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HUMOROUS.
The butchers honor is always a

The butchers honor is always a.
steak.
Speaking about "circular letters" q
is one.
A person should push through moi
pull through, life.
OF course man who would "hooN
fish would lie about it.
The best illustration of mingled
hope and fear is a lazy man looking toi
work.
The smaller the man the more apt
he is to be perfectly satisfied with
himself.
II is the girl that occasionally "lcnds
hand" who has man ask for II
eventually.
"This suspense is killing me-" said
the horse-thief who was in the hands
of the mob.
- OuNc WictClcu pu"i W" Sj
joe" eyes, I'm looking around for
better half"
A good-natured spinster used to
boast that she always had two good
beaux-Elbows
"You're not looking WELL" "No,
Pm used up" "What ails your"
"I'm bvoken down."
Man was made to mourn, but he has
fixed things SO that his wife haE
the job off his hands.
"The only way to preveH
past said Mrs. Muldoon,
stop TO it before it hap &
! : :, !, !, !, ! , !
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Sources Of the Nile.

The sources Of the Nile are in great
lakes on high platcaus under the cqua-
tor, 5000 OF ,o0) feet above the level
of the So. The largest and highest of
these basins, Lake Victoria N'yanza,
5,056 feet above the sea and larger
than Lake Superior, gathers the waters
from I'll the surrounding highlands.
From the Unyamwcsi basin on the
south lows the Shimbu, the most
e~aNeurc9 Of the Nile; on the
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farm, had deserted its shafts, left its
derricks standing Ike skeletons
against the mountain side and dis
solved into thin air.
Seth heard the news silently.
"Mary, said he, ''give me the old
pistol ihat belonged to Great-uncle
Jeduthum. may as well c.ean and
oil it, lyin' here with nothing to do"
81 won't give it to you, Seth Chip
fieldl" said his wife. "I can read your
eyes, if 1 can't trust your voice; and
you shan't have Grcat-uncle Jedu-
thum's pistoll'
Seth turned his face aside. tear,
salt as the Dead Sea and bitter as gall,
crept down his wrinkled face.
''If a mans ruined" said he, "the
best thing he can do will be to die
Oh, what fool I've been-what a
fool"
Joanna Gedncy watched him in
tently.
20 >rf..r's' grsss n J, yoa wish now,'' said
she, "you'd subscribed somethin' to
Mr.. Clover's mission, and laid pipes to
the well TO save Mary carrying water
up the hill, and bought her the black
silk gown she wanted"
"Don't! Joannal" pleaded Mrs.
Chipfeld.
"Yes, do" said Seth "There,
now wish it like all everlasting!
The old farm will have to 90, Mary.
You and .Toanner II have to go out to
service, and me Well, there's always
the town-house for me. I've brought
it on myself"
"Seth," cried Mrs Chipfcld, "don't
take on so! The farm won't have to
go. Me and Joanna will take care o
that. And there amt no question of
the poor-house for you. Tell him,
Joanna-tell him what we've done :"
"It was my plan" said Joanna,
''but Mary she joined into it, and
Zephaniah he backed us up. It's our
store down at the Cross Roads, Seth,
and bought the goods down in Phila-
delphia, and hired the house and put
Zephaniah in TO clerk it. And we've
doubled our money already, Seth, for
all you used so often to declare that
women hadn't no business ideas; and
.Me..ye done a capita. business. ia. cali
Goes aid crockery and canned things
and Yankee notions. Aud we've paid
back all we borrowed Of Squire sta
pies, and got nice little sum of
money in the bank a'ready-our own
money, Seth, that we don't have TO go
begging to no man artcr. And you
needn't fret about the mortgage and
the Wilding Company and the poor
house, for Mary and me will take care
of you"
Seth ChipfcId gave little gasp.
"You - amt = jokin'- be -youp
said he.
sI'll show you the bank-books, if
YOU want" said Joanna, briskly.
"Ah, Seth, you never had no respect
for what you used to call our money
faculty, but Mary and | know what
colors women liked in their gowns,
and what the best brand in flannels
was, and which pattern in bowls and
ca sa GERS was fancied most at Hill
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The Marked Bank Bills,
A STORY FOR OLD AND YOUNG.

