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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
DRIVING BACK THE OCEAN.
The Gigantic Work of Reclairntng Sur
merged Land In I<olland-

The Gigantic Work Of Reclairning Sub
merged Land In holland
The people Of Holland have under
taken 0 gigantic work by means OF
which they expect to recover the larger
part Of the territory now covered By the
Zuyder Zee, tho inland sea Of the conn
Try, and turn 1t again into fertile
farming region 1t Is now just five cen
turies since the inundation Of that part
of the Netherlands nov covered by the
Zuyder Zee was completed, the encroach-
ments Of tho sea having been going on
for 995 years, previous to which time
the territory was covered with forests
By the most stupcndous exertions
about $50 square miles Of country have
already been recovered by an elaborate
dixie system. which has gradually re-
claimed section after section that was
lost, but the new scheme transcends the
previous work il extent and importance.
The towns Of the region, which had be-
come Of considerable Importance as sea-
ports through the bringing q the Wa
tors Of the ocean 20 their doors, have lost
considerable Of that Importance through
the difficulties Of navigation and the
transfer of tho trade to the North Hol
land canal and the Y ship canal, which
connects the metropolis with tho ocean.
On this account the remnants of COM
merce ore not worth as much to the
towns ns the country would be after it
is reclaimed, and therefore there Is gen
eral acquiesence In the plan to drive the
ocean out
On account Of the great cost it will
DO distributed over q period Of 80 years.
50 Gs to make it less oppressive and 20
make the benefits gradually bear their
share Of the expense A colossal sea wall
is first to be built from North Holland
to Friesland. shutting ont the tides Of
the ocean. This wall will be e18 feet
wide at the base, and the top will be II
feet above the sea level, while along the
inner side and at some distance below.
the top will be track wide enough for
wagon road and railway.
After the sea is barred out the inclosed
space to be reclaimed will inclose with
In separate entertainments four areas con-
tanning In the aggregate 200 square
miles One Of these areas will be first
drained by pumping the water over the
emhankment, the water finding its way
to the sea through the main channel,
and as the sballowor portions became OK
posed they will be successiyely brought
Qnder cultivation It is calculated that
within ten years $4,000 acres can be
made annually available and in the end
the inland sea will bo reduced to chan
pal about Is miles wide called tho
Ysselmeer, communicating with tbs,
sea by locks at Wieringen, with Amstee-
dam by q branch three miles wide
and by another with the mouth Of che
Yssel The plan has received the sane
tion Of the government, and the enei-
ueers pronounce it Observation-Disclosures
Journal
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
Best peck Of wheat

Best single pillow 81 %.
ruifiyator 90.
cart, list prem. So 90, 2nd %
g wagon, 1st prem. 8 90, 2nd ~
- oak rake s. garden rake, each 81
DIVISION D.-L
L. Dix Warren and w. A.
Best collection of cut flowers 5 -
any design l 90
{" specimen plant of citronalis 80
Z" oleander 50
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17

oPREMIUMs AND REGULATORS
Of the ElCHTEEMTE ANNUAL FAIR Of the
EASTERN Shore AGRl Gull / ORAL ASSOGlA TON
Under the Auspices of the Patrons OF Husbandry at their
Fair Grounds, Near Keller. Accomac Co.. va.
Commencing Tuesday, August q. 1895. and Continuing Days.
Rates of Admission.
S1ng Adn9 19 "a yrs IS CENTS Carriage
Grand Stand-Adults. children Is cents.
Quarter stretch IS cents
CLIST OF PREMIUMS0
DIVISION A-Horse Department.
Henry Upshur Starter F. Ames and
FIRST DAY-Tuesday, August 9th, 1895
BestSp fly-1st prem
Fastest YEAR old colt FLY trottng best in half mile
heats-1st premium $l5 End $40 Srd' So son
Trottng in harness best mile heasst premium
$50 Snd, $685. Srd, SIS, 4th $40
SECOND DAY-Wednesday, August 9sth, 1925 :,
fly1st premium SlO md go at H.
PacngY1st prem. $40 end $50, 3rd, $2 18th, So 49, 80 ~
Free for All Eastern Sho- premium $50 End $ 3 Sl5 4h $40
THIRD DAY-Thurday. August 29th 1879; -,
Fastest YEAR old fly harness best in mile heats
~ LIST End, $25, 3d SIS, 4th, $40
Colts with dbet eligible.
$50, end, S25 5rd Slo 4tl .o
ecordlst premium S
~ 49, 3rd, 50, 4th So
Race, for ALL no RESTRICTIONS oo "eiai
' FOURTH DAY-Frday, August 50th, 1885
all word $l0 5rC 4tl S2O
prem. $50 end $780, Sr So 4tl SlV r.. az
Eastern restricted TO men gear
All racing to be onon five o'clock p H.
Sneed entries the August II O'Clock p
DIVISION B-Catte Sheep, Swine
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a wonderru, New Lignsnoase, burner

