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PERSONAL MENTION.
Your Friends Coming and Goine

DR.. G. w. Link spent Wednesday
night in Winchester.
Mr.. Roger Wild went to Hagers-
town Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. D. W. Shaffer went to Hag-
erstown Wednesday morning.
Mr.. j. NJ. Difendal, of Frederick,
Md, was in this city Wednesday.
Miss Mary stribling, of Freder-
lex, spent Wednesday in this city.
Mr.. William Miller came down
from Winchester Thursday morning.
Miss Mable Laise, of Bunker Hill,
spent Thursday with friends in this
city.
Mr.. James Fl. Clendenning, of
Bunker Hill, spent Thursday in
town.
Mr.. Roger S. Hill left Wednes-
day evening on visit to Hagers-
town.
Mr.. Jas. B. and Fl. Il. Russell. of
Winchester, visited this city We'd
nesday.
Mr.. Jas. Sullivan, of Harrison
burg, Va, visited this city one day
this week.
Mr.. J. W. Gettinger left Wednes-
day morning on a visit to friends in
the country.
Mr.. Newt. D. Baker jr., left We'd
nesnay night on No. 7 for Cleavland
o., where ne will make his future
home.
Mr.. W. W. Westphall left Thurs
day morning for Bedington and
spent the day on his farm at that
place.
Miss Anna Ransom, of Harper's
Ferry, spent Wednesday afternoon
in this city at the home of W. B.
Colston.
Mrs. Henry Carlisle, of Hagers-
town who has been visiting Miss
Emma Staley, returned home We'd
nesday.
DR.. James Shipper, of Jones
Springs, spent Wednesday evening
in this city at the home OF his sis
ter, Mrs. S. s. Felker:
Mrs. Edward and William f.
Cody, returned Tuesday night on
the Duquesne Limited to their future
home, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Messrs. VIM. Hill and Fl. Fl.
Emmert, who has been in William
sport, attending wedding, return
ed Thursday morning.
Miss Mary Bowers, of Gerards-
town who has been visiting the home
of her brother, G. M. Bowers. re-
turned home Wednesday.
Mr., P. H. Irwin and wife, former
ly Mrs. NJ. E. Gold, of Westminis-
ter, Md, arrived in this city We'd
nesday and will spend the week at
the Berkeley.
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Il GODS
Sarsaparilla
Is the best in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
:. -. are the best after-dinner
Hoods Pills pins, aid digestion. CSC.

table? l hope not.
Are questions which come up for
Legislative action decided on their
merits, without regard to the pull
of boss or of party agents or lob
byists9 Let the history of the re-
cent sessions of the West Virginia
Legislature be my answer; let US re-
member that these agents gathering
like vultures from near and afar,
big bosses and little bosses, made
themselves so obnoxious to mem.
bers ofthe last Legislature. that a
bill was passed to exclude them
from the floor of the House.
Has the Legislature, acting under
these conditions, shown itself com
petent to deal with all questions
presented to it? The history of the
school hook legislation is my an
swer, and that history as all men
know, is record of self confessed
incompetency; for after vainly try
ing to manage the matter, the Leg
islature broke down and handed it
over to fifty-five county school book
boards, where the same work of log
rolling, bribing and manipulating is
to be gone through with, the only
difference being that it is on o
smaller scale, and in way so quiet
as not to shock the public sense of
morality.
And so | might run over the rec
ord. While the violence of party
spirit causes session after session to
be wasted in small politics, import
ant matters must wait, or be neg
lected. The question of providing
fit system of secondary education
for the State, the reform of our
State and local taxation-a live
question: dozen years ago, the
proper reform of our corporation
laws so as to remove the infamy OF
free charters for wild cat foreign
corporations, go as we lawyers say,
to the foot of the docket, and no
chance offers to call them up. So
likewise, what has become Of the
problem of converting into the State
Treasury, the excessive fees general
ly believing to accrue to the hold
ers of State offices, about which sew
eral years ago the ''outs" clamored
so vigorously for reform; now that
the ''ins" and "outs" have changed
places, is it possible that both are
parti-sceps crtminis and equally
afraid TO speak out?
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BRAINY EXPANSION.

