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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-07

Mr. j. Q. Roel succeeds SIR. j. Stan.
ley Brown as private secretary TO tho
President.
Ihc absence or President Arthur
from the funeral services Mt Cleveland
on Mon lay was commented on very un .
favorshIy. The fact that neither Ar
thur, Grant nor Conkiipg thought il no
ceSssTy 10 attend, occasioncl sharp
criticism. so says n dispatch.
Rain is greatly needed in this section
-Nhnt we have been blessed with has
not been sufficient to wet the ground to
nny great extent.
II Tust 10 an awkward Gx that Hayes
an ! Senator Sherman are placed in TO
know that The man they kicbci out Of
tho custom house for dishonesty, Is
nov President OF the United States.
BATTLE CEEEK. Mich, Jan. 81. 1870.
GENrLENES-Ht living been afflicted
for number Of years with indigestion
and general debility, by the advice OF
my doctor I used Hop Bitters, and must
say they of ,rdod me almost instant re.
lief am glad 70 he able TO testify in
their behalf. THos. c. Knox.
The District Conference Of the NJ
i. Church. colored, convened in this
place on YESTERDAY.
HEThe 3rd Quarterly Meeting for
South Branch Circuit, Methodist Fps
copsl Church, South, will he held pt
Burlington. on the 18th 4 I6ih Of DC.
toher. 4 full boar Of stewards is earn.
eslly desired.
Sept. 80. G. a. JOYCE, T. G.
Two comets arc now approaching
the sun, Encke's. which is no stranger,
as il revisits us once in every thr, e and
a half years, and the new one discov-
cred il the northeast on the night that
President Garfield died.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-07

II is stated that Mrs. L. $ Grant is
busy in New York unpncklng tie nun,
cruuS cases containing her husbands
presents. When General Grant gave uu
his house in | street. Washington, MI
the presents be had received mp to that
time we're packed and stored. lie has
now eicLty.two cases OF vsluab'es TO he
unpscScl. Mrs. Grant recently said
that she really tiil not know how much
tho family had The magnificent ser
vice Of silver presented by Mexico TO
GrncrSl Grant about the time he b came
P:esi sent, and by him Transferred TO
his wi;c, as he could moi sccep, such y
cif'. hiss been ordered from the vaults
al tie bank where il was deposited and
~i.i he used for the first tme in What is
icrDel Grants New York Palace
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-07

r. II. C. NORTON. AGENT.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
Security of the LE-:rem.


In the harem the Turk is free from all
Interruptions, because no servant will ven
tUrc to call him on the request of a visitor,
however ~impOrtunate. During the late war
with Russia, the observance Of this rule lost
to Turkey a battle, an army, aud perhaps a
province. In January, 1878, the Russian
armies were sWarmin9 along the northern
slopes of the Balkan mountains. These
mountains formed tne last defensive line Of
Turkey. Tie line was, however, SO long
that if the Russians broke through it at any
point, they could place the whole Turkish
army il danger OF destruction. The Rus.
slams did break the lines of tue Balkans,
at Shipka Pass, and cut the Turkish ar
my III two. Suleiman Pasha, the Turk
iSH general III command Of the left wing,
heard runors of the battle, aud teleeraphed
to the ComMander-in-chief, who was also
Minister OF War, at Constantinople, asking if
the rumOr was true, and if SO. What he should
do. Sulaiman PdSna knew very we'll that the
oniv safety tor his troops lay i'll rapid retreat
to AdrianOpie. If he could have begun to
move within an hour, possibly he might
have escaped. But no answer came to his
telegram. All night he waited, and at o
the next day he took the responsibility of
ordering the retreat. But he met the Rus
SLAMS upon the road, and was routed and
driven into Macedonia, losing Il large part Of
his army and all his artillery. This disaster
left the Turks no chance. A]drianople was
abandoned, and in one month the Russians
were in possession of the Notifications OF Con-
stantinopIe, and dictated peace with their
camps in right full view of the royal
mosques.
Afterward, the inevitable court martial was
called to fix the responsibility for the catas-
trophe. 1t then appeared that the minister OF
war was i'll his harem when Suleiman Pasha's
telegram arrived, and his servants refused to
disturb him. He only heard of the message
at noon the next day, and by that. time the
Cossacks had cut the telegraph wires. The
ancient usage which permits a man to shut
himself up in his harem was respected by the
court. The minister Of war was not blamed,
but his subordinate, the luckless Sulieman, was
condemned to exile for having lost his army
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
SUNDAY

