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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
Bacon ut 10000. a Pound.

emo, sir; have no use for Mexico, {"
said Miner B. N. Drazad to Chicago
Tribune reporter. It was ten years
ago when I purchased strip Of land
near Sonora Mexico, forty miles from
the mouth OF st. Pedro River, and
thirty miles from Cananara. The land
was good mining property, and I knew
if it we're worked right I could make q
good many thousand dollars. I had
$4,000 when I started to work, and
with part of this I purchased mining
implements, powder, etc. For eighteen
months woIked alone at the mine,
drilled tunnel sos feet long through
hard rock, and finally struck what
was looking tor-an arsenica ledge Of
silver. had worked Sundays, Christ
mas, Thanksgiving and figured out
$40, 200 in sight.
Cali at once I felt craving for a
bit of bacon. There is.no such thing
as Mexican bacon, you know. Hogs
there have to lean against tree to
grunt. The duty in Mexico on pork
is seventy per cent, and, as I could
get bacon for twenty cents a pound
across the line at Orchoville, Arizona.
/ determined to ride over there and
get some. / did it, and enjoyed my
bacon but ten days later the Mexi-
CABS seized me and confiscsted my
mine. That bacon cost me $40, 900 a
pound"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
F0ret0ld Their Deaths.

Seaman John Pascal has received
letter from Alitak, Alaska, giving an
account of the suicide of Francie
James, an able seaman who shipped on
the Merom when abe left here about
six months ago for the nothern can
neries. Francis James killed himself
by blowing bis brains out with re-
e'PerH .'~h remeAber, !" said Fas-
TyaI, t.taS--S ..,'t.lts =1iiS 1--sdmed Law;
renee fell oveFboard from the Merom
when the bark was sailing through the
Golden Gate.
'Iawrence's death and the suicide
Of Francis James recalled to my mind
very strange condolences happen.
ing which occurred the night btGore
the Merom sailed. Lawrence, this
young fellow James and myself, we're
taking drink together in the Bow.
head saloon While we we're standing
at the bar afflderly man approached
us and offefH to tell our fortunes,
provided We would furnish him with
few dimes With which to procure a
nights lodging.
"We agreed to his proposition, and
he started IN by ssying that Lawrence
would die before the month was out.
you viii meet With q very unexpected
death, he declared you will die by
drowning, and your body will never
be recovered. And as to You, he con-
tinued, looking at James, 4 predict
that you will never return 10 San
Francisco. You will meet with mis-
fortune while in Alaska and will be-
come very despondent. am not GER
tain whether you will take your own
life or will die in fight to death with
one of your shipmates, but it looks
to me as if you are going to resort to
self-destruction.'
"You may, think am telling you
what is not true" said Pascal, "but
all this occurred as sure as I am talk
ing to you.
Lawrence fell overheard, as you
know, and here is letter from Alaska
saying that james committed suicide
by shooting himself through the head.
I have no further particulars, but
surely it is q strange case, and I am
anxious to hesS.what motive led to the
ns,; taking life. San Francisco
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

Nicaragua has enacted laws that
bears very hard en- the alien, notes the
San Francisco F Examiner. The rnder-
lying idea seer is to be to have the
nlien furnish the money for q govern
ment devoted mostly to his own OPP
preston When Nicaragua shall have
acquired the largest standing army in
the world and the largest navy it mny
be able to execute these laws. III the
meantime much satisfaction may be
derived from contemplating the fact
that such august enactments adorn
and glorify the statute books.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
How The Indians Trade.

As the furs-American furs in gem
ersl-are brought in by the Indians
they are traded by the person in
charge of the trade shop. If an In
dian brings 100 skins of different
sorts, or all alike, he trades off every
skin separately, and insists on pay
ment for each skin as it is handed
over tho counter. Hence it often
takes several days to barter batch
OF skins. The skins, as purchased, are
thrown behind tho counter, and after.
ward carried to the fur room, piled
in great heaps, and constantly turned
and aired. In the spring, as soon as
the snow is gone, generally in April.
the skins are put into eighty pound
bales, tied upon horses, and shipped
to market.-Chicago Times.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
Household Accidents.

