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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-18

Mems all wool suits regular price
1925, Cheap Johnny's price $6.75;
mems suits, best part wool regular
price SIS to SIS, for So; gents overcoats
regular price SIP, for S6.75; boys suits
worth So to So, for $2.25; boys over
coats worth 81, for $3.75; boys suits
only $780,; mems shoes worth So, for
81. so: mems shoes worth 50, for 81;
ladies' shoes worth $3.50, Cheap
Johnny's price $1.25; ladies' shoes
worth $l.75, Cheap Johnny's price
ySc.; children's shoes from 1Sc. up.
A suit of clothes, hat or cap, under
and over shirt, heavy drawers, sus-
penders, socks, tie and pair OF shoes
Tor only S4.25.
The best coal oil 10 cents per gallon
and all line of groceries correspond
lngly cheap. Good dress gingnams
Al cents per yard, cotton hannels
neavy Al to u cents per yard, prints
II cents per yard, Fruit of the Loom
muslin II cents. A full line of ladies
silk plush capes $3.50 to IS, cloth for
81 to $3.50, cambria muslins 81 cents
per yard, Lancaster apron ginghams
A. cents, best outing cloth II cents.
g s s ss sP J@8Ws
(THE POOR MANS FRIEND,)
MAPPSVILLE, VA.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-18
An Answer to Mansfield.

Concerning the capture of Dargai
ridge by the Gordon highlanders, Mr..
Richard Mansfield, actor, inquiries:
Did you hear the swish of the flying shot,
The roll Of the drum and the rattle pot,
The music that rose clear over that yell
And thrilled through the ranks and stirred up
hell?
We did not But if Mr.. Mansfield is
going to scoop Kipling in that fashion
again we shall gladly go where the shot
swishes and the rattle pot rattles its
worst rather than face any more of that
sort Of music. Chicago Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-18

Oh, men of stout physical health,
men of great mental stature, men OF
high social position, men Of great power
of any sort, I want you to understand
your power, and l want you to know
that that power devoted to God will be
a crown On EARTH to you typical of
crown in heaven, but misguided, be-
draegled in sin, administrative Of evil,
God will thunder against you with his
condemnation in the day when million
aire and pauper, master and slave, king
and subject, shall stand side by side III
the Judgment, and money bags and ju-
dicial ernline and roval robe shall be
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-18
TOYS OF ALL DESCRIPTION.

Hobby horses. Shoofy IS mechanical toys,
Express wagons, dolls from to 36 inches
high land doll carriages, handsome lamps,
vases, dressing cases, work boxes, blsque
figures, tea sets, chamber sets, jardiniers,
fancy glassware, and many things too
numerous to mention
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-18
sJno. W Duncan,

JwEg1ER, =: ONANcocK, Va.
w- Fine Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Snverware andSpectacles.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
Frapll,n,s Desk.

One of the most valuable and interest
ing pieces of furniture in Philadelphia is
owned by DIR. Roland q. Curtin and has
a place of honor i'll his office, at 22 South
Eighteenth street. 1t is Benjamin
Franklin's desk, the very one he used
for 20 or more years, and at which he
did most of his writing, and in which
he kept most Of his papers.
It is big and broad, with a fiat top
and two tiers Of ample English oak
drawers and two drawers in the middle.
There are two fronts, making both sides
alike The wood is the finest solid ma
hogany, the brasswcrk is handmade
and the desk was evidently intended to
last for generations. A great stack Of
letters and old newspaper clippings tell
the story of the desk.
After the death Of DR.. Franklin it
CAME into the possession Of the well
known Philadelphia exchange brokers.
One letter is very curious 1t is from
Rev. Edwin Town, TO whose uncle it
was bequeathed by Mr.. Whelen. That
letter is to William Bradford, member
Of councils in 1857, after the desk was
placed in Independence hall and attract
ed great attention. In it, after explod-
ing the theory that DR.. Franklin and
Mr. Whelen had private transactions
which led to the possession Of the desk,
Mr.. Town says: Il shall continue to be-
lieve, as ] have for the last 40 years,
that the desk was absolutely the proper
ty Of DR.. Franklin and that M. Whelen,
Sr., came into possession Of it either be-
fore the DOCTORS death or soon after,
when part Of his effects were disposed
of. including the old desk, which Joseph
Carr, formerly Of Bartram's garden,
the errand boy of DIR. Franklin at the
time of his death (l790), is positive he
remembers as occupying a place in the
chamber ON the right of the entrance
hall of the DOCTORS mansion. which
stood at that day ON the ground now &C.
cupicd by franklin place
Dr.. Curtin got the desk from one Of
the pres ut members Of the Town fam
ily. 1t las leon estimated that it may
be l. so years old. Philadelphia Times
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
Bicrcls In African War.

