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CHINESE cLorHlERs.


They Arc Teaching an Unwelcoma Los
son To Tailors la San Francisco
The clothing manufacturers of this
city sire learning the lesson which the
Chinese taught the frnit Gamers long
ago
A gc,,tleron Nslcsa rmne is well
known ia a~,a!l at sesr ans whose
llatre, of the Chinese is also we'll
known. called upon a Market street
tailor one Saturday niglltsfor n suit
which lie had ordered early in the
keek
ut is not done yet" said the tailor.
..isnt you said it would be finished
this morning.
Yes. 1 I'D. and the TAILOR who is
sewing thu suit promised to lave ii
here. hnt he has not kept lis word. I'll
send Il boy for il now.
No. I'll go for it myself. Give me
the mans address.
My dear sir. would not trouble
Won for all the world. III send tue
boy"
II tell you will go for IT myself
you have had time enough TO send
yonr boy Give me tie address.
He w;,s given the address Of Al Chinese
tailor on Clay street.
do yon mean to sly"--and the face
OF the society man flush rod with wrath
that my clothes are handled by
filthy Chinesel"
MY dear sir. Chinese make half the
clothes thar are made in the city"
But l see women at work in the
shops. Can't you find enough of them
to do your work"
"Oh. most of the women are EN-
pIoyed for show They attract Gus
toners. but tlrey do little work. Go
around zone of these places late at
Right. and If yon don't find China
man loading II wagon with cloth ready
cut for the sewers ;Ma not in the bust
ness.
Then" said the gentleman. You
are simply II commission man. pay
you 40 much to have my clothes made
by Chinese. think will save the
commission hereafter"
There was more truth then poetry in
the statement which the clothier made
to his customer The Chinese clothier
is tlourislling apace. Chinese t"ilors
who make garments for American Gus
toluers exclusively have opened three
shops on Clay street, two OH CONNER
cial. one on. Pacific, three on Dupont
and five Oh Stockton, and contract
was given recently for the erection OF a
large factory in which Cllinaman is
to employ Chinese to manufacture
clothing. a few years ago lie WAS max.
ing clothes for white tailor for less
than they could be made by Il white
man or woman. In few months lie
will BE- selling clothes fer less than a
white ina. can sell them.-San Fran
cisco Call.
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,Inva,,a,s Streets.

A newspaper writer who has been
doing Havana dwells at some length on
her streets He reports that the side
walks are usually about one foot
wide You balance Yourself OH the
curbseone. he adds. "and walk along
as though walking on Il pole fence.
About every second person you meet is
Il colored woman with a big laundry
basket on her head At first it is Il lit.
tie awkward, hnt before you have been
there long yon get so that you can pass
the laundry wolfram without knocking
the b:,s!se. oil her head. and. If you
stay there long enough. yon could get
Il JOB in most any circus as ropewalker.
OH the principal streets the sidewalks
are i. little better but 2 / feet is con-
Si,!ered IL very wide sidewalk.
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tist of1,,.,x rhiurs To DO.

1t IS considered lucky to accept the
first bid offered for All article in the
morning. or to spit upon the first coin
received. or for an unmarried person
IL be seated inadvertently between a
married couple at the dinner table. ;rs
lie or she will find a partner within
the year A black snail tossed 10y tile
i.orns over he left shoulder will bring
good luck. ny will an egg upon which
Tie SELL IS not formed if tossed over
tie barn
To carry a crust of bread or a bent
cold. or a coin with Il ho!e in ii in the
pocket is considered lucky. or to find a
horseshoe or four leaved clover. 1t
will bring luck TO throw into the fire
Tie first tooth extracted from II child.
or to see rhe moon over the right
shoulder. or to place Il knife near n
Sleeping child. Philadelphia Ledger.
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Want OF Money.

One Of tie greatest Iniseries is want
of money. 1t is wretched to have to
confront a just and Oft repeated de-
maud. and TO be without the means to
satisfy it; to deceive the confidence
that has been placed in yoa; to forfeit
your credit; to be placed at the power
Of another; to be indebted to his
lenity; to stand convicted of having
played the knave or the fool, and to
have no way left to escape contempt
but by mourning pity The suddenly
meeting creditor, on turning Il corner
Of the street. whom you have been
trying to avoid for months and had
persuaded you We're several hundred
lliles off. skaters the nerves. New
York Ledger
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How stnrfish arc Killed.

