three times as
many persons at short warning as ap-
oplexy and heart disease together.
Cold feet, tight shoes, tight clothing,
costive bowels, sitting still until chilled
through after having been warmed up
by labor or long, hasty walk; going
too suddenly from a close, heated room,
as a lounger, or listener, or speaker,
while the body Is weakened by con-
tinued application, or abstinence, or
heated by the effort Of long address;
these are the fruitful causes of sudden
death in the form of congestion of the
lungs, but which, being falsely reported
as disease of the heart, and regarded as
an inevitable event, throws people of
their guard, instead of pointing them
plainly TO the true causes, all of which
are avoidable, and very easily so, as
general rule, when the mind has been
once intelligently drawn to the subject.
Halls Journal Of Health.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14
The Strongest Man Living,

Joseph Pospischill, who is now o
prisoner il the Austrian fortress at Ofen,
on conviction of highway robbery, s
said to be the strongest man living.
One of the feats for which he was re-
nowned was to support in the air, with
his hands and teeth, table upon which
two gypsies danced, while third fid-
died, He and one OF his brothers, only
less powerful than himself, were wont
to bear upon their shoulders wooden
platform, shaped like bridge, while a
cart full of stones, drawn by two horses
was driven overit. The other day when
the jail in which he was confined was
undergoing visit from the municipal
prison inspectors, this Hercules volun-
teered to give the authorities specim IN
of his powers, and, upon receiving ter.
mission tn do so, picked up with his
teeth heavy mahogany table, nine feet
long and balanced it alon for nearly
a halfminute.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14
The Chlldren's Music,

The Children's Music.
We asked where the magic came from,
That made her so wondrous fair,
AS she stood with the sunlight touching
Her gloss Of golden hair,
hnd her blue oyos looked toward heaven
As though they could see God therel
"IInsh" said the child, cant you hear Il,
The music that's ovcrywhereW
God help u.s. we could not hear it,
Our hearts were heavy with paini
We heard mon toiling and wrangling,
We heard the whole world complain;
And the sound OF a mocking laughter
We heard again and again,
But we lost all faith in the music;
We had listened so long in vain.
"Can't you hear IT." the young child whis-
perej,
And sadly we answered, "No.
We might have iancied we heard it
In the days OF long ago;
But the music is all delusion,
Our reason has told us so,
And you will forget that you heard It
When you know the sound ol woe"
Then one spoke out from amongus
Who bad nothing left to fear,
Who had given his lie for others,
And been repaid with sneer.
And his face was lit with glory,
And his voice was calm and clear
AS he said al can hear the II usic
Which the little children hear."
Good Words.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14
The Highest Mountain on the Globe.

Nobody'S reputation and honor are
safe in this cynical age. For the last
ten years Mount Everest, in Nepaul, has
been considered the highest mountain
in the world, reaching the respectable
height Of 10000 feet. Dhawalagiri and
Kuchinjinga, in the same range, with
about 2s, 600 feet each, shared this honor
between then until Major Everest, OF
the Bengal engineers, discovered their
big brother. Before they were
measured, Humboldt thought some
points in the South American Andes
reached the highest altitude on our
globe. And now comes Captain j. A.
Lawson, who has discovered in the
little-known island of New Guinea o
peak that beats them all, which he has
appropriately called Mount Hercules,
and fixed its elevation at 80, 1856 feet
above the level Of the sea. The Hour.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14
Rope.

Hope.
What is hopel A smiling rainbow
Children follow through the wet;
lis not here, still yonder yOnder;
Never urchin found it yet.
What is liie' A thawing iceberg
On a sea with sunny shore.
Gay, VIC sail; it melts beneath u.s.
We are sunk and seen no moro.
What is mani A foolish baby,
Vainly strives and fights, and fretsI
Demanding ell, deserving nothingi
One small grave is ali he gets,
Thomas Carlyle.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14
RATES or ADVERTISING.

