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Good Prospect for Finding the Pole

Good Prospect for Finding the Pole.
High authorities on the subject of
arctic exploration think that no adven-
turers of other years ever had so good
chance of reaching the north pole as
that which lies before the expeditions
now beyond communications with the
civilized world. Old whalers return
ing from the arctic regions agree that
the ice is wonderfully broken, and they
report open water far above the usual
limit of summer navigation. The last
news from Nansen's expedition was to
the effect that it was meeting far easier
conditions than had been expected, ,and
that the explorers would probably
winter welt beyond any point they had
hoped to reach this fail. Unless the
coming winter shall cause a sudden
and extreme change in the conditions
existing during the past summer, 1t
may be possible to sail boats almost to
the pole next July or August. OF
course Lieutenant Peary's American
expedition, which is essentially for
land and ice travel, will not be so fa-
vored as Nansen's by remarkably open
water in the polar region, but it is like
ly, nevertheless, to make splendid
record. Altogether the prospect is ex-
cellent for decided gain over the limit
of northward progress established by
LOCKWOOD and Brainerd, ofthe Greeley
expedition, or even the eighty-four de-
grees said to have been reached by one
of the whalers which worked north
from Bering Sea into the Arctic Ocean
last year and found there the past sum-
mer the same wonderfully open waters
reported from the vicinity of Spitzber-
gen. If the riddle 80 often attempted
is not to be solved soon it will be diff
ficult to guess when the daring seekers
for the north pole can find the object
Of their search.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

A sPEcK of gold, weighing the
millionth part Of a grain, may be
easily seen by the naked eye.
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1894.
Harper's Magazine.
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character that has made it the favorte illustrated
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terprises undertaken by the publishers. there will
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Ingersoll An Agn ostic, Not An Infldel.

Ingersoll An Agn ostic Not An Infldel.
Every time Bob Ingersoll makes an
address there is discussion as to his
infidelity and many people have ex-
pressed the opinion that a man who
could utter such beautiful thoughts in
the hour when death enters the home
could not be an infidel. Ingersoll in
Boston gives his position on his religi-
Gus belief and therein tacitly admits
that he Is an agnostic, and between
agnosticism and infidelity there is a
broad line. His statement was as fol-
lows: ~ have never said that perhaps
before l die will say In public that I
believe in immortality. l have moth
ing to conceal on that question. I have
always been perfectly frank and have
given the transcsipt of my heart and
brain. I do not say that death ends
all, neither do say that man is i'm
mortal, say that do not know. To
know is one thing, to believe is another,
and to hope is still another. 1 hope
for all good, for all joy, for the children
of men. All / can say about immor-
tality is this: There was time when
was not, after that I was, now ] am,
ard 1t may be that 1t is no more won
derful that shall continue forever,
now that ! have start, than it was
that I should begin. We love, and
those we love die, and we cling to the
hope, to the wish, that we may meet
again. Love was the first to dream of
immortality. and as long as we love,
we shall hope"
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population; Of this number 10000 are
negroes.
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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-11-04
The Bachelor Girl.

a friend of mine (male), who is fussy,
unreasonable and likes to argue, said to
me the other day: 81 wish you wouldn't
call yourself bachelor girl I don't
like it. It sounds too masculine. What
is a bachelor girl anyway"
ga fine institution, I replied, "a prod
uct Of the times. deny that she is mas
culine. More self reliant than the aver
age woman and less dependent than most
men, she is still feminine and never for
gets the fact. She is always well dressed
and well informed. Above all she is in
dependent and fearless. Good nature
always attends her, and she is not
ashamed of hearty laugh. She can
appreciate good joke, good horse or
good picture. She will smoke q cigar
cite before going to church on Sunday
morning and criticise the sermon at din
ner table with the keen logic of doctor
of metaphysics. She understands her
own temperament and pays enough at
tention to the laws of health to keep
herself robust aud wholesome. The
bachelor girl Is not man hater-no
woman is--but she prefers companion
ship to fattery." My friend was over
whelmed at this burst of eloquence.
II greet you," he said as he lifted his
hat and passed on.-Miss Knickerbocker
In New York Recorder.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-11-04
Rainmaking.

The citizens of Wa Keeney, Kan, re-
Gently employed a rainmaker named
Boyd to produce rain, but after he got
his pay he failed to deliver the goods.
An old colored man of the town COM
mented thus on the incident: II low dis
heah country amt nevah goin to get no
mo- rain. De good Lawd in his justif-
catin didn't see no use oh fall Of the
heavenly waters, and you all done sent
for Mr.. Boyd. Den de Lawd said, if yo'r
gwine to put y'r trust in Mistah Boyd,
den trus' Mistah Boyd. Den the Lawd
pulled out. Den Mistah Boyd pestifer-
Gated wifi der elements spell, and he
pulled out. Wifi de Lawd pulled out an
Mistah Boyd pulled out, how you gwine
to 'spect any rainf"-New York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-11-04
A Hunt For Parish Stones.

