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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18

RACHAEL sTILLwAGGoN-sARAH RoTHsCHILD
In Chicago, for instance, The Herald's re-
porters have hunted down some very inter-
esting old folks, including Augustine Deodat
Taylor, aged "a, and Sarah Rothschild, aged
101-these two the oldest in the city. There
as elsewhere, old women are more numerous
than old men.
Mrs. Rothschild was born May %, 17Ss, in
esse-Darmstadt, Germany, and to this day
knows no language save German and He
brew. She married Joseph Rothschild, and
of her two daughters the Oldest Mrs. Simon
Raber, of Milwaukee, came to America soon
after marriage. Thirty nine years ago Mr.
Rothschild died and then the widow and her
remaining daughter followed the other to
America and finally located in Chicago The
second daughter, Mrs. Levi Lebolt, is grand
mother, yet the old lady is still in firm health
and active habits and bids fair to live many
years longer The family have prospered in
Chicago, and SO the old lady has nothing to
trouble her. She is a devout and orthodox
Israelite and observes the sacred days of the
race with extreme care the feasts quite as
fully as the fasts. She las all the old Ger
man ways, likes glass of Rhine wine and
partakes freely of it, is fond of music and
good company and eats good food with a rel
ish Her particular adherence is Napoleon
Bonaparte, and she still relates with some
thing like indignation the miseries of Ger
many during his campaigns
The Psychologists have not been very sue
cessful in discovering the causes of prolonged
life as they seem negative rather than posi-
tive Ii you are not killed or rapidly worn
out, you will live long time-that's about
all there is III it. And SO it is with Mrs.
ha lv
sick and never needed the attention of doc
tor. On one point all old people agree-they
did not fret All were Of cheerful natures.
Heredity, of course, has great deal to do
with it. Therefore, first get a good constitu-
ton from your parents; then take comfort
and don't fret, and your chances are of the
best.
At Flushing, l.. l., lives Mrs. Rachel Still
Wagon, who reached her l04th birthday few
days since She is the daughter of Stephen
and Hannah Acker, Of Tarrytown, N Y, al
the time of her birth, and her life record Ii
much like that of other very old women-that
Is, she was naturally cheerful lived fairly
WELL took great deal of exercise and had nc
accident or serious sickness When ~ year.
old she went to New York city to live, and
saw the metropolis grow from Canal street
to Harlem. In lS4l she married David Still
Wagon, a carpenter, and seven children wert
born to them, of whom a son and two daugh
tiers only survive.
The remarkable fact about Mrs. Stillwaggor
Is that she looks far more youthful than ole
ladies who are really more vigorous than she
She looks at least twenty-five years younger
than she is, but is afflicted somewhat with
rheumatism and walks with difficulty. Hel
sight is much impaired and her hearing
slightly so, but her mind Is clear as ever.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18

any monument now standing. Also, that
each design should provide for a mausoleum,
a sarcophagus, a memorial hall and an OBJ
servatory to be reached by an elevator. And,
finally, that the monument should not cost
In excess of $500, 900, and that each designer
should file specifications to show the cost of
the monument he proposed.
1t is scarcely necessary to add that designs
have been slow in coming in, but the COM
mittee has report to make at last. The
main committee named as a subcommittee
Of experts Messrs. n. De Brun, James Rem
wick, Professor w. R. Ware, of Columbia
college, James E. Ware George B. Post, and
Professor S. Wolf, of the New York college.
They were to select the best five out of the
designs submitted, and for these prizes were
20 be paid of $780, 81, 600, $500, $500 and
300 respectively OF course the usual pro-
vision was made for sealed and NUMBERED en-
velopes, that the experts might not know the
designer in any case. The expert committee
working without pay, has had long and
rather laborious task in selecting the best five
designs, and does not seem any too well
pleased with the ''catch."
There were sixty-six designs submitted, each
with a motto, and the one selected for first
prize bears the simple motto "lS22," the year
Of Grants birth. The design is for a monu-
ment 215 feet high and 1875 feet square at the
base, the summit crowned with an immense
funeral urn, and the estimated cost is S416,
600. The second prize is awarded to the de
sign bearing the motto LET Us Have Peace.
Its dimensions are almost the same as those
of the first described. Both these are ex
tremely ornate at the base, and are open tc
the criticism that the great extension below
may detract somewhat from the effect of thu
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18