"Marshall, won't YOU do me the favor
to keep this five dollar bill for me? |
want to take my holiday soon, and I'm
afraid, if / keep it myself, III be
tempted to spend it."
"Nhy, certainly, Edward, I'll keep
it for you with pleasure" And the
youth who had been addressed by his
companion as Marshall, took out his
pocket-book and put the bank note
carefully in it by the side of one of the
same denomination that was already
deposited there.
Archie Marshall and Edward Frank
lin were fcllow-clerks in the large
wholesale house of Zimmerman & Co.,
and being about the same age, and
formerly schoolmates, were very inti-
mate, both in and out of their busi-
ness associations.
Marshall lived with his parents, and
Franklin was an orphan, but both
were boys of excellent character, and
served their employers faithfully; yet,
while Archie was economical in his
habits, Edward was just the reverse.
and spent his wages freely. This ex-
planned the request made Of his friend.
While the two boys were talking
about the money, Mr.. Zimmerman,
The senior partner Of the firm, passed
by on his u's'..'9 the counting room,
and ssbooN i'm closely as he noticed
Ihe irl - he r1anlln.. To AInrahnl,.
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PORT TOBACCO, MARYLAND. JULY 25. 1890.

"But you will allow me to call Ed
ward will you not, Mr.. Zimmerman p
pleaded the young clerk.
"Oh, yes" replied his employer;
but | cannot see what possible good
/ That can do.9
| "ile can tell where he got his
note,' explained Marshall.
When Franklin entered the office, in
response to the summons, his fellow
clerk asked him:
f Nv here did you get that five dollar
lplll you gave me to keep for you,
Edward2g
"it was portion of my last weeks
salary" replied Frank, at loss to
understand the query.
'FThere is some terrible mistake
about this, Mr.. Zimmerman, pro-
Tested Archie. 81 never stole any
lthieg in my life; and certainly would
not begin now, when have everything
than | need and am getting we'll paid
Tor my work. You hear Edward say
iiiie got his note in his salary, and that
Is where got mine"
"That will do, Marshall" said the
merchant coldly. "You and Franklin
will hand in your designations imme-
diately / could make it g a great
deal harder with you, but | hope this
will serve as a salutary lesson to you
IN the future. On this account, and
in consideration of your youth, l feel
disposed to be lenient toward you.0
Archie turned about with flaming
cheeks and trembling lips, and was in
the act of leaving the Office with his
fellow-clerk when Mr.. Ford, the junior
partner, came in.
"Halloo, Marshall? what is the
troublc?" Mr.. Ford asked, noticing
Archie's unusual appearance. 1t was
as mich as the young clerk could do
to ke>. back the tears as he answered,
falteringly:
"Mr. Zimmerman has accused
Franklin and me of stealing, and we
are discharged without an opportunity
of self-defense.
"IIows.s rhaS' Zimmerman9 asked
! the s-enior partner.
"Simply this, Ford; both of them
had marked notes in their possession,
and acknowledged them to be theirs. =
ssLct me see the notes. said Mr..
Ford.
Mr.. Zimmerman handed him the
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rage longer to neglect it. How much
shall put You down for?"
.sFor nothing at all, +" said Mr.. Chip
6aId
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-27
MAIN LINE, SUMNER
Sch, dule in effect May II, 1890.

Train No. $50 connects with No. 10 and
and b5l connects with No. 10. Trains
'.2 and $50 connect With No. 5 aud Is at
u'seuspriug.
J. T. GOLDsBORO. Agent
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-27
THE LONGEST DAY.

IL rs quite important, when speak
ing OF the longest day In the year, to
say what part of the world We are
talking about, as will be seen by
reading the following list, which tells
the lengih OF the longest day in sew
eral places. How unfortunate are
the children in Tornea, FINLAND,
where Christmas Day Is less than three
hours IN length.
At Stockholm, S welen. IL is eigll.
teen and one half hours in length.
AT Spilzbergen the longest day Is
three and one.half months.
at London. England. and Bremen
Prussa> the longest day has sixteen,
and oDo.half hours.
At Hamburg, in Germany, and
Dsntzig, in Pfussia, the longest day
has seventeen hours.
At Wardbury, Nor way. the longest
day lasts from May 81 10 July %,
without interruption.
AZ ST. Petersburg, Russia, aud
Tobolisk, Siberia, the longest dey is
nineteen hours, and the shortest Eve
hours.
At Tornca, Finland, June 81 brings
a day nearly twenty two hours long;
and Christmas one less than three
hours 10 length,
At New York the longest day is
about fifteen hours, and nj Montreal,
Canada, IL is sixteen hours.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-27
AVOID FoRGErFuLNEss

