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Twas English, but Failed Here.

Following the example Of some Eng
Ish golfers, the Cambridge Golf club
some time ago purchased flock Of sheep
in the west and put the animals on its
golf grounds in Watertown, where they
were to keep the grass short. In various
manners the flock was gradually being
reduced, and one afternoon when the
shepherd left the flock for little while
it was stolen and driven through Water
town. A patrolman frightened the thief,
and some of the sheep was returned to
the grounds. Recently the Massachu-
sets Society For the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals discovered that the;
sheep were suffering go with foot rot
that they could hardly walk, and re-,
ported it to the board of health. A
member of the board Of health and the
chief of police visited the grounds and
ordered all the sheep slaughtered. -Bos-,
ton Transcripts
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once am not called to put confidence
in him again. But Iwould have no rest
if I could not offer sincere prayer for
the temporal and everlasting welfare OF
all men, whatever meannesses and out
rage they have inflicted upon me. If
you want to get your heart right, strike
a match and burn up all your old
erudges, and blow the ashes away. "If
you forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your heavenly father for
give you your trespasses. "
An old Christian black woman was
going along the streets of New York
with basket Of apples that she had for
sale. A rough sailor ran against her
and upset the basket, and stood back
expecting to hear her soold frightfully,
but she stopped down and picked up the
apples, and said, "God forgive you,
my son, as 1 do. " The sailor saw the
meanness of what he had done, and felt
in his pocket for his money, and insist
ed that she should take it all. Though
she was black he called her mother, and
said, forgive me, mother, ! will new
er do anything so mean again. " ALL
there is power in forgiving spirit to
overcome all hardness. There is no way
of conquering men like that of bestow-
ing upon them your pardon, whether
they will accept it or not
An Expectant Heart.
Again, q right heart Is an expectant
heart. it's poor business to be build
ing castles in the air. Enjoy what you
have now. Don't spoil your comfort in
the small house because you expect q
larger one. Don't fret about your in
come when it is So or 81 per day be-
cause you expect to have after awhile
81 0 per day, Or $40, 900 year because
you expect it to be 500, 900 year. But
about heavenly things, the more we
think the better. Those castles are not
in the air, but on the hills, and we have
deed of them in our possession. like
to see man all full of heaven. He
talks heaven. He sings heaven. He
prays heaven. He dreams heaven. Some
of us In our sleep have had the good
place open to Us. We saw the pinnacles
in the sky. We heard the click of the
hoofs of the white horses Oh which vic
tors rode, and the clapping of the Gym
balls of eternal triumph. And while in
our sleep we were glad that all our sor-
rows were over and burdens done with,
the throne of God grew whittier and
winter and whittier, till we opened our
eyes aud saw that it was only the sun
of earthly morning shining on our pill
low. To have right heart you need to
be filled with this expectancy. 1t would
make your privations and annoyances
more bearable.
In the midst of the city Of Paris
stands statue of the good but broken
hearted Josephine. 1 never imagined
that marble could be smitten into such
tenderness. 1t seems not lifeless. If the
spirit of Josephine be disentabernacled,
the soul of the empress has taken pos,
session of this figure. am not yet sat
isfied that it is stone. The puff of the
press on the arm seems to need but the
dressure of the finger to indent 1t. The
figures. at the bottom Of the robes, the
rnfile l,eclk the fas liniag on tls'
dress, ani brsii lery # t he 81 the
Eel1ster os issf pii u Ell n her
hand. The lssl Shs seems
~:
calm, II bs''s Ssit yet SD
q ttoct 4Ie 1eniI1s of The scl1 7lffr and tll6
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Had conscientious scruples.

A correspondent has made the &C.
quaintance of pious tramp. Last Sun
day morning, just before breakfast, he
appeared at the side door, and, seeing
madam at q window, inquired if he
could be accommodated with break
fast. The mistress of the house, in &C.
cordance with an invariable custom,
said:
"Will you work."
"No, ma 'am, was the reply, sit is
Sunday. l can't work on the Sabbath
day" And be turned away, to seek
some more orthodox household.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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ACCOMAC G r. VA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER L. 1896

tr5here has never been time in the
history of man when goods were
L as low as they are to-day, ana we
have bought very largely this season,
much more so than usual, direct from
the manufacturers in the West, for
spot cash in order to meet the wants
OF the trade at rock bottom prices
for all kinds OF
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BUILDI0G
MA1l|'!ER(IAI.

