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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

n o ADVERTISERS. Lowest Rates for -.
4 vsrtisine in es2 good eSep~Pers 80
free Address GtO. L. ROWELL W.
Spruce 81. ~. Y. w.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

The Washin gton Memorial SIS
Cathedral At Cologne, towers bll
The Great Pyramid 4ss
Cathedral at StIssbo urg, spire 46s
Cathedral at Amieus, &c trail spire 422
St Peters at Rome to top Of dome 4o5
81 PauI's Cathedral dome 3s5
Cathedral At Milan ass
The Bartholdi Statue 400
Capitol at Washington, dome and statue 3o7
Lincoln Cathedral. tower 3oo
ooklyn Bridge towers 2s7
Trinity Church, steeple 2s4
Statue of Lioert, 2co
Philadelphis Cathedral, dome 40
Lordon Monument zO2
N-nkin Porcelain Tower gao
Washisgton Monument, Baltimore 1876
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27
Legislative xewa

In the Senate on the 18th. Mr.
FLoURNoY introduced two now hills
Nns. lS3 md ia, the former amend,n
the Lac governing the appointment oI
regents Ut the Insane Asylum, AMI the
latter providing Cor pun shing deseoea
ii, rs Of the Ssnha,h.
In the Senate ON The zist Mr. law
SON offered the following, which lies
over until 'o-worr"w under the rules :
. ). Il. M. 10. provid' ng for the ~.
psis OF the capitol building In the cit
OF Wheeling:
Resolved. That The Board OF Pubsic
works be and is hereby instructed tu
pot the Capitol building in good repair,
the cost thereof not to exceed $40. OtiO,
The said Is srt .hSll let the cork ~
contract a. far as il NAV he practicable.
senate BilI No. 40. authorizing Cir
Gu Jadg. % employ s;enugrA, pliers.
eas passed.
~ the House the result Of the vote on
co-cducstion ~ss announced. rh. vote.
sto'd: ayss. So; mes. 81 As the
mem m~rt titus adopted killed the hill
il ws- laid d" the tanle
There vas nO Qo0r, a IN the after.
noon, aud thu House t"ok rec. - un-
al 1880 P. ~ The Senate Grad d
license Bill "i Prcsid mt Ps,ce ~as ,h~n
AIKEN up. and Gas the only matter Of
import ance considered. The tax lew
Nh real AMI per.oaal property ~ss fixed
at twenty five cen's on the 500 vslua-
ton foi ate purposes, and the taz on
liquor licenses was IKE st the un,fOr IN
RAJ. OF $3.50 all over he State. The
bill ~a- still under consid.rxti q when,
at9 80. The Hou.s sdjournel.
In the Senate nh The 23i tho general
appr"prla ioa bill having been en-
crossed was rssa the third time and pu'
upon its passage. The vrTe ,on Q
passage resulted: AYES, 10; noes none
II now awaits the action Of the lower
House.
Messrs BR wN. McCnEERY and
Mo 'KIspN each presented pc lions asks
ing the submission Of tue prohibition
amendment.
In III. House Mr.. MARSHALL offered
the following: n. j. II. No. 49,:
Where Q, Great dist ess exists in III,
Western pOr ion of Lewis county, and
IN the counties of GiImsr. Braxtou sld
Calhoun, caused bv an unJ,receden,s
scarcity OF grais and food, super induced
q, we'll by the protracted drought OF
last summ NOR 30 the extreme ccld Of the
present wiater; and, whereas, il iua
mediate relief ne lot afforded the pep
pie living in that sec,'sn of Ito Sis's,
many men and cattle mus, perish 70.
the want Of food therefore he IL Re
solved, ina. the sum Of - dollars, or
90 much thereof as may In the juds mt y,
of the Governor, Attorney General
A ditor, Treasurer aud Super,n endent
of Free schools be exped,en,. be appro.
priaied out Of the general treasury OF
the State from money no. otherwise ap.
propr'ated. to be expended for the i'm.
aediate relief Of the people Of Lewis.
Gilmer, Brsxio on and Calhoun c .untics
now suffer ing for the want of food. un
der tue supervision OF the Governor.
Laid on the table.
Nessrs. DYER and GILKEsoN each
pr. sen'ed p-titiors asking the passage
OF Laws better protecting deer.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

Samuel J. Tildsn's writings and
speeches are about TO be published in
the Hsrpers.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

