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Fer RENT-For one or more years,
the farm in Bells Neck, wherein Neal
Chandler now lives. 1t is three horse
fam. For terms sc. "A. Il. Ashby.
louisville Va.
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For Remit offer for rent for one
or term Of years, two farms near New
Church station:
LA two-horse farm with new build
ings thereon, having II well finished
rooms, one mile from New Church sta
ton; saidfarm has anpleresources upon
it. and is well adapted to trucks which
mature earlier than on most farms in
some localities. An average yield OF
corn on premises is about 2U0 barrel per
year.
"a one-horse farm II miles of New
Church station, having upon it ample
resources and easily improved. The
buildings are in good repair.
John O. Selby, Oak Hall, Va.
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@ A cross-marK or your paper, before
RsF your name. made with pen and INK,
~ indicates chat your subscription has
a. expired, or is due. and You are re-
Ey spectfully solicited to remit OF re-
ES new.
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NoTrcE-For rent for the year 1856,
my storehouse at jenkins Bridge. now
occupied by Harry T. White; also aOne-
horse farm convenient to the store, For
terms address Sallie D. Fletcher
jenkins Bridge, Accomac county, Va
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For SALE OR RENT-Dwelling house
and storeroom combined at Cape Charles
City, Va. Dwelling part consists of 8
rooms on second floor with dinng-room
and kitchen on first floor, suitable for
keeping boarders; storcroom 2Ox3O feet.
For terms apply to
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For SALE-Sloop boat, q feet long,
ready to launch. B.. Fentress..
LOcustmount, Va.
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For RENT.-Hotel property at Horn
town, Accoma;, county, Va. 1t Is in
COOK repair, we'll arranged and has a fair
Terms moderate. For flth-
er particulars, address VIM. Holland,
HorntOwn, Va.
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DIED.

SrURGIs-On Friday, 11th inst, at
Marionville, northampton county. Miss
ViannaS S. Sturgis, a very estimable lady
aged 10 years.
TURNER-At the residence Of his
parents near Franktown, September IA,
of cholera infantum, Edwin Stockctt,
infant son of Thomas ". and Mary Tur-
ner, aged months and days.
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NOTICE OF ADMR.-All persons in
debted to estate of Gen. X. Turner, de-
ceased, are respectfully requested to
come forward and settle without further
delay. Further indulgence cannot be
given. A: U. LeCato;;
Mappsburg, Va.
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CHEAP GooDs.- Weare determin-
ed to sell out Our stock of merchandise
at city cost. giving You the freight in
If you want to save money, now is your
time. We mean business. Try u.s.
We take this method TO notify all who
owe us, to come and settle the same at
their earliest convenience, we must
close our books.
Y ours Resp,
Mapp s. N ottingham.
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For SALE-Thirty southdown ewes
and a horse years old. kind in all har-
ness. Sydney S. White
Wardtown, Va.
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Fon RENT-A good farm of 100 acres.
Produces potatoes early and abundant
This farm has been in the four field syS-
tenn and covered and will make 6 barrels
of corn to the acre all over it. Good
buildings and convenient to railroad and
steamboat Apply to
C,onon, n E1atobar
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FLOUR MILLS.

+. ---~--.Os----
The undersigned respectfully in
forms the public that he has rented
tile
TEMPERANCEvILLE
FIGURING MILLS,
and hopes by close attention to bus
mess to meet the liberal patronage
it has received in the past. The
last days OF each week have been
set apart by me for grinding corn
and wheat.
A HOMINY MILL
Ito prepare hominy for table use)
has recently been added. Thanks
for past patronage and future far
yors solicited. J.H. JONES,
Temperanceville. Va
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WANTED.-Io buy peach kernels at
liberal prices. D. 81. Johnson, Le'mont.
For SALE-All my household furni-
tnre, consisting of bedding. chairs, car
pets. lounge, sewing machine. cooking
stove and utensils, glass and chnaware.
most of these articles good as new. For
terms address Emily L. Lewis
Sykes P.Q., Accomac County Va.
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AT CosT-I am now selling at cost
my entire stock of goods and invite
purchasers who want bargains. Those
indebted are very urgently requested to
settle without delay. Will opena store
at Exmore soon and all mercantile mat
matters of present firm must be adjust.
ed. The store honse at Willis Wharf
at present occupied by me is for rent.
Respectfully,
z. Willis,
Exmore. Va.
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Phila., Wilmington 8 Bal
timore Railroad.
nEjsWapE OfvfeI0U
DELAWARE DIVISION

On and after August Srd, 1855 Sundays OK
cepted), trains Will leave as follows:
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e | &c.,; %
NEW YORK, PHILA. { NOR
FOLK R. R. CD,

Quickest and Only Daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Norfolk,
and Old Point Comfort.
NORTHWARD
8 o. 10 10
Mixed Old PIT. N. Y. Mail.
Stntiona Exp Exp
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To the West From Stations on the
Eastern Shore Va, via New York
Philadelph a & Norfolk R. R.

