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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
Martinsburg, w Va, Feb. ID, $685.
In re
E. Boyd Faulkner, &c, admir-, &C.,
VS..
Meivina Grantham ct al.
To all Whona 1T may concern:
Take notice that pursuant to decree
of the Circuit Court of Berkeley county,
w. Va, rendered in the above entitled
cause on the It'll day of February, 1898,
requiring the undersigned commissioner
to ascertain and report what, if any,
amount is owing to S. A Hyde and John
NJ. Linton by the estate of Moses S.
Grantham, decd, have fixed upon the
14th day of March, next. at my office, at
the Court House in said county, to exc
cute the said decree of reference, at which
time and place you and each of you are
required to attend.
Given under my hand as Commission
er in Chancery the day and year fiji st
above written.
ADRIAN G. NADENBOUSCH,
2,1S,4t. Com'r in Chancery.
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Gold Discovered in West Virginia

KANAwHA CITY. w. VA, Mar. 4 -
A twelve-foot vein OF gold has been
discovered near Kendalia, on Blue
Greek in Kanawha county. The ore
has been analysed and was found to
contain 1910 in gold and 10 cents in
silver to the ton. This was the low
est grade. The land is owned by
David Hill. Great excitement pre-
walls in that locality.
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"CHARLEsToN, w. VA, March s.
The Legislature adjourned sine de
at noon to-day, after d session OF fif-
ty-seven days, nearly three weeks of
which were spent in wrangling over
the general appropriation bill, which
is the most unsatisfactory in the his
tory of the State. Scarcely a mem
Der of either House was in favor of
it as a whole.n
And this from the Baltimore Sun.
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Notice to Creditors.

To the creditors of David Smith, decd.
In pursuance of decree of the Cir
cult Court of Berkeley county, made in
cause therein pending, to subject the
real estate of the said David Smith, to
the payment of his debts, you are re,
auired to present your claims against
said David Smith for adjucation to L..
Dew. Gerhardt, Commissioner, at his
Office in the said county, on or before
the 22d day of March, 1898.
Witness, w. B. Colston Clerk of
the said Court this 8th day of February
1898. w. B. COLSTON, Clerk.
OH ST.
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Creditors, Notice.

To the creditors of N. L. Dorm, decd:
In pursuance of decree of the Cir
cult Court of the county of Berkeley,
made in a cause therein pending to
subject the real estate of the SAID NJ !.
l.. Dorm to the payment of his debts
You are required to present your claims
against the estate of the said M. l..
Dorm, for adjucation to John T. Pick.
ing, Commissioner, at his Office in the
said county, on or before the 28th day
of March, 1898.
Witness, W. B Colston, Clerk of the
said court, this 18th day of February;
1898. w. B. COLSTON,
2.1s,et. Clerk.
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Two Suicides in Wheeling.

WHEELING, w. VA, March. e.
There were two suicides in this city
to-day. About o'clock this morn
ing Mrs. Hannah Scholar hanged
herself in her bedroom, and about
O'Clock this afternoon Thomas Rich
ards blew his brains out in the office
of a city weigher ON Tenth street.
Insanity was the cause in the first
instance and liquor in the second.
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Nov an American Vessel.

PHILADELPHIA, March 4.-Papers
of resignation were issued Thursday
afternoon by the collector OF port to
the International Navigation Co.,
owners of the steamship City of
Paris by which that vessel is enter
ed as American The Paris is the
second foreign built vessel entered
and registered under the act of May,
1892
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In Washington, on Saturday, the
"wets" we're in the majcrity.-Free
Press.
Was it not a Democratic gather
ing? Then, of course, prohibition
couldn't work.
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KINGSTON, ONT-, March Mrs.
John Smith, 80 years of age, is cut
ting a new set of teeth. Already
they are five in number and sound
a white.
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SATURDAY. MARCH IL, 1893.

