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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-29
THE CATALOGUE.

Besides such record-breaters as Dex-
ter, 2;I7i; Rarus, 2:l3i, Maud g., 20si.
and sunol, 2,Osi, i own or have owned
Alfred g.. record 2:I6i; Edwin Forrest.
record 2:ls. trial 2:ili; Pickard, record
2:isl; AnseI. record 2:2o; Music, record
2:2IA; Mosley, record 2:2li; Joe Elliott.
the first horse 10 trot q public trial in
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-29

Ifyou feel all broke upland out Of
sorts agitaie your liver with simmons
Liver Regulator.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-29
ROBERT BONNER's CATALOGUE
Some Interesting Facts About the
Bicycle Sulky.

Mr.. Robert Bonner has Issued bis
1898 catalogue of trotting stock, at bis
TarrytOwn farm. He prefaces this
catalogue with the following "memo.
randa:'
In this catalogue will be found the
names of two trotters that have made
the fastest time ever made previous to
the introduction of the wOnder-wOrk-
ing bicycle sulky last July. Maud 3 =
2.063 10 the fastest ever made on regu-
latiOn track, and Sunol's 2.08l is the
fastest ever made on kite-shaped
track, until the horses had the advan-
tage. in the latter part of last season, Of
the ball-bearing' axels and pneumatic
tires, which Increased their speed, on
an average, from five to six seconds.
In the opinion of good judges-and it
is my opinion the horse has not yet
appeared that can equal, much less
beat, Maud SIS time on the same track
where she trotted and harnessed TO a
similar sulky. All who have tried IL
so far have failed.
Mr.. l.. G. Underhill, very we'll
informed and able writer on turf mat
ters, and who is one of the associate
editors of the American Horse Breeder,
concludes a very interesting article
or bicycle records as follows:
"One trainer told me recently that a
mare in bis stable that had reached her
absolute limit at 2:lS3 drew bike in
2:15 the first time she Was hitched
to II, and shortly after reduced her rec.
ord to 2:134. Another trainer said to
me when l asked bis opinion of the
gained: 1T Is is much more
than the majority admit, and with
some horses II 10 fully ten seconds.
Amid all the opinions, the column Of
figures show what has been done, and
we know this is not speculation, but
sold facts. After treating the subject
i'm partially, think all must agree
with the noted trainer, Mr.. Charles
Marvin, and iDdorse bis opinion, w bich
was. But for the bicycle sulky, not a
record would have been broken In
1922"
began the acquisition Of fine horses
Oh account Of III health in 1855, thirty
six years ago. and have continued to
pursue 1t from my love for the horse.
THE CATALOGUE.
Besides such record-breabers as Dex-
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-29

A NEW DEAL "A. N. Hales has pur
chased the X. r. Ryan livery barn. NJ
the rear Of the WilIamettee hotel. II.
has put In considerable new stock. IL.
the way of horses, harness, etc. Tn.
vehicles have all been put into first elias.
order, and new ones are being added
II. H. Price. the late popular driver II
the Capitol engine team, win manage
the business, and take pains To pleass-
all patr lDs. 5at3w
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
The Hardy Bronco.

The western Coloradoan performs
msryels with broncos scarcel better
broken than this indicates. An East
ern hunter was accompaniedby 8 guide
riding freshly broken bronco, and
that hslf-wild creature was made to
carry him over miles of the toughest
imaginable mountain wilderness. After
the newly broken bronco was relieved
OF his masters weight, and the guide
had transferred himself to another
horse, that dooile little beast patiently
followed the party for miles over the
mountain and through woodland.
The bronco quickly learns to follow
and to stand. The patience with which
he does the latter seems inexplicable
until one has learned the secret of his
training. When hunters 90 after the
grizzly bear or elk they commonly ride
on horseback up to the point on the
mountain side where the evergreens
begin. Here they leave their broncos
unhitched, sure of finding them on the
return, perhaps six or eight hours
later. This is done with horses only
a few months broken. 1t is sometimes
safer with them than with older beasts,
for the latter have often been trained
to 60 straight home when turned loose.
New York Sun.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
ONLY AN EEL.

