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DIED.

At the residence of her son-in-
law, Frederick Fuss, Mrs. Holmes,
relict of Jacob Holmes aged 20
years, 2 months and IL days.
Blessed are the decd who die in the
Lord
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PARKER II. STROBE
as.
Mary Ellen Leamaster, Jacob Leamaster,
Minnie S. Strobe an infant, and John f.
Strobe.
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to obtain de-
cree of Partition of the Lands of which
Eleanor P. Strobe, died seized, or if
not susceptible of Partition the same to be
sold, and the proceeds to be divided
amongst the parties entitled thereto to;
And it appearing on affidavit filed in this
suit, that the said defendant Minnie s.
Strobe, is not resident of this State, she is
hereby required TO appear within one
month after due publication of this Order
and do what is necessary TO protect Ler in
erests in this matter.
J. 3. HALDEMAN, Pc.
F.. s TROXELL,
Clerk.
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TRY G. WILSON'S CHOICE HAMS
H. at is cents. best Family Flour, at
n so. Warranted and Delivered next
GO ner Hall.
Il pit. So. 1874
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Notice of Assignment.

NOTICE is hereby given that
IN the book accounts of James
I'll. Nc Sherry have been assigned
TO us for valuable consideration, and
all persons knowing themselves to be
indebted are notified to settle the same
j. NELSON WISNER,
III. b. MILLER.
Sept. 30. 2tdaltw.
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second
THURSDAY In OCTOBER, 1874
the 18th day of said month"; an Election
will be held at the several voting places,
designated according to LAW, IN THE sew
eral Districts of Berkeley County, West
Virginia, under the superintendent of
the Commissioners appointed at the August
Term, 1874. of the County Court of said
County--for the purpose of receiving
votes for the following officers, viz:
l. A Representive of the Congressional
District composed of the Counties of Tay-
Tor, Morgan, Monongalia, Preston, Tuck
err, Barbour, Upshur, Webster, Marion,
Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy,
Hampshire, Berkeley, Jefferson, Grant and
Mineral in the next Congress of the United
States.
2. A Senator to represent the Senatorial
District composed of the Counties of Berk-
eley, Jefferson and Morgan, in the Senate
of West Virginia.
B. Two Delegates to represent the comfy
OF Berkeley IN the House of Delegates Of
West Virginia
The following are the names of the Com
missloners Of elections appointed at Au-
gust Term, 1874, as aforesaid
Il. l.. HOFFMAN, For District No
JOHN W. LAMoN, l, Mill Creek.
JOHN h. BOYD, JR,
GILBERT W. McKowN, ! For District No
JAMES PARE, II. Gerardst 'wn.
J. p. STUMP,
b. M. KITCHEN,
CHARLES NJ BlsHoP, For Shanghai
JACOB STUKEY,
ROBERT STEWART, SR.,
ELIAS NJ. PITzER, For Dit ict No. 3
THoMAT @. BRYARLY,
ROBERT T. FLAGG,
GEORGE w. ANDERSON, Yanmetre's
BENJAMIN t. BoLEY, School House
FRANK ID. STALEY,
JOHN s. GARDNER, For District No. 4
RoBFRT X. ROBINSON, Martinsburq.
NJ IL. TABLER, For District No.
JACOB MILLER, Opequoa, Green's
MICHAEL SIGLER, burg.
w FRANKREBERRY
j. d MILLER, Ridenhoar's
e. b. MEspER, School House.
JACOB HULL,
BENJAMIN G. SPEcK, For District No. 8
JAMES I. JOHNSON, Hedgesville.
LEVI HENsHAw,
THOMAS l.. HARPER, Tomahawk.
SYLVESTER JAMESON,
JOHN LASBEs,
8. D. CUNNINGHAM, For District No. 4,
JOSEPH CRIswELL, } Falling Waters.
TEsTE,
Wv. DOLL.
Sept, ~, 1874.
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Berkeley Female Seminary,
MARTINSBURG, w. VA.


