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hduni6 Branch, W. Va.
Crops are fine.

Crops are fine.
Our Sunday school is progressing
nicely. Quite a number attend.
Quite a large crowd was to hear
Bro. Miller Saturday and Sunday
nights.
We are sorry to hear that the Insti-
tute will be held at Wayne ami not
at Ceredo.
Miss Ada Plymale, who has been
very poorly and under the care of
DIR, Shirley, is improving and able
to be out. We can say that DIR.
Shirley is one OF our best doctors.
Will McMulleDs, Of Central CITY.
Cart Newton and Kade Malcolm are
making frequent trips to Haynie
Branch. Come and see what the
attraction is for the boys?
Miss Myrtle Plymale has returned
home. She has been visiting Mrs. S.
ID. Smith, of Docks creek.
Mr.. Sylvester Plymale and wife,
of Muncle, Ind, are visiting their
parcnts-Mr. and Mrs. O. Plymale.
James Plymale, wife and baby,
Mrs. Howard Plymale and three
children, of MuncIe, Ind, and Miss
DAISY Roberts were visiting Mr..
and Mrs. o. Ply male and family the
past week.
Quite number were at f. NJ.
Plymale's last Thursday. Among
the number were Sylvester Plymale,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Plymle, of
Muncie, Ind, Mr.. and Mrs. WAYNE
Elliott and two children, Mrs Daisy
Maynard and baby and Charley
Wilcox.
Mrs. A. G. Hawks and Mrs. Joe
Malcolm spent Thursday with Mrs.
). Roberts.
Mrs. 5. Roberts, Miss Ada Ply.
male, Miss Callie Haynie, and Mr.
and Mrs. Sylvester Plymale were
calling on Mrs. Cora G.. Bolt Thurs.
day evening.
teachers are not so numerous this
year, and | don't think we will have
much trouble over our schools.
Miss Ada Plymale entertained
quite a number of her friends at her
home Sunday and served ice cream
and cake.
believe the grrls and boys have
forgotten this is Leap Year.
Rev. Skean has made two trips
up to MIR. Tave Plymale'-. Mr..
Skean is there going to be a we'd.
ding?
j. c. III. Plymale still makes
frequent trips to Huntington.
Now if you don't believe that our
place is the only place come and see
for yourself.
Quite number of our teachers
will Intend the Institute at Hunting
ton this week.
J. NJ. VI. Plymale and family have
moved back to our place from Ports
mouth
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel johnson
visited their paren;s-Mr. and Mrs.
" ynale-Su sunday.
A brief and touching funeral
service was held last Monday, July
18th, over the remains Of little Jewel
Ada Madge, the infant child of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Johnson. MANY
friends were present TO sympathize
with the heart-broken parents in the
loss of their precious baby. Rev.
okean conducted the services.
'In that beautiful place he has gone
90 prepare,
For all VINO are washed and for.
given,
And many dear children are gather.
ing there,
For Of such i. the kingdom OF
Heaven
Little Jewel Ada Madge was a
bright and sweet child. She will be
missed at home. Every one loved
her. RED RosE.
July 25, 1904
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Gard OF Thanks.

Mr.. and Mrs Sam Johnson desire
TO thank the friends for their kind.
ness during their baby's illness and
death. a Friend.
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If the Legislature meets and en-
acts the bills agreed upon by the
Committee, without delay, the Re
publican party will be benefited; but
If the session is prolonged on ac-
count of disagreement of the mem
bers thereof, it will work disaster
and ruin to the party.
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WE have been anxious for some
time to know what had become of
{. A. Monroe Meadows, but our
anxiety was dispelled last Saturday
by receiving copy of The Jasper
Republican, paper published at
Jasper, Arkansas. AT the head of
the editorial page we noticed the
following: &C. A. Monroe Meadows,
Business Manager"
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
Men and Animal. In water.

The animal has no advantage in any
way In water over man, and yet the
man browns, while the animal swims
The dog, the horse, the COW and even
the cat all take to the water and are
able to walk as they do when out of
water. Throw dog into the stream,
and at once he begins to walk just as
he does on dry land. Why should a
man, woman or child act differently un-
der like circumstances?
1t seems strange that people have to
be told to do what the animals do In
stinctively and instantly. Mans igno-
rance of so simple thing as treading
water is remarkable. 1t is without rea-
son or excuse. There is a popular no
ton, afioat that in some way the dog
and other animals have an advantage
over man in water. Nothing could be
further from the truth. The advantage
lies with man, who is provided with a
paddle formed hand and knows enough
to float when tired, something the ami
NAL rarely or never does.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
THE ABUSED OYSTER.
Fattened For the Vulgar Crowd and
Deprived of His Fine Flavor.

