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at the election next ensuing and served
another year as president.
He served as president OF the Hamilton
County Agricultural societyin its days Of
great popularity and efficiency, and was
successful competitor in exhibits of farm
stock and products at the fairs.
Col. Caldwell is the first American
born and the Oldest survivor Of the first
Irish immigrant family that settled in the
territory northwest of the Ohio river. He
was born March 80, 1909, in Franklin, O.
He assisted at the organization of Miami
University at Oxford, o., November /,
1924, and graduated in 1927 with the
second class ever graduated in that in
stitution.
At the breaking out OF the Mexican
war he was chairman of the military
committee Of Hamilton county, and with
the rank Of colonel, was commissioned by
the governor of Ohio to organize and send
forward from Camp Dennison the drafted
men. numbering one thousand, who We're
ordered to report there from ten of the
river counties of eastern Ohio, which
service he performed.
He was appointed United states minis
ter to Bolivia, one Of the independent
republics OF South America, in 1865, and
represented this government at La Faz,
Tie capital, until his successor was APP
pointed by the British government. lie
was paid a handsome compliment and
received a Aigh honor FOR his humanity
and disinteIestcd beGeyOlence.
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Coal and We Cd
COAL AND WOOEp OFFICE
ANC
Flour apd Feed Store
No. 6s Quer st Staley's Block

YTlHE undersigned respectfully informa the
citizens of Martnsburg aud Berkeley
county that he haa opened Coal and Wood
Office aud Flour and Feed Store AT 6s Queen
Street, where all orders il my line will re-
ceive prompt attention. nave put in pair
of Fairbanks new scales and all coal sold by
me will be weighed and full weight gLar-
anteed. Piedmont and Cumberland run Of
mine, Fine and Lump Coal; also best quail
tv Nut and Egg anthracite coal always on
hand. =,
Farmers having Corn, Oats and Hay TO sell
are solicited to see me before selling. Thank
ing the public for the liberal patronage ex'
tended,me, and soliciting your further fayora,
am respectfully yours, -...,,
iY24-iy. j. " htr ENAo
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INDEPENDENT.
GUM CHEWING AS AN ART.
You Can Read Character in 1t and Tel
who VIII Win the Game.

Who VIII Win the Game.
The habit Of chewing gum by men, women,
babies, young and old, in the west, is grad
ually working its way east. 1t is matter
of common practice at most health resorts,
and strildngly so at Hot Springs in Arkan-
sas, and nearly all the physicians in these
sanitariufns commend the exercise as ma
terially aiding digestion, cleaning the stom-
ach, and as a help Of breaking of chewers
from the use Of tobacco.
A few years ago, and even now, in staid
eastern cities, q young lady who chewed
gum would be Stunned by other fair ones
and held up as an example as one on tho
direct road TO perdition. Whereas, in Chi
cago, Kansas City, st. Paul. Minneapolis
and all toe rest of the progressive west and
northwest cities and towns, if one can't chew
at least nickeIs worth Of gum per day one
is not up TO the standard. 1t seems odd, but
there is perfect dial to the thoughts in the
way the gum is chewcd. Let any one chew
ing gum become excited or enthusiastic, say
at horse racing or any other interesting en-
joyment, and the mouth will work quickly
and with an automatic regularity. Entire
rows of men and women, watching baseball
contest, win show on which side the chewers
are betting. When good play is made on
one side the hackers Of that side chew
ferociously; the losing sido chew and work
the gums alphabetically. A homo run causes
the masticating and crunching to go on as
though worked by Keely motor.
A young lady visiting the east from one of
the western cities neglected to bring with
her stock of genuine gum. Life seemed in
tolerable, until a thoughtful friend sent her
bundle of sweetly scented chewing gum.
To watch another chewing gum very long
viii make you hungry, and the young lady's
mother, having watched her 'chew" for a
long time and seeing tho evident relish with
which she chewed, asked for paper. After
chewing for five minutes she suddenly threw
the gum Indignantly out of tho window.
Later, when the young lady's mother re-
marked that the habit Of chewing gum was
pernicious, unladylike and vulgar, the
daughter understood that tho neophyte in
gum chewing had a swollen tongue, chewed
jaws and a bleeding lip. There are slips
even in gum. Baltimore American.
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He assisted at the
R;pnding of the
Cincinnati Pho
neer association
and was elected
vice president He
served as presi
dent for the entire
year, that office
having become
vacant 10y the
death of the in
cunbeut He was
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THE FIRST AMERIcAN-BoRN

And Oldest Survivor of the First Irish
Immigrants in the Northwest Territory.
Among the many pioneers of the great
northwest, the one hundredth annivcr-
sary of the settlement Of which will be
celebrated in Cincinnati by a Centennial
Exposition, none have a more interesting
history than Col. John w. Caldwell.
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During the past week Mr.. Louis
McMurray presented each Of his en-
Moves with well executed stee
portrait of himself.
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Love Song of the Prairie Lark.

