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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-07-08

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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-07-08

WitnOut any teacher: You cornc 20 the rescue
Wucu bliss Luiargv deserted her lclsart0 clnss
80 sthibetiy. and cor;uiniy We ERE Mi improy-
lhS IN grace unior yuisr Instruction. 4 heard
you uiiiny Tommy Enmcs lust evening how
MS c'uo riadlo mist kts IN playing baseball,
you seem TO 10 up GA All tho latest fu,ls and
Know Jipst whnttO do under all circumstances:
you entertain beautifully, ana IN the last
month you buvo iDiptuy cd SO IN health, owing.
you teti mo, 10 your pi,yslcg ctiltuIc eek crci
mhcro do you get NIL or your information
trotn la this little out-of- the woy place ?-fcy
you never go To- tho city"
NATE: why, Jeunte, You viii make mo
Vhin. L bnNo UuIy one Eturco OF information
Dut " y surprising how II meets all wants. L
worry seldom hear OF anything now but what
Tue next lew days bring mo full information
on tho subject. Eayicf Mol Aiag.zinel
Aud great treasure il - 10 Va all. for IL
rally furnishes TO reading for tho whole
household; father has gwen up his maraZina
tnoJ 10 mas taken lar years, no says tfis
ono Rtycs moro and better Information on
the subjects or tho day; and mother says
thnt < 10 that thut makes hor such n famors
houSckeeper. In fact, wo all aarco that it IA
the only really FAMILY magazine published,
as w0 nave sent for Rlmplos or all OF them
ana nnu that ono Is ell for men, another all
Tor women. and another for children only.
WDlie this one suits every ono of us; so wa
only need To take ono instead or scycrnl and ,
TINT x whero tho economy comes in for It is
Only SzO year. Perhnps you think / am
COo hlViSh IN my praise; but VIII let YOU SEQ
ours, cor, better still, Sond 10 cents to tho pub
Usher, W. Jennings Demorcst, Is East l4th
Streot, New York, for q sample copy. and
shall always consider that have done YOU
great favor: and may bc you viii be cutting
tls ont, as you sny We have tho reputation OF
being tho best informed family In town. II
t tnat be SO, IL Is Demoyesss E9IpJly Magaztns
thai docs It
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-07-08

Grant, 3 vols., retail price 500
Sherman, : vols, retail price IS 90
Sheridan. 2 vols retail price 5000
Mcclellan, vol retail price 1878
All these ara bound IN cloth. Sreep
aud god, in uniform atYIe with Les'G
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-07-08
TO WEAK MEN