N7HIS In, titution, which has been in
Il successful ope ration many years as
"Norbourne Female Seminary" will
resume its exercises on Monday, Sept.
IA, 1874, and continue until June 25th,
1876.
Expenses per annual session, paya-
BILE quartely in advance.
Board, Washing Furnished room,
fuel and lights 300 90
Primary Departmen5........... 20 90
intermediate " ................ 5000
Senior +" ................... 1000
Music. ................ ................. 1000
Use oil lnstrum ent................. 800
TeIlCu 10 w
German and Latin at Professors rates.
No deduction will be made except in
cases of protracted sickness.
A liberal deduction will be made for
boarders who remain only from Mon
day to Friday.
For circular, address
MRS. PEYToN r. HARRISON,
MISS BETTE j. HUNTER, TIC P's
Ia L9Mmug.
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Important to Farmers

The undersigned are the agents for the
sale of several of the best and most re-
liable Phosphates Manufactured. The
Phosphates we sell are guaranteed repre-
sented. Farmers and others wishing TO
usePhosphates of almostany brand, will
do we'll uy giving us call. The best
references given as to the superior excel
ence of the Phosphates sold by US. For
uliparticulars call on
.KAPP & EMMERT.
MARTIEsBURe, w. Va.
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Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given that on the
second
THURSDAY In OCTOBER, 1874
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.HE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA !:

At Rules held in the Clerks Office of
Berkeley County on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER 1874.
PARKER II. STROBE
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Sept, 10, 1874.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30
Boa Constructors by Express.

For two days past an unpretendlnG look
inc trunk has been lying in the express
office at this city. addressed to Bob Stick
ney. care Old John RObinsOn's Circus.
Little speculation was had concerning the
character of the freight until this after
noon. when q slight movement inside was
plainly detected by DIR. w. ;. Crawford,
who happened to be sitting upon the trunk
at the time. Steps were thereupon taken
to ascertain the nature OF Its contents.
when it was discovered that the trunk
contained a huge boa constructor, designed
for the immense case of living snakes
which forms one of the important features
of RObinsOn'S Worlds Exposition. The
trunk is an old and dilapidated affair, and,
fearing that the serpent might in some
manner escape, Mr.. Browning procured the
assistance of Mr.. +. Il. Green and DIR.
Crawford, and the trio carefully picked up
his snakeShip, intending to remove 1t 10 Il
place of safety in the back room. The
huge reptile, having become awakened
from its tOrDOr, and finding itself in mo-
tiOn, commenced a violent threShin@,
which had the effect to loosen the grasp OF
the gentlemen having hold Of the trunk,
and with crash the receptacle fell to the
floor, breaking the lid from its hinges and
exposing to the terrified gaze OF those
present a GrecnlSh. TepulSlVG mass, whose
hOrrid head shot from its confinement, and
with distended jaws and prOtruding death
dealing fangs, struck terror to the hearts
of those present. who stood as if rooted TO
the spot. Mr.. Browning, whose presence
of mind seemed to be ample for the Occa-
sion, softly requested MeSSTs. Green and
Crawford to quietly Withdraw. and slip
ping through the open door leading to the
back room, he hastily grasped a rubber
tarpaulin. and holding it before him, brave
Iv stepped forward and deXterOusly threw
it upon the trunk, thus envelOpin% his
snakeship. and with the assistance Of his
comrades succeeded in replacing the cover,
which was securely tied on with stout
rope. The serpent is said to be fully iii-
teen feet in length, and at the largest part
of the body from six to seven inches in
diameter, and was shipped, it has since
been ascertained, from the Geological Gar
dens, at Central Park, New York.
Mr.. Browning is an admirer Of snakes
i'm general, but as for this particular MEM
Der of the OviparOus family he possesses
but little affection, and is anXiOusly await
inc tie arrival of its owner, DR.. Craw-
ford a-C Mr.. Green, since the thrilling all
ventuie above described, are down on
snake matinees from this time Out.-Ga-
lena (UL.) Gazette.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30
TramSplanting.

Many persons imagine if they can plant
the seeds of vegetables in the hills where
they are to grow, that will gain some time
which is lost in transplanting. But in
some vegetables this is a mistake. Let
tuce, cabbage and tomatoes are especially
benefited by transplanting. And II they
are carefully transplanted twice, they are
improved. 1t makes them more stalky
and robust la their growth. Florists have
also found that it improves some kinds OF
flowers to transplant. And trees, espec-
ially evergreens, are benefited by yearly
removal for two or three years. In this
removal we do not intend to imply that
careless bruising and breaking OF plants on
trees of any kind will improve them.
Plants and trees must be removed with
dirt adhering 10 them. protecting the
fibrOus roots. Celery, cabbage and toma-
toes should be cut around with knife
from one to three t1ches from the stem,
according to age, and carefully transplant
ed. without checking their growth. Car
den vegetables do not grow wild, and
without care and labor, but when carefully
nnrsed they always pay the bill. lt Is all
wrong to permit a bed of cabbage plants
to grow up so crowded that they produce
so slender a stem that it would be folly to
ever look for them to bear large heads.
So soon as they produce the second leaves
they should be set out at least two inches
apart, and the ground cultivated between
them, which will insure strong and yigOr-
Gus plants.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30

