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Middletown transcript., 1886-09-23

"THE gates of the Republican party
are wide open, says the Des Moines
Register. Yes, and everybody is COM
ing out.--New Haven News, Mug
Middletown transcript., 1886-09-23

W SENAToR GRAY viii be his own sue
cessor in the Senate. A9worthy and
able representative for the Diam ond
State in the upper house.
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y THE law punishing wife beaters with
the lash has been in force in Maryland
for four years, but as yet there has
been only one conviction under the
law. ....E Nv fas.. .......1
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THE Marquis Of Salisbury had to
travel 900 miles recently to have an au-
dience with the Queen Of England.
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Il THE President has been In the woods
for the last month but tine government
goes on just the same.
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Second Trial-S30 class, Premium 500. tor
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When Baby was sick, we gave her CAsToRIA
When she was Child, she cried for CASToRIA
When she became Miss, she clung to CASTORIA
When abe had Children, she gave them CASTA
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DARr to be true; moth ing can need lie
A fault which needs it most, grows two
thereby. -Genrge Herbert
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NCxN ~ trife with any Throat OF
OON Lung Disease. II you have
Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Group or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and prevent
further trouble. It is a positive cure
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and 50c
J. GAYLORD BRA AGD0N, DRUGGIST.
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SECOND DAY-wEDNEspAY.

SECOND DAf-WEDNEsDAY.
First Trial-2.5o class, Premium $500; free for
all trotters that never beat $50.
Second Trial-230 class, Premium 500; tree
for all PAGERS that never beat $50.
Third Trial-Wagon race, Premium $50, for
horses without record to road wagons.
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THIRD DAY-THURsDAY.

First Trial-250 class, Premium s2OO; free for
all horses that never beat ESQ.
Second Trial-3.00 class, Premium $500; free
tor all horses that never beat 500.
Third Trial-Coit race to harness. Premium
$50; tor colts owned on the Peninsula 4
years old or under.
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WE vCNsON

NV NCNSON Blood Elixir
is warranted, is because 1t is the best
Blood Preparation known. It will posi-
lively cure all Blood Diseases, purifes the
whole system, and thoroughly builds up the
constitution. Remember, we guarantee it.
J GAYLORD BRAGDON, DRUGGIST.
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NOTES AND NUGGETS

WHO is the handsomest man in Mid
dletown ? d.1ssa 1852
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19
Formic Acid in Honey.

Alta recent meeting Of the Physiological
society Of Berlin it was stated that when
the bee has filed the cell either with pure
honey or a mixture of pollen dough and
honey, and has completed the lid, drop
of fOrmic acid obtained from the poison
bag connected with the sting is added to
the honey by perforatinG the lid with the
sting. Numerous experiments show that
this formic acid preserves the honey and
every other solution from fermentation.
If this be well established it will show
that the sting and the poison apparatus
Of the bee has further purpose than that
Of defensive or offensive weapon. An
other interesting fact suggests itself in
connection with this. So far as is known
most Of the insects that have the stinging
apparatus similar to that Of the bee are
collectors and storers of honey.-Buston
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19
They Always Did 1t in Tha. Way.

Charley Haskins, of Milwaukee, an old
telegraph man. was in Europe recently and
he tells some funny stories about the way
the telegraph business is managed over
there. For instance, he filed 8 message
in an office in London, and. out Of curios-
ity, waited to see what became Of IL. The
receiving clerk did mot put it in a little
leather cup and shoot it up the pneumatic
tube TO the operating room, as the Ameri-
can receiving clerk does. Instead he
hug il on file hook with a number of
other messages and went on taking in
more messages, plaCI4g them on the same
hook. In about half an hour the hook
was full, when the clerk called out to a
boy. In five minutes the boy was on his
way up the stairs to the operating room
with that bundle of messages, and he
wasn't in very much of hurry, either
No wonder Mr.. Haskins says the Ameri-
can telegrapher couldn't stand it to live
In that country.
They are slow over in England, but very
careful For instance, when they erect a
telegraph pole in the street of town or
city they plant it as carefully as if they
were laying the foundation Of 81, ,000,-
600 building. With the pole once up they
are not satisfied to brace 1t with the ser
vice wires, but to attach to 1t and
UNtend out and fasten in every direction
Geavy guy wires, as clumsy as they are
unnecessary. There is no use trying to
tell the Englishman anything, either, or
10 suggest any better methods. His in
variable reply, in a tone which seems to
leave no room for further argument, is:
"Well, we have always done it that
way. Chicago Herald.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