Futtened For the Vulgar Crowd and
Deprived of His Fine Flavor.
The oyster in his glory is a rich, dark
coiored, shapely inhabitant of salt wa
ter. He is plump, but not swelled up,
and has delicious, Incompatible salty
flavor which nobody who really knows
him and has the taste to appreciate
him would ever dream of spelling with
crude condiments. But rarely will the
oysterman send such an exquisite crea-
ture to market. 1t is not fat enough or
white enough for the vulgar crowd. So
he puts it in fresh, or nearly fresh, wa
ter to "fatten"-that is, he draws off
the fine natural juices by process of
osmosis and substitutes therefor a
quantity of water which distends it
like a balloon and makes it just as
tasteless. But 1t looks fat like q
scrawny Christmas turkey judiciously
fed by an air pump. Then it is put
before the American as an oyster, and
the American, who judges his food and
drink largely by labels, pours over it
salt, pepper, tabasco, Worcestershire.
horseradish or what not and thinks II
is all right. He might as well have
any sort Of sea urchin that was soft
and puffy and wet as a vehicle for the
concoctions which he used to make
himself believe that an oyster tastes
like something.-New York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
Horse Sense.

My maternal great at-grandfather, Van
der Meerschaut, had little Cossack
horse captured from the Russian In
vaders in 1914. The old gentleman
was lame In one leg as the result of q
hunting accident, but withal q good
horseman when once in the saddle.
When out on his trips in the country
on business and coming home at night,
he would frequently fall asleep in his
commodious Cossack saddle. The horse
would make bee line for home at an
easy but swift pace. Arriving there, 1t
would rap at the front door with it's
foot until the watchman would open
the porch and take the old gentleman
out Of the saddle. My grandmother
told me this happened almost every
week. Horse and master understood
each other. Not being able to walk
very well, he would hunt from horse
back, the horse following the settlers
and coming to standstill when one
OF them was on a point, the old gen.
tieman guiding him entirely by pres
sure of the knees and voice and having
both hands free for his fowling piece.
The horse died of old age on the place,
as most of our servants. Peace to his
ashesEFOrest and Stream.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
HIS FOOLISH REMARK.
Statesman Who Was Made and Un
made by Newspaper Men.

A Statesman Who Was Made and I'm
made by Newspaper Men.
A certain young man was sent to
congress. He delivered a clever maid
en- speech. The correspondents liked
him. They wrote him up in their dis
patches. His pictures were printed in
the newspapers, and anecdotes of his
life appeared in many journals. He
was alluded to as a prospective speak
er of the house, and it was generally
agreed that he would do great things
after he had been elected for the sec
ond term.
One day II correspondent called upon
the young statesman. He was engaged
with some constituents; so the newspa-
per man sent in his card. When it was
handed to the embryo speaker his con-
stituents offered to excuse him.
"Oh, no." he said, with affected care
lessness. ''It's only one of those penny
a liners outside. He can wait until
get ready to see him."
The door was ajar, and the CORE
spondent heard the remark. He had
met such men before. He hastened
back to his office, and that night there
was a meeting Of correspondents.
what do you want us to do" asked
one of the men-"roast him?"
"Oh, no." was the reply; mot that"
What, thenT
"Why, simply ignore him."
He was ignored. And his first term
in congress was his last.-Schoolmas-
ter.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
A FIERCE ANATHEMA.
The Pious Wish a Woman Flung q,
Jean Paul Richter.

