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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-04-11

fs.
Ann Michael Amandl Michae', Virgin
ia Is. Michael, and Lilly +. Michael.
Defendants,
IN CIIANCEKY.
Tho object of this suit is To have a
settlement Of The accounts Of John MI
chael. Admir-. OF Jacob Michael, decd,
an' he funds paid To thosn emitted
thereto, and 10 assign DIVER 10 the real
estate of which said Jacob Michael died
sezad 10 his widow, or TO pay her a Sun
N gross IN lien &C her dover II she elects
u iake 1t in lieu OF dover, and TO sell
sail real estate aud tNc proceeds thereof
Iaid 10 those entitled thereto.
And IT appearing from an sfli Iavit GIL.
ed in this clusf, th0t the defendants
Virginia y. NJ cdael and lilly +. Michael
are ncD-reSidents OF this State II il or
iered, That the said nonresident nc fen.
dants do appear here within one month
after the date Of the first publicat ion
hereof, an 10 what il necessary TO pro-
iect their interests. Tesic,
V. II. POLLING, CIelk
Circuit Court lis mp. Co., w. Va.
April IL. 1914.
II. y. Gilkcson, Alto for Piffs.
INVEST VIRGINIA TO WIT AT rules held
w in m" Clerks Office Of the Circnt Couft
Of Hampshire County, on the first MoBlay 10
April 1884
john Monroe, Sherirof IIampshire c1un.
ty Gnd "a such committee admir- Of
Lsrkiu {. kelIey, decd Plaintiff,
Us.
Francis KELLEY. JOSEPH a. kelley, James
Kelley. Ge9rge Kelley. WIN. q. Kel-
leg, Eveiine Kelley, Joh1 y ueshcy
nrd Sarah J. his wife. Gate Kclley,)
and Patrick Kelley. William To,lor,
james :. SEull e Thomas Shut, part.
ners doing business under the name
OF James S. Shull & Brother, Defen-
dahts, IN CHANCERY.
The oojact Of this suit il to ascertain the In
debtedness of l. O. Kelley, deed and sell the
real estate Gf which re died seized (after as
signing the v idow's dover thereinl aud the
proceeds thereof. or so much thereof az may be
necessary 10 psy men; Of his dSOts. and for 9th
er aad further -slcf
And u appearing from Al affidavit that the
Defeud ant Patrick Kelley Is q nonresident Of
this State II !. ordered. that the said non
rrsid ut Defendant do appear here within o ne
month after the date q the frat puhlica ton
hereof aud DO what Is necessary 10 protect hs
interest. 1este,
V. 81. POLLING. Clerk
Circuit Court III amph!'e Co., w. Va.
April IL. lSS4.--4w.
Dsiley & Daley, AttJ's for PIT.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-04-11

We offer about 25 pair childrens small
shoes n, - cents pair. And a email lot
Of Ladies Lasting she's chesr.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-04-11

Several styles Of Flannel will he sold
at just ono-half the original price. White
Il black plait Gannel--iormcr price 30.
reduced 10 % cents; 2 styles gray sack.
ing hanno'--forn er price 75 cents. re.
duccd TO J1I cents--6-4 fancy ulster
flannel for Der price 81 80 reduced 10 IS
cents.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-04-11

Two ,ots Of To~ els will ne sold ne
bsr2ain : 1t lot cents: 2rd lot -
cents both arc cheap and msIked al.
nrary double these lr ccs.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-04-11
N OF CE

DART rs wishing to purchase the ce,.bra.
l. ted ''LanRsTo,h Bee Hive" or i. sS,,t
lee supplies OF any kind, will Gpd i, 10 ,b,ir
interest to call on the Undersigned
G1- Italian Queens n specially
j. w. SKULL,
Pleasant Date, w. Va.
April 4. lS54.-4u.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-04-11

We find it desirable 10 reduce on,
largo stock OF mems and boys Csssi.
mereS, aud TO this end will slaughter
them from The very start aud not wait
until the rush ia over. We have a lot
of 65 & 40 cents Toys Cassimeres which
We will offer at 45 etc. One very pretty
st, Ia ut 85c--wiil be reduced 10 5sc--
n ierge lot nj 81 0O, 81 rs, 81 35--will
all be sold for SO cehts.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-04-11

A big dive in dress goods will Con.
sti,ute one OF the principal attractions.
We have decided to reduce a line Of /;
cent dress goods to SIC. wo have de.
cided TO reduce line Of 30 & % cen.
drcss goods to IL cent?. We have Dr.
cided to reduce n line Of 20, % & 80
cents dress goods 10 l2l cents.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-08-14
The mysterious Bee.

