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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-11
ACCOMAC c. r. VA SATURDAY DECEMBER Il 1897

IN art, and he proposes to retouch 1t.
You say: "Stand of. would rather
have it just as it is You will only make
it worse" After awhile there comes an
artist who was the equal Of Raphael.
He says, 1T will retouch that picture
and bring out all its original power. "
You have full confidence in his ability.
He touches it here and there. Feature
after feature comes forth, and when he
is done with the picture it is complete
in all its original power.
Now, God impresses his image on our
race, but that image has been defaced
for hundreds and for thousands Of years,
getting fainter and fainter. Here comes
up divine Raphael shall call him a
divine Raphael. He says, II can restore
that picture. He has all power i'll heay-
en- and on earth. He is the equal OF
the one who made the picture, the equal
of the one who drew the image Of God
in our soul. He touches this sin and it
is gone, that transgression and it is gone,
and all the DETACHMENT disappears, and
where sin abounded grace doth much
moro abound" Will you have the de-
facement, or will you have the restora-
ton? I am well persuaded that if I
could by touch Of heavenly pathos in
two minutes put before you what has
been done to save your soul there would
be an emotional tide overwhelming.
Mamma" said little child to her
mother when she was being put to bed
at night, mamma, what makes your
hand SO SCARED and twisted and unlike
other peoples hands2" We'll" said
the mother, my child, when you were
younger than you are now, years ago,
one night after 1 had put you to bed, 1
heard cry, shrek, up stairs. came
up and found the bed was on fire, and
you were on fire, and took hold Of you,
and I tore off the burning garments,
and while I was tearing them off and
trying to get you away l burned my
hand, and it has been Scared and twist
ed ever since and hardly looks any more
like hand, but got that, my child,
in trying to save you.
o man, o woman, wish today
1 could show you the burned hand
of Christ burned in plucking you out
of tho fire, burned i'll snatching you
away from the fame. Aye, also the
burned foot, and the burned brow, and
the burned heart-burned for you. "By
his stripes ye are healed.
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Wanted to Do His DUTY.

The lawyers had badgered the juror
nearly to death with questions when
the judge finally took him in hand.
"You say you never heard Of this
case /" said the judge.
Mary word of it, jedge, till came
into the courtroom, u" was the reply.
"And you don't know either the
plaintiff OF the defendant?'
Never see either Of 'em afore today"
"Do you know either of the attor-
neys?"
"Thank heaven, no.
"Then ! should think you ought to
be able to give fair and impartial
hearing to the evidence and render
verdict in accordance with it without
fear or favor. -
"Jedge, as things stand now kin do
that very same thing, but I'm afeard OF
what may happen. :"
"What can happen that will affect
your Judgment
"Well, jedge,'' explained tho juror,
turning to the court somewhat confden-
TALLY, "if the lawyers behave them
selves, I'll be crackerjack juror, but
It's my experience in these here cases
that one or the other Of EN- usually
works in some smart tricks that makes
me so hoppin mad all the way through
that it warps my Judgment, an then it
Jest comes natural for me to watch out
for good chance to give him the worst
of it, an l aim t no kind Of juror to
sit in that case If you'll jest see that
the lawyers don't work i'll any blamed
foolishness to rile me, reckon you'll
find I'm about as good juror as you'll
find anywheres in this county; other
wise amt fit to pass Judgment on who
owns slice of apple pie. '-Exchange
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Mfr. Enos schwenk of Gratersford.

Mr.. Enos schwenk of Gratersford.
Montgomery county, whose land bor-
ders on the Perkiomen, has in his armo-
ry two fintlock guns and two muzzle
loading percussion cap guns. One OF
the fintlock guns is very old London
product and is 6 feet 2 inches long from
barrel to butt. He says he well remem-
bers the time when wild ducks could be
found any day during the season upon
the Perkiomen.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-11

