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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-05-02
Romney. Yves. Virginia
SALT AS a REMEDY FOR DYS-
PERSIA.

The Shcker manifesto has the fol,
lowing Half tablespoonful com.
mon table salt dissolved in n little
cold water and drank will instantly
relieve heartburn and dyspepsia. If
taken every morning before breakfast.
increasing the quantity gradually to a
Tablespoonful TO glass Of water, it
will IN few days, cure any ordinary
case OF dyspepsia, if, at the same time.
due attention is paid to the Dict
There Is 10 better remedy than the a.
bovc for constipation no bcttcr gar
gic for sore throat. il is equal TO
chlorate of potash; and is entirely
safe. 1t may be used as often as de-
sired, and, if a little is swallowed each
time, 1t Will have a beneficial effect on
the throat by cleansing it and allay-
ing the irritation. IN doses OF one 10
four teaspoousful in half pint of tepid
water il acts promptly as an emetic /;
and in cases OF poisoning is always at
hand. II is an excellent remedy for
bites and stings of insects IL is
"a valuable astringent for hemor-
rhages particularly for bleeding after
the extraction ola tooth. 1t has both
cleansing aud healing properties, and
Is therefore, a most excellent applica-
ton for superficial liberation.
~ Have This day soil one.half inter.
est in my Stock Of Merchandise 20 nv
nephew, Louis B. RANDALL, and admit.
ted him as an equal partner.
All Bills due INC can be paid 10 J.. i
RANDALL or myself
ISAAC T.. BRADY.
81 VIII continue the General MGR
chandlslng tusiness,undcr the irm namC
.of l. I. BRADY & CO. hpril Is.
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EDEE Da. NJ. w. Bncon's
II hEEL. SrEciFic NEDiCsE. guar
anteed cure foe NERVOUS DEBILITY and
SEMINAL WEAKNESS. HY SIERRA, NEU,
RALGlA. C0NVULSlO NS, snd all brain and
nerve troubles caused by self abuse excegses,
over braid work. &c. lzB~A written guarantee
10 cure In every case or money refunded. Send
&c. Tor postage on FREE TRIAL box 0f 90
pills. Address DR. ". w. BACON cor. Clarke
81, aud Calhoun Place Ctiocaga 10.
September J. Say
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VUE @sss:ss:ssss sun.
NEW YORK, 1884.

N f. W \ O X X SS4.
About sixty million copies of The Sun have
gone out Of our establishment during the past
twelve months.
II you were to paa'e end 10 end all the col
unns OF all The Suns printed and sold last year
you wonld get y continuous strip of interesting
Information, common sense wisdom, sound
coetripe, ard sane wit long enough 10 reach
from Printing House square 10 the top Of Mount
Corernicns n the moon, then back In Printing
House fquare, and then !hiee quarters Of the
way back to The moon again
But TIC Sun Is written for the Inhabitants
OF The earth; the same strip Of inielligence
would girdie the globe TWEEN ty.aeven or twenty
eight iimr7.
II every buyer Of copy Of The Sun during
the past year has spent only one hour over it,
sud il his wife OF his grandfather has spen.
another hour, this newspaper in lss3 has af.
fUrded the human race thirteen thousand yenrs
OF steady reading, night aud day.
IL Is oaly by little calculations like these that
you can form any idea of the crcula zion OF The
most popular Of American newsp Spers, or of its
infnence on the opinion and actions Of Ameri.
can men and womeo.
The Sun is, and will continue 10 be n news
paper which tells the truth without tear OF con-
sequences, which gets at the facts no matter
how much the process costs, which presents The
news of all the world without waste Of words
aud in the most readable shape which is work
ing with all it's heart for the canse OF honest CO.
sernment. and which therefore believes III the
Republican party must go, aud IN nst 70 in this
coming year Of our Lord, 1884.
} you know The Sun, you like il already,
and yon will read ii with accustomed diligence
and profit during hat is sure TO he the mos,
interesting year in its history. If you ID not
yet know The Sun, il is high time to get into
the sunshine
TERMS TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.
Tie several editions Of The Sun ole sent by
mail, postpaid. as follows
DAILY-50 cents n month, SC a year--with
Sunday edition. ST.
SUNDAY Eight peges. This edition furnishes
the current news Of the world, special art-
iic'es OF exceptional interest TO every body,
ana literary reviews of neS books Of the high
est merit. 81 year.
WEEkbI-Sl ye,r. Eight pages Of the best
matter OF the daily issues--sn Agricultural
Department Of uuequaled value, special mar
ket reports. ard literary. scientific, and do
nestle intelligence make Tbs WEEKLY Sun
the newspaper for the farmers household.
To clubs OF ten with $40, no dexira copy free.
Address
J. W. ENGLAND, Publisher,
The Sun, Y. City.
Nov. g. 1888.
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lS9I.
IInrpcr's Magazine
ILL Situated.