suforfng fson the efects Of youthful orruss suz4s
decay. wasting weakness Lost manhood. etuL. Vii
ssna valuable trcstxso fsoaled3 scns,inina fuii
spiendtd naedscai woek should b read by evury
man NO - pervcns and dcblhtakai-l AddrurK
PE0f. b 4. VoHLER. Ronds.s Cam.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-07-08
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Ne eel tho best American Indigo TO- ~ and -
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This catcher is a great invention. it
is simply sort OF two-tined pitchfork
fastened to the door jambs, so that 1t
will turn. and handle is provided to
turn it with The mail at by-staticn
is done up in Il special sack. strapped in
the middle to make it narrow waiste1,
so rs TO slip way into the catcher aud not
fall, aud is hung on n scitfolding by
means OF turning hooks, which are placed
in rings at both euds OF the pouch.
When the catcher Is turned horizontally
one tine, as it were, sticks out, aud
the narrow part Of the sack slides up into
the crut2h, when the catcher hits it,
sometimes sticking SD hard that it is diff
ticult to remove it.
Mail received on the route has to be
opened and distributed instantly, as there
may be something Tor the very next sta
tion, and where the train runs fast 1t re-
quires some lively work to get the pouches
ready.
The letters that are scnttering--tha; is,
few for any one town-are tied in II
bundle and addressed simply to the road,
as ogden and San Fran" These ARE
placed to one side in the distribution and
have to be worked in the letter case.
This case has innumcrabe pgeon.holes,
each one lab, for town or a mail
route, and there again the accurate
Knowledge of every burg in the State Is
required; for all those letters must oe
separated, examined and posted in the
case without the slightest delay. SuJse.
quently they are again tied into bundles
and thrown into sacks for their dcstina-
tion.
Errors are rigidly checked against
every clerk and he never ceases to study
and improve himself. Sometimes peo.
pie write horrible address or only half
one; perhaps there are several towns
of one name in State or similar names
in different States and the State ia left
ont, OF again new town springs up in II
night. These worry the poor clerk tn
death. Then there are the "niSics.'
These are letters addresscl to places that
do not exist, papers and parcels from
which labels have become detached,
bundles unwrapped and the address des.
troyed and many other things.
All of these are punched aud sent to the
nearest main division office marked
"nxies" and perhaps reported TO their
senders, MS it is impossible to tell where
they are to go.
Another convenience to people is the
car "drop,' where love letter, still
warm and perhaps still throbbing. is
deposited-naybc because just tinisned,
and maybe so that the young local post
master in village wont know who is
corresponding with whom. These let
ters must be kept out as fast as they fall.
The stamps have to be "Sillel and the
letters distributed Immediately. Each
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of ostentation. He leads more simple
life, in fact, than many of his mobiles,
and he cares nothing whatever for style.
He is one OF the hardest worked men of
his Empire. He rises at daybreak and
takes cup o, oofTee, says his prayers
and then beginS work, looking over his
State papers. At ! o'clock he takes
breakfast with his wife, and after break.
fast he exercises Tor while before going
back to work. He keeps his system in
perfect condition, and his stomach never
poes back on him. He has his dinner at
8 o'clock, but, like many big men, he
eats little, aad his drink is confined to "a
glass OF Burgundy. He always dimes
with his family, and his family relations
are most beautiful.
The Gear of Russia is in love with his
wife. This is an extraordinary thing
for a Russian monarch, and both peasants
and nobles have spoken to me in the
highest terms of his purity in this regard.
He spends his evenings with his family
and often reads to his wife while She en-
broiders, and there are number OF
stories here which illustrate this part OF
his character. II is now Twenty-Five
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A CURIOUS FLORAL CLOCK.