such as
Doors. Windows, Blinds, Mantels,
White Pine Mouldings, Turned
Porch Columns, Porch Trimmings,
Shingles, Laths, Hair, Lime,
Bricks, Cement, and full line OF
Hardware, Cook, Parlor and Gasoline
Stoves, Pumps, Stone Well Curbing,
Wall Paper, Tinware, Lever !,
Setting Cultivators, Harrows, Wheel
Barrows, Wheel Wood, Coal,
Agents for Harrison Bros. u Co.'S
Paints, &C., &c.
Give us trial and be convinced
that our prices for goods In our line
are lower than ever known to be In
this county before.
Thanking you for your kind favors
OF the past, and soliciting a contln-
uance of the same, we are,
Respectfully yours
e. L I. PARKS & CO.,
Parksley, Va.
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A Wedding Spoiled.

"The New England character is still
exhaustless in its interesting phases, "
remarked woman who has been sum-
mering in the Green mountain region.
In the little village where I have been
staying lives man who has been mar
ried three times, his last wife being
still spared to him. Recently occurred
the fiftieth anniversary of his first mar
riage, and the old fellow drought it
would be a good idea to celebrate on
that day golden wedding. Naturally
No. objected strenuously, and attempt
ed to show him the absurdity of the no.
ton, but giving up is not.a common
trait among New England men, and her
voice was not, sufficient to dissuade him.
Friends were appealed to, and also his
double family Of grownson and daugh-
ters. 1t took the united and frightened
efforts of practically the whole commu-
nifty before the stubborn patriarch could
be persuaded to abandon his cherished
ambition. ,'-New, York Times, n
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He Speaks Directly to the Hearts of All
Who Have Not Definitely Accepted the
Free Offer of Salvation In Christ jesus.
s.Is Thine Heart RIghtg"
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Attorneys-at-LaW,
Off1ces-AccomacC &. H, and Onancock.
P. O. Address-Onancock, Va.
Telegraphic Address-Iasley, va.
Practice in all courts on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia. Prompt attentloh
to all business.
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The law requires thaG SHdII pay
these amounts less 5 per cent. COM
and the proportional cost of
advertising the same, to the party
who paid them or to their admins
traitor or executor, and taking their
receipt for same which l am ready
to do as soon as the proper persons
appears to collect the same.
E. T. POWELL,
Treasurer.
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Meal, Bran and other Mill Feed.
Hot Bed Sash, Bricks, Lime and
Hair, Laths, Shingles and
Barb Wire.
Carriages and Road Carts.
Ground Fish and Phosphates.
All kinds of Lumber furnished
for dwellings and other pur-
poses on short notice.
All of the above sold cheap and
only for cash.
Berry crates for shippers free
Il. T. WHITE.
BloomtoWn, Va.
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VOLUME XIV
Upshur B. Quinby L. D: T. Quinby
OUINBY & QUINBY,

UOshur 3. QulnDy u. u. l: Suinoy
OUINBY s. QUINBY,
Attorneys-at-Law,
Ofices-AccomacC H. and OnancocS.
P. O. Address-Onancock, va.
Telegraphic Address-Tasley, va.
Practice in all courts on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia. Prompt attention
to all business.
]. w. G. Blackstone, j. a. Bundlck
BLACKSTONE s. BUNDIcK,
Attorneys-at Law,
Accomac G. H., Va.
Will practice in all the State courts
THOS. w. RUSSELL.
Attorneyat-Law,
Accomac G. H.. Va.
Practices in the courts Of Accomac
and Northampton counties.
Nh. Wescott. B. T. Gunter, Jr.
wESCOTT s. GUNTER,
Attorneys-at-Law,
Offices-Accomac G. H., and at home
of N. B. Wescott, near Mappsourg.
Practice in all courts on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia.
l.. FLOYD MOCK.
Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public,
Accomac G. r., Va.
Will practice in all courts OF Acco-
mac and Northampton counties.
Prompt attention to all business.
JAMES H. FLETCHER, JR..
AttorneY-atLaw.
-Accomac G. H.. Va
Practices in all the courts Of Acco-
mac and Northampton counties.
OHIO F. MEARS.
Attorney-at-Law
styille. Northampton county, Va.
Will practice in the courts OF Acco-
&C and Northampton.
STEWART K. POWELL,
Attorney-at-Law,
Will practice in all the courts OF
Accomac and Northampton counties.
Office-Onancock, Va.
will be at Accomac G. H., every
Wednesday and court days.
DIR. LEWIS j. HARMANsoN,
DENTIST
Oflce-Next to Episcopal Church.
Onancock. Va.
Office hours from a. H., to p. H.
DR.. THOS. B. LEATHERBURY,
DENTIST,
-Onancock. Va
Office hours from q. H., to p. ID.
DR.. S. B. WARD,
DENTIST,
belle Haven, va
Bridge and Crown work a specially.
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scotty aad tlae Rev Issssie.
The new Wgzsail is act zsllsiysl