Cleveland may contemplate "turn.
ing the rascals out" but it is also a
fact that he is giving general con-
sideratlon as to what rascals he will
let in.
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THE STATE OF WEST vIR-

THE STATE OF WEST VIR-
i GINA.
At Rules held in the Clerk S office of
Circuit Court of Berkeley County, ON
the 9Th day of March, 1898.
Lucy p. Hastings-Pltff,
Mary A Marble, and - MARBLE her
husband, George Shrodes in his own
right. and George Sbrodes, together
with Jacob A Heidwohl, administra-
tors of Daniel B. Hastings, deceas-
ed-DeftS.
The object of the foregoing suit is to
settle the accounts of the administra-
tors of D. b. Hastings, deceased, and
to have partition made of the balance
in the hands of said administrators af-
ter the payment of the debts of said de-
ceased and it appearing ON affidavit
filed in this suit, that the said defend
ants, Mary A. MARBLE and - MARBLE,
her husband, are non-residents of this
State, they are hereby required to ap-
pear at the said Clerks office, within
one month from the 18th day of March,
1898, 1.-THE date of the first publication
hereof,) and do what is necessary to
protect their interests in this matter.
W. B. COLSTON, Clerk.
J. Nelson Wisner, Atty for pltff.
311-4t
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Commissioners Notice.
U. S. G. Pitzer, admir- of Joseph II.
Kitchen, decd, plaintiff.

U. s. G. Pitzer, admir- of Joseph H.
Kitchen, decd, plaintiff.
VS..
Catharine Kitchen, widow of JOS. H.
Kitchen, decd, Alice Kitchen, wild
Kitchen, infant, Bette A. Stuckey,
her husband, Henry Kitchen, heirs at
law of Joseph I'll. Kitchen, decd. G.
W. Hess, Rice and
Heller, partners trading as Rice &
Heller, S A. Keesecker, D. W. Rod
rick, J. B. Cleary, Benjamin LutZ, G..
W. Feidt, trustee, d. G. Winebren-
ner, J. w. Pitzer, Luther Miller, u.
S. G.. Pitzer, trustee, M. G. Totten,
Mrs. Annie Henshaw. Mrs. f. B.
Weaver, VIM. Snodgrass, Lewis Rob
inson, and the unknown heirs of
Catharine Robinson. decd, the I'M
known heirs of r. V. Snodgrass, the
unknown heirs of Mrs. Mollie Ridg-
way, decd, the unknown heirs of
Lucinda Tabb, decd, the unknown
heirs of Stephen Snodgrass, deceased
Susan P. Thomas. and j. Nelson
Wisner, substituted trustee, defend
ants.
IN CHANCERY.
In the Circuit Court for the County of
Berkeley, w. Va.
To all the parties to the above entitled
cause
By a decree of the said Court entered
at the Jany 1898 term thereof on the 18th
day of February, 1898, the above en-
titled cause was referred to the under
signed Commissioner in Chancery of
said Court.
1st. To state and settle the accounts
of U. S. G Pitzer, trustee in the deed
of trust mentioned in plaintiffs bill.
3D. To state and settle the accounts
of U, s. G.. Pi ger, administrator of
Joseph H Kitchen, decd
Sd. To ascertain and report of what
real estate the said Joseph FL. Kitchen
died seized, together with the annual
rental and fee simple values of the
same.
4th. To convene the creditors of
said Jos. II. Kitchen, deed, and to
ascertain and report the Indebtedness
against his estate.
9TH. And to report any other matter
deemed pertinent by him or which he
may be required to state by any of the
parties interest.
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that l
have fixed upon
Monday. March 80, 1893,
as the time and my Office in Martins
burg W. Va, as the place of executing
said decree of reference, and if not
completed on that day the proceedings
will be confined from day to day at the
same place until finished.
Given under my hand this 18th day
of Feb 1898. L. Dew. GERHARDT,
2 II At. Commissioner in Chancery
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PUBLIC SALE
of Valuable
REAL ESTATE.