a wonderful New Lignsnoase Burner.
The Irish Royal society las recently
hoen experimenting with new burner
desiened especially for use on light
honss lamps, which has twice the
Illuminating linn power Of any burner now
- naa Il is calculated THAI this burner,
- - o IN with specially devised
s ~ Of lenses, can be made 70 trans
nit q, light equal TO soon1 o,ooo'ooo'
candle ~, power, which far exceeds any
lamp now In use
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-11

courtyard. Long before midsummer
came they had seen more of life than
they and all the other violets along the
Rye road could ever have dreamed of,
giving violets imaginations equal even
to their fragrance.
They saw Blind Flaherty, the beggar
man, beat his lame boy over by the sink
until the police came in, and after them
an ambulance. One awful afternoon
they saw the wife of Micky Donovan,
the prizefighter, jump from the fifth
story window of her room and fall on
the pavement In a sprawiing heap
white black and red--and she did not
even moan when she was picked up.
They also saw Paddy MoKeever, him
that drives the bakers cart, meet Sally
just outside the gate in the shadow the
night before they ran away and were
married. They liked this, and they alsC
liked the hand organ man who some
times played in the street outside the
court while the children danced TO iti
strains These tkings reminded them o.
the country road, and they were bettel
for seeinR-and hearing them. u Is :
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-11
AN EASTER FLOWER.
BY BENJAMIN NoRTHRUP.