All the trolley cars In the annexed district
were stopped the other night, and the thous-
ands Of people who depended upon them for
means OF transport were delayed or put to
Inconvenience.
The cars stopped because the electric cur
rent had failed, and the electric current failed
because the water supply had In some way
Decn cut on from the big boilersin the power
house where the electricity was generated.
There was plenty OF water in the reservoir.
and the taps were turned on but the water
did not reach the boilers, md without water
II was impossible to make steam to drive the
engines.
What was the matter2 Only an eel in ths
supply pipe, they said.
1t was fine illustration OF the power OF
apparently insignifcah. things for good or
for evil.
There is an abundant supply Of Giving
water In the divine reservoir, and 1t is fres
to oil corners, but how often an eel gets into
the supply pipe! How often our prayers
which form the pipe or channel Of oommuni-
cation between our souls and the fountain
ofliving waters" arc blocked by frivolous, sell
fish or angry thoughts, rby sinful anxiety and
worry!
We are Gods generators. Our business in
this world Is to drink deep of the water Of
life and then convert the spiritual energy
which we derive from It into spiritual cleo
tricity by which dead souls can be galvanized
into newness OF life.
We are called to be fellow-workers with
Christ In saving men, but all our efforts to
that end will be In vain; all the trolley cars
sengers to glory, will he stopped if.we allow
q single eel to get into our supply pipes be-
cause it Is only by living in constant connec-
ton with the water supply that We can con-
Hnue to generate the electrical current OF
divine love.-Sab. Reading.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
RARLY PIETY-HoMK.

One OF the great advantages OF bone for
the inculcation Of religion, Is, that its in
structions begin early. Long before the
teacher or minister can gain access, the par
ent Is In daily contact with Gods immortal
gift A great deal can be done by early
trimming to secure spiritual blessings The
promises Of God, like the angels who well
coined the infant Redeemer, are q heavenly
host, bright-shining and glorious Witnesses
Of the fuliilment Of the covenant
God has connected the means with the end.
While the blessing is with His Spirit, the
agency is with the people. That agency pri-
marily consists In home nurture, early and
Piously ut work, resting upon divine prom
ises, and therefore Industrious in celebrating
the comprehensive and mysterious means.
~ will be God to thee, and to thy seed
after thee" ''Train up child in the way he
should go, and when he Is old he will not de-
part from it." The raising OF the seed Is
Gods stipulation in the covenant, and the
promise Of the man is In the training OF the
child. The early nurture Of home Is OF un-
speakable advantage In maturing the true
ends Of education. Tho mysterious power OF
n right beginning Is never more clearly e1-
emplified than in the great work OF training
the human soul for "glory, honor and immor-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Magazine.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIASM.

In the light OF the larger andtruer estimate
OF human facilities and powers that marks
the thinking OF today the contempt OF enthu-
siasm which was once regarded as the note
Of superior intelligence, Is seen to be The
fruit OF ignorance and conceit. Genuine en-
thusiasm does not wax strong in the obscura-
ton OF reason and conscience; rather 1t is
found just where the highest intelligence and
tho clearcst moral sense are being converted
into action. AS thought rises 10 lofticr levels
1t passes into passionate conviction and
seeks to express itself in universal forms in
poetry and song, in cries Of wonder aud r..p-
turous outbursts OF love. As the call OF duty
becomes more imperious II lays its demands
upon the whole man, his feelings and hfrec-
tions, his desires and imagination, till the
very soul kindlcs into flame.
thought takes permanent hold on men
till 1t Is proclaimed with something Of pro-
phetic zeal that owns divine necessity
'Woe is mo II preach not the Gospel. ~
"No virtue is safe that IS not enthusiastic"
There Is, Of course. such q thing as irrational
and dcbasing enthusiasm: but 1t Is tho coun-
terfeit OF the genuine article, the shadow OF
the real Now. II this Is true, then It will
follow that wherever tho moral dynamite of
enthusiasm Is found, 1t ought to DO put to the
most immediate ard wiseet use Tho impulse
should not end with the crowded assembly
and the great occasion;" 1t ought to go out
in widening circles, to revive the dropping
courage OF lonely workers, to warm the
hearts OF those grown cold and Indifferent,
to stir the listless to action, and reinvigorate
the whole body Of the church.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
The Hanging Judge.