There is a man in Danbury, Conn, who
treats rheumatism, spraiDs swellings. lame
ness and other disorders with the help Of
black snakes. A remarkable cure is reported
upon the person of a man, Whose ankle was so
swollen as TO almost prevent his walking, VIII,
was induced TO test the snakes cure. He
was taken to the snake doctors house
on King street After showing the
swollen ankle to the keeper OF serpents, he
allowed him to do as he pleased. A large
box, containing perhaps a dozen writhing
black snakes, was brought into the room.
Selecting one about three feet in length,
the snakeman proceeded TO wind it about
the rheumatic limb, which was barred
The serpent hissed and tried TO escape, but
after another attempt it was held firmly, and
in a few moments became quiet. Twenty
minutes elapsed, and the snake fell from the
mans leg apparently stupefied. The pain,
which had been intensified by the journey,
was pronounced gone. Another application
was made with fresh snake, as the one Just
used could not be made to stay on. Soon it
fell to the floor as the other had done. The
swelling had by this time entirely disappeared.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Dec. lS-The success
of certain lumber, sash and blind company
in this state shows conclusively that co-opera-
ton may be made a success in this country.
No stock is for sale, all being owned by its
workmen and clerks, the latter of whom are
also its managers. Every would-be stock
holder has to enter some branch Of the bust
ness, become proficient thereat and await
promotion, receiving regular wages mean
while. IT, after while, he is found to be a
valuable man he is allowed shares, which are
inalienable. At the holders death they are
sold to the highest bidder. and the family Of
the deceased has the proceeds. There are no
capitalists and no strikes The company now
holds 900, 600 Of acres OF timber, and ships
its lumber in its own schoonerS
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

1t is estimated that each year from "a,
900 to 35, 900 cubic miles Of rain falls upon
the surface Of the globe. What becomes
of it, The rivers seldom carry of one
half, except in regions of close grained
rocks; the rest disappears by evaporation,
by the absorption Of the earth, and by
being taken up by plants, animals and
mineral oxidation. In most parts of tenn
perate latitudes the removal by rivers is
from a third to two fifths of what falls;
in warm latitudes the amount is less, and
may be under one tenth. The Mississippi
carries away one fourth Of the rainfall of
its drainage area; the Missouri three
twentieths; the Ohio one fourth; the
rivers Of England and Wales nine-six-
teenths.-Brooklyp Eagle.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19
Number. Insure Respectabillty.

A correspondent discussing apartment life
in New York says:
The majority Of persons will live, a number
together, where one or two families would
not live, probably thinking that what might
be atmospheric faint Is so diminished by par
ticipation as to be unobiectionshlo. An eI-
ample Of this was furnished in upper Fifth
avenue, where a number Of lots had been
vacant for years on account Of tho shameful
notoriety Of their owner, q woman, vino had
a tawdry home Immediately adjacent. No one
family would have had the moral courage to
live there; but when an apartment house was
erected on the site, ten or twelve families oc-
cupied it at once, and continued to occupy it
until it was turned into a hotel.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

Miller started life as drug clerk, made a
success as doctor and then studied law. He
had made q reputation in Iowa when he WAS
appointed by Lincoln twenty-three years ago
He now stands next to Chief Justice Waite
on the account Of his length of service, and
be is one of the most able Of tho Judges II
was thought that he would be chosen chief
justice at the time Waite was chosen, but
politics work in mysterious ways and its
doings are beyond the power Of prophecy.
FRANK g. CARPENTER
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