A party Of serious and resolute men
might have been seen yesterday from 9
in the morning until in the afternoon,
in the neighborhood Of Finchley, now
following the highroad, now leaving the
beaten track for the open fields, and
anon clambering over hedges and bitches,
brick walls and wooden fences.
The leader was not blindfolded, nor
did he nervously clutch the hand of the
man nearest him-facts which dispelled
ct once the idea that they were thought
readers In search Of missing treasure or
criminals. They were engaged on amer
rand Of immense local Importance, and
not until they had hunted out every one
of the stones by which the limits of the
parish are marked would they return to
their homes and families.
In all, some 10 miles were traversed.
with the satisfactory result that any Diff
fculty that may have arisen hitherto
with regard to the latitude and longi-
tude of any particular property has been
removed. At Hampstead'the "beaters,"
as they are called, celebrated the occa-
sion by dining together It is IA years
since this ceremony was last carried out
at Finchley.-1ondon Telegraph.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-11-04
kept on hand at lowest prices.

The above is only what many
others would say if as crank" as
above writer. All other goods in my
line will be found snaps" also. |
want-your trade, and am sure to hold
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No Bonnet. In the Paris opera House.


It will seem strange to the American
woman, with her Declaration of Inde-
pendence traditions, to hear that the di.
rector of the French opera has assumed
the authority to make hard and fast
rule with respect to ladies' bonnets. Even
small bonnets are forbidden altogether
for the occupants of the pit stalls on
Saturday, that being the only night when
ladies are admitted to this part OF the
house. Formerly the stalls at the French
theater were invariably reserved for men
only, but one after another their rules
have relaxed, until the only one where It
is retained absolutely is the Theater
Franchise. Ever since the question Of
bonnets has been constantly mooted, but
hitherto without any actual result, It be-
ing SO much against the habit for ladies
toappear in evening dress in such places
that no one under the rank Of oh opera
director could have yentured on their
adopting it.-Paris Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-11-04
round q ransom pleads the other until
earth and heaven and hell remble I'M
der the reyerberation. And Moses, who
commands the one, surrenders to Christ,
xubo oo,o,no,,de +ba ofbar

:
earth and heaven and hell tremble I'M
der the reyerberation. And Moses, who
commands the one, surrenders to Christ,
who commands the other.
Once by the law our hopes were slain.
But now IN Christ we live again.
Aristotle says that Mount Etna erupt-
ed one day and poured torrents Of scoria
upon the villages at the base, but that
the mountain divided It's flame and made
lane of safety for all those who came
to rescue their aged parents. And this
volcanic Sinai divides its fury for all
those whom Christ has come to rescue
from the red ruin on both sides. Stand
ing as l do today, half way between the
two mountains-the mountain of the
Exodus and the mountain of the nine
teenth Of John-all my terror comes In
to supernatural calm, for the uproar Of
the one mountain subsidies into quiet
and comes down into SO deep silence
that can hear the other mountain
speak-ay, can hear it whisper, 1.-THE
blood, the blood, the blood that cleanseth
from all SIM"
The survey expedition says that the
6inaitic mountains have wadys water
courses-Alleyat and Ajelah-emptying
into Feiran. But those streams are not
navigable. No boat put into those rocky
streams could sail. But I have to tell
you this day that the boat of gospel res
cue comes right up amid the water
courses of Sinaitic gloom and threat
ready to take us off from under the shad-
ows into the calm sunlight of Gods par
don and into the land of peace.
Oh, if you could see that boat of Cos
pei rescue coming this day, you would
feel as John Gilmore in his book, 1.-THE
Storm Warriors" says that ships crew
felt on the Kentish Knock sands, off the
coast of England, when they were being
beaten to pieces, and they all felt they
must die. They had given up all hope,
and every moment washed of. another
plank from the wreck, and they said,
"We must die; we must die!" But after
awhile they saw Ramsgate lifeboat
coming through the breakers for them,
and the man standing highest upon the
wreck said: "Can it be? Can it be? Its,
it is, it is, it is! Thank Godl It is the
Ramsgate lifeboatl II is, it is. tits, it ISL
And the old Jack Tar, describing that
lifeboat to his comrades after he got
ashore, said, "Oh, my lads, what beau
ty it did seem coming through the break
ers that awful dayp May God, through
the mercy in Jesus Christ, take us all
off the miserable wreck of our sin into
the beautiful lifeboat Of the gospel
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