Lord Norbury, who was Lord Chief
Justice Of Ire land in the e,rly years
OF the century, had the reputation OF
being a Hanging Judge" Dining
once in the company OF Curran, he
said:
THAT beef appears very tough. Has
1t been hung"
mo, my lord, you have not tried
it," was the reply.
During the conductof a case, Harry
Grady was annoyed by sotuc remarks
Of the chief justice, and took his re-
venge thus:
"The incident which HIS just oo-
CURED reminds me, M lord, of d
Judge once heard Of who was never
known to weep Tut once, and that
was in theater."
Deep tragedy, I suppose, Mr..
Grady" said the chief justice.
mo, indeed, thy lori. 1t was at
the 'Beggar's Opera, when Macheath
was reprievedl" was the reply.
The insinuatiou told, for everybody
felt that Norbury was the man.
Once travelling with John Parsons
they passed gibbet-not an infrc-
quent sight in those days when rebels
were hung by the score.
Parsons" said Norbury, with a
chuckle, and pointing TO the gibbet,
where would you be now il ever
man had his due?"
"Alone in my carriage" was Par
cons significant reply.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
MISCHTEvOUS ROBERT.
Yodn9 Hawkes. Also Had . Eair Share o,
Concolt.

YodnI Hawkes. Also Had . EAir Share OF
Conceit-
Robert S. Hawkes., always known
as the Vicar Of Morwenstowe," and
poet OF 10 mean ability, was
brought up Dy his grandfather, a
very learned and religious man. In
the church where this old gentlemen
preached the evening service always
closed with a hymn, Lord, dismiss
Us with thy blessing" which was
composed by Doctor Hawkes. himself. /;
His grandson, who did not know the
authorship of the hymn, came to tho
Doctor one day with q paper in his
hand, saying:
Grandfather. I don't altogether,
like that hymn, Lord, dismiss us
with thy blessing think 1t mig hit
be improved in metre and language,
and that It would be better IL it were
somewhat longer"
"Oh, indeed!" said Doctor Hawkes.,
reddening. And pray, Robert, what!
improvements commend themselves
to your precious wisdum?"
This is my improved version, n
said Robert, and he read aloud a
very creditable hymn. after which,
he repeated the old version, saying!
innocently, "Ihis one is crude and
fiat; don't you think SO, grand
father?"
Crude and fat, siri Young puppy,.
1t is ninel wrote that hymnl"
-Oh, I beg your pardon, grand
fatherl I didn't know that. It's a
very nice hymn, indeed, but" as he
went out OF the door-"mine 81
better!" !
Some people think he was right in,
his Judgment. though not, perhaps,
in expressing it. .
Such mischievons fellow was,
Robert that the parish clerk oncel
exclaimed:
II doan't care whether ring the
bells on the kings birthday, but IL r
never touch the ropes again, I'll give
peal when Robert goes to school
and leaves Stratton folks in peace!",
Il don't know how 1t is" said his
brother one day, but when / go out,
nutting with Robert he gets all the,
nuts; when 20 rabbiting, he gets.
all the rabbits, and when we go out
fishing together, he catches all the
fish,"
Come with me fishing tomorrow"
said Robert, "and sec If you don't
have luck"
Next day he slyly fastened
red herring to his brothers. hook.
There" he exclaimed, when it was
drawn out Of the water, you are
twice as lucky as am! My fish are
all raw, and yours is ready-cleaned,
smoked and salted!"-Youth's Com
panion.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
RAISING CALVES.

A calf may be fed skinned milk
when one week old, with the addition
of one gill of boiled haxseed, increas-
ing the ration gradually to q pint per
day when four weeks, and then adding
FIVE middlings or corn and oats ground
together, or pint to a quart of oats
unground. ig.,
Fla1seed Cruel with plenty of
skinned milk will produce . very fine
growth, leaving the calf as mellow to
the touch as if sucking the COW.
A calf two months old will gain three
pounds per day on this ration The
oil taken off in the cream can be re-
PLACED pl taa o 70. one-t'tth the po's value
Butter dairymen may raise calf to
each COW upon the skinmed milk and
o little additional food, such as ,indi-
Gated, and get one-fonrth to one-third
as much profit ont of the refuse milk
as out of the butter. t
Selling butter fobs the land of
nothing valuable, only carl bon, which
has no manurial Value.
The farmer who thinks hi can afford
to give up growing stock is pretty
sure to find out his mistal sooner or
later.
The pastures must be Utilized and
the fertility of the farm Irqaintained
and stock is the best means fpr accom-
pishing this end, even if yan see no
great profit in the animals tn Apaselyes.
The crops Of grass and foSsRS. asould
DO fed on she faruf.-N frt sHssla1u
Farmer. u II
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
A High Bed.