A successful business man SAYS
there were two things which he leara-
cd when he was eighteen, which were
evee afterwsrd OF great use TO him,
namely, Never to los, anything aud
never TO forget anything An old
lawyer sent him with an important
paper, with certain Instructions what
to. do with it. But inquired the
young man, .'supposc 1 lose it; v hat
shall do ,theo?. You must not
lose it, Il don't intend to- said
the young. man, suppose I should
happen to2' but say you MUST
NOT happen to; shall 10 AXE no pro-
vision for any such occurrence; YOU
must not lose itr
This put new train OF thoughts
mo the young mans mind, AMI no
found that il he was determined to
do thing he could do IL. He made
ouch o provision against every con.
tingency that he never lost anything.
He found this equally true about
forgetting. If certain matter OF
Importance was to- be remembered,
he pinned 1t down on his mind, fast.
ened IL there, aud made IL stay. He
used to say: when Q man tells mo
he forgot to do something, tell him
he might as we'll have said: II do
not care enough about your business
to take the trouble to think of il ~
gain | once had an. intelligent
young man in my employment who
deemed it sufficient excuse for nsgr
lecting any important task to say II
for got it, / told him that would
not answer. IF he was sufficiently
interested he would be careful to re- 4
member. II was because be did not
care enough that he forgot it, I
drilled Dim With this truth. He work-
ed for three years. and during the
last OF three he was utterly changed
in this respect. He did not forget
thing. He is forgetting, he found.
was lazy. careless habit Of the mind,
which he CURED.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-27

land. aud 90 income on which che
could live luxuriously, were bequealh.
et to Camiola Brown, spinstsr. in
memory Of the love bore her all my
lonely life.'
No wonder poor Csmicla wep,.
But Mrs Black soon found ont The
cause of Camiola's agitation, and Mr.
Black was q lawyer. Tbs viii Vas
correctly made; the witnesses wero
found.
Why Benjamin. Ba; ker had put i,
in his hat lining no one knew. He
often carried papers there. Perhaps
he meant to leave it in safe keeping,
but he died very suddenly. with bas
and coat on, as be was about TO drive
out. But the will was found and was
right. Nothing bad yet been taken
away. The money was refunded TO
the purchasers of The old furniture.
The young nephew had ,olerable
legacy. aud made no fuss Whatever,
and one day Csmio.a entered the
homestead as It's mistress. II was a
strange ending TO her love story. she
thought She was here al last, bu,
howl 1t almost seemed to her as
though some spiritual union had taken
place between her soul and Ben's au,
in the keeping room, on a peg near
the door, sue hung his coat and hat.
There they hang always, and to the
stranger who sees them, and looks al
the mild old lady rocking in the great
caair as she sews and 'knits. it seems
as though the master Of the hous,
were within-upstairs somewhere
perhaps. 1t often seems 500, too, tc
! Camiola.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-27

Preoissly: but q sesmia, tria,s =
OF atooa-sAo 1alverns 10 una<ls. God
has dealt With n>alo image. bat With
nolhlog sasbs tslee1 We nay holi
an hcor - triofoe peaooesion; ret
In ever hour thoop61 p q - IAN a..
inSs are born sn1 ~ n face OF
nature takes o. nnk okunHo vltA
every second Of Gn6o. q ~ = bud
bursts. bat thstp Il ~ = Sens
for its odor. Nos : ~; -
has its mission. Not I ~
Il enrich some space oe &
almost invisible degrees No.
marshes are lifted by voooi1
habi,able soil. The mou utafH{
an aggregate OF notes; nAd =
m'ghtlest oak, stalwart upon the ~
aud defiant Of the iightning and ~
storn' Was once bat tiny. scorn-
Only trids Trihcs are ottan the
seeds Of weighttess events --bsgiu-
nings OF the grsudest ends-stsps
forward to the most momeutous Goa
c'usions. Ii single vote has inadc
Governor. so has an unattended
slight OF an ambassador kindled Ia.
rious war; IL is the first small yield
Ing 70 temptation that peoples prisons
AMI feeds the gallows Trifles are in :
uications, even as strsws are wealth.
ervanes. They compel differences rs
10 habit and character. The cruel
child points forward TO the cruel, had
man. 1t Is about trihes that we
should be careful. lie who i, true
IN httlc things will seldom be faisc in
great ones
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advice TO Yong Men.-wben you
make a dollar spend seventy-iive
cents and put the other twenty 1--WE
by. 10 man can stand still. When
6o1 created US he did fortu.
nate thing for US; he made us that
We must either 60 backward or for
ward. a man knows more to-day
than yesterday or he knows less. A
man who bottoms chair. gets up and
goes 10 his meals. and then goes back
again and bottoms a chair, and then
TO his meals again, in the course OF
FIVE years will be the biggest Ounce
in the community. and bis opinion
will not be worth knowing. He will
lose bis power FOR work, and will not
be worth three cents an Hon;
Chauucey NJ. Depew.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-27
A SPELLING MATCH.

