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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-06

frosted silver work upon the sky. The ira
ditional number OF the Pleiades is seven,
but it requires a sharp eye to distinguish
more than six. The fable is that they rep
resent the seven daughters of Atlas, and
that one of them named Merope married
a mortal, whereupon her star grew dim
among those OF her sisters. The brightest
of the Pleiades is Alcyone, which was once
supposed to be the center around which
the whole starry universe revolved. This
theory has in recent years been exploded.
We advise anybody who supposes thatin-
teresting views OF the heavens can only be OBJ
tanned by means OF the great telescopes in
the observatories to take good opera
glass and look at the Hyades and Pleiades
with it. He will be not only interested
but astonished by what he sees. Here, in
Full truth, "the floor OF heaven is thick
inlaid with patines of bright gold"
The Pleiades were connected in ancient
times with the seasons, and us the sun is
near them IN the month of May they were
sometimes called the Virgins of Spring.
Their influence was supposed to be benefi-
cent to the husbandman and the sailor,
and everybody remembers how oh rebukes
his officious friends in the desert by asking:
'Canst thou bind thesweet influences ofthe
Pleiades2" showing. that even in that very
ancient time this cluster of stars delighted
the Imagination of men with its mild yet
wonderful radiance, as it has continued to
do through the whole course of human
history. just here lies the chief charm
of the consultations; they have out
lived history The men who traced
them among the stars also divided the
earth into nations and built cities and
capitals. But these ancient things of the
earth have passed away; cities have
crumbled; imperial capitals have been
humbled into dust; nations have risen,
flourshed, bloomed with civilization, and
sunk into the darkness OF savagery; "the
glory that was Greece and the grandeur
that was Rome" have faded like an APP
partition, but enduring in the heavens re-
main the ianciful labors OF those early
men who divided the starry expanse into
consultations, and made the glittering
armament reflect the fame of the age OF
gods and heroes.
There are many interesting telescope
objects in Taurus, but we have space only
to mention the celebrated Crab nebula,
which may be found short distance
northwest of the star in the end of the
Bulls lower or southern horn. This il a
marvellous phenomenon when viewed with
n powerful telescope.-M Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-06
To Prevent Rusting of Iron.

A composition has been invented by
an English engineer which is claimed
to effectully preserve iron from
rust, being also usefGlly applicable to
other materials, such as stone and
wood, used in conjunction with metal.
This composition consists OF 100 parts
virgin wax, 1875 of Gallipol, 200 of
Norwegian pitch, 100 of grease, 100 Of
bitumen of Judea, 235 of gutta percha,
l2O of red lead 20 of white lead, these
ingredients being mixed together in
the order named in a boiler, the gutta
percha being cut up in small pieces or
rasped. The mixture is stirred at each
addition and poured into molds. For
ron it is melted and laid on with i
brush, for stopping holes it is used as a
paste Boston Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-06

Auriga, is called Menkalina. There is some
mystery about this constellation. 1t ia
ordinarily supposed to represent chariot
eer, but nobody seems TO have been able to
account for the goat and kids that tradi-
ton places in his left arm. The Greeks
were unable to agree as to the meaning of
this constellation. Dr. Seiss saws it repre-
sents a shepherd. and gives religious sig
nificance to it. The ancients seem to have
attached a somewhat similar meaning to
it, as a savior and protector to those in
distress, for Aratus wrote:
d" If thou wouldst gaze on starry Charioteer,
And hast heard legends Of the wondrous
Goat
The Goat and Kids that on the purpling
deep
Oft look to rescue laundering mariners,
Nastlooming shalt thou find on the Twins
left
His form bowed forward"
The right foot OF Auriga rests upon the
point upon the left horn of the Bull, which
is marked by a lone star ofthe second mag
nitude, called FL Nath This brings the OBJ
server to the great constellation ofTaurus,
which contains two of the most beautiful
groups OF stars in the heavens, whose
names we mentioned above-the Hyades in
the Bulls head and the Pleiades in his
shoulder. The brilliant reddish star in the
uPPCI ielU-it'hu Ptlu Vi inc iorlheu ny
the Hyades is the celebrated Aldebaran, a
star that is known to every sea captain,
and that is much used in astronomical OBJ
servations as the moon not infrequently
passes over it in her monthly journey
around the earth. Close observation will
show that the light of Aldebaran is of q
pale rose color. different from that of any
other star
AS the sun is in the constellation of Taurus
in the spring, the Bull was naturally con-
nected in the minds of men in olden times
with the breaking up OF the winter and the
opening of the season of flowers. So we find
Virgil writing of the time:
" When with his golden horns in full career,
The Bull beats down the barriers of the
year"
The Pleiades are so closely clustered that
they seem to averted vision like piece of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-06
ORION AND HIS NEIGHBoRs.