Barpers Magazine begins It's sixfy~eighth
volume With The December Number 10 Is tho
most popular illustrated periodical ia America
and England, always fully abreast OF tbs times
10 iis treatment Of subjoctg OF cufren social and
indgstfisl Interest, and always advancing Its
standard Of literary, artistic, AID mechanical
excellence. Among It's attractions for 1884 are
new serial novel by william Black, iilusua.
ted by Abbey new novel by T. y. Roe, It,
Illustrated by Gibson Il Dielman descriptive II i.
lusirNed papers by George ~ Boughton, Frank
d. hillot, G. r. FGrnham. snd others.-imp0r-
tant historical add biographical papers short
stories by w. ID. Howells, CHARLES Reade, &c.
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Pea YEAR:
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HafpeT's Young People, 50
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States or Canada.
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Numbers for Juoe aud December Of each year
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that tie subscriber wishes 20 bsgia With the
current Number.
Tps last Eight Yolames Of Harper's Magazine /,
in peat cloth binding will BE- sent ~ mail
postpaid. on receip, Of 50 90 per volume @ oth
Gases, Tor biading, 20 cents oseh-by mall
postpaid.
Isdsx g Iarl eI'g Magazine. Alphsheuesl'
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ney order, OF Draft. TO avoid chance o. loss.
sES~ Newspapers are not 20 copy this aaEer-
tisement without the express order Of Harper
4 Brothers.
Address HARPER G. BROTHERS,
Nov so, 1888. New YORK.
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Dissolution,

II II Co-Partnership heretofore existing be
Z tween Y X. Carskadon h ID. ~. Heiskell
in the Agricultural implement business was
dissolved on the 2G1b Of October, 1881, by mu.
tua consent. All the claims Of The firm are ia
the hands Of D. II. IIeiskell. As II is important
TO close the business snit will be brought Oh
all accounts not paid in 60 days
CARSKADON 4 HEiSKELL.
Nov 2 1853 If
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a 10. Of bal. Skirts. NJ Cost, at
ClLkESONS & PUGHS.
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Notice TO Farmers.

INSTEAD Of our closing our bsslsess a Rom
are nov more determined to make 6rm stAud>
ing and continue our business. thanking our
patrons FOR their many favors L. the pest We
very respectfully and earnestly ak your cus>
tom foe the coming season. IL u our object TO
please, in selling you oil nsefal and necessary
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-05-02

The woman who can put neat patch
on pair OF trousers is a divinity tha,
shapes and mends.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12
YOUNG HEARTS.

What though the years are flying fast
And silver spiiakles through the hair,
And crows feet come and wrinkles last
In spite of p:ide's most jealous care;
That with reluctance we confess.
And growing oldi' escapes the tongue?
So plain truth should not distress
TITS nothing ifihe heart is young.
That we have errors TO regret
Is but the common lot OF ALL
There's something to be lived for yet,
To struggle on, what'er bsfali.
IT'S usele IS that above the past
The dirges of renorse are wrung-
Well fight old time until the last
And triumph while the heart is young.
While life exists the light of hope
Should never be obscured by gloom,
But brighten all our horoscope
Until our footsteps touch the tomb,
The Oldest still have truths to learn,
So faith should never be unstrung;
Our little lamps will CHEEKY burn
AS long as eer the heart is young,
And how shall hearts be kept in green
When cheeks are sunk and eyes are dim,
When age brings on the days OF spleen
And memory croons a funeral hymn?
By finding means of doing good,
By soothing souls with sorrow stung.
Thus age and death are long withstood
And thus our hearts are kept ever young.
Rarper's Weekly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12
u
p o e It r Y .
FORSAK X EN-.

