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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-07-24
-.1.-..a = ...e.A.->.-p.s,:e Auction.

I will sell at public auction, on Satur-
day, August eth, at Mearsvillc, my farm
situated between Mess0ngo and Muddy
Greek. near Mearsyille, containing GO
acres. two-thirds of which is arabic land
in a good state of cultivation. The
woodland furnishes ample resources for
manuring purposes, part of it being a
young thicEet. The houses on the prem
Uses consist of good dwelling and ne
cessary outhouses in go,d repair.
The terms of sale: One-third of the
purchase money will be required in cash,
and the balance in three equal install.
ments, payably in six. twelve and eigll-
teen months. VIM. +. NORTIIAM.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-07-24
Master Workman Powderly, VIII

Master Workman Powdelly, who
has hitherto i'll all his government
of the Knights Of Labor shown so
much cool, good sense has lately
either from illness, worry, or a
lurking community of sentiment
with the anarclical element, lost
his head. The 9Th Maryland Reg
imen- was OH the 18th inst, at At
tantic City. Mr.. PowGerly was
there to address an asSociation.-
He complained bitterly of the hon
orS paid the troops-and said the
soldiers stood a ''mcnace to labor
and a barrier between capital and
labor He added:
ssTue Knights Of Labor, who
composed two-thirls OF the regi-
.s.- wncnTllcsT 1ysnis s.sl,rre:. 49,.
the men who are in the banks and
The railroads.&c. men who op-
! ress lubor-fll up the ranks
THEN wien lie two sides are ar
lived against each other we will
s.c who will win. They will be too
towardly to do it,
Evidently MIR. Powderly has lost
lis balance. The Democrats of
Pennsylvania, it is reported, speak
Of him as their candidate for Gov
einor. No man who holds such sen
tmpnts is fit to be Governor ofany
State. He evidently cannot gov
crn himself. 1t is to he hoped,
however, Mr.. Powdcrly is mislep-
resented, and if not, that he mis-
represents the Knights OF Labor.
Since the above WAS put
in type the mails bring information
HAT Mr.. Powderly rerudiates the
tterances attributed to him. Ii
is certainly to be hoped he did not
so speak. Ii would be too great a fall
from The height he had reached i'll
the estimation Of the public.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-07-24
Sweet POTATOES Speciality. Also eggs and poultry
LAND ATT PRIVATE CONTRACT.

I offer for sale at private contract, a
portion of my farm, adjoining Belle Ha-
ven. situated on road opposite my dwell
ling. Said tract contains l20 acres by
actual survey. nearly equally divided
into arabic and woodland 1t is high
land, OF good quality. susceptible of q
high state Of improvement ami with
abundant resources thereon. Its loca-
ton makes it very desirable property.
1t will be sold OH reasonable terms, and
possession given Immediately to p,lr-
chaser. HUGH G. MEARS,
Relle Haven
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-07-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.

A Texas judge has put colored
BaptiSts under bonds to refrain
from 'shouting, screaming, jump
ing and yelling i'll their religious
Worship"
You will never succeed in finding
permanent relief from rheumatism
until You have used st. Jacobs Oil,
tue great paincllre. Plice fifty
cents.
The President has determined
not TO nominate another Southern
er for solicitor gencral-the office
to which lie had nominated the
Hon. John Goode and whom the
Senate rejected.
Representatives Cobb, of Indl-
ana, aud Laird, OF Nebraska, had Il
personal alteration in the Capitol
Monday, in the course If which Mr.
Laird struck Mr.. Cobb. They are
both Republicans.
Or the $50 delegates to the Ca,
Democratic State convention elect
ed up to Saturday evening, 226, OF
more than two.thirdS, are instructed
in favor of the nomination of Gen.
John b. Coz don for Governor. 1t
is probable Gen. Gordon will get
all of the ~ delegates yet to be
chosen. The convention meets i'll
Atlanta, "Wednesday, July %.
A new cxtradtlon treaty between
the United States and Great Bri-
tain has been signed. FourcrimeS
not named in treaty of 1S42 are in
clnded, as follows: Manslanghter,
burglary, ENLIGHTENMENT or larceny
involving the amount of $50, or
ten pounds and malicious injuries
to property, whereby the life OF
any person shall. be endangered, if
such injuries constitute crime ac-
cording to the laws OF both coun-
tries.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-07-24
DIVISION BLADES DEPARTMENT.

