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The record-union., 1897-05-30
A Soldiers SeIf-Sacrifice.

In Sir Evelyn Woods "Reminis-
cences" a touching instance of courage
and self-sacrifice is given. One June
day in 1885 a detachment of English
marines were crossing the WoronZow
Road under fire from the Russian bat
teries. All of the men reached shelter
in the trenches except a seaman, John
Blewitt. AS he was running a terrific
roar was heard. His mates knew the
voice of a huge cannon, the terror Of
the army, and yelled: Look out. 1t
is Whistling Dick," But at the mo-
ment Blewitt was struck by the enor-
nous mass of iron on the knees, and
thrown to the ground. He called to his
especial chum: "Oh, Welch, save mel"
The fuse was kissing, but Stephen
Welch ran out of the trenches, and seiz-
ing the great shell tried to roll it off
his comrade. 1t exploded with such
terrific force that not an atom of the
bodies of Blewitt or Welch was found
Even in that time, when each hour had
its excitement, this deed of heroism
stirred the whole English army. One
of the officers searched out Welch's old
mother in her poor home, and under
took her support while she lived, and
the story of his death helped his COM
rades to nobler conceptions of a SOL
dier's duty
The record-union., 1897-05-30

of kith or kin to assist him in his dis
tress. He begged his way along the
road. an old, bent man. who muttered to
himself. 1t was along the same road
that the peddler had gone, ten years
ago, and, like him, Lars come late one
night into the deserted street of Lille
hammer. What was in his mind he
himself scarcely knew. but he went
straight up TO the little house and tried
the door. The shutters were closed
and the door was locked. and then he
seemed to remember He had COM
mitted a murder, and he started up as
he had done that other time SO long ago.
Again he heard the hue and cry behind
him. and he hurried, as best he could.
down the village street They were
gaining on him as he neared the bridge.
but he could hear the roar of the Mes
ma. and in another moment he would be
safe.
The water was high that night and
pounded deafeningly on the rocks be-
low, and not a sound had been heard
above it's din. In the early morning
some men, who worked at the mill. saw
the body of a man among the rocks.
at the foot of the rapid water below
the bridge. They drew ii out and laid
1t on the grass by the side of the stream
and covered ii decently-a man with
white hair whom they did not know.
They made no attempt to resuscitate
him, for all saw that it was useless.
but they sent at once for the district
physician, as was the custom. In the
meantime, a crowd had gathered that
presently opened to let the doctor
through. He stopped and looked closely
at the face of the dead man.
1T is Lars olsen" was all he said.
but deep in his heart he thought, May
he be judged more justly than we have
judged him here"
1t was the doctor who told me the
story.-William H. Carpenter, in New
York Evening Post.
The record-union., 1897-05-30
NOT UP TO DATE.

She isn't very witty, she isn't very wise,
But when a. girl has dimples, and bits OF
heaven for eyes,
And hair like sunshine cleaning, and
voice both sweet and low,
A little bit of nothing is all she needs to
know.
She does not talk of X rays, or Venezue-
Ian strife;
OF Jewish persecution, or of the after life;
Of massacres in China, inhabitants or
Mars
And she adores light vaudeville not
operate stars.
She has no asirations, she longs for no
career;
She has no wish for suffrage, of tyrant
man no fear,
She never wrote a novel a poem or
play
And she prefers bonnet to laurel
WreathS-or bay.
She's never heard of microbes, bacteria
and the like;
Or sociologic questions-why laborers
have to strike;
Why some have all the money, and some
have all the work
Or why the poor Armenian should Sufter
from the Turk.
But, oh, she smiles and dimples at every
thing that's said;
And, OH her hair is golden, and, oh, her
lips are red
Her eyes are real cerulean, her voice is
SWeet-and so
A little bit of nothing is all she needs to
Lawrence K. Russell in New York Truth.
The record-union., 1897-05-30
David Livingstone and His Family

The Janet Livingstone who lately
died in Edinburgh was a younger sis
ter of the explorer, coming next to him
in a family of five. She had many
quaint stories of David's boyhood
Once, aged &, he stayed out beyond the
prescribed hours, and, returning home
found the door barred. this being the
punishment for the second transgres-
sion Of the kind. David made no fuss:
and his father, when he opened the
door some time later. found the young
hopeful sitting on the doorstep MUNICH
ing penny loaf. I'm having my sup
per-" he observed resignedly to his
astonished parent. Mother has shut
me out
Livingstone, senior, was as great
philosopher as his son. One day Da-
vid brought home the news that
heavy duty was to be put on tobacco
Neil LivingS gStone-who was not q rich
man-was just lighting his pipe as the
news was broken. He put it down un-
lit. IF we have got to give it up" he
said, eve may as Well begin now" He
never smoked again.-London Realm.
The record-union., 1897-05-30
To be Congratulated.