The new Y5,asaii is not Z
u s. j IA - 90;
sss
.yau kiow. Is ssry on klaoS7ss
Scotland accepts new ideas very slowly.
A few weeks ago q gay London lady at
tracted a great deal of attention On q
Scotch moor by appearing in the garb
that is usually worn by her brothers.
She was spectacular, but as shot she
was dead failure. An old Scotch game
keeper, who was with the party, said
of her performance: "She apt the gen.
tlemen a that she cud. She wore the
same claes, she smoked, drank nip Of
whusky. Aye, an ance gied bit swear
latch in. Bit as for shutin, she cudna
hit barn door at ten yards, an she
never ance said THANK ye' tae masel
If ony mair O. her kind come ABBOTT I'll
throw up my job Exchange.
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the camp meetings. 1t is mighty few coun-
try families that ere caught without some
thing good for the table and a plenty of 1t
when the good preachers come to stay a
week in the settlement. These preachers
freshen up the old church and they fresh
en- up the homes. 1t seems that
the young people tune their
voices in a different strain and the old
people loose all their "closeness" and dis
miss the thought of hard times. Chicken,
chicken! 1t is great time for chicken
when these meetings are going on and the
good preachers are with us. Chicken for
Observation-Disclosures homemade ham with
red gravy; chicken for dinner-ch.cken pie
and chicken stew, with vegetables fresh
from the garden and peach pies. berry
pies, apple pies, milk, cool from the
spring, and good cornbread. If you are
at supper with these good people you are
more than apt to have some more chicken,
but, anyhow, you VIII have cold beans and
good cornbread, with onions tomatoes,
squash, beets, left over from dinner and
fresh supply of milk for the young and,
maybe, a cup of coffee for the old-the
preacher is most sure to get coffee and
sugar IN it if he so desires
1t is right that these good country
preachers should have the favors for il Is
they that VIII save the world and, outside
OF the good treatment they receive along
IN big" meeting season, 1 would rather be
one or them than anything L know. There
Is not one of us old but what we re-
member with feelings of pleasure the good
Old preachers of our youth. Sometimes IL
may seem to these good men that all their
laoor Is lost, but never mind, you live in
many heart that you least expect, and
more, you will forever live
Few grow so hard but that, at last
our hearts are touched by something past;
Some word you spoke, some song you sang
hri IL.
In age We retrospect the way
Ana learn the truth of what you say;
Even thus-some youth you never knew
Is saved at last-and saved by you.
SARGE PLANK Eft
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New York. July 2.-Dr. Labadie. OF Pas
teur institute. received a telegram from
Byron, Houston county. Georgia, today
stating that p. A. Walton. a farmer of
that town who took the preventative treat
ment for hydrophub.a at the institute few
weeks ago, had died Of that disease last
Sunday.
According to Dr. Labadie's record of
the case Walton arrived at the institute for
treatment on June 4th. He was bitten at
his home by a strange dog on May 2lst,
fourteen days before his arrival He
sustained six cuts on the left hand and
two the right leg. Before biting Wal
ton the dog had bitten two little girls
named Hardson. ten aud eight years old
respectively, and six dogs in the village.
1t was chased down and killed. Walton
failed to have his wounds cauteriZed and
when his wounds became painful was sent
to this city by Il. D. Warren, a farmer and
merchant of the same town.
The patient was inoculated Immediately
upon his arrival and every day during his
stay. The strength of the virus admin
istered was increased every day. but be
fore it began to act, long a time had
elapsed after the wounds and before the
treatment was received, that the virus of
the dog had already gained a hold. The
period of incubation after the trea tment is
discontinued in fifteen days. Walton was
discharged on June 18th and died twelve
days afterwards. showing that hydropho-
ba had begun TO develop from the bites
three days before Walton was !nculated.
I'VE have always said that treatment
begun fifteen DAYS after the bites are re-
ceived is doubtful in certain cases." sad
the doctor, land we treat all such treat
ments with that understanding. Further
more. Walton was not discharged from
this institute as cured"
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TALK OF TIE WEEK