Although three, four, five or six cents
seems very little for the use Of dollar
for ear. IL is surprising what large
sum Of IL amounts to when left for
number OF years, az in the case Of a
Connecticut man who In 1888 co q
mencod Masking deposits in a savings
bank. His total deposits from that
date until 1895 amounted tn 81 .962 l5.
Between 1888 and 1858 he drew
from ths bank $4,000; sui vet, a
few days since, on having bis bank.
book write up and balanced, he vas
found to have = balance on deposit
amounting 10 $l1,273.s3.
The cost of the public domain OF the
United States, first and last. has bess
about $3.50 100000, not including the
cost OF wars with Indisns. England and
Mexico. or Of the consequent diplomatic
and other negotiations that have en-.
sued.
The estimated cost 81 Intoxicating
liquors consumed annually in the
United States IS 100000 600. which
IL upward of sl5 for each man, woman
aud child.
Samuel J. Tildsn's writings and
speeches are about TO he published in
the Harpers
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

COt EcIyNM ENT OFF,
'CES How 10 secure tnem ooW 80, 80
sns without OWL service Bxamisston ~.
sable ~ ormAiion couceroi-E the CiVii oe',,'
sud list u former Exclamation qEestohi IA
geuis wasted Sample copy, Csc 5'Cvg, "a
90 One day Address. NAIlUNAL OViI'
Box 40, Washington, -. q.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

John Bright says tbat Qisen v;ctoris's
reign in England has sacrificed $3.50,
100000 and Ga, OOC live. in war.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

FATAL EXPLOSION OF NATURAL Gas.
A special from Steu"enyille, Ohio.
under date Of the 22d inst, says: "A
terrific natural gas explosion occur ed
at WslIsburg. W. Va, seven miles down
the river. Yesterday uoru,ng. Tie ex
plosion was caused by gas leaking in the
cellar OF . buildiny occupied by H..
Helslsy 4 Brother. oigarmakers. This
building and one adjpln'ng occupied b,
Luke Walters, saloonkeeper. wer. blown
to atoms. The debris took fire AMI he
h,mes we're not suhdusd for several
hours. Co,rad Helsley, his wife. mot or
and Two chiihrsn we're killed by The t1-
plosion. John Walters is missing. and
MIR. Walters, his wife and two o,nsr
chi dren were badly injured Accord
ing to 'h" account of the people living
IN the immed ate vicinity OF the ~ recksd
buildings, the shock mus, have been
simply terrific in its force, Windows
having been shattered to atoms miles
away, AMI the report being heard dis.
lance Of seven miles.
Miss Lucy Leiz>u., residing with Mr..
Waters, WAS asleep on the secood flor,
and was carried with her he'd by tho ex.
plosion into an adjoining lot and mi
racu lously escaped injury.
Tue Brr oke county Local, OF Sstur.
Gay, saws: The loss clnnot he Cd.
proxima'ei. Houses are dam aysd he.
yond estimation, and tho whole town il
in state Of excitement. To give the
resder an idea OF the strength Of The
explosion. 1t is necessary TO say that
the shore ice Of tie river was really
broken. and the houses IN Brilliant,
across the river. were shaken, ami in the
hotel over there. the FIRE irons we're re-
moved from their proper place by the
explosion.
The snow fall on tue italian Alps is
the heaviest within the IN, mory OF man
Terrible accounts arrive from the yil-
lagos de,troYsl. IL is estimated that
SO far ~ known ihre. hundred live.
have been lost through the storms.
1t 10 stated upon authority or NON
Der of Congress from New York that
annual bus ness failures In the United
States hss increased since 1880 from
5j,)o).000 70 $3.50. 900 900. Surely
this is evidence Of bal state Of sffsirs
A Western newspaper says that the
latest sensation is st. Louis horse tba.
chews tobacco; but the greatest senss-
tion is DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup. nov
used by every sensible person.
John Bright says tbat Qieen Victoria's
reign in England has sacrificed $3.50,
100000 and 6s ,OOC lives in war.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

A Western newspaper says that the
latest sensation is st. Louis horss tha.
chews tobacco; but the greatest senss-
tion is DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. nov
used by every sensible person.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

The snow fall on tue italian Alps is
the heaviest within the mrmory Of man
Terrible accounts arrive from the vil-
lagos deStrOYsi IL is estimated that
so far 80 known thrs. hundred live.
have been lost through the storms.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

1t is stated upon authority or NON
Der of Congress from New York that
annual bus ness failures in the United
States hiss increased since 1880 from
6j,)o).O00 70 $3.50, 900 900. Surely
this is evidence Of bal state Of affsirs
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27

k0chcfteT, New TOT
Febiuiry p, 1885.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05
A Hand-Weaving Machine.