The late Sir Richard Owen at one
time had bed almost as high as the
ceiling of his room, and had to mount
q pair OF steps in order to reach it
an example which those who shrink
from keeping the upper sash of their
bedroom window down at night would
do well to follow. On being asked his
reason for this, he replied: ooh, it is
very simple. I have had it built so
that l can look out on to Richmond
Park and see the deer in the early
dawn. They behave so differently at
4 O'Clock in the morning, when there
is nobody there to disturb them. -
New York Dispatch.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
RELIGIOUS READING.
SENDING PORTIONS.

"hen Nehemiah wns guiding tho worship
OF grateful people. and stilling their gricf as
they mourn ID over their neglect and sin, he
said to thei,, go your way. cot tho fat, and
drink the sweet, and send portions unto them
ior whom nothing IL prepared; for this dny Is
molly unto rur Lord, neither DO 20 sorry, for
Will. TO-
The sailor in the meeting sold, .tPass the
contribution be x; never get shouting happy
till after have given somcthing." When
Nenemiah sough, to inspire rejoicing and
Danish sorrow froL, tho hearts Of his people.
no babe them not only to DO joyful themsel-
YES, but also to send Joy into other homes.
things which God had bestowed upon them.
ana than they were to send portions to those
1or whom nothing was prepared
ms is In accordance with hespirit both of
inc law and OF the gospel: for the law of
Moses was not only the embodiment OF Justice,
but also the embodiment Of love and mercy
II was that law which said what no other law
ever said, ''Thou shalt love thy neighbor rs
myself. Hence they were hidden to deal
their bread to the hungry, TO comfort those
widow; and 80, while gladdening other
hearts, bring Joy to their own.
Among the precious words which tho Lord
Jesus spoke We are to remember these. at Is
more blessed to give than to receives" md IL
we have not learned this fact, our Christian
education Is decidedly detective. 1t is not
enough that we give q triie to some impor-
tunatc begger. The most needy do not beg
or parade their wnnts before US. Il is our
business to seek thom out. and with wise
discretion to help them In time Of need, or
even before the Iced presses them mott sore
~. Many times little timely help ,-ould
save from the extremity Of poverty and dis
tress, and little sending portions to those
1or whom nothing is prepared. would cause
sad hearts to sing for Joy. and save much loss
Anu sorrow which comes when help Is de-
layed too long.
Send portions; It will do yea good to send
them 1t will do Others GOOD 10 carry them.
Let your children, your servants, or your
friends go to tho homes OF the poor as tho
bearers OF your bounty, and share with you
the Joy that comes to those who do good and
relieve distress. "With what measure We
mete, 1t shall BIO measured to you again." and
into your own bosom men shall measure the
sood gifts Of God. "pressed down, shaken
together, and running over."-IThe Christian.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
resist tho cold. Fat must also be pro-

resist tho cold. Fat must also be pro-
duced, for this is only reserved fuel ia
feed the fire. If We keep the fowls
warm they will lay better sod avoid
sickness Winter foods, then, should
be composed largely of corn. barley,
potatoes, rye and wheat. The hens
should also be fed with material that
will make eggs, feathers, etc. This
food is called tho albuminoids, and
consists OF lean meat, the curd Of milk
and the whites of eggs. II these are
fed regularly to the chickens through
the cold months, they will thrive and
lay good number Of eggs.
In the summer months, of course,
less heating foods nre needed, and, in
fact, necessary. AS the spring opens
and the weather grows warmer the fat
producing foods should gradually be
lessened in quantity. Fresh grass and
vegetables should be fed in place of 80
many grains, and the chickens shoxld
be given the range of the barnyard
and fields, to pick up seeds and insects.
In the hot summer time very little
corn and grains should be fed, for
these are 80 heating then that they are
apt to cause disease and death. The
best food that can be given to the
poultry at this season of the year is
all OF the fruits, vegetables and green
things, including insects and seeds,
that they can eat.
When fall approaches, the moulting
season soon begins. and a very serious
task is imposed upon the systems of
the fowls. There is no period in their
lives which is more taxing to their
strength than that of the moulting
season It is often hard work to bring
chickens through this successfully 80
that they will be in good condition for
winter. They need then a combina-
ton Of foods that will go to make
strength and feathers They should
be given perfect rest at such time,
and should be fed literally. They
should not be given stimulants or egg
producing foods, for they cannot lay
eggs and moult properly at the same
time. They should be fed corn, meal,
barley, potatoes, vegetables, meat and
seeds at this moulting period, and they
should be given all they will eat. They
will not get too fat, for most of the
nourishment must go to the formation
of feathers. If the chickens are not
reduced in fat and strength during
this trying period. they will reouper-
ate rapidly 30 that they will enter
upon their winters work in fine con-
dition. In order to have a successful
winter they must be in excellent trim
in the fall before yery cold weather
comes.-Boston Cultivator.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
FEEDING FowI,S

