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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-04
An Afronted Dog.

a dog who had grown old and gray
il one family and had been always used
to much kindness and petting became
at last so fat that when the dinner bell
rang he would sit Oh the top step OF
the staircase and whine piteously till
some member of the family went up to
him and carried him down. Just at
this time puppy Newfoundland was
introduced to the family, greatly to the
chagrin of the old terrier, who would
not make friends with the newcomer.
On one occasion when the dinner bell
rang the puppy, seeing the old dog sit
ting on the top step as usual, ran up to
him and in clumsy play upset him so
completely that the fat old fellow rolled
to the foot of the stairs. growing all
the way
The sight was very ludicrous, and
several members of the family who had
seen it could not refrain from laughter
But the panpered dogs behavior was
curious. Gathering himself together, he
refused to enter the dining room as
usual, but slowly toiled up stairs again
and retired to the wicker basket where
be usually passed the night. Humble
apologies were made to him, more than
one child friend offered him dainty food,
but though he must have been hungry
everything was refused, and he passed the
evening fasting His pride had been too
deeply wounded by the unfeeling laugh
ter of his friends. and it was not until
another day Lad dawned that he seemed
to forgive the slight which he had re-
ceived
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YOUTHS DE- ll4FaTMENT.
Billy and Tommy, c .-rae Story About
Birds-An AEro:,.ed DoG-A
Pirate Duck.

A writer in Tho Examiner has been
telling some entertaining true stories
about pets and among them is an &C.
count of the tanning of two birds:
Billy was long and thin and Tommy
was short ard fat. Billy was bright yell
low all over, but Tommy was pale yell
low, with black spots on his head and
back. or course you have guessed that
my two BIRDS Billy and Tommy, were
canarios Yes, they were canaries, and
both of them could sing Billy could
trill and MARBLE in really wonderful
way for such little bird. He always
liked to sing most when any of us was
trying to talk. Then he would do the
best he could to drown our voices with
his and sometimes we would have to
put him in dark closet | suppose all
canaries are like Billy in this particu-
lar, and you will not think him very
remarkable pet after all if I only tell
you that he could sing very well.
Did you ever try tanning canary by
feeding him with your own hand and
by passing your finger up and down be-
fore him very slowly? At first you will
find that the motion of your hand will
make tho bird very angry. and no will
either Try to get away from you by fly
ing into tho corner of his cage or he
will peck at you quito sharply with his
bcak. After many trials l got Billy to
consent to cat bird seed from my hand,
and when | moved my finger up and
down before him he would follow it
with his head, making funny little
kissing sound with his bill. Next I
coaxed him to sit ON my finger, and
finally made him so tame that l could
take him out of his cage on my hand.
Now Billy WAS no longer afraid OF me.
He grew to know that when l came to
his cage he was going to have seed or
sugar or perhaps piece of ripe fruit.
He would fly about the room and let mo
catch him again by just slipping my
finger under his claws,
Tommy was almost as tame rs Billy.
Ny sister taught him to stand on a
perch and so from one end Of 1t to the
other when she told him to, and she
made him hold tiny basket i'll his
claw. but he always dropped the basket
before he got to the end of the perch.
We taught both the birds to pretend
they were dead and would lay them
down on their backs very carefully and
cover them With handkerchief, then
we would count onc two, three and
snatch off the handkerchief and up
would jump both birds very quickly
and all in hutter
After the tricks were played and
Tommy and Billy had been returned
to their cages they took long time, l
assure you. to put down their rutfled
plumage and get themselves all in prop
er order once more They were very
neat and prim little birds, l can tell
You, and they showed very plainly that
they did not like to have their pretty
feathers unused.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-04
A pirate Duck