To the West From Stations on the
Eastern Shore Va, via New York
Phladelph a & Norfolk R. R.
Car Load, Any Quantity.
Pittsburg Pa. per Dbl 35 cts 40 cts
Cincinnati Ohio Al 46
Cleveland Ohio 81 AZ
Chicago III. 8 43 ~
Buffalo N. Y. 81 AZ
Arrangements have leen made to for
ward shipments to the following reliable
houses
j. Wilbert & Co., Pittsburg, Pa.
.F.Ashburn& Co., CINCINNATI, o.
d. Martin & Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
A. B. Williams & Co, Cleveland, o.
G. Lasher s. Son, Chicago, Ill.
Barron & Birmingham {
In shipping to the Eastern markets,
remember the old reliable houses Of
Everett s. Co., New York, Shipping
number 42.)
Isaac Locke & Co., Boston.
J. H. Preston s. Co., Providence.
r. Frorer & Co., Philadelphia.
Oatman Bros. & Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Waterman s. Bennett. Albany, NY.
Stencils and postal cards at all
stations.
John 3. cuIpeper,
Generate d forwarding
Agent fort lippers
Norfolk, Eastville & Accomac C. II. Va.
Arrangements have been made
to have all checks caShed.
Representatives at all stations to
see that potatoes are properly
marked and invoiced.
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jenkins Bridge, Accomac county, v

For SALE.-A Jersey bull calf 1916
bred. Price S12. o. a. Browne
AccOmae T.. H., Va.
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Mr.. ]. w. Goodwin, has withdrawn
from the firm of J. a. Tatem & Co.,
PHILADELPHIA.
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Fodder and potatoes keep our farmers
hr1Chr
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New Advertisements

Jenkins Bridge, Va, Sept. 18th, l
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Farmers of this vicinity very busy in
fodder fields.
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PASS. PASS. PASS PASS.
II Hr % II N n
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Leemont, Va, 9.l4-1S85.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26
Beiltsissg Pine shayings.

In Europe pine shavings are largely
used for stufing purposes. At Pesth,
In Hungary, a large factory is exelu-
sfvely devoted to the production OF
such shavings; which latter. by the
aid OF machinery. are reduced to such
a degree OF fneness that the resulting
product resembles tow. Pine-wood
shavings are claimed TO be superior to
every other substitute for horse hair
in connection with upholstering pur-
poses. whether as regards elasticity.
softness, or durability. For bedding
such shavings are recommended by
a of the resin contained In the
wood being an effective preventive of
vermin. The German Ministry of
War has tried the material for bed
stufing purposes, and has expressed
its high appreciation of It's merits, both
for hospital and barrack use. After
having been in use as stufine for
FIVE or six years. the shavings can be
renovated by being exposed to the heat
OF the sun or TO a heightened tempera-
tare. As regards wear, pine shavings
are said to compare favorably
with horse-hair; while the cost is nat
urally far sfnaller.-Popular Science
NeWs.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26


The appreciation of music was tt
him a lost sense; the musicians score
a sealed book. He used to say he knew
only two tunes; one was Yankee
Doodle" and the other wasn't. In the
days when he was received ON all oc,
casions to the music of brass bands,
ne would say with mock pride that he
really believed he had added a third
tune to his rspertoife-"Hail to the
Chief"
Waen the headquarters were pitched
at City Point, at the time the armies
sat down in front of Richmond and
Petersburg. a general officer who com.
manded the brigade stationed at thu
place wanted to do something thai
would afford the commanding Genera
especial delight, so he sent the brigade
band over to the headquarters camp
to play while the mess were dining.
About the third evening the General
remarked: "I've noticed that that band
always begins its noise just about the
time / am sitting down to dinner and
want to talk" A staff officer at once
went TO suppress it, and see whether
it could he made to obey an order to
cease firing" The broad belted band
master was putting with all the vigor
OF a quack medicine advertisement.
His eye were glued to his music, and it
was not SO easy a task to attract his
attention. Like a sperm whale. he
had come up to blow. and was not go
ing to be put down till he had finished;
but finally he was made to understand
that. like the h~and-organ man, he was
desired to move on. With a look of
disinheritance on his countenance he
off his band to It's camp, feel
ing that Mozart and Beethoven had
lived in vain.-Gen. Horace Porter I'm
Hasper's Magazine for September.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26
HesU TO Produce sIeea.