OiNiCN Avn mo NIsIuHbOilo'
stars below them and in the direction of
Orion. In row of these twinklers appears
at this time q splendid star, almost equal
to Sirius itself in magnitude but lacking
the dazzling scintillations of the Dog Star.
1t is the planet Saturn, which, in its great
thirty-year journey around the sun, has
now arrived in the midst of the splendid ar
ray Of consultations grouped around
Orion. The observer will notice that
Saturn is near two small stars.
Still higher, near the center of the upper
part OF the map, is Auriga, with one first
magnitude star, called Capella, another of
the second magnitude not far from it and
several small stars at some distance below
Lower than Auriga, and in the upper right
hand part of the man, facing the scattered
little stars marking the lions skin that
Orion is supposed to hold in his hand as a
shield, is Taurus, or the Bull. cluster of
stars forming V-shaped figure marks the
head OF the Bull. These are the Hyades.
The little cluster of stars above and to the
right of the Hyades are in the shoulder of
the Bull, and are known to astronomers
nnder the famous name OF the Pleiades.
The observer will notice that the first mag
nitude stars, Rigel in Orion, Sirius in the
Great Dog, Procyon in the Little Dog,
Se'0ooA anu olluA III uhe wins, Odpelld III
Auriga, and Aldebaran, the brightest star
in the head of the Bull, mark the corners of
an immense six-sided figure, which once
recognized can never be forgotten. Betel-
geuse in Orion and the planet Saturn are
within this great hexagon, and on opposite
sides OF it's center, Saturn being the upper
most.
But no one can pretend to q knowledge
OF the stars who is not acquainted with the
forms OF the considerations Accordingly,
we give pictures OF those that we have
named, showing in what parts OF them the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-06

Way, which the observer Will see N moon.
less night winding along between Sirius and
Procyon, passing over the heads OF Orion
and the Bull, and through the middle of
Auriga.
Capella, the brightest star in Auriga, is
almost exactly overhead between ten and
eleven o'clock at this time OF the year. 1t
is one OF the most beautiful OF all the stars,
and belongs,t to that class OF suns which re-
semble our own sun in composition and
age. 1t is, however, far larger sun than
ours. In other words, if we could place our
sun by the side of Capela itwould sink into
comparative insignifcance as star. The
second magnitude star, some eight degrees
east of Capella and in the shoulder OF
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-06
SNOW JOKE.

Now we hear the plaintive scrape
Or the spade;
And the snow-balls take shape,
To evade
Which the mortal tries in vain,
And his language is profane
When the basement of his brain
They invade.
Now the small boy makes slide
On the walk,
And he straightway doth derlde
Sons of York
Who first step upon and slip,
And then tumble up-kerblipl-
While the maker off doth skip,
With squauk.
Yes indeed the time is here,
You must know,
When the seasons bleak and drear
And a foe
To whatever may be gentle
In man, and de trimental
Is this awful, sen timental
Toe and Sn ow.
- Tife
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-06

Five Mile Beach Island, near Cape
May, has unique and beautiful fea-
ture in its holly groves, which stretch
for four miles along the island Many
OF them are very aged trees. Their
trunks are more than foot in dame
ter at half their height. The light gray
bark, with tints of pale green and
patches of brown, bring together the
hoariness of age and the tenderness of
youth. The moss hangs from the
branches as il the forest were Southern,
while the evergreen leaves and the
bright red berries keep up the illusion
OF summer in the drearier days of frost.
PHILADELPHIA Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-06

THE widows might is never so fully real
lied as when she is looking for q second
husband.-N X. Max
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20
DIED..

