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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03
Our Old Fire Company.

That was a gay old company that
we belon ged to Joe. away back ia IS
when you end ran with the ma
chine Do you remember that big
fire in Hotel Row, one freezing
night, when hftssn people we're pulls
cd out ri their burning rooms and
came down the ladder In Iheir night
clothes and how Dick Greene
brought dawn two kids st once
one in his arms and the other slung TO
bis back2 Poor Dick lie got
the cstarrh dreSdfally, from so much
exposure, and suffered from IL FIVE
wears or more. we thought be was
going 10 cinsu ngfion. SIRE. But,
Gaal!y no heard Of Or. Saqs's ca
tarrh remedy. ana tried it, aBd it
cured aim up as sound as sdlDt. /
cell you, ISs, that o-serrh remedv IL
a great thing. II ssvsd ~ cool !
man and gss. ,Issge q arepsn a. ever
tro1
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

THE Coon FORTUNE or SOME
CoLoRED PEOPLE. The Kentucky
Court of Appeals has just decided
the case OF Lunkins against Samuel
Bigstaff. trustee OF the vast Taylor
estate in favor OF the Lumkin boys
This 10 the suit by four former slaves
Uf the late General Taylor against the
trustees TO recover twenty Eve acres
of land left TO each OF them at the
death OF Gen. James Taylor, Of Nav
port. in 1913. Az the time Of Tay-
lor's death he 1ss the posgsss0r of
City slaves, all o. VIII ,m he freed and
willed tweuty fYs acres OF land 20
each. None OF these slaves. for some
unaccouniable reason. ever mlde any
effort to recover. by suit. the land
given them until 1887, whsn ibe
Lumpkin boys brought the suit just
decided. The result Of the decision
and recovery in this case by thess
parties will be that ell Of the former
slaves Of General Taylor who are new
living, and the heirs Of those who are
dead. will come in for their portion Of
the estate. The total amount of The
estate will have 10 turn over will.
reach $4,000.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03
ConsumptIon sureIv c,,ro,,

10 TVS hDfroh:- Pioaao inform your readers
that have positive remedy FOR the abovs.nar,ed
disease By its timely uso thousands OF hopeless
cases have boon permanently cured. shall he Glad
- send two bottles Of my remedy FREE 70 any Of
your readers who have consumption n they win
sond me their Express and p. o. address. Respect
fully, T. A. sI,oOUM, n. O., lsI Pearl 81. II. 2.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

Every heart has is secret sorrow
which tho world knows not, aud Of
tentimes We call a man cold when
he Is only sad.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

There are TOO many people in tho
church who always look M though
they had been biptizei in Gold
water.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

Pride helps Us; ami pride is not q
bad thing when j, only urges "a tn
hide our own burts-not TO hurt
others.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

If you are ashamed Of your relir.
ION, you can write IL down for fact
that you ought, TO be, for you've got
the wrong End.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

Nine women out of ten would ra,h-
er have you praise thsir Judgment
than their beauty.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

IL is better TO Die the aaiI on The
besd twice than IL is to hi. the nail oD
the finger once.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

Don't you think, asked a concei. cd
fiddler Of critic, that can play the
violin Ike PaganlnR Yes, sstd he
critic, or any other Dinny.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

South Branch Railroad
TINE TABLE,
Trains leave and arrive at Romney, as fol
lows:
WINTER SCHEDULE.
in effectNovembe- l6. 1890
NORTH BOUND.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

Treius No $50 and 55; connect with Nos
10 and a. T'ains No. $50 and $50 couuec
with Nos 5 aud 10 At Green Spring.
J. T. GOLDSBORO, Agent
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03
To be jack OF all trades 10 one of
the castles, ways in the world to be
nothing.

Conteutment is cool thing until
It reaches the point where Il site Ia
tho shade and lets the weeds grow.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

SeS sionS OF the Courts
Circuit Court. 18th Judicial ClscuJk Hon
James d. Armstrong; presiding--Tesns -
zip as folio st
Grant County -Feurih Tuesday In March,
aTst Tuesday In June and third Tuesday u
October.
Hampshire County Fist IuesdAy IL fsb,
fuary, second Tuesday In Hey saa thai
Tuesday In September.
Hardy UountJ Second Tuesday In March
ltst Tuesday In May aud Ore, Tuesday b
October.
Mineral County--Second Tuesday in Jan
isry, fourth Tuesdsy in April and best TSss
lay In september.
Pendleton County--Seeond Wednesday ip
April, Wednesday after second Tuesday Ii
Iuae. and nrst Wedpesdsy 10 November.
County Court Of Hampshire County
John 8. Pancake President-R d. Powell
and VIM II. Pepper Commisaioers; g. S
White Clerk. The regular sessions are held
beginning on the first Tuesday in Jauuarsy
and April. tbs last Tuesday in July and IN
ourth uesday in October.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-03