1t has been stated that the oysters
deadly enemy. the starfish, has been
most successfully subdued in the Long
Island beds by putting down within its
reach an instrument very much like a
long handled house mop. As soon as
touched by it the starfish invariably
grasps the strands, and can be cap
tured and destroyed by the thousand.
for it will not let go until it has been
held out of water long enough to So
cure the ilnpossibility of its return. =
Joel Benton in Drake's Magazine.
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WHICH ONE YVES KEe,3,

There were two little kittens. u BLACK and
gray.
And grant,mamn:a SAID. with frown;
1T never will Ito To kerp lhen bath.
The black one we'd better drown
.i,nn't cry. my dear" III tiny Hess
-.Une KITTENS ent,rigl, To keep:
Nav run TO pUrse. fur lis growing late
And time you were fast asleep
The morrow tluwnr;l. and rosy and sweet
Camrliitlc less from her nap;
The nurs, sud. "tio into mammals room
And luuk III g:andma's lap.
.t:o,mc hrru." said sran.!mamm's. with
sinilc.
From the rocking chair where she vat:
-Go.l has sent yon two Little sisters.
Now what do you think of that2"
Tess lonkrt. nj the babies II snnmcnt.
With their w.t.. hc.i,ls yellow AMI brown.
And then 10 cra:d:i,aniMu >uheriy said,
(which one arr you going 10 drown!
New York Fashion Razar.
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Libraries for Farming Communities.


do not know who secured the Ii
to establish township libraries in In
diana, but may every blessing rest on
7hini, for lie did wonderful work, and
the man or committee who selected the
books had a genius for the task which
rose to an inspiration. How many
rainy days how many long winter
evenings, how many noon hours did |
spend i'll porting over the Abbott his
tories, the narratives of travel, and
those hooks in which scientific princi
plies were popnlarly explained
The recolections of tile vast benefit
and pleasure derived from that little
library-a mere handful of books-to
which trudged long distance through
rain and SNOW to get an occasional GOV
eted Volume leaves the firm conviction
in my uiind that the beneyolence and
wisdom Of man cannot devise Il more
beneficent inStrumcntality than some
general scheme whereby instructive and
entertaining books may be made read
ly accessible TO the youth Of the rural
portions Of our country.-John w
Book walter in Forum
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a Man Who Abhors womnnlslnd.


On cross street running south from
the Base Line road, q short distance be-
yond W. S. Ladd's farm, is a house
which is not 'rrappist inonastry. but
of which. nevertheless. it is said no
woman has ever been allowed to set
foot. The proprietor is Il stout, solid
looking man, probably about forty
years of age, WHO lives alone. The
house is a neat structure. quite fanci-
fully painted, and everything around
it in good order. but it has lonely,
deserted look wtllal
1t is not known What this occupants
grudge against womankind is, but it is
evidently deep seated one. us it is re-
ported that the property has been
willed to man on the condition that
he never allows a woman to come on
the place. and in case lie does it is to
escheat to the state. The neishbors
look askance at the place as they go By
xnd whisper with bated breath. THAT
is tlle house in which Il woman has
xever set foot" it is safe to bet that
Notwithstanding the will it will not be
long after the present owner has VA
Gated the premises till woinen folks are
ruling the roost there. Portland Ore
CONAN.
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FOR DYSPEPSIA.
Ayers Sarsaparilla

Is an effective remedy, as numerous testimo-
malls conclusively prove. 2" For two years
I was constant sufferer from dyspepsia
and liver complaint. I doctored long
time and the medicines prescribed. In nearly
every case, only aggravated the disease.
An apothecary advised me to use Ayers
Sarsaparlla. I did so, and was cured
at a cost of IS. Since that time 1t has
been my family medicine, and sickness has
become stranger to our household. l
believe 1t to be the best medicine on earth"
p. +. McNulty, Hackman, % Summer ST.,
Inwall Mass.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-10-10

The man or woman who willingly
robs himself of sleep for very long pc
Rod continuously wastes what is more
precious than gold. He will not go far
wrong WHO sandwiches eight hours of
it between each day, and if lie loses a
little now and then to try and make it
mp at some other time. Herald of
Henlth.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-10-10

When iron or steel is used in con-
strueting a ship the metal causes serious
arrangement of tue compasses Oh
board. Let the iron or steel be united
with little manganese and it's mag
uetic influence will be reduced to al
most nothing, although the metal las
gained strength rather than lost it.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-10-10

Speaking with Spanish lady about
eating grapes, she exclaimed: Why, |
never swallow grape seedsl ] should as
sQ2n think OF swallowing SO much slot.
In Spain no one swallows the seeds OF
crapes.n
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General Maury is the third distin-
gusLed Confederate officer 70 have
desk in the war records Office in Wash
ington. The other two are General
Marcus Wright and General George
Held
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~ stops for passengers on signal tcconductor
~ daily, except Sunday.
II. w. Dunno, Sup't
Cape Charles City, Va.
r. j. Cooke, Gen'l Freight and Pas
senger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
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SUMMER SCHEDULE. epe
OF THE 1865
Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
OF BALTIMORE,