The highest salaries paid to New York
city clergy men are $4,000 to DR. john Hall
and $4,000 each to DR.. Dix, of Trinity
Church. and DR.. Potter, Of Grace Church.
There is a society in Berlin for the propaga-
ton of the Jewish faith. which is a new thing
in lsrael's history.
The report Of the Pan. PRESBYTERIAN coun-
Gil, just issued, gives the number Of Presby-
terlans i'll the world as 5.00O.O0O.
There are in Eew York 23S Congressman
churches, and ten in Pennsylvania, with an
aggregate membe. ship Of 34,360, and PIT
ministers, o. whom only tilty-three are pas
tors. There were $40 received last year on
confession.
The earliest printed bible known was sold
on February 10Th in London for G790 (S3,-
93O.) 1t contained the old testament onlv,
and was printed at Metz by Gutenberg in
1852, being believed to be he first book ever
printed on movable types.
In Illinois there are PAT Congregations
ministers, 24l churches, with 1886 church
members, and 3O,6l7 children in the Sunday
schools. Tbe amount raised for benevolent
purposes was SOL ,O53. The additions to the
church last year were 1882.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03

long shot. An attempt was made some time
ago to poison the czar by sending him a petit
tion covered with some noxious powder, since
which time he has ceased to receive letters,
papers or petitions. For a similar reason he
gave up smoking, though he used to like a ci-
gar and he has drank no wine but from bot
ties uncorked in his presence. In the imperi-
al kitchen the cars food was prepared by a
French cook, who piled his vocattons under
the eyes of two police guards-not that the
cook himself could incur any suspicion, but
because some conspirator might have got at
the ingredients he was preparing. The food
was always cooked in the simplest way with
out sauces, and was tasted by two officials
before it was served at the cars table,
London Times.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
The Fir Trees Of Puget Sound.

The f~ir-tree growths OF Puget Sound, says
an exchange, form one OF the wonders of the
American world. They average 200 feet III
height, and some specimens have been cut
that measured $40 feet i'll length and IL feet
in ameter at the base, with a we'll proper
toned ~log.length of 80 feet to the first limb.
The cedar trees are in like proportions, and
are most valuable for wooden wares of all
kinds, while the frs are the best for spar and
ship timber yet found in any country. There
are few nations that do not use them in ship
building. One-fourth the wealth of San
Francisco was culled from the frs of Puget
Sound while the government slept, and to-day
all the steam mill owners, who saw aud pre-
pare for market from 100000 to 100000 feet
a day to each mill-and there are thirty or
more miils-ale residents of San Francisco,
where they invest their profits to the injury
of the Sound. There IS, apparently, no eX-
haustion Of the timber, and a century will
possibly elapse before Puget Sound forests
will be cleared of their immense resources OF
varied tree growths.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
How Were the Alps Formed ?