A slight cut or abrasion of the hand.
or slight burn, may become a serious
matter If it is totally neglected Where
the skin is torn or cut it is desirable
in the first place that the wound should
bleed freely. Cases of lockjaw are OF
rare occq rrence where this is the case,
and ve{y slight wound of tho hand
or foot has been known to produce
this dangerous mnlady where bleed
ing did NIT follow.
One Of the greatest dangers lies in
wound of a kitchen knife, which
may have held impure matter, and
even from the scratch of pin, and
fatal cases of blood-poisoning have fire..
quently resulted from SO simple a
cause. Absolute cleanliness, therefore,
is necessary in the treatment of such q
wound. After the wound has bled a
little itshSnld be washed with perfectly
clean water. That which has been
boiled u best for the purpose, and
there s&po harm in using . little car
bolic acM in the proportion of . drop
or tao to Squart of water.
Do NOT attempt to stanch bleeding
by the use Sof cobwebs, which are
naturally dn y and full of impure
germs, bht rs little lint and clean
cotton or Lip b cloth. These should
be always in pt in the houses for use in
case ofsF heccidents. A trustworthy
druggist always supply some
prepara145, LEI. carbolic acid, properly
weakeneu sellau household use. Even
household Spmonia, though it is pain
full at first Is recommended AS a mild
way OF cG6ferixing . simple wound. A
thick paSte Of equal parts of common
baking-apda and -four, wet to a paste
with cold water, Is the best remedy
for u burn. It is better than lime
water, because lime-water il liable to
become ipcrusted, while the paste OF
soda and iour is cooling to the surface
and can dEly be removed. The OBJ.
ject of tresting burn is to cover the
extremithl of the nerves which have
been injured and give them opportun.
ity to heal. While such paste is be-
ing prepared cover the wound for the
moment with common flour and wrap
it up III clean cotton.
A simple healing plaster which may
be prepared in the household calls for
half pound of rosin, AN ounce each
of nAtt1 bsShew, camphor-gum and
beeswa1, half an ounce each OF British
oil, cedar oil gum myrrh and linseed
oil. Melt the roan, mutton tallow,
camphor-gum, beeswax and gum
myrrh together and add the oils. This
plaster should be spread on cotton
when needed and applied to the
wound.-New York Tribune.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

There are four women in New York
whose names are little known to the
general public who are honored by the
class among whom they labor. These
are Mrs. Ernestine Schaffner, Mrs. IL
j. Studwell, Mrs. Mary Foster and Mrs.
A. O. Taylor, and they are sometimes
styled the CANCELS of the Tombs. "
Mrs. Schaffner interests herself in pro-
curing bail for needy criminals. Mrs.
Studwen and Mrs. Taylor sing with
the Tombs prisoners on Sundays, be-
sides doing many kindly little Offices
for them at other times, and Mrs. Fos-
ter busies herself with missionary work
among young women.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
At Close Quarters With a Leopard.

