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r COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
~ Staunton, Va, Dec. 18TH 1895.
PrOpes' Creditors
VS..
PrOpes Admir- ct ais
All partles interested in the above-stylet
cause now pending in the Circuit Court for HI
county or Augusta, TAKE NOTICE, that pursI1
ant to an order of said court entered in sal,
Staunton, Va, on
January 3Oth, 1896,
proceed to ascertain and report anv outstand
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Uec O. tnat have not already been reported ii
TINS cause; also in the event that the real %
tate mentioned in this cause is sold, / shall nj
certain the cash value of the interest Z
MARIAN Il. Kennedy, (llee Propes) widow
David Propes in the proceeds of sale
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o., Commissioner
E. Kennedy, - 'ii Aoi
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE
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,snh huiininstrator of P. N. Powell will sell
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in LIE anu half northwest of Stanton. on
Thursday, the 10th day of January. 1895,
me following very valuable personal pron-
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ROUND HOUSE BURNED.-The round
mouse and shops of the W. Va. and P.
Il. H. at Weston, w. Va, were burned
Sunday. The fire was accidental. The
loss Will be many thousands of dollars.
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Satan Rebnking Sin.

Satan Rebuking Sin.
Evidently a change has come over
the spirit of the dreams of those war
like republicans who only last week
were making the welkin ring with
shouts of battle. Then they were pre-
pared to fight the world not only in a
defensive war, but also on a plan of
campaign which contemplated often
sive operation. Schemes of fortifica-
tions, which involved an expenditure
OF millions, were suggested as lightly
as though we had a rousing surplus in
the treasury. As to the carnage and
blood-letting which would follow such
a war, they were but ''unconsidered
trif1es, nearly too unimportant to be
given moments thought. Now, how
ever, last weeks delinquency is only a
dream. Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, rises
IN the House to announce that his par
ty does not indorse the warlike inten-
tions of the President. Surely this is
the essence of buncombe, but it is bun
combe which is a confession of great
and Importance. The re-
publican jingoists were willing to go to
war for political purposes, but as the
temper OF the people; both democrats
and republicans, does not incline to
war, they are willing to organize them
selves into a peace party and to throw
the Whole responsibility upon the
President Verify, this is case of
Satan rebuking sin," and it would be
amusing ii its hypocrisy were not so
ulpable.-BaIt. 1Stn.
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ StauntOn, Va, Dec. 24th, 1895.
Cochran. Geo. NJ, Trustee,
Hamilton, Jacob p, ct ais


Hamilton, Jacob p, ct ais.
:. All creditors of Jacob P. Hamilton having
liens upon his lands and all other par ties in
Ierested IN the above entitled cause pending
IN the Circuit Court of Augusta county. TAKE
NOTICE, that l, pursuant to a decree entered
IN SAID cause on the 23rd day of November.
IS95, SHALL at my office in the city of Staunton'
Va, on
Saturday, the 25th day of January. 1896.
proceed to take state and settle an account
showing S01'A'
lst-The lands in bill mentioned and the
value of the same. '-o
Snu-Ihe debts secured in the deed of tr1lst
OF JacoD r. Hamilton and wife, dated the nth
Jay OF APRIL 1898, with their order of prioritvl
anu the exact amount due to each creSitoy
under said deed; also all other deus bindine
said property, whether prior or Subsequent r.,
said deed OF trust, as to give all of the dabfS
binding said lands in their order of p11oriSs'~'
3rd.-Any other matters that | NAV deem
necessary or that may be required to be spe-l
cially stated by any of the parties \
AT which time and place all lien creditors OIL
Jacob P. Hamilton are required to appear bel
fore the undersigned and prove their debts
j. M. QUARLES.
Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court of
Augusta Co. E.
Elders Elder, p, q:
dec 25-4ts II
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r COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ StauntOn, Va, Dec. 18TH 1885,
NJ. III. Robertson
VS..
z. G. Daniel. ct al.