oration, is the floral clock which decor
ates the garden OF an ingenious Partisan.
The appearance of this oldest of time
pieces is shown in the accompanying cut.
The dial, which is not less than thirty
feet in diameter, is composed entirely Of
choice plants of various colors. The
hands, which actually move over the
face of the clock, are made in the same
manner, aud the whole effect Of the
arrangement Is that OF an immense bas-
ket of flowers. The mechs nism which
drives the hands is lodged in large
chamber built in the garden immedi-
ately beneath the dial. 1t is composed
of the usual machinery employed in OPP
Grating large clocks, except that 1t is
particularly constructed to move the
great weight of the earth which must be
supported by the revolving hands. This
is cleverly accomplished by making an
ordinary clock train release volume Of
water every minute and this by its gravity
operates the wheels that send tho heavy
hands forward. The whole arrangement
is exceedingly ingenious and interesting,
and, according to the Philadelphia
Record, is the daily admiration and won-
der Of hundreds OF the inventors towns
mon.
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throne. The Princess Dagmar was much
IN love with Alcxandcr's brother and she
did not want to be married to her pres
cnt husband. Alexander himself had a
sweetheart whom he was anxious to
marry, but State reasons made both these
young people give up their cherished
ideas, and Alexander III. woocd the
Princess Dagmar and married her. Love
came after the marriage, and thou gh this
was more than a quarter OF century
ago, they are lovers still.
The Empress of Russia is the reverse
OF her husband in appearance. She is as
slender and petite as he is strong and
massive. She is not beautiful and not
homely. Her nose is slightly retrousse,
but aer features are otherwise we'll
formed and her eyes are bright aud
kindly. She is one of the most beauti-
full dancers in Russia, and she is "a fond
of dancing as Danish country girl. At
the winter palace in st. Petersburg are
given each year some of the most won
derful balls OF the world. Seven thou
sand people can live in this palace, and
the thousands of dancers trip the light
fantastic toe over floors of ebony, of
rosewood and of ivory. Now and then
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rolled to their elbows, ard before the
train started the perspiration streamed
from their brows.
Along in the middle OF the car.
ranged on both sides, are the racks for
pouches, with thirty huig up in each.
and box-shaped receptacle is arranged
to slide along on ways between the two
racks, so that they can get at either end
readily to throw mail. 1t can be lifted
out when not in use. Into this box the
contents of every sack are dumped. All
of those sixty pouches, strung open
mouthed in the racks, are labeled tor
sverv town or city, be it great or small,
along the route with others named fer
roads aud still others for destinations far
beyond California. Now those clerks
must inspect every paper, parcel and
bundle Of letters, for letters are sorted
at the main Office and many OF them tied
in punches for different towns, for
which they are labeled, aud throw it
into the correct pouch as fast as nc can
work.
Papers, bundles, letters-everything
fairly flies in that car. Cold Spring is
away over In corner sack; bang! goes
ten pounds of papers, and then comes a
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happy home life than that of the Gar.
He has five children--three boys and
two giris. The eldesS is the Grand
Duke Nicholas. who is now twenty-four
years old and who shows himself to be u
bright, aggressive young Prince.
With all his greatLess the Gar is
more simple in his manners than any
monarch in the world. There arc no
fri!ls or furbclows about him. He talks
in a simple way to his friends aud to his
officials, and though he is the Gar in
every sense Of the word he is not pulled
up with conceit. Ho is probably the
richest monarch in the world. HIS in-
come amounts to more than $40, 900, 900
year and he owns moro land than any
other person in the world. He has
more than million square miles OF cul-
vatcd land and forest, and he has gold
and silver mines in Siberia, and his re-
ceipts are so large that no one knows
how large they arc.
1 wish could describe for you his
wonderful palaces. There is nothing like
them on the fac, oil the earth. | saw
a single crown in the winter palace
which had more than million dol
lars worth of je wells in it, and the treas.
ury at Moscow contains cart loads Of
gold and silver plate. The winter pail
ace is so large that it covers acres, and
there is a story that when it was burned
not long ago COW was discovered in
one of the unused rooms where u ser.
want had been keeping it and the people
of the palace knew nothing about it.
There are 1000 acres about one of this
summer palaces near here and it takes
600 men to keep these in order, and
the palace of Peterhof surpasses in its
beauties those of Versailles.
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monds. Her necklace is Of many strands
Of the purest pearls, and her vest II
mass of rubies, sapphires and diamonds
put together so that they blaze like fire.
One OF her gowns is Of emerald velvet
with a train of white velvet which Is
fairly covered with gold embroidery and
the front of which is linked with strands
of purest coral. The jewels on one Of
these robes would make an American
village rich, aud their value surpasses
computation. Ia the treasury at Mos.
COW saw the Empress coronation robe.
The train OF this was Of woven silver,
and there was enough of woven silver
cloth in the robe to have carpeted an or
dinary parior.
The Empress is the member OF the i'm
perial family who most fears the assas.
sination of the Gar. She is in suspense
whenever her husband is away from her,
and every time that his life is attempted
her nerves become shattered. She wor-
ries about her children, and doubt not
she often longs for her girlhood life in
largely that she is so fond Of dancing.
She can forget herself when she is on
the floor, aud us long as the mad callop
goes on she does not feel the presence Of
the specter which continuously hangs
over the Russian throne.
| don't suppose there is a family in
the United States which has a more
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All the beauties of the Paris court were
present, and as the Empress chstted with
him she asked him to point out to her
the most beautiful lady in the room.
The future Car replied that he was too
much of barbarian to thi nix any woman
more beautiful than his own wife, and
his actions toward her from that time
TO this have shown that he has continued
Of this opinion. Still his marriage to
her was one of diplomacy rather than of
love. She is. you know, the daughter
of Christian TX. Of Denmark, and her
name was the Princess Dagmar. She
had been engaged to the Cars elder
brother, who died at Nice, aud in this
way the present Car became heir to the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-26
The Grant TriI lets.