With jeweled fingers clasped as if in prayer
woman stands with white face wan and set
And looks into the sky. dry-eyed and dumb.
She holds q letter crumpled in her hand,
The tell tale message of a broken faith,
And all is dark where all before was light.
All things are changed; the world is at an end;
And life is lest, for Love has come and gone.
There is griefin life all desert-dry,
Where sorrows raining tear-drops never fall
Where God himself is powerless to help.
And naueht is left TO live for but the grave.
The gathering dust of crumbling years may
come
And settle on her brow in lines of gray,
But time can never heal this wound-hcr fate
To die in youth and yet be doomed 10 live
And walk the world in darkness, seeking
death.
Oh!ye whose feet have trod this weary path
Whose wreck ed and ruined lives line thick the
way
Up Loves steep eminence-1 pray you tell
Is not W hat mortais call our life 4 death
When Love betrays US with Judas kiss?
ERNEST McGoFFEY in the Current.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12

The French inventor who some time ago
patented machine for the use of concen-
traced solar rays as a general motive power
has set up three of his machines in Algeria,
for the French Government. He is now
carving on his experiments at the Island
of Porauerolles, near Hyeres, in France,
where he is thrashing Indian corn and rails
ing water by the action of the SUMS rays
II is not stated how much work he is able
to accomplish. Popular Science Ne,cs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12

FRUIT GARDEN AND ORcHARD.-Finisb b
gathering winter apples. Planting of hsr
dy fruit trees and plants should be finished
as rapidly as possible. Should trees arri5 {
so late in the season that the ground is W
fit for proper planting heel them in trenct
until spring. Prune grape vines, cuttil !
away the canes which have fruited til
year, and shortening the canes grown Il
past summer to about four feet This
what is called the renewal system, - an
produces the best fruit. Strawberry plant
may be planted closely in trenches al
protected by sli hit covering, SO that theS
can be gp,ten at for early planting +
spring. Fig trees pegged down last mont
should about the middle of this month l.
covered with foot of soil, mounding it u
so as to shed the rain. DON'T allow ths
itinerant tree pruners to get chance a.
your trees. If fruit trees are carefully a.
tended to from the start very little cuttinc
will ever be needed, and the ignorant fe.
lows who travel through the country prun
ing orchards generally do more harm tha.
good Plant crttings of gooseberries an
currants six inches long; they will be ca
loused and ready to grow by spring. Crap
cuttings make up two or three eyes !; tie il
bundles and bury until spring. Bind dow
tender raspberries and cover with littls
soil. Mulch strawberry plants with shor
hay.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12

REPORT OF COMMODORE SCHLEY.-The
report of Commodore Winfield Scott Schl-
ley of the expedition under his command
for the relief of the Greedy party has been
submitted to the Secretary of the Navy.
1t cites the orders under which the expe-
dition was organized, and then enters upon
a graphic narrativei of the events of the
voyage.
After description of the discovery of
the Greedy party, the report says:
In preparing the bodies of the dead for
transportation in alcohol to st. Johns it
was found that six of them-Lieutenant
Kislingbury, Sergeants Jewell and Ralston
and Prlvates Wisler, Henry and Ellis had
been cut and the feshy parts removed to o
greater or less extent. All other bodies
were found intact. When the bodies of
the dead were exposed in prepared them
the modification was found to be complete.
Some of them could be recognized by aid
of the pictures taken with us from home.
Others whose features had decayed were
identified by other characteristics. / am
therefore satisfied that no mistake was
made in this important matter which SO
impressed us from the beginning.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12
Triumnh of Science.