As rule man does not 20 out
leopard shooting as he goes out snipe
shooting or tiger shooting, says Long
mans Magazine. Usually the news is
brought by some excited and alright
ed native that leopard has entered
his premises, and, after killing child
or goat or fowl, has hid itself in
some shed or clubhouse. On such IN
appeal it is usual to go out to try and
Kill the leopard. If a companion can
be found, it is better for two men to
go together than for one man to 10
alone with native followers. Almost
the first case remember to which we
were called we found that the leopard
was ensconced in a mat-and-thatch
cowshed, of which tho door had been
closed on him.
We rather rashly opened the door
in order to peep in. There was rush
and scuffle as the leopard tore the
door open wider and jumped out to
escape. We were lucky in not being
knocked down or even scratched. But
the leopard did not get right away. It
fool1shly entered another shed, which
was promptly closed on him and we
had to begin again. Ny companion
climbed on to the roof with his gun
and an active native got up with him
to tear. open a hole, in. the thatoh of
+ siase.5ef. stood oh the ground witt,
clear space before me in case the
! leopard should turn out in my direc-
ton.
The eager crowd of natives, who had
come, regardless of danger, was in
duced to retire to distance, while the
most nimble of them climbed up into
trees or onto the roofs of the adjacent
huts. 1t takes longer to write this
than to give an idea of what actually
happened. The native who was tear
ing hole in the thatch of the shed
had rashly tried to look in to see where
the leopard was. In a moment the
leopard sprang at him, and it's head
appeared through the thatch. Ny COM
pRnion put his gun to the beasts head
and sent bullet through its brain, 80
that it dropped dead into the hut. But
there were loud cries from the native
on the roof, for the bullet, after pass
ing through the leopard's skull, had
grazed the mans body, 80 that he was
bleeding profusely and crying out that
he was killed. He was quickly brought
down from the roof of the shed, and
his wound was washed and found to be
little more than skin deep. A present
OF few rupees soon comforted him,
and he became, not undeservedly, the
hero of the dag among his fellow vii
layers. The CARCASS of the leopard
was swung from bamboo and brought
to our house, and the skin became the
property of my companion.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
There is q wholly unintentional

There is wholly unintentional
flavor Of romance in new publication
of the Federal Government. It is n
little yellow backed volume purporting
to indicate the principal exports to the
United States from cities and countries
where the Consuls of this Government
reside. The odd, the unexpected, and
the incongruous constantly come out
in these lists. From Turin, according
to this record, we obtain gunstocks !;
from Naples, cutie fish bones; from
Portugal, argols and anthony; from
Moscow, horses names; from Rigs,
objects Of divine service; from Barce-
Iona, cream Of tartar, licorice, glycer-
inc, iackasses and oil paintings; from
Tuxpsm, Mexico, vanilla, chichcs,
honey, cedar, sarsaparills and deer
skins; from Colombia, skins, hides,
divi-divi, bones and bananas; from
Bathurst, British Africa, ostrich eggs
and everlasting flowers; from Sierra
Leone, ginger, palm oil and monkeys /;
from New Zealand. Ksuri gum, gold
and sausage castings, and from Samoa,
wreckage, copra and curios,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
WORDS OF WISDOM.

All sour grapes are not ont of reach.
Gossip is the sugar of old women's
tea.
Judgment is forced upon Us by OK
perience.
Who bravely dares must sometimes
risk a fall!
They lose the world who buy it with
much care.
What is mind? No matter. What
Is matter? Never mind?
Vice is a sponge which sucks in
honor and gives out tears.
A mans own good breeding is the
best security against other peoples i'll
manners.
Humility is not necessarily virtue.
The violet would smell just as sweet
on a tree.
The man who fears being taken at
his true value is always on the alert
for Sights.
Tho old man who has forgotten that
he ever was boy is but living tomb
stone to his buried youth.
When any calamity has been suffered
the first thing to be remembered is,
how much has been escaped.
The tears We shed for others are
mellowed by inward congratulation !;
those shed for ourselves are brine.
A milestone and q human heart is
driven ever round; if they have moth
ing else to grind, they must themselves
be ground.
The circumstances OF the world are
60 variable that an irrevocable purpose
or opinion is almost synonymous with
q foolish one.
No school is more necessary to chill
dren than patience, because either the
will must be broken in childhood or
the heart in old age.
People are always talking of perse-
verance and courage and fortitude, but
patience is the finest and worthiest
part of fortitude. Patience lies at the
root of all pleasures as well as of all
powers. Hope herself ceases to be
happiness when Impotence compan:
ions her.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

A canslboat on duty ON the Erie
canal during the open season is named
the Good News. 1t is covered with
gospel texts. Services are held three
times day in it's cabin as it journeys
from one town to the next on its mis-
sionary trips. A fish pole with tracts
tied on the end is used to reach pess.
ing boats, and little floats with card.
board sails covered with texts are sent
AWAY to do whatgood they may. The
International Evangelistic Association
has control of the floating mission
housa.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

A man who Is in situation to speak
from the card says that the Pennsylt
vanis Railroad Company burns over
1900 tons of coal day between
Pittsburg and Jersey City, at a cost of
considerably over $40, 900. This is for
making steam only and does not in
clude the coal used for heating, run
ming pumping engines, elevators, air
oompressors and electric light gener-
ators, or for the many tugs and ferry
boats employed by this line.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
CURIOUS FACTR.