There is scarcely limit to the increase
Of bees where feed is plenty. They go
with civilization, and like Greeley, they
seem to favor going West. Whether
this is a rule with them in all parts Of
the country we cannot say. A man who
does field work told us recently that dur
ing the summer four swarns had passed
over his head, two of them so low that
he stopped to avoid contact with them.
All of these were going west, Of little
south of west Probably it was because
tall timber lay in that direction.
There is a bee tree within ten miles os
St. Louis, on the farm Of widow lady
who protects the tree from the wood
mans axe and the bees from all inter-
ference. When the bees get ready to
swarm they 60 where they ike with her
approval. and no one says them nay.
For twenty years, we are told, they have
thus enjoyed their bee rights.
While bees seem inclined to move west
they love an early peep at the rising sun,
and always select a tree as the place Of
their abode which has an eastern en-
trance. They are early risers. We
make the practice Of going to the apiary
as the first Of the mornings work. In
midsummer when honey abounds, we
generally find some bees going out and
frequently some coming home witha
stores, before the sun rises. A man mai
know great deal about bees, but
win still have great deal to learn abq
them. With all their system they ard
mystery. They gather honey all
and in busy seasons build comb at mig
Amerieaz Stock Breeder. w
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-08-14
Asiatic Cholera and its preventives

"What is the Distinguishing feature
Of Asiatic cholera, doctor2" noted ply
sician was asked
1t is this. think: that the poison
or germs of cholera invariably destroy
the epitheliurn or soft skin lining the
mucous membrane Of the bowels, and
lay it bare as if it had been fayed.
Hence the redness and congestion of the
mucous membrane. From the red sur
face the serum or watery portion of the
blood flows in large quantities, just as it
does from an ordinary blister on the
skin. Previous to 1866 these enormous
discharges were attributed to weakness
and relaxation of the bowels, and ! was
the first to point out that they were due
to the destruction of the epithelium.
This is not a theory, but fact, amply
proved by post-mortem examinations,
and showing the necessity of destroying
the germs, and not alone of restraining
the discharges and soothing the raw mu-
cous membrane.
'sHere / mention that much mischief
has been caused by popular medicine
largely composed of red pepper, ginger
and brandy, and which, though useful
in cases of cholera morbus, is among the
most injurious that could be selected in
cases of real cholera. The reason is that
the coldness of the surface of the body,
or what is called collapse, is caused by
the tremendous irritation Of the bowels,
and that any further irritation increases
the collapse. Strange to say, this medi-
cine has been largely used for the past
fifty years. No skillful doctor, however,
would dream of recommendingit. Hence
forward the scientific treatment of
cholera will be based on the use Of germi-
cides. OF these sulphate Of iron, sug-
gested by me in 1866, gallic acid and all
the dilute mineral acids. especially the
sulphuric. are also astringents. The di-
lutte sulphuric acid, especially the aro-
matte tincture, has attained the high
est reputation as preventive and cure
of Asiatic cholera Corrosive sub
Innate, which would probably be
used by scientific physicians, is not only
poisonous, but very dangerous, since it
can only be used in minute form. One
..a,tsola x.ro,1ld tr;ll On nnn <~a~x,,c c+.fl
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-08-14
Enuntian Street Cars and Gates.

Here in Alexandria for the first time
in my life, writes a correspondent, have
seen street cars running without the aid
Of rails Of any kind. The cars are like
our ordinary open, summer cars, though
little shorter, and are drawn by two
horses. The wheels are about twice the
usual diameter, projecting up through
the floor quite conspicuously- They are
Of wood with iron ties. As the streets
Of Alexander are paved with smooth
blocks of stone, about two feet long by
one foot wide, in such way that the
lines Of contiguity cross the street half
way diagonalIy and then reverse-they
are specially adapted to the locomotion
of these cars. The cars must be light
built, and l Judge that there are regu-
larly appointed routes for them. They
move along at decent speed, and are
not altogether uncomfortable.
As in Cairo, the cafes are great fea-
ture. There must De hunureuS OF tnem,
and what is more remarkable, they seem
to be full pretty nearly all the time.
There are one or two principal ones that
seldom have vacant seat, and must ac-
commodate 200 or 300 persons at time.
Among the signs, which argall in French,
of course, read, "Glace rAmericane, ,
quite frequently, whatever that may
mean. Mocha coffee (without milky is
the favorite beverage, and from expert
ence 1 can pronouce it delicious. So are
also the waiter girls who serve it. Some
of the cafes are provided with pipe
organs, with brass band accompaniment,
the whole being wound up, and then set
in motion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-08-14
THE HOME DOCTOR.