All parties interested in the above stvled
cause now pending in the Circuit Court of the
county OF Augusta, TAKE NOTICE, that purstl-
ant TO an order of said court, entered in said
cause on Dec. 9Th. 1895, l shall, at my office in
StauntOn, Va, on
February 3rd, 1896,
proceed to ascertain and report
ISL whether the deed from the defendant
u. Z. Daniel, to the defendant Lalla r. Daniel
or date May 4th, 1926, in the bill mentioned was
executed to hinder, delay or defraud the
PLAINTIFF or other cred itors of the grantor
IND. What the true consideration of said
DEED was and whether it was fair and ade-
quate consideration as against the plaintiff
grantOr.
3rd. The unpaid lien debts of said grautor
tnelr several amounts and the order of THEFT
prior1tieS, together with the dates on which
said debts originated. N
4th. The fee simple and annual rental va1ue
OF SAID realty, also the value of the personalty
conveyed by said deed. 80
o1n. ANY other matters deemed pertinent
etc. 70
HENRY W. HOLT.
Commissioner.
Braxton & Braxton, p. q.
dec 21-4ts I
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Menacing as the crisis now seems.
tnere are, fortunately, roads to peace
credltable alike to all the nations con.
cerned, and we believe that both Eng
land and the United States, on calm
rejection, will see their way to one of
these.
The herald., 1896-05-10
CHAPTER II.
THE CONVICT GANG.

"Halt!'
1t is Under-Officer Richter who speaks.
And in war time this same stiff Alt Karl
does not speak without reason. Never did
the discipline of the Imperial White Coats
show better than now, when defeated and
decimated the weary remnants of the
great army of the double empire stood at
bay just long enough to allow Fedzeug-
meister Won Benedek to rally and reorga-
Mise his scattered forces under the guns
of Olmutz and Vienna.
"Halt! The enemy" muttered Under
Officer Alt Karl
"The brushwood is good enough for
me- said his colonel the Count of st.
Polten-Vassima. And with the alertness
OF a mountaineer he betook himself to
cover till the enemy should develop his
strength. 1t was the Counts duty 10 pro-
tect the niilroas which crosses the Aus
trian Alps to Verona. TO mask the weak
ness of the fortresses of Moek and Neu-
stadt, to forward supplies from the Tyrol.
and generally to retrieve an irretrievable
misfortune with which he and his men
had had nothing whatever 20 do. He had
now but tWenty-SeVen men to do all these
,Eings with. Also they were hungry men,
or in the sullen retreat from the stricken
ield of Koniegratz there had been no time
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saluted and betook themselves wonderingly
to their several quests. Alt Karl also went
about his business of gathering together a
small cairn of stones for the camp kettle,
and the cooking of the provision with which
he expected the marksmen TO return. But
he collected the stones and then the fuel
mechanically, for in his heart he was busly
coming reasons for the strange behavior
of his officer and master the Count.
For an hour st. Polten sat on the trunk
of fallen pine, deep in thought. Then he
summoned Alt Karl to him.
Karl" he said, "do YOU remember the
illness that brought you to a shadow and
the gates of the dead?"
"Remembern' said Alt Karl; "do I for
get it for day, or your most noble kind
ness?"
"And do you remember how, one morning
in the spring when the leaves were green
ing. | came to you in the little chalet under
the hill?'
"'Ah,' you said, it is over, Count Ru-
dolph, all over; | shall never hear the
"kuck-uk'' again. Then at that moment
the little Trudchen came running in. Faith
err she said, with voice like sleigh bells
ringing over the snow, heard from the other
side OF lake, IdInel, L near tiie huch-uh
calling. So We two that were men listened
like little children for the voice of the birc
-ay, as it had been for the sentence OF the
Angel of Life and Death. But we could no
hear the sound. So in my arms took yor
up and carried you till | set you. all rolled
in the blankets of the great bed-chair had
given you. blinking like great white ow
there in the sunshine of the morning. Their
there came two cuckoos, courting the same
mate to grant them her favors, and the
| gladstone cry of 'kuck-uk' went round the
| forest.