One would scarcely expect to find BIZ
cycles and a bicycle club in the heart of
Africa and 600 miles from any railroad.
One club in Bulawayo, Matabeleland,
South Africa, is in flourishing condi-
tion, having 20 members out of popu-
lation of ,, 500
During the late war in Matabeleland
these bicyclers all rendered valuable
service to the English. By them scouts
were often able TO "locate the enemy"
OF to deliver a message where n man on
horseback would not have dared TO go,
for Kaffir can outrun a horse every
time-that is, such horses rs they have
i'm Africa.
In one instance a bicyclor put to rout
a whole impi Ga camp of Kaffirs, who
evidently never had seen bicycle be-
fore, and this man, who came nearer to
the camp than he had had any intention
of doing, and who was much alarmed
for his own safety when he realized
where he was, took heart again when
re saw these Kaffirs throw up their
hands as il in consteTnation, and, utter
ing savage sounds and noises, jump to
their feet and run for their lives. They
evidently thought the devil was after
| them New York Press.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
NOBODY YHEEDs THEM.
Public IndiiTe-ent to Signs Put Up For Its
Convenience.


An epterprising advertiser once head
ed a lcng printed description of his
wares with the line, "Do not read this"
and the ayidity with which every line
was read stimulated other advertisers
TO resort TO the same trick, until it be-
came old and worthless. Signs in public
places are treated by the majority of
people just the same as the catch line Of
years ago. Every horse car and every
car on the elevated system carries sign
warning passengers that they must not
stand on the platforms, but in the busy
hours one rarely secs a car which does
not carry all the people il can hold ON
the platform, and no conductor has ever
made any effort to enforce the rule. Ev-
cry car on the Madison avenue line has
signs painted on the doors which give
orders to keep the front door closed, but
nobody thinks of paying any attention
to the sign, and it seems to those peo-
pie who travel ON that line that the
front door is used more on the Madison
avenue line than on any other
In the waiting rooms Of the various
railway stations the signs by which it is
made known which parts of the place
are for women might as well be removed
because no one seems to take the least
notice of them, and the benches in the
Whiting shed of the Grand Central sta
tion, over which a sign is posted, Re-
served For Women, would be occupied
by men continually if the employees
did not call attention TO the sign.
At most places where people buy
tickets, in banks where there are crowds
of depositors or people who wish to
draw funds from the institution, there
are signs showing ON which side the line
forms, and still there is never day in
any Of the larger Of these places when
some people do not make desperate ef-
forts to form line all by themselves
and work against the one which had
been formed before they came. They are
of the same class who refuse 70 keep to
the right, and when they come through
swing door ON the left side and re-
ceiye a bump hardly appreciate the ser
mon contained in the few words which
the other man utters: "Serves You right
Keep to the rightr'
But there is one sign in public places
the disregard fer which has Wouscl
much comment. 1t is in regard to spit
ting, and the evil that has been wrought
by the practice has been so thoroughly
discussed by scientific men that hundred
of people have determined that the,
would help to enforce the rules Of th'
health department and make at loas
one sign more than dead letter. New
York Tribune
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
The ARTIST "A PROPHET.
So Suggested the Director Of the Metro
polItan Museum OF art.