You will never regret having sac.
rihced pleasure 10 fulhll q duty.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-13

No one doubts that DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy real
ly cures Catarrh, whether
the disease be recent or of
.ong standing, because the
makers of it clinch their
-aith in it with a $500 guar
lntee, which isn't a mere
newspaper guarantee, but
ION call " in a moment.
That moment is when you
prove that it's makers can't
cure you.
The reason for their faith
is this:
DR.. Sage's Remedy has
proved itself the right cure
for ninety-nine out of one
hundred cases of Catarrh in
The Head, and the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation can afford to take
the risk Of your being the
one hundredth.
The only question is-are
you willing to make the test,
if the makers are willing to
take the risk q?
If so, the rest IS easy.
You pay your druggist SO
cents and the trial begins.
If you're wanting the
$500 you'll get something
better a cnrc !
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-13
Spoilers ON STREET CARS.

S00h Spotted by tho Conductors, Thoy
Are Given tho Sixth degree.
Every strcct-car line in New York
employs from forty to sixty "spottcrs,'
who are paid twenty cents n round trip,
and whose business it is to see that all
fares received arc rung up on the car
Indicator.
Its the easiest thing in the world,".
said n Broadway car conductor to a
World man, ''for us to spot them. In
the first place they have to keep track
OF every person who gets on the cur and
they can be seen taking notes. The
usual method is for the spottcr to carry
a pocllctful of beans. AS passenger
gets on the car he transfers bean from
q full pocket to an empty one, and
when he leaves the car, as he usually
docs when it nearly reaches the ter
minus, he looks at the Indicator, and at
his leisure counts the beans and sees if
the number ITALICS with that shown on
the register.
usually the srottcr gets on the car
about five blocks from the starting
place: One of them once told friend
of mine that he had two pockets in one,
so he didn't have to take his hand out
at all. The spoilers word is always
taken, and it is seldom that conductor
gets anything but his dismissal notice.
There is no appeal from his report.
Seven trips day is the average made
by these men, and if they do not report
man or two week the officials think
they are not attending to business.
There is one consolation to honest con-
ductors, however, and that is that the
spoilers have men to watch them, and
no one spotter is known to another:
Their statements are all mailed to the
ear superintendent ut his residence, and
they get their pay each month by mail.
1t sometimes happens that two will
board the same car unknown to each
other, and perhaps give in different re-
ports. Whenever l am sure of n spot
ter give him the sixth degree as he
gets OFF the car.
Il can't tell you how it is done, but it
works to n charm, and before night
four or five other conductors know him,
and the next day he is known to us
many more, so that in few weeks
most of us get on, as the boys say. 1t
never fails, and the Spotter becomes n
walking sign to the men on the road,
whose eyes are as keen as can be-"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-13
JOINT STATEMENT
OF AUDITOR AND TREASURER
OF ELKO COUNTY.
For the Quarter Ending March 3 !,
1901.

STATE CnEn OF - TfEE,X.AADA.!s.s.
AUDITORS OFFICE.
April G. 1891.
To the Honorable Board OF County CommIs
sioncrs Of Elko County. Nevada:
GENTLEMEN: We herewith submit our Quar-.
tcIly Report Of the Finances OF the County
for the quarter ending March 81, 1891.
HRtspecIfully submitted:
GEO. II. MEIGS,
Auditor,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-13
SCORED THE EDITOR.

