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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
lis an Ab,olu,aFact.

and an every day Occurrences. If not
With your sslf 'tis With your neigh.
Dor. or else Jour neigLhor's ncIghbor
That yon go tn your stote. and ask
TOE something or an olbrr, aud are
told by tho rerchants. Il am sorry
but se are just out. will have IL In
snch ard such time" tia, time,
soms times or seldom ever comes,
The result is. you are KEEP, wsitipg :.
This is nerer the case when you call
on or write tn, J. Geo. Hermsnni
No. las, Baltimore Street. Cumber
why there 10 notin the State, outside
OF Baltimore city. a store as we'll
stocked ~ Mr. He Ia. his stock is
complete in every respect. lie also
makes a great many OF his own prep.
ara'ions. We will mention a. fes, aud
all OF which are of The very best. they
are active and efficient for their in.
tended purposes. His Compound
Syrup Of bloodhound and Tsr for
coughs. colds. &c. There is nothing
bette made. Liver pills are MT sur
rs~ssd bya~nY-Hnsae. -.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
. - as
An Alliance" Episode.

An amusing story comes from Gras.
sy LEX. IL seems that one OF tue
merclinn' = of hat place, y rtiring that
the patronage he received from many
p.Tspns in The neighborhood vas ra.
p'dIy falling Oft. an believing GER
tain organization of azricuIturi ia 10
I've responsible far such loss posted a
notice on bis storehoor, calling On al
.menibers of the Farmers Alliance,
vho were iDdeb' cd TO b i'm, TO come in
and settle their bills INN, tiateIy.
and sooner ,,if c"hvenienr.' Then a
man who belonged To- the society
named; as if TO III iusultt to injury.
stuck right under the merchants ter-
emptory notification large hand. bin
bearing in brig type the head. lines.
Come to The Farmers lli1uce store
for cheap gio1s.' How long the
b and-b bill stayed there is DOT stated.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
Mains Show

Which exhihi ell in this place, FRI
day. sG,rdrd days holiday and fair
entertainment TO large crowd of
people. though it WIS generally re-
ma'kei 'lat 1t was no: as good a. it
Was three years ago. The acting was
ordinary. The only resi g7Ss 81
TRACTION Of the ring was n tror2e o.
sifncted' dogs. which were cer,sioiy
gery Intelligent. and whose perform
bnccs ELECTED nsGch deserved appliance.
There ~ one goOi thing That can b :.
sal OF this concern which cannot be
as erted OF many others OF mach
greater pre'en-ilns--t carries NJ
svindiers with il, AMI is is as moral
"a .cTcnsses ever get. On the whole.
the show, will do very we'll, cen slider
Ing liz siz', and price Of admission.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
NOTICE.

We want to call special attention
tn the Lunch table at the Literary
Hall on Decoration Day, aud TO urge
our citizens TO do all they can TO help
the ladies' effort to Ok Up AID keep in
good condition our Cemetery. Sn.e.
iy 1T spot sacred tn al OF us and
why not show that we arc Interested
nv spending few pennies TO DIV.
The people Of Romney ar. generally
ia the lead in Iibrra'ity and generosi.
". and we hope he hearty co-opera.
ton Of all on this occ ,si.u will abun-
dainty prove il.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
A Typical Hardy Boom.