T. r. WEsCo1r, Wa. T. JOHNSON Sursrinte ldei s "a
Best pound 81 00 2nd eo
W Nv,
mint j :
sample flunn lst premium w End prenu oG
cameo peaches, each ~ ZW oG
Greatest arietyof 3Oo 40
LIST ~ 2n W.
~ =: : Watermelon no preserved watermelon : w
variety glass jars premium znd ~
tetan w
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-07-10

TIE very bss9 braAds Of A@uers
Wines and osgass laeoe stssk ef easA
"a hand. ell and sharp hse7 -
dfaoEAt NV
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-07-10

prAn Assay Offioe is connected with
the Bank under the 81 ervision OF MI
Charles A .Hofer, late Assistant Assayer
Of the United State Mint. Prompt and
reliable Bullion and Oere Assays Of
Gold, silver, Copper, Tin, Iron, Nickel,
Manganese, CtnnsbaY, &c., *.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-07-10

T e basis representation to sail Conven
tion mad follows: One delegate for
each so votes, AMI "ne for ehh fraction IT 25
or over cast for the Bla ne and Logan Eiec-
Tors a; the l.st rlec ION, aggregatin- IA Dele
gates. apportioned as follows:
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-07-10
PIANOS and ORGANS
WE ARE NOW PkEPARE
to furnish the citizens Of Carson
with the
KNABE,
PEASE and
HARDMAN
p i a m q -
AND THE
CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN


At prices never before offered in
this city. For years past the
high prices of pia nos nave been
due to the enormous commits
sions of the local agents, in some
instances being as high as 60 pei
cent of the cost Of the instru-
ment. We are now in a posi-
tiOn to furnish the instruments
at figures which will have the
effect of placing first-class in
within the reach OF
people of small means.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-07-10
be nelQ at
CARSON CITY
Friday, September u, 1886.

At l o'clock p. m,
For the purpose OF nominating full State
ticket, viz:
N mber of Congress.
vernon,
Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State.
Justice of Supreme Court,
Clerk of Su reme ourt,
Attorney General
State Controller,
surveyor General,
Supe' in.endent of Pub i. instruction,
State inter,
Three Judges of the First Ju !icial District
The appointment Of STATE Central nnmit-
tee. a ii the rams ;ct'on of su n other business
as may properly come before the Convention.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25

Why let ambition plague thy life,
And mar thy earthly joys and bliss?
Why hunt vain shadows,an cause strife.
Which bring thee naught of happiness?
What thou hast gained, what thou hast
suffered
Who cares for it in fifty years?
When laid upon the silent bier,
The laurel-wreath decays like weeds,
The time will come when no one cares
About thy wees, what thou hast dared,
In fifty years twill be tue same,
In fifty pears all will have passed.
What gain to the self-sacri6ce
OF present and of future joys;
False, slanderous tongue, and prejudice
Will ne'er believe incentive pure.
The world will coldly pass thee by
Cares nothing for thyself and deeds,
Suspect not even, should'st thou die,
What has embittered thy short life.
Hence, never fear unfriendly views
Of men, but do what's right and just.
In fifty years twill be the same;
In fifty years all will have passed.
When prosecuted by stern fate,
When failures enervate thy strength,
When unattainable thv aim
Yet doomed to prosecute the same
When trials and privations come.
And other ills thy heart o'erwhelm,
Then tell me. friend. why should thou
mourn
The transient which cannot endure?
A little patience, time flies fast,
And nothing lasts eternally.
In fifty years twill be the same,
In tifty years all will have passed.
Graphic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25
Slang and Shakspeare.

1t is not often thought that the divine
William is the author of so much of the
current slang with which We are SO ia.
miliar. So far as known he is the in
ventor of at least the following every
day expressions, long since part of the
language.
Bag and baggage. dead as q door nail,
proud of ones humility, tell the truth
and shame the devil, hit or miss, love is
blind, selling for song. wide world, cut
copies, fast and loose, unconsidered tri-
fles. westward no, familiarity breeds con-
tempt, patching up excuses, misery makes
strange bed follows. to boot lin trade).
short and long of it, comb your head
with three legged stool, dancing at.
tendance, getting even (revenge), birds
of feather, that's fat, tag rag. Greek to
me (unintelligible), send one packing
as the day is long. packing jury, moth.
er wit, kill with kindness, mum (for 81.
lence), i'll wind that blows no good. wild
goose chase, scarscrow, luggage, row OF
pins (as a mark of value), viva voce
give and take, sold Gn the way of joke)
give the devil his due, your cake is
dough.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25

