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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-24

SPRINGFIELD. July GA merry
party of boys and sirls participated
IN q 'Haying party last Friday
evening. Their coach and four
consisted OF large hay wagon.
partly loaded with new mown hay,
drawn by four spirited horses.
driven by a coloreI coachman.
The ardor Of tho crowd WA eys-
Gently not dampened by the damp
ness OF the evening, for they made
so much music ~ with their sIeig h
bells, horns end bngles that we
doubt not but some of those alon z
the road thought Gabriel he'd blown
bic trumpet. TIE evening was very
pleasantly spent at Mr.. Ed. Wash.
ington's where the young folks are
always snre of good time, and
owing 10 the rain, we didn't get
home till mo:ning-till broad Cay
light
Rev. Mr.. Moffm. Mr.. Rol ert
Shriver and DR.. Tom Heafy iof
Cumberland have been fishing on
the SoIth Branch for several dave.
They have their own boats aud
tents with them.
Mr.. Ned b. Gregg Of Baltimore
is iiting friends here.
Mr.. James w. Thompson is In
town to-day assessing real estate.
Miss lizzie Daily has gono TO
Oakland 10 see her sister-iu law
MA. A. Daley. who is i'll.
Miss Mollie KeuDifer of Cums,
btrland is the guest of Mira. Bowen.
|. Prepar atioLs are being made tor
nice time at our festival Thurs
day and Friday.
Messrs. Ed. Washington, Law
son Blue, Sr., and David Henry
Clay Stonewall Jsckson Smith,
went to Lexington yesterday t > at
tend the dwelling of Jackson 'ssta
tue. Mr. Washington carried with
him locust cane, made Of wood
from the house in which General
Jack -on was BONA present from
DR.. BowcocS of Clarksbutg,W Va.
GUESS.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-24
THE MARKETS s.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET
Thursday. July II 1901

thursday July IL 1891.
ICattle are sold AZ hese figures live weight
Hogs are sold net weight, t1at Is 20 pe
cent generality OF from live weight
sheep are ri grocs, that is live weight
OF nothing &
AZ CAI.YERTON YARDS.
Prices o. Beef Cattle this week ranged Al
follows: Best Beeves At 5 IA a IS. 40, those
Centrally rated fret quality, 81 25a B5.I21.
medium or good fair quality l2I 81 ia
and ordinary thin steers, Oxen and Cows
80 80 90 per 100 ne.
vi the Cattle received 30 head came from
harylaDd, 775 from Virgins, iOl from West
Nirginia, 40 from Illinois, al from Ohio
ana 1902 from Kentucky. Total
receipts Tor toe week l72 head against 1910
ago
Or the offerings today 1918 head we're taken
% Baltimore butchers By country
dealers, sud 81 BY Eastern buyers. Total
sales Tor the week 1872 head against II9.
last week. and go head same week on,
year ago.
SHEEP AND LANBs.-There have leen Oerv
neaVT receipts this week, the number beine
nearly 5000 head more than the foil mum
per OF last week. The Sheep have besh yery
AIR AZ 70 quality, but TIE Lambs have MOI
peen 50 good. The market has been yer,
duili and prices for Shsop are OF lac and
20 le lower for Lambs. We quote sheen a
Sta4t cents per ID gross, a few extra A shsd
higher. Lambs &a6 cents Der 10 gross Tb
leceipts Of heep add LamSs this wesk nm
Tered il ,792 head,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-24
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.

Tne Ieschers' Institute for Bamp.
shire comfy for thu ensuiny VA,
wi De held al Romhey, commencing
July 70. aud will be ccniucled t., DR.
n. Z, Schaeffer, president OF kerr.
town Normal School, Pa, AMI Pref.
Il. IL. Stafford, New York State Ia
sttute instructor. Ih!sis 10 he 9
Peaboiy Institute.
A fu.i attendance Of ;he teachers is
re9ui'e5. School cfi.e-s asd tic
public are cordially invited To attic ID
j. +. .1UTWlLER,
July 40 1891. Superintendent.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-24
THE UNWILLING.