An ingenious kind of hand-weaving
machine or loom has been invented in
Germany, bV means of which silk, wool,
yarn, cords, strips of fabric, etc., can be
woven into pieces that may be applied
to various useful purposes in the house.
hold. In using this machine the warp
threads are first arranged parallel
either on the backs of two chairs or Sc
cured to the knobs of two doors. The
warp threads are then passed through
the heddles, arranged on a suitable
frame, and the ends of the warp threads
are tied together and fastened to the
back of the chair upon which the person
operating the loom sits, and the other
ends of the threads are held in a suitable
clamp on the table. The heddle frame
or comb is raised by means of the left
hand, whereby the threads are separated,
and then the shuttle is passed through
the warp threads, the latter are shifted,
the shuttle passed through in the in
verse direction, and so on.-N. Y. Sun.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05
Politics Too Much for Him.

A lady on Fifth Avenue, New York,
quickly summoned a doctor:
"Oh, doctor, my husband is nearly dead.
He attended caucus last night. He made
four speeches and promised to be with his
fellow citizens again to-day. But oh. doc.
tor, he looks nearly dead"
"Has he been in politics long?"
No, only last year. He worked hard
for *James McCaulay's election"
"He will get well, madam! He has a
stomach for any disease. il he worked for
him."
Political life, Of short or long duration,
Is very exhausting, as is evident from the
great mortality which prevails among
public men. Ex-U. s. Senator B. <. Bruce,
who has been long in public life, says:
"The other day, when stepping into
car at crossing, I found DR.. - within,
who eyed me up and down in a surprised
way, remarking: -.
"Why, Senator, how well you lookp
"sWell, feel pretty well,' answered" /"
The doctor uttered an incredulous reply,
when the Senator frankly told him, in an :
swer to an inquiry, that it was Warmers
safe cure which accomplished for him
what the profession had failed to do. Sem
ator Bruce says his friends are very much
astonished at this revelation of power
The Globe.
sOverwnelm,npIv Defeated
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

There is general belief among
farmers that good wheat can not bs
grown after beans. Boston Herald.
1t was Arthur Bryant's theory that
a rapid growing tree should be pruned
in the growing season and a slow
growing one during the season OF rest
Farmers RerieW.
White elder down flannel. EN-.
broidered with blue, pink or scarlet,
and finished at the edges with white or
colored lace to match the embroidery,
makes very tasteful afghan for
baby's carriage. Chicago Tribune.
Fruit cookies: Two cups of sugar,
one cup of butter, two cups OF chopped
raisins, two tablespoonfuls Of sour
milk, two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon.
one teaspoonful of nutmeg, cloves and
soda. Bake same as other cookies
N. Y. Herald.
Rich jumbles: Rub to cream 8
pound of butter and pound OF sugar;
mix with it pound and half of -four
four eggs and very little brandy; roll
the cakes in powdered sugar. lay them
on fiat, buttered tins and bake in 8
quick oven.-Indianapolis Sentinel
"A pretty picture frame may be
made at small cost by having the frame
cut from common pine, and covering
it with some coarse lace. Have the
lace adjusted perfectly smooth, and
when the mucilage is quite dry, put
over it a coating of gold paint. The
result will resemble an expensive gill
frame, and will delight you.-Hoatse.
hold.
Geese are quickly fattened when
put in coops by feeding them four
times day upon a mixture of boiled
potatoes, wheat middlings and corn
meal moistened with milk into soft
paste. Three weeks feeding will make
them as fat as they can be healthfully.
Turkeys and fowls may be fattened in
the same way. Water is given once a
day. and it is best to give it slightly
warmed.-N. Y Times.
Snow cake: Half cupful of gran
ulated sugar. one tablespoonful of but
ter, two eggs, one cupful of flour, and
a teaspoonful of baking powder and
two tablespoonfuls of sweet milk.
Bake in a square pan, and cut into lit
tie squares when cool. For the snow,
take one cupful of stewed and sifted
sour apples, one cupful of white sugar
and the white of one egg. Beat all
thoroughly together, and spread
between your squares of cake.-Cou's.
try Gentleman.
Some one recommends catching
the drip from refrigerator in a pan
and using it for drinking water, on the
ground that water made from pure ice
is purer than other water. There are
two cogent objections to this sug-
gestion. In the first place. natural ice
often contains many impurities, and
perfectly pure ice is hard to find; in
the second place, the cold drip from
the melting ice in an open vessel is an
excellent condenser of all the impuri-
ties in the surrounding air.-M. Y En-
| Qnainer
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05
PAPER IN rohoulN.
The Lsbozious Processes by which 10 =
Manufactured.

