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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-01-23

Changes IN The Postal Laws.-Post-
m"ster-Generai Frank. ua,ton has no
tlted all postmasters that CERTAIN see
lions OF the postal laws and rtgnla 4.
I onS have been amended and prepaid
letters can nov be Forwarded from one
pbsioiliceto another AT ~ request Of
the party addressed, Wit'cut al zion
al char2a Tor 'po ta9e. letter. and
all matter prepaid at tir.t-cla.- rates
OF postage, may DC relulnei TO the
sender WITHOUT additional charge for
returning. An registered matter NAV
be forwarded upon The written req eat
OF 'hc party addressed without addl
tlonai charge Tor registry zee.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-01-23

The GovERNoR's Nj EssAGE The biea.
NAL message Of Gov. j. Il. Jackson 10
: the Legislature of West Virginia ia
an intelligent review e the S's,e' 8
general interests and needs. The Tin n
ces of the State are in a satisfactory
coniition. The receipts INFO the tr. a.s
uiy for Tie year anil tue balance on
= hand at he end OF the preceding Year
,aggrcgs,ed 81. 100, o36 and the di-hursc-
p mrnts,were SS77,7I0 leaving halsnce
on hard ut the end of the last fiscal
ye,r o. S242,326 IN iha same time the
temporary losn has been reduced from
$l40.O00 10 $4,000. The Governor re-.
comments thst tie assessment laws BE-
amended so that they conform to the
constitution and such additional penal
ties I've enacted rs will compel assessors
to j echarge their duties faithfully sn
irpartially.-The normal and free
schools are making excellent progres So
and the operations Of the public health
department have been eminen.v satisfac
tory. Work on the new State capi,o
ct Cbsrleston is progressing rapidly
and there is every confidence that the
building will lie SO far compet. d by The
FIRST OF MAY next as TO accommodate th,
executive officer, and the residue by tn,
time agreed in their contract, shouIl
sufficient approx Ration he made TO en-
able them 10 prosecute their work.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-01-23

Go SoUTn. The roston Globe. in
an qrticle.op the advantage. affor Red
by the South 30 sqtlers, dec area TINT
with the whole Sogih otferug Cnc.
qnaIed irdncemcht 10 Immigration
and TIE Investment IT capital a can
not he long be,Orc the vast stream cr
men and money now dehgug the
bleak No thwest wi ! tdru to the dc.
nghiiul region ot tie land. its ecnii.
tr picd latitude. The Glbbc uigcs
Ncv Englanders 10 90 South IN pre-
ference TO the Wild " eat
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-01-23

NV ZEALAND SoVGsrR g. Ma ave
Ware J@ridhi, 'lisIcal. Arti-., Wei.
lur"n. M. w,ltes 70 TIC C!,u, G or h..
New q alan ! Telegraph: Il b,r, ed
It. J c .bs OF. api iini mush relisfIn
case Of rfeuD a:ism, aud far AL ncu-al-
&c pains.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-01-23

ST7E6T VIRGINIA To Wit AT rules he'd
w 10 the Cietk'sgUfice pf ths1Grcuit Court
o hampshire cquuty. on ,he FIRST Jonday in
January. ss5. l 81 .,4.,
Thomas G. Schrocs, Plaintiff,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-01-23

DRINK, pretty creature, drink lit
tie at time, and you VIII relieve your
cold, and not rack your chest and
lungs 10 pieces, and keep every body
else in q state e itatioa You surely
ought &c spend quarter for bottle IF
DE-. Bulls Cough Syrup. IT viii pay!
The annual report OF the public
prin or IVES submitted 10 he Senate q
few days ago. The cost for printing
for the >euats during be fist se4sio
IN 1898 "a wqs $40 143, and Tor the
House S27c, 1888. o. he Congtessioua i
Record. az 900 volumes were printe,..
Tic paw roll OF be public printer ave
rages aj,646 per day.
This sh"ws,as has becn remarked Sin.
iul extravaganza and is a nest impera-
tive demand for tho displacement Of
The pro.eni public printer, land the
hlling oftbe plsce by some bonestly
economical man.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-01-23
South a!raN1k gNtfM9tNeeF.