1t is not merely the private collectors
who are practiced on by the trafiickers
i'll bogus 'old masters. Sometimes
they fly higher and sometimes they may
be deceived themselves. In the latter
class, perhaps, was the woman who
wrote to General di Cesnola. director of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with
the information that she owned treas
ure which she wished to realize upon at
once and would dispose of at a sacrifice.
This treasure, she said, was celebrated
painting Of st. Michael carving the
dragon, according 10 the legend Of the
early Christian church. 1t was, very
old subject, but the canvas was i'll q
good state Of preservation. Her great
grandfather had dug il ont of the ruins
Of Herculaneum.
General di Cesnola at once dictated a
reply, in which he said in substance;
Madam, if the facts are as you state,
you are holding the painting at too low
figure. Il is worth millions if it is
worth a cent. Herculaneum has been
lying under the lava Of Vosuvius for
2,G00 years. That the canvas should
have escaped destruction WHOM the
mountain poured forth its fiery contents
On the towns at its base is indeed re-
markable; that it has further resisted
the disintegrating hand of time is nc
less femarkable; that the artist should
have shown a spirit Of prophecy and de
| lineated an incident of the Christian re-
ligion long before it happened is moro
than remarkable. 1t is miraculous. You
should keep the ST. Michaoll'
IN day or so the director received q
second letter from the woman. II ran
thus: IF the picture is really so valu
able, don't see why you won't take il
at $500. New York Mail and Ex
| pTcgs
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
THE SLIDING POLE.
Very Handy 10 Use Going Down, hut the
Stairs stin Used Going Up.

Very Handy 10 Use Going Down, hut the
Stairs stiIi Used Going Up.
FiIemen use the sliding poles in the
engine houses when descending from the
dmmitCry floors Go the street floor about
their ordinary affairs just as they do
when hustling down for q Ere tits the
quickest and easiest way 20 go. and nat
urally they go that way always To a
man not "a fireman, however, and go I'M
accustomed 60 it, the commonplace use
Ct the sliding pole seems at first strange.
He has seen it usually perhaps only
from below, and the use of it Is associ-
atcd in his mind with the sound Of the
gong, the pounding of the horses hoofs
the swapping Of harness and the general
hustle of preparation. To see the firornen
come dropping down the sliding poles
into this scene of activity seems all
right It seems like part Of the gem
eral scheme. But if one who has been
accustomed only to seeing them come
down the poles in this way should hap
pen alta time of quiet in the house TO be
on an upper floor, and instead Of seeing
firemen shoot into view should see one
suddenly and silently disappear, that
sight probably would at first be surpris
/ ing to him.
At first it seems strange TO see any
Ean, fireman CT not, slide down poll
TO start ter his dinner, for instance, bu
that is what the fireman does, and it il
just the same If he is going below FOL
any duty in the house. He goes dowr
the pole habitually because that is tn,
simplest and easiest way to go. But j,
doesn't 60 back that way. Easy as it is
to slide down the pole, it would be
mighty hard work to shin up it. Wher
the fireman goes up, then, like every.
body else he climbs the stairs. New
/ York Sun.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
SHE HANGED A STOVE.
The Woman Was Arrested. However, For
Trying to XIII Her uushand.

The Woman Was Arrested. However. For
Trying to XIII Her Husband.
To intend to hang ones husband and
to fnd instead of body a stove at the
other end of the rope is calculated most
certainly to surprise the would be muir
derer, and to such surprise, in a case re-
lated by a French paper, must be added
the unpleasant fact that the woman wko
hanged the stove was arrested on the
charge Of attempted assassination.
She disliked her husband, who had an
unfortunate propensity for strong drink,
and, on his returning home one evening
intoxicated, resolved to kill him in such
a manner as to suggest that he had COM
mitted suicide The man went to bed in
his tipsy condition and was soon sleep
ing soundly His amiable partner
thought this to be the favorable mo-
ment for dispatching him to another
world, and accordingly set about max
ing her arrangements.
In the ceiling, just above the bed,
there was a hole capable of allowing a
stout rope to pass. The woman went up
into the room above, let rope slip
through the hole, and, returning to the
chamber in which her husband slept, at
tached it by slip knot round his neck.
This done, she went up stairs again,
drew the rope tight through the hole III
the ceiling and attached it to beam.
Then, when she believed the job had
been done, she rushed, weeping, into
the street, telling the neighbors that her
husband had just committed suicide. On
entering the house, what, however, was
their surprise TO find a portable stove in
the place of a corpse The husband, who
was less drunk than his wife imagined,
had released himself and substituted the
stove in the nick Of time.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
Ccrtnln Amorlcnn r1ltlons.