Since the dissolution of the firm of Perry Co., of which
was member take pleasure in informing friends and
patrons, that have opened an entire new stock of
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BOOTS and SHOES

made the latest prices beyond competition
Ladies fine custom work So $95 and $3.50 would call
special attention to- Gents and &c. and every
line of Rubber Goods wanted. Yours truly
IL. W. CALLAHAN Pocomoke City, Md.
Next door to I A1errilrs.
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less that taketh his name in vain"-
is not the third commandment sim
portant as the other severn Oh, yes, we
find in all departments men are hurting
their indignation against sins perhaps to
which they are not especially tempted
hurling it against iniquity toward which
they are not particularly drawn.
TRIED BY TEE DEcALoGUE.
] have this book for my authority
when say that the man who swears or
the man who breaks the Sabbath is as
culpable before God as those candidates
who break other commandments. What
right have you and l to select which
commandment we will keep and which
we will break? Better not try to meas
ure the thunderbolts of the Almighty,
saying this has less blaze, this has less
momentum. Better not handle the guns,
better not experiment much with the di-
vine ammunition.
Cicero said he saw the "Iliad" written
on nutshell, and you and I have seen
the Lords Prayer written on cent
piece, but the whole tendency of these
times is to write the Ten Commandments
so small nobody can see them. protest
this day against the attempt to revise
the Decaloguewhich was given on Mount
Sinai amid the blast of trurnpets, and
the cracking of the rocks, and the par
oxysm of the mountain of Arabia Petr@a.
I bring up the candidates for ward
and township and city and state Office.
I bring them up, and I try them by this
decalogue. Of course they are imper-.
feet. We are all imperfect. We say
things we ought not to say; we do things
we ought not to do. We have all been
wrong; we have all done wrong. But l
shall find out one of the candidates who
comes, in my estimation, nearest to ODE
dience Of the Ten Commandments. and l
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-11-04

TIE GOSPEL IN POLITICS.
But I shall not leave you under the
encouragement of the Ten Command
ments, because we have all offended.
There is another mountain in sight, and
while one mountain thunders the other
answers in thunder, and while Mount
Sinai, with lightning, writes doom the
other mountain, with lightning, writes
mercy. The only way You will ever
spike the guns of the Decalogue is by the
spikes of the cross. The only rock that
will ever stop the Sinaitic upheavals is
the Rock of Ages. Mount Calvary is
higher than Mount Sinai.
The English survey expedition, | know,
say that one Sinaitic peak is 1000 feet
high and another 5000 and another 5000
feet high, and travellers tell as that
Mount Calvary is only bluff outside of
the wall of Jerusalem. But Calvary in
moral significance overtops and over
shadows all the mountains Of the hemi-
spheres, and Mount Washington and
Mont Blanc and the Himalayas are hill
locks compared with it. You know that
sometimes one fortress will silence an
other fortress.
Moultrie silenced Sumter, and against
the mountain of the law I put the
mountain Of the cross. ''The soul that
sinneth, it shall die, J" booms one until the
earth jars under the cannonade. "Save
them from going down to the pit, have
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-09
How to Dry Wet Shoes.

When, without ovcrshoes, you have
been caught in heavy rain-storm, per-
haps you have known already what to do
with your best kid boots. which have been
thoroughly wet through, and which, if left
to dry in the ordinary way will be stiff,
brittle and unlovely2 If not, you will be
glad to learn what heard oddly recently,
from one whose experience is of value.
First wipe off gently with soft cloth
all surface water and mud; then, while
still wet rub well with kcrosene-oil using
Tor the purpose the furred side of Canton
flannel. Set them aside till partially dry,
when a second treatment with oil is advis-
able. They may then be deposited in a
conveniently warm place, where they will
dry gradually and thoroughly. Before APP
plying French Undressing, give them a
final rubbing with the flannel, still slight
~ dampened with kerosene, and your
boots will be soft and flexible as Lew kid,
and very little affected by their bath in the
rain .-iKWbeY'S Ba5U.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-09
The Farmer and Good Roads.

The ,aleabe value of farm lands is
greatly enhanced by the facility with
which the mill, store and factory privileges
are made available. Manufactures are
established in localities where communi-
cation is readily had with the farm and
MARKET and any factory established in a
farming locality furnishes an additional
market for farm produce, and market
that is constant in its demands and sure
in its receipts
Thus the farmer is the one directl in
terested, fol ii means to him econo nical
transportation in competition, a market
where prices are best, the introduction OF
factories and increased value of farm lands.
Besides this it means better attendance
at school, more benefit from the town Ii
braries and lectures, and with greater dit
fusion of knowledge less desire to leave
the farm for privileges and information
that VIII be more available at home,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-09
- - - -

Eggs come from the muscular and bony
parts of the hen. not from fat Fat is 4
hindrance to egg building, yet the great
majority will keep their mems from now
till May on corn, whole OF ground, simply
because of the convenience in handling.
There's no business in the world so abus-
ed as this egg industry. and yet the hens
keep right on doing their duty and return
ina a profit.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-09
THE EMBLEM OF MERCY,

Red Cross Lniment is enblematlcal of
the society whose name it bears. 1t goes
into all parts of the world, alternating SUI
fering and ministering TO the distressed
The cross is most suggestive for it is sym
bolical of that ardor and zeal which should
ac4,,nte all uhn are ennaned in the nnhle
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-09
GARDEN and
HOUSEHOLD.
Soiling Crops.

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