I'm going TO have spelling bee
to night said Uuele John, and I'll
give pair Of skates TO the boy that
can best spell man.
The children turned and stared
into each others eyes.
BEST spell man, Unclo John2 WHY,
there's only one wayr they cried.
There are all sorts of ways re.
piled Uncle John. IN leave YOU to
think of it awhile;' and he buLtoned
up his coat and went awav.
what does he mesn?' asked Bob.
Il think it's q joke said Harry,
thoughtfullv, and when Uncle John
asks me I'm going to say: why,
MAN, OF course
It's conundrum, know said
10; and he leaned his head on b,.
hand and settled down 10 think.
Time went slowly to the puzzled
boys, for all their fun that day. Ii
seemed as If after that supper time
would never come; but ii came at
last, and Uncle John came, too, with
shiny skate ruuner peeping out OF
MIC s'oae-Ooat puCNcts
Uncle John did not delay; he sa.
down and looked straight into Har-
rvs eyes.
Been good boy to day. Hap
1Yes-n-o, said Harry. flushing
Il did something Aunt Mag told me
not to do, because Ned Barnes dared
me to-. l can't bear boy to dare
NE. What's that to do with spelling
man3 he AIDED, half to himself.
But Uncle John had turned to Bob
Had a good day, my boy2' ).
'Havn't had fun enough answered
Bobbie stoutly. Its all JOS fault
too. We boys wanted the pond to
ourselves for one day. and we made
up cur minds that when the, girls
csme we'd clear them Off But 10,
he
Il think this is JOS to tell inter-
rupted Uncle John. How was it,
boy?'
Why said 10, Il thought the girls
had as much right on the pond as the
boys. So | spoke to one or two oil
tue bigger boys, and they thought So
too. and we stopped it all. Though,
1t was mean to treat girls that way.
There came a flash from Uncle
Johns pockets. The next minute
the skates were on JOS knee.
The spelliDg-mstch is over said
Uncle John, and 10 has won the
price
Three bewiIdered faces mutely
questioned him.
Boys lie answered gravely, we've
been spelling man, not in letters, bu,
10 acts. have told you there were
different ways, and we've proved il
here TO night. Think over 1t, boys
and see. = Exchange.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-27
THEINTELLlGENCER
FRIDAY. JUNE 81, 1890.

ioeS sions OF the Courts
Circui, Court. i7,h Judicial 0ircuit, Hsa
lanes d. Armstrong, Prssiding-fMas -.
gin as folio "sf
Grant County Fourth Tuesday IN March,
6rst Tuesday In June and third Tuesday 10
October.
Hampshire County-Ffrst Tuesday n rshs
tusry, second Tuesday In Nay aad thisl
Tuesday in September.
Hardy Uounty --Secosd Tuesday In March
las, Tuesday in May and 6rst Tuesday n
October.
Mineral County-.Ssoond Tuesday In Jan.
nary, fourth Tuesday in April ana 6~st Tues
lay Ia september.
Pendletou County---Second Wednesday in
April, Wednesday after second Tussday IN
IuQe, and 6rs, Wednesday in November.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-27
To Nervous Debilitated Men.

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Willing Hands.

