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A NEW DINNER FAD.
Each Course Is Followed by n Change Of

Base.
The New York man of fashion who
accepts an invitation to Il dinner party
nowadays is likely to enjoy the repast
at half dozen different places. This
constitutes the latest fad. The diner
may take his soup at the Waldorf and
enjoy his chartreuse i'll Chinatown,
while the Holland, Delmonico's or the
Manhattan may come i'll for the entrees
and roast, with several more places of
note to hear from. The fad is in actual
practice and budded and bloomed in
single night.
The thought is brand new one and
was never tried until few days ago. A
Fifth avenue couple invited Il score of
guests to dine with them. First came
the oysters and then the soup, after
which the fish put III an appearance.
Then there was apparent CONSERVATION.
The master of ceremonies on the part OF
the hotel was seen whispering to the
host. His face grew sober, and in 4
voice in which anger and modification
were blended he told his guests that the
walters had struck and the hotel people
were unable to secure substitutes. There
was but one thing to do, he said, and
that was to 90 somewhere else.
Wraps were dcnned, and carriages
which were in waiting were entered.
In few moments the dinner party
was eli route to the Hotel Martin. 1t
was a pleasant surprise to theguests to
find the private dining room aslow
with jonquils.
The entrees and the accompanying
wine We're enjoyed hugely, and then
surprise No. presented itself. The
host, with a horror stricken face, said
that owing to the suddenncss with
which, they had come upon the Martin
there were absolutely 10 loasts i'll suffi-
cient quantity to supply the company,
so again the wraps were donned, once
more carriages were entered and off
drove tie party up Fifth avenue and
over to Delmouico's.
The roast eaten and the champagne
inspiration received, the host stated
with long face that the strongest of
all things had happened. Delmonico
declared that he could not serve party
of that size with salad.
This time the carriages headed south
ward and down Fifth avenue to Grand
street. They were then driven cast un-
til the Bowery was reached South OIL
the Bowery they went TO Mott street
and up Mott street to Pell.. There, just
off Mott and in the heart of New York 5
Chinatown, the fashionables alighted
and entered the cue big restaurant of
which this bit Of the Celestial empire
can boast.
By this time the guests were all
aware they were enjoying the strangest
course dinner that ever fell to the lot of
the ordinary New Yorker. New York
Herald
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= NheelInan's Device.

Ingenious wheelmen of Nice have put
an end To the tribute of lives which
hill near that city has been eX-
acting from them At the bottom OF
this declivity, it seems, there is sharp
turn, then bridge with Il low parapet,
and just beyond a terrible amount OF
nothing at all except scenery. Long ago
the French Touring club put sign adj
vising caution III conspicuous place IT
the top of the descent. but this did not
prove sufficient TO overcome the fata!
attraction Of the abyss, and wheelmen
continued to precipitate themselves into
the view-which, by the way, was pri-
waite proper,y-with Il rapidity that
threatened III time seriously to diminish
the clubs annual receipts from dues.
After long study Of the problems,
financial, aesthetic and others, which
the case involved, it was decided TO sus.
pend just beyond the parapet a strong
net neatly woven CT steel wires The
very day after it was put IL place. b.
cyclist came coasting wildly down the
hill, struck the stone wall, left his wheel
1T WASH worth tah!LS dlIy 4@ItHeI-
and took graceful header into the net.
For the first time it wasn't necessary
for the newspapers Of Nice, i'll giving
their regular news from the bridge Of
Ramineuo, to say anything about "a
plunge into eternity" Since then the
net has saved an average Of four lives a
week, aud so we'll known have its pow
ers become that picnic parties from the
city, which once avoided the bridge as a
place Of tragical associations, noc re-
sort there daily TO watch, from the cool
shade Of nearby trees, the amusing
pastures assumed by the wheelmen and
wheeIwomen when they strike the elias
tic wires According to recent informa-
ton from that region the spectacle is
we'll worth seoing.-New York Times.
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The Nodding Knot.