RoaSEy. FalMN 5kfss<ssee.
How. AEsx.snks.H srxtiss. ~
by his will $4,000 70 the kbL,reskbf
Judge Lin,Ss>s'e6ksn.. t~,Htsxs
all The estate to pay off til. request.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-01-23

Jamea S. track.'W il.ism SchrGck, " nee
-Schfock, Alfred. Il. Srhrock T. =
q ward Noble .xnd 8 raogF.- his wife
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-29
HARPER HAPPENINGS
HARPER. April %.

HARPER, April %.
The I. o. o. +. OF this place celebrated
the sixty-sixth anniversary of their order,
Sunday, April PC. The exercises were cN-
cellent and the music good.
Reverend Van SandinSham, of the NJ. f.
church, delivered an eloquent address, in
which he set forth very clearly the high or
der of excellence to which they as society
aspire. The good that has been and is be-
ing accomplished WAS also mentioned.
Mrs. Forrey read fine paper in which
she begged the brethren to give them more
than the ''mouldy crust" from the loaf.
The degree of "Rebecca" was not very
largely represented, but they seemed ex-
tremely anxious for more and better things,
and surely the great and glorious order Of L.
q. q. F. cannot refuse so simple and reason
able a request coming from the fair sex.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-29
Santa Fe Bakery
1872 ESTABLISHED 1894
ECKARDT & SCOTT, Proprietors.
DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF TIE CITY
HERE WE ARE AG AIN 1!
And as Always With Prices Lower than Others Can
or Dare Make Them

Mems Kip Boots all solid. only N7o
Mems K Calf Boots all solid only 400
Mems KIP Shoes, ali solid. good working shoe. 100
Mems Fine Dress Shoes, all Styles only 100
Women Fine Button Kid Shoes. worked holes l2o
Womens Fine Button Goat Shoes, worked holes. l.2o
Womens Fine Button Kid Foxed Shoes. worked holes l26
Chldrens Tipped School Shoes button, 8 90
Childrens Tipped School Shoes, button. 80
Childrens Tipped School Shoes button. sizes to TO
1t strange 20 some how do it. but We
chuck full OF equally good acknovl
edge composition in size of stock excellence OF goods
and stylee and also our low prices at the Red Front
A. ALLEN.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-29
THE TWO GREAT PARTIES.
Remarks of Senators Evarts and
HOar


Hoar
The MidGlesex club gave banquet at
Young's hotel, in honor of Senator William
NJ Evsrts. and in celebration Of the ami
versary of the battle of Lexington. In re-
spouse TO an address of greeting by Gov.
Robinson the senator told OF his experiences
as Boston school bow, drew a number OF
lessons from the battle anniversary, and then
turned his attention to politics. He spoke
facetiou.ly ofthe willingness of some Re
publicans 10 express their confidence in the
stability of our government by voting the
opposition into power, and advanced
the opinion that the expert
,lent would not be repeated. Never had
the Republicans been more united and de-
termined than al present, and their struggle
in lSSS would be made with perfect faith
that victory WAS ahead. The new cabinet
was hardly calculated to inspire confidence,
especially as il contained three mersbers
from that element which had convulsed the
nation in civil strife and but one loyal north
ern soldier 70 face them. Ii seemed ss if
there were growing feeling Of dissstsisc-
ton with the distribution of power under
the new administration. Such i,l-judgod
action rs that of large body cf Republi-
cans last fall WAS likely 10 bring
on disorder and disaster. Still the
common sense Of the people would resist
and correct this ofense In lsSs there
would be no talk about repugnsneo 20 any
candidate, and comparatively few people
would be shouting for the prohibition nom
inee. but the votes would be cast simply for
one or the other %! the two great parties and
It's principles.
Senator Hoar made the closing speech, in
the course of which he said that political
parties had recently changed their position,
but not their character. The Democratic par
" WAS the same unreliable party still, and
could not change its spots. The new adj
ministrsiion had sold few strained horses,
discharged u few servants, bai a flag 81 hSlt
mas, for the death Of "a traitor, and got nd
Of twenty detectives IT the treasury depart
ment- All these great reforms were in
teresting 10 a nation Of more than 500oo.0oo
people, but how sbou; the policy Of the ad-
minis;ration Of affairs Of more importance.
Silence has been the rule. The flag Of tie
party still remained weather cock. The
spoiis system could not BE- rooted from its
native soil.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-29

