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The sun., 1896-01-19
UMBRELLAS.

Well close out tomorrow the balance OF
the three following special lots:
U). 26-n. fine Gloria, close rolling, steel
rods, silk cases and tassels, choice natural
wood handles, hooks loops, and roots, at
$i.85 each, reduced from Sl.75.
(2). 2e-in. Union Silk, close rolling, lock
frames, steel rods, assorted handles, horn,
Dresden, and natural woods, at $1.9O each,
reduced from $3.50.
(8). 28-n. fine quality Twilled Silk, steel
rods or natural wood shanks hooks. loops.
and roots, at $3.50 each, reduced from
$3.50.
The sun., 1896-01-19
TRIM MINCS.

Prior to inventory we will close out a
large lot of trimmings of all kinds at the
uniform price of 25c. per yard.
French Marabout OPERA SCARFS,
~ yds. long, evening shades, to be closed
out at $,3. 10 each from $6.75.
The sun., 1896-01-19
BLACK SILKS.

Have just received a few pieces of Rustic
Batiste SKIRT LINING, fast black, SO in.
wide, to be offered at &c. yd. usually 25c-
Also quantity OF REAL INDIA
GRASS CLOTH, particularly desirable
for sleeves, at soc. piece.
The sun., 1896-01-19
LINENS.

Special Sale of TABLE CLOTHS, with
out Napkins to match. consisting Of
200 Cloths, 2x21fyds., at............$1.bO
reduced from S2.25.
l50 Cloths, 2x2H yds., at........... 2.bOt
reduced from S375.
l76 Cloths. 2x2h yds., at............ 8.oO'
reduced from $500.
100 Cloths, 2x3 yds., at.............. 1.76I
reduced from s276.
40 Cloths, ex3 yds., at.............. 800,
reduced from $450.
rs Cloths, 2x3 yds., at............. 1905
reduced from $500.
1900 remnants of TABLE LINEN,
bleach and unbleach, ~ to yds. long, at
4 less than usual.
Extra value in Hemmed and Hemstitched
HUCK TOWELS at $3.50 to SO. 90 per
The sun., 1896-01-19
Special Upholstery Offers.

Commencing tomorrow, to continue dur
ing the week, we will allow discount Of
20 PER CENT. on our entire stock Of
LACE CURTAINS, making the price Of
Nottingham Curtains as low as 500. per
pair.
IRISH POINTS. :. 81. 90 per pair.
TAMBOUR LACE. $4.S5:per pair.
REAL BRUSSELS. $500 per pair.
CLUNY.. 20 per pair.
Another lot of beautiful Bagdad Couch
Covers at So 50 ea-. 81 quality.
The sun., 1896-01-19
HANDKERCHIEFS.

Hand-embroidered and pure linen, hem
stitched and scolloped edges, 86 and 4S ct.
quality, ut 25 cts. each.
Ladies' white Hemstitched Handkerchief,
pure linen, 8 cts each, or 81 90 per dozen.
The sun., 1896-01-19
..3rppklpn Adrertisentfnts.
NEW SILKS,

But the Prices Are ESPECIALLY
Low.
evening shades, at 81. 90 per yard.
.e1-inch Warp Print Tafetas, evening
shades, 81. 10.
e1-inch Warp Print Taffetas, street and
evening shades, so combinations, $1.2B.
BLACK SILK SPECIALS
e4-inch Black Figured and Striped Pom
gees, 75 cts. per yard.
e1-inch Lyons Black Satin Brocades, large
and medium designs, 80 cts.
e7-inch Black Satin Duchesse, heavy quail
itx Sl.1O.
The sun., 1896-01-19
MIDWINTER SALE
OF
JACKETS AND CAPES,

An Importers stock of Berlin Capes,
handsomely braided-some fur trimmed, at
a reduction OF more than so PER CENT.
Cnpes worth
$50, 1850, 1000, 5000. $500,
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& Good Eater.

When Gustavus of Sweden was be-
sieging Prague, boor Of extraordinary
aspect gained admittance to his tent and
offered, by way of amusing his majesty,
to deyour q large hog in his presence.
Old General Konigsmarck, who was in
attendance, at once suggested that the
man with the Gargantuan appetite
should be burned as w-Gch, whereupon
the boor, whose feelings were hurt by
this observation, exclaimed, IF your
majesty will but make that old gentle
man take off his sword and spurs, I will
eat him before begin the pig" This
was accompanied by such "hideorls
expansion of the jaws and mouth" that
the general, though he had given bis
proofs" on many field, turned pale
and fed incontinently to his tent.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
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The Punishment of the Basno.