jean RauA h1CnteE.
Jean Paul Richter once observed that
If lady officer wanted to give the
word "Haltr' she would do 1t in the
following strain: "You soldiers, all of
you, now mind what / say. l order
you as soon as 1 have done speaking
to stand still, every one of you, on the
spot where you happen to be. Don't
you hear me? Halt, say, all of your
Upon this a strongminded woman
made the following comment: Now,
NJ. Jean, it was an unlucky day on
which you wrote that sentence. May
you never hear anything but that little,
"3ncise word No from every rosy pair
Il lips you meet. May you halt wifeless
thr+..Sh life. May your buttons be
snappish. your strings knotty and your
stockings full of holes. May your boot
Jack be missing, your feet corny and
your shaving water cold; your razor
dull, your hair stand up, your collar
lie down. May your beard be porcu.
piny, your whiskers thinly settled and
your mustaches curl the wrong way.
May your coffee be muddy, your toast
smoky and your tea water bewitched,
and, with never dying desire for af-
fection, may you crawl through crea-
ton a meek, miserable, nasty, forlorn,
fidgety, fussy, ridiculous, ruined, de-
tected old bachelor"
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
Lowing Pans ln niserx.

Two cots stood side by side in the
Emergency hospital. On one was the
form Of man, great big, strong
looking fellow On the other was the
figure of boy, little fellow not more
than ten years Of age. The head Of
each was swathed in bandages, and
while the man bore his suffering In ST
lence the boy cried and moaned and
sobbed.
whats the matter. sonnyY' asked
the man as the boy cried aloud.
II fell off roof" was the answer
the lad returned between his sobs.
"Hurrah for your returned the man.
81 fell down a ships hatch. Let's
shake"
An hour later the nurse came into
the ward and walked over to the cots.
Both the patients were sound asleep
and In the hairy fist of the sailor rest
ed the tiny hand of his little compan-
ion in misery.-San Francisco Call.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
untaue Family Circle.


A small town in Bavaria can boast
of what may be described as a unique
family circle. A shopkeeper resident
there includes among his household
three living mothers-in-law, each with
a mother of her own; his own mother
his third wife and four daughters in
their teens. The twelve women are re-
ported to live on terms of the greatest
amity, and the shopkeeper himself, who
is fortunately in good circumstances,
processes to be perfectly contented not
withstanding that he is thus the thir-
teenth of his family. The incessant
banter to which he is subjected he phil
Osophically welcomes as tending to-
ward the better advertisement of his
business.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
A DRINK OF WATER.
Why 1t Is "a Good Plan to Take One
Before breakfast


Before breakfast.
In the morning the stomach contains
q considerable quantity of mucus,
spread over and adherent to its walls
If food enters at this time the tena-
cious mucus will interfere to some eX-
tent with the direct contact between
the food and the stomach necessary to
provoke the secretion of gastric juice.
A glass of water taken before break
fast passes through the stomach into
the small intestines in a continuous
and uninterrupted flow. 1t partially
distends the stomach; it thins and
washes out most of the tenacious mu-
: Gus; it increases the fullness of the
capillaries of the stomach directly if
the water is warm and Indirectly in q
reactionary way if it is cold. Care
must be taken not to take cold water
when the circulation, either local or
general is so feeble as to make re-
action improbable. We should not risk
1t in an advanced age nor in the feeble,
whether old or young, nor should it be
taken in local troubles like gastric
catarrh. In these cases 1t is best to
give warm or hot water. The addition
Of salt is very beneficial.-London Fam
lily Doctor.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
HumiIiatins a Bull.

A magnificent red bull owned by an
English farmer had an unpleasant no
toriety as man killer. A strip of oak
board had therefore been bound firmly
across his forehead, and on this as an
added insult to the monarch of the
herd was painted, Dangerous" When
the beast held his muzzle to the sky he
could see in front Of him, but the mo-
ment he lowered his head for mischief
or grazing all view except of his own
forefeet was cut off. "Clambering one
day down a tor near his haunts," says
a writer. II came on a stretch of level
green. In the center of this sat an I'm
perturbable artist painting, and round
him in furious tangents charged the
Intellectual bull. Up went the beasts
head while. aim was taken under the
board at this disturber of the solitude,
but then, with lowered horns, the
plank again shut the bull into mis-
taken memory of where his target
was. The painter said he had spent
half morning in fight and the next
half In laughter"
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
Things Japan Has Not.