Oval Wood Stoves, made of
heavy Russia Iron, fastened
with cased rods, improved Sid
ing top, preventing smoking
walls, as wood stoves usually
do.
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Sixteen Years 4 ss$si'ss

and g. study OF the business IN
reraral way has enabled me to fit
those whose sight was fall1ng De-
cause OF advancing age (Presbyopla)
and those who were nearslghJeo
(Myopic), but where astiSmatlsm or
any Regularity OF the sight existed l
was obliged to refer the customer 10
q city oculist. Not satisfied TO 40
business that l could not do properly,
I determined to study Refractlon. /
secnred The best works on that SUP
ieot. cartridge on Refractlon. oy
Gustayus Hartridge, +. Il. y. s.,
we'll recognized authority on Optics
and RefracUlon, and these studied
we'll. | also attended lectures at the
New York Optical School last faii,
and bought the best quality testing
cnse aud outfit at S1UU, anu feel jus
titled III making the announcement
that. AIN now ready TO prescribe toi
and correct the VISION OF almost anf
and ali conditions vi the eye wher.
glasses are needed. The liberal pa
Cronage e1Jeuueu TO NE curing 'ne
sixteen ears nave ueeu III oueAneeS
here encourages LIE 10 eneer lAle ne"
field in cUunccLlOn Win NY reS u'ai
business, .uu believe my ouslohels
will be s.,au " knUM that Cney oan Set
pROPrhLA Filled ULaoSho
without the CruuDIe aud eXpehse Il
uoiuv 70 tne cl.j. NO cuarGee t
present ,,e-''ii'-d'i"'' VI :.
GLASSES :
WDe- or e..
IuOae cU.u..-- ~ {. ,.A9.'.nOS .'"ulO
do we'll to uolily tne ny card.
Respectfully,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

when 1 am in possession of such. The
mysterious schooner Augusta came
into this port this afternoon. Rennick
on board.
l was unable to see Rennick, but
have been on board the Augusta and
interviewed the captain and several Of
the crew. The captain was as dumb
as an oyster regarding the movements
of his vessel The crew are evidently
under orders not to divulge, though
one OF them admitted that on the way
out they had put into the port Of
Yakutat, where the miners Rennick
had employed were landed and start
ed on the trail for the interior, also
that they went into one Of the ports
near Copper river, also that Rennick
brought out some furs and snow shoes.
which he sold at fur store. / have
found this store. and the proprietor
admits having bought the furs and
snow shoes of Renniek, that the furs
came from Copper river and the snow
shoes are such as are used by the Cop
per river Indians. Naturally there Is
much excitement here. Rennick and
his reported discoveries are the topic
of conversation everywhere. The Post
Intelligencer of this city prints an in
teryiew with Rennick, from which 1
quote as follows:
1.-THE steam schooner Augusta ar
rived here yesterday afternoon. Aboard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

portion of Alaska of which very liz
tie is known. The route will be from
Seattle to Valdese bay, in Prince VIII
hams sound. thence overland. starting
about the 10th of January, over the d.
vide and the glacier to the Conner
river, striking the river near 100 miles
from its mouth, then follow the river
to its headWaters, around Mounts Till
man, Drum, Sanford and Wrange. In
this region are known to exist rich de-
posits of copper. and from the Indians
and the few prospectors who have
penetrated so far we have reports of
rich sold placeFs and quartz / have
said that little is known of this part of
Alaska. [ might almost say that moth
ing positive is known of it's mineral re-
sources. 1t is said that George Rem
nick came out of the Copper river
country some two months since with
100000 in gold nuggets. There is evil
dence here of his having between SIC, 900
and $4,000
Harry Johnson, says he, came down
from the headWaters of the Copper in
1892 with several thousand dollars in
gold dust taken from near Mount
Wrangel This man Johnson is a min
ing expert and recently returned to
Copper river with a party of nine.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

He predicts that bthe cooper and
Tanana rivers are richer than the
klondike Capt. Munger, vof the United
States revenue cutter, told me some
days since that ABOUT forty days ago
an agent of the Standard Oil company
came to him for nautical and other
information regarding Cooks Inlet and
Copper river. Capt. Munger has been
on the Alaska coast waters for many
years. This agent gave the captain
all the details of his expedition to the
head waters of the Copper, and soon
after sailed with q. party of twenty
explorers. I am going into these de-
tails because-as it seems TO me-this
smouldering Copper river flame is
liable at any time to- burst forth with
tremendous force aifds tfien what a
stampede there VIII be- to this new
field. Let it be known tomorrow be-
syond doubt that gold exists in paying
quantities on the Copper and Tanana
and in ten days 1000 men from Seattle
and Tacoma would start for the new
Eldorado. and five times as many more
from other points on the coast. For
this reason / ana giving the readers OF
sthe G o e this inforrna ton. such as
it is. of the much talked of Copper
zriver district. It may.shes of benefit
to many who are contemplating the
trip to Alaska. They shall have the
benefit of more reliable information
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