In former times the punishment Of
the bagno (bath), one of the most clev-
erly cruel infections ever devised by an
official of the torture chamber, was ad-
ministered i'll Italy, probably in Venice,
where the water of the lagoons played
so prominent part in its penal system.
The punishment was as follows:
The prisoner was placed in vat the
sides of which were slightly in excess
of the average height of aman. In order
to hold in check the rising tide of a
supply of water which ran into the vat
in a constant stream the criminal was
furnished with a scoop with which to
bale out the water as fast as it came in.
The respite from death by immersion
thus obtained was more or less pro-
longed, according to the powers Of en-
durance possessed by the victim. But
imagine the moral torture, the exhaust
ing and even hideously grotesque efforts,
the inccssant and pitiless toll by night
and day, to stave off the dread moment,
fast approaching. when, overcome by
sleep and fatigue. he was unable to
struggle any longer against his fate.-
Moniteur du Puy.
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cHIvALRoUs CONDUCT.
ane Cards Were Marked and Colonel Du-
len Refused His Guests Money.

len REFUSED His GueSL5 money
1T once had sample of southern
chivalry," said Judge Wildly after he
had adjourned court and dropped into
the village tavern, that made deeper
impression Oh NE than anything ever
read about the subject. After I was ad-
mittcd to the bar was pretty we'll run
down in health, for I had gone faster
pace than is good for any young man
There didn't appear to be any impera-
tive demand for my services in the
ranks of the profession, and, rs my folks
still had some money that they were
willing to spend upon me- / decided on
Il southern trip.
II did good deal Of wandering
through that delightful part of the coun-
try and finally brought up i'll the north
e1n part of Texas, where the climate
just suited me and many people in the
town had nothing to do but enjoy them
selves. The hunting was good, and there
were always dozen young follows
ready to join i'll the sport. The girls at
the female seminary were charming,
and the clandestine flirtations ] carried
on will always be pleasant memory.
"But met my chivalrous friend in
Colonel DuIen. His manners and con-
versation betokened good breeding, but
he was Il lover of horses, cards and high
living. One day he told mo that there
was going to be stiff game Of poker
and asked me if / would like TO see it
Notwithstanding it was Sunday, went
along. We walked to tho rear of the city
hall, where he quickly unlocked rear
door and stood on the inside acting rs
lookout until half dozen young men
We're admitted. Then he led the way to
the council chamber, and there the game
was played.
1.-THE colonel did not ask me to take
a hand, but some Of the others did, and
gratefully accepted. 1t did not require
long to discover that 1t was tho colonels
day. In three hours he had all the
money, several L 0 US and my gold
watch. Through it all he WAS suavity
itself and cool as northwest wind. He
went with me to my room at the hotel,
locked the door, counted out what he
had won from me and laid it, with my
watch, on the table. / Indignantly de-
clined TO be thus reimbursed, but he
coolly disposed Of the matter by saying:
AL the cahds weah mawked, sub, so /
could have read them across the street
That gang has been Robin me, and l
was gettin even, sub. You played squah
and had no show. See you in the
,nnuni,,p ,-Dntrnit FREQ Prcss
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Mrs: Newton Grassland, whom the
count once took into dinner, remarked
that his hands, Large, white and appar-
emily soft, had not the physiognomy
which plcases the critical observer and
student of hands, for they indicated
self indulgence. He struck her, more
over, as being "mannish rather than
manly, and yet with u touch of etfem-
macy quite different from that woman
like tenderness which adds to the excel
lence of man. Thackeray met the
splendid humbug in 1850 and describes
him as Giving in a charming atelier.
which he has fitted up for himself with
arms and trophies, pictures and looking
glasses, the tomb of Blcssington, the
sword and star of Napoleon, and q cru
cifx over his bed. And hero he dwells, "
writes the cynic, without any doubts
or remorscs, admiring himself in the
most horrible pictures which he has
painted, and statues which he gets done
for him. ~
The count had received within -
months OF his marriage sum OF +2V,-
900, while Lord Blessington arranged
that after his decease q similar sum
should be settled upon him for life. So
generous a dower-a genuine pretium
quelle, as it was-might have made
him kindly disposed toward his child
wife, who, three years after her mar
riage, when she had reached the age of
10 grew TO be remarkably handsome
woman. Not for her was the brilliant
wit" and wonderful fascination"
which made D'Orsay the pet of society.
That was reserved for others.
Instead of being the wife Of her hus-
band and the mistress of her home, she
found herself a supernumerary in a cir
Gle with which she had no sympathy.
Disagreements followed, rebellion set
in, and in the autumn of 1881 she and
Count d'Oray separated by mutual
consent-Academy.
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OFFICE BOY LAWYERS.
Collapse of n Grandiloquont Boast by
Budding Limb of the Inv.

