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If child will take a medicine with pleasn e,
Won NAV know that it is not in any way Often
siye to the taste Children ike hamburg Figs,
and it is no longer necessary to disgust them
with castor-oil Is cents. Dose one Zig. MACK
Drug Co., y. y.
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Unkind.

Brown proudly. II think, Mary,
tn t baby gets his temper from me"
Mrs. Brown. "No, John, l DOM
thi..k SO. think you've got all ye
ey.r had. p B Ear.
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So ran the dire warning which Dante read on
the portals Of the Inferno. So runs the cruel
verdict of your friends il you arc ovcrtaken by
the first symptoms OF that terrible disease, con-
sumption. leave hope behind! Your days are
numbercd!ln And the suggestion against death
is given up in despair. But willie there is life,
there is hope. DR.. Picrces aciden Medical Dis
covery has cured hundreds Of cases worse than
yours; and twill cure you. il taken in time.
But delay is dangerous. No power can restore
wasted lung; the Golden Medical Dscov-
cry" however, can and will arrest the disease.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-20

Convicts arc the only persons who do mo-
believe in their convictions.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-20

Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
of PisOs ure for Cons umption.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-20

Offensive breath vanishcs with the use of DR.
Sage's Catarrh ltc.ncdy.
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AGITATION is the marshaling of the
conscience OF nation to mold its
laws.
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Children Starving 10 Zenith

More twins are horn in May and July thar
in any other months.
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Aknot is division of ships log line cor
re. pondDG 10 nautical linz.
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Children CIR: for II.

Cloths do not make the man, tuthis wife:
often break him.
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On the brink-the abyss.
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Leave hope behind.

Another name entwined with victory
Victor.
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himself 10 the ceiling, but the rope parted
No wonder that when God merclfuly de-
livered him from that awful damenta he sat
down and wrote that other hymn just as
memorable:
"God moves in q mysterious way
His wonders 10 perform;
lie plants His footsteps in The seq
And rides upon the Storm.
'sDlind unbeef is sure to err
And scan His WORK in vain;
God il His own Interpreter.
And lie will make II plain.
While we make this mercful and righteous
allowance in regard to those who were
plunged into mental incoherence. l declare
Inau mat man VINO, IN the use OF his reason,
by his own act snaps the bond between his
body and his soul, 90 s-!sc..Ta..grJ into perdl-
tion. Shall prove jN Revelation XXI, .:
"Murderers shall hive their part in the lake
which burneSn with fire and birthstone"
Reyelntson xii, 15 without are
dogs~ and sorcerers, and whore
rsfongers, and murderers." You do not
believe the New Testament? Then, perhaps
you bel eve the Ten Commandments: THOU
Shalt not kill. Do you say all these passages
refer to the taking Of the life OF otherss Then
ask YOU If YOU are not as responsible Tor
Your own life as for the life OF otherss God
gave you a special trust in your life. lie
made YOU the custodian of your life as HE
made you the custodian OF no other life
He gave you as weapons WIN WHICH
to defend it two arms to strike
back assailants, two eyes to watch
for invasion, and natural love OF lie which
ought ever to be or the alert. assassination
of Others is mud crime compared with the
assassination OF yourself, because in the lat
Ter case it is treachery' to an especial trust, 1t
is the surrender OF castle YOU were eSpe-
cially appointed to keap, it Is treason to a
natural law, an | it is treason to God added
to ordinary murder.
To show how God in the Bible looked upon
this crime, point you TO the rogues picture
gallery in some parts of the Bible. the
pictures of the people who have committed
This unatural crime. Here is the headless
trunk of Saul on the walls of BathShan.
Here is the man who chased little David
ten feet in stature chasing four. Here is the
man who consulted a cairvoyant, Witch OF
lndor Here is man who, whipped i'll battle,
instead or surrendering his sword with dig
nity as many man has done, asks his ser
want to slay MIN, and when the servant de-
clines then the giant plants the hilt OF the
sword in the earth, the sharp point sticking
upward, and he throws his body on 1T and
expires, the coward, the suicide. Here is
Ahitophel the Machaveli Of olden times, be-
craving his best friend David in order that he
may become prime minister OF Absalom, and
Joining that fellow in his attempt at pariclde;
Not getting what he wanted by change OF
Dolitics, he takes Short cut out OF a dis
rraced life into the S icisle's eternity. There
he is the migrated Here IS Apime .ech prac-
ticaly suicide He is with I'll army, bon-
harding q tower, when woman i'll the tower
fake; a prindstone from its place and drops
it upon his head, AMI with what life he
has left in his cracaet S.u.l lie coinnlndS
his armor- bearer: Draw thy sword and
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07