The one event which has been tue
topic of conversation for the last
weeks and months took place OF Lex
ington. Virginia, lat Tuesday amid
crowds and crowds Of people. A sim.
pie stone placed on the grave by his
devoted wife has been the only mark
Ing OF the last resting place OF Gen.
Stoncwall Jackson for the twenty
eight years that have passed since
his death; but on Tuesday last the
beautiful monument, the gift OF his
comrades in arms and other frien ds
who love his name AMI honor his
memory vas unveiled. The statue is
said to he asplendid production. both
as an admirable likeness and work
OF art. The top Of the figure is nine
teel feet and Two inches above the
ground, the statue itself being 8 fee:
high. the bronze plinth upon which Il
rests eight inches and the granite pc
destal ten feet six inches. On the
front OF the monument is the inscrip
lion-"3ackson 1824-l863." and
upon the reveree side the word STONE.
WALL. The base 10 of Virginia graz.
lie and consists Of six pieces.
The last surviving commander
oftho StOuewall Brigade, M,jor Gen.
eral James a. Walker was chief Mar.
shall; Lieutenant General Wade
Hampton, who succeeded Gen'l j K.
Is. Stuart in command OF The cavalry
corps OF the Army Of Northern Vir.
gina, presided at tie memorial
meeting and Lieut. General Jubal A.
Early who commanded a corps 10 the
army Of Northern Virginia delivered
the Grafton OF the day on the military
achievements and character of Lees
great Lieutenant. A poem prepared
by Slrs. Margaret Preston, q sister.
in'law Of Stonewall Jackson was read +.
Rev. DIR. A. G. Hopkins, pastor OF
the Presbyterian church at Charles
iowa this State who was intimal ely
associated with General Jackson dur t.
ing the war as Chaplain in the Stone
wall Brigade conducted the religious
exercises in n most beautiful and i'm
pressiVo manner. The little Eve.
year old grand daughter Anna Jack
son Christian withdrew the veil and
brought to the view OF the great au-
dience the lifesize figure of one OF
the greatest and best men the world
ever knew.
Following are the names Of our
county.men who went to The unvoil.
ing:
Ex.Confederates, George II John
son in command Of company, DIR. O..
w. Finley, John 8 Pancake, S. L.
Flournoy, G.. s. White, j. Vim. Po-
ling, II o Hnuser, WIN Montgomery,
Daa'l 10y, Jefferson Poland, Ephraim
Ilerriott, Simon Rudolph. Isaac v
Parker, Joseph A Pancake, M F PO-
ling BOney 10y, Jacob Harner, Shad-
racb Mills, VIM Mills, John Stick
ley, John + Peerce. Stephen Hannas
James Hnines, Wash Watkins, Col
Alex Monroe, Abe Barnes, Newton
Lewis, Thomas Il Gulick, Charles NJ
Davis, Lawson Blue, Edward Wash,
ingtOn, Isasc Taylor, Captain VIM a
Powell Benjamin Haiues ] w Short,
V NJ Polling. Frank Singleton Ste
ven Haines, S n Williams David
smith, David FOX, w Tay Tor, i
t Mills, Il w Barnes and VIM II
Maloney.
And from Hardy county: Isas,
Vanmeter. william Vanmeter, Sam
Heltzel, James Cunningham viii
Writ Harness, Fred Bierksmp, john
Newhouse, Wsrfield Taylor nd j
VIM Gilkeson, Esq.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-24
BUSINESS EDUCATION

The Mountain State Business College,
Fairmont, w, Va, te-opens September 10Th.
prepares DC tn sexes for business. Healthtul-
ly aud beautifully located on the Nonongahe-
la river. A LIVE school for the training oil
LIVE men. Thorough instruction in
Book keeping, Banking, Commercial Law,
Penmsnship, Telexrsrhy. Shorthand and
Typeawriting. No charge tor situations
furnished, For Information address,
A. G SINE, Principal.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-24
A Jauu. to the Sea via B.. & ORR.

( Hhose who have not yet awaited themselves
~ tbe extremely low rs,es and superior train
Sc vice OF the o. o. e.. r to A tlau,ic CITY
( VII have smother OPPORTUNITY on July 30,h
ven the 'h,td seaside excursion will be rrt
flor these simmer jsguis 10 the sea IN, r b
X, X. provides last Limited Express ira ms
WIN ullman cars attached which, with IN
picturesque scenery and constant Succession
OF cities aud busting towns enroute. .deprIye
The journey OF weaIine:s or mono,ony. Tick
els VIII be so'd at all stations OF b. & o
lines ss far east OF The Ohio River as Wssb-
ing'ou Junction. Md. and will be valid for
return passage on any regular train uuul
: Just 9Th inclusive and will permit In.
holder to stop off ca return journey at Wash
ingtoo where attractions for visitors abound
q, oil seasons Passengers by dsy trains
ION sPena 'he night al Philadelphia aud take
auy regular train of the Reading route the
following day. Friday for The seashore.
For rates Of fare consult appended table.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-24
BUCKLEN's ARNICA sALvE.