Collapse of GrandiioQuchl DotASs W
Budding Limb of the Inv.
In one of the big down town Office
buildings, tenanted principally by law
yers, a reporter rode down in an ele-
yator car with two boys, who, to judge
from their conversation, were budding
limbs of the law. One of them was
about 10 years of age, and the other
perhaps a couple of years his senior.
AT had that Judgment opened this
morning." remarked the younger of the
two, fiecking the ashes from cigarette,
but thought Giegerich was little
Glow about 1t y
.sYa-as," drawled tho other, "it's
certainly great bore to have to spend
so mucn time IN court Remember my
bond and mortgage case in the supreme?
Well. it was enough 70 try anybody's
raticnce The trouble with some of our
jadges, Frank, is that they don know
the rudimen,s of landlord and tenant
Inv. T cited Pebbles versus Bubbles,
and il knocked him out. Where are you
bound?'
"Oh, I've got little corporation
matter on hand today!" was the reply.
Receiver wants TO be relieved. l don's
know whether I'll consent or NOT. I've
got q demurrer TO argue besides, and
BY that time the car was ut the
ground floor a stout. matronly woman
syoo6 waiting to get in.
well. young man" she said, ad-
dressing the boy who had been called
Frank, II was just about TO go up and
give you talking TO in front Of your
boss. Why didn't You get fathers shoes
that you tooketo be half soled?"
Hush, mother!" whispered Frank
as his face Redeemed. Il don't want to
be talking about that down here. I'm
going to court. "
You're going to court, are you:"
responded the stout lady in loud tone.
Very we'll, go to court But if you come
home tonight without those shoes you
get no supper, and You don't stir peg
out of the fiat the rest Of the week. Do
you hearT'
Say" said the elevator man as he
stuck his head out of the Car and grin
ned, you've run up against the chief
Justice of the supreme court, haven
YOU? Gee whiz"-New York Mail and
Express.
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A Prize Tombstone.

At a recent pigeon shoot of the Lin.
coin Gun club at Alameda Point $50
tombstone was the thirteenth prize.
The conditions under which it was Civ
en- were that it should go to any man
who killed ID straight and then missed
the remaining two. If no one made
that score, it should go to the thirteenth
man.
Nobody seemed to want the tomb
stone Len Owens broke 12 straight
and then deliberately missed the thir-
teenth SO as not TO win it.
81 am not superstitious, said he,
but I believe in signs.
Il am not either" declared Harlow
White, "but I'll bet hat something
happens to the man who wins it. -
'"They can't run fast enough to give
it to me-, 4" declared Merton Allen.
Colonel Sheldon L Kellogg made IL
straight and said he was not afraid of
winning the tombstone, for he intended
to make clean score. He killed his
thirteenth blue rock, and, despite his best
efforts, he missed two easy ones. The
tombstone is his now, and all it lacks
is his name and age.-San Francisco
Post
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THE BEAUTY or A SHIP.
Mrs. Stoves Fascinating Description Of q
Vessel Under Sail.