is George Rennick, leader OF the pros
pectors who are bottling up a consid-
cradle portion of the copper mine
country. He was the only one of the
former expedition to return, the 9TH
ers staying in the country to locate
and start development work Rem
nick returns to secure the services of
forty miners. Those who go with him
on the next voyage of the Augusta
will be under contract for two years
work in the mines at s. a day Claims
have already been taken on tributaries
of the White, Lddue. Tanana, Copper
and Chittyna rivers. Rennick spoke
freely of his trip, but, when it came
TO the locality Of his claims. he was
discrectly dumb. AT Diseuchantment
bay (supposed to be YakutaO all our
party landed and our miners starred
for the interior.
Would you object to giving a gen
eral idea Of the location from which
this gold comes?"
Naturally. r do not care to put
prospectors on my trail" was the re-
ply. Put / don't mind telling you
that we have claims on tributaries Of
the Tanana, White, Ladue, Chittyna
and Copper rivers
My Judgment is that Rennick's pla-
Ger locations. from which he has
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

discoveries that the recital of even a
few of them would soon establish for
your correspondent reputation as
liar that. though it would not rebound
TO the credit of the G o e, q CORE
spondent of the '.Klondike Tyre" might
be proud of. Besides, 1 am paving the
way for furnishing the G. 10 e with
truthful, interesting and valuable in
formation, especially SO of the now
much talked of Copper and Tanana
river districts. I shall send two prac-
:lcal and unusually intelligent explor-
ers to the Copper river by the steam
ship Alliance, sailing from here about
TIE Gath inst, A camera will be taken
along, and I hope to be able to pre-
sent to the readers OF the G o
some Photographic views OF the grand
est natural scenery in Alaska and of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

brought out so much gold, are about
MOUNT Wrangel. on the Copper river
% 4i"t ,n'tt ms quartz locations are near
belief from anything Rennirl has IN .p:5
MS OBJECT being to Keep secret the To-
Gallon Of bis claims A movement il
now On foot that will soon diynlGe
these secrets and we shall know r
Rennlck has made n great discovery
and. if so. it's locality Until then I
would not advise prospectors to 20
trailing after the mysterious Rennick.
M. r. Baldwin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

sDecial Correspondence of the Globe;
SEATTLE, Wash, Dee. 1T.-Seattie
claims to be. and doubtless is, the head
certer for about everything pertaining
to the gold fields of the Klondike and
alaska. Conservative estimates place
the number Of prospectors Quitting
and waiting here at 10000 Just row
there is no unusual excitement. [
you'd say there is a hull, probably the
Inh tS,at precedes the storm of excite
ment that is sure to break out when
the report comes Of some new discov-
cry on the Stuart, HootalinGue, Tana-
ma. or Copper river, Cooks inlet or
within the Arctic circle. All these To-
caitties are attracting much attention,
and among the army OF prospectors
here 1 hear SO many reports and ru-
rora of discoveries and prospective
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26
70 EEaR

OF H,sckhetdS. Pimples or rcrgh SKIN II you
use NeodhuTy's GRIND Tclet Combination.
sample OF each. ot Woodbury. Facial Soap
Facial Cream. Facial Powder and Dental Cream
with l32-psSc book en- Row to cure bad
skin protces good coInpleXiou. mailed on
receipt OF 90. The regular size sold every
where. 25c. JOHN II. WOODBURY.. Uerma-
tologis, l2' West 42d ST.. n Y.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26
LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS.

After great Xmns sale of Ladies' Handkerchiefs
we have about 600 dozen slightly soed out of
original folds To close them out with a rush before
JAM LIST we have divided them into four lots and will
sell them at about one-half price, follows: Extra
Special for Monday.
Lot 800 dozen. in IS different styles of Hem
stitched Hand-Embrodered Initials, Lace effects
and great variety of Plain White and Colored Border
Handkerchiefs; extra good value Sc. Our Cd .
price Monday only :................ sc
Hemstched, Hand Embroidered and Lace elects also
Pure Linen Hemstitched goods; extra good szs
value at 10c Our price Monday only ...... DIE
Lot 300 dozen, in 40 different styles, of Fine
Hemstitched and Sealloped Hand Embroidered, also
great variety of Lace effects and plain Hensttched
Linens; extra good value at from 15c to 100 = IN
Our price Monday only Observation-Disclosures. EUG
Lot 400 dozen pure Irish Linen Hemsttched
and Scalloped Edge, northumberland and fine Lace
effects extra good value at from 25c to 3oc a
each. Our price Monday only ......... LOG
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

