South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-10-06

concentration third, fitness. Labor is
the genius which changes the uglincss
OF the world into beauty; tina, turns
the greatest curse into a blessing "A
bullet invented by German chemist
is made OF a powerful anwsthctic, which
breaks on s,rikingsa lerson. VITO is
made unconscious for twelve hours.
and while in that condition can be la
ken prisoner. The inventor puts for
ward his device in all seriousness.
One can seldom laugh more than once
at the same thing The mirih ,ha,
excites laughter is the mir,h that dies
Mt its birth, While tie smile provok ed
by gentle ripple deepens with every
return. I'VE ought in humanity no
more to despise man for tn. misfor-
tunes OF the min q than Cor those OF the
holy. when they are auch as he canno.
elp..-.Six,een years ego GroneE T..
REYNOLDS. n stock raiser at Griffin
Texas. was wounded in skirmish with
lnd'ans,an arrow entering The abdomen
aud passing through the Abdominal
cavity. Such wound is almost inva-
ria6ly fatal but he pulled the shaft of
the arrow out, and although the head
broke off and remained in the body, he
aslonished everybody by recovering
within ten days. A few days ago ho
felt pain in the back, near the spine.
and surgical operation brought 70 the
surface the steel arrow head that had
taken sixteen years to work its way
through bis body. The difference
between druggist anil farm laborer
IS that one is pharmacist and the
other farm assistant 1T is stated
that they have cucutubers two feet long
IN hentucky, bu; thoy do not say how
long they have the stomgc ache
omaii bonness AMI large round hats
are announced for tue next season.
wise MN never hugs bear more
than once. And what's more If he ia
a bachelor he will remain ono i. /. Both
slavery and po!ygamy exist ia E,ypt.
though the Egyptian Government has
for years made pretences OF putting an
end TO slavery. IL is 10 be presumed
that one of the advantages arising from
British domination in Egyp. will be
the speedy adoption OF measures 70,
the prohibition OF slavery AMI tho slave
trade. But polygamy will no. OF course
he IN any way interfered with. Il ia
permitted by the Mohammedan religion
which prevails in Egypt and the Brit
ish Government has always tolerated
the practice of it in the East Indian
possessions. .Voltaire's idea of idle
ness was good one. He called it the
rust that attaches itself 10 tue mosl
brilliant metals -. The difference be-
tween Vennor's predictions and editors
IL, that The one is never fulfilled and
the other is never filed full The
art OF shorthand is, it appears. to be
superseded 10y one of tho queesest in
ventlons on record. Tha revelation ia
10 be effected by means OF rnacbin,
called 'glassograph,' consisting OF six
4 levers, fo"tniug Fort of care. eact
communicating with tracing pencil
lie use to DE made of the 'giossograph'
IS rather Curious. While the orator Of
Lecturer IS holding forth. the reporter
Is TO repeat the words of the speak er
with his tongue in the cage. Thus the
quickest conversation, some London
jolrnals tell Us. may be taken down
With ease. The ludicrous as pect whici
'his new invention assumes may he ar
obstacle 10 its adoption ...A grand
safeguard for doing right is TO hate al
That u wrong -. Uncle SANS income
Tor this year is found TO be about $3.50.
600, 900. Upwards of $4,000 dogs
have been disposed Of at tic pound IN
baltimore 10 The past threo years.
I Ny Darliug's Shoes is Tho meme or q
new ballad, but the old mans boot is
generally considered more touching A
Nashville woman attacked young man
in tho street and hacsed him with 9
butcher knife until lie rnn. a local
paper says sbe conducted herself like
perfect lady throughout the sffair
This must bo great consolation 10 The
youug man whom she attacked. II she
bad conducted herself in an unladyIike
manner While carving him he would
have died OF modification II is said
tbst Hon. Alexander II. Stephens, since
bis nomination for governor, has grown
comparatively corpulent. 1lo now
weighs nearly 108 pounds. -. A friend
Is easier lost than found IL is said
that the shrinkage gnd oGal OF n slaugh.
tered steer, i thc animal is lat. will be
about one-third. A steer weighing