The well.known Grant triplets. Of
Torrington. Conn, Matthew a., Daniel
A. and William A. Grant, reached their
seventy first birthday anniversary on
Friday.
The three were born on September 80,
1921, in an old two.story farmhouse in
the centre of Torrington, and must have
been strong aud healthy children, for
they have had hardly day Of sicknss.
in their lives.
William and Daniel look much alike,
and are very often mistaken one for the
other, but Matthew is Of little differ
ent type, being shorter and more thick
sc'. They all have light gray eyes,
white hair, and bronzed aud weather.
beaten countennnces, aud look uncom.
monty well for men seventy-one years
old.
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road has II different stanp, so that re-
ceiving offices know who handled that
mail.
OF course the small stations occur at
very short intervals, and the consequence
is continued jumping about of the
clerk to land things on time. After the
first big receipt OF mail is worked up the
sacks from these stations keep coming
along aud intervals are very short.
However, rests come once in while (;
and then portion OF the trip report
embracing every transaction is written
up, or lot OF sacks arc tied
and locked. The lock that Uncle
Sam uses is very cumbersome ahd slow,
often vexing the clerk more than the
mail itself. A number of new devices
have been patented, but the Governme Mt
does not care to buy them. The labor
of locking sixty sacks and dragging
their heavy weight along to pile them up
ready for dumping is itself big job,
and rs fast rs hooks are emptied new
pouches must be spread open on them to
receive more mail
Registered packages are treated with
unbounded pIecaution. Every man who
receives one in its transit must examine
its condition aud then give receipt to
the last man, make out and forward one
Tor himself, keep q special record OF 1t
In book provided for tho purpose aud
include II iu his trip report. He is re.
quired to keep receipt for II for five
years, " in tracing lost one every re-.
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great frame In good condition by regular
exercise, and, like Gladstone, he often
goes out and cuts down trees in his
forests. He sometimes saws these trees
into lengths with a cross-cut saw and he
does all sorts Of manual work. He is an
athlete of the first order aud he is fond
of playing with his children, and during
his stay in Denmark he had number Of
wrestling matches at the palace there, in
each of which, l am told, he came out
victorious. He is found OF horseback
riding and has 15o saddle horses in bis
stables here. HIS stud contains some OF
the finest horses In the world. He knows
all about horses and is anxious to i'm
prove his stock aud is very careful about
the character of the horses which are
brought into the army. He often drives
himself, with his wife beside him, in
phaeton about Gatchina, and he holds his
reins with arms stiff, in the Russian
fashion. visited the museum in which
the imperial carriages are kept, the other
day, and spent hours wandering about
through the hundreds Of golden coaches
and gorgeous landaus, each of which is
worth many, many thousand dollars. |
handled harness which was inlaid with
precious stones and the metal work Of
which was of solid gold or silver. saw
harness cloth embroidered with pearls,
and the total value OF these trappings
and coaches runs high into the mil
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laundering along nnd the whistle gives
warning Of au approaching station. The
clerk grabs pouch, stutTs the last letter
in, hurriedy locks it and rushcs to the
door to heave the sack out and grasp the
handle of queer-shaped contrivancc
that hangs on the side of the car. 1t is
the 'catcher, that grabs pouch as they
nv along. Tipl something hits the car,
and in the crutch Of the iron catcher a
pouch doubles itself up like Il jack.knife
and is hauled in to be dumped aud
worked up.
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ceipt must be shown until the responsi.
bic person is found.
The postal clerk has need to be robust
10 health, active in mind aud body aud
enduring of fatigue above almost any
other calling. Frequently they are
obliged to work steadily for from twenty
to thirty hours, aud this in close,
stuffy car, rocking and swaying along
while they toll like troopers and eat and
sleep when aud where they get chance.
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down the whole length of the neck,
while behind each eye rises soft, tleshy
horn. Both the HORN aud the waffle,
may be dilated or contracted ut pleasure.
They are of bluish-purple color, min.
gied with scarlet. The color decpcus
when the bird is excited by anger or
pleasure.
The feathers of the crest, the chin and
the back of the neck are black; the
upper part OF the breast, the neck and
shoulders are light cinnamon, with u
dash of carmiDc and purple, varlc.a.ed
10y the white, eyeikc tips of the feathers;
the wings and part of the back are rica
amber, notified with brown and also
decorated with white spots. Little is
known Of the habits and manners of the
tragopan; but from their strong legs aud
round wings it is thought that they 10
not fly very much, but depend mere on
their swiltpess of foot thun on any power
of flight they may possess.
In the breeding season the tragopan is
to be seen at his best. His condition
and plumage are then in the highest
state of perfection, his beautiful wings
and tail are expanded, his horns erected,
his wattes inflated ana glowing with
bright colors.
There seems no reason why these birds
should not flourish in other countries.
They live in cold climate or temperate
region, and soon die if taken into the
hot plains OF India. Their food consists
OF grain and seed, and their flesh is n
delicacy, having much the same flavor
as that of the pheasant. aud Ex-
press.
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ever bestowed The mighty stride fro'n
numbering stage coach, dusty, uncertain
and slow, with enc man for driver, mail
clerk and postman, to the rushing specia!
mai, trains-grabbing and distributing
the pouches rs they tear along at sixty
miles an hour, and with nearly 1000
railway mail clerks working like bna-
vers to land the mail on time, has come
SO gradually that man, woman and child
regard IL as a matter of course, and rarely
stop to wonder how It all happens.
Through the courtesy of A. II. Mer-
rill, Assistant Superintendent of Rail
way Mail Service for this, the Eighth
Division, Chronicle representative was
permitted few days ago to ride with
che mail to Sacramento and return to
this city, and watch the whole progress
of newspapers. business and love lctters
from their authors to the happy reclpi-
ents. At the oakland mole a great pile
OF at least thirty pouches and tie sacks
was thrown into the car, and those not
being "worked" were piled in q corner
TO make room for an installment of
twenty more that were loaded in at Six
teenth street. The mail clerk on this
particular day Sunday was fortunate
enough to have the assistance of another
clerk, who was enjoying rest of five
days after five days run, as the I'M
usual weight of Sundays big paper mail
required two men. Both boarded the
train an hour before it started to work
up the first installment of mail. They
had each pair of oveiall, on, sleeves
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Cdd Decoration of 'h, Th jian Bird.