AS the full Springt;me comes on the
number of these short chants is greatly
increased, while their prolongations and
variations are without number. and soon
it becomes evident to the most casual
observer that the love fires are kind
ding and that each musician is striving
to the utmost of his powers to surpass all
rivals and win the lady lark of his choice.
On one occasion, as I lay in hiding near
a fence, three larks came skimming over
the plain; they alighted within few
yards of me and two Of them burst into
song, sometimes singing together and
sometimes alternately, but the third was
silent. When at last they flew up I no.
tioed that the silent one and one of the
singers kept together. 1 had been wit
ness to a musical tournament, and the
victor had won his bride.-Ameriean
Magazine .'.- ........ - ...-....
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The Rest CELERY in the World.

"Where is the best celery raised2" re-
marked Washington Market man the
other day to New York Null and E;r-
press reporter. ''In Kalamazoo. It is
not yet certain why it is so, but it has
been definitely determined by experience
that no celery is raised that is as good as
the celery of Kalamazoo. 1t brings a
better pricein the market than other
celery, and moreover vast quantity of it
is raised there. Over 5000 acres of swamp
land are said to have been reclaimed
and devoted 10 the culture of this tooth
some esculent alone. The business is q
lucrative one, and numerous Kalamazoo
ans have grown rich at it. 1t is in fact
the leading industry Of the place, &C.
cording to the statements OF the West
ern papers." ....--:. III
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Old Books Made New.

Why should the housewife sit scowling
GTer those old books, as the covers, at
least, can be made to look "e'en as good
as new" by applying with brush coat
Of chrome varnish, which is made by dis
solving one ounce of gum mastic in three.
quarters of a pint of turpentine. For
books whose covers are too dilapidated
to renew take two pieces of black ribbon
and cover the backs, first placing on a
layer of wadding. Fasten the back and
sides together with some fancy stitch in
embroidery silk of contrasting color.
Line the inside of the covers with tinted
silk, and on the centre of the outs de
front, paint or transfer some neat design.
A gold or silver cord neatly sewed
around the edge is great Improvement.
I almost transformed Il volume nearly 200
years old with few bits of ribbon and
transfer picture. Free Press.
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Culture Of Beans.

There are two or three counties in
Western New York where beans are
grown to an enormous extent and the
farmers have become rich by their sale.
There seems to be no special reason why
this crop should have been adopted in
this section. We have millions of acres
of similar soil and climate where beans
als seldom grown. If leguminous crops
get their nitrogen from the atmosphere,
the farms where beans are grown so
largely and the vines fed out to sheep
ought to be very rich. We do not learn
that such is the case. In fact, it is
claimed by some that beans prove to be
an exhausting crop, and that the old
bean growers are not making as much
money as formerly.
Beans are at the present time brought
from Europe in bags right into the heart
of the bean growing section of Western
New York, where they are put in barrels
and shipped as "New York State BEANS"
From this it is evident that our bean
growers have an established reputation
Which the dealers are not slow to utilize.
It also indicates that beans can be
grown in other places. WehaYe known
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A New Weather PrOphet,

Red clouds at sunrise indicate storm.
Foxes barking at night indicate storm.
The weather usually moderates before
storm.
SCOT burning on back of chimney indi-
Gates storm.
The aurora, when very bright, indi-
Gates storm.
Sounds travelling far and wide
Astormy day will betide
Peafowl utter low cries before storm
and select low perch.
Domestic animals stand with their
heads from the coming storm.
Distant sounds heard with distinctness
during the day indicate rain. =
Goals bet oming alternately bright and
dim indicate approaching storms.
Wild geese flying over in great num-
bers indicate approaching storm.
1t is said that the blacksmiths select a
stormy day in which to perform work
that requires extra heat.
When heavy cloud comes up in the
southwest and seems to settle back
again, look out for storm.
When oxen or sheep collect together as
if they were seeking shelter, storm may
be expected.
Fire always burns brighter and throws
out more heat just before storm, and is
hotter during storm.
Along strip of clouds, called a salmon
or Noah's ark, cast aud west, is "a sign of
stormy weather; when it extends north
and south it is a sign of dry weather.
If the clouds be of different heights,
the sky being graylsh or dark blue, with
hardly any wind stirring, however,
changing from west to south, or some
times to southwest, without perceptibly
increasing in force, expect storm
Chicago HAIL.
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Seasonable Salads.