Some ducks. you knew. are pirates, and some
are merchantmen.
And this one was pirate. though Matched out
by hen
He kept the other ducks IN dread. They trem
bled fore and aft
When he came sailing down on them, rakish
looking craft
he swiftly sklu:med the farmers pond His
plumage 1t was black.
And instead OF firing broadsldes he cried
'Guack. quack, quackl
The merchantmen would find frog. cargo
fine. wcen.
But ere II could be go; aboard the pirate would
be seen
With webfcet working quickly. he would over
haul his prey
And III his told lie frog would soon be safely
slowed away
Then he woud calmly paddle off upon another
tac!;
While fainter from the distance came his
'Quack. quack. quackl
With tadpoles it was just TIE same, with caddis
worms To boot
And oft the piruic duck would rob his victims
OF n newt
Thus he ere long grew very fat, and that. Of
course. Is why
The farmer eazcd upon him with u calculating
eye
That s also why he disappeared and never moro
CAME back
To ;errify the merchantmen with 'Quack,
ounck oCack -
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Enelard,s Future Coal Supply.

cit may now he accepted as geolog-
ically certain that between Dover and
Bath there occurs more CT less inter
rupted trough of coal measures of $50
miles in length and Of a breadth vary
ing from two to four miles, measured
from north to south" Dr.. Hull be-
lieveS, however, that this trough is in
terrupted by considerable textures and
disturbances, and that it cannot be ex-
pectcd TO compensate for the possible
exhaustion CT the Lancashire and mid
land areas Nor, though he considers
that it must extend under the channel
toward Dover, does he think that il
could be worked under the sea to any
extent with profit, as, except at an enor-
nous depth, the difficulties of intruding
water would be too great.
Taking each coalficld separately, DR..
Hull discusses its probable lateral ex-
tension under everything strata, and, on
the basis that about 1000 feet repre-
sents the downward limit of practical
working, lie arrives at estimates in
round numbers of the amount of coal
that will be available at the end of the
century. The total for the United King
dom is 81, 6S3, 600, coo tons. AS the out
put of coal for 1886 was over 1875, 000,-
coo tons, on the extremely improbable
assumption that the rate of production,
which has more than doubled since
1860, will remain practically stationary,
these figures of DR.. Hull would give
life of about 400 years to our coal mines
Within this period, then, an enormous
readjustment of social conditions, and
probably of commercial conditions, is
bound to occur.-London Spectator.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-04
Wayside Wells.

The caution uttered by Mr.. G. F.
Wingate, sanitary expert, against in
discriminate drinking from wayside
wells by bicyclists or other travellers is
one that it will be we'll to heed. Mr..
Wingate affirms his positive knowledge
Of several cases of typhoid fever traced
to this cause. He points out the fact
that well may be considered health
full by those who habitually drink from
it, and may in fact be so as far as they
are concerned. and yet be dangerous to
a stranger who takes only a slight
draft. New York Post.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-04
SHOWER OF STARS.
rain of Meteoroids Coming With the
Close of the Century.

Close of the Century.
The astronomers look for the next
great mcteoric shower on the morning
Of Nov. 10, 1899 They calculate that
the earth will then pass again through
the center of an immense swarm of me-
teoroids, as they are called before COM
bustion. These great "leonide star
showers, as they are called, occur at
intervals of every SO years and one day.
The great shower of 1893 occurred on
Nov. ~; that of 1888 on Nov. 13; that
of 1866 on Nov. II, and consequently a
repetition of the next wonderful phe-
nomenon is expected on the morning of
Nov. Is, 1899.
In the meanwhile, however, as the
aggregation of meteoroids is of immense
length, one end of it will encounter the
earth in 1898 and the other i'll 1900,
making, as Professor Lewis Swift, the
distinguished astronomer of Rochester,
says, considerable showers in those years.
Professor Swift says 1.-THE thickness of
the meteoroidal stream is 100, 600 miles
and the duration of the shower is equal
to the time of the diagonal passage of
the earth through it, usually from mid
night to dawn" He adds, Gas there is
light shower of lconids every Novem-
Der we know that there is vast ring
formed by the comets tail and that the
immense shoal in one portion is the
product Of the exploded comet itself,
through which we pass once every 33
years and day"
The metecroids are dark bodies, and
it is only when they pass into the earth S
atmosphere that they are ignited by fric-
ton and become visible for few Sec
onds The stream makes revolution
around tie sun in about 3911 years,
and by consequence the earth passes
through it in Il new place each year.
The length of the swarm is so enormous
that, although at perihelion it moves at
the rate of nearly 20 miles Il second, yet
it takes it two years to pass the earth,
so that when its hinder part is still with
us its advancing side will have reached
the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. Not
withst;nding this extent it is but frac-
ton of the entire orbit. Professor Swift
says "Ihis great cluster will reach the
earth's orbit about June 1, 1899, but
the earth will not have arrived there
then, but will be due nearly six months
later, when cur planet will plunge into
the swarming mass and for at least five
hours we shall experience a literal rain
of fire. Baltimore Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-04
Those Bevei Gear Patents.