.ENEN DEPARTMENT..
We have lots of Odds and Ends and Remnants
in this department. We shall make Bargain Prices
this week before taking stock. If you Rem
nants at price will be your interest to visit this
department this week
Remnants of Piowcasing, ~, As, so and 81 inches
vide. Ca,rhrics aud Musius, worth from to
15c ward; on Bargain Tables, to close this week, p
49,
Remnants Of ~ s.4, Cd and TO- Sheetng, be2ched
and unbeacted worth from Is to PC yard; on EAa
bargain Tables, to close, special ............ az
Remnants of White Goods, Lawns, Linens, Main
socks and Swisses, dotted and plain, worth up to
CSC yard Special y,
Remnants of Toweling in checked, beacted. I'M
11eached and Huck worth from 10c to- 15c; on CD sq
Bargain Table, to close, special .......:... ~ -
Remnants of Table Linens, Bleached, Cream and
Turkey Red and odds and ends of Napkins. cheaper
tlau our Special Sale Prices.
The evening times., 1897-02-13
WHO WILL TAKE THE CENSUS
An Interesting Question Raised by
Mr.. Wrighfs Reappointment
1t Is Believed That the Reappgrtion.
Inent Will Increase the Size of
the House of Representatives.

The rcappointment OF Carroll d. Wright
ton by the Senate raises the interesting
question whether the new President will
divorce the offices of Superintendent OF
Census and Labor Commissioner 1t has
been reported that Mr., Mckinley has ex-
pressed desire to reappotnt Robert r.
Porter To that office, bat Porter has eX-
hibited al strong desire for something better.
There is little doubt, however, that ne will
finally be ready to take thai or drop TO the
something equally ly-as-g good class"
TIE favorable report made III the House
yesterday on tie Sayers bill, placing the
census under tie Commissioner of Labor,
is indicative that some such measure may
make ii impossible to separate the offices.
In that event the approaching census of
1900 would he taken under the direction
OF Mr.. Wright. 1t would then he free from
the impntation of partisansilip, which was
freely made about tile census conducted by
Porter Wright has been appointed to his
present office by Presidents of both po-
iitical parties
1t is already predicted that the new emu
in tire population as to disturb the present
eqaipoise OF the sections il the House.
1hequestion al arises as to otheprobdble
increase In the size OF the House by re-
Hpportionment Notwithstanding the be-
lief that the House is steadily growing
more aad more cumbersome, it is the be-
lief u many experienced members that
the k0use in the Fifty-ninth Congress
Will have more than 400 members. Only
at one reapportionment has the total rep
resensation been lessened and that did
not prove ut all satisfactory. The smaller
states dislike to lose any OF their repre-
sentatives, and the ratio is generally de-
ternined 10y them. Maine is very likely
to Furnish the basis of computation. What
ever ratio is necessary to preserve Maines
four Representatives will very likely be
close to the ratio established after the
new census OF 1900.
The apportionment of 1S43, although 1t
raised the ratio from a. 700 to 20 $50,
lowered the total number OF Representa-
tives from 240 to 223, radical innova-
tion that has never been repeated. Pre-
sumably the next ratio viii be close TO
200 600 for each Congressional district.
II the next census has any revelations
like the last it win show great gains for
tire Trans Mississippi country. That re-
giun gained twenty Congressman and eIec-
tors 10y the reapportionment. What Pres
ident Cleveland has alluded TO as 1.-The
undesirable States are likely to have an
other increase Of influence and potency
after 1900.
The evening times., 1897-02-13
THE PLACE OF THE BIBLE.
A Highly Interesting Lecture by
Rev. DIR. Willetts of Chicago.