The best vegetables from which to
make salads at this season of the year are
asparagus, lettuce, turnips, dandelion,
spinach, kale, chicory, watercress and
potatoes, all of which should be crisped
and freshened in cool water, carefully
shaken dry and shredded with the fingers
instead of being cut or chopped with a
knife.
Many housekeepers have ar idea that
salads are troublesome and expensive,
and are therefore deferred from preparing
them. This is mistake, for nothing is
simpler if few details are attended to.
In this country Mayonaise dressing
is frequently served with vegetables
when used as salads, but foreigners pre-
fer a simple French dressing of pepper,
salt, oil and vinegar. and it is decidedly
better for dinner where meat or rich food
is partaken of. The French, who are
accomplished in the art of making good
salads, use garlic as favoring instead
of onion, but very sparingly-
Tarragona vinegar gives lettuce and
other spring salads delicious favor.
Nasturtium blossoms also have piquant
flavor, besides making a beautiful gar
nish for vegetable salads. Either of the
following dressings may be used for veg
etable salads:
French Salad Dressing-lIix thor
oughly three tablespoons of olive oil, q
mustard spoonful Of salt, pinch of
pepper, and five or six drops uf lemon
juice, add two tab,espoonfuls of vinegar,
beat minute and pour over the salad.
Mayonnaise Dressing-Put the raw
yolks of two eggs in cold bowl, beat
we'll, add teaspoonful salt, pinch Of
cayenne pepper and half teaspoonful
of mustard; work we'll together and add
drop by drop half-pint of olive oil.
Stir rapidly and steadily while adding
the oil, and care must be taken not to
reverse the motion, or the dressing may
curdle. Then add few drops of lemon
juice to the mixture, and thin to the
proper consistency with vinegar. If
kept in a cool place this dressing will
keep o week.-Cou"ier-Journal.
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Straw and Oats for Idle Horses.

Village horses are exercised almost
every day in the year, while farmers
horses stand in the stable idle nearly half
the time. their managers and themselves
continually stuffed with hay, and the
grain ration perhaps not much reduced.
The result is they become "fat and
foundered." Horses not working should
not be fed all the hay they will consume.
They should be exercised few hours
nearly every day, and if in no other way
they should be turned loose in the barn
yard. Standing on the floor continually
is enough to stiffen the limbs of any ami
NAL. More exercise and less stuffing are
required. Bright straw and two quarts
of oats night and morning, with few
hours run in the yard every day, will
carry a horse that is not working,
through the winter very nicely, as
know from experience. A comparison of
expenses in hay-feeding and straw and
oats reveals interesting figures. Say a
horse consumes tons OF hay in twenty
weeks, that would be $50; then
quarts of oats a day at IS cents a
bushel, is about S.; add . tons of straw
at SIS ton, the feed would amount to
$15, difference of 25 per cent in favor
of the oats and straw; but straw is gen.
orally regarded as worthless except for
manurc.-NeW York Tribune.
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Ia Tbfa What Aila Vouf

Do YOU have dull, heavy headache, obstruc.
tion Of the nasal passage discharges falling
from the head into the throat, sometimes pro-
fuse, watery, and acrd, at others, thick, ten /.
cious, mucous, purulent, bloody. and putrid:
eyes weak, watery, and infamed; ringing in
the ears, deafness, hacking, or coughing to
clear the throat, expectorat on Of offensive
matter, together W th scabs f. ON ulcers; voice
changed and nassl twang; breath offensive;
smelf and taste impaired; is ther a sensation
Of dizziness, with mental depression, a hack
ng cough and general debility II you have
all, or any considerable numbe Of these symp.
toms, you are suffering from Nasal Catarrh.
The more complicated your disease has be-
come, the greater the number and diversity Of
symptoms. Thousands of cases annually,
without manifesting half of the above symp-
toms, result in consumption. and end in the
grave. No disease is SO common, more d eep,
unsucce sfully treated by physicians. The
manufactursrs Of DR.. sage's Catarrh tad Remedy
of this d sease which they cannot cure. The
Remedy is sold by druggists. at only so cents.
PRESIDENT INGALLS, uses a sand glass to
time speakers when the Senate enforces the
five ninute rnlp .
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Scurfy Fowls.