Quite a stir was caused by the an
nouncement that the patents under
which the new bevel gear wheel is
built were invalid and that several Of
the firms who purpose putting out
chainless wheels will not build them
under royalty. bat will fight the differ
emit patentees.
1t seems, however. that this is not so.
W. A Reading, the treasurer of the
cycle board of trade, said that the pat
ents had been proved valid before they
were purchased and that as a dozen or
more of the largest firms were to man
ufacture on royalties there seemed to be
little question that the patentees were
safe. New York World.
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>--IT'.''''' II &c '' " Z ." :" - -
!" .ly,c1: pLsseaSors on slgasi TO conduct
-; ..tg. s.s}2t 5laiay.
4. II. Nicholas, superintendent,
Cape Charles, Va.
K. 3. Cooke, Gen'l Freight end Pas
,anger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29
Why Inoronso tho oonl nntn2

Under the existing tariff bituminous
coal pays 40 cents ton. Tho Dingloy
bill proposes to mako this % cents In
1886 the imports Of biuminous coal
into tho United States were l,248, S8b
tons, The exports were 2,24O, 9Sl, The
figures for Canada woroj Imported from
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, eto,,
1923, 404 tonsi from Quebec, Ontario,
etc., 80, 0S7; from British Columbia,
097, 2b7 exports to these throo divisions
respectively, dl0 tons, l,07l, 1903 and
8,00i Canada now proposes In case the
Dingloy rate IL imposed TO rotOliato by
q high duty on our ooOl, which will
certainly not stimulate exports, Horo
is an export business worth twice as
much as tho corresponding import bust
moss, and u IL proposed to run the risk
Of running the former for tho aako Of
sorowing $3.50, 900 taxes out Of the lat
ter, and this on tho plea Of royiying
American industry, Gan any e0no man
fail to SEQ that, even assuming that
imports do not fall off, IL IL hardly
worth while for tho sake Of u paltry
$3.50, 900 to tempt Canada into running
IN established business nearly twice ~
large Os that which Is to yield the taxi
Yet this Ia the way In which "tho old
thing works F"
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29
1RuarEEla aALE NOTICE..