The Philadelphia Times account of
the prestration of john B. Cough is as
| follows:
HE was feeling we'll when he arose
to address the crowded gathering, and
after making pleasant allusion to his
failure to fulfill an engagement at the
church earlier in the winter he entered
inte his subject with great warmth. His
earnest exertions. added to the lack of
sufficient ventilation, soon told upon the
speaker, while he mOpped large beads
of perspiration from his forehead. He
had been speaeing about forty minutes
when hogan to make an eloquent refer
ence to the poisonous effects of rum. In
| fiery sentences he was illustrating the
crushing power of alcohol by describing
in dramatic manner the movements of
an imaginary serpent around his arm.
when his head suddenly dropped upon
his chest and his arms were thrown
wildly in the air. The audience bsliev-
ed at first that he was about to describe
the antics of a drunken man, when he
fell prostrate to the floor Of the pulpit"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25
The Future Of Fine Woods.

The fine wool industry has suffered
the most severely in the depression
which has hung like blight upon wool
growing, and yet producers Of good wool
need not to be discouraged. The fne
woods of America are necessity to oar
manufacturers, comprising qualities
which can be secured from no other
source, and there always will be de-
mand fer these woods. The price, Of
course. will depend upon the supply Of
other wools to a very large sxtsnt-that
is, upon the amount of wool imported.
The amount Of imported wool is likely
to be decreased, to some extent, by the
effort now being put forth to stop frauds
in importation. The focks the world
over over have been greatly dscimated
the past two years, and this viii decrease
the supply Of wosl. while the demand,
on account Of the csming Of better times,
will likely be largely increased. There
is not much danger Of the duty On wool
being lowered during the present term OF
Congress, if wool growers do their duty,
and as consequence Of thsss conditions
of the wool trade prices will advance yet
more. at least keeping pace with the i'm"
provement in all other lines Of business.
This much the fine wool growers can de-
pend upon; and when another election
comes around, IL they use their influence
and votes rightly they can send men to
Congress who will re-enact the tariff
laws of 81, then wool growing should
again profitable. .-Stockman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25
Ancient Clocks.

Ever since man frst began to eontrive
machines to answer the momentous
question, whats the clock?" he seems
to have delighted in taxing his ingenui-
ty to make the poor instruments COM
plieate the answer. Not content with
having the hour indicated On dial, or
sounding by bell, he must needs have it
manifested to his vision by dancing
dolls, OF announced to bis ears by trum-
pet-blewing cherubims or geng-seunding
monsters. Two thousand years ago,
when the only means of measuring time
was by the triekling of water from one
vessel to another, the clepsydrs maker
INDUCED his fancy and made his simple
wares elaborate by the employment of
fantastic contriv ances for showing the
time through the agency of automaton
figures. The clepsydrs of Cteslbius, for
instance, consisted outwardly of lach-
rymsse mannikiH, whose falling tears
supplied the water that impelled the in
strunent, while the jubilant brother,
buoyed up on floating pedestal, boldly
pointed with wand to the hours marked
on an adjacent column. Clepsydra ap-
pear to have been used in China,
India, Chaldea, and Egypt in the most
remote antiquity. Plato introduced
them from the latter country into
Greece. Julius Caesar found them even
in Britain, where they we're probably
carried by the Phenicians. Clepsydre
with tooth wheels are to be seen sculP
tured on Trsjan's column at Rome,
where the first sun-dial was set up about
800 B. {. Coming to times q little less
remote, we find the Persian King Hsr'
oun al Rasehid sending the Emperor
Charlesmange a water clock, whereof
Giffard, in his History of France, gives
this description: "The dial was compos-
ed of twelve small doers, which repre-
sented the division of the hours; each
door opened al the hour it was intended
to represent, and out of it came the same
number of little balls, which fell one by
one, at equal distances of time, on a
brass drum. 1t might be told by the
eye what hour it was by the number Of
doors that were open, and by the ear by
the number of balls that fell. When it
was IL o'clock. twelve horsemen in min
iature issued forth at the same time,and,
marching over the dial, shut all the
doors.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R.
L Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, II; evening
service, z. Sabbath School, 900 q m. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday pm; gen.
ersl prayer meeting: Wednesday 2 pm.
Strangers welcome to all services.
M ETBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
N1Rev. W. II. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday 2
p.m-; general prayer meeting: Thursday z pm.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
LIMITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School 10 an Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday of
each month, 3 pm. Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, 3 pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25
RILI0uSNESS.