How POetess Was Moved to Anger
Against Il Magazine Autocrat.
well-known literary woman not
long ago sent poem to one of the
prominent New York magazines. says
the Boston Journal. She had repeated
~ done SO before, but in such cases she
received back her effusion with the
customary editorial dcclination blank.
After two or three weeks this pdrticu-
lar poem followed its predecessors.
The poetess did not happen to be at
home when the letter came, but her
husband was, and, as is his custom; he
opened the letter upon seeing the maya
zinc Imprint upon the envelope. His
wife had told him how often this same
editor had returned her poems, and find
ing the same editorial blank in this let
ter which he had frequently seen, he
bee Imc inpatient, drew out q pencil
and wrote across tho face of the blank
the single but striking word, "Rats.'"
lie placed the blank and poem in the
envelope, which, abscnt-mintlcdly, he
scaled, the mucilage not having nd
hcrcd when sent from tho magazine
!Dhtcc. The letter was not opened by
the poetcss until after supper, when her
husband had gone out for the evening.
Mechanically she opened the envelope
and was about TO tear up the editors
blank when the word written across the
the face of it struck her eye. She be-,
come furious.
Not recognizing the handwriting, md
thinking that some one in the magazine
office had written it with application to
Ter pocm, she sat down and wrote the
editor u letter which must have opened
his eyes. A spirited correspondence
took place, the editor disclairaing, while
the poctess accused.
The interchange Of letters ceased,
but firm as ever is the conviction of the
passionate poetess Of the EDITORS intent
20 insult her poem. Only two persons
recognized the handwriting, but neither
was IN aposition to. explain matters.
Perfumed for. n Thousand Ycnrs,
The mosque o6St Sophia, in Constan-
aEop(c> is always fragrant with the
stlor ID musk, and has been SO for hum
%;2c'Cls Of years, cvcrsincc it was rebuilt
&N tltc ninth century, the curious part of
% being that nothing is done to keep 4
3srfunpcd. The solution 10 the sceminr
tnTstcry lies in the fact that when built.
GHcr ONO Thousand years ago, the stones.
and bricks, were. laid in mortar mixed
Hith q solution of musk.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
Old Time Doodle.

The general court did not go
without it's little perquisites in col
ony days. According to DR.. shurt-
leffs Topography Of Boston" Gov
ernor's island was granted and con-
firmed to the said John Winthrop
and his heirs in fee farms, for which
they are to pay only two bushels of
apples every yearr-one bushel to
the governor and the other to the
general court in winter-the same to
be of the best apples there grow
ing" 1T is Supposed says DR..
shurtleff, that the apples were faith
fully paid in every year, and that
each of the members of the general
court carried home his poe kets full,
for again in 1912 the following sig
niicant entry appears upon the re-
cords: '"The bushel Of apples was
paid in. boston Transcript.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
To Suit the Room,

"Now Pllsh you over the house,
said friend to me the other day.
She had moved into a South Side
residence, whose numerous bay win.
dows gave one the impression of a
roomy interior, when in fact the re-
verse is true, says a writer in the Chi
cago News. She had made many i'm
provements, and was anxious to see
what good housekeeper she was.
On the third floor she threw open a
door disclosing an apartment about
the size of a bathroom in the aver
age fiat, and in which she stored her
trunks, valises, etc.
'"This," said she, was the room &C.
cupied by thetormer tenants maid-of-
all-work."
"Was there q hole sawed in the par
tition through which to extend her
feet?" I inquired, as the story related
by Frank Stockton flashed through
my mind
0, no! Emergencies are met in bet
ter fashion in Chicago. Instead of
making the room fit the girl as Stock
ton did, the girl is selected to fit
the room. The lady who formerly
resided here told me that she had
small mark on the parlor door, and
in choosing her help, if the applicant
came up to the mark. she got the
position, but if beyond it she had to
go, no matter how superior her quail
ifcations We're"
Probably during worlds fair time
advertisements for help will contain
some such clause as "Do not apply if
over 4 feet 8 inches in height"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
Woman's Way.

She was bright-eyed girl, and her
ripping hair a la Fauntleroy framed
and set very pretty face. But she
wanted a career like a man, and so
when the car approached her street
she made no sign to the conductor,
but began an excursion toward the
rear platform, intending to alight
without bringing the vehicle to q
stop. This would make all the pas
sengers admire her very much, and
wonder who 'that girl was.' As she
came nearer the conductor seized the
bell rope and inquired of her with his
eyes, but shel ooked out the window
and made no sign. She did not
want him to stop, she was going to
show how getting off a running car
is done. As she reached for the step
with her dainty foot the conductor
concluded to take no more chances
and ordered a halt with the bell; but
it was two late. The next moment
the beautiful girl leaped into the
arms of space. But alas! alas!
1t was the old, old story; she turn
ed her back to the foe. There was
that awful crashing sound which
mariners may sometimes hear when
a brittle ship, driving bows on,
strikes on sunken rock. In mo-
ment all was over, and when the girl
emerged from the tumult she would
have been discoverable, even in a
dense crowd, by her limp.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
How Wealth is TRANSPORTED.