The somewhat remarkable bird de-
pictcd in the cut is to be found on the
boraers 3f China and Thibet, nut more
frequently ON tho slopes of the Hmslaya
Mountains. In appearance it has great
resemblance, in many respects, to the
pheasant. The plumage is very beauti-
fu,, being dotted with round, white
spots on brown and reddish ground.
The male bird i, distinguished by large
yat.les, which extend from the CHEEKS
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In A POSTAL CAR.
OPER ATIONs OF THE FLYING
POSTOFFiCE.
How the Clerks Handle the Mails
Catching Mail Bags on the
FIy-An Arduous
Occupation.

He wonderful faci'.
ity, rapidity and ac-
curacy which has
been attained in the
transportation and
delivery OF our daily
mails, although Of
such immediate I'm
portance are, says toe
San Francisc o
Chronicle, Que ot
the most ill.apprcci-
ntcd benefits which
an intlulaent and pro.
uressivc Government
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RUSSIA'S RULER.
DAILY IIFE AND CHARACTER
OE CZAR ALEXANDER.
Simple In Ills Habits and Very Fond
Ot Hts Famiiy-Hiche>t Man
in the wOrid--Ihe
Czarina.

HE daily life
Of the Gar
ofRussia. says
Frank Car
penter in the
N ew Y ork
World, is sim.
pie In the ez.
tire IN e. III g
k ceps hi
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A ClCcx Made Of Flowers.

A little masterpiece OF mechanism, and
at the same time model of garden dec