Chemistry never achieved more deci-
ded triumph than in the production of so
ZODONT, which is botanical preparation
of wondrous efficacy in preserving and beau
tifying the teeth, rescuing them from de-
cay, and rendering them white as alabas-
ter. It is toilet luxury of which all
should avail themselves. The unpleasant
odor communicated to the breath by ca
tarrh, bad teeth, etc., is entirely obviated
by this iragrzlst and salutaay antlsepsie ol
wa,ci nae bottle lasts a long time. Drug
eisss and 13SrfIsmers seIl H.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12

FLoRIcULTURE-In this latitude 5il
best protection that can be given to teld
roses is to cover the beds with he
mulch of strawy manure, and leave &,
sops exposed. If they are killed dow
the manure, it matters not, as they u
bloom just as well, as they flower only 0
the young growth. Where ivy on wal
exposed to the morning sun it is apt to
killed by tie sun striking it when frefei
some old mating hung over it will prot
it. Complete planting hyacinths and tul .
Plant Japan lilies. Hardy shrubbery OF a
kinds can now he transplanted. Tenn
bulbs of gladiolus, tigridias, &C., she
be lifted and dried. Keep gladiolus
cool place, tigridas in a warm one, b.
away from mice. Dig dahlias and can q
as soon as the tops are killed, and place
4 cool, dry cellar. Tea roses Ding from i
open ground must be kept in cold pit
cellar until new roots are made before Il 8
can be forced into bloom. Keep pot pla /
free from green fly or lice by tobacco smoks
or by washing them in decoction of tobac
co water as dark as strong tea. Red sp
ders make the leaves spotted and cause
them to fall. Fumes of sulphur will II
them, but the best way is to keep them o.
by showering or sponging tho foliage daii y
The white, mealy bug is instantly killed b
touching with a broom-straw dipped in 81
cohol.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12
AN IREsH FAIRY sTOEY.
s. n. B. PIATT.

Good mother, from your wayside hu.
Wise with your ninety years,
Tell me a fairy story-but
First wiring out all the tears;
For am hurt beyond the skill
OF leech, hurt with knife
That seems, in sooth. but slow to klii--
Good mother, hurt with lifer'
my lady, sure you are but sad,
Yet it's merry day.
I'm not too wrinkled to be glad
(And you are not yet gray)-
It'slong, long yet hope TO live.
For God is good. Pm told,
And life's the best he has to give;
I'm thankful to be old.
"fes. Gcd is good, I'm told. Yon see,
l cannot read. But. then.
can believe. He's gooi to me.
He is, and good to men.
They say He sends us sorrow, too,
The world would be too sweet
To leave, If this should not be true"
(''The world the moth can eat.'Y
He kept my little cabin there
"Safe when the sea-wind blows.
When was young he let me wear
Upon my cheek a rose;
And then it was he sent youth,
The handsomest, you'd OVID.
On all the Irish coast. In trush
It's much I've lived alone.
"My lady, since that long black night
His fishing boat went down,
My boy that kept my heart SO light
Had work there in tho town;
A lovely boy! Such goId-like hair.
All curls!" (Her eyes grew dim.)
"Christ keep him. He is quiet there
With daisies over him."
She hushed and turned 20 go aside.
An earthen floor, ah mel
A heap of straw (the door was wlde)
Was all that 1 could see.
Yet on the little window, low,
A bright geranium grew;
That's for my boy, he loved them SO.
He loved these thrushes too.
"Good mother" "Sure but things go III
In our poor country. Yet
He gives me bread and shelter still.
It's me He'll not forget"
We parted, for the light was low;
turned and looked around;
Lord of us all. can heart's-ease grow
In such plot of ground?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12

Small Mamma, has your tongue
any wheels like clock ?''
Mamma-'No, darling. Why do you
ask?
Small Boy-"Cause heard papa tell
Jane your tongue was like clock-it ran
from morning till night. - Philadelphia
Call.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12
OIL from Natnres,s Wells.