Soap Is legal tender in Dueretaro,
Mexico.
The population of Japan is about
10000, 900.
Bohemia has nearly lao, 900 separate
manufactures.
A Maine man recently ate thirty raw
eggs in five minutes.
There are carnivorous plants which
capture and eats insects.
The fashionable cat at the National
show in London this year is blue and
long-haired.
At indianapolis, Ind, recently a
drayman had his jaw, fractured by tho
explosion of barrel of catsup.
A bear, the hide of which measured
ten feet wide and twelve feet long. was
recently killed in the Big Horn
(Wyoming) Basin.
The name "Brazir' means cred
wood" or Gland of the red wood" The
original discoverer called it ''the land
of the holy CROSS"
French prison diet consists of five
ounces of bread and thirteen ounces
of vegetables daily, with a meat ration
of four ounces twice week.
The last witch" publicly executed
in the civilized world was an old par.
nlyzed Frenchman at Castle Heding-
ham, Essex, England, on September
4, 1868.
The most destructive epidemic that
has ever been was the s'blaok death, II
which appeared in the fourteenth cen.
tury, and is said to have destroyed
70. 900. 900 people.
Samuel and Simms CANNED, of
Hickory Flats, Simpson County, Ky,
are probably the largest twin brothers
In the United States. Their combined
weight lie $40 pounds-
E. N. Hubbard, Of Middletown,
Conn, has the finest collection of liv'
ing birds in New England. It includes
species from almost every country in
the world and is worth thousands OF
dollars.
The mosaic copies in the Vatican al
Rome of large pictares by Raphael,
Domenichino and others occupied
from twelve to twenty-five years to
execute and required from Is, 900 to
10000 different shades of color.
A hen laid an egg on the briokwork
of a boiler in High Point, N. G., re-
Gently. One day little chicken WINS
noticed on the boiler, and it is claimed
an examination showed TINT the
chicken had been Matched by the heat
of the boiler.
SPonges are being propagated in a
cheap way just now. About three
years ago cute German divided few
healthy specimens of live sponges into
a goodly number of parts and placed
them Ill deep water, with the result
that he now has crop of 1000 ut ON
initial expenditure of $50.
A French method of preserving
grapes in something very close to their
natural condition has some interest at
this season. Shoots of the vine bear
ing, say two lunches of sound grapes
each, are placed in bottles or vases
filed with water containing charcoal
In solution. The bottles are then hung
along the edges of notched shelves in
a dry place. It is said that, if the
water be renewed from time to time,
grapes SO treated will keep in good
condition until April.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

In Freeport, l. T., the Presbytc-
rlan Church is In trouble. The mem
bers OF the sewing society, ut a gar.
rulous meeting, freely criticised the
dress, manners and conversation of
Mrs. John Hutchinson, wife of the
pastor. Industrious tongues carried
reports Of the gossip to the pastor.
and he resented it from the pulpit.
He preached sermon on Tho
Tongue" in which he reproved with.
severity the mombers Of bis conyre-
cation who had exercised that organ
with too great freedom. The mem.
bers OF the sewing society who were
present arose while he was describing
the hideousnsss of their conduct and
left the church in a body. Then
Rev. John Hutchinson resigned and
the church is without q pastor. IT.
Is questionable whether there vas
not TOO much tongue" in the pulpit
as we'll as at the sewing circle
WHEN lightning HNkes Il sdmitx
OF no arbitration. --BurlinQtou Frna
Press -
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

The Missouri Court of Appeals has
decided case which the New York
Recorder thinks is of interest to doc
tors. Hugo Kinner visited bio aunt
several years and SUI 5''iFibed. It was
the general urf :51ding that the
visits were grathitous- But when the
aunt died Kinner brought o bill for
665 visits at So each. The Court has
decided against him. The contempor-
aneous intention is held to rule. Right
of action accrues immediately. Bills
should be presented promptly.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

Amongthe multifarious duties which
demand the attention of the Calcutta
police, the capture of sharks in the
Hooghly finds a place. During the
past twenty years rewards have been
paid for the destruction of these ma
rine man-eaters, and recently the Ben
gal Government hid down q scale for
these payments.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
Miles Of Apple Trees.