An excess Of blood in the brain pre-.
vents sleep. How to remove the sur,
plus is the problem for the unfortun-
ates who wish TO sleep but cannot.
A pump is needed for that purpose,
and il may be easily provided, as fol-
lows: Having assumed the usual pos
ture of repose. inhale and exhale slow
" and steadily long breaths. devoting
the whole attention to making inhala-
tions and e~xhalations of exactly the
same length. The length should be
much greater than that of ordinary
breathing, although not sufficient to
disturb the circulation by working the
lungs to their utmost capacity. Any
person who has force of will enough
to concentrate his whole attention on
the maintenance Of this style of breath
ing al compel sleep in very untavor-
able circumstances, and victims Of in
somnia should know it. The value of
the method is not solely in it's holding
the mind to object Of thought. but
the process Of breathing here described
is really equivalent to the insertion Of
. pump in the brain to draw off its
excess OF blood. 10 convince your
self that this is SO. fill your lungs with
all the air they will hold, and then ex-
pei it, repeating the operation three or
four times as rapidly ii possible. The
result viii be q feeling of faintness,
unless you are other than an ordinary
mortal, and its cause win be q deicien-
cy OF blood in the brain, produced by
the pumping process. Such violent
breathing will not produce sleep. how
ever, Is there IS q reaction which sends
the life current rushing back to the
seat Of the mind. Scientists say that
the reason why fear, surprise, or any
other sudden emotion often causes
falntness Is because It rapidly drives
the blood from the brain. and the fact
Is significant for those who wish to IN
aerstand how % induce sleep. wheth-
on the railway train Or in their
" home. BY pumping the excess
blood from their brains BY 3 pecul-
|ar methad 0f breathing.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26
Il SeeseSssiGesg Mexssess.

One Of our most eminent men OF
letters frequently declares that there
is no book likea dictionary when you
are IN search of fresh ideas. In pre-
pairing q speech, when he has nothing
20 say. he has only to turn ! q few
pages Of any dictionary TO fnd ample
material for the most eloquent Grafton.
Not as i source Of fresh ideas. but Al
i handy magazine Of All kinds Of odd
and amusing scraps of information
suitable Tor small talk. Mr, Mulhall's
book of statistics. which we noticed
The other dag, Is decidedly useful.
Here ars faw samples selected &c
random from it, pages: 9he consump-.
ton VI blaeling Hi England ID 1880
amounted 20 s value DC ,000.
The number d cats Hi tlse United
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26
PPeffs Too.

Among the children of an Austin
gentleman is a little girl Of about
fourteen who is very pretty, but who
has been completely spoiled by being
continually admired. She apparently
does not think of much else except her
beauty.
A lady friend Of the family met her
q few days ego and asked:
"You have got q new little girl
baby at your house, haven't youp"
YES, we've got a little baby"
"How is she getting on2"
20, they say she will be pretty, too.
when she grows up.-Svsings.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26
Pronunciation or esO,sah., ,

There is probably no combination OF
letters in our language SO vaaiously
pronounced as those in the ending
cough IL IL, In fact. pronounced in
no less than seven different ways,
having the sounds Of b. u6, Of. 40, oso,
90 and oek. These difficulties have
been summed up In the following
amusing rhyme.
|" l1s not an easy task to show,
How Q, u,g, b sound since though
AZ Ir'sh Tough, an English slough
And coasqh. and htccoagh all allow
Differ e much a. Tough and through.
There seems no reasons why they do
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26
The B,.sage5of Signs.