Thank Cod for the willing hands
That are honest, aud brave, aud true
That lay not folded. bat labor hard
To do what there is to DO.
Rich gems OF the world are they,
Where fancy e drowned ia fact,
where time is thing OF reality,
And TO live is 70 think aud act.
Thank Cod for the wiling hand,
That arc gentle, and soft, and kind,
That culver not At sight o fpaln,
But n ready tho wounds TO bind.
Whose gift is a gift Of love
More precious than tongus can 'eli.
That fingers light on suf rer's brow,
Till he sleepeth, AID ,"doeth we'll"
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f''s Sample box containing ten days
t''menl sent 10 any address on recsiptys
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

A IL persons having ella inns against the
IA estate Of Elijah Hod man, decd are
hereby notified TO present them 10 me for
settlement At my Office in 4 omney, w Va :,
before the 10th day OF Jdus, 1890
w. 3. CORNWELL.
Administrator
g0Msy Q, re-
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-27

The CALIFORNIA GovEaNoRsnfp.
a San Francisco dispatch TO the New
York Tribune states that the Hon.
w. ID. English, a. present State kar-
DO: commissioner, is candidate for
tue democratic nomination Tor Gov.
error Of Californis. The dispatch
aids that with one exception 'Mr.
Ems lisb Is She shrewdest politician in
bis party 10 California Mr. English
- native of Cbarlestowo, w. Va,
bat went 10 Californis when a young
man. where be successfully engaged
~ business pursuits. He was for
several years chairman OF the demo
cratic state executive COMMITTEES, and
a delegate TO the democratic national
convention OF 1884 and 1888.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-27
BUCKLEN's ARNIcA sALyE.

The best Salve ia the world for Cu,s,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Feve.
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands. Chilblajns
worms. and all Skin Erup,ions, and positive.
Z cures file', or no pay required. It il
guaran eed to give Satisfaction or money
refunded. Price Is cents per BOZ. For sale
by Williamson & Diller.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-03
FARM AND GARDEN.
POULTRY HOUSE.
& is a Good One and can BE Built for
sixty Dollars.


& is a Good One and can BE Built for
sixty Dollars.
The ground plan is 20x2O feet A par
ition runs lengthwise four feet from
he back or north side of the house, cut
ing the building into two sections-4x
20 feet and 16x20 feet. The larger room
then cut into two apartments, each 10
Sl6 feet. The partition should be tight
or or 3 feet from the ground, TO pre-
rent the cocks fighting. and the same
n the Yards The house should have a
Fable roof Each roof should have a
Ditch of feet if covered with tarred
paper, and four feet if shingled. The
posts are to 10 feet long, feet being
set in the ground. Four such posts lax
y. one at each corner, are enough. The
stills, 2x6, are 1 foot from the ground,
ap TO which fill in with cobbles at the
bottom, then gravel and then sand.
This will let the water run of and keep
the floor dry. On these set the 2X4
studs four feet apart On top Of the
studs put the plate (2x4). The rafters
are boarded with cheap, square-edged
pine boards. If you wish to shingle and
clapboard, put tarred paper under both.
as it will stop all drafts should there be
any cracks. and make the house enough
warmer To pay. There is no danger of
making poultry house in this climate
too warm without artificial heat
The house should face to the south
and have two windows in front and one
in the east end. The bottom of the
windows should rest on the sill. One
sash may be hung on hinges. making a
door opening into the yard, or two
sashes may work with weights. Each
apartment contains 100 square feet and
accommodates 20 fowls. There should
be small opening cut for the en-
trance of the fowls, with slide door.
yhe nests consist of two boxes, each {
feet long, IA inches wide and Is inches
deep, divided into eight parts. These
are placed along the partition inside
the sitting-room. To the edges of the
partitions which separate the nests tack
cleat projecting over half an inch, and
the same distance from this toward the
middle of the partition tack another
narrow cleat. Put two like these on
the other edge, doing the same to each
partition. Then cut slides 1lxl2 inches
to slide down between the cleats. A
board six inches wide is nailed to each
side of the boxes on which the slides
rest, leaving an opening 11xl2 inches
on each side of every nest, one opening
into the laying-room, the other into the
sitting-room. One of these is always
closed by means of slide. When the
hens are all laying the nests are kept
open toward the laying-room, but wher
hen becomes broody the door of the
nest she occupies is changed to the