| noticed an instance % Washin ton snob-
Oi>ares~ tie other night IN one OF the leaiins
gTycvrie, ot The car.tsl which well illustrates
the character Of enc class If our heightened
court society. was waiting 10 buy some
little thIn-s, and very pretty and N is-t
lady was standing At the counter watching
:he clerk % Up scme packages for her An
other ally, the wife Of an old Washington
ian, WI, also waiting. As was, when q
leaier u the capital and one OF the newest
81 the ncuvea1 r.cIse, came struttlnS IN.
dressed in velvet ami sealskin She ~as a
tall. Singular woman. with a noe which
seemed 70 turn up at everybody AMI every
thing. She had an eye-siass ATTACHED to Q
long handle IN her right hand, and this she
presented in from; Of her right eve and besan
looking supe-ciliously around the store
All The clerks were busy a. thew couI Be-
Bu: with the most arrogant air she turned
q the one above spoken Of and said DC
you not see. sir. that l Am waitingr The
clerk dropped TIE bundle be had. and rushed
over 10 her She then pointed with q ma
jesiic air TO lot of tomatoes marked Il
cents = can SIZE said: Il viii take one OF
those cans Of tomac,es. yen may carry II
out 10 nv carriage, and with tina; she swept
out Of the store IN the same regal way IN
which she had entered As shs did 30
noticed smile Of contempt on the counter
ance of the old WAshingtoniAn. who hal ,h<
blood % soIre Of the most noted families il
tie country IN Ter veins She quietly waited
until her turn came 20 be served. and taking
her purchases, which amounted 70 many
times that Of the snob who bad pushed into
her place, in her arms she said. 4 thank
you, but can cary these out myelf- She
took the bundle Ii her arms, and going &c
the .oor stepped mo . fner carriage than
that Of the ssraAls saob. and wss drives
quietly awsS
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-29

The Wichiia Driving Park association has
issued the circular of its spring meeting, TO
take place al Wichita on June ,. 5, and 4.
The president of the association Is Hon. Il.
L. Walker; vioe-president, John r. Cary;
secretary, II. G.. Toler; treasurer, J. T. Nc
Millen; superintendent, Z \. Dcrsey-sll
well known men. The rsces will be tro;tinc,
pacing and running. and the purses amour;
to 5000 The Wichi;s Driving park has q
good track and the best Of accommodations
Street cars run to the park, which. together
with the special rates offered by all rail-
roads, will make attendance upon the naccs
convenient and inexpensive.-Cheney Jour
nal.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-29
ALI. ABOUT ATTICA

To the Editor Of the Daily Eagle:
Your daily scream in my Office reminds
me of promise unfulflled and of kindness
unreciprocated. but knowing your generous
disnosition TO forgive the faults Of Others, l
unhesitstingiy ask pardon and promise TO
do. better. The EAGLE brings Us the news
from abroad fully twenty-tour hours shesd
of any other daily, and for ths, reason it Is
destined to be- the standard sheet OF the
southwest.
Attica was laid off as town last July
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-29
The FRENCH SOLDIERS LIFE.
Food and Rations-O Officers and Privatss-
Paw and Promotiou.

Hayuies's I"tt-r in San Francisco Chronicle.
Soid.es in n. French army are, IN tie
whole a c"I:ea.iel lot The II al are treated
by Their sap r,pTS IN very props- manner.
and Il plinc wlils firm /, ua. Of kiil
ness. TIE ration 4 msat hiss been iucrea-el
Lately from - to 600 Srammes IT fr IN
SIS a'Inc.. t. las uanves; hi, br@al ration
l. about 3J.5 oulre. In addition he pur-
chase, OUT ~. the ordinairs l06 ounces Of
bread 20 put IN the soup This orliuaire il
"A funl form, by certain fixed dedu zion
from every soldiers paw, and is employed
in puT-il, ing extra bread. vegetables AMI
extra Cnifee and sugar, the ration OF these
Groceriee ben. only part of what i, re-
qu;Tel. The fund also provides him with
an occasional glass of wins on Sunday
lat each company the cook is chanyei
every two months and the assistant every
week. Ths soldier gets his coffee and CHI
cory every III Jrniny at , o'clock in summer
later in winter. At 10 O'Clock he has soup
q: , in tie afternoon \ ragout, twice a week.
and on other days soup. Retreat is from 7
to O'Clock. sccording to season. ana tattoo
talt an hour later. Rest assured that in TIE
meantime tie men have had plenty Of work
TO do. French officers don't go much on tie
manual Of arms, tu: they are great on
msrcAn-S AMI feac.ng+ In field AMI
barrark- yard the boys are forever at it. and
the French equivalent for shay foot. straw
foot" Is their song the livelong day. The
regulations also prescribe certain hours for
bayonet exercise, fencing and gymnastics
In time of peace the infantryman receives a
clear l cent a day pay. but premier soldit
gets . cents When on war footing this
pay runs up to cents
As a rule the men do not sesm to feel any
restraint in the presence Of their officers.
Salutes are universal; tine privates and no..-
commissioned officers bring their hands up
10 the visor OF the cap. but the officer almost
invariably returns the salut, by lifting hi>
cap OF hat from his head They are ale
very punctilious in addressing each other by
their title. These act II courtesy have
very pleasing effect and contrast fsvorab.y
With the so".ai hsb.ts of other armie. tina.
have studied Nevertheless il i. found diff
simply because an Industrious and ab.e-5' j.
led young man can do much better out %
the army than IN l.. Ii Is very seldom tat
We sec old soldier; and c1rpcrals with ta-ee
or four service chevrons. Indeed.
two are not at all common
No ofiio can marry without the consent Of
the war department. and under no circunl-
stance, Is he ever permitted to TO % unle>.
the lady 81 his choice has dot-that /. t.
ay. a certain rtlhe, the minimum II which
l. fixat lg the army regulations
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
The Safe Channel.