scurfy or scabby legs on fowls is dis
ease somewhat similar in character to
mango in dogs and scab in sheep. 1t is
due to the presence of small mite only
about one ht-hundredth of an inch in
length. These mites live and breed in
the spongy growth under the scales or
scabs. The first thing to be done is to
place the fow.s in a dry room, where
their feet and legs will be protected from
mud and water. Then take equal parts
of kerosene and lard, and stir in enough
flowers of sulphur to make thick oint-
ment. With a small and soft paint
brush apply the ointment to the legs and
feet of the 'Hicted fowls, and repeat the
application daily until the scabs disap-
pear. A half do ZEN applications will
usually be sufficient to effect a cure.
Gagged birds are often afflicted with the
same disease, especially when kept in
large numbers and their cages are not
regularly and thoroughly cleaned.-Nep
York Sun.
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Cabbage Plants.

When it is desired to start cabbages
for very early plants dig eighteen inches
deep on well drained soil, prepare fresh
heating horse manure by turning over
once or twice to get out the rank heat.
Lay this in evenly, long and short to-
gether, so there are no Jumps in it, and
about fourteen inches deep. Put a
frame of boards about the bed, ten inches
high in front and sixteen inches at the
back, upon which to place the sash. The
pit should be six feet wide and the sash
three feet three inches ty six feet. Place
six inches of fine rich compost soil di-
rectly on the manure, SOW the seed there
in in drills three inches wide and pretty
thickly in the rows. When the plants
are ready to transplant, prick them out
in cold frame "a bed protected with
sides and ends and covered with cotton
cloth). Prick out the plants three inches
apart each way, and transplant into the
open air, just before corn planting time.
The bed, when the seed is sown, must he
watered from time to time with a fine
rose watering pot, and preferably with
water which has had the chill taken off.
Ventilate so the heat is not too strong.
When pricked out in the cold frame,
water we'll, and if there is plenty of rain
the plants will need but little attention
under the cloth, and little or no ventila-
ton will be required. York Herald.
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COPYRIGHT, 1857

Understandable feeling Of dread, or Of i'm
pending calamity?
If you have all, or any considerable
number Of these symptoms, you are
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number and diversity Of symptoms. No
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PIERCE's GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
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If not cured, complications multiply and
Consumption Of the Lungs, Skin Diseases,
Heart Disease, rheumatism. Kidney Dis
ease, or other grave maladies are quite
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isfaction by the community that he had ter
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GLApToNE was in Parliament at q, and al
Is was Lord Of the Treasury.

When fragile woman sighs, deplor ng
The charms that q ickly fade way,
What power, the bloom Of health restoring,
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The only aid that's worth attention..
For pains an ills of such description,
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The price Of this royal remedy, DR.. Pierce's
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many farmers undertake to raise beans
for the first time who made failure of
it. They generally plant when beans are
high, and anticipating large profits put
in twice as many acres as they are able
to take care of. Beans must be kept
clean. But too much hoeing and culti-
waiting does not suit them. In other
words, we need clean land to start with,
or we must plant on sod turned over with
a 'jointe-" plow Immediately before
planting. On such land the beans get
good growth before the weeds start, and
but little hoeing and cultlveting are
necessary.
The bean-planter commonly used IN
Western New York is drawn by one
horse. It makes two rows at time,
twenty nine inches apart, and drops five
or six heans in the hills about fifteen or
eighteen inches apart. The machine
covers the beans, and the whcle work is
done at one operation. 1fthere are hard
clay spots which the machine does not
cover completely, the work must be done
with hoe, putting two inches OF fine soil
on the beans. Instead of using bean
piauter many Soou latheiS Pu' IL lno
beans with an ordinary grain drill, sow.
ing three rows at time, twenty-eight
inches apart, and dropping two inches
apart in the rows. They claim larger
yield, but it is, possibly, a little more
work to keep them clean, and certainly
more work to pull them than when
planted in hills.
Beans are a profitable crop, and it
seems pity that we should ever have to
import them from Europe. But let US
again urge any of our readers who may
plant them for the first time to, select
good clean land, plow carefully, and
harrow and roll till the surface is as mel
low as a garden. The advantage of
thorough narrowing IS not always appre-
ciated.
Cultivate between the rows frequently,
but not too deep, with q fne-toothed
steal horse hoe that will kill every weed
and leave the surface smooth and fine.
Many of our corn cultivators are too
coarse and leave the land too rough, so
that it dries out in hot weather, and
growth of the beans is checked. The
rule in regard to planting is to put in
the beans as soon as possible after corn is
planted. .-American Agriculturist.