Regular rs.ss Of advertising, 81 per rqusre
hrst insertion. 81 81 cents each subsequent
insertion.
Special contracts vii bo made fo' ali adver-
tisemruis fCr fur n-eTtiJ.,s or over.
Transisn. advertisements always payable
quarterly IN tdSance.
MiuiSges aud obituary notices, over ono
quAre, c-s gel for st hslf Irregular rates
All locki news 10 culs -, for eSch in.
'ariion.
No notices inserted for less than fifty cents
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14

Coaches run between Bristol and Memphis
without change
No Sunday delays.
baggage checked through.
VIM. KERR,
Passenger Agent, Knoxville, Tenn.
JAMES II. OGDEN.
Genl Pass. Agt. Knoxville, Tenn.
7, s. DAVANT,
Asst Genl Pass Agt, MemphiB Tenn,
]. W. SUTTON,
Passenger Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn.
O. @. McMILLlN,
Ticket Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-14

Nine. Theirs has paid $4,000 for q
plot of ground adjoining the grave oil
her husband in the Pere-la Chaise
cemetery, for the purpose Of erecting o
monument to the memory of the first
resident of the third republic.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-23
5ouraal alro Goarier.
Monday Morning. May 2s. 1881.
CoLIEGE REPUBLIC.

An interesting experiment. has been made during the last ten years at the Illinois State University, where the students have relieved the faculty of heavy burden by governing themselves. And it is stated by writer in the International ReDieu for June that the experiment has been so successful as to war rant its continuance
 The constitution under which this novel republic operates was the work of commit tee of the students and the President of the college. It provided at first for the election of president, vice president, secretary and treasurer by the body of the students, and the appointment of a marshal and three judges by the President These judges con- of the laws were to be tried by them without jury. The law making power was vested in the general assembly of the students, but an absolute veto was reserved to the Regent of the university. Laws were made for the preservation of quiet and good order in the dormitory buildings; against gambling, drinking, and keeping intoxicating drinks in the dormitories against violations of sundry rights of students, and against injury of col lege property. The penalties consisted of lines varying in amounts from few cents to five dollars. Obstinate culprits and those who refused to pay the fines were to be re ported to the Faculty, who retained the power to suspend or expel student.
 As the students became more numerous and spread throughout the neighboring city some changes were found necessary. Trouble ,f io4i the general assembly of the students became too large body to work well. A constitutional amendment was therefore adopted which provided for the election of Senate of twenty zone members, to serve for one year, but to be divided into classes, so that one third of their number were replaced each three months. All legislative power was vested in this Senate, subject to veto by the President and Faculty, and the proceedings were ordered strictly as in more pretentious legislatures. A room, provided by the Facul- ty, was fitted up by the students as Senate chamber and courtroom, and regular weekly sessions of those bodies are held. The udges license those students who desire it, and who pass the requisite examination in the constitution and laws, to practice as at torneys in the college court but any student may plead his own cause. In law the At torney General of the State declared this or ganization to be Committee of the Trustees or Faculty, and any action taken by them, based on it's report, was declared to be bind ing and legal.
 Perhaps the colleges where murmuring and rebellion are frequent under despotic form of government might gain something by initiating the Illinois State University and forming republic. It is ct least possible that the students of these colleges could gov ern themselves with as little friction as makes itself manifest under the present plan, and 1t would be useful practice for them.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-23

Photographers are still In the dark about some of their best work--Neso Orleans Pic dyat7ae.
 ''This is what knocks spots out of me, /" said the leopard boy of the museum when he took bath. '-PUcE.
 Do our friends realize what they do when they advertise as follows: " Wanted - A strong healthy woman to cook ?''-. OG City Derrick.
 seHow could you think of calling auni 3, stupid? Go to her immediately and tell her you are sorry.'' Freddie gees to auntie and says, ''Aunty, am sorry you are so stupid. ' The Syracuse Standard says that warm heart will not freeze to cold sh builder. bis shoulder. s'Spell it with squee, Sam my, spell it with squee.' .'-New York Com- maerciaG AdUertiser.
 An intelligent lady asked 8 sculptor who was about completing the figure of lamb, Did you cut out the animal?' "Oh, mo-" said the artist, ''the lamb has been there all the time I only took the marble from around him-that's all"
 Don't you think we ought to separate our husbands ?'' said a lady to her friend. sDo you not see how excited they have be- come? They are beginning to call each other OK and 'ass' and all sorts of disagree able things" ''Oh, no,'' was the calm re- ply .sLet them go on; they have known each other for more than twenty years, and ought to know what they are talking about. "
 DESTINY.
 Three beans as weird as midnight, hooded OCT Blacker than Arthur's three Great Queens of yore, Lay in the window of grocery store. The first urchin bought. That night. ts said, The child was soundly spanked and sent to bed. The second bean, though blacker than the first, Became baked beans (of all baked betn's the worst The third. certain ballot box received. And caused more strife than well would be believed
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