A Highly Interesting Lecture by
Rev. DIR. Wlletts of Chicago.
'sThe Place of the Bible in Present-Day
Thought was the subject of an interesting
discourse delivered last evening before the
American Society of Religious Education
by the Rev. Dr II L. willett, dean of the
Divinity School, of Chicago, at Foundry
NJ. Z. Church.
The Bible, the speaker said, is abso-
lutely the most attractive book in the
world and contains more truths and beauty
of language than all others combined.
Too often however he said, it is kept on
the center table merely as an ornament,
and only busted when we expect a visit
from the parson" 1t was not used enough
by the Sunday-sChool teachers. The chill
dren were taught by means Of stories in
the Sunda y-school papers, in which the
tale of the good little boy is that he
either falls through the ice or breaks his
leg. None c,f these stories is half as at
tractive, he said, as the stories of the
BIble. nor are the lives of men half so
interesting and instructive as those of
Moses. David, Samson, Job, Paul, John
and others.
The lecture was the first of a series OF
five, and was enjoyed by a large audi
enee. The next of the series will De ,'iyen
TINS afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Yer
mont Avenue Church. At the same place
DIR. willetts will lecture again at 7:3e p. M.
The evening times., 1897-02-13
BUTCHERED BY SPANIARDS
A Large Party Of Paeificos Cruelty
and Wantonly Slaughtered.
Men, Women and Children Shot and
Cut and Pushed Over a Precipice.
A Price on Merea's Head.

New York, Feb. Ii "A Key West special
says: Capt. Maradras, OF Rivera's army,
writing to a friend here relates re-
voting story OF Spanish barbarity tow ards
pacificos in PiHar Del Rio Province At
Mount Wanda about forty-five pacificos,
men, women, and children had established
a camp ON q high bluff overlooking an
ocean inlet. Last week one OF Col Man
derina's band OF Spanish guerri!las got
wind OF il and raided the place late one
Afternoon while many OF the men were
absent Advancing UP the hillside quietly,
they surprised the place, pouring I'm lie
structiye volley as. they appeared in the
open at the top OF the cliff.
Tic terrified women and children and
what few men were there attempted 10
escape, but the guertillas closed around
them and drove them hack with fixed
bayonets and waving sabers. Eight were
killed at the first yolley-
Slowly tile guerrillas advanced, cutting
down or shooting ali who tired to break
their lines Driving the wTetched people
orethemiike sheep .theinhHnlan butchers
marched up, forcing thenlnearer andnearer
to the edge OF the precipice. The women
fell ON their knees and pleaded for mercy,
but tie soldiers applied the coarse jests
and cruel cuts of their sabers. Driving
them UP to the highest point they rushed
forward and literally pushed them over
the precipce into the waters far below.
As the people attempted To swim along
the side the guerTillas fired at them, and
watched their death ag9nies in the water
Not a person OF the entire camp escaped
some tiirty-fouT in all
Gen. Rivera has set q price OF $500 on
the head OF Capt. Mereas, who commanded
the Spanish band.
In a battle at Diego Francisco, province
OF Havana. the Spanish commander. Major
Francisco Cullen, was wounded Thursday
and his column was put in such desperate
straits 10y the repeated attacks OF Cuban
cavalry and infantry that il was saved
only by the efforts OF reinforcements from
the garrison OF Aguacate. The official
dispatches represent the battle as nntn-
portant, saying that nslly eight Cubans
were killed. The truth is that the engage
Inent was a fierce one, lasting several
hours aud that mere than 100 Spaniartls
were left dead on the field Major CULLEN
fought bravely. He was wounded In the
right arm, and lieutenant fell at his
side.
The evening times., 1897-02-13
LEFT SCHOOL BECAUSE
OF HIS DEAFNESS:
HEARING RESTORED

Raymond Dickson, Aged 10 Years,
BrightwoOd ave. NV, city His mother
btid 20 take him from school. HiSteacher
says. Raymond was so deaf that We
said lt was useless To have him there
She could not make him understand.
~ When he was six years old he was run
over by carriage, one OF the wheels pass
ing over his head. From this time he
becaIne deaf, so deaf that we found great
difficulty IN making him understand al
ALL IL was necessary to shout at him
70 make him hear a word. Whenever
he caught cold his hearing would becOms
even worse.
1T was because OF the statements rnada
by others OF their cures OF the young and
old alike, that we took Raymond 70 Doctor
Mccoy. IL makes me very happy TO say
that my son now hears perfectly. He
understands our conversation and he can
distinctly hear a watch tick when held
SIX inches from his ear.
with his deafness he was troubled
with rumbling noises IN his head, which
have now ceased.
His hearing returned suddenly; we firss
noticed it when we found that he could
hear every word Of our conversation
carried on in ordinary tone. We srs
very grateful 20 Doctor Mccoy for whas
ke has done for our boy"