The American editions Of many Eng
lish authors were of prime importance
in the careers of the writers, and to ig-
more them is TO ignore mcst potent fac
tors in their lives The publication Of
the "Yellowplush Correspondents" in
Philadelphia was followed by the
Comic Tales and Sketches" " and the
success of the American look was the
influence that induced the London pub
Usher 70 assume the risk In the same
way the miscellanies collected from
original sources and published in 2 vol
umcs by the Appletons in New York in
1852 and 1868 induced the publication
of the miscellanies in London in 1855 to
1851 Thackeray carried home a set cf
these Appleton volumes TO aid him in
selecting the papers for the London is
suc, and yet, would the photographer
tell us that the London edition Of 1907
was the first, and that the New York
edition exists not at all?-Bock Buyer
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
AN OLD ENGLISH LETTER.
Lady Montrose of Two Hundred Years Age
Was Poor speller.


Was n Poor speller.
There is bad spelling and there is bad
spelling. Artemus Ward and Josh Bill
lings did some of it professionally, and
many school children and some grown
men and women do some CT it even
unto this day. But neither Of these dis
tinguished persons and no school child
or grown up man or woman, even in his
or her widest dream Of revenge against
Webster ct al, ever came within milo
Of the spelling of "A noble Scotch lady of
200 years ago.
She was personally Christian Leslie,
daughter of the Duke of Rothes, and
wife of the third Marquis Of Montrose,
and later Of Sir John Bruce of Kinross.
According to cnstom. having been a
peeress she retained her peerage title.
Thus it came about that Sir John Bruce
lived with the Countess Of Montrose
with all propriety But this was what
she wrote:
KIN0Eosr, July 4. 1903.
MADAM--l render VOW thowsant thankes for
your play which is very good, and have ret.
tornend itt with the hearor. and N your lady
novels which you hcve read and win be
pleased 20 loan them 60 me, shall bo we're
fathefouel IN reetorenge, and teko it a great
faver, for they are we're deverting in the coun-
terry. Your lord did me the honouer TO dayn
hear yesterday, and was we're wen hertely
wished your lady he'd come alonge, for lit
void heve bin bott advertisement in this good
wather. and VOW void have bin we're welcome
70, dear madam. your iadyshipes most humble
servant, q. MoNrRosE.
For the right honorable tho Countess Of Aran.
dcall, at hir LOGGING in Netherayes, Waynd,
Edinburgh.
If readers who can't translate this
viii try temporarily 10 forget all they
ever knew Of spelling, and then will
practice Lady Montrose's letter again, il
is possible that they may learn what hei
ladyship wanted to say TO Lady Amman.
dale What the latter said and wrote
it is perhaps as well we do net know. -
Philadelphia Times
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
wanted Damages.

OF those would be litgants who, like
Hotspur, "in the way Of bargain, will
"cairl on the ninth part of haira" a
Kentucky lawyer tells in the Louisville
Courier-Journal this good story:
was in my partners office at Brown
vile one day, when tall, lank native,
about 90 years Of age came in. After
he had warmed himself we inquired Of
him his business To the inquiry be re-
piled:
Il want ter bring suit ag in old man
II. 5 estate During the war he drafted
me for service, and when / showed up
he said he didn' need me- Ef ! had "a
went in, would have been a-dragin a
pension now, and l want ter sue him
fer damages fer keepin me from drawin
a pension.
When we told him that his cause for
action was no coed, he shambled out Of
the office and remarked that there was
no jestice in law nohow.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
classleism and Romanticis.n In Music.

Classical composers cro these cf Tie
first rank who have CcvclcrCd music C
the highest pitch Of perfection ca Sc
formal side, and. IN CLCCitrtc 10 TtLtl.
ally accepted laws, TreisiiiLg usih,tit
beauty pure and simple, oycrtLCiicl..
content, refusing to sacrifice form &,
characteristic oppression. kcI-GLi-,
composers are ,hcsc who havo souei
tier ideals in cttcr rcsiCrsma suNt-
70 give expression 90 tlW, nl9lcty,
Ct thc rCsiiictcLs ala HLiD.tCl g..
form and thc ccnNClaols 90 ilN--,fm
ICsars with whom, IN luli,Dlrul ~
weighs manner. -" how 90 LiWH e.
Music, - KlChhiel.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
FOR Domestic Woe.

One of the guides at TIE capitol had
an amusing experience A ccuntryman
was shown the wonders Of tho whisper
ing gallery and the stone which doadens
all sound.
After the usual experiment was com
pleted he astonished the guide by say
ing: Mister, kin a body sit stone
like that thar hyar in Washington? Yo'
see, my wife gifts cantankeTous at times,
an she kin talk pow'ful hard when she
gifts started. If l could git one O. them
things ter stan on out in our kitchen,
I'd be willin ter pay well fer it. -
Washington Star
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
The Law to Meet 1t.