The Best Salye in the world fer Cut,,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhenm, Fever
Sores, letter. Chspped Hands. Crib aims
Germs and all SIX in Eruptions, aui pcs iy civ
culeS Piles or 10 ray required II is quar-
antetd 10 Civ e petfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price % cents per box. Fer sale
by Williamson A Diller
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-24

Acrneos- or >-se E.iSCn- E-ssbff, f,o..,
@'efy Sttrcd by administering ar.
t.rtaes' <Sl.s..ss Sf>rcinc.
II r. manufactures .. A $500, x.b,g, -,
- flas Of eecr, cup 81 cores or trN rr ~, tss
Nlth3ot the Soo edge ofthe psIier.t rtls assitSi
nsISaISss. aud win ofcc: . ptrir sacnt 50 Soc,
81 Nnetner no patient ~ moderate Ssanfcr ~
oe-t-o.ie ~rrcs ~ fe9 bcca Ktv-n IN .rCnsfs,s.a
g esscs eilc "a cxc-y !rstsrc1 psrtsct rs - y ~,
- ..t, ~ ave- ala. Tac ryatcrl ouce lrlrrtsa 4.
,s,h saS SpeeifeAt eSsors,s n,ter Tr pcsi t,,z
t1o nolSr appetite 70 cEtst. Cures E.zra utusi
=. Easc BOOK OF pErticulars fscs. Aser,.sx
bclEsS SPECIFIC Co, 80 R.eoss- tlarinan.,>
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-10
Abusing the Voice.

As the voice is the most delicate of
instruments and one which resents at
once any abuse of its powers, be sure
that YOU are not misusing it, Emma G.
Thursby saws in The Ladies Home
Journal. 1t is the easiest thing in the
world to detect such misuse when it
exists. After singing for twenty minutes
stop and see if there are any feelings
of weariness or evidences OF huskiness
about the throat. If there are. you are
forcing your voice, and you will show
your wisdom by not singing again un-
ill YOU have learned how to use it
properly. Some people learn naturally
how to use the voice. while with others
it is matter of necessity that they
shall be taught. And rs there is no
surer way to lose voice than to
abuse it, if you find that it is not as
easy for you to sing as to laugh, and
if you desire to do anything in the
future with your voice. cease singing
unit! you can secure a good teacher.
1t will not hurt your voice to remain
unused. though. of course, early train
ing and constant practice are most de-
sirable.
If, however, you find that you are
using your voice properly and that
your efforts are pleasing to your
friends, sing as often and as much in
your home and in your friends par
lors as you please, remembering al
ways that it is better to sing half-a-
dozen times a day for ten minutes at
time. than once for an hour. Never
sing for longer period than ten min
utes, without resting. 1t is dangerous
in the extreme to tire the voice, and
this evil will take prompt and sure re-
venge by roughening its quality and
spelling its natural sweetness.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-10
FoaElen.

Thousande Of people In ireland are
being saved from starvation by funds
from America.
Timothy Healy was mobbed and
almost killed at Cork March 20.
Prompt vengeance has fallen upon
Ramiasatra, the governor OF the PROV
inee Of Belangna, Madagascar, who,
according to news received here on
March A, Tnassacred 27S persons be-
longing to leading families. Dis
patches just received here state that
Ramiasatra, together with his brother,
who Is supposed to have instigated
the massacre, were executed on the
spot where the wholesale killing took
place.
A fight is reported between the
Venezuelans and the English on the
disputed British Guiana boundary.
Italy contemplates steps to check
emigration to America.
The workmen's congress in Spain
has decided to strike II necessary for
an eight-hour day.
Arthur Wilson, at whose house the
gambling row occurred while the
prince OF Wales was present, causing
SO much scandal, has been appointed
by the queen high sheriff Of York.
France and Russia have formed
some sort OF an alliance that alarms
Germany.
The Hamburg cigarmakers' strike
cost $4,000 marks and collapsed.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-10

George Wharton of Brown county
tells blood-curdling snake story.
Mrs. William Huxelly, living in log
cabin, was making soap in the back
yard. having kissed her sweet little g.
month-old baby to sleep in the cradle.
Presently the baby screamed and she
rushed in and was horror-stricken to
find a hideous black snake of enormous
size trying to swallow the child.
1t had ingulfed the hand, swallowed
it up to the armpit, and was writhing
in its contortions and efforts to make
further progress. Grasping the hid
eous reptile in the middle it seemed to
relax its hold and disgorge the chlld's
arm. then turned upon its mother.
She dashed it 10 the floor and stamped
it to death. 1t proved to be of the
black racer species. seven feet two
inches long, and measured six and a
half inches in circumference The
babe lived. and the ouiy Inconvenience
it suffered from its terrible experience
was that its arm and hln'l We're blis-
tered as if scaldcd in hot water
Ydb;i3y1I HCrn}d
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-10
Making a Home.