copyright, 1905, by American Press Associs.
tion.l
Just out of the city there is long
winding road which takes you over the
low hills to the sands ON the beach.
A bracSish stream of tide water crosses
the road which is spanned by stone
bridge No one now living was born
when this bridge was built. 1t is crack
ed with age, stained and moss covered,
and in the crevices grass, flowers and
tiny shrubs grow. On some Of the stones
a wandering missionary has painted
signs praising God and calling upon the
wicked to repent before it is too late.
Over the widest crevice this is painted:
Blessed are the pure in heart, for
they shall see God. "
Under this in little grotto some blue
violets had grown, snugly sheltered
from the sun and storm.
1t was late in May or early in June
when she came over the cracked stone
bridge ON her way to the beach. She
had never been in the country before
She had been in the park once, but that
was when she was very small child,
and she had forgotten almost how it
looked.
Under the shades of the old bridge
the children Of the Fresh Air fund stop
ped for lunsheon, and she and the other
little girls took off their shoes and stock
ings and padded in the creek, After the
sandwiches and apples, doughnuts and
cakes, she found the violets and dug
them out. She had never seen anything
SO beautiful before, They were prettier
than all the Easter flowers in the east
side shop windows, and they smelled
sweeter. Besides that, she herself had
found them, and they were her own.
All afternoon, while the other chill
dren played in the sands, she played
with her violets, picking the soft blacl
| earth from their roots to see how small
and pink they were, and opening ant
closing the half blown buds to see the
fresh blue hid under the green shells
If some older girl who knew all abou
the country and wild flowers, this being
her second summer in the Fund, if thi
experienced girl had not told her tina
violets cannot stand such prying treat
ment, they never would have lived t.
reach the town.
1t is not far from down Rye way a
the stone bridge to down Battery wa.
at the sea wall. Two hours. That is al
if you take fast train, and violets will
live long time when you bury theil
roots in moistened earth and let the bios
SONS alone Therefore, when she reach
ed her home in Battle Court, the flower
were as almost fresh and sweet as the
were in their grotto in the bridge.
A cracked stone pitcher became thei
new home. and on pleasant days the
stood outside on the kitchen window sill
and looked down on the stone aagge
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great mistake TO think That wild flowers
forget their country homes when they
are planted in town pots. If you do not
believe this, just take your spring flow
ers back to the brook meadows and see
how quickly they will revive at one
Whit of the fresh, soft air.
In stormy weather she took them in
side the room, and when the weather
grew cold they stood on shelf facing
the window beside the stove, where it
was always warm.
That is the way the violets lived from
early in May or late in June until the
winter had gone and Easter had almost
come.
Up town there is great church. II
is rich and beautiful. The sunlight that
streams through the stained windows is
purple, blue and golden, and sometimes
the figure of saint wondrously col
ored is cast across the chancel floor.
The little girl who picked the violets
used to go to this great church, and she
was welcomed here because it is great
church.
Good Friday, with its seven services,
had passed, and the Lenten trappings of
gloom were being taken away to make
place for the Easter flowers. There were
lilies, roses, orchids, violets, palms and
Towering shrubs. There were great
wreaths Of greens hung from the pulpit,
and the baptismal fount was all white
and pink. Rare and common, hothouse
and wild flowers were massed together,
They were all love offerings, and this Is
the reason that simple bunch Of blue
wild violets found place IN one corner
of the altar almost hidden by splendid
display of roses. Only one person saw
them, except the young women of the
Altar guild, who, laboring for love, ar.
range the flowers for Easter and other
feast days.
She sat in one Of the front pews, and
she was dressed in plain black, very
plain and common black, such as Other
washerwomen wear when their children
die. She saw the violets, and her one
wish was that the little girl who had
brought them to town from the old stone
bridge and had cared for them all yeai
for this very Easter altar were only
alive to see them too.
1t was great congregation befitting
great church and still greater feast
day. From the doors to the chancel raj
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west yet, but the blinds are closely
drawn. Up stairs in the dormitory there
are rows and rows of white beds, hung
with snowy curtains In the middle of
the room is table with slate on it.
If any one wants a collar or a handker-
chief, she writes upon the slate and
signs her number. In the morning the
article she asked for will be there, fold
ed upon her neat pile of clothing.
In few minutes the rustling behind
the white curtains ceases. A velvet
footed religieuse walks from bed to bed
to see that all are quiet Then her low
voice sounds distinctly through the
room:
Sacred heart of Jesus, immaculate
heart of Mary"
From behind the curtain comes the
answer, 81 give you my heart"
Up in the chapel the nuns are pray.
ing-praying that the coming retreat
may be full of blessings to the "chil-
dren of the Sacred Heart,
Before 6 o'clock the next morning
there is long line of yelled figures fl
ing into the chapel. They are all plain
ly clad and dressed in black. Each one
carries prayer book and her beads. The
candles on the altar twinkle bright, yet
far away. The incense swingers swing
their burden monotonously, The breath
Of the lilac comes in at the window, and
the day is begun. There are services in
the chapel many times that day.
On Good Friday morning the very
small children are just little frighten-
ed when they see the chapel. Tbs golden
draperies are gone from the altar, the
flowers have vanished, and all the
twinkling lights are gone. 1t is gloomy
and grewsome in the chapel when the
altar lights are gone.
In front of the altar a row of nuns
kneel with their arms out like cross.
Some of the larger girls are allowed to
kneel there, too, and many of them are
sobbing. One Of them stays so long that
she is borne out fainting Toehe young
er children the gentle sisters tell the
old, old story of the dreadful day when
Christ was crucifed. 1t is so quiet aud
so dark in the chapel and the face of the
/ pictured Christ is so sad that the little
ones are frightened.
When the evening prayers are said,
the girlish voices pour in the gloomy
grandeur of the "Stabat Mater. "
Long after the lights in the dormitory
are out the nuns kneel before the altar
with outstretohed arms, and the little
children dream that night Of tears.
The next day there are prayers and
vespers again. The children hope. Their
sins begin to seem less hopeless. In the
evening there is confession.
Then comes the glad Easter morning.
The girls put ON snowy wells. The
chapel is blossom with flowers. There
is burst of ecstatic music.
"Kyrie Eleison--Christi Eleison.
The nuns faces are alight with glo
rious radiance. The lilac tree swings
her purple and white branches like {
censor.
Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed.
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A Famous Egg Dance.