WuERFAe, William " WrIghtOnd Lou.
In Wright his WIFE, by their eeltalh Deed
of Trust dated the first day OF February,
Eighteen Hundred aud Ninety Hud fp-
corded iH Volume "O,' ht UnHps 500 tO
It1 uf The Mortgages In Miller County,
State Of ArknnHuH, conveyed ~ samuel
NJ, JurylH, UH Trustee, the following de-
srflbrd fenl property, situated IA tho
County Of Miller Hnd state OF Arkansas,
tasWlti
Tho f0rlheAst quarter dD0f the north
west quarter 90, aud lhu south half 90
uf The southwest quarter OO aud ihNNnst
half 0f section 0n0 0ll also the south half
uf section two con uhp the aUulhnnai
quarter 90 NJ the southeast quarter
0O NJ section three GDl also the
southwest quarter 90 of section nine lul,
also the east half go Uf thh northwest
0uHrter tN.H aud all OF tho n6WheAstduHr=
ipf tO Hnd AN Of the south half ta Of
section ten tlUu also the southeast Uuhfs
tor 90 NJ the southwest Quhripr lO, aud
Tho west hNlf oUOl tho suuthWosD uunr
tprOl, and nll VI the North u9l Ul turtlOn
eleven tllll also the northwest uUurlnr 0f
section twelve OWl hlsu thH northeast
quarter NlHnd the west half tsl NJ snp=
ti0n fifteen libl aud all NJ section sixteen
liHll all 0fHbaye lands being IA township
fourteen n N south Hf range twenty ashyHh
l9f, west 0l tho bth =, NJ, In said Milef
County ArkhnHual containing IN ait thlr
ty.Uup hundred lllW acres more ur luaa,
Which anld decd VI trust WIS made iU
secure the payment NJ n certain pfUmlss
sorry n0te0f bond, M the sum 8f twenty
Thousand dollars with coupons attached
for the annual Interest thHIpahl and
Whereas said principal sum, together
WIN the interest coupons on shl0 note
iu.Iu hmm HlHuN IUUUMU UllN uuu Ia lll Vl.
main unuNl0l hnd
Wholena II ID provided Ia said daad of
| trust that II Samuel NJ Jarvis, the tfuss
iee therein named, shall be absent from
| the State Uf Arkansas, 0f shall refuse 90
act Hs such trustee chen the said Samuel
| NJ idiyls may appoint ana substitute
any uthuruuWnn nd tWaiuNiu hrt Ia hiH
nWOO mud aiWd) uUd Whn ahhll hu ymind
with Hll the Rights, nlWnr HUd authority
pUuluTeQ upon lQp original luRlnpl
And whereas, the SAIL samuel NJ Jarvis
| Il absent from the state Uf Arkansas, and
| has resigned his trust ln WitlnH ANA hHW
| REFUSES No further att hs sHth trustee.
| aud has appointed iht, ihb undersigned.
with fhll power To 5pt as trhstes There.
Nov, therefore. /, A. IS. Maxwell viii
Ht the request NJ thp legal holder of said
note aud pOupuna and following lhn
| terms Ui said decd Uf trust, proceed iu Rpll
| the above described real estate. with an
anBuflpnaneNs thereto belonging. ht nHhs
| lili iVHhdHH iH the highest and nHst bidder
| inf fash, Hi the mont dnHf M ihn court
house, IN tho plN Nf 'lN9hrhHnn, IA iho
p0uuli ~ Miller aud atale NJ AfhanaA,
Path DAY OF AuuuNr isid
Az the hauf W " 0'el0gk M M satisfy The
| dnhi hN said deed Hi Trust secured, aud
| the Cost and expenses M executing ihis
| before shld anlH aud nHt iu NJ sold iuf
lpsa Than lWu,ihlidH M npprllaud value.
VI u MANWliib
Nubilliutu Trustee
fg1swit
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29
Champ Clarl's wit.