The alligator is :nare and deluson,
generally speaking. Those who expect to
see him basking nun1erously upon the banks
Of every river and creek, for all the world
like the picture book crocodile of their
infancy. are doomed to bitter disappoint
Elent Except in rare cases, he doesn't basi
The mighty hunters Of Gotham who como
down every winter to shoot and fish in south
ern waters have pretty nearly wiped out the
alligator, and have scared the tarpon SO that
bis visits are Us few and far between as
angels. On the Ocklawaha river, where
shooting isnow prohibited by law, the former
may he seen slipping from the Shiny banks
into tie water, as the steamboats, filled with
excursionists glide by.
But big ones are scarce, and it is crush
ing blow to find the largest to be nothing so
formidable after all. Little ones are captured
alive By hundreds and farmed out to the
dealers in curios, who drive a nourishing
trade i'll them, and beguile many a traveller
into purchasing the unattractive pets against
their will, Alligator teeth arc made into
pins of various devices, all hideously ugly,
and into cuff buttons, bangles and other or.
naaents, which, it is to be supposed, have
some admirers, as thousands are sold during
Tie course Of the season-Jacksonville tFla.)
Cor Boston Herald
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07

That popular actor w j Florence, was
once an cmploye OF a b.al; note company in
this city. lie vas talking about it recently
as he was licking postage stamp for service
OF a letter which he he'd in his hand. Said
he: 'The firm was Ra"doa, Wright, Hatch
81 Edison. They We're bank note printers,
and had contracts from tho government.
They printed and gumrned the postage
stamps. 1t WAS my duty, rs Office boy, to
spend half an Eour twice q week with brush
and my hand in spreading the gum preparl-
ton over the stamps. Tie amount OF labor
on l.iy part supplied the entire amount re-
quircd for u whole Week. Just think OF the
difference between that time and now
presume it would take me three months to
gum 10y land a weeks supply ot stamps for
the government. Tnis old experience of mine
was in lsii or -. The printers had their
Offices on the top floor OF what is now tho
custom house. 1t was then the Merchants
Exchange. York Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07

young couple devoted to each other
sometimes fall into the error Of shown.
their affection too plainly in company
People Of tact and taste Ecvcr make this
mistake. Husband and wife should not take
urch notice of each other III public; butl.
s!'pnl be devoted to their guests. Maxim;
love in public" is II great oifcnsc against
good nanners, us it puts every one e.o at II
disadvantages
Still less should they quarrel in puilic.
that puts them and the guests asl the hosts
and everybody else in Il yer? bad hox-tho
witness box, possibly, if it goes far enough
Let no young couple be ashamed to receive
attention from older and richer people than
themselves which arc joytully cxtenled, but
which they cannot for the moment return.
The time will come when they can A young
married couple owe il to themselves s) ln
fastidioTs as TO the character of all their ;,i..
quail-ances. 1t is of the greatest iinpor.
tance in every new departure To begin well
young married woman, if she be pretty
and unknown, is exposed to one dangerwl.ich
her husband must guard her against Some
faded beau of fashion may find her ont and
promise to introduce her into society il She
will t!irt with hin:. This succeeds wonder.
fully well at first, as all empirical remedies
are said to do, but is apt to be fatal in TN,
end.-M L. w. Sherwood in New York San
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07
ART OF MAKING QUILL PENS.
Out of Style, but still Useful-What The,
Are Chiefly Designed for