In green, and the private property is a com
bination Of capitals and small letters mixed
together with little regard for the beauties
Of orthogrsphy The presidents country
home has been greatly improved since last
spring. The grounds have been trimmed, a
wire fence with green posts has been made
around the whole estate, and a new entrance
road has been cut in from Wooiley lane.
The banks of this have been sodded, and the
drive which leads TO the presidents front
porch winds about and ascends gradually
until it reaches the red rooted porte cochere
at the corner of the cottage. The president
has spent the past summer in making i'm
provements, and he is now planting little
orchard of trees at the back of the
house. The soil, however, is a mixture
Of terra Gotta clay and gravel which has no
life giving properties whatever. Referring to
It one Of the joking statesmen of Washington
says that the presidents ost crop WAS very
poor, though be planted the oats in hills four
feet apart, like corn, and put only three grains
In hill Nevertheless, it will raise grass, trees
and dowers, and it will be ia the future one
OF the prettiest little homes about Washing
ton The president is fast adding TO it all the
modern conveniences. The rusty old barn
still stands but two. modest sheds are being
built beside it and a gigantic windmill has
been put up in the barnyard This windmill
adds picturesqueneSs TO the scene. IL is rs
high as the house, and consists of a great pale
green derrick, with red and green wheel
with an arrow at its back upon the top. This
wheel keeps continually moving TO the music
of the breeZes which always blow at this high
altitude, and as drove past IT to-day 1t was
fnging itself about worse than the tabled
giant Of Don Quixote.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19
The EiffeI Tall Tower.

The French have always been fond of
saying that the Americans, who boast of
their ugly Washington monument, must
have souls dead 10 art and eyes capable
of eppreciating mere size, but among the
Frenchmen who, under the presidency Of
NJ. Lockroy, have voted a subvention Of
l, 800, 600 francs for the construction Of
the Eiffel tall tower, NJ. Tirard was the
only Ole who had word against this ugly
mass OF iron framework, which has less
artistic merit than the Coney Island
elephant--The Argonsut
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19
Athletes in New York.

on fresh vigor. Half the society and
business men of the town now go to the
rooms of some professor of sparring or of
physical culture and exercise at least one
hour every other day. The most popular
and beneficial treatment is that which
adds to the exercise itself the rubbing
down of the pupil and the treating him
by massage or manipulation.-Cor. Phila-
delphia Times.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

Queen Victoria has sent to the Long
more hospital for incurables, Edinburgh,
$50 and copies of her portraits for each
Of the rooms in the hospital. In forward
ing them the dowager Duchess of Rox-
burgh wrote THE queen thinks it will
be agreeable TO the poor invalids of each
room to see this memento of her majesty's
visit-New York World.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

One million eggs of the whitefish with
5000 eggs of the lake trout, have been
sent to Switzerland. When hatched the
young fry will be placed in the Swiss
lakes of Zurich, Zug and Geneva, each
taking 200, 900 whitefish and 10000 lake
trout.-Chicago News.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

Washington and
the Virginia noun
tains The sun was
Just setting as /
rode past it one
evening last week,
and ! saw a pretty
picture upon the
veranda Of the sec
ond story. Presi-
dent Cleveland and
his wife were stand
ing there under the
pagoda like roof
which CROWNS this
corner Of the build
ing, and the preSi-
dent was pointing
toward the Wash
ingtOn monument,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

There is, l fear, prosaic set growing
up among us, editors of booklets, book
worms, index hunters or men of great
memories and nc Imagination.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

There are 2,127 pensioners in North
Carolina, the smallest number in any state
of the union.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

President Cleveland's cottage has been
transferred from an old stone farm house
into one as pretty as any you will find at our
great seaside resorts. A story has been added
70 it and about $4,000 worth of i'm
provements, / should judge, have been
put upon it. 1t has a roof painted
: dsrt-,--elvety red, and it has two wide
porches, each Of which gives views Of
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

HIS sign Is nailed
against q tree
at one corner of
President Cleve
lands country
home. 1t guards
the entrance 10 a
well used lane lead
Ing toward his
barn, and it is made
# two short strips
Of board " hic b
once formed q part
Of an Old soap box.
The letters upon it
are ruiely painted
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

"This beats me, as the egg remarked
when it saw the spoon.-Boston CONNER
Cial Bulletin.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