I'm looking over this paper / find that
Mr.. Proscklycswiez Igualinezinski and
Miss Maloolooszek Winskadiakowski
have been licensed to marry
Il am very glad TO hear it,"
why? What interest have you in
it? Do you know them?"
No: but l consider it matter for
public rejoicing that those two names
are to be made one. e."-Chicago Tribune
You'll find it i'll all the professions
In pulpit in court and in shop,
As we'll as in strawberry boxes
The best always get to the top.
The record-union., 1897-05-30
An Inquiry.

Tell me this he softly murmured, do
you love me true?''
And she answered. shyly blushing, Love
you, yes l do,'
Turning, then his gaze upon her. SOL
emnly and slow,
Thanks" he murmured, absently, .I
only wished to know"
Town Topics.
The record-union., 1897-05-30

600 miles. The course which he follows
is therefore rather more than five times
as great in diameter as is the path pur-
sued by the earth.
The record-union., 1897-05-30

The average distance of the great
planet Jupiter from the sun is 4S2, ,O0O,-
The record-union., 1897-05-30

Varieties of the new refrigerators are
made like sideboards, having high
back with small shelves, ornamental
supports. and a mirror They are in
some cases very ornamental pieces of
furniture.
The record-union., 1897-05-30

Eggs seem to have peculiar affinity
<or asparagus. their combination being
nossible in a number of ways. An as
The record-union., 1897-05-30

What is called mock cream pie is
usually much liked by children and is
certainly very harmless. Stir togeth-
er one cup of sugar, three stiffly beaten
eggs, one and one-half cups of flour.
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder, and bake in a deep tin;
when done cut off the top, scoop out
the inside, and fill with a cream made
from one pint of milk, three tablespoon
fuls of flour, five of sugar, and two
eggs. all boiled together; replace the
top and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
The record-union., 1897-05-30

Coffee is said to have a better flavor
if heated before the water is poured
over it. Coffee made with an egg
should be wet with cold water before
the egg is stirred in. This prevents
the egg from cooking around the grains,
and the flavor of the coffee is more cas-
lily extracted
The record-union., 1897-05-30

ways an interesting place, and one
where often great bargains may be OBJ
tanned. Second hand stuffed furniture
carries with ii its own risk of contag-
ion and spreading dirt, but this dan
ger looked after, often beautiful an
tqueS are secured. A massive arm
chair was seen not long ago at such a
shop, whose sole ornamentation in the
way of carving was two brass rams
heads which capped either arm The
whole was unique and fine in effect. and
yet the chair could be had for less than
forty dollars
The record-union., 1897-05-30

When the white of an egg is used and
the yolk left il can be kept for several
days by placing in cup which has
been wet in cold water and covered
with a wet cloth. Eggs to beat well
should be cold. A dish which has been
chilled or merely rinsed out with cold
water will help the process. a little
salt added TO the egg viii also facili-
tate the process of whipping.
The record-union., 1897-05-30

Chafng- dish experts say that for that
masterpiece of spiritlamp cookery-the
Welsh rarebit-it is best to add the
cheese, forced through a perforated
potato-masher The cheese is thus
converted into rice-like pieces, and
melts much more quickly and evenly
than when crumbled in in Jumps
The record-union., 1897-05-30

paragus omelet is one of them. Boil
a pint of asparagus tips, cut in pieces
a half inch wide, in salted water for
twenty minutes, drain, and keep on
hot plate; beat six eggs until they are
light and foamy, add one-haf teaspoon
full salt, One-quarter teaspoonful pep
per, and one cup of milk. When the
walnut-siZe lump of butter is hot in the
chafing- dish or omelet-pan, put in the
mixture, cover, and let stand till firm,
folding in the asparagus just before
turning out on hot platter.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
A Free and Easy Jail.