Bilious symptoms invariably
arise from Indigestion, such as
fuPred tongue, vomiting Of bile,
giddiness, sick headache, ir-
regular bowels. The liver Sc
eretes the bile and acts like a
filter or sieve, to cleanse impu-
rites of the blood. BY irregu-
Iarity In It's action or suspen-
sions Of its functions, the bile
is liable to overflow into the
blood, causing jaundice, sallow
complexion, yellow eyes, bill
ious diarrhea, q languid,
weary feeling and many other
distressing symptoms. Bilious
ness may be properly termed
an affection Of the liver, and
can be thoroughly cured by the
grand regulator OF the liver
and hillary organs, BURD0CK
BLOOD BITTERS. It acts upon the
stomach, bowels and liver,
making healthy bile and pure
blood, and opens the culVertS
and sluiceways for the outlet
Of disease. Sold everywhere
and guaranteed to cure.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25
TESTIMONY OIL. j. MILLER,
Chairman Of Committee Of One Hun
dred.

Q. What are your politics? A. 1 am
Democrat.
@. How long have you acted with the
Democratic party in Cincinnati and
Hamilton county? A. have always
been Democrat; my father was Dem
ocrst; and my grandfather, for that
matter; and have been in Cincinnati
since 1853, and have conducted two or
three campaigns for the Democratic
party, and never voted any other tick
ct in my life but the Democratic ticket.
@. You have been able then to diseo7-
er no organized movement in the inter-
ssts of tho Republican party to perpe>
trate frauds at the last election? A. No,
sir, there wasn't any. There could not
be any.
@. What has been the observation Of
ysur committee in relation to organized
frauds? A. The frands were organized
by Democratic sficholders and police,
and those Democrats seeking Office.
Q. By Mr.. Lsmpson-From your in
vestigations in connection with the Gem
nittee OF One Hundred, what do you
say as to the actual result of the cleo
tioa ia Hamilton county? A. Well, my
opinion, from all 1 have gathered, and
from what knowledge have Of the polA
itics in the coHnty and the voting, is
that no Democrat was elected by some
thousands.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25
PREACHER AND LANDLORD.
How the Rev. DR.. Tappan Paid His
Little Bill.

When the Rev. DR.. Tappan was the
agent Of the American Home Mission
Society he snce made trip through the
northwestern part of Maine on horse+
back. 1t was before the day Of rail-
roads. On arriving at Msttawamkeag,
where he was pleasantly entertained, he
was told be had better remain over
night there, as the place which be intend
ed to make his next station was rather
rough and uncomfortable, and the land+
lord was rude blssphemous man who
might not use him well. But DR.. Tap
pan was anxious to carry out his itiaer-
ary as he bad planned it, and journeyed
on. He arrived at his destination at
dusk. The landlord came out, crested
him cordially, took his horse and put
him up, hastened in to entertain bis rev.
erend guest, prepared q nice warm sup
per for him and was as polite as light
ming rod agent.
Just before DR.. Tsppan retired the
landlord and all his family, arranged in
procession according to their ages, fled
into the room with much dscorum, and
the doctor was asked to lead them in
family worship, which he cheerfully did.
The next morning, after the doctor
had dressed, the host, bis wife, the boys.
and his girls, all neatly attired, came in
again and the same request was made
and granted.
After good breakfast the doctors
nag was brought to the door, saddled
and bridled. and the good man proceeded
to go on his way, after asking what his
bill was.
"Not cent" said the landlord cheeri-
ly.
The doctor thought this reply was
strange for landlord preceded by such
An i'll reputation, and said: why I
must pay you for my entertainment"
"You don't owe me cent" said the
innkseper. "The fact is that tin ped>
dlers. butchers, drovsrs, fshmen and all
classes of people come here to stop with
me, and make it point to take my
pay in their own line whenever 1 can.
Good morning. SIR
The good old divine used to tell this
anscdote himself with good relish.
Lewiston Journal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS
Iss5-e-BeImont County. Ohio.