1t seems pity that the young wom-
an who is about to establish n home
and has sum of money to spend for
its garnishing cannot be persuaded
from laying ii out all Mt once. She
robs herself of so much future enjoy
ment The spick aud span sets of
furniture which are carelessly ordered
from an upholsterer. and carried home
and stood around her parlors by his
men. will never afford her half the sat-
isfaction she can get in room for
which to-day she buys chair. aud
next week. seeing there must be a ta-
BILE to accompany the chair, she starts
on fresh shopping excursion, and
finds II table which is exactly What she
is looking for; and in another month,
discovering the need OF a bookcase or
n screen, she has again the delight of
the hunt. and the qualification of OBJ
tanning the prettiest screen aud book
case in the city.
Such room is a growth, II gather
ing together. of household treasures
little by little, aud piece by piece.
Each article. bought only when the
need arises, or when something Is hap
PLY found to Just meet the need, Will
have family history which makes it
an entertaining as well rs valuable
possession. Each couch and footstool
is au achievement; each rug and cur
tain represents triumph. Such a
home, built up gradually, with careful
planning in each part, with thought
and loving consideration in all details,
acquires u meaning far deeper than
could be purchased by the longest
purse from the most fashionable cab
met maker HaFpeT'S Bdzdr.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-10
THE GEORGIA "eaAckea..
A Glimpse at the HabItattons OF tn .
Southern sIliI Operatives.


The choicest of these rickety abodes
was described by a girl whose only
home it had been for fourteen years:
Il reckin hit II set up thar right
smart while yit. but hit $ pow'ful cold
en- leakv." Even where better quart
ers are obtainable the cracker prefers
some great shackling structure i'm
possible to heat or TO humanize. be-
cause. forsooth. as one occupant al
legged, here we has a dinin'-hall.
Wont to flock to the suburbs of a city,
just beyond tax limit, they herd, dirty
and disorderly. in filth and semi-idle-
ness in leaky novels without other
furniture than the barest necessaries.
If there is ground enough to grow a
few vegetables, the responsibility of
eultivating it becomes a pretext that
often depriyes household of the earn
ings of its head. Men habitually
abandon work on pretense of -4makin'
er aardin." A little girl. who with her
sisters help supported a family of six.
wHen asked why her father did not as
sisi, excused him on the plea, dad
does uur ar'inin''--the garden being
Il plat ten iv twelve.
WaEes in the Georgia mills seem low
when judged by Northern standards;
vet when the cost of living and the
surroundings anu the eIlcleucy VI tuc
operItiycs are taken into account. pay
is relatively as high as where more
complex civilization has created artiti-
cial wants. The inter-dependence in
the South between corporation and
employees is rare in New England
factory villages. The names. resid-
ence. circumstances. needs. failings.
or virtues are here well known to the
officials; in time of trouble or suspen-
sion of work money is freely advanced.
and by an unwritten code of human
feeling long illness or other disability
often brings the regular weekly pay.
Not only are relations more friendly
and intimate than at the North, but
there is conspicuous freedom from the
spirit of drive and despotism. Even
New England superintendents and
overseers in these Southern mills soon
glide into tho prevailing taissez-fa
or else leave in despair. though adj
mitting that the cracker might be
trained to the highest efficiency.-Ihe
/ Century.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-10
BIRDS THAT EAT STONES.
The Emu Points North Because OF what
lie HwMIInwsM.