The striking craze has reached Frank
fort-on the-Main, where the fashionable
ladies have combined and refuse to buy
articles Of French manufacture.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

The latest absurdity is to put Grape on
the collar Of pet dog whose owner is In
mourning.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

The throne on which Queen Victoria
sat when she opened the Liverpool exhi-
bition is for sale.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

The late Gov. Hubbard, Of Connecticut,
though not well known outside the state
except to the bar of the country, was re-
garded as one of the most brilliant minds
that state has ever produced Of recent
years. He was very able lawyer and a
most delightful orator. His son inherits
neither these tastes nor capacities. He
is a brisk little business man and buys and
sells stocks on Change. Hawley, Ed
munds, Sherman. Conkling, now or lately
of the senate, have not sons Conkling
unquestionably inherits some Of his gifts.
His father, Judge Conkling, was an able
man. Platt, who is not conspicuous
senator but is regarded by his colleagues
as a very able man, has a son who, though
fair average lawyer, is not thought to
possess his fathers abilities. Mr.. Evarts
has large family Of sons. Some are in
business, one is a lawyer, one in the
church, but though some Of them physi-
cally suggest the father none seem to have
inherited from him exceptional powers Of
mind. Malone, who certainly in some
respects has had q remarkable career and
Is unquestionably a man of force, has
son for whom he has cherished most
ardent hopes, but who has sadly shattered
them thus far.
Alexander Hamilton seems to have be-
queathed none of that wonderful genius
TO which SO much in our government
stands as a monument to his children.
Hamilton's destroyer, Burr, was man Of
ability and, many thought, genius. There
was unquestiOned inheritance in his case,
as he was on the mothers side de-
scendant of Jonathan Edwards. Burr
had no sons, but his daughter was a most
brilliant and accomplished woman, whose
strange romance became a matter Of
public notoriety York sun.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

The Sons OF Our Statesmen Have, In Al
most all Cases, Indicated no Inheritance
of Their Fathers intellectual Abilities.
Illustrations.
Take, for instance, our presidents.
Washington, jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
Jackson have no male descendants. Presi-
dent Van Buren's son John was a man Of
extraordinary quick wit. keen intellect
and brilliaucy as n lawyer. He was
known as Prince John, hut he was not q
man Of steady purpose or Of such charac-
ter as makes ability tell for its best.
President HaTrisOn's son was man in
no special way conspicuous, though the
grandson, the present Senator Harrison,
is thought by many to be a man Of eXCep-
tional ability Yet there il no lesson Of
heredity 10 be learned from Senator Har-
riSOn's career, iuasmuch as William
Henry Harrison was very far from being
a great man. and was elected to the presi-
dency for reasons with which his mental
character had very little to do. John
Tyler was an accidental president, and
not u man of commanding ability One
Of his sons Is 4 struggling physician in
Washington and another has held minor
positions under the government. Polk
and Taylor had We believe, no sons.
Franklin Pierce lost his son by rail
road accident soon after Mr. PierCe's
election The youth was regarded As Civ
ing promise of great ability. Buchanan
was bachelor Lincoln : son Robert in
no way whatever, physically or mentally,
suggests his paternity. lie seems to have
inherited physically the short, stocky
build Of the Todds from his mother, and
their rather phlegmatic mental constitu-
ton It was thought by many that one
Of Mr. Iincoln's sons, Willie, who died
young gave promise OF inheriting some
of his fathers remarkable traits of mind.
Andrew johnson : son was a man of only
average capacity. while Gen. Grant three
boys are certainly not distinguished above
their fellows. Fred leads a listless, un-
ambitious life; Ulysses is a sort Of amateur
farmer in Westchester county, while
Jesse is following quiet business career.
Gen. Garfield has one boy, Irwin, who Is
thought to have inherited some Of his
fathers literary ability, but James and
Henry Garfield, though young men of
fair attainments, have not discovered
such mental strength as their father had.
Gen. Arthur's sou, Alan, is a student in
the Columbia law shoOl Possibly he
may develop into a strong man by and
by
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19
HENRY CLAY's HOPE.