The steamboat line on the Branch.
whose intended es'a',lishment was
hiely announced ny The MOarefieid
Examiner with sueh a grna; fourisb
Of trumpers, has 'fzzled OUT After
so much big talk and newSba.
per booming from up The river, the
whole business endei Friday bv the
passage GDwh the Branch of a raft la.
den with tah.bark, whose m.jestic
progress was watched with j4ering
wonder by the natives along tie shore.
Who for some time have kept away
from tue stream for fear o. being run
over by the steamboats, Tits crau
came in'O port al IntkcepSs Island,
au', at CIR being Knocked 10 pieces,
vas taken TO the saw. mill and cut no
into lnmher. And this vas the IN
er itanspnrta'ion' whose ruinou5 c7in.
pc ion was 10 make the b. 6 O. pack
MP its Rpmney branch aDh skip the
Val Fy. and whose public spirited
proJcc 1rs uc-c 10 sub4ti u'e in the
que, vale of Mil, creek tho steam
whistle OF advancing development
and the bum OF machinery for the
lonesome squsUb Of the shigL'- pork
an0 the mellow b Om Of the bull.
frog Sic transit Go 10 Big Kn iii.
Rat'l Nov knock the wster-eaps
cut Of Mill Creek, and let the 'sater
line get in lis work both ways rail-
road or no Istlrosd. Who's afraid !?
Wha The Examiner would DO for 10.
cal ems If those PennsyivsuIans
should quit cutting cross.lie4 OF High
Knob, or IL The DID cpl)Ted woman
should happen 10 find that silver mine
she seeks so long in vain. I. would be
hard 10 siy. Perhaps II would lave
20 fall back into i,s oil babit OF steal.
,ng them.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06

The Cbildren's Day viii b. ohs.rv.
ed next Sunday, June 8. q, TIE Meth
'odist Episcopar .harcH In R,mn,v
Program. Our Grand Army fssv,ev.
viii be rendered by the scholars.
Service TO commerce. AT 8 r. II.
Ayer'f Csihsrtic Pills are reeomu< Add a,
ins Test fhysicisps. because thev ara ire
/, 'rfm C-lrrei- ard other iniarjoa, Arm 90
being eonpossd Of purely vegetable iu1rs.
dents. While thorough In Their acton
tue, stimulate sni siren g,hea the bowel,
sna seeretoel organs.
The annual, concert Of The Blind
pnpils Of tie West Va. SCHOOLS .or the
Draf and the Blini will t,ke place. in
the Chapel Of the Instiraii,r o,
Mednesdsv evening. jane z,h. be :
giHn'ng sr8 oct ok. The public are
cordially invited TO attend.
&. T.. HILL.
80. PsiLcipai.
MI u. Carter Iuskeep was badly
hurt. ru'tsday while loading -four /; a
bsrrei lslippsd and fell u ,on his .g.
almost Causing q break. We ATE glad
81 mas no worse,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
Decolatlon - y

lie sri raj ifct rslicpo fire graves
efcenf,Ser.te sold ers y III take l.lace
IN Romf e,. on Friday Jvns TIE 6 b
1890. 40. srd ess viii be delivered,
at he Court House at IL o,c'oek OF
ssid y. q
Bsn''s q music viii be in a,,en.
dar &C. s -
The Lsdie.' Memorial Associations
Gill tsve huonsde sAsv~f at Court
House. end the money Collected 10 TO
b. u,sd f,r The benz 81 Of the Gene
tery.
Va lcfs tie rx'b, Nsmortsl Day,
sLsllte set srsi, for ttis object, and
iis ell nsy e'pns.
' The'e viii be On original poem to
tie 20 q sc'diers' resa. The Rom.
'ey aD5 Alliance B,nds will be in at,
tsndasce. 30
A iusch. With ismonade spd cake.
will De setvod ., Litersrv Hall.
n. II. liElSKELL.
Nay %. 1890. Secretary.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06

We ARE authorized TO state that
there VIII be a call IN citing OF the
County Alliance on Sstur'lsy..he i4th
day OF June. 1890. for the purpose of
appointing three delegates To repre-
sent Ham Jshire county in the organ.
IL t'on OF a Stats Alli,pce Also to
make end adopt u Cons:itu ION anil
By-laws for the gEernmen,. of said
organization. Time and place for
4 lesates TO meet will be ma lie known
in the aeer future.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
Happy Hoosiers.