Vessel Under Sail.
Mrs. Stowe, in 1.-The Pearl of Orr's
Island, gives this fascinating descrip-
ton of a ship under sail: What is
there belonging to this workaday world
of ours that has such fund Of never
failing poetry and grace as ship? a
ship is beauty and n mystery wher-
ever we SEQ it. It's white wings touch
tho regions of the unknown and tho
imaginative They seem to us full of
the odors of quaint, strange, foreign
shores, where life, we fondly dream,
moves in brighter currents than the
muddy, tranquil tides Of every day.
Who that sees one bound outward, with
ncr white breasts swelling and heaving,
as if with reaching expectancy, does
not feol his own heart swell with Ii
longing impulse to go with her to tho
faroff shores? Even ut dingy. crowded
wharfs, amid tho stir and tumult OF
great cities, the coming in Of ship is
an event that never can lose Its inter-
est. But ON these romantic shores of
Maine. where all is so wild and still
and tho blue sea lies embraced i'll tho
arms of dark, solitary forests, tho sud
den incoming of ship from a distant
sOyage is sort of romance. Who that
has stood by the blue waters Of Middle
bay, engirdled rs it is by green slopes
of farming land, interchanged here and
there with heavy pillows of forest trees
or rocky, pine crowned promontories,
has not felt that sense Of seolusion and
solitude which is SO delightful? And
then what wonder! There comes a
ship from China, drifting i'll like o
white cloud, the gallant creature! How
the waters hiss and foam before herl
With what great, FREQ, generous plash
she throws out her anchors, MS If she
said u cheerful We'll donel to some
glorious work accomplished The very
life and spirit of strange, romantic
lands como with her. Suggestions Of
sandalwOod and spice breathe through
the pine weeds. She is an oriental
queen, with hurds frh CT mystical gifts
All her garments smell of myrrh and
cassia, cut Of tie ivory palaces, where
by they have made her glad. No Won
der men have loved ships Ike birds and
that there have been found Save, rough
hearts that in fatal wrecks c,icsc rather
to go down with their ocean love than
to leave her i'll the last lEroos Of her
death agony.
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Former Knights of the Road.

The dissolution of the monasteries hnd
greatly Increased vagrancy in the SIX
tcenth century. Rich abbeys, like that
of Reading, employed large numbers OF
workmen aud servants. who when their
masters had fallen into evil case were
thrown upon heartless world and took
TO robbery for livelihood. The hospltla
Of the monasteries i'll the good old days
always provided food and bed for
weary travellers, of whatever rank they
were, and needy wanderers sorely felt
the loss of their kind hosts. The rich
courtiers grabbed the church S lands and
wealth, and the poor folk followed their
example by grabbing whatever they
could lay their hands on. Consequently
there were in these parts "a great stoare
of stout vagabonds and mysteries men
cable enough for labour), which do great
hurt in the county by their idle and
naughtie life " The unfortunate persons
who were robbed could claim compen-
sation from the inhabitants on the hun
dred in which the robbery took place.
This old law was as ancient as the time
of our great Berkshire king, Alfred; Tor
who is ignorant of the fact that when
gold bracelets were hung up by the
roadside on account of the enforcement
of this law and the fear of the vengeance
of the hundred no one dared to remove
them:
But when these highway robberies on
Maidenhead thicket were so frequent,
the burden of making compensation fell
somewhat heavily on the inhabitants Of
the hundred of Benhurst. In one year
they paid as much as $3.50 for robberies
committed on unfortunate wayfarers.
Therefore special act of parliament
was passed in 1897 in order to relieve
the inhabitants from their burdens
Gentleman's Magazine
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Solving n Problem.

A German professor was remarkably
absentminded. Whenever he was very
busily engaged in his studio solving
some abstruse problem his wife was in
the habit of bringing him his dinner.
His favorite dish was pancakes and
treacle. One day his wife brought him
large pancake and bowl of treacle and
went down in the kitchen. Pretty soon
she heard the professor ring the bell.
"Why is it, Gretchen, that you bring
me nothing to eat except treacle? Why
have you brought me opanoake?' ask
ed the professor.
Zach, himmelp' exclaimed his wife,
"you have tucked the pancake round
your neck, thinking that it was nap
kin. Hanover Anzeiger.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-09-12
JEFFERSON WAS THE MAN.
In CRtslsill the Famous Actor Taken For
the Original Old Rip.