Champ Clark of Missouri is not only
one OF the wittiest men in tho house Of
representatives but he is ono Of tho
best posted on the tariff question.
In ridiculing some of the rates of the
Dingley bill that to him seemed subject
to criticism, he recited how q man Of
the name Of Goodyear went before the
ways and means committee and secured
the tariff he wanted by some slillful
palayer about the great statesmen that
Maine had produced Then he said;
"Mr Chairman, that piece of soft
soap made it harder for every poor
man in the United States to build q
house. Governor Dingley swallowed the
bait as quick as trout would swallow
a fly tlaughterl, and next summer some
poor devil out west, living in dugout
100 miles from q railroad station, who
voted for Mckinley under the deludod
idea that prosperity would come under
his administration and who has not
heard Of this tariff bill, ciphers 1t out
that he can build him a two room cot
tage with lumber and other building
materials at tho old rate. He goos to the
station to get the lumber and finds that
tho price has gone sky high, and he goes
back to his home and says to his wife;
My DEAR ] am sorry that we must stay
in the dugout We cannot build our lit
tie house. A great man by the name Of
Governor Dingley has put tho price Of
lumber and other things so high that
we cannot do 1t, but, thank God, ne
has left dragons blood FREQ, Laughter,
Next year. whom my handsome friend
from Iowa (Mr Dolliyer) returns TO
that fine agricultural district which no
represents, some man who has not been
able to buy coat because Of tho high
price Of woolen cloth will say to his
neighbor There comes Dolliyor, who
put up the price Of woolon goods, But
the successful candidate for tho post
Office in that district says, Oh, but Dol
liver put divi-diyi ON tho FREQ listP
And in chorus they sing, 'Dollivor and
diyi-diyi forever " [Laughtor, Ap.
plauso on tho Democratic side,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29
Cotton Belt still in the Lead,

Sleeping car service to aud from
Nashville on all trains, Commene.
Ing May ID, Pullman's finest Sleep
ers win be run on trains . aud i,
leaving lrt, Worth Od6 a, mo- Tex.
arkaua 7il6 p, mo atriylnga Nash
Vile $3.50 p, mo also ON June !, leay,
ing Waco G8O p, mo TeSarkana6}l0
a, M arriving at Nashville Gao
a, m, Tralus returning leave Nash
Vile at 0l0 a. mn Op, mu have
sleepers through to ltt. Worth and
Waco respectfully For further
information and sleeper reserya-
tions zee u, W. GoDDoLD,
or Ticket Agent,
@, =, HoyEY,
General Agent, If,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29
POINTS FOR ADVERTISERS.

Saying the right thing at the
right time" implies that adyertis-
ing, if properly done, is immensely
profitable
The only thing man wants al
ter he gets all the money he needs,
is more. Judicious advertising gets
it.
1t is not necessary for one to be
an acrobat in order to tumble to the
fact that advertising is a good
thing,
Cleanliness may be next to godli-
ness; but the biggest advertiser
sells most soap.
AS the rudder is to the ship, so
is printers ink and iudjcious adyer-
tisinq to the success of any business
that makes a bid for public patron
age,
zone half Of a mans energy is
wasted Only the down strokes
count in chopping wood" Adver-
tislug improperly done is wasted
Good ads are down strokes for sue
sessfuO business.
"The business in which you know
you could make money Is always
monopolized by others The golden
opportunity is stll open tor those
who reach over others by more and
better advertising.
"Ecoumy is a good thing, but it
is a poor policy to set hen ON one
egg, to save eggs Wise adyertis-
ers do not depend on q single ad
and a single Insertion to bring them
a fortune, Keeping eyerlastngly
at II brings success.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

No mystery about it, When the
Shakers offered some time ago to
give away a bottle Of their Diges-
tive Cordial to any one who might
call at their New York Office, there
was a great rush and q great many
people thought they were crazy
Subsequent events proved 1t to
be a very clever advertising trans
action, for although they gave
away thousands Of bottles 1t was in
the end prodtablei nearly every one
that took a free bottle came back
for more aud paid for 1t with pleas
ure, saying they had derived better
results from It's use than from any
other medicine they had ever used,
There Is nothing 80 uniformly
successful in the treatment Of
stomach troubles as the Shaker
Digestive Cordial, and what rs bet
ter than all, 1t relieves at once
LnXol, the new form Of Castor
OH Is 80 palalable that children
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29
rnnnlurra tho Thenrn.