Perhaps the most impressive point
about spring hats is the lofty knot,
mushroomlike, which perches upon so
many new chapeaux. You see it i'll rib
bon and lace and sequinned net. and it
interests ycu to wonder i'll what fabric
uext it will greet you.
These nodding decorations possess the
charm of .plumcs and long stemmed
roses. They yield with every lnclina-
zion of the head. Some of them are on
" rosettes; others, ambitious looplngs.
In any case they are serious phases OF
,pring millinery.
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flREMEN.o WATCHFULNESS

Habits OF vil:ilarcc That Prevent Com
rade's Danger From Ecing Overlooked.
After twos"cre tircmcn had been tax
ell unconscious from the cellar of a
burning building IL Chambers street Il
curious citizen who wandered inside
tic fire lines asked
GLOW do they happen TO know i'll all
this confusion and noise that men sup
posed to be fighting fire i'll the cellar
have been overcome by smoke and are
living down there unconscious, and
how, too, with nearly 40 men rescued,
do they knew that there are not more
men in the cellar i'll 4 similar predlca-
ment?'
Under tho circumstances the question
w;.s perfectly natural. 1t was dark
night and the fact that tho electric
lights for block east and west sputter-
ed constantly instead Of giving steady
light did not improve matters. All was
confusion around the burning building.
Firemen Were running every which way.
Policemen were beating back the crowd
which WAS struggling to get near enough
to the engine house to see the prostrato
tircmen within. Ambulances and fro
engines blocked the street, and tiremen
were clambering over the roofs of add
Joining buildings, yelling hoarsely ut
one another and seeking places to fight
the fire.
Naturally i'll all this confusion it was
Il matter OF wonder TO one not familiar
with the ways of iiremen how Ill the
world they could tell whether or not
any of their comrades was i'll danger.
The cellar of the building was full OF
thick. black smoke, which no man
could live in even for short time. and
besides that the temperature was down
to zero, for the fire was III Il cold stor-
age warehouse and the freezing rooms
were i'll the cellar.
There is Il system III the fire depart
ment by Which the men can keep track
of one another. The rule is for the men
of each company to look out for the
members of that company. This makes
it comparatively easy for the men To
keep track OF one another, for there are
rarely more than dozen men i'll Il
company, and each man i'll it knows
about where his comrades arc working
at fire
The custom among the men is to keep
constantly inquiring for one another. If
Jones hasn't happened to see Smith for
some time, he Immediately asks tho
first man Of his company that he comes
across where Smith is Ii that man can {
tell, the inquiries go on, and so man
can't he missing for very long without
his comrades knowing it. Then it is IN
easy matter to trace Smith to the last
task lie was ordered TO do, and as Il rule
he is hauled safely out Of danger. From
constant usage tie system has become
almost perfect, and the cool courage
that it has developed has made the de
purtment enc of the finest III the world.
The men will risk everything aud 60
against the most tremendous odds To
save comrade. New York sun.
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e. Iunnortant Omission.

AT q prayer meeting recently held III
one Of the churches not 1000 miles
from Utica there was manifested II de-
sire on the part of some OF the partici-
parts TO praise themselves. Oae man
even went bacl; to TIE days of his boy
Eood to show how good he had been
even at that time. He said that one
day, while walking along country
read, he suddenly discovered III one of
his pockets a dollar belonging to his
employer which be had neglected to
turn over 10 the latter. With crushing
force the thought came to him that his
employer would miss the collar and be-
lieve him to be dishonest. Overcome by
that thought, he SIT down by the road
side and wept There the story endcd.
Those who heard tie pathetic narrative
were deeply moved, anl oneof the wo.i-
ell present subsequently told her Young
son about it, noDubIy with the inten-
ton ~ produce GGod effect uDcn tie
youthful E.iud. but the youthful mind
didn't seem TO be impressed. The
thoughtful bay remained silent for a
few moments ard thcn be burst out
with:
say, ma, did the nan tell whether
lie ever gave the dollar bacl::'-Utics
Observer.
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On Saturday, July 18th, 1897,