OF BALTIMORE,
Until further notice. Will run their steamers as
follows, weather permitting,) leaving South st.
Wharf at 6 90 o'clock p. m.
Steamer EASTERN SHORE.
CAPT. g. II. RAYNOR
SUNDAYS and NLpNESDAYS FIR Cris6eld. HnfT-
mana. Evans Bcrcs Nandua, Concord, d.
Wis, Reads, Miles,, Shields aud Rue,s. RE-
.;.TuRN1NG-lenvs Euc'S Tuesdays ana Fridays
n. $50 n. NJ, Shclds' Q, Miles ?.l5, PAWS 10,
EenGs 1920, Concord j. Nandua 1890, DoGSs
2.55, Evans 3, HofIman's 3.l5
Steamer TARGIER,
GAIT. ". ". MATHEWS.
Mondays and thursdays for Fords, Crl.ncld,
Finney;s, OnancOck, ChescnnnosseX. Hunting
Greek, GuiIfcrd and NessonCo. RtTURNlNG-
I leaves Messongo on Wednesdays and Sntur-
days at G a. M, Gulfcrd =, Hunting Crock 100.
ChesconDcsseX l1.3C, Cnancock 2.30 p.nl., Fin.
ney's 3.Sn, Ford's 7.30.
Steamer p0CnM0KE.
CAPT. HEwAED
Tuesday and Friday for frsiield ,Tansler1siand,
FiDDey's, OnHTcock, Fits Wharf Cedar Hall,
Re hobnh. lcc moBe City and snow Hill. RE
TCRNING-MondayS and Thursday leaves
., Cedar Hall $50, it's wharf 10, Onancock
$50 u. M, FinDeys3 8, Tangier Islands.
~sAil Steamers leave crtsfeld fol BaIti
RSy more. on arrival of last down train.
Freight ana passengers received or all points
or lie \. T., Phiia. and Norfolk, Tcomico ard
Poccmoke r. r. daily, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia. Railroads on Tuesdays and Fridays
only.
Positively DO freight received after 6 80 p, IN.
and must be prepaid to all points, except
Oh the n. Y. Phila. and Norfolk Railroad.
P. R. CLARK, General Agent,
I05 South street. Baltimore
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Messrs. Crockett & Winder:
Gentlemen:-Having used your Mix
ture A OH sweet potatoes last year, [
take pleasure in saying that it is an
excellent fertilizer, and believe
there is none better on the market.
l.. Floyd Mock:
Accomac c. H., Feb. 10Th, 1891.
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Messrs. Crockett & Winder

Messrs. Crockett & Winder:
Gentlemen:-I used some of your
mixture A last year on sweet potatoes
in very poor land and it give me per-
feet satisfaction, and think it is as
good fertilizer as any for sweet pota-
toes. l shall use it again this year.
Yours respectfully,
VIM ID. Tunnel.
0nley, February 4th, 1891.
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fill orders with anything you may want IN the
line Fertilizers
If you FISH it. and we know it pgaE
want we nave
If YOU want DISSOLVED BONE MURATE OF POTASH sULPHATE
OF SALT have them fact any Fertilizer you eeo
If YOU want something early call uand for sweet po
atoes gentleman Onancoc made them
A. without load OF any oth manure III
his patch and dug August sprouts filling barrel
promptly Gred-cheap for cash.
Office Cor King Crockett foot
King ST. CROCKETT ~ ona an.Nl ",
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Messrs. Crockett & Winder:
Sirs:-I used your mixture A NO. /
last year on my sweet potato crop:
Will say I made more potatoes and
sold them for more money than l
ever did before. I shall surely use 1T
again this year.
GAINESVILLE, February 9Th, 1891.
Messrs. Crockett & Winder:
Gentlemen:-I used your mixture
A, last season by the side OF other
No. fertilizers. The mixture "A was
decidedly the best of all. Will use 1t
again this season.
Very respectfully,
R. W. Ames
February Cd, 1891.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
THE REFUND on HAT TRIMMINGS.