VIM. TiDmous, postmaster ct Idsyille
IndisnH, writes . Electric Biiiers has done
more TOT me than all other medicines com .
bined, for that b d IeelipR arising from
kidueJ and Liver trouble John Leslie
farmer aud s'ockma9. Of the same, place.
Gays: r. ind Electric Biiiers TO b. The b,s,
kidney and Liver medicine, made me lei
like new man J. W. GardmAn. hard.
ware mer6h'n; same fora. sara, fE!ectrie
Biiiars is iust The Ihisg Tor mar Who Il
all run dO~n and don't care whether be
lives or dies; he found new strength, good
APpshie az iell jnst like he bad a new tease
on he. Only 60c.a boitls. ., williams
4 OILERS, Drug Store.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
Remarkable Rescue

Au Niohssi Curtain, Plsinhsld IU.
makes the statement tbu she caught cold
which settled on her lungs, she rss treated
for month oy Der family phyticiAut bat
grew worse. re told her that sbs wsrs
HoFktsss vIcTis o. CO HsUnFrioS, ara that no
medicine could cute Der. Her draRzist suz.
ges'd De. Kings Sew Disootsry Tor Cos.
aumeiioa shs bought botus, and 70 ser
delight fouud herself benefited from TIE
nrai dose She continued ~ use, and snof
Nting zen bottles found hsrssii
SQUAD aud eel, nov doss bsy ovu
houss work, aud u 90 vel 60 ever shs was.
! zee Trial bsttlss q this ersat Discover A.
Wtliausou = OILERS Drus gtors-f.res
bo'tlss SOC. abd 500
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
"a SURPRISE PARTY.

Evens cne purpriseS: al the hand.
some and large assot'fnent of Toys,
Candies, Nuts, Frui's and other Ilol.
iday Goods too NUMEROUS 10 mention.
Grand opening every day ars1, large
crowds, Also fue Cigars aud 70.
bsccoes. Call early before they are
all sold as they are gong fast. Don't
forget the'place, No. As, Baltimore
Street, Cumberland. nd.
J. CARSON.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06

AUeUsTA, Jnne 3.-We have
been having q great deal OF rain
lately. On last Sunday evening a
week, we were visited by a flood
rain fell for two hours in torrents
&C compsnIed by bail, bail doing
40 damsge-but tie streams were
soon out Of banks, doing a vast
amount Of damage to land, and
washing away a lot Of fencing.
Wheat and oats ars-iOoking we'll
The farmers are not through plant
ing corr, oWine 20 the vet weath-
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
Death or Captain HARDY.

Captain Har w, an old and respect
ed ci' Zea, o. .Littic Capou. died sad
denly Saturday ia feachet the aee
OF ~, and during his whole life had
many frends and f " eaeui ia. Ills
iuofrai wac presched in the Prcsby-
:erian church at Three Churches on
Jersey Mountain on Monday. and hi 8
BODY laid to rest in the old. oil grave
gsrc which Was crowed with SORROW
Ing friends.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06

SPKI 'aTIELD. June 3.--sCbii-
dren's bay" was celebrated in
Frankfort Snaday.. Mr. Geo. w.
Fisher. the worthy Superintendent.
was B.aster of ceremonies. The
programme cons sted Of var,,t..
'ecitasions by the school. plenty Of
music. and an able address on
Children, Day by the pastor. Pew.
DIR. Lyle. The church wss ver7
PRETTY decorated. and was literal
iypaeked with people. ~.
Il. Lyle preached here Srnday
night. aud closed the proirac,ed
meeting tt
Little Annie. the one pon;h-uid
child of DR.. and Mira. Griffith. Died
Sunday night. Doctor catri, d 4 or
remains 10 Frept,hrp. LID, his
old liz me. for interment
Messrs. Thomas Ku. kenJ all and
Newton Guthrie LETT Monday morn
ing for Charlottesville. They will
also visit Roanoke while gone SIR.
Jacob IL. Euzzard is assisting Mr..
Guthrie during their absence.
Dir. Charles Harn.ison., Jr.. OF
Romney, was in town 10 dsy.
MIR James L. johnson who Ina ,
been making his home at Psrker's
Mil! for some weeks, returned 10
Frankfort Monday. Z "a"
Rev. Mr. Garland, Of Ky ndman,
Pennsylvania, was the guest of
Mr. jacob Smith last week.
Nessrs Robert Shannon and
VIM Wilson on Monday caught
seventy fish in tho South Branch,
Eear Mi!lesJn'e mill. The string
contained a variety OF kinds-kass,
suckers, white perch, sun fish. &c.
Mr. VIM Washington has re.
turned from Ree,' Tannery-where
he has been attending school since
last fall. He left here BY and
came back MAN, both physically
and mentally.
Mr. VIM Bowen has put out hia
single as wagon. maker, aud is
getting considerable work TO do.
.l'ut is a clever fellow aud a very
careful and good workman. and we
are satisfied will do we'll at his
new business. GUESS.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
A Haunted House