On the 2Sth nit. at her home in Martinsburg,
Mrs. KATE KITCHEN, wife of Mr.. e. Kitchen
and daughter of Mr.. G. Robbins, deceased.
AGED 20 years and months
at the residence of her brother, Mr.. A. F.
3entz. in Martinsburg. of an aggravated liver
disease. Mrs. SYLVESTER B. JAMESON,
aged 45 years.
Near Mfddleway, on Monday. July 18th, of
Typhoid fever, G. NJ. SHIRLEY, aged 20 years.
When we cast our eyes around us and note
the numbers which are daily gathered to the
tomb, our minds are momentarily Impressed
with awe, but they do not cause US much sur
prise. for death is very old thing, and we are
accustomed to his visitations yet when he
stretches forth his sickle and cuts down a
Young life inst entering the fruit-time of use
fuIncss. and endcared to us by all the ties of
kinship and love. it is then our hearts are dis
mayed and our cups are filed with the worm
wood of sorrow. In the unvarying order OF
nature the old must die; and even then when
the victim has made record of good deeds
and noble example we mourn, but doubly Sc
we're is the blow when he who falls carries to
the dust the blighted hopes and joys of family
and the expectations of admiring friends.
In the death of Graf Shirley the community
has lost a most worthy member; and could its
sympathy be measured by its flowers: or its
sorrow by the long procession which followed
him to his last resting place, it has paid him its
largest tribute.
To the sorrowing brothers and sisters; and
the widowed mother, who has worn the willow
these many years. and whose spirit has been
saddened by experiences of the deepest grief.
a multitude of hearts go out in fullest SYM
plthy. G
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20
Democratic Mass Meeting.

The County Executive Committee
at its meeting on Friday last decided
to call a mass meeting at Charlestown
on Friday, July 80, 1886, for the pur-
pose of selecting delegates to the
Congressional Convention to be held
at keyscr, August 25th, next.
While the Committee seemed unan-
imously to favor the primary election
system, where q contest between rival
candidates was anticipated, but it
being conceded that Mr.. Wilson
would have no opponent here for the
Congressional delegation and as a
primary would neccssitate the open
ing of the polls at the various county
precincts and considerable expense
in providing officers to hold and make
returns Of such election. mass meet
ing was deemed more advisable I'M
der the circumstances.
But it seems there was another and
a more potent reason why a mass
meeting should have been accorded
EIr. Wilson, as was accorded Mr..
Lucas four years ago. Four of the
counties of this District have al
ready chosen delegates to this Con-
vention by this mode and others arc
preparing to do so, and it would be
unfair and unjust to candidate from
this county to have its delegates cho-
sen by any different mode, which
would, as can readily be seen, be
prejudicial to his interests.
We feel satisfied that the people of
this county wish to advance the in
terests of Mr.. Wilson, and would not
willingly give his opponents any ad-
vantage over him.
While we prefer for many reasons
the primary election system, yet as
the other counties in the District have
adopted and are acting upon differ
ent mode, it is only fair and just to
concedc our candidate the same mode
of selection. This is a matter, we
think, which ought to be settled by the
Congressional Executive Committee,
so that the mode of selecting delegates
in the District will be uniform.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20
Executive Committee Meeting,

A meeting of the Democratic Coun-
ty Executive Committee of Jefferson
County was held July 10th, 1886,
JNO. r. COLSTON in the Chair, and
JSo. NJ. DANIEL Secretary.
On motion, II. L. Snyder was re-
ouested to act as Assistant Secretary.
The first business in order being
the filling of vacancy in the repre-
sentation of Charlestown district,
caused by the death of Jas. n. Gal
laher. on motion II. B. Davenport
was chosen to fill said vacancy.
The Chairman stated the object of
the meeting to be to decide upon a
plan to select delegates to the Con-
gressional Convention, and on motion
a Committee of five, consisting of one
member from each magisterial dis
trict, was appointed to devise and re-
port a plan for selecting said dele
gates, rs follows: II. B. Davenport,
r. V. Shirley, Isaac II. Strider, G.
Fl. Knott and John +. Foley.
The Committee reported as follows :
The Committee appointed beg leave to make
the following report j: Res0iUed That in the Sc
lection of delegates to the Congressional Con-
vcrtion to assemble at Keyser on the 25th day
of August the delegation from jefferson coun-
ty be Selected by Mass Meeting Of the citizens
of the county to assemble at the Court-House
in Charlestown on the Both day of July, 1856,
at II o'clock, A. II.
HENRY B. DAvESPoRT,
I. II. STRInER,
r. V. SHIRLEY,
JNo. +. FoLET,
Committee.
The report of the Committee was
JNO. T. COLSTON, Chm'n.
JNo. NJ. DANIEL, Sec'y.
II. l.. SNYDER, Asst Sec'y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20
Dog-Tax Notice.

A T tho regular nlc-tinS N the Town Conn
n Gil. july 9TH. 1886. il was ordered:
That every owner or keeper Of dog within
the limits of tho Corporation be required to
These tags Ia I've furnished by the Town SER
gcant on application and payment Of the tax
Issrssrd on raid dogs. or which should be as
sCsScd them.
And it is further ordered. that any dog owned
or kept within the Corporate limits found with
ont such tag after
September Ist, 1856,
shall ne confined by the Sergeant in some suit
allie place ~ bc provided therefor, for i've ~
days ard subject to fine Of u cts. In addition
To the regular tax and n sum not exceeding Is
cts for food and care Of said dog. AZ the end
Of five DAYS any dog remaining unrecisimed.
and the taxes fines. tSc. unpaid. shall be killed
by the Sergeant, or by his authority
L. u. HoUGn, Mayor.
w l.. HErGEs. Recorder
July I3 1896.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
$1,000 Reward!