at 3 O'Clock, p. M, two valua-
bic tracts of land situated near
Marionville and NassawadoX
Station, the one Of which is
"Fisherman's Rest, y proper,
containing twenty-seven acres
CT A, more or less
with twenty one acres (21 a y
by actual survey, most
ly woodland, which will be
sold with "Fisherman's Rest"
for its use and enjoyment, and
the other is the farm of eighty
four acres ga A. more or less,
of arabic and woodland situated
near "Fisherman's Rest, and at
the same time and place and on
same terms, said trustee will
sell the house and lot of David
T. Conover, adjoining 'SFisher-
mans Rest. For terms of
sale, &c, see posters or address
the trustee at Accomac G. II. Va.
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In her close copy of man and his
actions the advanced woman seems to
have forgotten one thins-his ready
civility TO other men. Ii almost all
places and ut almost al times one man
is willing to speak to another, while on
long journeys men very often form
pleasant acquaintances and even friend
ships. But woman invariably draws
back her skirts when spoken to by 4
stranger on other than necessary bust
ness.
III ladies restaurant the other day
a tired, harassed liJilc woman left the
table at which she had seated herself
and crossed 10 another, at which Il VIC
man was eating her lunch.
May sit here and speak to you?"
she said tilaidly. u ann going to be
late fer an appointment, and it makes
me so nervous to wait if l can't talk. l
spoke to that lady ut the table where I
was, but she seemed offended. "
"Whv, bless me, exclaimed the wo
man addressed, moving back the chair
by her side, sit right down here, and
if it is any relief ior you to talk to me
I'll stay until you have finished your
lunch"
The grateful smile she received WAS
ample payment for this hearty speech,
but he whole proceeding WIS watched
with horror by half a score Of women at
adjacent tables Philadelphia Ledger.
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the vacation Of the said court,
the 23rd day of June, A. d.,
1897.
John w. G. Blackstone and
Thomas B. Quinby, assignees of
Francis D. Parlles.. Plaintiffs,
Against
Rudolph A. King and Bette w.
King, his wife........D Defendants.
In chancery and upon an at
tachment returned "leviedo and
"executed. "
The object of this suit is to
recover of Rudolph A. King and
Bette w. King a balance due
on their joint bond, dated Feb
ruary 23rd, 1881, for the princi-
pal sum of twenty-five hundred
dollars (32,5o0.o0), subject to
credits of thirteen years interest,
and further credits Of 5000,
paid July 18th, 1896, and ST.
l2S so, paid October LIST, 1896,
to wit: Sl,4o3. 33, with interest
thereon from said last men,
toned date; and their covenants
to pay the same contained in a
deed of trust of even date with
said bond securing it. And to
subject of payment of the same
the life estate of the said Bette
w. King in certain real estate
situate in the county of Ac-
comack, State of Virginia, and
known and described as:
1st-The farm of Vaux Hall,
containing 372 A, more OF less.
2nd-The firm of Red Bank,
containing 22S A., more or less.
3rd-The farm known as the
Hill farm, containing 126 A.,
more OF less.
4th-The farm known as the
Powell land, containing 122! A. F,
more OF less.
5th-The farm kown as the
Fisher land, containing 70 A.
more or less.
Gth-The farm known as the
Abdell land, containing 43 A. F.,
more or less.
7th-A lot of land iD the
village of Pungoteague, con-
tanning J A., more OF less, upon
which are two houses.
Affidavit having been made
before the clerk Of the said court
that Bette w. King, one Of the
defendants in the above entitled
cause is a nonresident Of the
State of Virginia, on the motion
of the plaintiffs, by their attor-
neys, it is ordered that she, the
said non resident defendant, do
appear here within fifteen days
after due publication Of this
order and do what is necessary
to protect her interests; and that
this order be published once a
week for four successive weeks
in the PENINSULA ENTERPRISE, a
newspaper published at Acco-
mack C. H., Virginia, and also
posted at the front door of the
Courthouse of the said county
on the first day of the next term
of the county court OF the said
county.
Test: John D. Grant, c. =.
A Copy
Test: John D. Grant, c c.
Thomas B. Quinby and
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HOMETOWN,
-Accomac County, Va
Board by day, week or month on rea.
sonable terms. Meals furnished on
short notice.
DISEASES OF TIE siyiN.

y
The intense itching and smarting Incl
dent to eczema, letter; salliheunl, and other
diseases of tie skin is instantly all;yed by
applying Chalnbe.ain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. 1t is equally
efficient for itching piles ana iavorlte rem
etly for sore nipples; chapped. hands, chill
blains, frost bites and chronic sore eyes
For sic by druggists at % cents per box.
TryDr. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are lust what horse needs when in bad cond;-
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifaSe.
For Sale by Blackstone s. Bell, Acco-
mac G. H.. and VIM. H. Parker,
Onancock, Va.
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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, SC,
Pulleys, Lanterns, Lap Boards,
Lemon Squeezers, Mats, Measures,
Marine Glasses, Mucilage, Oakum,
Oil Cans. Well Buckets, Tubs, sc
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z. a. Nicholas, S. 4perintendent,
Cape Charles, Va.
X. B. Cooke, Geltl Freight md Pas
senger Agent, n orfolS. Va.
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i'stops for passengers II signs toconduet
~ daily, except sunday.
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VRGINIA:-In the circuit couro
for the county Of Accomac, in
the vacation Of the said court,
the 25rd day of June, a. d.,
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Baltimore, Md
The evening times., 1897-08-30
THE COLORED NAVAL CADETS.
Smith and Bundy Ready to Be Ex-
atniped This Week.