err remaining there until the war broke out.
He entered the army and served for three
years as an officer, being in charge of the
river and railway transportation Of troops
and stores between Galena and the south. He
entered in 1864 the State Savings association
of st. Louis, which afterwards became the
State Bank of St Louis, and of which he is
now president Mr. Parsons is a man of me-
dunn height, has blue eyes, and his hair and
mustache are perfectly white He has a
clear, although not very strong, voice, and
makes an excellent presiding officer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18
A Newspaper Fake" In China.

Some time ago The Tien Shin Chat, an
illustrated newspaper which is published
in Shanghai, contained long article
concerning THE Manufacture of Soap
and Fertilizers from Human Bodies in
Europe" The article was very minute.
1t described the whole process of manu-
facture in detail from the decapitation
and disembowelment of the bodies to
the stamping of violets and roses on the
finished soap cakes and the packing of
the fertilizer for shipment. Numerous
illustrations calculated to raise Chinese
hair and to curdle Chinese blood embel-
lished the grewsome text. Just how the
editors of The Tien Shin Chat discovered
that their European correspondent had
been libeling European civilization they
refuse to say. That the discovery, when
made, quite upset them, however, is evil
dent from this very abject retraction in
a recent copy of their publication:
"As we subsequently learned by inves-
tigation, the descriptions of European
soap and manure factories formerly pub
lished by us are only the plans and in
ventions of scientific men which have
never been put into practice, and, there
fore, our account of these factories and
our pictures were wholly false. In the
future we will make every effort to keep
all untruthful articles out of our col
umns. We make this announcement In
order that through the foreign and Chi
nese press we may confess our mistake,
which we hope has dore no harm. New
York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18
BEETIIOVEN'S MEMORIAL.
TIE HOUSE WHERE HE WAS BORN
To B. RENEWED AS A SHRINE.

He Lived a sorrowfui Life, but Has Monu-
ments in Many Places His Fathers
Tyranny-His disappointment, Sickness.
Deafness and Death--His Genius.
Beethoven's birthplace is to be restored to
its original condition-that is, If the designs
of the musicians Of Bonn are seconded. He
was born in queer. tall and narrow old
house in Bonnestrasse, quarter of Bonn on
the Rhine, and a committee Of citizens Of
that place have sent appeals to his admirers
throughout the world to contribute toward
a complete restoration of the old house. To
this end concert will be held in Steinway
hall, New York city in December, and 9th
ers in other cities of the United States. 1t is
designed to make the old house a sort Of
monument to the great musician and mu-
scum of objects connected with his life or
various renditions of his music. The society
organized for the purpose comprises many
eminent Germans, Prince Bismarck and
Count Won Moltke being members.
Beethoven's life was, few intervals ex-
cepted, almost indescribably sad, which may
perhaps partially account for the depth and
mournful intensity of much of his music. A
believer in blind fate would say he was
doomed from his birth, for whenever he sue
ceeded in escaping from some intolerable evil
he soon fell under another affection, which
in turn became intolerable and a singular
feature of the case was that each affliction
came just at that era in his life when it could
produce the greatest disappointment. AT
the age when freedom and sport are boys
imperative needs, he was deprived Of both
and cruelty overworked; when he was to
have gone away to complete his studies, his
mothers poverty compelled him to drudg-
cry he hated and finally, when a career was
open to him. III health made him miserable,
and when he had succeeded at last in pro-
ducing great work. deafness deprived him
of all capacity of enjoyment
His family was originally Belgian, and the
name is supposed to have been derived from
beet" root, and 'hof," garden. In 1850
one "Beethof," or, in other words, one of the
old family of root gardeners, left his native
village near Louvain and located in Antwerp
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y
and mind of earlier
days. His father
was Lewis B. Par
sons, Of Buffalo, N.
Y, the founder Of
Parsons college at
Fairfield, la. He is
in every sense a self
made man. He be-
gan his business
life as a clerk in
the Bank of Attica,
Buffalo, but after a
few years moved to
Keokuk, Ia. where
he began business
as a private bank
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18
FOURTH PRIZE DESIGN.