Different scientists have answered this
question in different ways. Sir Roderick
Murchison argues that the mountains were
formed by upheaval and subsequent fracture.
Others contend hat Switzerland was once
covered by water and that this water, operating
through long ages, has fashioned the noun
tains, hills, valleys and r~avines. Prof. Tyn-
dali concludes that water, ice and wearing
away have, to use his own words, sculptured
the Alps into their present form; and he says,
"That such is their genesis and history, is as
certain as hat erosion produced the Chihes
in the Isle of Wight. The erosion theory as
cribes the formation of Alpine valleys to the
agencies here referred to. 1t invokes nothing
but is performed still there; though it may be
in diminished strength. And if the are true
causes. the artificers by which its work is
granted sufficient time, it is demonstrate
that they are competent to produce the eflcts
ascribed to them"
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
OPINION OF
AMERICA.
Why She Came, What She Has Seen
and How She Feels.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE Herald pub
fishes an interesting interview with Saraf
Bernhard relative to her experience in this
country:
"What first induced you to think of com
ing to America" SAID the reporter.
"Oh, l always wanted to travel. l otter
thought if | lad the money, l would go from
one part of the world to the other. And first
of all, | wanted to come here"
"Why?"
"Weil, you know even intelligent Europe
ans have queer ideas of America. Now that
l have seen it l laugh at my absurd notions.
For years l thought of America as New
York, Boston, Philadelphia and a place where
they killed pigs in the west, called Chicago,
and even those PAGES l thought were quite
near each other. l mean that those names
were familiar to me. Others | had never
heard Of"
"And noW?"
Sand now, indeed. l often said to Mr..
jarrett and Mr.. Abbey, lis there no end to all
tbis?' 'For mercy's sake, how much further
does this country go?' And you know there
is San Francisco still further beyond"
Were you more surprised by the extent OF
the country than by The developments of the
mines named?'
"Oh, yes, indeed; but what struck ne for
chilly still was the immense umb of big
towns where wealth and fashion seem to ex-
list. For instance, we wOuld drive through a
town where there were no pavements and
where the wheels of our conveyance sank III
The mile to the very, hubs, and l would
think, We'll, l guess We won't do any bust
ness i'll his place. but at night, in a hand
somely appointed Academy of Music L
wOuldind a large, Intelligent and elegantly
dressed audience, all glad to see me and APP
,r ,,in n nf ~. ~ >inIp n,,i f1 my
ment the receipts would amount to $4,000
up from the very earth ITSELF"
ST, en you found mental Slimulant as we'll
as a decided professional and pecuniary ben-
'Yes, indeed. You see | have always BEEN
obliged to gain a livelihood to earn my own
it is fortunate for me that | can
crafty my PASSION for travel and pursue my
professional calling on the same llne. You
are quite right III calling it mental stimu-
iant.' l. don't envy any woman who goes
from New York to New Orleans, from Mo
bile TO Montreal, from Philadelphia to 20
dunk, aud from Salem 10 ST. Joe, without be-
ing impressed with the immensi y Of the
country and the vitality of the people,
"Nnaiity?"
"Yes; every body does something all The
time. Everybody works. Even artists work
without rest, and in some PLACES work on
sunday night as on all other nights, and at
two nlatinees besides. Tue whole people
seem 10 have a coil of springs; push. push,
pushing all the time. | Ike it, but it gives
me a fever. | feel the pressure. | feel the
excitement. It's all the same wherever | 60. |
to find strength and vigDr, OF course,
but | am simply amazed at the evidences Of
wealth and culture and all the nicer and finer
Developments which are the proper outcome
for wealth and c~ullure'
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
The Case Ramihed.

SHE is like the mule, gentlemen of the
jury" vociferated the lawyer, abiding to his
opponent in the case, "who as Shakespear
remarks, 'has neither hope of ancestry nor
pride of prosperity" When his opponent
came to reply he said that sthe man who
would deliberately stand up in the temple of
Justice ard so miserably misquote the divine
~utterances of an immortal poet was untitled
by nature for enjoying those glorious liberties
which found their birth in Magma Charta."
The Judge told the jury that the prime ques-
ton was whether the COW hooked nm III,
eabbages before or after she tore down The
line full of clothes.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
Mrs. Langtry's Downfall.

In London society the selling out of Mrs.
Langtry's charming uoye-cote in Park Lane
has shared the gossip of the town with ~
bou there's signal triumph over Levi-LawsGf.
The little hOnse where the Prince of Wales
invited himself to breakfast whenever III
town had become the most coveted corner in
the social system. Great ladies even waived
the prescliptive right of rank 10 dictate in or
uer to be of the Jersey Lily's cOterie, while
the men who rule London society were her
most devoted slaves. 1t took money to Keep
up this state, and as the LILY Was not Of tie
venai class Of court beauties, she could not
make her charms a means OF income, aud as
her husbands fortune was unequal to the ell
tertalnnIer t OF royalty every day III the week,
the pretty little establishment has gone under
The hammer. Hencetorth the c upie will veg
etate like thousands OF we'll to-do 3ritOns
who, holding the entree to the most aristo-
cratic ranks, are unable to avail themselves of
the privilege, and retire to cheap living aud
exile in BUul0gne or Hrisseis-"ie petit
Paris" as the corkneys are found OF styling
the Belgian capital: Il is generally consid-
cred pretty shabby of the Prince OF Wales to
let the Langtrys come to grief through his
own partiality, for his fondness for the Lily's
society made her the vogue aud of course i'll
volved her in the ruinous OUTLAWS that have
brought them to bankruptcy. British
/ society, too, has, like American, lost all the
congenial good cheer OF old times. There are
al ways a few hooks in the great city where
men and women meet, and where good talk
is heard from wise men and witty women;
but the deaths Of Carlyle and George Eliot
have lessened these haunts by two, and these
two the most attractive in the capital.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
A FAIR
A Young Lady's First Experience in
the Water, and How She Felt.
From the Chicago lnter-Dce.n.