The Nantucket Jail stories which have
been current courtroom topics for the
last century have been entirely eclipsed
by recent stories concerning the convlcts
of the Barnstable Jail. Mr.. E. G. Knapp,
who is supposed to be serving five
years. sentence for stealing national
bank funds, was recently seen in the
streets in prison garb, giving the wife
of the jailer, Mrs. G. H. Cash, bicycle
lessons. Mrs. Cash is 3S years old and
has daughter aged IS, and the convict
is said to occupy place of congenial
companionship i'll the jailer's family.
Another convict, named Lewis Rogers,
was recently allowed to take COW to
Yarmouth and back while the sun was
bright and the air invigorating for a
pleasant walk.
There is ancthcr prisoner, a Portuguese
named Joe, who is there OH a complaint
of Portuguese girl named Rosa, and her
story is that ice promised to marry her
while he was serving out previous
sentence in the Jail, and that she often
met Toe outgide the Jail 1t is pitiful
story because when Joe got cut of Jail
he married another girl, after borrow
irG $50 from Rosa And all this in
B.,r:.st;.5le town, where the Jail is The
stories Of Nantuckct's easy going jail
pale into insignifcance in comparison
with our continental NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tucket Inquirer and Mirror. !;
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
Archaeological Discovery In Iowa.

Interest in the archaeological discov-
cry near Fairfield, Jefferson county, Ia,
has intensified since the report Of the
professor on antiquities of the Ohio uni
versity has been received stating that
the relic is undoubtedly of Aztec origin.
A party of scientists from the Smith
sonian Institution is now on its way to
Iowa to gather additional data to aid in
determining its origin.
The find was made Sept 8, 1896. The
block of wood in which the records were
inclcsed is about the size of a common
brick. The outside Of this box was coat
ed with wax or gum Of some Kind which
not only fastened the pieces together,
but made the receptacle within prac-
tically water and air tight. After being
coated the blocks had been held over
fire that the gum might be melted and
evenly distributed, and the block is not
only covered with SCOT, but is also
slightly charred. The wood, possibly
bit of birch, is excellently preserved.
The outer wrapping of bark is purplish
black, indicating that it had been discol-
cred by smoke That on which the char
acters are written is as thin as bit of
printing paper of this day, a pinkish
yellow, as fresh apparcntly-as the day
it was put into the ground. The char
acters are written in red ink, possibly
the juice of some fruit or plant. Tho
color is bright and the work neat-that
of an expert. The bark is not that Of
our common birch, but more like that
which is used by the Indians farther
north. The wax with which the bits of
wood were sealed resembles very much
dark sealing wax of these days, melts
very readily and gives out faint odor.
The find was made under the stump Of
tree two or three feet deep. Workmen
think the tree must have been 90 years
old.-Cor ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
DR.. hansen and Thirteen.

The safe return of the Fran is re-
garded as kncckdown blow to the 10
superstition There were ID men in her
crew, of whom the thirteenth joined at
the last moment. All returned safe and
well, and none of them was i'll at any
timo OF cause of anxiety. Then, too,
it was on the 18th Of August that Nansen
reached home, and on the same day the
Fran got quit Of the ice, seven months
to day after Con Jan. l3) she had
struck a southerly current. To these
condolences it is added that three litters
of IS pups were born in Nansen's pack
of Eskimo dogs Though greater num-
Der than to litter is Unusually and
that just 10 publishers bid for his book
after his return.-Rarper's Round Ia
h1o
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
Building JIlat6Tial

such as
Doors. Windows, Blinds, Mantels,
White Pine Mouldings, Turned
Porch Columns, Porch Trimmings
Shingles, Laths, Hair, Lime,
Bricks, Cement, and full line OF
Hardware, Cook, Parlor and Gasoline
Stoves, Pumps, Stone Well CURLING.
Wall Paper, Tinware, Lever
Setting Cultivators, Harrows, Wheel
Barrows, Wheel Wood, Coal,
Agents for Harrison Bros. u Co.'S
Paints. &C., sc.
Just received a cur load OF air-tight
Wood Stoves, two sizes. Must go at
the knock out prices of 81 and S4.50.
Thanking you for your kind favorO
of the past, and soliciting a contin,
uance Of the same, we are,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
EXPANDED METAL.
Steel Lace Work Is Vow Used In Concrete
Walls and Partitions.