"The gulch, the gulch. BY heaven
they have both gone into Devils Gulch -
! What was referred TO rs "Deyil' 5
Gulch y was narrow ravine, with rocky,
/ perpendicular walls which put into the
river about fifty yards below the bend.
| Something fell into the gulch sure"
cried the man, land it must have been
either the horse or jack, or both"
| All now started for crossing some dis
tance up the river, in order to go down the
other shore and see what had happened.
JOggles, who had before this descended
from the roof of his house, now came
putting and blowing across lots. and joined
tina party from the river, fifteen or twenty
men in all, as they came from several
claims.
"Cuss jackass, anyhow" was all that
JOggles said, as he came up with the
crowd. As all knew his feelings, 10 one
said word.
"Cuss a jackass =" he several times NUT
tered as they moved down the river, after
having crossed over.
Rounding the bend they came in full
view of the gulch. There. upon its rocky
brink, stood the jack. With outstretched
neck he was gazing intently into the
chaSm below. His ears were Topped for
ward, as though to shade his eyes and give
him clearer View of what lay at the bot
tom of the gulch. The sound of ap-
preaching footsteps at length attracted his
attention. Turning his head and seeing
the party drawing near. he moved back
from the brink of the precipice, give his
tqil flourish, and uttered series of tri-
umphal = gee-hawsr'
Looking down into the chasm the men
beheid lying at the bOttOm-mOtiOnleSs in
death-OId PiZen, the fighting horse of the
Stanislaus. His head was doubled under
him-his neck was broken.
When he came up out of the gulch, after
having ascertained this fact, JOggles was
deadly rale. Drawing and cooking his
siX-shOOter, he advanced toward the party
and said:
"JOhn p. Jones, you knOwed what that
jackass was. Don't speak. Let no man
speak wOrd.''
With this he turned suddenly to where
the jack stood with head down, mOping
sleepily, and sent a bullet through his
brain. The beast fell without a moan,
when JOggles advanced and deliberately
emptied the contents of his revolver into its
carcass. He then seized it by the ears,
dragged it to the brink of the precipice and
tumbled it down upon the body of the old
brOncho. saying:
"As you are the only thing that ever
whipped him, cuSS me, you shall lie and
rot with Old PiZen-Old PiZen, the Fitin'
IIOss of the StanislauS. Virginia City
(NeU.) ENTERPRISE.
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that would net turn at his step, that had
no longer any need of him.
The old man was crying with all the
abandon and something perhaps of the
shallowness of a child's grief, but the
doctor made no answer to his lamenta-
tions; it is doubtful if he even heard
them in the flood of emotion that surged
up as he stood looking down on the mex
orable calm of that white face on the pill
low. and thought that he should never,
never see it otherwise. The eyes that had
looked such new sweetness and meaning
into his life were shut forever, and his had
not been the hands to close them the
fingers whose touch had stirred his torpid
heart into feeling were rigid now, and he
had not felt their last tlutter. She was
gone out of his reach, out of his call-gone
and had never known what she was to
him. "Does she know it now, | wonder"
he said to himself; and the still smile be-
meath his gaze seemed like an answer.
Some of those who were present at
Adele's funeral remarked that the doctor
had aged ten years in as many weeks; and
one of them took him to task about it after
wards, declaring that there was reason in
all things, but none in working himself to
death. and that he ought to take things
easier. The doctor listened to the advice
and followed it after his own fashion, by
working harder than ever, taking advan-
tage of an epidemic which just about that
time broke out in Holmby. de has not
killed himself yet, however, nor seems
likely to do so; he only gets a little grayer
and more rugged with the years, which is
their only visible effect on him. People
have pretty well left off joking him about
marriage enow-anything of that sort seems
so wholly out of his matter-Of-fact way.
Nobody suspects that brief romance of his
middle age nobody dreams that he found
his heart just to bury it in the coffin of the
childish stranger who came and went
scarcely marked among them. He him
self has no time to spare for sentiment
the bygone, with its joys and pain, is by
gone. and he lives and must live in the
present. But he fOrgets nothing of it all
and when he pauses moment to break of
a dead leaf from the rose bush at the foot
of that solitary grave under the willow, or
to bend back branch that drOops too low
over the headstone, he thinks tenderly
again of what has been, of what perhaps
may yet be. Perhaps-whO knows p
Hearth and Home.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30