BURNS. "A free application Of soft
soap to fresh burn almost instantly re-
moves the fire from the flesh, according
to medical man who had been burned
repeatedly himself. If the injury is
very severe, as soon as the pain ceases
apply linseed oil and then dust over with
fine -four. When this last covering
dries allow it to stand until it cracks and
falls of, as it will do in a day or two,
and a new skin will be found to have
formed where the skin was burned.
CURE For BITES AND sTINGs. An
old woodsman of Australia, who used to
catch snakes for pastime, says that raw
onion bruised and applied as soon as
possible to the wound is certain cure
for the bite of all the venomous serpents
of that country except the death adder,
which he admits is so poisonous, and its
poison is SO quick in acting that there is
no known remedy for it. That the onion
is specific for the sting of poisonous in
sects of all kinds has long been known
to the writer Of this paragraph, who,
when a boy, invariably carried one on
expeditions with componions against
hornets nests, etc. 1t was found that
the application of onion juice would in
stantly allay the pain caused by the
singing of hornets, yellow jacks, wasps,
bees, etc.
HoT WATER.-The application of hot
water to the surface for the relief Of pain
is an old and well-tried remedy. The
medical profession now universally re-
cognizes its value. At the commence
ment of cold the mucous membrane of
the nostrils often SO swells as to prevent
the passage Of air through the mouth.
The discomfort may be often removed by
holding the feet in quite hot water.
Many severe headache can be relieved
in the same way. Pains in the bowels
may be mitigated or removed, by apply
ing to them rubber bags of hot water, or
folds of woolen cloth wrung out from
water as hot as can be borne. The same
thing is true of face-aches, ear-aches, and
of most aches and pains. The principle
on which the relief depends is known by
the name of counter -irritant. The pains
in each case are due to congested state
of the blood-vessels. That is, the vessels
are unduly distended with blood, and
thus press upon and irritate the neigh
boring nerves. The hot water, by get
ting up an irritation at distance, en-
larges the capillaries in that part and
thus turns the blood thither. relieving
the pressure at the points of pain. The
quantity of blood diverted, say from the
head to the feet, by plunging the latter
IN hot water, may be seen in their exceed
ing redness, every one Of their capil-
laries being distended and crowded with
blood.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-08-14
An Acrobatic Fish.

One warm afternoon stroller, coming
to the borders of a small pond, threw
himself down beside a little tree that
leaned over the water, so that its lowest
branches were but few feet above the
surface. While reclining in the shade
and idly watching the leaves that fell
upon the water and sailed away, the
stroller suddenly heard chirping over
head, and looking up saw on long limb
two small sparrows. Near them, futter-
ing in the air, rising, falling, and now
alighting beside them was the mother
bird. She was evidently engaged in
giving the fiedgelings their first lesson
in flying. But the young birds could not
be induced to leave their support; they
merely raised their little wings and fol-
lowed their mother out from the tree by
edging along side by side on the limb.
As she renewed her efforts, the faster
they went, until they were out on the
very tip of the branch overhanging the
water, which reflected their every move
ment.
For some time these motions of the
mother and young were kept up, and
perhaps our observer sank into doze,
for he suddenly became aware that one
of the birds had disappeared, that a
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and that the mother-bird had changed
her cries to those Of alarm. But it was
evident from the mother-bird's actions
that the little bird had not flown away.
The stroller concluded that it had fallen
into the water, and he rose to see if he
could recover it, when there shot up
from the water a long, slender fish that
quickly darted through the air and
snatched the remaining bird from the
limb, falling back into the pond with a
splash and whisk of its tail This
startling leap astonished the observer,
but it also fully explained to him the
disappearance of the other young bird.
The pike was evidently out hunting. and
spying the bird upon the limb, it had
carefully measured the distance, and by
two vigorous jumps had captured them
both. The mother bird was both
grieved and dazed by the sudden calam-
ity that had befallen the fiedgelings, and
perhaps fearing similar fate for herself,
she soon few awaY.-lSt. Nicholas.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-08-14
Arizona,s Future.
script.