Wherever the sun shines, the
winds blow, or the rain falls, mid
the heather, the semi civilized and
the civilized of earth, there, can be
found the presence of the Yankee,
either in person or by his brain and
Drawn. Expansion and Imperial
ism may he used rs derisive terms,
but under the guiding hand of ON
impotence, the sons of freedom are
working out the destiny OF peaceful,
christian fruition. Every country
on earth, knows of us, and purchase
of our skill and industry. China,
recently ordered nearly a hundred
locomotives from the Baldwin's, Of
Philadelphia, and the same firm
sends locomotives to Egypt. Russia
has taken a ship load from the Rich
mond company, likewise Japan from
the Schenectady company, and Ger
many's Emperor was hauled by an
American iron horse from Jaffa to
Jerusalem. Steel rails, the best ever
made, are being sent from Sparrows
Point, Baltimore, to equip roads,
and last, in addition to these imple
ments of peace and progress, the
Cramps and other ship works, are
building and sending over their huge
ironclad, sea going war ships.
Cresting the top knotch of the XIX
century, and looking over into the
vista of the dawning century, how
boundless, how illimitable seems the
prospect for growth in use and use
fulness.
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JOBBERY.

A thought or two are suggested
by the extracts made from Mr..
Westenhayer's address, published in
another column. Can it be possible,
that members of the third house,
lobbyists, form the controlling
power In our legislation, that paid
agents of corporations, are purvey-
ors of jobbery, with members Of the
Legislature. Il WIS q matter o. ca
lanity, hat, either 70 ehisId FROM
investigation or TO avoid deadly
poison, a recent legislature had to
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HOw's This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
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We the undersigned, have known
F. j. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and f.
nancially able TO carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Drug
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
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blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Price, T5c. per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
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Commissary- General Eagan made
a statement to the court-martial.
He said he expected protection as a
witness before the commission, and
that be was in very excited state
of mind when he gave his testimony.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

The State of Vest Virginia.
At rules held in the Clerks office of
the Circuit Court of Berkeley county,
the End day of January, 1899.
Geo. Slaughter, pl'f,
VS..
Emily Pulley and
Dennis Pulley, her
husband; George ! IN CiIANCECY.
Colston, Chas. Coils
ton and Washing
ton Colston, defend
ants.
The object of the above suit is to
partition the land of which Washing
ton Slaughter died, seized, If suscepti-
BILE of partition, among his heirs-at-law
and if not SO susceptible, then to sell
the same, and divide the proceeds
thereof, among said heirs-at-law, and it
appearing on affidavit filed in this suit,
that the said defendant, Geo. Colston,
is nonresident of this State, be is
hereby required to appear at the said
Clerks office, within one month from
the 7th day of January, 1899, 1.-THE date
of the first publication hereof,) and do
what is necessary to protect his inter-
ests in this matter.
L. DEW. GERHARDT, Clerk.
us. G. PITzER, Atty for Plaintiff
1-7-4t
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Hon. A. II. Garland, Attorney.
General of the United States in the
first Cleveland administration, was
stricken with apoplexy while ad-
dressing the Supreme Court and
died in a few minutes.
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POSTPONED SALE
From December "a, 1895, to
January 2S. 1900.

By virtue of authority vested in the
undersigned Special Commissioners by
a decree of the Circuit Court of Berke-
ley County, West Virginia, entered on
the 9th day of September, 1898, in the
chancery cause of Jas. II. Smith, Ad-
ministrator. ETC., VS.. Pleasant Johnson
Ell al, therein pending. they will offer
for sale at the front door of the Court
House, in Martinsburg, West Virginia,
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Scott Elected.

Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 25.-
Nathan 3. Scott was elected United
States Senator today in joint assem-.
bly,. He received 49 votes, McGraw
IS and Gof l; necessary to elect, 48
One seat in the Senate and one in
the House was vacant. Hunt voted
at first for Blizzard and aftcrward
changing his vote to Scott. The
announcement was received with the
widest applause.
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Senator Butler, of North Caro-
lima, withdrew his amendment 10
The pension bill providing for pen
sions TO ex-Confederate soldiers.
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At the time of going to press
Senator Quay still lacks fourteen
votes TO be reelected.
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The Successful Remedy for
NASAL CATARRH

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HOUSE AND LOT

situate in Russell's addition, in Mar
tinsburg, w. Va, as Lot No. 8, and
being the same property conveyed to
Mahala johnson by John III Redman
and wife, by deed dated the 18th day
of February, 1888, and duly recorded in
the Office of the Clerk of the County
Court of Berkeley County, w. Va, in
Deed Book No. So. page 269.
Said property is in good state Of
repair.
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By Nothing but the Railway Special.
"Watch Talks"