As A corporal of the New Orleans pO-
lice was recently making his rounds at a
very early hour in the morning his atten-
ton was attracted by a suspicious looking
box which had been deposited on door
step. 1t bore a curious appearance, sug-
gestive of an internal machine which
mi ght 90 off of itself and scatter destruc-
ton around generally. SO he thought 1t
his duty to examine it closely. An inveS-
tipation revealed the fact that the box,
though intended to do mischief, was not
meant to explode upon being opened, but
that its powers of supposed mischief lay
i'm various charms which had evidently
been prepared by some practitioner of
VOudou mysteries. The box was covered
with white cloth, and the white cloth was
covered with leaves fastened to it by nnu-
merable brass pins. On the top of the
box was a minute white coffin, yet it was
large enough to afford place for an inscrip
ton containing the name of female IN
mate of the house where the affair had
been left, and likewise the day upon which
the sender had evidently hoped that she
would die Within the coffin was figure
made of dough intended to represent the
body of the person already mentioned, its
head being transtixed through and through
with pins, the ends of which bristled out
in every direction. The whole arrange
ment was Voudou charm, which 1t was
supposed would bring dire destruction to
the person it was intended to work
against, and who. being a firm believer
in the efficacy of NOudOu spells, went
nearly frantic on seeing the eOntrivance.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30
A Dangerous Present.

Very few people, probably, are aware
that Osmium is the most powerful poison
ever known. At a recent meeting of the
Paris Scientific Academy, NJ. Fl. Sainte
Claire Deyille, a member of this learned
assembly, offered to his colleagues, in
perfectly tight vial, eight killOgrammes--
about fifteen pOunds-Of Osmium. The
illdstrious chemist accompanied his pres
ent with a short explanation. Osmium,
he said, is the most poisonous OF all POI
sons. Twenty pounds of it would be SUI
ficient to poison the entire population OF
the world. One thOusandth part OF
grain of osmic acid. set free in a volume
OF air of hundred cubic yards. would
possess such Il deadly influence that all the
persons respiring the air could be nearly
killed. Osrnic acid is so much the more
dangerous that no counter pOisOni Is known
AGAINST it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30
What the GrasshOppers are Like.

One of the settlers who have been driven
away from Southwestern Minnesota by the
ravages of the grasshOppers has given the
Minneapolis Tribune some account Oftheir
troubles. He says: " There are just four
of us, three boys and our mother. Our
names are Lars, Andrew and Genner Lar
sen. We have lived in WatOnwan county
for eight years, and have been fighting
against fate for nearly all that time. Two
years ago the violent hailstOrm destroyed
our crops, while the mercileSs grasShOp-
pers devOured our subsistence last year.
We planted our fields again this year, but
the fearful pests have again attacked us,
and we have been obliged to flee for our
lives. Our entire crop has been destroyed,
and our whole farm laid waste. We were
obliged to leave or starve to death. The
grasshOppers are about an inch and aquar-
ter in length when full grown, of dusky
grayish color, the heads being Ofa reddish
color. and the under wings when spread
exhibiting yelIOwish or copper color.
The eggs of insect are Ovate in form. of
a grayish color. and about the size of
wheat corn. They are deposited in the
ground and under the grass and stubble in
clusters. They are generally laid about
the last of July or first of August, and
hatch out in June according to the wealth
er. When first Matched they resemble
little flying insects, but they soon develop
into full-fledged grasshOppers. As soon
as they are hatched they commence to iced
until they begin to swarm or form into
tlocks, when they rise and visit other feed
ing-grounds. They fly in the air in vast
clouds, almost entirely Obliterdting the
sun. While in the air at a distance they
strongly resemble an immense snow cloud.
In their flight the lower ones are about
forty feet above the grOund,whlle they eX-
tend upward beyond human sight. They
settle upon a field of waving grain glitter
in@i in the sun, with the heads Of wheat
nOdding in the breeze, and alightinS cover
the stalk of each spear of grain from the
root to the head. In an incredible short
time the entire field is destroyed, and the
ravenOus desTOyers leave only barren
waste behind them. While at work upon
the grain a field looks fairly brown with
them. They do not eat the grain, but bite
into the tender stock and juicy kernel, and
suck the vital sap from the young plant.
When they rise the entire field is dead, and
in few days dried up. When young grain
is attacked before it is headed out the entire
spear is eaten off, leaving only a field of
stubble. In some cases the trees and every
green thing are attacked, but their vOra-
ciOus appetites are principally appeased
with grain or garden stuff. There seems
to be no remedy. If, however, the grass
was burned over in the spring | think
many of the eggs would be destroyed.
The fall fires 90 not seem to do any good.
Water and frost seem wholly inadequate TO
destroy them. The only enemy they have
is a little red parasite that gets under their
wings. These little worms eat their way
ilto the vitals of the insect and destroy its
life. The dead grasshOppers seem covered
with these little worms"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30
3" THE EARLY BIRD"