There is pretty account of the mar
riage of Marguerite Of Austria with
Philibert, the handsome duke Of Savoy.
1t is called Marriage aux oeufs. I" She
had come to the castle of Brae, in the
charming district Of Bresse, lying on the
western slopes Of the Alps. Here the
rich princess kept open house, and Phili-
bert, who was hunting in the neighbor-
hood, came to pay his court to her.
1t was Easter Monday, and high and
low danced together on the green.
A hundred eggs were scattered In a
level space, covered with sand, and a
lad and lass, holding each other by the
hand, came forward to execute dance
Of the country. According to the an
cient custom, if they succeeded in finish
ing the braule without breaking single
egg they became affianoed.
Then Philibert. radiant with youth
and happiness, appeared upon the scene.
He bent his knees before the noble chat
elaine aud besought her hospitality.
He proposed TO her TO try the egg for.
tune. She accepted. Their gracs and
beauty cha1lned tho onlookers. and thaJ
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every pew was filled, and there were
chairs in the aisles These were filled,
too, and back of them all men and wo-
men stood. The front pews in this
church are given up on Easter day to
the poor Of the parish. The children
from the orphanage and the capped and
bonneted women from the Aged Ones
home filed several rows ON the right,
and on the left were the men and wom-
en- and children who on ordinary Sun
days sit far back under the gallery over
the vestibule They teach that Gods
Son rose from the dead on Easter day
for rich and poor alike in this great
church.
The chimes in the belfry had finished
their song, the big A bell had given the
last Of its three taps, and the suborgan-
ist in the ohoirroom had taken his note
from 1t.
Coward, Christian Soldiers" was
tke hymn, and the great congregation
outside hearl it sung behind closed
doors. Then came the "Amen." louder
than the melody, richer and fuller.
The ohoirroom doors opened, and the
ehoristers. robed in white and black,
marched out. The great organ in the
ohanoel caught up the air and Jed the
singers. First came the trebles, sweet
and high. Then the altos, they oam'
next, and made second in the harmony,
After them came the tenors, and last o.
all the bassos. Then the harmony wa
complete:
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as b
war
With the cross Of Jesus going on before.
That,is the refrain. That is what th'
whole choir sang as they faced each 9th
or from tbe Opposite sides Of the chan
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CURIOUS RUSSIAN oesERvANons.
Easter Is the Muscovite Cleaning Day
Making the Holy Cbrism OH.

Easter Is the Muscovite Cleaning Day.
Making the Holy Chrism OH.
Easter is the greatest national religious
festival of Russia Holy week usbers
in constant season of prayer and SOM
berness. The clubs are closed and street
musicians forbidden to ply their trade.
Easter is the time for giving presents,
just as Christmas is with us, and every
one puts ON new suit of clothes on
Easter morning. The shopkeepers' fever
only RACES during the latter half of the
week, for on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of Holy week all commerce
is suspended.
Another great feature of Russian
Eastertide is the housecleaning. The
floors of the principal apartments are
turned into what stranger might sup
pose was skating rink, but is actually
the effect produced by two or three men
skimming over the boards with brushes
fastened to the soles of their feet and
sometimes accompanying the motion
with song. AT Easter time in Russia
cleanliness, instead of being the next
thing to, actually is, godliness, and in
observance of this maxim there ensues
one great universal Muscovite wash.
The public baths are crowded, and he
who negleots to bathe "early and often"
is regarded as pariah.
A celebration which takes place about
once in three years is the making of the
holy chrism, a ceremony performed in
variably either at Moscow or Kiev. The
chrism oil is used for baptismal pur-
poses, for the conservation of the metro
politan and the>coronation of the czar.
The making of the myro, as the oil is
called, begins on the Monday morning
Of Passion week. The metropolitan at
tends at the saoristy of the patriarchs in
Moscow, lights fire, pours in a gallon
and reads the gospel, and after this the
oil is kept boiling for three days and
nights, while monks stand over and stir
it with silver ladies.
The final ceremony takes place when
the oil is put into two silver caldrons
upon q porcelain stove and stirred with
silver ladies by six deacons in vestments
of black and silver. In the center Of the
room is large silver vase, the gift Of
Empress Catherine ii, and into this the
ohrism is poured to receive the bene-
diotion. At the side are placed num-
ber of smaller silver vases in which the
oil is eventually sent away. People at
tend in crowds to dip bits of cotton wool
in the holy mixture. On Holy Thursday
there is procession from the sacristy
to the Cathedral of the Assumption with
the oil vases, and mass is said by the
metropolitan. In the intervening years,
when there is no making of the myro,
that ceremony is replaced by the wash
ing Of the feet of the poor.
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succeedca, without q single crash, IN
threading the perilous maze.
"Savoy and Austriai" shouted the
crowd. And she said, LET us adopt the
custom Of Bresse.
They were married and enjoyed a few
years Of exquisite happiness. Then the
beloved husband died. Marguerite sur.
vived him long, but never forgot him.
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.