In CRtslsill the Famous Actor Taken For
the Original Old Rip.
Joseph jefferson relates tho following
interesting incident;
"There is In the village Of Catskill u
Rip Van Wrinkle club. The society did
me the honor to invite me to act the
character in their town., said Mr.. JEFF
ferson. II accepted, and when arrived
was met by the president and other
members of the club, among whom was
young Nicholas Vedder, who claimed to
be lineal descendent Of the original
OLD Nick I wns taking u cup Of tea at
the table in the hotel" continued Mr..
Jefferson, when | was attracted to the
colored waiter, who was giving o
graphic and detailed account of the
legend of the Catskill mountains to one
of the boardcrs who sat nearly opposite
me.
Yes, sah, said the waiter, Rip
went up into de mountains, slep for 20
years, and when he come back here in
dis berry town his own folks didn't
know him.
Why, said his listener, you don't
believe the story's true?'
-" True? Oh course it is! Why,
pointing at me-" said jefferson, " 'dat's
do man.
"When I got to the theater," said
Mr.. Jefferson, resuming the story, L
could scarcely get in. the crowd was SO
great about the door. During the scene
in the last act, when Rip inquiries of
the innkeeper, Is this the village Of
Falling Water?' altered the text and
substituted the correct name, Is this
the village of Catskill?' The people in
the crowded house almost seemed to
hold their breath.
"Tho name of the village seemed to
bring home the scene to every man,
woman and child that was looking at 1t.
From that time on the interest was at
its full tension. Surely had never seen
an audience so struck with the play be-
fore
'"There was reception held at the
club after the play, and the president
was SO nervous that he introduced me
as Washington Irving. San Francisco
Call.
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Carelessness of Life In Africa.

Mpimbi is the beginning Of the navi-
gable water used by the administration
at Fort Johnson The river is full Of
crocodiles. People are constantly being
taken by them. Hoare shot a big croco-
ollie and found pair of bracelets in its
stomach. The natives foolishly risk the
water every day. They walk in knee
deep to get water and even swim across
the streams. By making small fence
about the place where they get water
many lives would be saved, but that
means work, and each African thinks
he will not be victim. Diary of the
late E. j. Glave in Century.
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A Ta1lOw Din.

An Englishman and an American
girl at q state ball were talking over
some of the people present, when the
former said: "That is Lord B. who has
lust passed. Have you met him"
eyes" was the answer, "and l thought
him extremely dull" "You surprise
me. He is one Of the most brilliant
lights of our service. - Really" re-
turned the American girl. "Thcn it IS
my turn to be surprised. His light flick.
cred SO when he talked with me that /
set him down as one of your tallow dip.
lomats. "-San Francisco Argonaut.
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Useful Rats.

Rats have been found very useful in
cotton mills where the raw cotton has
been imperfeotly ginned. In Spanish
cotton mill the storeroom was invaded
by swarms of rats, who pulled the bales
to pieces to get at the seeds left In the
cotton. They did the work thoroughly,
without injuring the fiber in any way.
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THE IDEAL.
rio ore nns.t,saed nnd know mot why.

We are unsstisied md know not why.
We seek for the ideal of our dreams
And strive to rench 1t guided by the beams
OF truth and faith. Setting our standard nAsu'
We strnccle on. but when the prize Is nigh
We find that it eludes us, and it seems
To beckon onward. knocking with its CLEANS
Like some bright mirage in the eastern sky.
With ayes blind to the glory here below;
Our thoughts forever tnrnod away from
carth
We see no beauty around us and the worth
Hidden In humble things we never know.
We gropo and pass unhecding on thu way
-Donahoe's Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-09-12

The song of the locust is louder when
bad weather is imminent than at other
times. In the rural districts this sign is
regarded as exceedingly favorable for
change Of weather for the worse.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-09-12

The Greeks and Romans had no weekf
until they borrowed this division cs
time from the east The Greeks divided
the month into three equal periods; the
Romans into three very unequal-the
kalends, ides and noneS.
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DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

Discusses OF IfiE SNIN'
The intense itching and smarting incl
dent to eczema, letter, sdt-Theum, and other
diseases of the skin is instantly allayed by
applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. 1t is equally
efficient for itching piles and favorite rem
edy for sore nipples; chappcd hands, chill
blains, frost bites, and chronic sore eyes.
For sale by druggists at 25 cents per box.
TryDr. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are lust what horse needs when in bad condi-
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifage.
For Sale by Blackstone & Bell, Acco-
mac G. H.. and VIM. H. Parker,
Onancock, Va.
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r. Il. Nicholas, superintendent,
Cape Charles, Va.
r. B. Cooke, Gen'l Freight and Pas
senger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
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Geo. w. ayne,
Undertaken,
Marsh Market, Va

Keeps a full line of Baskets of
ali grades and sizes in stock.
Orders for Collins of any grade
furnished on short notice.
Will meet trains and steam
boats when requested.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-10-12
Lost.

Postal Savings Bank Deposit Book
(No 1855 i'll favor of Mis-. Lucy Stevens.
Finder please return to BULLETIN Office.
4l0tt
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-04-18

Flannelletes, from IL yards for One Dollar