A watch talkY Well no, for my
maker forgot to put mouth in my
face when be made me. Although
be put life in me, he did not make
my hands sufficiently strong to strike
you when you abuse me; consequent
ly you can smash my face or take
my life at any time. Then you may
punish me still more by taking me
TO some unskilled matchmaker to be
ieyived-some fellow who promises
to put spring Of life in me for fifty
cents-give me q physic and thor
oughly purge me for City cents more,
but who does not even take me
apart. IN talk right If you will
take me to-
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JANUARY IS. 1899.

at 100 O'Clock, p. M, the fee in the fol-
lowing real estate, subject to the life
estate of Pleasant johnson. to-wit:
Said realty known as the
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SATURDAY, JANUARY as, 1890.

There is food of bills before the
w. Va, Legislature.
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WELL IMPROVED

with outbuiIdings, fencing, etc.
TERMS OF SALE:-One-half Of
the purchase money cash in hand on
day of sale, and the residue in two
equal payments, of six and twelve
months from day Of sale, the deferred
payments to be evidenced by the notes
of the purchaser, bearing interest from
date, and the title to said property to
be retained until all the purchase
money has been paid.
F. VERNON ALER,
STUART w. WALKER,
J. NELSON WISNER,
Special Commissioners.
I thereby certify that F. Vernon Aler
one of the Special Commissioners, APP
pointed to make sale of the real estate
in the chancery cause of Jas. II Smith,
Administrator, ETC., VS.. Pleasant John
son, ct al, has executed bond with APP
proved security in said cause, accord
ing to law.
L. DEW. GERHARDT,
Clerk Circuit Court.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16

in positions In any branch in disregard 10 'he
Civil Service rules shall not be deemed 10 nave
been appointed In violation Of law. and shouid pe
paid their salaries as though introduced 10 'ie
service in wholly regular manner. In regaru "
which the secretary of the League made ADVERSE
comment Secretary Gage says:
The Controller OF the Treasury. the man Wno
made the decision OF which you complain "hlie
related to the Treasury Department. Is the mos
independent person in It, President Grant once
said: The only way TO change the declsloh ", Va
the Controller Of the Treasury Is TO cnahse t~he ~
Controller" From his decisions the Secre'arY
has no appeal His decision the Secretary mus
obey Your secretary speaks also or MS 1e
cision" as an action for which the treasury De
partment is responsible and characterlzes IL as
perhaps the most damaging to the merit sys'en,
to be charged to the Treasury Department ~
SO I am no more responsible for 1t than wouiu
be II II were, a decision from the Supreme Court
| have made analysis Of the substantial par. vi
his letter | have endeavored to make ciear
what he has obscured. Those who read II must
fudge In the National Civil Service Refornh
League those who administer the law ought 10
find an intelligent and conscientious ADVISER
consderate and just friend. In the two conhu- T..
nIcations submitted by your secretary on pehaii
OF that body he furnishes evidence that IL can
not be- classed in either category.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
DEWEY FILES CLAIM FOR BOUNTY.

Washington. July 15.-Admiral George Dewey
TO-DAY filed in the Court Of Claims, through MS
attorney. his claim for naval bounty growing
ont OF the pattle of Manila Bay, on May l.,
1898 This Is the first Of this class OF claims
filed in this court and It is expected that there
will be between four thousand and five thou
sand of them.
Many of these claims were originally hied pe-
fore the Navy Department under the provisions
of Section 1863 of the Revised Statutes. for
sinking or otherwise destroying vessels belong
ing 10 Spain on various dates during the period
from April 81, when active naval operations
against that country began, until the suspen-
sion Of hostilities on the signing OF the pro-
tocol on August ~, 1898 These claims involve
controverted questions of fact and law. the de-
cision of which Will affect number OF cases
and will furnish precedent for the future ac-
tion of the Navy Department in the adjustment
of this class of cases. The Secretary OF the
Navy after consultation with the Attorney
General and with his approval, has referred
TO the Court a number Of these claims. In oruer
that the matters involved may receive Judlciai
consideration,
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
RUNAWAYS FALL INTO A DITCH.