Still another hope Of Tucson is the
Santa Cruz river valley, writes CORE
spondent. 1t is only within the past
year that this region has attracted any
considerable notice as productive area,
and in the past the only ones who util-
lied it at all were the Papago Indians,
who have settlement some nine miles
south of Tucson, and who have in their
primitive way made the valley there to
blossom and bear fruit. Now, however,
ranchmen and agriculturists are begin
ming to see that the water from the shall
low stream can be made to irrigate q
large tract of the most excellent grazing
and wheat country. A ride through this
section of Arizona gives one of the sur
prises experienced by an observer who
before had only noticed the cacti and the
barren fields scattered along the railroad.
The road up the valley from Tucson to
the old San Xavier church is lined with
trees and shrubs, and leads through a
fertile country which has much Of the
freshness of New England, with the vel
vety greenness of New York Beyond
the wide fiat meadows dotted with the
graceful mescaI and fatted animals rise
the blue heights Of the Catalina range,
while in the southwest isolated and
broken shoulders of mountain after
mountain may be seen reaching toward
sky Of brilliant blue.
From the old tower Of San Xavier,
stately cathedral, left by the Spaniards
as a memorial Of their visit here, the
Santa Cruz valley is seen stretching
about and beyond one like a garden.
Wioe and straight it comes into view
from out hazy distance in the south and
extends to where dim outlines Of pointed
cones shut it from ones sight. Were an
artist to paint the colorings seen from
the tower, as one stands beneath the old
bells hanging there, he would be thought
q DCAcOA VI wv II GO 4AAAd AAdl1OAf UAAAS
in reality no brush can do full justice to
the colors nature gives. There are
patches Of bright yellow grain, acres Of
green alfalfa, blue mountains, cloud
patched and tall, shining vistas of the
river, brown hued Auts of Indians, glori-
Gus blossoms Of cacti and mellowness
Of light illuminating all which cannot be
described, but which once seen can never
be forgotten. The arches Of the tower
each commands a picture; each gives
glimpse of Arizona which once dispels all
ideas Of barrenness and of dreariness;
and at the end of the valley lies Tucson,
settled in its vast natural amphitheatre,
mou atain guarded old in years but
young in hopes and expectations wait
ing for the future with cor<sAencs ana
with calnnesa.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-08-14

A French writer regards the familiar,
yet mysterious, phenomenon known as
the zodiacal light, as simply reflection
Of light from the illuminated part Of the
earth upon an upper stratum Of the at
mosphere
S. H. Trowbridge has described
shoyel-nosed sturgeon, taken from the
Missouri FLYER, whose eyes were con
ceaIed by complete ovefgrowth ofskin.
Mr.. Trowbridge suspects that tile entire
species is becoming sightless, as these
surgeons now have eyes smaller than
those Of most fishes, while their life in
mud must make sight as unnecessary to
them as to the blind fishes Of caves
Il is well-known that many fish soon
perish when transferred from their native
salt water to fresh. and that fish that had
lived in fresh water die when placed in
contact with the sea, as, for instance,
when the locks of a fresh water canal are
opened to an estuary. The cause Of
death in both cases has been sought,
and, it is thought, discovered by NJ.
Paul Bert. Salt water fishes perish in
fresh water on account Of the absence of
chloride of sodium, and fresh water
fishes die in salt water owing to the pres
ence of chloride of sodium. Neither the
salts of soda nor of magnesia added to
fresh water formed substitute for the
chloride Of sodium. GIycerine, sugar
and similar substances added to fresh
water to gil ! it to the consistency Of the
water Of the sea did not have the desired
effect; the marine fauna died in the mix
ture.
NJ. Regnard, French psychologist,
has made some very interesting expert
ments on the effects on life of high
water pressure. The experiments were
carried out by means of water PRESS
giving pressure of 1000 atmospheres,
4 that is to say, such a pressure as would
exist at point 10, 600 metres below
the surface of the sea- Yeast
subjected to this pressure for an
hour fell into state of sleep or latent
life, and on being Withdrawn from the
press it was only after an hour that ac-
tive life returned and the yeast operated
as ferment. Vegetable alga, and seeds
/ Of the garden cress, also fell into sleep
and only recovered slowly. The same
may be said Of leeches at a pressure Of
600 atmospheres, molluscs and infusoria.
The leeches, indeed, only awoke some
hours afterward. Fishes deprived Of
their swimming bladders we're submitted
to a pressure Of 100 atmospheres with
impunity; at 200 atmospheres they fell
into the same sleepy state, but quickly
recovered; at 300 atmospheres they died /;
at 400 they became rigid, and remained
SO even when putrefaction set in. This
rigidity was accompanied by increase Of
weight, as was proved by fixing and
weighing the limbs Of frogs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-08-14
why Tommy Wonders.