ID Saturday of Feb al st Clairsville.
I'd Saturday of Mar at GAINESVILLE.
ID Saturday OF April at 9. Olatrsville.
I'd Saturday OF May at Bellatre.
I'd Saturday Of June at Morristown.
st, ClairsvIlle at close OF Institute In Aug.
RULES.
Examinations begin at 8 O'Clock a. N.
Testi mouials of character are required II
applicant is not known TO the Board
Certificates will not be antedated nor ex~
tended.
Tests in the higher branches will be given
at close OF Institute ONLY.
Certificates Will be dated and issued by the
Board in adjourned session on Saturday tol~
owing each examination.
SCALE OF GRADES FOR CERTIFICATES.
a nrst-class Is years. certificate is granted
upon ap average of90 per cent, including three
higher branches and the scnool law, with no
grade below 75. provided applicant has had 80
months experience n teaching.
A seeond>olRss "a years. certificate is grant
ed upon an average OF 80 per cent, Including
two higher branches and the school law, with
no grade below 20, provided applicant has had
"a months experience in teaching.
third>class e years. certificate is granted
upon an average of IS per cent, including
no grade below IS. provided applicant has had
l9 months experience in teaching.
A fourth -class e years. certificate Is granted
upon average OF IS per cent, including the
school law, with no grade below so, provided
applicant has had Il months experience in
teaching. .
A ffth-class q Year, certificate Is granted
upon an average OF 65 per cent, with NJ grade
r. ALEXANDER,
e~3 ly ]. a. HENDERSON,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-02-25
SAM SMALL.
He Tells the Stery of His Conversion
From Long Debauch to
the Pulpit.

"Tell me how you were converted"
"Well, it was this way; the 18th day
of last September Sunday 1 took my
wife and children and went from Allan
ia, my home, up to Gainesville, fifty
miles away, to hear Sam Jones preach
in big camp meeting. 1t was a kind
of Sunday excursion. Any change of
life up to that timer No; there had
been no change of life up to that time
but for the worse. l heard Sam Jones
preach, and l was convicted of my sins.
l was awakened. This was on Sunday.
1 went home and got drunk again, and 1
staid drunk until Tuesday afternoon.
Then l went into my library at about
four o'clock, and 1 prayed until L felt
that ] saw my way clear. I had been
thinking abeut nay condition and felt
that the time had come to stop. l was
getting over my depth. locked the
whole thing in the face and surrender
ed to the Lord. Then l went out and
had three thousand circulars printed an
nouncing that would preach that even
ing at the corner of Marietta and Peach
tree streets. The first job printer that 1
went to thought was crazy. You see,
1 had been on drunk, and my friends
had often thought that
IwoULD GO CRAZY
From drink, and SO this man thought
the same, and wouldn't print my bills.
So 1 went to another place, and 1 got
them printed at last. 1 had them dis
tributed, and at the place mentioned a
great crowd assembled when it came time
for me to speak. 1 told them what had
happened, what was going to do, and
told them meant business. They could
stand off and see me do it."
"And then ?"
"Then as soon as Jones heard about
what had happened he telegraphed me
to come up to Gainesville and speak for
him. Well, 1 preached the next two
nights in local churches, and Saturday 1
went up and preached for Jones. From
that day to this have lost about dozen
days, speaking sone days from one to
four times. Yesterday" and here was
another complete overturning of the err
roneous theory of his being converted
some time ago, studying with Bishop
Bsckwith. &c. yesterday 1 was i've
months old in the Gospel"
"How are you satisfied with your
work
Thoroughly, thoroughly. My best
friends said 1 ought to have been in this
work long ago. My mother prayed and
prayed for it till the day of her death.
1 fought it as long as could. My work
has been uniformly pleasant, and 1 feel
that it has been blessed with success"
"Now, how many have you convert.
ed?"
swell, you mean the two of US, since
l have been working with Jonesp It's
hard to tell; it can't be told, but L can
give you the estimates of our work to-
gether. In St. Joseph, Mo-, 1900; in
Birmingham, Ala. 1900; in st. Louis,
we'll, We can't tell, but by the best calcu-
latioa by those in the churches, about
1900; in Cincinnati, there's absolutely
no telling. The names Of probably 1000
people in Cincinnati were handed in,
but there were many, many people who
had been formerly connected with chur-
ches who did not care to have their
names given. 1t is thought that the
lives of from 10000 to 10000 people were
affected by the meetings. s."-Chicago Inv
ter Ocean.