Steel Lace Work Is Cow CScu in concrete
Walls and Partitions.
Tie old building materials-brlcks,
mortar and timbcr-wcrc found in many
ways unsuitable for tall erections (of
the steel sleletoned sllyscraper type),
and new combinations of iron and con-
crete were adopted, giving the greatest
amount of strength with least weight,
and enabling the builders to occupy the
smallest amount of wall space, give the
greatest amount of window space, and
economize space inside by lighter floors
and inner walls, two inch thick inner
wall of concrete and steel. for instance,
being as strong as the old nine inch wall
of brick
The latest Improvement in this science
of construction is that known as the ex-
banded metal system. The words lex
banded metal" do not fully explain
themselves to the reader who has not
seen the material The word expand"
must be understood in the dictionary
sense of to open out, to stretch, to
spread. A sheet of steel Of any thickness
up to q quarter of an inch, and any
length or width, say or feet i'll length
and or feet in width, is put into the
expanding machine, remarkable de-
vice which constitutes the patent. 1t IS
then punched through with rows of Sits
covering the whole surface of the sheet,
with width OF quarter or half an
inch, and each slit is separated length
wise from the next slit on the line by
perhaps an inch of steel.
The machine then stretches the slitted
steel widthwise perhaps to six times Its
original width, and when it leaves the
machine it represents, roughly speaking,
six foot square piece of steel lace work
with diamond shaped meshes. In the
process of stretching the steel lace work,
corresponding with cotton threads in an
ordinary lace curtain, is turned on edge
to an angle of As degrees, thus greatly
increasing its bearing strength and firm
ness. The process of using this ex-
banded steel is to imbed it in concrete
in similar way to the old system of
iron rods, but the steel network, being
many times stronger than the iron rods
or any other system, less concrete may
be used to effect the required strength,
AS compared with concrete alone, the
use of this expanded steel adds to its
strength from eight to ten times over.
The Importance of this multiplied
strength and less weight in the case of
foorings, for instance, for tall erections,
such as the many storied buildings in
America or elsewhere, or those recent
erections called Eiffel towers, and espe-
cially dock warehouses, whose floors and
walls have to bear enormous weights,
cannot be exaggerated. Another advan-
tage of this expanded steel system is
that the whole flooring, no matter what
size, is practically one solid slab of con-
crete covering the whole floor and bind
ing the outer and inner walls, and if
the outer walls arc also built on the
new system the entire building would
be knit together so as to form COM
plete block, impenetrable to wind, water
or e.-Manchester (England) News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
G. S. NAPLES L co.
Wooden and Willow Ware.

Brooms, Brushes, Cordage, Mstches'
Axe Handles, Axle Grease, Barrel
Covers, Baskets, Backing, Blank
Books, Blueing, Bowls, Churns,
Compasses, Broom Racks, Corn
Peppers, Butter Dishes, &c,
Candle Wicks, Cheese Safes,
Clothes Hamper, &c, Cocoa
Clippers, Coffee Mills, Cur
ry Combs, Corks, busters,
Faucets, Fish Hooks and
Lines, Flour Sacks, Halters.
Flasks, Gun Caps, Ice Cream
Freezers, Horse Cards, keelers,
Ink, Kegs, Lamp Burners, &C.,
Pulleys, Lanterns, Lap Boards,
Lemon SQueezers, Mats, Measures,
Marine Glasses, Mucilage, Oakum,
Oil Cans. Well Buckets, Tubs, sc
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
A Spraip.

A simple and efficacious remedy for a
sprained wrist is to let cold alter run
upon it every morning for -one min
utes, holding the wrist as low beneath
the mouth Of the tap as possible, so that
the water may have good fall. After
this has been done bandage it tightly,
letting the bandage remain until the
next ablution The sprain will be re-
duca6 in q few DAYS
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
,Iuhilee.

Jubilee, according to the Jewish def
milton, denotes every fiftieth year, being
that following the revolution of seven
weeks of years, at which time all the
slaves were made free, and all lands re-
verified to their ancient owners. The jubi-
lees were not observed after the Baby
lonish captivity. .,z--
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
-Ac1NMAC G. f. VA, SATURDAY, MARCH o. 1897

rulhere has never been time in the
history of man when goods were
L as low as they are to-day, and we
have bought very largely this season,
much more so than usual, direct from
the manufacturers in the West, for
spot cash in order to meet the wants
OF the trade at rock bottom prices
for all kinds of
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
SAVED BY THE BLOOD
REV. DIR. TALMAoE EXPLAINS THE
THEORY OF WcARlouS SACRIFICE.