Henry Clay was greatly disappointed in
his sons. He had hope that his mantle
would fall on one Of them, but he lived
long enough 70 see that his hope wss vain.
Daniel Webster's son, Fletcher, was a
quiet, somewhat scholarly gentleman,
without single suggestion Of the posses
sion Of his fathers great ability. He was
a gallant officer during the war, and was
killed In service Not one, we believe it
is safe 70 say, Of the men who so ably
made history for US in the past, left sons
who took up the work their fathers left
off, and carried it on with signal ability
The names we now hear and have heard
for a generation are new names. None Of
them suggest the giants of old. The
brilliant Tom Ewing's son is now a quiet
lawyer in New York. Tom BentOn's
grandsons are youths Of character but Of
no conspicuous ability. Clayton, Dallas,
r. NJ. johnson, Wright and Marcy, the
Clntons, these and many others have be-
queathed none of their ability.
Mr. Carlisle has two sons who are prac-
ticing law in the growing town Of Wichita,
Kan. One of them is thought to give
promise of becoming great lawyer Mr..
Blaine has three sons. One is in the rail-
way business in Chicago; one, Walker,
has been able to adopt the habits and life
of people who move in good society with
distinguished success, but not as yet has
he developed any Of the wonderfully
magnetic and stirring qualities that have
made his father pre-eminent Another,
young Jim, as he is called, is thought to
have some of Mr.. Blaine's ability, though
his exuberant youthful spirits have not
permitted him 10 make much manifesto
tion Of it, if it be so. That eccentric but
gifted warrior, Gen. Sherman, had looked
for a career for his son which in other
fields night equal his own, but the young
man has given himself to the life Of
priest in the Church of Rome. John Sher-
man has no children. Through the
Ewings the Shermans and Blaines are re-
lated so that il is likely that to the Ewing
blood these able men can in a manner
ascribe their gifts. Senator Bayard will
probably be the last of his family to hold
conspicuous public office, at least in con-
'secutive line. His son is an amiahle con-
scientious young man, but with no taste
for those pursuits which made his father
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19
THE PRESIDENTS HOME.
OAK VIEW COTTAGE AND ITS SUR
ROUNDlNGS.
Senator Edmunds and His Daughter on
Horsebsck-The Supreme Court and Its
Membsrs-Judge Miller and His Velvet
caP-sundry Capital Gossip.

WASHINGTON. Dec l3,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19
THE SONS OF GREAT MEN.
THE GIFTS OF THE GREAT ARE Sell
DOM TRANSMITTED.

The Sons Of Our Statesmen Have, in Al
most all Cases, Indicated no Inheritance
of Their Fathers intellectual Abilities.
Illustrations.
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For Sale or Exchange.

HHW ENTY-Flt Il new Two-story Six Room
a. Brick DDeings. Price $500 each. Also
one Threeatory Nine Room Brick Dwelling
Price s. geo AT situated ia baltimore
city Would exchange one or more for real
estate Va Eost Virginia, .nd pay difference.
e BRlST0B, Agent
JulY l7--st Hartinsbutg ". Va.
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NOTICE TO TAKE
u nj ES - STTTG-SN -
MARY r. SHERRARD
vs..
JACOB SHERRARD

JACOB SHERRARD.
In Circuit Court in Chancery, Berk ley
County, W VS., 10 Jacob Sherrard, de-
PENDANT;
Take notice that on the 9th day of August,
1886, at the Office OF Stuart ". Walker, in
the city of Martinsburg, West Virginia, be-
tween the hours OF O'clock a. nj. and 5
o'clock p. m. Of that day, shall proceed to
take the dispositions of certain witnesses to be
read in evidence in my behalf in the suit in
equity depending in the Circuit Court of
Berkeley County, W. Va, IN which | am
plaintiff and you are defendant; and if from
any cause the taking of said dispositions be
not commenced on that Gay, or If commenced
be not completed, he taking of said deposit
tions Will be adjourned from day to day at
the same place aud between the same hours
until they are completed.
MARY Il. SHERRARD, by Counsel.
STUART w. WALKER, p. q, jy II 4t