In a book on Japan Douglas Staden
recounts the things that the Japanese
have not. They have no bread, no
beds, no boots and shoes, no trousers
for the men, no petticoats for the wo-
men. This sounds alarming, but both
sexes wear instead several dressing
gowns, one over the other-the kimo-
nos of commerce. In their houses they
have no windows, no doors, no walls,
no ceilings, no chests of drawers, not
even washing stand, and the ward
robe is only lot of boxes piled one
on top of another In the kitchens they
have no range, no pots, no pans, no
-four bins, no flour, no kitchen tables.
But, then, they have no tables or
chairs in the drawing room, and in the
real native house the drawing room it.
self is only q lot of bedrooms with
their walls taken down. There Is no
reason why you should find anything
in a Japanese hoAse except mats and
a charcoal stove for warming your fin
gers and the teapot and committing
suicide. Japan is full of cherry trees
and plum trees, but they do without
fruit. The cherries are used for the
blossoms and the plums for hanging
poems on.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
A Bic of Curran,s via.

An Irishman loves a joke SO well
that he keeps the memory of a good
one always green. In a book of recol-
lections by an old member of the Irish
parliament is an amusing illustration
of Curran's ready wit
A certain judge, Lord Norbury, was
famous for the alacrity with which he
condemned prisoners to death when
he might have pronounced a more
merciful sentence. On one occasion
when he was dining in public with the
foremost members Of the Dublin bar
he helped himself to some meat, at the
same time asking:
'Is this hung beef?"
mot yet" said Curran quickly.
''Your lordship has not tried it"
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
The ~weep,nx w,1,ov, sonr.

Some people have heard of the ballad
containing the words "I'll hang my
harp on weeping willow tree" but
perhaps it is not generally known that
the author was young man who fell
desperately in love with Queen victo-
ria, at that time girl of seventeen.
This young lover was heir to baronet-
cy, but baronets cannot approach royal
ty in the guise Of suitor, though it
took some time before the romantic
youth could be brought to understand
this fact. When at last he did SO, be
sat down in despair and wrote the now
well known ballad, which was at that
time published in London paper, and
then he emigrated to Australia.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
OldS. Their PrODer Treatment and CUrc,

Commonly, the first symptom of 0cold
is chilly feeling, accompanied by sneez-
ing, or tickling in the throat. The most
frequent of external causes are draughts,
wet or cold feet, or going from hot rooms
suddenly into cold ones More frequently
there is an inner cause-namely the stagna-
ton of the blood caused by constipation or
biliouspess. Almost the first symptom Is
the feeling of cold in the feet and increased
discharge from the nose.
No one ever takes cold unless const1-
pated, or exhausted, and having what we
call n1al-nutrition, which is attended with
impoverished blood and exhaustion ofnerve
force. Tonics consisting of large portions
of alcohol, iron or cod liver oil do not bring
the desired changes in the blood, because
they do not enter the system and are not
absorbed into the blood, with the exception
of the alcohol, which shrivels up the red
blood corpuscles when it does come in
contact with them. We recommend the
botanical extract of DR.. Pierce because it
contains no alcohol, and offers a reasonable
and scientific method of treating the blood,
by improving the nutritive functions of the
patient. The uGolden Medical Discovery"
accomplishes this, by first restoring the
enfeebled digestive organs, SO that food,
the natural tissue builder, will be digested
and assimilated.
Accept no substitute for DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. There is moth,
ing riust as good" for diseases of the
stomach.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
Reefsteak Variation.

A traveller on the continent of Europe
received the following bill Of fare at a
hotel in Versailles: Soup with very tur-
tle-i. e., read turtle; lobster's salad
with sharp sauce, according to the big
ness (suivant la grosseur); shies (flets)
of sole; ones muttons chops with spar
agus tops; picked pork with younk
cabage; fish -fish-dabs of different di-
mensions; lamb epigrams with vegeta-
bles; muscles fricasseed; rumsteak with
the tumled potatoes (sautees); Stras-
burg's pie of Hvers; surflne liquors and
of islands let des iles; gelly with
punch The traveller gives the follow
ing variations of the word "beefsteak"
which he has noted on his travels in
Belgium: "Bifstek, bifstik, bifstick, bif-
TEX, bifteek, befstick, beefstick, beef
steek, bifsteeck, beefstake, beefsteack,
bufsteks, biefsteaks, bifsteack, bouef-
stacks, beefteacks, bifsteecks and even
UifSteeckxp'
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
Peculiar nighland remedies.