This body o. oars has been liksns3 70
tenement u often has q hauuted spart.
moni--ths stomach. Scared ny ths eldrich
spfite. dysDepsia, digestion q 81 and rsiusss
70 return. " bat can break the spell, what
csn raise fhs han laid upoa the uuh tpsy or.
gsus We answer obhesittunRly nodst.
tiers StOWsch Bittsvs, sod Fs are warranted
IN the TespOnss b. the recorded testimony 81
uJrisds, covering Period or over bird
Of century, course Of The Bitisrn. begun
IN stage OF n ic,ion, aud psrsi 81 emily
fol % will terminals ~ cure positive not
psTGl. The Bitters restores tone 20 the
spigasiric nerve, renswS and puti6s the
jsicss sTudinz from The csllulof tissue that
act upon the food digesiiveiy, eHpels bile
from tbs stomach sod the blood odd pro.
NOTES rsRulaa habit Of body. -Msiaria
Kidney compiaintJ nervousness, rhsumsGsn
SD nsurs lgia give vay 70 this msdioiu
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
l.. NJ. SHEPHERDS

Gentle spring has como again and
VIII our store IL rssplendons with
al ihe .loice goods that are TO be
Iound % frst-clnss city store. Our
Dress Goods department is fiIled with
beau'j'u. LING OF
Cashmere.
Hsorieltss, &c,
French and Domestic
bingham md Sa'teens
ia endless variety.
W. r1 special attention 10 our
large .'re % straw Matlings-just
.h'nk o. 90 yds good Mating only
ibe ,A-g''t and best selected stock
o, BODY Brussels. Tapestries Tbyee.
ny. hN'r' super and iBerain CAR
PElo toas 'olnd outside OF g large
city
t|D5us forget the olaoe.
j. " bATPR EBD,
- SALTI~oREST.
CUMBERLAND MD
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
NOTICE.

The ladies Of TIE Memorial Society
e-raestiy .hope and kiee,y ask that
there vii be no lemonade or estiue
tables .f any kind On The streets OF
cur tosn on the 6lhcf June. PLrAsE
let All tina, can be Essde this year GO
to~aris the Cemetery.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06

er. The mumps are s,ill hoger-
ing around. There as been q
SUNDAY School, organized At Mt
Zion church. aud one NJ Pisa.snt
Dale. Rev. c.bun preached here
ias' Su"dsy morning Mr. Jo-sph
filcs ~ erecting new dwelling
on his place. Miss Kate Schnitbe
Is yisi'ing her sis,.r. Sire Riley.
oil capon Fridge. MIL. ID. EN-
mart 10 attending the notmal AT
Hart'sonbu,g. Va. Mrs. Lila Pep
pers. who has been in Ohio Cor
sometime. 10 visiting her parents.
REA, JR-
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
new GOODS 1890;

During the next twenty
days we will open gem
eral Line of new goods for
the Spring trade.
= Have just put I'm. stock a
new line Of Hardware in
Guiding Oliver Chilled
PIOWs.
Just reed 20 bushels
nice clover seed, and new
lake herring SC.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06

In Medicine, Quality ia Of 6rsts
Importance TBOS W. SHRYVER, Drug,
gist asd Pharmacist No. 3O3 Bsltimorsst
Cumbefland, Nd. select materials Only
used. Night bell answered prsscripu
cowpou nded vita care and acccracy.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06

81 was troubled with CAtsrrh for over two
years. tried various remedies; and was
treated by number Of physicians but re-
ceiVed no beneht until began TO take Ay.
er Sarsaparills. few bot;lst.of this me.
dlcloe corst ms."-Jesse N BOggs, HoI.
mans Mills n C.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
I. HI. e. Pancake
ROmney, Wset Va.

