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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-08-21
GEO. w. LKCATo.
% the voters of Accomac,

To the voters of Accomac:
l respectfully announce myself a
candidate for reelection to the House
of Delegates, subject to whatever
method may be adopted by the dem
ocratic party, and hope it will be
their pleasure TO favor me again
with their support.
S. WILKINS MATTHEW'S
Tomy fellow-citi of the Eastern
Shore of Virginia
Through Il desire to represent the
counties of Accomac and Northamp-
ton in the Assembly of Virginia, and
believing that l could represent the
interest OF the people of the Eastern
Shore in Il manner that would prove
highly beneficial to their welfare and
prosperity, humbly and respectfully
beg leave to announce myself a can
didate for the Senate of Virginia-
promising you, my fellow-citizeus, il
chosen as your representative, l Will
endeavor to have legislation enacted
that will mete out justice to all and
partiality to none, that will use un.
firing energy and zeal that your in
terest and cause may ever be my in
terest and cause, and above all
things, l will do everything in my
power that will rebound to the honor
and glory of the Eastern Shore OF
Virginia.
In making this announcement,
desire to state that am in favor OF
any mode of nomination that may
be adopted by the democratic party.
Very respectfully,
JOHN II. REV.
Parksley, Va, March Il, '97.
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For RENT-For year 1898, my farm
at Wachapreague, at present occu-
pied by MIR. Jos. J. Wescott. For
particulars call on or write to
Mrs. Bette III. GUSTS.
OnancOck, Va.
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For RENT OR SALE-My house
and lot at Harborton. Margaret s.
Hoffman.
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For RENT-Farm at Horntown on
the bay. For particulars write to
White & Company, Baltimore, Md.
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NOTICES., 900 90 to lend upon un
incumbered farm land security.
Wescott & Gunter.
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J. S. NAPLES 4 GO
Wooden and Willow Ware.

Brooms, Brushes, Cordage, Matches
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
Dippers, 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,
Gl9 South Street.
Baltimore, Md.
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SUITS MADE 70 ORDER, ALSO.

90 per cent. saved on every order
by coming to the Baltimore Bargain
House, Johpson's Hall, opposite
Doughty's Carriage Shop, Onancock,
Va.
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Parksley, Va, March Il, '97.
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The Society for the Preservation of
Virginia Antiquities is taking steps
to preserve the ruins of Monmouth
Presbyterian Church, founded in
1889 near Lexington.
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collection draw IS
done by exhibitor 80 10 %
collection paintings
done dy exhibitor 1st 8 90 I'd 80
map of Eastern
Shore of Virginia 90 0O
DR.J. Y. KELLAM, Pre- idept.
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Test: John D. Grant, c C.
Thomas &. Quinby, p. q.
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Entered at the Postotlice at Accomac
c. H., Va, as second-class matter.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 1897.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-15
SHE SPANKED FOR THE FAMILY.
The Strangers Kind Offer Was In
dfsnantIy Refused

People never get encouragement for doing
the Good Samaritan act in the interests of
the public, as the man decided who offered
to assist a distracted woman and ameliorate
the, suiierings OF lot OF people on SUI
burban car.
The boy who bowls was in evidence, the
eurled darling of his only own mother and
the terror OF everybody else, and he had
Kept the car IN state OF wild excitement
and exhausted the patience Of everybody, in
Guiding his doting parent.
"Oh, If your father were only here!" she
had said for the flftIeth time, as she tried
vainly to restrain the bowling terror.
At that he stopped bowling long enough
to beat the air with his small shins. and the
woman on the other side of him remarked
audlbly that cage was the proper place for
savages like him.
Johnny, dear" asked his mother, won't
you be a good boy."
Roars and kicks from Master johnny.
"Oh, / wish your father were here to give
you good trouncing this very minute!" she
walled, as she struggled with him.
Then It was that the philanthropist of the
company asserted himself He had been
trying in vain to read his morning paper ever
since he started from home.
ALLOW me, madam" he said. blandlv. Il
am father myself, and ] viii be happy to
ehastise your cherub in behalf of his absent
parent
..'Oh, no, You won't, not If know it!''
said Johnny's mother, rising in her wrath
like tigress. There amt that man living
dare lay finger on that boy-bis own ia
ther or. any other ugly catamount who
thinks he knows it all and she shut off
debate by going into the next car aud tax
ing the sweet infant with her.-CEicago
Times Herald.
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knew the best and the worst. Life
would be spared. but MIR. Arthur would
he a cripple for life"
Through me, Nanna.-all through
me-" she moaned forth when she heard
IT, How he must hate even to look at
me-" hut I had watched his gaze fol
low her too often not to know differ
entity.
was busy one day in his room q
think they scarcely knew | was there)
y hen Arthur called her to his side.
Il want TO say something To you. En-
ily." he began, something which has
eeen long time on my mind. You
must not reproach Yourself for this.
You must not let il interfere some day
with your giving your love to a man
more worthy of il. and you must re-
member no one will rejoice more than /
in YOUR happiness
For a moment she stood still. cheek
flushing and paling; then she threw
herself at ms feet. oh, Arthur" she
exclaimed, will you not take me?
Have YOU learned SO 20 hate me that all
the old love has gone"
Gone" he answered, strOking the
bright hair. Emily. can a man part
with that which has become part Of his
soul? But, my darling. cannot con
sent 10 your tying your young, Joyous
life TO mine"
Arthur. Husband" she whispered.
softly: then stole from the room.
knowing my presene would not be
missed. and sure my darling would win
her cause. Nor 10 think, in the many
happy years which since then have
rolled along. leaving me an old woman
now. either has ever regretted that for
once aud the last time Miss Emily had
her willful way.-N. \. Ledger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-15
The Eightinr Lcmminr.