In Martinsburg, West Va, known as
the old Jail property.
By virtue of the authority vested in
it by an order of the County Court of
Berkeley county, W. Va, made on the
18th day of Feb. 1898, the undersigned
committee will offer at public auction
in front of the Court House, in Mar.
tinsburg, in said county, on
Saturday, March 18th, 1898,
commencing at ! 80 p. M, the lot and
buildings situated on the Southeast
corner of E. King and S. Spring streets
in Martinsburg, W. Va, on square east
of the Court House, commonly known
as the old Jail property. This property
will be offered in parcels and as a whole
and struck off to the highest bidder in
whichever way it will bring the best
price, the sale 10 be subject to the con
firmation by the Court.
By parcels it will be offered as follows
LIST, The stone Jail building and lot
fronting so feet more or less on E. King
street and running back of equal width +,
to the Jail wall including said wall and
the lot of ground enclosed thereby, also
the stone dwelling house and outbuild-
in2S thereto.
I'd, The vacant lot lying south of
and building fronting about "A feet on
Spring street 1903 feet.
Sd, The stable lot lying South of said
vacant lot fronting about "A feet on
said Spring street. These measures
ments are only Appropriated.
As whole the property fronts so feet
more or less, on King street, and runs
back 200 feet on Spring street. The
jail wall is feet thick and IA feet high.
TERMS OF SALE.-One third of
the purchase money cash, the residue
thereof in equal payments at one and
two years, with interest from day of
sale, the purchaser giving his notes or
bonds for the deferred payments which
shall be secured by deed of trust upon
the property sold. Possession to be
given April 1st, 1898. Sale subject TO
confirmation by the court.
G w. DOLL,
u. S. G. PITZER, 5Com.
i. c. GERLING,
j. BAKER KEARFOTT, Auctioneer.
Feb. 25th. ids.
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Commissioners Notice.
L. Dew. Gerhardt, admir-, &C.,

-
VS..
Margaret A. Dom, ct al.
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
Martinsburg, w. Va, Feb. IA, 1898.
To L Dew Gerhardt, admir- a of
Martin L Dorm, deceased, plaintiff,
VS..
Margaret A Dorm, widow of M L Dorm
decd, John L Dorm ard Irene Dorm
his wife. Katie Hoy (nee Dorm and
Lawrence Hoy. her husband, Emma
Ardinger (nee DORM and B V Ar
dinger, her husband, Rebecca West
(nee DORM and o A West, her
husband, LIZZIE Copenhaver (nee
Dorm and ] P Copenhaver. her hus-
band, M l. Dorm and FL B Dorm, his
wife. Chas A Dorm and Mary Dom,
his wife, Ella May Dorm, Maggie
WioebreBner (nee Dorm and M E
Winebrenner, her husband. Harry 9
Dorm, infant, RAYMOND FL Dorm,
infant. Sam'l B Dorm, infant, Ed
ward Dorm. infant, Oscar Dorm, infant,
Cora NJ Dorm. infat aud Lula Dorm,
infant. defendants
You are hereby notified that / have
fixed upon the
2Sth Day of March, 1898.
at my Office in the Court, House, at
Martinsburg, W Va.
1st; To state and settle the admin
stration account of l. Dew Gerhardt,
C { a of NJ l. Dorm. deceased. I'd: To
ascertain and report of what real est ate
the said M L Dorm died seized, together
with its annual rental and fee simple
value. Sd: To ascertain and report the
Indebtedness against the estate of the
said deceased, required to be taken qy
the decree of Berkeley Circuit Court,
rendered on the 7th day of February,
1898 in suit in chancefy depending
in said court, in which you are parties,
plaintiffs and defendants. at which
time and place you are required to at.
tend.
Given under my hand as commission
er in chaneery of the said court the day
and year first aforesaid.
2,18.4t. j. T. PICKING, Com'r
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Are These Names Good Enough

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CHE Sndepenaent,

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The largest line of LADIES' Fine Shoes
to select from in the city. can be sten
at FRANK DOLL q Co. IS.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-19
cHEEsY TASTE OF BuTTER.