Keeper Patrick Marin OF the Cen-
trail park menagerie gives some infor--
nation on the diet OF the ostrich and
other iarge-stomached birds says the
N. Y. EEening sun.
II Is well known that these birds
swallow ii regular allowance of stones
every day. but it Is supposed that their
only purpose is to aid digestion. MIR.
Marin. however, says that they are
digested. He Is willing To repeat this
assertion before all the academies Of
science In the world. Keeper Mnrrin's
sentiments are summed up us follows:
'Ihayory alone is not wurruth dam.
But thayory and experience together
Is n valuable thing" He believes he
has this. His experience with osiriches
extends over many years. lie has
seen them eat all kinds of stones. from
chunks of granite To diamonds and he
knows that they digest them. II sionld
be said that the ostrich does little else
but eat, aud has therefore "a very pow
erful digestion. Uhlikr man nnl ihe
quadrupeds. he never gives his stomach
"A rest except when he is aslcrp.
The chssowarv has II passion for
brilliant stones. THIS bird Is II relative
of the ostrich. but il distinguished hy
his hairless blue and viulcL neck lie
once served II useful purpose in the
following rhyme:
'Jf were u cussowary
Ga tho banks of Timbuctao.
would ent "A missionary.
Aud Ills gown and hyuIu bO I, too
Unfortunately for this charming
composition The cassowary does not
grow near Timbuctou. but is a native
of the Moluccas and other East Indian
islands. There can be no doubt. how
ever. after what Mr.. Marin has said
that the bird could eat and digest a
missionary.
A short time ago a visitor to the
menagerie held his hand toward cas-
sowry. On it was n ring. in which IA
good-sized diamond was loosely set.
Without the least hesitation the casso-
wary picked out the stone and swal-
lowed il. and no one has ever seen IL
The same thing has often happened
before. The cassowary. sats Keeper
Marin. is a bird which usually eats
whatever it feels inclined to without
regard to its composition.
The emu, another member of the
ostrich family. is also addicted To the
stone-eatiug habit. But one of them
/ in the menagerie has found out a kind
of stone which he is apparently un-
able to digest. This was Il loa,lstone,
which he swallowed more than a year
/ ago. Since then the bird has pointed
/ due northerly, from which fact il is in
| ferred that he retains the loadstone
and is unable to resist its polar at
/ traction. The poor bird Is painfully
/ conscious of his misfortune aud when
anybody is looking at him tries to turn
+ to some other point of the compass,
/ but is Obliged to resume before long
| his northerly direction.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-10
She WouIdn't Wash Dogs.

A curious ease of especial interest to
elderly spinsters and lovers of house
pets is shortly to come before the
Berlin courts. A young woman was
engaged as companion to an elderly
lady at stated wages, but ran away
from her place two days after entering
service.
Her mistress procured her arrest
under the law that a servant must give
due notice before leaving her situation;
but the police, after hearing the girls
statement, told the lady that size could
not compel the girl to return, and
could only claim damages in the civil
court.
For the girl stated. and her state
ments have been proved true. that on
entering the lady's flat four immense
dogs jumped at her, although they did
not do her any harm. In the next
room another big dog, with litter of
pups, met her gaze, while the third
room was tenanted by at least three
dozen different varieties of birds.
The kitchen of the old lady was given
over to the cats. and the girls sleeping
room was converted into temporary
hospital for invalid members of the
animal world.
The old lady," said the girl, was
very kind to me. but as my duties con-
sisted in washing all the dogs daily,
and had to share my bed with half a
dozen dogs and cats, / was obliged to
run away to avoid sickness"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-04-10
A Valuable Hat.

1t was on the |. Il G. N train going
north from Austin, says the St Joseph
(Mo.4 Ne1cS We were getting close
to the crossing of the 4. X \. w. mar
row gauge where there was "A switch.
when we suddenly slowed up. Look
ing out we saw a man close up to the
engine with Winchester at his shoul-
der. Two or three more were com-
ing out of the cedar brakes on both
sides of the track. They had got the
signal man at the crossing in their
power. and had made him signal "A
stop. And now they had the train nt
their mercy.
While the man in front kept the en-
giueer sighted. the others got into the
express car and rifled the safe. Then
they came through the coaches.
We were all getting ready to give
up our money aud watches. when one
of them said:
Keep quiet. gents, and we won't
harm you. We won't rob you of a
cent"
They passed on until they came to
where a drummer sat with a brand
new felt hat on his head.
I'll leave your money" said one of
the train robbers, but that hat is
more than can pass. Fair exchange.
ye know
And with that he stuck his own
greasy sloucher on the drummer's
head and put the brand-new one on
himself.
The people in the car all laughed at
the mans good humor, and after II
while the gang took 10 the woods and
the train went on.
well, we got off easy" said one
man.
Yes, none of us lost a cent" said
another.
Excuse me, gentlemen, said the
drummer with the greasy hat, but
just before the gang came | stuffed
800 in bills into the lining of that new
hat of mine.n