If the lemming powers were proper
toned TO his pluck, the lemming would
make things lovely for the hunter. 1t
attacks with reckless fury the harmless
passer-by. One of these creatures
smaller than rat, will assail without
a second thought a couple of human be-
ings weighing $50 pounds apiece. IT
will spring at ones knees. barking and
biting, and M purbind fury fall back
"all-endsrIp" TO the earth. only To renew
the attack again and again. To-day.
while one lemming Vas flying at me,
another from beyond small stream
Joined in the demonstration. and pres
entity swan across to get TO close quar-
tens. was not quite sure that the
first fall into the water was not acei-
dental, but hardly think so. since once
there it came straight to the charge
vi q Norway.
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An account of the final ceremonies
over the remains of the late shah of
Persia, who was assasSinated more
than "A year ago. has been received at
tue state department from the United
States minister at Tcheran The de
lay in the obsequics. " hich occurred on
April % last, was due to the erection
OF costly mauSolrum at the scene @:
the assassination. six miles from Te-
heran. The funeral ceremonies were
conducted with great solemnity. Moth
ing was left undone by the government
and people To show fitting homors to
the memory Of the deceased sovereign.
y magnificent funeral car drawn bv II
horses, bore the body from The capital
10 the tomb. Immediately 5ehind it
walked the present shah. en- came
priests and the diplomatic cor, :. The
shah had not been well. so he marched
with the procession a short distance
only. Before leaving the line he
thanked the members Of the diplomatic
corps for their presence At the tomb
the services were of military char
acter.-N. Y sun
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WOMEN ON FARMS.
Extent of the Help Which New Eng
land Wives Give.

land W ives tive
The women are true helpmeets. Not
only do they do their own work. but
they are able and willing to milk the
COWS and assist with the hay-getting
and in other ways lend hand out OF
doors in emergencies. Some of them
even exc out the family income by lit
tie ventures of their own, such as rails
ing hens and bees and gathering and
marketing spruce gum, beechnuts and
bluebe -ies. There is no servant girl
probe "A, because there are no servants,
When sickness or some other real dis
ability necessitates female help in the
household a neIghbor's daughter is
called in. She is, of course, regarded,
and in every minutcst particular treat
I'd, as a member of the family; it could
not be otherwise. The children are
trained to bear their share of the fam
ily burden, so far as it can be done with
out interfering with their schooling,
and the very school terms are arranged
with a view to conflicting as little as
possible with farm work. When the
children grow up many of them go out
into the world to seek their fortunes
(that, within reasonable limits, is a
law of nature), but there IS nothing
like an exodus of the rising generation,
no approach to a depletion. Plenty of
ambitious, vigorous young men stay
behind TO arrange themselves in life as
their fathers did before them, chopping
III the woods winters and tilling the
few acres they have been able to pur-
chase with their winters savings sum-
mers. Furthermore, there are plenty OF
desirable young women happy and
proud 20 cast their lots in with the
young men and do their share of the
drudgery necessary TO establishing a
home. Thus new farms are cleared out
of the woodland and the old farms are
kept up.--Atlautic.
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rom Mondays to Thursdays. and from