GEC. of Chap. II of the Ordinances of the
- Corporation of Charlestown provides:
Sec. e It shall he unlawful for any person
to throw stones, sticks or other missiles at the
Street Lamps in this town. or in any manner to
break or disturb the same or to run wagons,
carts or other vehicles against the lamp-posts
or to light or extinguish any such lamps. unless
authorized TO do so by the proper authorities
Any person guilty of a violation of this ordi-
nance shall tie fined not less than one nor more
than twenty dollars. and ut the discretion of
the Mayor be confined in Jail not more thun
thirty days.
This ordinance having been recently violated
in several instances. Reward of Ten Dollars
is hereby offered for Information that will lead
to the conviction of amy party guilty of such
violation. G. VI. HOCGH.
july 20. 1851. Mayor.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20
Camp Meeting.

Winchester District Brucctown and
Berryville circuits of the NJ. f..
Church South, will hold joint camp
meeting near Wadesvil!e, B. & o. II.
R.-Aug. 12th-2Oth. No privileges
of any kind for money-malling will be
granted. The boarding tent and
other requisites for the comfort of
persons attending the camp will be in
charge of christian men and ladies of
the two charges, and no pains will be
spared to make all who attend per-
fcctly comfortable.
Charges will be as follows: Single
meal, SOC. board per day, S1.0O; for
the s days, $500. Special terms with
those desiring to furnish their own
tents and take their meals at the board
ing tent; also with those desiring
board for families. It is important
that persons desiring board communi-
cate with the committee at once
This camp-mccting is being under
taken with reference to 4 permanent
camping ground and an annual meet
ing. Ministers and people generally,
regardless of church proclivities, are
heartily invited to cooperate, and as
far rs possible to tent with us, espc-
cially those convenient. For board.
&c. apply to Mr.. or Mrs. G. w.
Phillips Bcrryville, Va, who will
have charge of the tent. For any
other information address Rev. w. l..
Lynch, BerryviIlc, Va, Rev. F. a.
Strothcr, Brucetown, Va, Mr.. Jno.
w. Childs, chairman, or Mr.. B. w.
Wade, secretary.
w
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20

In the House, on Wednesday, Mr..
Morrisonas resolution providing for
the application of the surplus in the
treasury over 500, 900, 900 to the pay
ment of tile Understanding debt, at
the rate of $4,000, 900 a month, was
adopted by vote of POI to CT.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20

President Cleveland has issued a
circular warning all - ohice-holdcrs
under the general government against
the use of their official positions in at
tempts TO control political movements
in their localities. We will give the
circular in full next week.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20
DRESS GOODS MUST GO.

This department suffers most. and better
bargains than VIC are now showing have never
been offered. It will pay you to buy now for
several seasons to come. sample lot of the
numerous reductions read every item.
3S-iuch Canvas Bouclc. was 50c.. surplus
stock price S7[Sc. per yard.
36-nch all-woOl AlbHtross. was Soc. surplus
stock price 371!c. per yard.
42-inch Boucl> Cloth, was 81, surplus stock
price SOC. per yard.
3S-inch Figured Canvas Cloth, was &c. sur
plus stock price Soc. per ward.
42-inc;, Lace Canvas Cloth. was &c, surplus
stock price soc. per yard
42-inch Atwood Etaminc. was soc. surplus
stock price Soc. per yard.
4O-inch Bouclc Suittng, was Fl. surplus stock
price 75c. per yard.
52-incn Barney Cloth. mixed. was 75c., sur
plus stock price 621Sc. per yard.
42-inch Checked Gauzalinc. was 81, surplus
stock price 75c. per yard.
54-inch Cancels Hair Homcspun, was 81, sur
plus stock price 75c. per yard.
54-inch all-wOOl Tricots, were 81. surplus
stock price 75c. per yard.
54-inch Twilled Suitings, were FL .25, surplus
stock price al per yard.
5i-inch Diagonal suittngs. were s1.25, sur
plus stock price 81 per yard.
IL" Send for Samples.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20
w. J. LYNCH,
+. a. STEOTHER.