Chicago. Sept 25.-Percy L. shuman, one of the
attorneys in tho Importers Legal Bureau that fought
the hat-trimmings TO successful issue, called
at the Custom House yesterday to arrange scme
matters connected with the same affair. Mr.. Shuman
said that instead Of the Treasury Department having
TO pay Ss.OOO.OOO TO the hat importers account
Of excessive duties, the amount in his best judgment
would reach nearer $2O,OOO,OOO. Secretary Foster
was offered compromise by the importers for $4,000
OOO" said Mr.. Shuman, but he declined TO give us
ANYTHING, believing would be beaten In the Su-
preme Court but when the supreme Court went
against him he had to give up. believe the im-
porters will get back about s2O,OO0,0O0. 1t may be
more or less but that is my best judgment regarding
the matter The hat trimmings imported were as
sessed at from 30 to 60 per cent. There are 1,5OO
cases I'm New-York that will have to be settled on
this basis but there importers here that VIII
get any OF the drawback"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
A LARGE WHEAT CROP IN PRUSSIA:
THE OUTLOOK FOR SUGAR BHETs IN EUROPE
TILE nISTREss In RUSSIA.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SUGAR BEETs IN EUROPE
THE DISTRESS IN RUSSIA.
Berlin, Sept. 26.-The North German Gazette 10
day publishes the Official result Of the inquiries made
In regard to the wheat crop OF Prussia. According to
this report, the crop amounts 10 19,4o9000 double
quntals against II, ,623. 900 in 1890 The summer
and winter wheat crops together will yield 100000
double quintals the same crops of 1890.
London, Sept. 25.-The sugar-beet roots throughout
Europe doing fairly. The weight per acre in Ger
many will, II Is believed be only from 10 10 10 per
Short but this be Offset by the increased area
and the slightly better quality of the roots The
roots in Austria not large. The prospects for
material increase in the roots in France rather
small but the yield will be OF decidedly superior
quality, and there will be large increase in the pro
duction
The Telegraph's" st. Petersburg correspondent
says The distress among the peasants is increasing;
potatoes falling In many districts, and
insect, known the sooka, destructive TO
than tho Hessian fly, has appeared. The whole pOpu-
laton OF villages in Astraan dying of storva-
tiOn The doctors prescribe instead OF medicine.
There stories aoat Of parents eating their children
in Mini NOvgorOd. The authorities in many places
levying tax on laborers, wherever they obtain
work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
RIG TIN NPLAIE MILLS PROTECTED.
WHAT is BEING DONE IN THE NEW INDUSTRY
AROUND PITTsBURG.

WHAT is BEING DONE IN THE NEW INDUSTRY
AROUND PITTsBURG.
Pittsburg Sept. o5 (special-Two big plate
mills not heretofore mentioned are TO be bnt IN thls
county plant that will be turned 10 use In the new
industry Is the cd Graft Bennett & Co., established
at MIvaIe IL win lave capacity far cN1ccdhs
any other tlnpate mill IN operation or that is
in contemplation In this country The largest MIL
now engaged in the production Of Tin or terc plates
in This country is the IaMfman mill, at Apollo which
has n capacity now OF nearly 500 boxes per day
The new plant at Mvale will exceed that output
cor eideraby. When there began the movement among
the propretors Of sheet mills throughout the country
70 transform their works into plants for the produc-
tion OF Tin plates the Pittsburg capitalists connecie1
with the management Of the Millvae mill also took
the matter under advisement Another fin plate plant
is 10 be located I'm Allegheny City, and will gve en-
plovment 10 about fifty men. The ground where the
great tn-plae industry has been discussed during re
cent campaigns will be the site OF 5be works. Tho
old Ninth Ward Wigwam, building Of large dimen-
sions is where the tin plate works will be erected
The capital stock of the new company is 100000.
The principal stockholders Councilman Charles
Hartman, william Hartman, W. W. Davis, Benjamin
Weaver and Mr.. Patterson. lawyer Cd this city
John Jenkins, Of Wales, will be the manager.
tn-pIate plant has been butt at No. 80 Water
st. Pittsburg, by Smith & Noegltlcy. II come
prses two stacks and the firm will make terne pilates
Tor roofing purposes. This plant will he ready
within Ten days and The capacity will be five tons
dav or forty boxes of plates. 2Ox2S. David Trevor
Lewis of Lewis Bros d Co., said to-day that he Knew
of nine mills projected in TIE neig6borhoH OF ms
city. People were beginning TO sec the money that Is
In he bIsinesS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
THE CANADIAN ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.