from Mondays to Thursdays, and from
Thursdays to Mondays. The constitu-
ton authorizes the house of representa-
tives to determine the rules of its pro-
ceedings.' That is all that the pres
emit house of representatives has done.
We adopted rule for these constitu-
tional adjournments; and il is simply
political nonsense 20 have our constitu-
tional right to do so questioned"
Whether Senator Morgan is right, or
whether Speaker Reed is right, must be
determined, if ever, by the supreme
court of the United States; for that
body alone has constitutional power
TO interpret disputed questions con-
corning the Interpretation of the or
ganic law upon which the republic is
based. Correspondents and readers
have their own views. but the supreme
court alone can decide mo is right i'm
this contention.
One thing, however, is very apparent.
Every man has purpose in his public
and private life. What is the purpose of
Speaker Reed. Chairman Dinglev and
the other members Of the majority of
the house of representatives? There
seems to be no doubt upon this sub
ject, for Chairman Dingley announced,
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600 or more, who desire that the gov
eminent shall appropriate money fol
public buildings.
The same rule applies to these bills
They are all TO be referred to the com
mittee on public buildings and grounds
But the speaker has appointed no such
committee, and the bills cannot be con
/ sidered by the house until they have
been favorably reported by that com
mittee.
Congressman deceive their constitu
ents very often, in plausible manner
For example, an old soldier in coun-
try town applies for pension, through
congressional enactment. The con-
gresham introduces the bill. The gov
rrnment printing Office on the follow
ing day prints 100 copies of the bill, in
large type. The congressman sends
four or five copies of the printed bill to
his constituent. The printing costs him
nothing. 1t is an official document
and is carried through the mails free
of charge. The congressman thus gives
his constituent TO understand that he
is i'm a fair way to get a pension. The
constituent receives the printed bills,
and shows the copies to his friends
They do not know how hard il is to
get bill through congress; and they
fondly imagine that their congress
man is a great man, who has done a
great thing. AS d matter of fact, the
introduction of a bill in congress is as
easy as dropping letter in the post
Cfiice. The congressman simply drops
the bill in what is called the bill box,
and the clerks and the government
printing office do the rest.
Then there is another thing which
the people do not understand. They
get up big petitions to congress pray
ing that certain legislation be enacted.
The congressman receive these petit
tions. but they pay no heed to them.
OF course they each write a letter to
the man whose name heads the petition
and say to him: II have received the
petition and to-day presented it to the
house of representatives. 1t was re-
ferred to the proper committee and
Will receive consideration in due time. -
When you send petitions to congress
and receive such letters you may as
well understand that you have been
wasting time. There is a petition
box" in the house of representatives..
Your congressman simply drops your
petition in that box and il is taken in
charge by the clerks, who fold ii, send
it to a committee, where ii is filed
away and forgotten. There is moth
ing in It. Congressman do not pay any
attention to petitions.
In the senate there is no bill box"
and there is no petition box" In that
body each senator arises in his place
and formally introduces bill or a pc
tition and his remarks are printed
daily in the Congressional Record. The
Congressional Record is sent to tens of
thousands Of constituents, so that they
may read that their senators have pre-
scented their bills and petitions But
they 60 cir way to the graveyard of
pigeon-holes. just the same as they do
in the house of representatives.
This is the way legislation is carried
on in the two houses of congress of this
republic. where il is claimed that "all
men are born free and equal.
SMITH D. FRY.
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HABITS OF THE TOAD.
NJ Loves Water. Yet IL - often Found
ut Distance from It,

ut Distance fran "a.
IL is remarkable that the toad. loving
water as IL 10, :. should wander away
from watcry regions 10 dry ground,
~ here il can never SEE drop of water
except al rain time. and leave its water
rights To the undisputed possession Of
liz ranal neighoor the frog. How the
toad loves water must be known Ia
every garden lover. Whoever there is
shower the creature leaves lis cool
retreat under the piazza or shed. and
stands. as f.r Us mis- fore legs viii let
him. erect in the rain, apparently en-
ioyiug tu the utmost the shower bath.
oar remarkably observant CORE
~puudeut. Mrs. Uilhclmina Seliger. of
Hartford. Conn. placed shallow pans OF
Altcr IN hcr garden during rain
storm last summer. and soon :, hole
beNy OF toad> were di>por' ;Ug them
selves in the water as if they were hui
man beings i'm the surf at Atlantic City.
Whenever they are near the water AT
breeding time they deposit long. slimy
strings of eggs. and the young toad
has 20 go through the jadpolc stage i'm
coUtmou with MS brother frog. But
.vhcn they are wi.oiiy excluded ny dis
t5Hce from the water. they seem to have
fhc power OF being NisiparouS. or bring
ing forth their Ouug alive. In the wa
ter fertilization Is effected ina tho same
piauner as i'm fishes. but the method GA
me land life career Is not known. About
all thar Is known l. that confined toadS
ar, found with little toadS. no longer
IMAM house tiicS. about them after a
time-aud iu walled gardens. and places
far removed from water little toads
uu larger tHdu peas, wandering a. ouHd
ON their own resources. and which
could never have been tadpoles. are
within common experience Meehan's
Monthly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-15
TALK WITH CHICAGO GREEKS.
Some of the Questions They Are Asked
by People During War Times.