He Says That IN ordor to Understand It
We Have Only to Use the Same COM
mon Sense For Roligion That We DO
For Everything Else.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
Sixteen Years s5 sssSlIss

D1A CSSAA = wv y SpectacleS,
and a study of the business in a
general way has enabled me to fit
those whose sight was failing be
cause Of advancing age (Presbyopia)
and those who were nearsighted
(Mvopic), but where astigmatism or
any REGULARITY of the sight existed |
was obliged to refer the customer to
a city oculist. Not satisfied to do a
business that | could not do properly,
| determined to study Refraction. L
secured the best works on that sub
iect, "Rartridge on Refraction.n by
Gustavus Hartridge, F. R. G. s., q
well recognized authority on Optics
and Refraction, and these | studied
we'll. l also attended lectures at the
New York Optical School last fall,
and bought the best quality testing
case and outfit at 800, and feel JUS
titled in making the announcement
that, am now ready to prescribe for
and correct the vision OF almost any
and all conditions of the eye where
glasses are needed. The liberal pa
tronage extended to me during the
sixteen years | have been in business
here encourages me to enter this new
field in connection with my regular
business, and believe my customers
will be glad to know that they can get
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27
PROPERLY FITTED GLASSES

without the trouble and expense Of
going to the city. No charges at
present for examination of eyes.
Glasses ground to order in New York
when special lenses are needed:
Those coming from distance would
do we'll to notify me by card.
Respectfully,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27

He Snys Tint IN Ortcr to Undcrstnnd 1t
We Have Only to Use the Same COM
mon Sense For Religion That We DO
For Everything Else.
WASHINGTON, March 2l.-From many
conditions of life Dr. Talmuge, i'll this
sermon, draws graphic illustrations of
ono of the sublimest theories of religion
-namoly, vicarious sacrifice. His text
was Hebrews tx, %, Without shedding
of blood is 10 remission. F."
John Ct. Whittier, the last of tho great
school of American poets that made tho
last quarter of a century brilliant, asked
me- in the White mountains one morning
after prayers, i'll which I had given out
Cewper's famous hymn about the
fountain filled with blood, f" DO you
really believe there is literal applica-
ton of she blood Of Christ to the soul?'
NY negative reply then is my negative
reply now. The Bible statement agrees
with all physicians and all Psychologists
and MI scientists in saying that tho
blood is the life, and in the Christian
religion 1t means simply that Chrlst's
life was given for our life. Hence all
this talk of mon who say the Bible story
of blood is disgusting and that they
don't want what they call Slaughter
house religion" only shows their inca
pacity or unwillingness to look through
the figure of speech toward the thing
signiflod The blood that on the darkest
Friday the world ever SAW oozed or
tricItlod or poured from the brow, and
the side, and the hands, and the feet of
the illustrious sufferer back of Jerusa-
lem, in u few hours coagulated and
dried up and forever disappeared, and II
man had depended on the application OF
the literal blood Of Christ there would
not have been ~ soul saved for the last
Is centuries.
In order to understand this red word
of my text we only have to exercise as
much common persc III religion as we
do in everything else. P;ng for pang,
hunger fer hunger, i.;t;Suc for fatigue,
tear for tear, blood for b,ced, life for
life, we see every day illustrated. The
act of substitution is 10 pevclty, IL
though / hear men talk as thcr:h the
idea of Christ suffering substituted for
our suffering were something abnormal,
something distrcssingiy odd, something
wildly eccentric, ii solitary episode III
the worlds history--whcn | could take
YOU out into this city and before sui
down point you to five hundred cases OF
substitution and voluntary suffering OF
one in behalf of another.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27

Having removed his office to this
town, is now fully prepared to at
tend to any and all business in his
line. Special attention paid to the
adjustment of Foreign Claims.
Thankful for past patronage, SO
licits continuance of same, and
hopes by prompt attention to bust
ness to receive an increased patron
age. Very Respectfully,
L. +. J. WILSON.
Office: Stockton Ave,
Greenbacllville, Va, Jan. 10, '97.