1t is told Of a young society leader of
this city that he fell in love with a visit
ing maiden.
IL was last Saturday that the visiting
iiiaiueh was invited to go down to a neigh
boring village some miles away and spend
a few days with some charming ladies who
hVed there. When the society young man
called to see her Sunday morning she told
him about it and said she was very sorry.
The young man said that didn't matter
at all; he knew the young ladies she was
going to visit very well and he would
just go down with her and they would
have delightful Sunday together. spoon
ing in the country. The young lady was
overcome with joy.
The Saturday afternoon train took the
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=, was lovely afternoon and the young
iadles met them at the train in n neat
niue cart The baggage of the young man
was thrown in with the young, Iadv's he
longinss and carted off to the house Thon
the party drove over to the residence In tbe
suburb. - '''
1T was Just before tea and the Young
man put up his bluff. He got up To GO al
though he had no earthly idea of going.
The time had come for him to be asked
to stay.
"Ahem." he said "I am very sorry. very
sorry, but You know, l lust ran down
with Miss -, and I've got to go. Really
I"
fTe left number Of parent2esos for in
S.tiTtpdons. But none came.
We ere so sorry" said the young Ia
dies, so very worry that you have to
return"
lie hesitated The visiting young lady
came to the rescue She said the young
gentleman didn't have to return at all and
could stay very well If he chose. The two
hostesses wouldn't have II, however.
1--WE are so very sorry that we can't ask
you to stay, Mir. -. but
IT'S impossible, utterly impossible" in
terrupted the young man, absolutely out
of the question. Goodby.'
He hurried out into the gathering twi-
light a sorrier pilgrim never turned his
face away from friendly doors. There was
no train until morning. There was no no.
tel in the place. The sickening conscious
ness that his baggage had been sent up
with the young ladys came to him. lie felt
a strong inclination to leap into small
pond which he passed as he wended his
way toward the station.
MAY ! sit here all night?'' he asked the
station agent humbly, as he walked into
the depot twenty-five minutes later.
The climax in this modern activity or
woman was reached in Rome last week
il would seem.
A Roman youth was In Atlanta yesterday
discoursinG about it.
Yes" he said. they ran the cars in
our town Friday. Some of our prettiest
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great scurrying OF feet and loud roar
CHANGING around I saw a savage looking
buil-ut may have been only "a cowD-after
Hme with his head down and his tongue out.
Evidently a red band on my sailor hat
offended his lOrl-h.p, but l never stopped
u beg his p1rIOn.-.ny feet caught the
pedals. and fear lent wings 10 my machine
in fact. / have ever since been called the
winged wonder Dy my friends who saw
The race
Eut 10 return 10 the narrative of myself
two months after bcs inning with pr.
Pieces medicines no one would for an in
S-auc surml-e thAt tor TWO years l had SUI
fc-ci a--bn.eS In silence. My Unborn mod
eSty caused me 10 shrink from the ordeal
% submitting "a medical examination and
the Etercotyusi local treatment"
! would advise any woman. who is tired
% suffering. aired n doCtoring. or tired
OF life. 20 write D.. Pierce or 10 the
Worlds DspensaTy Medical Association Of
Buffalo. y. Y. Of which he is president.
She will receive. free of charge. good sound
advice that Will enable her 10 cure herself
a. home 81 her case IS curablel pleasantly,
pstiulessiy. permanently IL her case is in
durable. she w-l To- told 50 plainly. or IL
she needs special prescriptions suited 10
her peculiar symptoms. DR.. Pierce, or his
skilled specialists. Of the Invalids' Hotel
and Sur4ical Institute, VIII decide. But DR..
lass-ce'S records. covering hundreds OF
thousands ~ cases. prove that there are
not three iucurahle cases in a hundred.
Where the ordinary practitioner treats one
such ease. Dr. Pierce and the skilled
specialists OF the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
glczl Institute treats tens OF thousands;
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parts strength to the whole system and to
the organs distinctly, feminine in ,particu-
down." debilitated teachers, millinerss;
dressmakers. seamstresses, shop girls,
housekeepers. nursing mothers and feeble
Prescription is the greatest earthly boon,
being unequaled as appetizing cordial
AS SOOTHING nervine. "Favorite Pre-
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hysteria. spasms, chorea, or St. vitus's
dance and other distressing, nervous symp-
toms commonly attendant upon functionai
and organic disease of the generative or
gans of women. 1t induces refreshing
sleep and relieves mental anxiety and des-
In complicated cases, or when the kidneys
or liver are affected, or the blood impure,
DIR. P.erce's Golden Medical discovery
should be taken conformity with the use or
the "Favorite Prescription" according to
directions, around each bottle
ton of his work The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser. he announced that
after $4,000 copies had been sold at the
regular price, sl.5O per, copy. the profit on
amount of labor and money expended in
producing it. he would distribute the next
half million free. As THIS number OF
distributing. absolutely free. 100000 copies Of
sense s and msasa H. iss S %Srs 5
lshed-1he recipient only being re-
quired TO mail him. or the Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association. of Buffalo,
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in 1-cent stamps TO pay for postage and
packing only and the book VIII be sent by
mail. 1t is a veritable medical library,
complete in one volume. 1t contains over
900 pages and more than 800 illustrations.
Several finely illustrated chapters are de-
voted 70 the careful consideration in plain
language. OF diseases peculiar to women
and their successful home treatment with
out the aid OF physician and without
having to submit to dreaded "examina-
tions," and the stereotyped local applica-
TONS" repulsive to the modest and
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They are going off rapidly, therefore do
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No Gambling I'm Saratoga.