!
Only the other day the vault keep
er sent over to the treasury a little
package that you could have put
comfortably into a hand bag and
carried away containing $4S,OOO,-
600 in $4,000 certificates tor legal
tender notes. In making such a.
transportation of wealth the sheets
of money are put into wooden lock
box and showed aboard a huge chill
ed steel safe on wheels, which CONVEYS
the millions safely through the
streets. The upper part of the big
vault is lined with cupboards, each
one of which bears the name of q
state. The cupboards are recepta-
cles for the national bank notes of
the various states. The notes and
certificates reach the treasury in
sheets of tour-or three in the case of
the bigger gold certifcates-and are
there cut apart and stamped with
the treasury seal. When the treas
ury wants money it simply makes q
requisition upon the vault keeper Of
the bureau OF engraving and print
ing for whatever it needs.-Washing-
ton Star. 4
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
Must GetOut of Africa.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Only two or three years ago it
looked as though the Mohammedans
were sweeDing everything before them
in Africa, and there seemed no rea-
son why they should not acquire q
controlling influence over the natives
as far south as ;:l,Ianbesi. All this
is now changed. In West Africa we
see the Moll;lnl,ll"Inn kingdoms from
the Sahara to the lower Niger and
the Benue falling. one after another,
into the hands Of the Europeans. In
the Egyptian Soudan the Mahdist
dominion is dropping to pieces. On
Victoria Nyanza most OF the Arabs
have been sit ughtered by Mwan-
ga, their dhows have been DESTROYED,
and the survivors have fed into I'm
yoro, where they cannot replenish
their ammunition stores. and near
ly 1000 soldiers of the British East
Africa Company are fast upon their
heels. Mr.. Stanley seems to have
very good grounds for his assertion
that there will not be q Mahamme-
dan in all central Africa, south of the
equator, within the next five years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
LOVE MAKING IN HAY-MAk,No.
Loves time Ia his own

Z Loves time Ia his own.
In frigid or torrid or temperate zone
In winter or summer or springtide, or whether
The sunshine is glorions or winds stretch
their tether
To batter n citv or play with feather
Love will have his way,
Whatever the weather;
And yet in the days that are gone as to-day.
The making ot love and the making OF hay
Somehow go together.
Loves way ie his own,
In frigid or torrid or temperate zone.
And whether at noontide, ateve. or ut morn.
ing,
He comes as he chooses, and comes without
warning,
And prisons and barriers are but his scorning.
So Love has his way
In spite of the weather;
But why in the present and past, tell ME,
pray.
Do making love and the making of hay
Always go together?
-Zitella Cooke in Century.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
A Regular Article of Diet.

In Paris and Vienna horsefesh has
long formed regular article OF diet
among the poorer classes. 1t is
publicly sold in the boucheries, and
served up in the cheaper restaurants,
sometimes with due acknowledge
ment, though more frequently as
beet: In Italy, people seem abso-
lutely Indifferent to what they eat,
SO long as it contains some nutri-
ment. Those who have seen foxes,
offers, and snakes hanging up in the
markets of Rome must have left in
amazement over the 'scomestabili''
with which Rome will stay his ap-
petite. The Berliner is not much
more particular. Hippophagy is,
nevertheless, an exotic taste in the
Prussian capital, and openly at
least dates from 1870, when the Ger
mans returned victors over the
French only in their turn to be con-
quered by the fashion of Gaul. It is
confirmed, in one of those statistical
works SO dear to the Teutonic minds,
that 1000 horses are every year
slaughtered in Berlin, the
flesh of which is partly sold
as "Pferdefeisch," and part
~ manufactured into sausages. At
one time, it was rare, even in, the
"75 pfennig restorations,'' to be
served with avowed horsefesh. Now
adays there is no delicacy about it,
and the poorer Prussian, even at
home, regards himself as fortunate
when he can indulge in 'spferde-
teisch," stewed in one of those ex-
traordinary sauces which no stom-
ach but his can brook. But for the
Braunscweiger and Frankfurter sau-
sages, they are eaten by everybody,
though their composition is no Sc.
cret; while the 'blutwurst," the
"mettwurst, !" the sleberwurst," and
q host of articles of like character
are accepted without any invidious
research into the species of animal
which yielded their staple flesh.
They are, at all events, no worse
than the Lyons sausage, or that of
Bologna, witch claims no loftier par
entage than the domestic donkey
and is rumored to be a general re-
ceptacle for any bit Of any beast
which may prove chopable.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
Clasped by Severed Hand.