From the Chicago Inter-Dcean.
The swimming school opened yesterday,
and a young woman who had been determjn-
ing for a year to learn to swim. went down
and registered her name. She went alone;
she feared that her courage would fail her, as
her friends had predicted, and she desired no
one to witness her defeat, if defeat it should
be. Ladies' hours are from $50 O'Clock a.
H., to 1870 o'clock p. H., and some time du-
ring these hours it was that this young lady
tlmidly entered the Natatorium and an
nouDced her elrand. The lady teacher
showed her about, assured her that the water
was warmed, that there was not the slightest
danger of drowning, and promised great
patience with her pupils attempts. Finally
the wonld-be mermaid transferred herself
into a becoming swimming-suit, and told the
lady in waiting that she was ready. If there
is any thing more marvellous than another to
mortal kind, it is trying ID swim for the first
time, if the girls story is to be believed. One
steps out into an eternity of nothingness and
an appalling sense of everlastingness, and
there is a gradual exaltation of subjective I'M
puIsiveness, followed by an effectiveness of
gravitatlon which cannot be equaled. All
this made the girl who wanted to learn to
swim feel as if she belonged in Boston, and
not in Chicago. This conceit made the
swimmer top-heayy, and she came near going
down. There followed an aesthetic and artis-
tic posing, a wild wrangle with the hidden
mysteries of specific gravity, and an unearthly
consultation of psychological uurealities, and
then the teacher said sweetly, "Your lesson
is ended for to-day. You may come out of
the water"
And the young woman Thought, as she
donned her street suit and pensively pinned
up her ~tresses, that if this were swimming it
! might be as well to stay at home and read a
chapter from Andrew Jackson Davis.E
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
He Pleased Her Fancy.
From the Detroit Free Press,l

From the Detroit Free Press.l
She was looking out of the window when
he entered the yard, and she said to herself
that he might ring the bell until he was tired
for she did't want to. buy any soap and had
nothing for tranps. He rang, and after the
seventh or eighth peal she went to the door to
bless him.
..This is the greatest piece of impudence |
ever saw" she exclaimed, as she pulled the
door open.
He smlled. He lifted his hat and smiled
again. He had poor clothes and a hungry
look, but there was something captivating In
his smiles.
'.Well?" she Iueried, as she held the door.
"My errand is a very pleasant one, and yet
| feel somewhat embarrassed in making it
known"
.'If you have any bills to collect you mus
call when my husband is in" she observed.
bills! Oh, no, madam. You have perhaps
noticed in the papers that a book entitled
PROMINENT Women of Michigan is soon to
be puDlished:"
''I-l-y-e-s. think So"
"Well, it is to be illustrated with engrav-
ings of 100 striking faces. My instructions
are not to look for beauty so much as for
marked expression of deep thought. l was
Instructed to call here and ask you if you
would permit the publishers to publish your
wOod-cut in the forthcoming bOOk?:'
"Who could have sent your"
Il dare not tell. Yours is to be published
on the first page, and only nine more will be
taken from the city,
Aud what's the charger
"Nothing. If you want the book you will
have to pay s., out you are not asked to take
it,"
81 can't see why they should have selected
me-
"Beg pardon, ma'am, but yours is a very
striking face. 1t pOrtrays an expression OF
strength Of character | never saw equaled.
Many ladies have offered me as high as $40 to
put them in The book; but We cannot go out
side Of our selections"
q can't give you a decided answer to-day"
she said, attrrt linking it over. "Perlaps my
husband will OBJECT. You may call again to-
morrow, and You will please accept this for
your trouOle.@
~'Liberality as we'll as strength of charac-
tel" he clmckltd, as he pocketed the bill.
VERY well; / viii call at this hon to-mor-
That was two weeks AGO: but the woman is
not expecting him. She has learned from her
husband that this is a cold world, and that
"GulIiver's Travels will be SEM to all sub
scri3erS for the "'prUminent women" book.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
Boston "Culchaw."