Saratoga. y. Y, July 5.-Every gambling
place in this village closed today. The
result was brought about by Village Presi-
dent Stursis, who appeared before the po-
Ice comm issioners and said
II absolutely command and demand of
you. as president of the village, backed
up by the trustees of this village, to close
every gambling place in Saratoga without
reserve and if you fail to obey l shall cite
you before the board of trustees and ask
for your designations"
The first place 10 close was the old Nor
rissey Club. Mr.. Garfield appeared at po-
lice headquarters and stated that he would
close for good and that they need not take
the trouble to send an officer down for
the purpose. EX-President of the village,
Caleb W. Mitchell, quietly followed SUIT.
The situation is the main topic of con-
versation about town.
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as we'll as the girls. They enjoyed it i'm
mensely. 1t was a jolly holiday affair all
around. Some of our young fellows rode
themselves into temporary bankruptcy.
They deserted their business entirely, and
filling their pockets with nickels, they
spent the day with the fair conductors
There wasn't any rule forbidding them to
talk to the conductors.
"A good-loolxinE fellow couldn't escape.
Every time he turned corner a sweet
voice would call out to him to come and
get on and ride. If you don't they would
say, I'll never speak to you again. and if
he didn't go it amounted to social ostra-
cism. Yes. sir, ii meant a boycott at the
germans, the teas, the swell outings for
the next four or five months. 1t didn't
matter whether fellow wanted to ride
or not; they didn't care If he was go
ing in an entirely different direction to meet
an important business engagement ami
couldn't spare the time, he just had to
ride. l was hailed by score of them and
when I showed the slightest hesitation
they would ring the car down and wait
for me. If | didn't come then the pas
sengers would fire into me. Those maidens
were full of energy and there was no escap-
ing them.
at was rare fun. Many funny and ridicu-
louS things happened, of course, but the
conductor maidens acquitted themselves
charmingly and made more money than
has been made in a single day since the
line was opened"
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Charged with Forgery.

Rapid City, S. D., July Sat a meeting
of the city council on Monday night j. u.
Gridley was appointed to check the books
of the city auditor which were four
years behind. Yesterday he found several
raised warrants. aggregatng nearly $780,
]. Il. Black. the eX-auditor was arrested
on the charge of forgery and is now in
Jail.
At o'clock this morning fire was dis
covered in the second story of the PEN
nington County bank, the room where
Gridley was working the city records
ALT Wells and George White narrowly es-
capped being burned to death. The records
in the safe were not injured. The fire
was plainly incendiary, a panel was
cut from the door. 1t is thought It was
started in the hope of destroying the rec
ords