Out ot style, but still Useful-Whut They
Are Chiefly Designed for.
"Quill pens' Yes, largo quantities of them
are made in this city," said William street
maker to a reporter "The quills for these
pens are chiefly from the goose and the swan,
but the ostrich, crow and other birds occa-
sionally contribute their quota The general
use of steel pens has greatly lcssened the do
mand for quills. Most of the goose quills
are from the Netherlands and Germany,
while u small amount comes from the west
ern states and Canada Some idea of the
number of geese required to keep up the sup
ply may he Judged from the fact that each
wing produces about five good guills, and
that by proper management q goose may
afford twenty quills during the year.
"Quills are classified according to the order
in which they are fixed in the wings, the Sec
ond and third quills being the best. The
quality Of quills is estimated partly by the
size of the barrel, but more by the weight.
The quills as they come from the bird are
covered with n membrane, and are tough
and soft, so that they will not mako clean
slit. These defects are got rid of and the
quills prepared for tho penmaker by an
operation called quill dressing. A uniform
yellow color is produced by dipping the
barrels i'll diluted nitric acid. This process
hardens them.
1.-The quills having been dressed and fin.
ished, n portion of the bark is stripped Off SO
as to occupy less room in packing, and the
quills are tied up in bundles of twenty five
and fifty each for the market. The auills,
having been prepared, arc cut into pens by
the pen cutters knife, and are also trimmed
y pen cutter will cut in a day 600 pens.
Crowquill pens are usually employed in fine
drawing, on account of the fine point to
which they can be brought. They are also
useful in that laborious kind of etching in.
tended to initiate prints. Quill pens are
sold from 81 to $5 per 100, but tho trade is
limited. New York Mail and Express.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07

Tho intimate interuction of body and mind
Is most strlklnGly illustrated in the moral
influence of diet. Modern science has rc.
vcaied the fact that tho various ingredients
OF the fuel feeding the fire of n conllagration
can he tested by tho spectrum lines of tie
ianle, and with the salnc certainty Il search
lls analysis could trace every change Of
diet to It's effect i'll II modification of oul,
mental disposition. DER Mensch list, was or,
lsst," saysa German provcrb; Man is what
nc CPS" The maNms of dietctic hygiene
thus gam n moral significance, n fact recos,-
nlzcd IN tho principle of tho temperance
movement, and, indeed, i'll the ethics of all
health loving nations.
Tho moral influence of habitunl srrfcits
contrasts, indeed, most suggestivcly with tho
elect of abstemious habits. Gluttony torpi
fies the mental faculties. Tho "uftcr dinner
lasstude" finds its physiological explanation
in the circumstance that tho work of dies.
tlon monopolizcs the energies of the organism,
and that transient torpor may become Il
chronic aversion to mental efforts. Tho
bonhommo of cpicnrcs can he traced to n
similar cause. Yielding in argument is
easier than controversy; the indulgence of u
generous impulse is more pleasant than its
supp c"9ioh, anu 'ilp HDtraHty associated
with the after effect of full meal may bn
founded on indolcncc as much as on philan
thropic principles, plcthoric gluttons bcin.
notoriously subject to fits of brutal passion
The salno sourmand, who, in the enjoyment
of his sesta, will grant the request of an
insolent petitioner to obvialc the annoyance
of further opportunities, may, before night,
kick lis wife and half kill his child for II
triilnS olfensc.-Dr. Felix l., Oswald III
Open Court.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07

Whenever go down Broadway past
Trinity church Of a pleasant afternoon, at
the time when tla, Wall street brokers arc
filrongng out of their busy thorouehfare,
dispensing for their homes, | sec n Young
woman who is bewitchng them with her
artistic dress. They don't know it, and
could hardly be made to comprehend it, any
how, but it is as clear as A B C to a woman.
The girl is q flower vcnder, and for two o..
three hours toward night, sho stands with
her back against the railing of tho church.
yard and baskctful Of flowers at her feet
She is decidedly pretty, to begin with. She
wears no covering OH her head, and her
complexion is naturally fine enough to stand
tanning without deterioration She arranres
her auburn hair deftly enough, and yet in
style that does not suggest carefulness to a
clumsy male observer Her dress is cbeap
calico, but it fits her as nicely as any silkcn
gown on an heiress' figure. Her sleeves are
rolled up nearly to her elbows to show her
shapely forearrus, and a shawl folded md
crossed over her Uosom reveals segment Of
tie same complexion.
Thus she makes the neatest sort of a figure.
tidy and feminine, without any grotesaue.
ness or extravaganza. She commands adj
miration, and the practical value of this
success lies in the fact that she can sell ten
cent flowers for quarter. She has to en-
dure good deal Of ogling and occasionally
an mpertinent remark, but she is adroit and
self possessed, and knows how to rcpel any
insulting advances. fancy that she does
thriving business, because met her up town
tae other day, and then her ingenious flower
girls costume was replaced by a handsome
and rather expensive promenade toilet.-Ncw
Nnrl; Sun
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07
A Warming to Pcddlers.