by People During War Times.
Perhaps the most interesting local
characters to-day are the men who man
age fruit stands, who, American citi-
zens one day, may be Greek soldiers the
next.
"What do you ask for bananas?" n
man will inquire, and while they are
being put up in paper bag and he is
hunting for change, he says:
81 see they are having fight at
Domokos. Ever been there?"
"0h, yes" the mendacious fruit VEN
dor says; me live there"
$50? Well, now. don't you think you
ought to be there now?"
"Yes, me like help fight"
That's right. You're no patriot if
you don't go home and strike blow for
liberty. Whip those Turks and then
come back here and settle down Luck
TO you," and the man with the bananas
goes off to catch his car. The next Gus
toner is a woman.
"0h, you are a Greek, aren't you?"
Eyes, men,"
81 want to ask you if you have any
Greek postage stamps? My little boy
is making collection"
The fruit dealer politely takes out a
letter, the only one in the drawer, and
shows the stamp placed on the spot
where the envelope is sealed
81 dassent not OPEN" he says. at
is for me pardner-and our people seal
their letters that way now, so nobody
Open"
"Oh. will you keep the stamp for
me?"
Eyes, men,"
The next customer is iaunty girl,
who says saucily:
''0h, you're Greek, aren't YOU?
Great people. you Greeks. to let those
nasty, half-civilized Turks get the best
of you. How many oranges for five
cents? Why don't you go home and
fight? l thought all Greeks were sol
diers. Say, have you any Greek mill
tary buttons? I'd just give my two
eyes for one to wear on chain. Are
you sure those oranges are sound? I
suppose you'll be gone to fight when !
come round again. I'll be a regular Gus
toner when you come back"
And before the poor fellow has recov-
cred himself tall, angular female car
rying a roll of manuscript, stops to say:
The isles of Greece. the isles Of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sungi
Man with heroic blood in your
veins, go rescue your country from the
hateful Turk. Go! Go! Greece needs
you"
And then, to soothe his lacerated spir-
its, she buys banana, and her place
is taken by newsboy, who asks in
blatant tones:
Have paper, mister? All about der
war wild Greece and Cuban der
Turks whipped de Greeks. Chicago
Times Herald.
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THE METRIC SYSTEM.
Its Introduction Would simplify All
Farm Transactions.

A time-honored absurdity is found in
the British corn (grain) markets, says
Texas Farm ana Ranch All kinds of
grain are sold in quarters. II the quar-
ter meant any particular quantity, the
same at all times and with all sub
stances, we could learn to realize what
the term meant. But the weight of
the quarter depends upon what kind
of grain is intended. II il is of wheat
from California 500 pounds is one quar-
ter; if the whea is English grown 5O4
pounds make "a quarter; if it should
be Russian barley, ago pounds are one
quarter; Russian oats are sold in quar-
tiers of 504 pounds. Oats from elsew here,
800 pounds make one quarter; English
and Scotch oats go $50 pounds per quar-
ter Schoolboys are taught that 112
pounds make one hundredweight, 20
hundredweight one ton, and that four
quarters equal one ton. Hence the quar-
ter should be 500 pounds. Much confu-
sion results in this country from read
ing the English corn markets, and no
wonder. And yet we have a similar
custom: For instance. bushel of corn
is So pounds, a bushel of oats is 80
pounds and a bushel of wheat is 60. The
English paradox is easily explained on
the same principles; the quarter varies
with the specific gravity of the sub
stance weighed. Let us get the beam
out of our own eyes before we make too
much ado about the mote in that of our
neighbor, John Bull.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-15

With the keen fy-fsher the question
of gut for his casting-line has always
been matter of the first Importance.
and of late years the problem of find
ing gut at a reasonable figure which
combined the qualities of roundness,
strength and length has been a very
difficult one. The silkworm which
fourished in the days of our forefa-
theirs was a creature of abnormal pow
ers, but blight and disease fell upon
him, and he became extinct, and fishers
had to resign themselves TO gut which,
though in other respects satisfactory.
never measured more than Is inches
per reliable strand. This was the fruit
of worm inhabiting Spain and the
south of France, and understood to
have been originally native of Japan.
Ogden Smith has been further ufield,
however, and has on view at his stall
at the fisheries exhibition" some
hanks of gut measuring several feet in
length, which he has brought back
with him from China. This is the
product of a worm of great size, and is
manufactured by a process which the
Chinese prefer to keep secret; but
there is plenty of I, and, if the gut
will take on the necessary finish, and
is of equal strength to the old short
strand, there is great future before ii,
as it does away with the troublesome
breakable knotting. and the line has
a much better appearance. - London
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