At 500 a. NJ. last Friday Fore
paugh's stock and wagon train. bound
from Augusta to Waterville, Maine,
met with serious accident near Halls
woods, a mile above the station OF
Riverside, in VassaIborough, by the
breaking of an axle on the forward
truck of car. Four cars left the
track and were piled up and badly
wrecked. They were filled with heavy
team and band horses, twenty in a car.
The shock threw the animals down
and crushed them among the debris.
Twenty-seven horses were killed
Edward Sharp. of Philadelphia, was
caught under the car and badly in
iured
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20
State ct West Virginia,

Clerks Office of the County Court
The following is Il list Of all Deeds. &c. adj
| rl!tted to record in said Office. during the
week ending July II, 1856:
|. j. II. l.. Hunter and wife {" VIM. w.
Myers. Trustee for EndorS"rs of J. II. j.. Hum
ter Deed of Trust. dated June 9th. 1885.
conveying the Interest of Grant"rS ~ crops OF
Wheat and Corn. Date of Record. July 18th.
| 1856.
tee for Frick Company. Deed of Trust. dated
July 18TH 1885. convcvin" Personal Property.
Date of Record. .Euly 18th. iSSi.
8. George II. Hagicy and wife to George y" :;
Anderson Decd of Bargain and Sale. dated
October 22d. 1854. conveying Il Lot Of Land.
near CharlcStowm. Date "t Record, July Eth.
=, Levi Line to s w. Washington. Trustee
for the Valley Fertilizer Company. Decd of
Trust dated December 18th. 1855. conveying
u of 40 Acres of Wheat. Date oil Record.
5! Chas. +. Mitchell and wife to George Key.
Deed Of Bargain aud Salt. dated september
18th. 1855. conveying 4 OF an Acre OF Land
1886.
6. T. c. Green to Sarah :. Washington. Re
lease dated and recorded July 18th. 1856
+ Sarah j. Washington to +. G.. Green. TrIis-
tee of Jefferson County Building Association.
No 7. Deed of Trust. dated July 1lth. lSS6.
conveying Acres Of i.nnd in the VILLAGE ct
Mount Pleasant. near Summit Point. Date Of
Record. July 18th. 1856.
s. George ". Haincs and wife to T. G..
Green Trustee of .TcfT"rson Building Assncil-
ton No. :. Deed of Trust. dated july l4th.
1896. conveying House and Lnt 81 Land L. ~
CharlcstOwn. Date of Record jaiy lith. 1880
.. VIM. Rcclcr and Dnn,l fall to John G.
Shirley. Trustee for VIM Phillips 8: Sons
Decd of Trust dated July 18Th. 1885. convey
ing a House and Lot of Land in the Southern
suburbs of Middlcway. Date Of Record. JulE
18Th. 1885.
TO- Sophia Wulfcrd to Marine T. Krcpns.--
Deed of Bargain and Sale. dated June 18th:
7 ,,f i,1 ~ tnECn n
Bolivar. Date of Record. July 10th 1855
II. John w. and ]. n. Rl"ckford TO j. J..
Moore. Trustee for the Geiser Manufacturing
Company. Deed of Trust. dated July I'd. 1856.
conveying Ono Peerless Traction Steam En-
CINE. Date of Record. July 10th. 1856.
12. W. II. II. Flick. Special Commissioner.
to Florence w Kirwan. Deed of Bargain and
Sale dated April 9th. 1886. conveying Lot No
9 Block 4. Harpers Ferry. Admitted to Rec
ord July 18th. 1885.
Tcste.
T. a. MOORE.
Clerk of County Court.
I,ly IN 1856 IF. 2. and Reg. copy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20

A telegram from Winchester an
nounces that Rappahannock, Warren
and Shenandoah counties send OFFER
rell delegations to the congressional
convention which convenes at Front
Royal on the 18th of August. These,
with delegates from other counties
known to be for O'Ferrall, insure his
nomination.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20

Chas. I. Graham went through the
rapids at Niagara on Sunday week,
with entire success. lie was inclosed
in stout oaEcn cask, and passed in
safety through the surging Niagara
waters. in which Capt. Webb lost his
life.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-07-20
GnaTIeStoWn I'll ale Acad'
envy
FOUNDED IN 1705.

TIME next Session will commence on Wcdnes-
L day the Sth day of September. 1886.
The course of study includes English. An
cicnt and Modern Languages, Mathematics and
the Natural Sciences.
Bows are prepared for business, College, the
Scientific Schools and the Universities.
Board. at reasonable rates can be procured
in the town. Catalogues furnished ON appli-
cation. For terms and other particulars, APP
ply to
EDMUND r. TAYLOR. Principal.
ChnrlcstOwu, JEFF. Co., w. Va.
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