"Are you married, lady!' asked an inno-
cent and unsnspecting pcddlcr of woman
who answered the bell Of n Michigan avenue
house in Chicago.
"Why-I-I-yes, nm," she said, cycling
him sharply. "But, then, I-I-you're not
morc'n 10, are you1 Pretty well fixed, AS
was saying, I-I-that is, the man who
gets my divorces for me has his office Just
around the corner, and I'- She took
down shawl and hat from the hall rack,
put them on, seized the poor innocent by tho
arm and dragged him down the steps and
around the corner. An hour later She re-
turned, u bride for tho ninth time.
"Cone On in" she said gayly to the some
what timid victim. 81 s'pcct Well find num-
bor eight at hcmc eating his dinner but ho
won't say anything. He intends getting u
bill himself to-morrow.n-Tid Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07
A Fashionable ,yoman,s M,,,m.

The extent to which money is wasted at
fashionable woman's whim was illustrated 10
me the other day. l was in the shop of e
well known florist on Broadway when
lady came in from a private coach. She
purchased three huge roses, for which she
paid s., and carried them dainty away by
their long stems An hour later, going by
Delmonico's, saw my lady of the roses
lunching at one Of the windows with com
panion of her own sex. Fifteen minutes af-
terward, returning by the same way, noted
that the table where they sat was vacant.
Three bare rose stems lay amid the dishes,
which were buried in rose l>aves. The lady
OF the roses had plucked =, .orth of flowers
to pieces in few minutes idle conversation
after her luncheonl Neither their cost nor
their beauty had any value in her eyes.-A-
fssd Trlmbls in New York News
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07

1t is not without reason that it has been
said that you can prove anything by statis-
tics Under Louis XVI, for instance, the
tobacco tax only produced 600, 900 francs, he
cause the consumption was small At that
time the average duration of life was twenty
seven years. Now the tobacco tax produces
3D.vDo,o00 and the average duration of life
is fortv-t!.ree years. Redskins, who suffer
neither from diabetes nor from pituite, have
always the calumet between their lips. The
Persians, the type of Caucasian purity, say
that all joys come to the heart through to-
bacco." Where do you find such handsome
old patriarchs as among the Turks. Yet i'll
their country the pipe is kept alight as re-
ligiously as Vesta's fire in ancient Rome. In
those climcs the strongest mark of emotion
ora's Youth seNew yorl. Con,nnorn;aI A -
tiSpr
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07
Mr.. spofrord and His Books.

When question arises in either house that
is likely to cause reference to the great
library under his charge, Mr.. Spotford seeks
out at once every book or pamphlet which
NAV serve to throw light on the subject, and
when tie applications begin to pour in upon
him he is ready to point out to the congress
men tho best sources from which they can
draw INSPIRATION. He is not old Yet, though
he was born i'll ls25, but he has seen the little
stock of 80 0o0 volumes under his hands grow
up until it now touches fully 500, ,o0o volumes,
and tine ambition of his life seems to be to
lensthen out his days until the great building
uo# in process of erection for the library
Shall be completed, and a fitting home pro-
pared for his beloved books.-New York
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07