"The bridge oSsighs" is one of the
objects of interest pointed out to all
visitors to the Toombs prison. 1t is a
narrow plank walk extending from
the second tier Of the male prison to
the court of special sessions. On eth
or side is an iron railing. at one end
is the heavy iron prison door, and at
the other the iron door opening into
the courtroom.
The name is an appropriate one, for
since the bridge was constructed, many
years ago, multitudes of wretched men
and women have passed over it with
bowed heads and bitter thoughts.
Signs over separation of man and
wife, parents and children-sighs over
a useful existence wrecked by the fol-
y of a moment-sighs of old and
young, educated and ignorant-haye
been uttered by countless thousands
in the past, and are heard from many
in the present.
The origin of tbs name is not clear.
Within the memory of the oldest pris-
on official living the walk has always
borne that title. There is a rumor
that in the dim past it went without a
distinguishing name, and that it was
first called "the bridge of signs" by an
imaginative newspaper man after wit
Messing a particularly affecting scene
upon it, in which a young and hand
some girl who had just been convicted,
figured as the principal. But howev-
er the name originated ie has chung to
the walk yer since, and will undoubt-
edly continue to do so as long as the
structure itself lasts.
The "bridge of signs" does not in
clude among the host of offenders who
annually cross it any of the most no
torious criminals who are arrested.
Murderers. burglars, highwaymen, and
the like pass under it. but not over it.
Its passengers are the petty offenders
wife heaters. sneak-thieves, swind-
iers on a small scale. persons convict
ed of assault and battery, and those
found guilty of misdemeanors of va
rious kinds. Five thousand men and
women on an average are each year
arraigned in special sessions, and of
this number about two-thirds are con-
yicted and pass over the "bridge of
to their prison cells, there to
await transportation to BIackwelrs
But although their offenses are of
less g%rievous kind, there is no end
If heartrending incidents. Many a
7oung man Or women here starts upon
J career that eventually leads to long
reais of imprisonment in the peniten-
lary or state prison. 1t is not the :
hardened offender who weeps over his
entence as 1.-THE bridge of signs"
tretches out before him at the begin !,
ing of bis punishment, but the man
r woman who. until then of unblem-
shed reputation, leaves friends, rela- (.
ives. home. and position behind, and !
ees ahead the convict's dress and |
York Herald. d
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26

Kingdom is fully 100000, although
a remarkable decrease has been noticed
in many places. especially seaports,
probably owing to the demand for ex.
pOrtation. The most remarkable cen
tenarians were: l. Countess of Des-
mond. killed by falling from a cherry
tree (i) in her m hundred and forty
sixth year. 2. Thomas Parr, died
after a dinner party at Lord Arundels
aged 152. 8. Cardinal de Sails, who
recommended daily exercise in all
weathers, aged ITO. 4. John Riva, of
Venice, who chewed citron bark daily,
aged 116. leaving a son of fourteen
years. Of gloves, Mr.. Mulhall asserts
that France makes yearly 100000
pairs. and exports 100000. In ten
years ending 1880 Great Britain inn
ported $4,000, 900 pairs per annum,
valued at 81, 100000. Incidentally
some of these out-of-the-w way statistics
are very consoling; as, for instance,
when we read that 80, DOC 900 hares
and rabbits are killed every year in
the United Kingdom, worth e2,200,-
600. for there need be no fear Of eat
ing rabbit pies when we compare the
census of cats with the annual slaugh-
ter of rabbits. Great Britain makes
8 100000 pins weekly, or nine per
inhabitant, as compared with 105. $780,
900 a week in 1910, or four per inbab-
liant. What a growth in the appetite
of the Briton for pins! In 1910
every man, woman, and child had an
annual allowance : of 200. To-day
nothing short of $50 will content them.
OF types. we are told, the Times
uses 2,250,000, the other morning
papers not quite 1000, 900 each in
heir daily impressions, but there are
three times as many umbrellas made
n France every year as there are
,ypes used in printing the Times
Pail Hall Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26

A great seer-the telescope.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26
Force.

The stars know a secret
They do not tell;
And morn brings a message
Hidden well.
There's d blush On the apple.
A tint on the wing,
And the bright wind whistles,
And the pulses sting.
Perish dark memories
There's light ahead;
This worlds for the living,
Not for the dead.
In the shining city,
On the loud pave,
The life-tide is ebbing
Like q leaping wavo.
How the stream quickens,
As noon draws near
No room for loiterers,
No time for fear.
Out OF the farm lands
Eartu SIHlleS as Wen.
Gold-crusted grain fields,
With sweet, warm smell;
Whirr OF the reaper,
Like u giant bee;
Like a Titan cricket,
Thrilling with glee.
On mart, and meadow,
Pavement, or plain;
On azure mountain,
Or azure main
Heaven bends in blessing;
Lost is but won;
Goes The gocd rain cloud?
Comes the good sun /!
Only babes whimper,
And sick men wall,
And faint hearts, and feeble-hearts,
And weaklings fail.
Down the great currents
Let the boat swing;
There was never winter
But brought the spring.
e. r. Sill in Overland.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26