In pursuance Of an order of the Probate Court
of Stark county, Ohio, l will offer for sale, at
public auction, on
Saturday, the 11th day of May, 1895,
at one o'clock p. m, upon the premises. the fol-
lowing described real estate situate in the town of
Robertsville Stark county Ohio, to-wit- Lot
nun ber twenty-three (23, in the town of Roberts
vile, Stark county, Ohio. @
Said property is appraised at $500 co.
The above property is known as the Wolf Ho-
tel" is an 8room house, with good well, large
barn. fine fruit trees; lot 50 feet front by l8O feet
deep.
Terms of sae--0ne half cash in hand and one
half in one year; deferred payment to be secured
by mortgage on premises sold.
b. b. BOWMAN,
Administrator of william Wolf, decd.
By ALLEN Cook, his Atty.
April Sth, 1895. a11hw
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There are many ways Of coloring and
ornamenting Easter eggs. A simple way
is to sew them up in highly colored
prints before boiling. There is one way
to engrave eggshells. Take an egg that
has been blown and stop up the ends
with wax. Then write or draw any do
sign desired with yarnish or tallow.
Then drop the egg into weak acid like
vinegar. In little while the acid will
decompose the lime In the shell, except
where the lines are marked by the var
nish OF tallow, and the latter will stand
out In bold relief.
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Notice Of Appointment.

Assignment Of Homer Wartman.
The undersigned has been duly appointed and
qualified as Assignee in trust, for the benefit OF
the creditors of Homer Wartman, Of Stark county,
Ohio. All persons indebted to said assignOr will
mai c immediate payment, and creditors will pre-.
sent their claims, according to law, duly authenti
Gated, to the undersigned, for allowance.
Dated this 9th day Of April, A. d. 1895.
Is. B. BOWMAN,
alidt Assignee.
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LN0R SALE-A battery of three two hue boilers,
II AZ inches in diameter, 20 feet long. all COM
plete and ready for setting Also one htty horse
quire of ELBEL & CO., Canton, o. m2Shw
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Notice of Appointment.

The undersigned has been duly appointed ad-
ministrator de bonis non, with will annexed, of
the estate of Philip Rimmel, late Of Stark coun-
ty, Ohio, deceased.
Dated the 9th day of March, 1895,
JOHN RIMMEL,
Administrator de bonis non.
alldy, with will annexed.
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Notice OF Appointment.

Assignment Of Frank n. Bryan,
The undersigned has been duly appointed and
qualified as Assignee in trust for the benefit Of
the creditors of Frank n. Bryan, of stark
county Ohio. All persons indebted TO said
assgnor will make 10 mediate payment and cred
itors will present their claims, according to law
duly authenticated to the un iersigned, for allow
ance.
Dated this 9Th day of April, A. D, 1895.
WILLIAM WAGNER,
a11dw Assignee.