George e. Williams, n well known iewelry
merchant of Chicago, was at tho Lindell the
other day. Ho was relating to a number of
friends several incidents which lie remem.
hcrel of tho Chicago fire, and one of the
many unpublished stories of that terrible
calamity, told by Mr. Williams, is worthy Of
print even at this late day. Mr.. Williams
and his family We're fleeing for their lives to.
ward tho lake. and as they reached the cor.
ner Of Ontario and State streets. on the
north side, they met poor, lone woman
struggling in the maddening crowd and
seeking to gain the street. where she was in
danger of being run over by the hundreds of
vehicles which were driven hy frantic
drivers at break neck speed toward the Lake.
Mr.. Williams took charge of her and kept
her by his side. The woman was carrying
closely wrapped object in her arms, and
every now and then would murlnur soothing
words of comfort to it.
The lake was reached Mt last. Tho woman
laid tho object on the sands 1t was largo
water pitcher filled with papers. The woman
gave vent to an car piercing scream and
swooncd away on the beach She became
hopelessly insane, ana was subsequently, re-
moved to an asylum, where she is now con.
fined. Through her insane rawlings the
true story of the horrible mistake of the
poor woman was learned. 1t seems that
when the fire first broke out she began pack
ing up her household effects, her husband
being away from home Before she had
time to complete the packing the devourng
flames were close at hand, and realizing her
imminent peril she snatched her infant to
her breast with one arm, and with the other
hand secured Il pitcher, which was filled with
securities and money. Running to tho yard
in the rear of the house sho threw, as sho
thought, the pitcher of securities into an old.
dried up cstern, and fed with the supposed
babe TO the lake. When she reached that
haven of safety she discovered that, instead
II the pitcher she had thrown the child into
tho cistern.-Globe- Democrat
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07
Ono Cso Of tho pnrasol,

There is new phase Of the plate glass
show window study The ladies have APP
parently found out that they can't stop to adj
mire themselves, under pretcnse OF exainln-
ing goods. without everybody knowing 1t,
and have adopted another plan. AS soon IS
one Of the fair ones reaches her favo.Itc ..,ib-
lie mirror She throws her rarasol or sun UNI
brelia over her shoulder in such manner 1s
to completely hide her figure from the top of
her hat to her waist, OF thereabouts. accord
ing to the size OF tho umbrella. Then. hav-
ing thus placed a screen between herself and
the unregenerate starefs Of either SEX, sho
proceeds to survey her charms, real or al
lesed, OF face, figure AMI costume Five la
dies were seen thus occupied before Ole large
show window at one etime.-Ccurier-J Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07
coRpuLENcY OF THE SINGER.
What. ~ Celebrated Tenor Says of II
Own Physical Hot;,u,lity.

The corpulency of opera singers is very
often the cause of remark, but You rarely
hear it accounted for except that they have
an easy timc and live on the fat Of the land.
Neither is true. They do not have an easy
time, Lor do they glut themselves with the
fat Of the land They are usually Self
denying set of people, and must necessarily
he 50 if they would maintain tho cxccllency
Of tAer art. They are, however, peculiar.
In sp.te oi all their hardships they get fat.
But 1t is u healthy fat, and does not inculnber
or depress them in the least You never
heard Of Il singer suffering from excessive
corlIIepcY
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07

Tho expressions often found in battle ar-
counts of 'hcals of slain and rows Of dead"
are food for rdicllle in this siieptcr aye, but
n few figures showing the condition of things
at Gettysburg will prove that in this case ut
least these terms are not nero cxtravaganccs
of speech. The killed outright and murtally
wounded were, in round numbers 5000 of
the $4,000 wounded ail otherwise disabled.
probably l2,UOO more, ut the outset, wer.
Frustrated. and the total number tD he az.
counted fallen is 2900o, an army that, if
placed in four ranks rs soldiers ordinarily
march, would reach nearly four miles, or II
distance equal to the whole front from Gene.
terry Hill to the Round Tops. Of cotlrs,
these PROSTATE men did not all lie IN
uihroken lines, nor We're they to L..
seen all ut one time. But the Lcavicst
losses were on open ground, where tho fire
had II clear Sweep and although there is
much scattering of the ranks when those not
killed outright are Struck, the losses were 50
severe at the vital points on the several fields
fought over that language couli not paint
the scene with miller words than "carn;..scn
and "blool stained sol strcwn with the dead
and the dying, all mingled in gllastly heaps
and roWS"
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-07

"Hcw the taste for ard interest in four-ii-
hand driving" said Il member of tie New
Yori; Coaching club to reporter recently,
"Lave increased is sufficiently demonstrated
by the number of coaches o"ued in Boston,
Philadelphia, Chicago. Cheyenne and San
Francisco. AT tho last Agricultural fair and
horse show of the Gcuesec valley. held last
autumn at Mount Morris, i'll the western
part of this state, prize was offered for
fou!ir-hands and it drew nine entries. An
of them presented most excellent ap:rar-
ance and would do credit to any city.'-t;ew
York Mail aud Express.