The kNboFious Processes by which 10 =
Manufactured.
The principal material used in the
manufacture Of paper in Tonquin is the
ke-y1oh or paper tree. which grows in
abundance on the mountains in the en-
virons Of Sontay. The dried bark Of
this Il brought in bundles upon the backs
Of oxen or buffaloes from the mountains,
where it is gathered for the numerous
paper mills, whose principal center is in
the vicinity of Hanoi. It is worth about
two cents pound. This bark is macer-
ated and then rubbed up in mortars, so
as to reduce it to fine pulp. This lat
ter is extended with certain quantity
of water in order to form clear paste,
which Is sized with an infusion made
from the shavings of the ganaao, tree
which grows in abundance on the Black
River Mountains.
The paper is manufactured sheet by
sheet BY women by means of delicate
bamboo screens that they alternately
Dip into the paste and take out there
with thin sheet Of paper, which they
deposit upon board. At the end OF the
day these sheets are put into press in
order to extract the moisture from them,
and are then dried by placing them one
by one upon hot masonry wall. Fl
nally they are put up in packages and
trimmed.
Each woman makes a thousand sheets
day. The thickness Of the paper de-
pends upon the consistency of the paste.
One establishment that was visited by
the person. who furnished these data was
capable Of producing eighty thousand
sheets per day with eighty women and
forty assistants. Paper was being made
here worth sixty-dve cents per thousand
sheets. Gutenberg Journal
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05
ABOUT TRIMMINGS.
Antique Laces and the Nearly Perfect Imi
tations Now to Be Had.

Antique Laces and the Nearly Perfect Imi-
tations Now to Be Had.
A new idea is the introduction of
natural features into the trimmings as
in the fringe made of fir cones sus-
pended in chenille loops, the chenille
being in the colors of the dry cone,
Small pine burrs are also used inter
mixed with flat pointed fringe, rescm-
bling the leaves of the pine tree A
curious specimen of this trimming has
the fringe in green and the burrs in
brown, and is used to trim dress Of
odd material woven so that it looks
like mass of pine leaves, crossing each
other and intermiXed as if carelessly
thrown down, or just as they lie be-
meath the pine tree.
Some of the new feather trimmings
are made in imitation of fur; indeed,
unless one is told they are of feathers,
it would be difficult to notice the differ
ence at little distance from the gar
ment they adOrn. A decided novelty
is feather band of about four inches
in width. showing soft, flat feathers in
all the shades of evening silks-pale
blue, cream, lavender, rose pink, Nile
green, dove color and withdrawing
most exquisite result on wrap Of
cream, brocaded in dainty flowers, in
all the colOrg shown in the feather
fringe.
The feather used in place of and
greatly resembling fur is the shorn
feather marabout, cut smooth, short
and thick. The leading kinds OF
feather borderings are long cock S
feathers of irregular lengths, formed
into bands and allowed to interlap,
other shorter ones put on in semi
circular form and presenting soft,
messy face and the ordinary cocks $
bands come in plain and mixed color.
ings.
Antique Venetian laces are very hand.
some and in some of the limitations or
reproductions the copies are most faith
fully executed. indeed an expert in
laces can hardly tell one from the
other, so perfect are the new laces in
co1oring and design.
Medieval trimmings are much sought
for. A style between lace and gimp
shows a design outlined with gold
thread and filled in with colored rosary
beads. Gold laces, too. show a chenille
cord and the rosary beads intermixed.
In handsome tabliers and panels the
groundwork is often plush, wrought in
gold with wooden beads and large
raised fruits in beads and chenille.
Others in black. lace and jet are GOV.
cred with pendant tassels and fruit and
flowers en- relief.
Tambour tabliers, like the tambour
silks, are new; they are wrought in
chain stitch in silk and beads and come
in all colors and mixtures of tone.
Dull jet and lead are often combined:
also black with gold. while canvas is
made elegant by being embroidered
with oxidixed silk and iridescent beads.
For evening dresses fronts are most
charmirgly embroidered in pearls and
in crystal beads on cream foundations
or upon tinted fabrics.
Some of the rosary beads are curl.
ously carved, while others are plain. in
various sizes and are either in speckled
wood or composition. A trimming OF
these beads is formed in oak leaf shape.
the autumnal colors being secured by
variously-colored beads intermixed
with the rosary beads. -PAiladeli,hta
Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05

TIE Northern Pacific Railroad Company
issue several illustrated pamphlets and
sectional land maps for free distribution
which contain valuable information con-
cerning the rich agricultural and grazing
country traversed by the line through
Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon. The publications con-
tain synopsis of the United States land
laws by which Government lands can be
secured free under the homestead pre- emp
ton and timber culture acts and the terms
of sale of railroad lands, the rates of fare
and freight rates on emigrant movables
and household goods and much other infor-
nation. They are mailed free to any ad-
dress by addressing Chas. B. Lamborn,
Land Commissioner, st. Paul, MINI.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05
The Draft Horses of France.