wonder, says little Tommy Small.
boy:
Why it is naughty for me to say
things that grown folks say without any
body telling them they musn't.
Why it is that all the fun begins as
soon as I am out Of the room and ends
the instant come back.
Why my papa and mamma are always
talking about the neighbors for doing
just what they do themselves.
Why my papa should sit with his pipe
in his mouth all the evening, after say
ing that he hopes that I will be good
boy and never smoke.
Why my mamma should expect me
never to tell lie, when she finds it 50
convenient to tell several almost every
day.
Why my papas breath smells SO much
like kerosene lamp after he has been in
the closet all alone by himself.
Why grown people who know every
thing, make such fuss and stammer 50
when ask them a question.
Why papa and mamma say such nice
things to each other when we have com
pany, and hardly talk to each other at
all when we haven't.
Why papa can be so polite to the
women mamma calls hateful, and why
papa dislikes the men mamma thinks
ever and ever SO much of.
Why my mamma should be SO fickle-
minded. She told Mrs. Smith the other
day how glad she was to see her, and
when Mrs. Smith was gone mamma said
she hoped she might never set eyes on
her again.
Why my mamma tells Mrs. Brown
how cunning her Johnny is, and calls
me saucy little boy for talking just
the way Johnny does.
Why papa whips me for playing mar
bles for Keeps, and nobody whips hin
when be bets on the baseball match.
Why mamma told the shopkeeper she
wanted some patterns because she was
going to buy a silk dress, and told
papa when she brought them home that
she got them to make crazy quilt
Of.
Why papa told mamma he had beer
kept at the store that night he didn't
come home to supper heard him tel
Mr.. Jack he had been on picnic witt
the boys. wonder what he me mt.
Why mamma didn't say ''thank you''
to the gentleman who gave her his seat
in the horse car. She always makes me
say ''thank you"
Why mamma hid the cards that da!
the minister called.
Why little boys and girls are SO mucl
worse now than when papa and mamma
were children.
Why is it so much harder for greai
strong grown folks to stand up in the
horse cars than tired little boys.
Why papa wouldn't tell me any of th'
stories that he tells to Mr.. White anc
Mr.. Black, and which makes them laugh
so.
I wonder what little boys were mad,
for. They are such nuisances, and al
ways in somebody's way.-Bost0n Tran
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-08-14
A Chinese Theatre.

There are no curtains to a Chinese
theatre. On either side Of the orchestra
in the rear there are two doors affording
ingress and egress to the actors. The
entire stage is open, there being neither
wings nor drops. A, description Of the
play is beyond my powers. Each actor
comes upon the stage, usually one at q
time, personating wild bulls, savage ami
mails Of all descriptions, hideous devils
with long horns ard tails, and, after a
little jabbering, interpolate an operate
part, then perform some acrobatie feats
and stand aside for the next. The per-
formance begins early in the afternoon.
and lasts as late as the audience viii
remain. The piece is always commemo-
rative Of the life and achievements Of
some idolized ruler, and requires for its
completion from three to seven days. No
women are evcr permitted to appear on
the stage.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-08-14
A Curious Computation.

Somebody Of mathematical turn, with
nothing better to do, has made the fol-
lowing computation, which is curious, if
not essentially correct He says that
German mile-about five English miles
contains 25, s55 feet; a square German
mile contains, therefore, 66S, 500, 900
square feet. The superficial area Of the
Lake of Constance, being eight and a
half German square miles, therefore con
tains 5,6s2, 900, 900 square feet. There
are living on the surface Of the globe at
this moment, in round numbers, about
1, ,430, 900, 900 human beings. Let every
man have four square feet allotted to him,
and if the lake were frozen over, the
whole human family might find standing
room upon its surface. Should the weight
prove too great, the ice break, and the
whole human race be submerged, it
would only raise the level Of the lake
about six inches.