South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-01-11

year and il would, perhaps. he doubles
before he wouit be ALTO we'd TO leave III
company's service There is lesson
and an incentive to the youth OF the
country in Mr.. Fillnore's career.
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A PRsnIsToRIc REsERvOIR.-" W
seen u good many wonderful things ia
my travel-," said John Gregg, CONNER
c,ai traveller, "but the Walied Lake o
Iowa rather lays over everything l ever
saw. just Imagine bpay Of va or, GOV.
erin2 nearly 3,Un0 acres, with a wall bull,
up all around it, not stone la Which
can be less than 100 pounds IN wcigh hi.
aud some as heavy rs three tons, and
UT there's no. stone To be found with.
In ten III les Of tire lake. The wall Is
ten feet high, about fifteen { ct WI 10 al
the bottou., and may he Ave- on top. The
country is prairie land Tor miles arou"d,
except a belt of heavy timber that Gu
aud IL is plain that the trees were p ant
Ell there. They are very large. The
bel, is probably half mile wide. fhe
water IN the lake il twenty five feet deer,
ss cold as ice, aad clssr IN crystal.
"What would ike u know Is. who
built the wall I? And how did they hoi,i
tae water back "ni!e lh were building
! it And how 6ij tiey cart those im-
Inense stones for ten miles ? Ii ever
you 30 TO Iowa, don't fail To Wit the
| Waited Lake You'll fiI 1T IN Wright
county. l6V miles from Dub1qus. The
cars will take you amos to it,
WHAT WE EAT.-The Scientific A
mericau assumes that nearly al the III
/ CARS uai syrups we use are adu tera,e ed
with glucose. Very little of pure sugar
is place on the market. Bat in making
this sta ement the AMeaiCAN says tha;
there Is no harrl In i, SO ar as lie Gst
is concerned. IL is "A ches, it is true
because wc do not get what We think We
are paying fot- There are Two kinds OF
genuine sugar hat ma ic fIo;n the ca &C
and that from the grape. The grape
sugar sold as genuine, however, IS thus
described :: All .he glucose and grape
sugars on tue mark are made by lhs
&c ion Of sa'pi,uric acid (Hil oi vitriol,
on sorle vegetable matcoial. La THIS
country storch IS used chieny, H. Oein :
tie cheapest and most convenient. bu.
Unen rags are equally seIviceahle and
produce al equally pure and excellent
sugar. Ths. says The Amer can, is onp
OF tue wond rs Of chemical comona ion
as much won or 10 the NOS tho
rough chemist IS 10 any one else. IL,
sees the work grow nuder lis fingers
and what Is done he does nnt kuoG bt
knows nUthiug bul he re ul. lie boil.
starch riih suip'iuric scid and water
Tao mixture instead Of hciDe very sour
il sweet to certain ex CT, that il tc
say, sugar il there, hut IN aoid 10 alsc
there, for the acid has changed th, starci
10 su9sr anh yet has itsslf not hcen ST
fec ed in the least, lie throws ~ ppw,
dercd chalk. Nh.ch vnt'os ~ith The aci,
and settling TO the bottom leaves he ~
iful, clear, sweet solution Of CRAZE sU
GAR. The acid is gone. the s'arch j,
z nc, AMI pure, harmless s,t7p rrm III -
TIE trUth -. u the people only kne~
what they c1n-umol IN their tea, coffee
sugar, mo ssses. vine-ar. spices, e Il, Il
would make them miserable. Where 10
Dorsnce j. biiss 'tis-folly to be wise.
A ST. Louis travelog agent has an.
noy q Miss i0lie Garfield 90 much by
bis p persistent attentions AMI offers q
marriage that he was last week arrested
at Mrs. Garfe.ds home in Cleveland
a1d locked up 10 the city Jail. lie give,
his name as George Washington. ana
says be will hang himself if Miss MoIlis
persists in her refusal 70 marry hin.