The cause of a cheesy taste IN butter
is the buttcrmilk that remains in it and
which quickly acquires the flavor Of
cheese. 1t is Indispensable that all the
milk be got out of the butter by the most
careful washing with cold water, the
colder the better, and brine is better than
water, because the salt makes the water
cooler. When the butter appears in the
form of small grains the churniug is
stopped and cold water is poured into
the churu. This is better than drawing
off the milk at once without the water,
as the water thins the milk aud makes 1t
easier to separate from the butter. The
butter grains also separate more easily in
the thinner liquid and float to the top,
and the smallest of them are not so apt
to escape from the churn. When the
milk an | water are drawn off, clear
water is poured into the churn, and the
butter thoroughly washed, until the
water pours off perfectly clear. An
ounce of fine salt is enough to a pound of
butter, unless much of it is wasted in the
mixing, but only the finest quality of
salt is to be used.-New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-19
TUE AWFUL DRINK TRAGEDY.

President Gerry, of the New York
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Children, in his annual address, which an,
pears in the society's eighteenth report.
gives the following pathetic case as an
illustration of the benedcieut work OF his
society, AMI it is also a striking Illustration
of the degradation and suffering involved
in the drink habit:
II was a cold, bleaS night just before
thanksgiving Day. A woman, meanly
clad, and bearing the marks of dissipation
upon her face, wandered into a saloon in
Elizabeth street in this city, with a small
boy clinging TO her hand. She had known
better days, had struggled against poverty.
had sacrificed herself in order to SUPPORT
her child. And she turned in out OF the
cold with the boy, into the only place OF
refuge she knew, TO try and find either some
friend who would give her the means TO
sleep with her child in a cheap lodging
house, or else find out what might be done
for him. Down the Bowery, in the bitter
cold they had walked for hours, seeking
shelter, and she had only that morning
taken the child to the police court and told
her pitiful tale to the justice. Her husband
had died four years previously, and she was
a widow with two children, the boy and a
girl. This society had cared for the girl
and placed her in a home. Johnny aud l
are starving, Your Honor she said, and |
want you to put him where he will be
warm The usual order was made on this
society and given her. She put 1t In her
pocket went back to the saloon with the
child, sat down, turned to the bystanders
and said: My boy is safe; l am going TO
put him in a home, and little Johnny will be
taken care of now Then she fell back In
her chair and diedF'
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-19
Cut the Pennies in Two.

How many collectors OF coins know
anything about the curious half-peuoe
issued centuries ago by English authori-
ties, half-peuco 10 the truest sonse Of the
words, since they were nothing more
than minted pennies cut directly In half
Specimens OF these coins have been dis
covered frequently among the buried
treasures which from time to time have
been unearthed in Great Britain. In
Lancashire In 1910 were found a rare lot
Of coins, among which were several
pennies Of the time Of Alfred and Ed
ward divided In this way.
Similarly divided peuce Of the time Of
Edward the Confessor have been found,
and in speaking Of the discovery id
1888 OF a number of these curious halt
pence Of the time of William the Con.
queror, an unquestioncd authority states
that they were probably issued fIom tho
minis in that form, since the whole coll
lection had evidently been in circula-
ton.
In the British Museum in London arc
specimens of these divided coins issred
under various monarchs from Alfred to
Henry ILL.,, with the latter Of whom the
custom ceased. An eminent archm ,lopist
accounts for the divided coins by saving
that this doubtless arose from the scarcity
of small change, which was in part
lemedied under the reign of Edward I.
by the coinage OF half.pence aud farth4
tngs.-Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-19
SELECTING sEEp CORN.