While some people in America call
all horses imported from France Nor
mans, it is fact that there is no breed
in France called by that name by the
French people; the name, Norman,
therefore, is purely American. The
principal breeds of France are known
as Percherons and Boullanais. The
Percherons are the most highly priced OF
all French races, and all departments
of France go to the Perche for stations
to improve their local breeds. The
Percheron stud book of France, pub
lished umder the authority Of the French
Government, is the only stud book OF
draft horses that is or eUer has been pub
lished in France, and now contains the
pedigrees of about 5000 animals. But
some importers are offering certificates
from France of Norman draft horses
that may mislead people who do not
understand the French language into
believing these records of origin. Not
one of them issued contains pedigree.
They are furnished at the request of
American buyers by the secretary of
one of the French Agricultural socie-
ties, who says there is no intention of
publishing them in stud book form, as
they have no pedigrees and are of no
value whatever. It is a well known
fact that what a man gives for horse
over from $500 to S800-the price of
good grade-is paid for purity of blood;
and where the seller is not able to give
the recorded pedigree of the animal
sold as evidence of additional value, he
has no right to ask it. With these facts
before him, no intelligent man will buy
a horse imported from France unless
he is recorded with his pedigree in full
in the Percheron Stud Book of France.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05
HE OBEYED ORDERS.
An Incident Illustrative of the metropolitan
Reporters Cheek.

An Incident Illustrative of the metropolitan
Reporters Cheek.
Each newspaper in New York, OF
course. had big force at the Grant
funeral. Well, it took so many men
that some of comparatively little ex.
perience had to be given pretty i'm
portant assignments.
Among these was young man on
the World. who had been in the news
paper business about month. alto
gether. He was told to 60 to the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in the morning and
never lose sight of the Grant family till
night.
Up he went, bright and early, and
stayed till the procession was about to
start. Then be was in a quandary.
He never could keep the Grants in
sight if he went on foot through the
multitude Besides, it was about six
miles to the park.
A happy idea struck him. Along
Twenty-third street was long row of
carriages to be used by the Grants and
prominent people who were stopping
at the hotel So. very quietly. this
young but enterprising journalist threw
away his cigar, Strengthened his hat,
and walked out. He stood moment
on the steps, and then motioned to the
driver of the best-looking carriage.
Jehu drove up quickly, and the re-
porter got in.
What number are youp" he asked.
The driver told him.
'Yes; that's right, Now, do you
know where you come ine'
The driver did not.
"Well, you follow the Grant car.
riage that stands by the door now"
The driver supposed it was all right.
naturally, and as soon as the process
sion started he pulled in behind Colonel
Fred Grant, Mrs. Sartoris and the
others.
And that fellow rode in state. and
alone. all the way to Riverside Park.
Talk about nerve-N = Cor. Troy
Times. #
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05
/" Consumption Cure"

would be truthful name to give to DR..
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" the
most efficacious medicine yetdiscovered for
arresting the early development Of pulmo-
nary disease: But consumption cure"
would not sufficiently indicate the scope Of
many diseases which spring from de-
rangement of the liver and blood the Dis
covery'' is safe and sure specific. OF all
d17 7ggists.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05

How OFTEN is the light of the household
clouded by signs of melancholy or irrita-
bility on the part of the ladies. Yet they
are not to be blamed, for they are the result
know not Of. But the cause may be re-
moved and joy restored by the use of Dr.
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" which,
as a tonic and nervine for debilitated wom-
en-, is certain, safe and pleasant. 1t is be-
yond all compare the great healer of women.
A ROMANTIC story-the one in which
your best girl lives.-DdnUiUe Breeze,
Huntsville gazette., 1885-12-05
From the National Capital.

The Washington Post says: We admire
the stand taken by numerous eminent ply
sicians in changing the mode of treatment
of coughs and colds, and publicly endors-
ing Red Star Cough Cure because it is eff
cacious, free from dangerous ingredients
and without morphia or opium. This ex-
cellent remedy costs but twenty-five cents.