The Brick office next door TO n. w
Dailey's Law office for rent after April
fst II e Pancake
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
The Horse Grown. A. citation Of

or S1ushLh RranCA Val ey. lad It's
'iiEst Hampshire meeting on ia sday
Rat, 81 The 9 II. James .sloan u OF
dineTal, Pccsidentsnd Arthur Wood
E~q % Hardy. Ssc'L'g asd Treas
we've present !, They obtained twenty
new members heres an important en-.
terprise. which, ne will hereafter
moro particularly notice and adv c tie
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06

Finest line of Fishing Tackle ia the county Complele
split bamboo rode for 81 SO When you CONE 10 Cgm.
bersud don't fail TO call aud see
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-06
HERE WE AR -!
SPRING 1890.

andy OF
Ne hsver
Houe Cunhes
] remaa Yours Truly,
Dear ss-rhe clothing
nb ind
Iknowif will
off
They said like
ofona
and Insursn Agent. 4--
iyedn
st. would able
nese
Cum nd
Gsemen II received of Clothes
part my
lind check s. so
Mr. Wilson OF which he
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
& Monster Rose Bush.

The trunk Of a rose push which is in full
bloom at Ventura, Cal, is 8 feet in circum-
ference at the ground. The first branch,
which is thrown out at a height OF about
four feet from the ground, is II inches in
circumference. Wagon loads of vines Git
Is of the climbing Variety are clipped from
it annually, vet it covers an area of 1900
square feet. 1t was planted in 1876. Within
another fourteen years, if nothing happens
to it, it will have outstripped the gigantic
800 years to grow inst. Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

Service IS some OF the conditions of society.
1t is due from all to all i'll different ways,
and the more fully and heartily it is given
the more .5lppily and permanently will
social life rrugrcss. So far from service
ever bcius q lar; Of degradation it is the
very mark of noaility, and he who refuses
to render it, whatever be his talents, or
power, or wealth, or education, is the true
object CT contempt. 1t is very often the
case that this serTice is bought and sold,
and, where the terms of the contract are
fair on both sides and honored by both, it
is as purely a business matter as the pur-
chase of goods, their delivery and their
payment. There is no question OF superb,
ority or infcriogity, no mark Of authority
or subsection in the one case any more
than in the other.-New York Ledger.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

Two tiny tots-twins-about 6 years old,
were the cynosure of many eyes one day at
the foot of West One Hundred and Fifty
fifth street because of the wonderful
courage they displayed and the antics they
cut up while bathing with their father.
The little ones were dressed in bathing
suits made of striped ticking, and a bevy
of young ladies who watched them de-
clared they were too cute for anything"
Standing on a float, side by side, first n
and then the other would dive headlong
into water ten feet deep, neither of them
being able to swim a stroke, and their
father would catch them as they arose to
the surface, laughing and anxious for an
other plunge. They kept up theirautics for
some time, to the great delight of quite a
crowd Of ]onlookers, who applaudcd the
tots for their fearlcssness.-New York Tel
eCram.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

A young couple, conspicuous in the set
known as the -Four Hundred who IL
habit q huge mansion in the most fashion
able quarter OF the town and diligently
ape the ways OF the English aristocracy,
were dining alone one evening when the
husband casually remarked, by the way,
Honoria, have we not a child aged about
81" Il Guess we ought to have, but III just
inquire, " replied the lady. John Thomas,
is there anurse in the establishment now?'
Eyes, madam" 'Then send her to me"
In a few minutes a daintily attired young
woman appeared from a distant part of the
mansion and informed the anxious mother.
"Why, certainly, you had achIld upto last
Sunday, but | lost her down town one day
last week. But no matter, the detectives
are after her, and when l get her back I'll
duly notify. '-ChatteE.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
4 Pilots Life.