In the Sandwich Islands the apple
has become wild and forests of tree Of
many acres are found in various parts
OF the country. They extend from the
level Of the sea far up into the noun
tain sides. 1t is said that miles Of
these apple forests can occasionally be
seen. One traveller gives the extent
of one Of them as between five and ten
miles in width aud about twenty miles
long.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

The report comes again from Flor
ida that the alligator is threatened
with speedy determination. It is es-
timated that over $500, OaO of them
have been killed in the last dozen
years or 80. The alligator grows slow
ly, but he grows as long as he lives,
and it is said that twelve-footer is at
least seventy-five years old. If let
alone their average life is longer than
mans.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

There are few scientists, according,
to the Chicago Herald, who do not be-
ieve that petrified human beings are
pure humbugs. One scholarly Smith
sonian Institution man said he could
not find a single instance on record of
human petrifaction.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
The Tree as q Compass.

The points Of the compass can be
told from trees by tho following simple
observations: The side of the trees
on which the most Of the moss is found
is the north. If the tree is exposed
to the sun the heaviest and longest
limbs will be ON the south side.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

1t has been said that the world pays
most to those who kill-generais and
great lords; next most to those who
amuse-singers and actors, while those
who preach, teach and write for the
papers come along somewhere near the
bottom of the list.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

The Hartford Journal notices that
the cranks are making no attempts to
break into the prisons or penitcntiarics.
although the public think shat Is the
proper place for them.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

1t is estimated that an average of
more than 1000 vessels and $4,000
lives are lost in tho various seas and
oceans every year, the value of ships
and carSoes being roughly averaged
ut 500, 900, 900.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

There are more suicides among the
soldiers of tho Austrian army, and
fewer among the Spanish soldiers, than
IN any other Of the European military
organizations.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

The New Hampshire Experiment
Farm finds that milk from the best
cows costs II cents a quart; FROM their
poorest, 4. cents, rs it costs Just as
much to feed the smaller producer.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
Cimeteb fl pieces formerly circu

lated irf Persia.
The first issue of continentaI cur,tncy
in l776 figured sum over q dat and
the coins bore the EDMONTON; "Mind
Your Business. This, however, was
but an experimental issue, and until
tho mint was established in 1892 the
several states maintained each it's own
currency. The designs are fantastic
and varied.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
- sesrsssse strength of the armies
e1rcpsh saiA to be more than 90, :
n00, Oe0msn.
There are fewer lawyers in the En-
9iish Parliament than in the American
House OF Representatives.

The professors of physical culture
now say that men do not attain their
full physical maturity until they are
twenty-eight or thirty years old.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

The French war officials have figured
1t out that the cost of provisions neces-
cary to sustain another siege of
Paris would be fully 500, 900, 600.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
100

The boys solution of the problem
is: 8 times plus 7 plus plus 8 plu,
4 plus 8 plus 2 plus equals 100.-St.
Jouis Rapublic.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
A Numerical Curiosity.

There may be more ways Of reaching
similar end, but I know Of one OF
two plans Of arranging the nine nu
merals SO that the sum total will equa
100, using each figure but once. TIL,
first table given is the discovery of {
Rochester IN. ~ banker; the othe,
of mathematical prodigy, a New
Hampshire boy only eight years old.
Here is the bankers plan:
At
SO
100
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07

ID tho cholera plaques since 1s4s
the hath rate has been tolerably uni
form. about forty per cent. of the
cases terminating fatally.