The oppohtion Of the protected lntor'
eata of Massachusetts 10 u duty ON hidea
looks like an abandonment of tho favor
ite proteetioniat theory that "the for
eiener pays the tax -
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

Attention Ladies' / am propar.
ed TO do all binds Of dress maHlug
and guarantee satlalaetloni was
formerly with thenoted Paris Cloak
and Suit Co., on Fifth Avenue, New
York City, Give me a trial
Mus, j, Srlf2nfnd,
ll.18. 800 Maple st,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

Remember the 1HxARBANiAH 1ot
Office can supply your every want
the very best class Of work AT bot
tom prices
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

Just received, a large shipment
ot Mems Linen Suits hnd lluOn
Pants, hliAhfb " I'hWh@
a ~
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

Old newspapers at fEXAnRANiAt
office % cents per hundred
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

Pure leaf lard only DC per pound
Al jos Meshane's opposite llehe.
field Hotel BlC
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

$500, $3.50 and $1,000 suits, best
In the world SHARPE a. BREWER,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

We Always give our customers
the best the market affords, iull
weights and prompt attention.
HUDDLEsToN BROS.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

TeNnrl,nnh Carriage Company
are headquarters br uuggies,
Wagons ana Harness
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

Best new cakes, candies, fruits,
etc, at Mrs, Meeks post Office con-
LectionerY. 10-I
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

Bring your Job work to the Tex
ARKANIAN job Office, Remember we
have the largest and best equipped
Office here, and turn out nothing
but the best class of work, and at
bottom prices.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29
In Harness,

AZ ln every hlhH tlspi
yau desire and expect the BEST the ale5t
iha most stylish, The most fehs1haqlp ih
6Fiee. Fhat Is what We Bllth Ahd the
ipngtb tt time We have been m business
AMI tbe hearty Communications VI uuf
1Idest patrons lndOue our urtlalh'
The Edwards Harness Shop,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29
EXCELSIOR TIN SHOP

Located In Byrne Block No, 2ls
State Line Ayenue-l4ee Hitchcock
proprietor Chaa, u, WInQheld mana
ager, We guarantee our tin roof.
Ing against leaks for ~ mos, will
at0p stubborn leaks In defective
rooIal do neat and substantial gut,
terIng and downpiplng Mill Hoods,
eten a sBeeialty=also do roof paiut=
ing. viii keep on hand stove pipe,
both for wholesale and retail, and
will expect to keep full liue of
hand made tinwarc on hHud, for
anything that Ia expected OF a llrHl'
class shop, Give ua trial,
l'2l, EXoBtsl0H TIN SHOP
Moth balls at the pafl0f Drug
store Zoe pound,
Few touch up, and none can beat
M, on mems shoes when we gain 4
customer we keep him, WhyY we sell
correct shapes aud give goods that
wear well, price from ~ 800 TO 5000
bsi9 SHARPE q llaBwEa,
In Mems NeebweaiI
Ia Mems ! Hose,
Ia Mems Suspendela,
In Mems Suits,
In Mems Underwear
In Mems Clothing
Ia Mems Shoes,
We are headquarters,
b1g AHABpB& lRHwfh
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

Moth balls at the parlof Drug
store, i0e a pound,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

LnXol, the new form Of Castor
OH Is 80 palalable that children
lick the spoon clean,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

Parties who wish conveyance to
Kirby Beach telephone or send
word 10 Blythe's stable, Round
trip ID cents, 6'29
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

We cannot say too much about
our underwear, We buy these
goods by the case, so we can give
our customers the lowest possible
prices for good goods prices from
SOC up,
5.12 SHARPE q BREWER.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

Huddleston Bros, nave Just re-
ceived a fine hne Of smoked meats,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29

The latest is those Royal Purple.
7-10-11t. G, E, Stock,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-29
W. c. SPEARMAN, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.

0hiee, Front Rooms over Smith
Drug store, ONCE hours from \
10 IL M, = TO \ " NJ, aud \ TO y y,
Telephone at orlee aud residence,
Tesafhana AFs