The skin ON the head is kept soft and
flexible by secretion from the oil glands.
When these are clogged the hair dries and
falls off. Parker's Hair Balsam renews
their action, restores the original color to
the hair and makes it soft and glossy. 1t
also e,adicates dandrutf. Not greasy, not
a dye, deliciously perfumed Delightful
L,r ads toilet table The best Of drsst-
lngs, Preferable co al ssres,s Il xioiss oei.
cause q { lta superior eleanil : s !. Il nurft5,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12
TUT : S
PlI, /, l. S
TORPID BOWELS,
DIS OR D Erred LIVE +,
and NAL ARIA.

NttO uvH - 6kSGnnEA0
From these sources arise ee.fourths OF
the diseases of the human race. These
symptoms indicate their existence: Loss of
Appetite, Bowels costive, Sick Head
ache, fullness after eating, aversion to
exertion Of body or mind, Eructation
OF food, Irritability OF temper, Low
spirits, A feeling OF having neglected
some duty, Dizziness, Flute ring at the
Heart, Dots before the eyes. highly col.
Ored Urine, CONSTIPATION, and de.
mand the use of a remedy that acts directly
on the Liver. AsaLiver medicine TUTT'S
PILLS have no equal. Their action on tho
Kidneys and Skin Is also prompt; removing
all impurities through these three s scav-
engers OF the SYSTEM" producing appe.
tite, sound digestion, regular stools, q clear
skin and vigorous body. TUFTS PILLS
cause no nausea or gripping nor interfere
with daily work and are a perfect
ANTsDOTE TO MALARIA
HE FEELS LIKE A NEW MAN.
81 have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
tiony two years, and have tried ten different
kiads of Pile, and TUFTS are the first
thet bevo oone me cry gC14.. Th-v have
cleaned me out nicely. MY appetite =.
splendid, food digests readily, and now
have natural passages. l feel like new
map W.D. EDWARDS, Palmyra, O.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12

- acknowledged the B EST. lightest draft, and
ss,st durable Sold only by our sub agents
nd ourselves. LINN ~ 20.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12

"AY! HAYii HAYii!- Wanted-5O0
II tons fine Timothy and k.ixed Hay, FOR
TaaH P. B. SUBLETTt & SON
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.

~ d. SMEAEZER,
- STAUNToN, VA
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-28
Forests and Rainfall,

A young correspondent inquiries il
the opinion is correct that forests in
crease the fall of rain, and whether
more rain comes down in wooden than
cleared regions OF the country. IMAM
sWcr; we may state that we have al
ways held the opinion that trees at the
surface OF the earth can not sensibly af-
feet the clouds in their onward march
miles above, from which the rain is
pouring; and that there is no practical
ole difference between the tops of for
est trees, and from the foliage of a corn
held or OF meadow to the high clouds
above. Both would operate. if at all.
IN The same way. The difference in
Instance between trees fifty feet high
and corn eight feet high, to clouds two
miles high, would not be one two-hun-
dredth part, and one would be as like
~ to draw water down, if at all, from
TWO miles as the other. But facts dis
prove the theory. Many loose obser-
vatlons are quoted TO sustain it: but
where accurate records are kept, al
though varying with the change of the
season on both sides, some rivinp di-
mlnlshed rains where the woods have
been cleared, and Others increased
ram, the average is very nearly equal.
The signal service has kept records of
ram from forty to sixty years, at posts
IN Ohio and Kentucky; for the first ten
years, when the forests were mostly
standing, the rain was slightly less
than for the last ten years, when they
mad largely been cut away. The an
nual average for the first period was
44,0l inches; for the last, 93 inches
"a very small difference, and doubt
less to be accounted for wholly by the
variations of wet and dry summers.
This opinion appears to have been
adopted in the first place by some one
VINO made single observation, or else
VINO thought it handsome theory:
and writers, without full examination
have copied it, and continue to COPY it
down to the present time. 1t is a com
mon and correct opinion that forests
preserve the moisture of the earth's
and prevent the drying up of
springs by the shade which they afford
and by the spongy character of leaves
and leaf-mold at time of the year
when their green leaves are not pump-
ing up the water through the stems |
from the subsoil which holds them; and |
1t Is not improbable that this may have |
contributed to the erroneous notion,
and the mere retention of water mis-
taken for It's fall Country Gentleman.