As human beings require different
kinds OF foods at the different seasons
OF the year, so do the fowls Of our
barnyard demand greater variety
than wo now, as rule, give to them.
The same reason will not answer for
both summer and winter. We must
understand something about the nature
OF foods, and what specific results
they produce. Then we can feed for
purpose, and not aimlessly.
The winter food is necessarily differ
emit from the summer ration. We need
to give them heat-gererating foods, so
that their temperature can be kept nm
to such a point as will enable them to
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
GROWING CORN.

One OF the very best plans of man
agement for corn is to pillow the ground
IN the tall or early winter, taking care
to pillow deep and thorough. BY this
plan the stalks, stubble, weeds. GRASS
and other trash will be turned into the
SOIL, and while there is not very large
amount of fertilizing value in them,
yet they help materially TO add yege.
table matter to the soil, and help to
make it Loose and mora frisble.
Ii the plan Of gathering up all of
this kind of material and burning il ia
followed, and nothing is applied to
take its place, the soil viii pack harder
and be more difficult to work u keep
in a good filth.
BY blowing now, there will be a
longer time for this material to decav
before it will be necessary to disturb
the soil, and a good part of it will be
out of the way.
Another advantage in this Iplan is
the saving of time. In the lsprinp
work is always pressing, and it b quite
an Item to get the crops in il good
season.
With q good disk harrow lin the
spring, land that has been we'll Moved
IN the fall can be put in a good filth
ior planting to corn in mu(h less
time and with less labor thai il the
blowing is delayed until spr1ngl Then
II care is taken to provide good drain
age, land that is plowed in the All will
dry out much more rapidly shd be
ready to work in less time than if left
undisturbed.
Land plowed in tho fall derivas more
benefit from the freezing and tAvino
of winter. OF course some lsndlh onld
be seriously injured by being Vowed
for corn in the fall. This is eA, eoial-
ly the case when it is iabId TO lie
damaged by washing, 80 the character
OF the soil must be considerediin de-
termining whether or not it thould
be plowed in the fall.
By taking every advantage Of plan.
ming the work in advance and dol ng all
OF the preparatory work possible
ahead, a much better opportunity is
offered for getting the work dbne in
good season, and with corn, planting
In good season is an important factor
In growing good crop.
Ii manure Is to be hauled out it can
be done to good advantage during the
winter, scattering it over the p]owed
ground. The necessary work of pre-
pairing to a proper filth in the spring
will be sufficient to work into tho soil
Field and Preside.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
sUCCUIKNT FOOD.

The progressive farmer has at last
learned that the nutrition iof food
plants, when once dried, can never be
restored to their natural condition by
the artificial addition of wate{.. The
greatest part of green grass and roots
consists Of succulent juice. This is
the food OF the COWS when ther milk
flow Is greatest and from this the de-
duction is simple that this is tile kind
of food that will go directly to pro-
duoing milk, the great object for
which the animals are kept.
When the grass, roots and other sue
culent folders fail ensilaga comes in
TO supplement the rest ofithe food
which must be given unda4 kgy cir
oumstanoes. It is calcui H that
thirty pounds of corn ensilk with q
small amount of bran and n hay
will make q COW continue hef7 how Of
cream and milk through thawinter.
And yet some farmers are stll with
out their silos. New York Wor Id.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
Fishing by Electric Light.

Electric light is being used as bait
by fishermen who ply their calling
along the Pacific Coast. This adapta.
ton OF electricity brings big hauls.
The fish are attracted by the bright
light in the water and their investies-
tions generally end in their being
hooked while trying to swallow the
glass globules.