; "'Now you know, father. said your lit
tie Truda, that you will certainly get bet
ter. For to-day you have heard the ''kuck
uk," and the spring is here And that i!
The herald., 1896-05-10
CHAPTER V.
THE SIEGE OF THE CHALET.

THE SIEGE OF THE CHALET.
But Gertrud did not seem to hear.She was
looking at something across the open space,
with parted lips and eager wide-open eyes.
''Look!" she cried, manifestly troubled; !;
"look! there are two or three men hiding
yonder in the shadow. They are not men
Of st. Polten nor of the neighborhood."
The Count rose quickly from his chair and
came to her side. She pointed with her
finger to the edge Of the pine-wood. For a
minute his less accustomed eyes could dis
Germ nothing-only the Swallowed spaces Of
the glade with the staring sunlight and the
blue wash of cool shadows.
Quick" she cried breathlessly. 81 see
another and another They have guns and
curiously marked dresses. They are crouch
ing in the dusk behind the trees Do you
not see them behind the oleander?"
And now the Count ST. Poten saw man
with a convict's jacket and peaked forage
cap set on his head lying in the dark OF the
bushes, and behind him two or three others.
Instinctively he felt for his revolver. He
knew them now. 1t was a section OF the
band of escaped criminals whose leaders
he had killed, and from whom he had
taken the guns on the way to Verona. He
knew in a moment that they were seeking
his life. But very calmly he picked ur
his own cap which he had let fall by his
side.
81 must bid you adieu, madamoiselle, VI
he said; 'it is time that went away
For as he said to himself. it was no use
bringing this young girl into matter
which concerned himself alone.
81 will 90 and find your father" said the
Count.
But the maiden never moved, watching
eagerly from the open window. She pu
out one hand a little behind her as If to bet
| his silence. Then very calmly she walked
| to the window, set her elbows on the sill
| looked listlessly and carelessly up ant
down the green glade. and finally brok'
| into a gay folksong. the notes OF which
| rang across the silent spaces Of the wood
| She stretched her arms slightly AMI
| yawned, as II she were weary OF th'
sleepiness of the heavy day and ustles
! with the stirless air of noon.
The herald., 1896-05-10
CHAPTER w.
A ROSEBUD TwENTY-oNE.

| A ROSEbUD OF TWENTY -ONE.
The war of the Seven Weeks was over and
the twenty-five Tyrolers disbanded till the
| regiment should be reorganized The sud
den quarrel of South and North had been
as suddenly made up. The Count went back
to his corner Of the great house of st. Pol
ten. His heart was yet more heavy within
! him. for the pride Of his nation had been
| trampled upon by the strong rude
! feet of the invaders from the
north-iron-cast Prussians, as he called
them. bullocks from gray Pomerania
| But when the Count had taken one look
/ at the gaunt unfinished mass OF his cha
! teau he turned away with genuine sadness
/ dragging at his moustache-for the third
army corps OF the enemy had come that
way on its swoop for Vienna. Horses had
been stalled in the billiard-room and field
guns stored in the chapel. In the dining
hall the surgeons had done their abhorred
divine work. The garden was a mere
waste, and wild pig was roofing there
among the untended flowers even as he
looked. The front door had been used as
a target for the revolver bullets Of the
North officers.
So the Count Of st. Polten turned away,
! he hardly knew whittier. He was lonely
man, with no one in the world genuinely
to love him, and it was much the same to
him where he went. So at least he told
himself. He would see his lawyers his
! land-agent. and then set out for Paris.
This was his resolve as he strode away
from st. Polten with a sense Of desolation
settling like lead about his heart.
His feet rather than his will carried him
to a sunny south-looking glade, with cot
tage that stood banked against the shelter
ing pine-wood. 1t was the chalet Of Alt
Peter. but how unlike the other chalets of
the forest people. Roses over-clambered it.
creepers dominated the walls and roof, a
vine cast its tendrils round the chimney,
the gravel walk was of hard-packed sand,
and carefully swept.
"Cuckoo cuckoo!