Gazzam-I' m going TO have my neigh
boris chickens arrested. The rcosters
waken me every morning at 3 or 4
o'clock and spoil my rest.
Maddox-There is no law which au-
thorizes the arrest Of chickens
Gazzam-Well, there's a law which
forbids the use Of fowl language. DE
troit Free Press
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

John Bunyan fought ON the Round
head side daring the civil war in Eng.
land. This has been definitely settled by
the discovery of his name in several
places on the muster rolls Of the parlia-
mentary garrison Of Newport Paqueell.
Some people, it seems, thought John
fought for King Charles
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
Falr warming.

He-Do you think your father would
offer me personal violence if l were to
ask him for you?
She-No, but think be will if you
don't pretty soon. Plain
Dealer.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
III. r,rsi f.lanl.c...

IN the reign # LGw~dlillhlIe Wc.t
at Bristol three trathCrs ,.lO were lM
ncnt clothiels and wool,u wcayGa, ana
whose fnnily Lame was Blanket Ilty
were the first persons whomanufactaca
that comfortable material, which has
'ver since been called by theirnamc and
which was then used ior peasants clc;h-
ing
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
GIVE THEM A TRIAL.

The Greater Wilmington Printing
corner Of Fourth and Shipley streets, is
prepared to do printing Of every de-
scrlption quickly and efficiently.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
RrsINESs Nan ARREsTED.

Samuel ]. Schless, whose protested
note for 5000 was left lying at the Firs
National Bank while he prepared to
leave town, was arrested yesterday at
ternoon on a capias sworn out by the
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

The South Staffordshire regiment was
called the Pump and Tortoise, " from
its sobriety and the slow, methodical
way in which the men went about their
duty when stationed at Malta.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

After Sicily, the greatest orange and
lemon producing center Of southern
Italy is the Sorrentine peninsula and
Rodi, of which the fcimer is the more
important.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

Over $1,000 persons fornd employ
ment in the Lototen cod fisheries last
year
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

banks counsel, l.. c. Vandegrift AT
the Court House he quickly furnished
bond for S400 and was released.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY take
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Drug
Eists refund money II Il fails to cure. 25e-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
HINTS TO EMIGRANTS.
A Scotch Lassie Who Thinks Herself
Very Well OFF in Yankee Land.

The following letter to a friend in
Scotland is interesting. Il would like
to say few words for the benefit of
the Scotch lassies at home who are not
afraid of work, and would like to come
to America. | came out here through
the Rev. Henry Williamson about Is
months ago. | have got on very Well
In that time | would not be a servant
at home again, and work as they do
for small wages. You can earn here
three dollars week. e., twelve shil-
lings, and that is considered small
pay here. If you are willing to learn.
the American ladies' are very good to
show you all they can. The cooking
is altogether different and some of the
cooking utensils have a different
name, which makes it little hard DIT
first. One advantage in applying to
Mr. Williamson is that he finds you a
situation and makes all arrangements,
so that you have no trouble. The lady
expects you and goes to meet you, or
if she can't get herself sends some one
else Then she knows you are strange
to the country the people and their
ways, and does all she can to make you
comfortable, and shows you the way
the work is done here | have spoken
to a girl who came here herself to get
situation, and found it very hard at
first. When she heard of some place
and went after it the lady asked whom
she was with last and what she could
do. She told the lady she had just
come to the country. Then they would
say they wanted a girl with experience,
because they did not know anything
about her, and were afraid to trust her.
But she is getting on very we'll now,
and, like the rest of us, would not work
as we did at home. | am what they
call second girl here. There are two
in the family, and the cook and myself
make four. | get up at half-past six,
and do little busting and set the table
for breakfast at eight | wait at table.
Then | wash the silver and glass that
have been used. | next go upstairs
and make the beds, and anything |
see that wants to be done | do it.
have regular days for all my rooms
cleaning. l have generally three after
moons a week to myself and evening
after supper. SO | think myself very
well off. | have never regretted com
ing to Yankee land.---I am, &c,
A Perth I.assie.
Connecticut, L. S. A.