A good ship was passing on safely
along dangerous strip of coast where
thousands have made shipwreck. 81
suppose you know every rock and sand
bar along this coast ?" said passenger,
as he stood on the deck beside the cap
tain. There was deep meaning in
the glance from under the captains
shaggy eyebrows as he answered: 81
know where they are not" All! that
was wherein lay the safety of those who
had committed their lives and merchan-
disc into his keeping. He knew where
the safe channel lay, and kept it. Many
think they ought to be learned in the
evils of this world in order to shun
them. 1t is far better to know
what is good and pursue it. " My
soul, enter not thou into their Sc
cret." One good mans life is worth
ten times more, for model to work
out your own career by, than the lives
of ten wicked men, whose example
you are to shun.-Fortcdra.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
The True Desire.

81 desire to be just where God would
put me-" Thus wrote one whose foot,
for Christ, has trodden the soil of a
foreign land and whose heart is there
now, but who is hindered by an over
ruling providence. . mean, think
/ desire it "-precisely the qualifica-
ton that almost any conscientious soul
would wish to add, not willing boldly
to declare absolute knowledge of the
secrets and motives of ones own spirit.
Now, taking it as it stands, how does it
fit you? A reasonable thing to say
that is, to say ii and mean it's the
vital condition of acceptable service
before God. " Just where God would
put me-" Does that seem surrender
too great, too absolute? But consider
into whose hands. Not where the
church would put me, not even where
partial friends, or, possibly, enemies
would put me, but God, our Father,
the all-wise, all-loving-just where he
would put me. And let il be said, there
is no ether safe or wise thing to do
What a wretched dstrust of him it is
that we are not willing to let him place
us at our life-work, since were he to do
it, it is morally certain that we will find
the place best fitted for us and where
we can assuredly make the most of our
selves. How many hold back from
God this confidence, as if were he to
have his way with them il would only
be to plunge them into overshadowing
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Faithfulness.

1t is positively shameful the way not
a few church members-the nominal
followers of Christ and yoke-fellows in
the worship and work of the church"
throw over their engagements with
the church at the first or least sugges-
ton of personal inconvenience to them,
or for the sake of some carnal or selfish
reason wholly apart from Christian obi
cation or privilege. A slight WEAKNESS,
such as would not for a moment sug-
gest to them the idea of staying away
from business or a social engagement,
is sufficient excuse to warrant them in
giving up prayer-meeting or even the
Sunday service, and in some cases a
Sunday-school class. Moreover, this
slight WEAKNESS or indisposition (not
so much of bodya as of mind), frequently
yielded to, leads finally to an almost
utter abandonment of work certainly,
and worship most probably. 1t is not
uncommon for Christians deliberately
to contract social engagements which
they know will utterly conflict with or
binary church engagements; and yet
they do it without thought that they
are being unfaithful to God and the
church, or if they have the thought,
they are constituencies about it. There
are thousands who habitually neglect
every obligation in the direction of the
work of the church; and simple dec
laration on their part that they have no
taste in that direction, or mere asser-
ton that they would rather not" is
deemed sufficient reason why they
should be excused from all service, and
any further urging on the part of pas
tor or fellow-member is deemed an I'M
pertinent interference with their liberty
of choice as to how they serve God, or
as to whether they shall serve him at
all. There are as many more thousands
who utterly neglect any obligation in
the direction of the maintenance of the
expense of public worship or the carry
ing on of the benevolent work of the
church Their giving is wholly mat.
tar of impulse or conformity to habit
or out of shame when they are present
at the time of taking the offerings OF
the people. AS to formally, conscien
tiously and Systematically setting apart
a portion of their income or increase
for the work of God, it never occurred
to them but to be rejected. The loose
change in the pocket, or at least the
smaller and baser coins thereof, usually
fird their way through their unsancti
find hands into the basket. This utter
lack of conscience on the part of Sc
many professors of religion as to obi
cations involved in confession O
Christ, leads many who are not Chris
tians to doubt the truth of the whole
matter, embarrasses the church in he
work, makes the chariot wheels of ser
vice to drag heavily, and we doubt no
sorely grieves the Spirit.-1he hide
pendent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01