From the Chicago lnter-Ocean.l
alt is a great thing to see the spiritual truth
all that nature symholizes," said she.
$50 it u.s." said he.
"And yet enjoyment is darkened by a ter
rble shadow" said she.
''Hay?" he enquired.
"A terrible shadow" she repeated, ''that
casts a depressing reflection upon the most
eXhuberant SOUL"
eyes," replied he, "I've felt it when I've
been short on spare-ribS."
son what?" she a~nxiously inquired.
D spare-ribs."
"But you should be philosophical; you
should initiate Pythagoras."
.Who was hep"
'He was a philosopher, an anti-epicurean;
but he did not go so far as the stoics."
"Where did they go?' asked the board of
trade man, and gazing at HIM in amazement,
his wild western way began to dawn upon
the culchawed mind of the Boston girl, and
she said: aTake me to mama
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03

81 threw this oil in ten minutes, "A softly
said the poet, placing a manuscript on the
editorial table. The editor said that when it
came to speed no long-haired poet should
distance him-and he threw 1t off in less than
ten seconds-off the table into the waste
basket.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03

A Wisconsin's girl innate modesty caused
her TO ask a clerk in a store for a pair of
findings when she wanted l~eggings. The
struggle for the cake now lies between her
and the Missouri girl who tells strangers that
during the war the enemy threw up bust
works on her fathers farm.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
SIDE DISHES.

Shrimp, n yelIowiah PINK, is among Mo
colors. ents
Mr.. Tennyson has gone to London lawy
few months. ring f
Call a boob agent "C"lonel" and he bur re,
come again. onn,
Mrs. Abba e.. Woolson went to N
Concord, n. H., from Boston.
mum
Circus posters fringed with snow strihf IAN i,o
as just Il little 900 previous lear
Pretty window curtains are made ofd Lnaao
cloth and edged with lace. %'
passes
Exceeding iimpness is the chief char t,e
istic of the new dress goods.
ERE is
A belt and bag made of the dress ma m.o.,
are seen on the new spring costumes. sess;.
Large-figured cretonne costumes will nos,
vived for indoor and country wear. F
County
row o,r nripe5', w, 'n nnna al. ,na,;rG ear need
May. }ontrac
The Empress Eugene left Camden IN IN
finally on March 23d, for her new home s12
N''''S'''' Ihsi'hu' feipts f
WA the commencement exercises ped of
eIic,or'an n y q aa ooi,e sr, ,dIi woma Grant
The widow of John Brown is a tall re are
der woman of intelligent and benign c of the
nance. Of the 2S children of John Br lion !,
two marriages only eight are now livln3
Italy has eight thousand sailing shin ro,sH
only l51 seame.s. The English and fs'he
ships which trade with Italy are almo+ed on
steamers, while the Italian ships are drv Or
all sailing vessels, .
~ ing a
Three states, Oregon, Nebraska and hsant
ma, have constitutional amendments n
to secure suffrage for women on the for
terms as men. Iaccou
The New York Herald gives BIRTH ated J
very sensible interrosatory when it imqkt elot
Is there no way of finding out Wheel
pistol is loaded except that of pointin9!eciai
somebody?" MA.
Senator VOORHEES, and Hill shortly Y p. m
presented with ~gold-headed canes by gthe
liens of Petersburg. Virginia, in reco1 inter
of the disposition shown by those gent ,
to whale Mabone, tdlous
bands,
cow
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
TO A. e. 4.

Agnes-sweet lamb of innocence
Ethel--ethereal love,
Sent for the worship of mankind
From the bright realms above.
Borne on an angels wings to earth
And then to ALBA given,
To show how pure and white a soul
Can crystaliZe in Heaven.
God would not let thee hear the woes
That desOlate our land;
Nor suffer thee to speak with man.
Lest thou shouldst understand
How poor, how weak we mortals are.
How we abuse our powers,
What miseries our crimes inlet
On his sad earth OF ours.
Therefore, he blessed thee with a soul
Only to angels given.
And left two senses as a pledge
OF thy return to Heaven.
lips that refuse to speak on earth
The language of the saints,
And ears that must moi listen to
Mortaiiiy'S complaints.
When thy pure mission is fulfilled.
And thou return'st above.
To nestle at the Savior's feet.
Thou minister Oflove.
Surely the whole immortal sphere
With melody shall ring.
For thou shalt speak with angels then.
And heal the seraphs sing.
Enough for us to see thine eyes.
That make the planets pale.
To hear the ripping joyous laugh
That thy pure thoughts eXhale
To watch thy waving golden hair.
Hinged with the setting sun.
And note how true II heart San speak
Taught by the only One.
Dumb" when thy very soul, inspired
Beyond the power of speech,
a utter the Lords prayer in tones
That language cannot reach!
Dumb? when thy little hands are claSpel
ln~.eloquehce OF prayer,
And every gltnce aScends to Heaven.
Entrcatlng Tor rs there.
Dumb? when those fingers can express
"ForgiV".' Thy Kingdom come"
Thou hast Thy faculties in full.
And W. are dcri and dumb.
BARTON HILL.
Wednesday. March End. 1881.