Six months later. Bessie Moore was
married to Tom Doubleday. and the
legacy helped to buy them q snug
farm, where Bessie Was as happy IS
the day was long, and Tom was
N happier, if possible, than she
was.-Helen Whitney Clark.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26

San q good match it'll be fur her.
too" sighed Mother Doubleday. half
regretfully; shut I dunno what we'll
do without her. Sich another gal amt
TO be had, fur love nor money
''She's too good fur Mart Satterth-
waite" grumbled Tom. "It's a-throw-
ing herself away to marry a mullet-
mead like him."
But nobody minded what Tom said,
and Bessie's market wa looked upon
as already made.
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26

said Charlie, twill bring it to time.
That beast viii be worth $3.50 when
it's thoroughly broke. Those that
fight the worst at first are always the
bast.n
The Opelousas courier., 1885-12-26
O2ELOUsss FINALE INSTITUTE.

O2ELOUSiS FINALE INSTITUTE.
Opelousas, ST. Landry ParisA. La,
THIS Institution will resume duties Moudav q,
TENDER 7th, 1885, under the immediat Ia supsrssSSdg.
of Mrs. M. NJ. Hayes and Mrs. nj. A.. Davis. vfFbsnSn
petent assistants. The scholastic year consists oI isst mn
weeks.
TERMS OF TUITION:
P:egarat ,ry Department. per month."-.-...s liz
Music, with use of piano, +" az ss
Boa riding, including washing, light and fuel, ig
Embroidery, wax flowers, painting, drawing.
each. extra, INN
tctuChta IM
DISCIPLINE:
The government OF This school Is strict but parab1sls
no hard tasks or restrictions are imposed, BUT aga-y
student must comply with the rules, and must prensya
up to the me tsure of her ability, the lessons assiensa.
Our course of Study and and mode Of instruction ~
10 train the mind to habits of correct thinkinr and
;horpua h inVe .tig alton, No student will be aIlogadf Il
erter higher classes without thorou gh preparation! pa
rents and guardians may rest assured that the manusrz
hea It'll and morals of the children and wards shall ri
ceive due attention,
No deduction for absence, unless in case Of protr.et
ed illness. The location of the town is healthful ard
easy OF access. The boarding depaatmant Is undar
the immediate chrrge of Mrs. HAYES. Boarders NH
provide themselves with blankets and towels. for pss.
ticuiars address
R NJ. NJ. HAYEE
jlly ~2333-noV 2T7s. Principal.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-14
COAST ITEMS.

Bed ~rAspberries are ripening in the
warm belt on the hills around Calistoga,
Cal.
Some p~rospectors claim to have discov-
cred = Tin mine in Douglas county, Or
egon.
The Northern Pacific, ii is thought, will
complete its road TO the Sound by the end
c. 1885.
For the week ending Saturday, Jan.
"A. 1885, the Arizona Copper Company
shipped lo4. 800 pounds Of block copper.
The Southern California farmers are
giving evergreen millet she grand bounce,
md announcing it ss poor grass and un-
ut for cultivation.
Antelope Valley, Los Angeles county, Ia
70 have more srtesian wells. The iovin0
wells st Lancaster are sufficient 10 irrigate
. large area Of ground.
In the dry diggings, high IN in The
mountains OF Siskiyou county,. Cal ;
miners are all ready for ground sInic;nc
IS soon as the snow melts.
Miss Nellie Calhoun. . Csliforni. Girl
who appeared 9 few times in tha Ssli.
iornia Thester in the Winter Of Isso. has
been appointed leading lady Al the nav.
market Theatsr, London.
Warm rains are prevailing in the vii.
iametie Valley. and farmers are busy NOV.
ing and sowing Spring grain. Greats
area will be put in wheat than lss, go
Notwithstanding granaries are still fuil
A young lady in Alameds rsfusad an
oner OF marriage because her admirsr nsaS
snuff: II was q crushing blow TO him~bs
says it'stnuff to break his heart. Th;. -
nos intended As 9 joke, and should nos -
80 construed. "'pe
Some large and beautiful specimsns =,
gold quartz have been among ,hs es.so.
olean-ups on the Wooden claim ~ az
oeur d'Alene region, which has 49,
open work all Winter with a fo,es -
from ak to ten men. "'s Oh
The vacaville oranges sold hi.
on aeconnt Of their early rinen;n.
- 80 per hundred. with q haul ~ :.
Of % miles. The Riverside prOdncs 49,
transported 600 miles and sold ~, va -
J to - Is per hundred. - ov