1t was the same birds voice he had heard
there years ago, but with new elan,
new brightness In it. The Count paused
, a while in the shadow Of the leafy porch,
for it was pleasant there out Of the heat.
Suddenly there came a sort rustic as Of
wings or draperies. patter down the
stairs, a rush out of door, and voice ex-
claiming, why don't you answer, you
old curmudgeon of father? Do you real
ly think l cannot see you hiding there in
the porch?'
Two arms were thrown impusvely
about the Counts neck, and then turning he
found himself closely face to face with the
dismayed, terrified eyes of the fairest maid
it had ever been his lot to see The girl
stood before him crimson from brow to
bosom. Her hands had fallen from his
shoulders to her sides, and had again been
halfway lifted as if to cover her face from
the shame She took her breath short like
a captured bird that fears mishandling.
The Count st. Polten was equally surpris-
ed. His heart certainly jolted within him
in a manner strange and unwonted. And
when he awoke to himself he had his dirty
The herald., 1896-05-10

BAVARIANS AND THEIR BEER.
Here in Bavaria, where l write all
beer is subject TO strict governmental
inspection, and if adulterations are
found in it the police authorities empty
it into the public sewers. the brewer
bearing all losses and paying all costs.
AS consequence Bavarian beer ij
famed all over the world for it's purity,
and. chemically considered. its high rep
uta ton is justly deserved. AS to its
healthfulness. this seems to be n ques-
ton of quantity rather than quality,
anl l am not quite ready to affirm that,
taken in moderation it is not a normal
and wholesome article of diet. They
call beer in Bavaria tlussigcS brod-that
is. bread i'm liquid form-a name which
some would think to be not very compli-
mcntary TO the staff of life Be this
as it may. il it certain that beer consti-
tutes. whether for better or worse.
large fraction of the nutriment of the
people. especially of the peasantry. With
this latter element of society have had
much intercourse for several years and
know their habits and dietic resources
pretty well. AS a rule, the peasant
class in Bavaria are practically vegeta-
rians. Net that they have any dietetic
theories as to the uses of animal and
vegetable food respectively. for. truth
to tell. they have commonly no theories
about anything under the sun, being ig-
norant and priestrdden TO degree
which excludes nearly all the better
possibilities of manhood. Sunday is the
only day in the week on which the peas
ants of Bavaria allow themselves the
luxury of meat. simply because the con-
ditions of poverty prohibit the indul-
gence. Beer being cheaper than meat.
the working classes almost of necessity
resort to it as IA staple article of nourlsh-
ment. and it seems to contain. as to
chemical constituents. much that is es-
sential to repair The waste of tissue ill
seperable from long and severe muscu-
lar exertion.
In Munich some years ago the public
had n little taste of the prohibition dog
ma which is not likely soon to be re-
peated. They have great brewery
here called the court brewery by reason
| of the fact that it is owned by members
| of the rOyal family of Bavaria ana is
operated under their supervision. In
| the fluctuations Of trade it came to pass
| not so very long ago that the price or
hons and malt took an upward stride
| on the market so that the cost or brew
| ing the royal beer was shghtiy IN
creased. Thereupon. following the law
of self-protection. fundamental III ner-
| camille ethics, the government put up
| the nrice of beer IL half-cent per quart.
| Sneedilv II became evident that bread
| in n frid MS well as in Il solid state can
| breed revolutions. for such was the
threatening attitude of popular feeling
| that riotous assemblies gathered in the
streets and public parks. and especially
in the great courtyard of the royal brew.
ery and IT was for little while Gues-
tion how long the walls would be likely
10 stand and the great tuns and watts to
hold their precious contents. The price
of beer was forthwith put back at the
old figure, the government pocketing
the loss.-Christian RegiStor
The herald., 1896-05-10

for more than a mouthful of wurst out Of
the knapsack, and the hasty draught OF
water as they passed over a brook.