stood in his military cloak, order book in
hand, just before writing the noted order to
Sherman, of May 4, 1864. On one side is a
panel covered with the names of the battles
in which the general took part, from Palo
Alto to Appomattox, and on the fourth is the
usual inscription concerning the donors and
objects of the monument.
Many other places have erected fitting me-
MORALS. but this at Leavenworth is of spe-
cial interest because the location is that Of
the principal military post of the country,
and because of the eminent men, Federal and
Confederate soldiers, who took part in the
ceremonies. Loredo Taft, who designed the
statue, is, in a peculiar sense. a young coun-
trymau of the hero, as he was born April %,
1860 in Elmwood, Ills. Addresses were made
by Gen. Merritt, Gen. Charles W. Blair,
Senator ingalls, and Hon. George r. Peck,
and the occasion was honored by the presence
of Governor Marmadulie, of Missouri, with
his staff, the mayor and officials of Kansas
CITY, and many eminent men of Kansas and
adjacent states. Gen. McCook, of the post,
was conspicuous figure.
This monument also possesses some historic
interest, as it was the first projected after the
generals death, the movement for its erec-
ton beginning in Kansas City while the illus
trious dead still lay in state. The feeling
seemed to be spontaneous i'll the west that
Fort Leavenworth the proper place.
Next to West Point, it is the most noted post
in the country. Near it is now being COM
pleted the Soldiers home for disabled vet
Grams of the west. The location is peculiarly
fine. the space for the view most ample But
though the first projected, this was the second
completed in the west, that at st. Louis being
unveiled first.
The feelings of the American people of all
parties and sections now toward Gen. Grant
were admirably expressed in the Grafton OF
Hon George h. Peck, in these words:
II would not take from that noble life one
little flaw through which the real bright
ness of his character shines more plain. Vic
tory is sweet to a soldiers heart. When Lee
surrendered, the measure of success, so far as
that can go. was heaped and crowded for U.
S Grant. He had won for all time the fame
of a great general But he was something
more than great general when that hour
babe the weary soldiers he had fought so
long back to their farms and cotton fields,
and build up their broken fortunes in the
peace he had won for them and for US all.
| 1t was an act such as poets love.
"When they sing Of Arthur and the table
round. or of the tabled Cid, whose gentle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18

Thereafter his triumphs were rapid. He
was favorite in the most cultured society
and appeared very happy, when suddenly his
digestion failed For three years he suffered
distressing "roaring in the head" and
finally in lsOl-2 the promising young must
clan and composer became perfectly deaf
OF all possible Affections the worst had come.
While vast audiences were thrilled by his
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18
President of the Bankers Association.

Charles Parsons, of St. Louis, who was re-
Gently reelected president of the American
Bankers association at the convention held
at Kansas City, is New Yorker by birth
He was born in Homer, Cortland county,
N. Y, in 1924, but notwithstanding his 65
Years of AGE retains all the YigOr of body
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18
THE MONUMENT TO GRANT.
MANY DESIGNS SUBMITTED AND A
DATE SET AT LAST.