soul Of poor little Fritz went up to that
far, mysterious place, where never
more the voice of dear Madge could
reach him, or the cry of her yearning
love win him back again to earth.
1t was very terrible, the first return
to life, for poor Madge, and when she
learned of the strange desolation that
had come into it for her she murmured
bitterly. But Madge was no common
child; her heart and mind were full of
strength, and true, noble impulses
which only needed training. Mrs.
Robson looked upon the accident that
threw the young girl first in her way,
and had now left her solely in her keep
ing, as providence not to be neglected.
She would take her into her own home
and give her the education and advan-
tages she could so well improve.
Madge was out of all d, lger now
and with heap of expensive toys
around her she was sitting like daisy
in her pretty worked nightdress and
soft wooden socks, upon the snow-white
quilt, with that delight which comes to
us with returning health. The dimity
curtains were hung afresh around the
little French bed in the room which
was no longer to be shut off and desc
late, but which Mrs. Robson had hence
forth consecrated to Madge. Alto
gether it was very charming little
room, but the child could not CEASE
wondering how so much grandeur coulc
be given to her. " Oh, if only dea
Fritz could have shared it with me,
she would say to herself; but whel
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01

difficulties or into places too strait for
them. Said young man resisting the
Spirit of God calling him to Chris
tian life, No. If l become Chris
tian shall have to be minister of the
gospel, and / had rather go to hell than
be ministerl' He was student in
college. Many times have we won.
dered what became of him in the lapse
of years since that day. But it illus
trates what notions are prevalent of
God and his ordering providence. If
he would put us in foreign land, in
the ministry, in business, anywhere on
land or sea, we may be sure that that is
the best place for us. Because we are
so self-confdent and self-willed, and
want so much to say about the disposal
of our precious selves, square pegs are
forced into round holes, and round ones
are found in square holes; men are in
places too big for them, or untitled to
their capacities or tasks, and rice versa,
without end. Have we faith in God I?
Then let us desire to be just where
God would put us, and pray that we
may not covet or be crowded into any
other place, be it big or little, far or
near. Gospel IN AL Lands.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01

Mrs. Robson told her that the good
Father knew why he had taken Fritz
away, and talked to her day by day of
his wonderful love, and that, lonely
and desolate as she felt without him,
she would not take Fritz from heaven
even for her own Joy and comfort, she
was sure, her sweet face became 50
calm and pure in its meek, loving pa
tience, that to Mrs. Robson it seemed
the very embodiment of holiness.
Six years of unclouded comfort Madge
has enjoyed in her adopted home, the
bitter trials of her child-life long since
passed and its great lesson learned.
She is fast becoming dear as her own
child to her foster mother, and to Mr..
Robson there is no sight so CHEEKY as
the sight of her happy face, no sound
so welcome as her sweetly sympathetic
voice. She has taken up her Masters
cross in real earnest, often and often
going through the by-ways and desolate
places of the city, among the poor and
sinful (where once she was only stray
waif HERSELF, healing broken hearts
and uplifting heads by her earnest min
istry of love.
AS the frosts and the SHOWS of win.
ter prepare for the glories of spring
so adversely has strengthened the char.
acter of Madge and given her the bless.
ing of love and faith, in sweet compan
ionship, preparing her for that long
hereafter which shall be the unfailine
recompense for all sorrows nobly borne
all tasks bravely done for God.-Neo
| York Observer.