A popular highland remedy for both
consumption and general debility was
what is known as sudh nan cabar (the
juice of deers' horns). These were
gathered in the hills when the animals
cast them in the springtime. They
were boiled for some hours and the
juice thus obtained bottled after being
strained. Candy sugar and whisky are
usually added to it nowadays Crabs
shells pulverized and eaten on bread
and butter were used for consumption,
asthma and whooping cough in the
Hebrides.- Caledonian Medical Jour-
nal.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
Columbus and the Gulf stream

1t is curious to note in the history
OF the gulf stream how great its inf1u-
ence has been on the fortunes of the
new world. Before the discovery of
America strange woods and fruits
were frequently found on the shores Of
Europe and of lying islands. Some of
these were seen and examined by Co
lumbus, and to his thoughtful mind
they We're confirming evidence of the
fact that strange lands were not far
to the westward. These woods were
carried by the gulf stream and by the
prevailing winds from the American
continent, so that in part the gulf
stream is. responsible for the discovery
of the new world.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
THE BULLFIGHT.
sexicans Usually Leave the Arena
Detected and Disgusted.

6eA1cans usually Leave the Arena
Detected and Disguised.
Il was born and reared in the repub-
lie of Mexico, and l never yet have
witnessed bullfght," said a promi-
nent and wealthy resident Of the Mex
can capital.
This form of amusement was never
to my liking, and, though 1 have no
criticism for those who go, it cannot
be pictured as an entertainment that
appeals to people Of refined taste and
humane feeling Yet it is a sport that
makes people become in way devo-
tees, and the bullfght habit once culti-
waited is difficult to break. 1 have
heard Americans after witnessing their
first exhibition declare they would nev-
er go to another, and yet these very
people are apt to become the most
habitual attendants. Except on rare
occasions our native women do not at
tend the fights, but now and then they
go when the proceeds are to be given
to some charity.
Zone of the curious phases of these
performances is the enthusiasm with
which the crowds start forth to view
1t and the subdued and melancholy
way they leave when the fight is over.
Instead Of the eager looks and muir
murs of expectant pleasure, most Of the
spectators return detected and disgust
ed. The sport rarely comes up to the
anticipation of the public. The mata-
dore erred egregiously in this point or
that, and, though advice was hurled at
him ON all sides, he did not profit by it
Many give vent to their disgust in an
CRY epithets, and yet next Sunday finds
them at the ring as usual. Washing
ton Post
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
Ancient sports Among the Hebrevv,

Ancient Sports Among the Hebrews.
Pigeons as letter carriers, tradition
tells us, were employed at the time
when Joshua invaded Palestine as me-
diums of communication between head
quarters and camps in lands far off on
the other side Of the Jordan. At the
time Of the Talmud they were used in
amusing games. The Talmud tells us
that betting was INDUCED In at the pi-
geon play. The owner of the pigeon
which reached first the point designat-
ed was the winner.
Another play connected with betting
was the kubya. Kubya means a small
pot (Arabic kubeia, small glass;. The
kubya was little pot wherein dice
were shaken and thrown upon the ta-
BILE. The dice were numbered as our
modern ones are. Against these two
games the Talmud was in arms, and
their players were not allowed to ap-
pear as witnesses before the bar.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
washing OF the Russian.

England is always glad to get an
other citizen, but sometimes she goes
about It in strange manner, accord
ing to the Springfield Republican. A
sailor deserted from a Russian battle
ship and Joined an English crew on a
faraway island. He told them that
he was tired of the rule Of the czar
and wanted to become an English citi-
zen. They were at loss how to nat
uralize him, but finally each one threw
a bucket of water on him and so wash
ed off the Russian.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
Felt His Importance.

A boy, having left school, started to
work in factory. At the end of his
drst days work he returned home, evi-
IDENTIFY feeling quite man. Taking off
his hat and coat, he threw them on the
floor, with a meaning look at his sister.
Look here, Jim," said she; "hang
your clothes in their proper place."
Hang them up yourself" he replied.
"Who do You thinks keepin' yeT-~
London Standard.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-11
Rather Fruit1ess Advertising.

1t is an open secret that tailors make
presents of elegant clothing to promi-
nent persons, in consideration for
which the latter are expected to NEIL
ton the maker, casually, to be sure,
but as often AS possible. Other firms
are known to employ persons who,
when occasion Offers say in crowded
street car, converse naturally, but
quite audibly and energetically, ON the
merits Of their employers establish
ment.-International Quarterly.