DAINrILY over the dew-wet grass
5rlpped eiue-eyed Milly, the farmers lass,
Swinging her milk-pail TO and fro,
As sne murmured a lOve-song son and low.
Many suitor Milly had,
From the squirrels son 10 the herdman's ladi
But she smiled on all with merry glance,
AND gave each wooer an equal chance.
Now faithful Donald, the herdsman's lad,
The more he loved her the more was sad;
For what with the squire son, J." thought he
'She never will turn a thought 20 mei'
But do rn the meadow be raked the hay
WHEN Milly went singing along that way
lie watched her pass, and she cried, in jest:
''Ils the early bird'-yOu know the rest!p
Then suddenly Donald grew so bold
MAJ nd hID she oi1, OLD storv' was quickly told;
ana olue-syed Mily was nothing 10th
On That summers morning 10 plight her troth.
On! foolish D0naidu' she cried, in glee,
~ o wait so long for hint from me!''
lhen merrily over the dew-wet grass
Iupped Donald and Milly, his own sweet lass
-IndeDeadPuf
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30

WAFFLEs.-Beat well the yelks of 4
eggs, add q pints Of sweet milk and /
teaspoonful of salt; add enough sifted -four
to make rather a stiff batter; beat the
whites of the eggs very stiff, and stir in
lightly the last thing before baking; bake
in waifle-irOns serve hot. and eat with
butter and sirup. If but eggs are used,
add l heaping teaspOOnful of baking
powder to the flour.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30

WHILE Prof. Watson has been fooling
away fifteen years of his life in the study
of astronomy, a very common fellow IN i
Delaware has discovered that tllrnip ted
to a string and hung to hook VIII pre-
vent rheumatism from entering the hod5e'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30

Deaths take place, the world over, at
the rate of one every two seconds. There
is a sense of profound relief in the thought
that every time a man goes out OF the
world, a baby and half are coming into
it,-BroOkLylI Argus.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-30

Mrs. McFarland-R Richardson's mar
riage with Chicagoan is announced for
September.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-11-04
st. Nicholas For November,


Offers a greater variety than usual
Among the stories there is the opening of
'Tchumpin, stirring Russia tale, by
G. A. Stephens; a 'Trotty' story, by Miss
Elizabeth s. Phelps; a Half Dozen
Young Rascals, story Of Bunker Hill;
The Hidden Treasure, tale of pirate
life in Florida, by s. w G. Benjamin; :;
a New York Thanksgiving Story, a Coon
Story, and an Interesting Ghost Story.
Then there are practical articles, such as
The Transit of Venus;' How the Cars
Stopped, 'Yusuf,' an Eastern Sketch;
Venus of Milo, Legends and Supersti-
tions, by N. s. Dodge; "A Billy Goat
Schoolmaster;' The Aard-Va ark, with IL
lustratious of this curious animal, an ar
ticle on the construction of East India
Toys There are poems by DR.. J. G. Hol-
land, Anna G. Bracket, Mary E Brad
ley, and Mary Mapes Dodge II II. ;,
tells about the Ants Monday Dinner;'
The Marriage of the Gold Pen and the
Inkstand; ; boys letters from Dick Har-
din at the Sea-shOre.' The illustrations
this month deserve special commonda-
ton. Beautiful view of Florida Bayou.
Then there are comic pictures by Frank
Beard and Master Frederick Chapmani
pictures of animals by James c. Beard,
Conklin, and Hochstein; fanciful draw
ings by Mary A. Lathcury, Jessie Curtis,
and E. n. S. ScaRneII; pictures of Japan
ese subjects by A. c. Warren: Venus of
MIL