The Best Five Designs and the Prizes Paid
Therefor-The Monument to he Modi-
Stone to BE Laid in 1902.
When the Grant Monument association,
some two years ago, asked for designs to be
submitted it imposed some rather hard con-
ditions. 1t was required that the designs
should be 'purely original" which was ex-
planned to mean that they should portray
monuments representing as little as possible
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18

upper column. Against this it is urged that
the monument will stand on such height
above the Hudson that specific allowance
must be made for that in calculating the gem
eral effect.
The third prize was given to the design
bearing the motto Sword and Laurel" This
may be called an alternative or double de-
sign-that is, the upper section could be
eliminated and the monument, thus left lower
but massive, be crowned with an equestrian
statue. If the latter alternative be adopted
the monument will be but III feet high
though l20 feet square at the base.
The design which secured the fourth prize
bears the motto Our Country" and is ex-
tremely elaborate, having a facade 600 feet
long, in the center Of which is an equestrian
statue and cupola. A structure after this
design would have more of the appearance of
what people generally understand by a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18

where he prospered
and gave his family
a good education.
One grandson had
t W Give children,
and the third one,
Ludwig, gain e d
such repute as a
musician that he
was called to Bonn
and to the court of
the elector of Co
logne, G e nj e n S
August. He rose
high a m ong the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18

hands bound up the
wounds his o W II
rig b t arm had
made. Whatever
1t meant to others,
to Grant Appomat-
tox IN ant only
peace. Some bios
SONS from the IA
nous apple tr e e
dropped into t h 9
old C commanders
heart and filed it
with the sweetness
of the spring. But
why dwell on these
thingsl The great
| e a der is at rest.
H ow widely diff
used have been his
acts and his exam
pie. In quiet wales,
in thronging cities
and out upon the
uttermost land men
speak of Grant and
find in his yer y
name omens of Sc
curity and peace.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18
Tho Sole User.

Razzle-I wonder who that man is over
there with the terribly baggy pantsi
Dazzle-Why, he's the trouser stretches
agent.-Clothier and Furnisher.
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curity and peace. FIFTH PRIZE DESIGN.
The armies he led-vanishing now with the
vanishing years-share his fame. This statue
and all the monuments grateful people
raised to him attest equally the every day
heroism of the common soldier"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18

spa, what is blanket mortgager asked
Johnny Cumso.
SIT is one which keeps a man warm work
ing to pay it," replied Cumso New York
Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18

the black republic, but the present order Of
things cannot last in an island SO close under
the American shores. If the Americans for
bid any other power to interfere they will
have to interfere themselves.
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WALKER AND MARGARET BLAINE
and Mrs. Blaine and Walker and Miss Mar
garet Blaine, from group photograph taken
at Bar Harbor last summer and published by
The Boston Herald. The picture of Miss Mar
garet is Of especial interest in view of her APP
preaching marriage to Walter Damrosch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18
TWO OLD RESIDENTS.
They Are Women Who Have Passed by
the Century Line.

There isn't doubt in the mind of any who
have investigated carefully that the average
length of human life is increasing; and it is
certain that in some sections of the United
States and Canada it has increased very
greatly in the last fifty years. Nova Scotia,
for instance, has many very old people
and the Piedmont counties of South Carolina,
especially around York and Spartanburg,
are thickest with people of 50 or so years.
And public interest in the matter has been so
aroused of late that one may say there is a
perfect epidemic Of very old people. Jour-
nalists have hunted them out and given the
particulars of their lives, and Psychologists
have sought eagerly to learn the causes of
such longevity.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18
THE BLAINE FAMILY.

Pictures Of Mrs. Blaine. Miss Margaret,
Walker and Mr. Blaine
1t has always beer somewhat ifiicult to
secure pictures Of the memoers vi the family
Of James @. Blaine, secretary Of state Of the
United States Of course there has never
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-18