Ottawa, Sept 25 Special).-In the Senate to-day Mr..
Abbott moved the address to the Queen in regard TO the
removal OF the uosfavOed Nations" clause from the
treaties between England and Germany and England
and Belgium After explaining the meaning Of the
clauses, he made reference to Colonel Howard Vim
cent, who, he said presented plausible scheme for
improving trade with the mother country. Although
Protection under the of fair trade had made
some little progress In England, Mr. Abbott questioned
whether 1t had made lasting impression. He DID not
know whether or England would think II worth her
rbua N i,nrove her trade with $50 900 900 Of her
peopA at some sacrifice OF her principle. lie did not
think II probable. The theory Itself was attractive
Regarding the address, he said he thought Canads
should have II in her power, occurrence should make
to her advantage 10 direct her trade In such way
as would he advantageous to her After a long as
cusson, the address was adopted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
MAY END THE SEARLES WILL CONTEST.
NEGOTIATIONS LOOKING TO 4 COMPROMISE SAID
TO HAVE BEEN REoPENED.

NEGOTIATIONS LOOKING TO 4 COMPROMISE SAID
TO HAVE BEEN REoPENED.
Salem. Mass, Sept. 25 CSpecial).-It is stated
tonight by those in a position to know that the
hearings on the contested will Of Mary +. S. Seares
are not likely to be resumed on October IA or
any other day This means that negotiations
have been or will be reOpened looking TO a COM
promise The contestants understood to
realize that they have not found any legal flaws
in the business transactions for the papers
appear to have been drawn with great care.
At the same time they believe, and the
executors are said to realize. that the testimony
has gone long way TO create public senti-
ment that the marriage was money marriage
and that even if what the courts would construe
as undue influence not used, nevertheless there
was some attempt to keep the estate intact. 1t
is well known that the railroads with which the
estate was 80 largely concerned are anxious to
keep the property in the hands of one person.
Air. Hopkins kept it unbroken by giving the
whole to his wife, and she kept it intact after
her marriage to Searles by devising it to him.
lie, in turn had made will in her favor
The whole purpose of these contemporaneous
wills was TO keep the railroad stocks and bonds
off the market. Whatever the decision of the
Probate Judge might be the other side would
90 to the Supreme Court. An Essex County
jury is always an intelligent jury, but twelve
Essex County men might view the distribution
of such large property with less attention TO
its legal aspect than judge, and more TO the
equities Of the case. In other words. the ulti-
mate result can only be reached after intermin-
able litigation and is uncertain that both sides
feel uneasy. If the will should be broken the
railroad interest would 30 on the market. If the
will is not broken Timothy Hopkins loses every
thing For this reason compromise is probable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
PRINCE GEORGES LIBEL CASE.
SUING THE CORRESPONDENT WHO SENT OUT A
STORY OF HIS ARREST.


STORY OF HIS ARREST.
Montreal, Sept. 25-Afer having been postponed
from term to term during the last year. the tHsl OF
n. N. oBrfen, accused Of lbellng Prince George OF
Wales, begun this afternoon before Judge Cross
in the Court OF Queens Bench. The Court esRcd II
the case was taken in the form OF Hbelng a member
of the royal family To his counsel for the prosecl
ton replied that II simply taken by Prince George
as an ordinary citizen The Court then allowed the
case to proceed. Counsel for the prosecution ex-
planned that about one year ago Prince George OF
Wales, grandson Of the Queen. visited Montreal and
was entertained in manner BETTING his ratk and
place in society. story was telegTaphed from Mon
trea TO NewYOk papers stating that the Prince. after
reception in the Academy Of Music on the evening
OF September 8, started out with the lieutenant Of
II. VI. S. Thrush and prominent Montreal gentleman
TO engnge, the article put It, in debauch" They
were accosted by six nfans who demanded money, and
In short time the Prince ard his friends, 10 was
reported got into fight with their assailants and
knocked them down. The Prince and his friends, 10
was said were then arrested At the police station
they attempted to explain matters but without success
until Chief Hughes arrived and liberated them The
counsel said they would show that this dispatch was
sent by r. n. OBrien.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
rorR surGG1ED cHIyAMEy CAPTURED.

Watert0wn, y. y, sept 25.-Four Chinamen' Lem
sing. La Sing All Chew and Ne Now, were captured In
mis- citv at 40 this morning after chase Of twenty
Ave miles across the country fem Cape Vincent, by
INSPECTOR Hiram Smoke, they having violated the EN-
clusion law In attempting to escape, the white men
engaged in these smuggling operations lost control OF
their horses which ran away and were caught by police
and confscated. Both white men escaped Richard
Connell. a nvcryman Of Cape vincent VINO Is one oi
,he ,niItv men. was subsequently arrested. All are
in TAIL They will lie talen before Commissioner Neary
~ Gouverpenr All Chew Is a Canadian crE The
other viii be returned q China All the CeleStlals
had tickets 10 New-Nork.