The life of a pilot is filed with delightful
uncertainties. lie is like a scaled bottle
tossed o. the waves of the ocean. He may
be pickN up in a day, and he may be car
ried over the sea for more than Il week be
fore some passing steamer comes to 'rcscue
him" \ pilot boat left New York pre-
pared for a W weeks cruise. Within ten
hours from the time she left the bay she
WIS back at Staten Island, all her pilots
having been taken off by incoming steam
ers. She put to sea again and started up
the coast. One of her stations is at New
port, and she reached there eleven days
after her second start, having cruised all
over the ocean between New York and
Newport without having sighted a single
steamer.-New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
Under Control.

The amount of control which may be ex-
ercised over those actions which we are
accustomed to look upon as wholly invol-
untary is neither appreciated nor devel-
oped as it should be- There was not only
a clever stroke against an annoyance, but
a useful lesson in the means taken by a
clergyman not long since to suppress dis
turbance in his congregation.
1t was during the prevalence Of the in
flucnza that the Rev. DR.. Blank gave his
congregation reminder that will not soon
be forgotten. The various forms under
which the epidemic presented itself had in
common the faculty of making people
cough in church, and the disturbance
which arose from this source set all the
sensitive nerves of the divine on edge.
One Sunday morning in particular it
seemed as if half the people in the congre-
cation were coughing already, while the
Others were rapidly joining in with them
from the sheer force of example.
DR.. Blank was preaching elOquently that
morning, and partly with the interest in
his subject, partly from the necessity of
raising his voice TO make himself heard, he
was particularly impressive. Suddenly,
with no warming whatever, he stopped in
tuS very il4CSl "a Il SSlLClCG anu SGOOu per
fecly silent. Surprise held the congrega-
ton silent also.
It is well known to physicians that per-
sons taken by surprise will stop coughing,
and during the moment for which DR..
Blank stood regarding his congregation
not a single couCh was heard in the church.
The preacher held the attention of the
audience for a space which, although really
brief, under the circumstances seemed
long.
Il paused to remind you," he said at
length, that coughing is more largely IN
der a PERSONS control than we are accus-
toned to suppose"
He took up the thread of his discourse
and went on, bat for the rest of that day
at least there was remarkably little fur,
Their coughing in that church.-Youth's
Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
Eread TnllN.

In Philadelphia, not forty years ago,
they still kept the old "brcad tally" Did
you ever hear Of it? Inever did until this
young grandmother told me of it. the
customers had two pieces of wood, two or
three feet long, fastened together by the
ends, 50 that they were about an inch
apart. When the baker came with the
bread he would put a third rod between
the other TWO rods, and with Il file make a
notch ON the three. He kept the middle
rod, and both parties keep accurate ac-
counts OF their business. In Canada the
habitans still keep their accoEnts in this
way.-Julian Ralph in Chatter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
Resistance of Wood Posts to Fire.

The endurance of wooden posts when
subjected to the action Of fire has been
strikingly shown in a fire in England,
which occurred in a large warehouse, and
ragged with great fury for five hours. The
post was found eventually but little in
jured by the fire. 1t was taken out. and IS
a further test was placed in the midst of a
heap of shGvings, light and heavy wood,
saturated with petroleum. This was ig-
nited, and burned for two hours and q
half, at the end of which the post was
withdrawn and split longitudinally with
steel wedges in order to ascertain its con-
dition. The post was pitch pine-and
about the most infammable wood known
and yet, after an exposure Of seven hours
to intense heat, it contained within a
quantity Of perfectly uninjured and appar-
emily fresh wood, probably capable of sup
porting the whole weight which the origi-
nal post was designed to carry.-New York
Telegram.