Many good farmers select the seed for
next years corn crop in autumn. All
farmers should do so, but too many are
thoughtless or perhaps careless concern.
ing this matter, and when planting time
comes they go to the crib for it. This
season, owing to the wet weather, much
corn was planted very late, aud the
probabilities are that should there be
severe cold weather early during winter
it will be found, when too late, that a
large per cent. of the corn in the crib
will fail to terminate. This being true
all corn growers should see that they
secure an abundant supply of seed corn
before severe freezing weather aud store
the same in a dry room where the tenn
perature will not fall at all below the
ireezing point during the coolest
weather. Many writers advocate the
gathering Of seed corn from the earliest
ripenIng stalks, on the theory that the
corn will be earlier. BE this as it NAV,
the best seed corn cannot be secured in
this way, says a writer in Western
Farmer. The proper time, and the only
HAORSA ehhASi I oCASSh 40 WhGn blG COTu
is husked. Let the husker keep all the
best ears separate from the remainder of
the corn by fastening a box that will
hold a bushel or two somewhere about
the wagon in which may be placed the
selected ears. When taken to the crib
the box is emptied and after a more
critical examination the very best ears
arc secured tor seed. This method takes
very little trouble, and you are sure that
your seed corn will grow when planting
time comes. / think many times that
corn thus selected makes a more vigor-
GUS start and is less liable to rot after
planting than corn taken from the crib.
Furthermore, by a careful selection of
seed it requires but a few years to estab-
lish your own ideal corn.
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TEMPERANCE.

IT'S TRUE As TRUTH.
NV boys come listen while l teach
A lesson true as truth,
A lesson that you all should learn
By heart in early youth.
IT'S this there's naught Upon the earth
That hapless home can cheer,
Where but five cents Is spent for bread
To fifty cents for beer.
The wife and mother, though she be
AS patient as the best,
Wears on her face a look that tells
OF nights unknown to rest.
The children shiver oft with cold;
And tremble oft with fear,
Where but five cents is spent for bread
To fifty cents for beer.
The holidays bring but fresh grief,
Fresh want, and added care,
Aud while, around IL happy songs
And laughter all the air,
The sound OF curses, signs and sobs
Is all that one can hear
Where but five cents is spent for bread
TO fifty spent for beer.
And boys, l beg you, let my words
IN fruitful soil be sovn,
Sc when you've left your boyhood's days
And are to manhood grown,
No one can speak OF home you've NJ" -
As places poor and drear,
Where but five cents is spent for bread
To fifty spent for beer.
Sacred Heart Review.
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K

II is not 50 much to keep the plants
from freezing that they are covered in
winter, but mostly to keep the water
from washing the dirt from their roots,
Plants are never thrifty unless we'll rooted.
They are more likely to have their roots
disturbed when planted on a slope where
the water from melted snow and rain
runs down in streams. Suitable cover
ing will keep the soil unbroken. Coarse
hay or straw is a good covering. It is
customary TO remove such in the spring,
but the question has been asked why it
should not be left until entirely decom-
posed to benefit the plants in summer, as
it will wash into the soil and increase its
fertility, and also keep the berries out Of
the dirt--Mexican Farmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-04-19

A doctor writing in a medical paper
says; "An immense number Of peopis
sleep on the loft side, aud this is the
most common cauie Of tho unpleasant
taste in the mouth ia the morning, which
is generally attributed to dyspepsia. II
a meal has been taken within two or
three hours OF going to bed, to steep on
the loft side Is to give the stomach a
task which Is difficult in the extreme to
perform. The student Of anatomy knows
that all food enters and leaves the stomach
on the right side, and hence sleeping on
the LEFT side soon after eating involves q
sort OF pumping operation which is any.
thing but conducive to sound repnse.
The action OF the heart is also iuterfered
with considerably, and the lungs are I'M
duly compressed, Il is probable that
lying IN the back is the most natural
position, but few men can rest easily so,
and hence il is best to cultivate tho
habit OF sleeping on the right side"