A TEAM TUMBLEs INTO TEN FOOT DEEP
TRENCH AND Is ONLY SLIGHTLY HURT.
4 team drawing a coupe ran away In Broadway
last night and at Nmety-nnth-st jumped over
rome into trench being excavated by the Third
ave surface line for its electric road. The team
and coupe were owned by George Poole. livery
stable keeper OF No. 267 West Eighty-seventh-st
and were driven by John Culvert, OF the same place
The team became frightened at a large white
sien of a bicycle dealer. block further on they
swerved suddenly and eaped over the rope OF the
trench at the side. which Is about ten feet deep
They fell to the bottom, while the coupe was half
dragged over the trench side. The horses were
wedged there and crowd OF several hundred per-
sons collected. ~ - -,
Roundsman Mason of the West 0ne-hundredth-
81 station and some policemen and citizens took
two OF the bridges the ditch and fastened them
together. They ran one end down the trench and
then cut the horses apart, and after an hour and
a halfs work led pushed. dragged and coaxed the
horses up the bridges and out OF the trench The
horses we're scratched and bruised In number
OF places but neither seriously injured.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
A T4MMANYITE AND THE UNION JACh'
TIE FLAG RAISING EPISODE AT sHIPPAN POINT

THE FLAG RAISING EPISODE AT sIIIPPAN POINT
IN COURT
Greenwich. Conn. July lj (SpecIaD.-The second
ac, in the British flag raising episode at Shippan
poIrt on Julv 4 was enacted to-day in the Stam-
tord Crv Court when Edward Brown. Tam
man,.,ta from New-York. charged with as
sauI,,ng Robert A. Fosdick ar Shippan on lnde-
nendence Day The alleged assault was visit by
Mr. Brown 20 the residence OF Rober; a. fosdick
on the day mentioned.
The prosecuting attorney was on hand early with
m army OF witnesses. and Judge Carroii. or the
Bridgeport City Court. presided, as neither ot the
local iudges--Messrs. Downs or Young-woIld act.
Fosdick and Miss Mur,el Russell were the chief
witnesses for the State. The former told Of the
heated interview he had with the accused and
how the latter threatened TO shoot him. Miss Rus
sell a niece OF Fosdick. just over from London.
told everything about the case, and the Incidents
leading up 10 H. She said that a gentleman friend
named Mosier had given the flag TO her rev days
before the Fourth. . ~, r--.,,
the night OF July g. and aided Miss Russell on the
morning Of rhe Fourth TO secure the material 10
make the second flag and fly 1t over the Fosdick
cottage Mosier even helped Miss Russell to make
| II according to her statement In court. SeVeral
An adjournment taken to next Wednesday,
when the defence will present It's side.
AT first the arrest was treated az "A JOKE Dui
there Is no doubt now that the prosecution Is In
earnest and wul use every endeaVor 10 bring ABOUT
| a conviction.
Fosdick is a Gold Democrat and came within
thirty votes Of being elected Mayor OF Stamford
last spring.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
OLD PEOPLE AT A PARTY.
THE OLDEST GUEST WAS EIGHTY EIGHT AND THE
YOUNGEST sEvENTY-oNE

YOUNGEST sEvENTY-oNE.
Rochester July Is (SpeciaD-A remarkable BIRTH
dav party took place In the village OF
Parma Yesterday The oldest guest was aged
eiehtv-eight years and the youngest was seventy
one OF course other persons. mere children In
comparison aged fifty, forty-hve and forty years
were there too bu: the party was for the old peo-
nle II was one OF the most enjoyable receptions
that Parma has ever known. The party TOOK place
at the house OF Mrs Mary Newton. who with her
sister Mrs b. G. Harnden OF Chicago, arranged
# ALL They are granddaughters Of Mrs A. E.
Woodruff. They knew that yesterday was her
birthday and the birthday. too. of her lifelong
friend Mrs f. Griffin. So in the morning the two
old ladies were taken out for drive. When they
returned they found the house prettily trimmed
and crowded with guests Inside. however the
great surprise met their eyes There waiting TO
greet them were eight OF the Oldest residents OF
the town Of Parma. which Is famous TOT the
longevity and activity OF It's grandfathers ana
grandmothers.
A bappy afternoon and evening followed ana
MANY were the stories OF old days and ways along
the Ridge Road The oldest guest was W.
y Newton. who is eighty-eght. The youngest was
Mrs Palmer who IL seventy-one. Mrs Griffin Is
eighty and Mrs. Woodruff eghty-four The other
old people who were present were Mrs s. NJ. Free
Iangton eighty; Mrs. Langton. seventy three MT
Johnston seventy -four. and Mrs johnston seventy
three The others. the younger ones. whose s ages
ran from sixty-fve to thirty; We're loI ,ne t'uo ~
dav Each brought some little memento ds
Gift for the two old ladies'