The Count had commanded well nigh
/ five hundred men when the big guns first
spoke across the valley on the morning OF
, the 3rd of July. Five hundred gallant fell
lows had lain among the wet corn all
night and arisen with hope in their hearts
out of the crushed and muddy rye. Then
first of all St. Polten's command had been
flung out across the Prussian skirmish line,
and the needle guns had wrought him sore
havoc. After that the grape-shot from the
orchards of Sadowa had left many of his
brave Tyrolers dead among the silent
water mills of the village. His five hun
dred were barely three when Chlum was
taken and when with the Fieldmarshal at
their head the Imperial White Coats
dashed at the intrenched Prussan Guards
of the army of the Grown Prince. There
St. Polten left two out of his three hun
dred on the bare slopes, which were swept
by the needle gun OF the North. even as
the broad Danube is swept by the slant
wise western rain.
And when the pursuit quickened, and the
retreat bade fair to become rout. was it
not the Count st. PoltenVassira who
pushed his war-worn hundred across and
across the line of advance, and with the
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rels.
While he thus dreamed Truda stood by
the window, her instructive reverence for
the Count st. Poten-her fathers master,
whom she had watched and worshipped
many a day as he strobe past to the hunt
ing-struggling with her training in the
scholastic commonwealth of the far-off Sill
esian city.
With quick intuition the girl caught the
wonder in the face of the Count as he look
ed about him.
1T is my aunt she said timidly. "She
had been very kind-too kind. She wished
to keep me with her in Breslau. but could
not leave my father for longer time. So
she gave me the piano and these things to
remind me of the school in Breslau which
had been my home for five years.
The Count felt a sudden and Infinitely
curious Jealousy OF the city. This maid
was flower OF his gloomy forests, plant
of the free pine-woods and dashing high
land brooks What had she to do with pi-
amos and schoolmistresses and scholastic
cities?
Not that I am likely to forget sweet
Silesia,' she said and sighed
The Count felt his gloom return more
fully upon him. He looked out Of the win
dow at the squirrels cracking the sweet
young cones on the larches and biting the
tops Of the young trees. The plain-faced
strong armed woman he used to see in the
house of Alt Karl moved across the glade
towards the door with basket in her hand
1t seemed not day since he had seen heI
last Her hair might be little grayer, that
was all. "If you will not sit down." said
the Count at last, 81 must stand up also and
then l must CO.
Gertrud sat down by the window and
hair she had wound carelessly round her
head instead of allowing it, as was the local
CUSTOM to hang down her back A spray OF
scarlet creeper fell over it as the wind blew
softly in, and a tangle of swaying vine
leaves cast Pickering shadows upon it.
The Count thought Of his journey to Par
is with a sudden dismay and sense that
he was leaving something infinitely more
desirable behind him. The Count was thir
ty-fve. and to-day he felt twenty years old
er. The brief seven weeks campaign hat
touched the dark hair above his temples
with gray. His life also had seemed al
gray and wearisome ever since the eagle:
of Austria had gone down at Koniggrati
before the carrion vultures of the North
The Count awoke from kind Of day y-drean
to find himself calculating how old this gir
might be who sat so innocently with hin
| in the house Of Alt Karl.
"Twenty-one and rosebud?' he quoted
| thinking aloud.
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Los ANGELES HrsAt1aaussersn0Asspt qaFT

with SILENT reluctant approval the beast
went back and lay down with sigh Of re-
gret that the intrusion needed no interven-
tion on his part. Pervading everything
about the chalet there was the charming
sense of feminine occupancy, that delicate
refinement alien to man, but which is the
more delightful to him on that account.
The Count sat down in wonder. Alt Karl's
house as he remembered 1t in his boyhood
had been a bare clean place In which a
strong g-handed, plain-favored old peasant
woman perpetually washed and baked and
scolded. He could hear the ring of her
voice still as she called in certain ragged.
coltish long-limbed lass away from the
sweet sawdusty smells of the sawmill down
by the st. Polten water or sent her voice
up the hill to bring the same unlicensed
wanderer down out Of the resinous silences
Of the pinewood. where she had been all
too happily playing boz peep with the squir-