SECRETARY AND MRS. BLAINE.
been lack of portraits of the head of the
family, but portraits of the others have been
almost impossible to get. The first published
portraits of Walker and Emmons Blaine were
sent out by the newspapers but few weeks
ago, a short time before the Blaine McCor-
mick wedding. No good pictures of Mrs
Blaine have at any time been obtainabe. Ac-
companying this are pictures of Secretary
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He Lived a Sorrowfui Life, but Has Monu-
ments in Many Places His Fathers
Tyranny-His Disappointment, Sickness.
Deafness and Death--His Genius.
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on Sundays trains viii leave Hien Station at $50
a m aud g D. m. Westminster IL - a. m. and All
D. m. arriving at Union Bridge at As 3. m. and
$50 p. m. Returning leave Frederick Junction at
10 a m and Union Bridge at 6.S2 a. and 4.2s p.
m. Westminster 712 a. m. and 45S p. M arriving
at Hillen Station at 9.07 a. M ard 6.I5 p m.
Emmitsburg Railroad daily except sunday
Trains south win leave Emmitsburg az SO a. m.
and 253 and $50 p. m. arriving at Rocky Ridge AZ
$50 a. m and 3 - and so D. IN. Trains north viii
leave Rocky Ridge at 1040 and s.S3 and 6s5 p.
m. arriving ct EmmiIs0urg at lilo a. m and 4!0S
Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad
Trains leave east daily except sunday Shippens-
burg G % a. and l09and 80 p m, Chambersburg
70l a. and l.S9 aud &52 p m, Naynesboro 7.So
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az 75g a. m. and 80 and AS p.
Trains leave west daily, except sunday Edge
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Sl2 a. m. and 1893 and $50 p m, arriving at Ship
pensburg al 5 30 a, IN. and i06 and 200 p. m.
Frederick Division Pennsylvania RailraaG, daily
except Sunday.-Trains for Frederick leave l1IEn
ton at 1852 a. m. and 5.12 p. m Trains for fancy
town, Littlesfown and York leave Junction at 95s
a. m and S42 p. m.
Through trains for Hanover and Gettysburg and
points ON Baltimore and Harrisburg Division leave
Baltimore daily. except sunday, at T.l3 a. m and
S2I p. M Through cars for Gettysburg and inter
mediate points leave Baltimore also daily except
sunday al 1900 q. IN.
Orders for baggage calls can be len at Ticket
Office No. az f. Baltimore street, Baltimore.
j. NJ HOOD, GenI. Manager.
ocfiq b. H. GRIswoLD, tienl. Passenger Agent
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NO. 27sl EQUITY.
Ia the Circuit Court for Carroll County. sit
ting in Equity.

la the Circuit Court for Carroll County, sit
ting in Equity.
Fred. d. Miller, Mortgage, vs.. Perry War
feld and Rachel Warheld. his wife,
MoFtgagors.
Ordered this 9Th day Of November, A. H.,
1889, that the sale Of the Real Estate made
and reported in the above entitled cause by
Fred d. Miller, Mortgage, be finally ratified
and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the Both day
Of December, next provided copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in Carroll county, Maryland, once a
week for three successive weeks before the
23d day Of December, next.
The Report states the amount OF sale TO be
S3s0.00.
WIN. y. MARTIN, Clerk
True copy,-Test:
nov30 80 wv. ~ MARTIN, Clerk.
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MAGISTRATES OFFICE.

l take this method of informing my friends
and the public that | have opened an office
for the transaction of the
DUTIES OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
in the Haines & Co. Building, next door to
the store, nearly opposite the First National
Bank, and respectfully solicit patronage.
GEO. W. MATTHEW'S, J. p,
mays If Westminster, Nd.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

The members of the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Carroll County are requested to
meet at their office, in Westminster, on Mon
day, the 10th day of December, 1889, for the
purpose of electing Ten Directors to serve for
one year. The election will take place be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock, a. m, and II
m. By order,
RICHARD MANNING,
nov30 3t Secretary.
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CURVBYOR, CONVEYANCER
y AND SCRIVENER.

Having had many years experience in the
business, and having purchased all the Field
Books, Papers, &C., that belonged to the late
Surveyor, James Kelly, | take pleasure in
informing the public shat | am prepared to
do such work with promptness and upon rea-
sonable terms, and respectfully solicit share
of the patronage. Office near Patapseo, W.
NJ. K. r.
oct II If JABEI a. BUSH.