June ~ FreQerlCk Miller ana D1VlQ
Heller, two employees at the furnace
at the rolling mills, were killed by a
premature explosion ofHercules pow
der while blasting out salamander
from the bottom of the furnace. Mil
Ter was standing directly over the
drilled hole at the time of the explo-
sion, and was terribly torn and dis
figured. Both arms we're blown off.
But one was found. Every effort to
find the other arm proved fruitless
until yesterday.
The Work!nen saw an object cling.
ing to one of the stay rods that help
to support and keep in position the
stacks on the top OF the furnace.
Through curiosity they climbed up
to the top, and they saw sight that
not only filled them with horror but
with wonder. There in full sight of
all was mans hand with only the
stub ofan arm attached tightly clasp
ing the rod above mentioned.
There can be no doubt but that
the hand is that of the unfortunate
Miller. The only theory known for
the strange freak of the bodyless
hand is that the hand was blown out
of the top of the high stack, and in
coming down the muscles, still active,
contracted when the hand struck the
rod and fastened to it with a deadly
grip. From the position in which
Miller was standing the hand could
not have reached the position it oc-
cupied other than in the above man.
ner. The muscles could not have re-
Taxed much after first contracting,
else the hand would have tallen.-Bra-
iii Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
A Story Of William H. Seward.

Chicago Tribune.
An English gentleman who has
large interests in the United States
and who divides his time between his
own country and this, was enter tain
ing several of his friends at the
Union Club.
II was in this country" he said,
when Mr.. Seward. of New York, was
in the senate. Regarded him then and
until after l had seen Mr.. Lincoln as
the most wonderful man / had met
in your country. Ihad occasion to
call on Senator Seward, with Others,
and as they were statesmen and
diplomats in their country you will
understand that the talk was about
other subjects than the weather.
One of the topics was the tariff. A
gen tleman OF the party differed
materially from Mr.. Seward, but the
difference left no wounds. Mr.. Sew
ard turning quickly to the gentleman
mentioned, asked:
"-'You are not a citizen?
NO, was the reply.
You ought to be- said Mr.. Sew
ard.
In one sense replied the foreign
er, I am a citizen of your country
" But not voter said Mr.. Sew
ard.
mo, but I may be permitted to
say replied the foreigner, that If
l should ever conclude to become a
voter in your country it would be for
the purpose of casting a ballot for
you, sir, for president
"Mr. Seward turned away, as re-
member it now, sadly, and replied, in
a voice which thought pathetic:
"'Ah, sir, you will never become a
voter if you wait for that. The peo-
pie Of my country are not in accord
with my views sufficiently to even
name me for president"
But Mr.. Seward tried for the nomi-
nation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
THE PERFECT MAN.

In each mans dress. If you but look,
You'll find some imperlection.
Perhaps his necktie has forsook
His collar in erection;
Or sleeves and cuffs. by some strange crook,
Have failed to make connections.
You'll notice that his trousers bag,
Or else his shoes need heeling;
His handkerchief may be a rag,
With sundry holes revealing;
His coat tails curl and play at tag
And point up toward the ceiling.
His shirt perhaps are not just right,
His coat has got wrinkle;
His waistcoat is On inch too tight
(He's fat. See eyes, They twinkle).
His stovepipe hat (oh, such slightly
Reminds you of Van Wrinkle.
But when the perfect man you meet,
Look out for this conniver.
Though fawless in his dress and sweet,
He surely is no thriver.
The chances are he is beat,
And wants from you flyer.
-Clothier and Furnisher.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
The Greendale Oak.

A curious historic interest ATTACHES
to the great Greendale oak OF Wal
beck Abbey. One hundred and sew
enty-six years ago The Duke of Port
land made wager that he could
drive a coach and four through the
hole made in the trunk. He won his
bet and ruined the tree. Measured
above the dukes arch it is 35 feet 3
inches in circumference. The arch is
10 feet 3 inches in height, with a
width above the middle of 6 feet 3
inches. The height of the top of the
branches is 81 feet.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.