Annapolis Nd, Aug. 30.-R. G. Bundy,
the coIored youth appointed from Cincin
natl. Ohio, arrived i'm Annapolis yesterday
and is stopping with DR.. " iliam Bishop, Il
color.d physician. Bundy has been pre-
paring himself at his home and hopes 10
be successful He received the appoint
ment year ago, but failed to take the ex-
animation. He is a bright mulattn, Of good
build and w ears a Prince Albert coat. HI
wasinstTucte ed IN the Cine Cinnati high schools
and talks intelligently. He respectfully 1e
Cline ed la interview, saving that his friends
had advised him to kee p quiet.
Smith, the other coIored applicant from
Chicago, who failed at the May eXamina-
tion. has not vet appeared, though he is
expected ny W ednesidy, when the heexamlna
tion begins. Smith has been preparing in
studies which he thinks will count most
i'm tie examination. Unlike the white can
didates, he will have no Instructor il An
Dapolis but will rely upon the knowledge
he has acquired at home before and after
the examination TO pull him through. At
the last examination he failed in several
studies. He stated that he had been treated
fairly by the examining board, but bat.
made a mistake in posting himself in studies
that were useless aud neglecting he more
important branches. Smith won the ap-
pointment IN a competitive examination
and his Congressman insisted on his reap
pontnent. The friends of both are hope
ful of their passing the examinations.
The evening times., 1897-08-30
EPwORTH LEAGUE MEETING.
Experiences of the Recent Toronto
Convention Related.

Convention Related.
An interesting Toronto echo" meeting
was held last evening at Trinity NJ E..
Church. rTder the auspices of Trinity
Chapter or Epworthians. Not only were
the Trinity Leaguers out in full force but
there was also present large number
from the chapters of Waugh, Union, and
Epworth churches.
Aside from, the interest taken by all
Epworthians In all matters pertaining 10
the great international convention of the
league recently held at Toronto, Canada,
the meeting was notable for other reasons
Chief of these perhaps, was the address of
Mr.. Fred Woodward, OF Epworth Church, !,
in which he showed the close relations hip
between the Epworth League and the
Methodist Church. Anotherinterestingfea
ure, which WAS not down on the program,
was the excellent music contributed by Miss
Duana OF Waugh Chapel, who sang GLORY
in My Soul with much spirit and effect,
and Miss Martha GaI Ithwait, of Trinig ,,
who Sang with much feeling, Ninety and
Nine" Scattering Sunshine" was also
sung with great enthusias m by the au-
lience.
The meeting was conducted by Mr. Harry
Belt, president OF Trinity Chapter, of the
District League. and was addres sed by
Mr.. F. B. Stohl, Miss Mitchell, and Mr..
Fred Woodward, delegates who attended
the Toronto convention.
The evening times., 1897-08-30

who wears the three decorations conferred
on him toy Spain for press services-who
deliberately will send such frightful stuff
10 be peddlrd out by many OF the American
newspapers? The filthy horrors OF that
infamous jail have been detailed through
out tie United States, by one returning
correspondent after another, until the
truth about it is common property. But it
seems that any lie is good enough just now
for use. The Cisneros case has raised n
feeling in this country which is regarded
uncomfortahly by the Administration. In
calling particular attention to the perse-
cution and torture of the beautiful and
cultivated maiden. the friends of liberty
aud humanity thereby have directed I'm
Pleasant attention to the whole course of
he Administration I'm relation to Cuba,
our Yet imprisoned native citizens there,
and al the rest of it. This is painful, es-
peciaIls in view of the approaching Ohio
election.
The evening times., 1897-08-30

Details given OF the movements and coun-
ter-movements in Northern India are some
what confusing. andit is not likely that the
British military authorities are any tou
anxious to pass accurate information to
the outside world, which includes at least
some enemies of the empire. The adnlis
SION that it VIII take 10000 troops to sub
due the Afridis, is highly significant. Is
is said TO Indicate that the uprising of the
northern tribes has become general
Doubtless IL conceals an unpleasant truth
The 10000 troops to fight the Afridis, VIII
not include any forcs that it may be neceS
sary to send against their fierce neighbors
and allies, the orakzais, who alone can
put 10o, 900 well-armed men In the field.
and these, behind the rocks OF their almost
inaccessible mountain fastnesses, are u
match for a good many English and Sikh
troops
The evening times., 1897-08-30
Circulation Statement
MONDAY, AUGUST 80. 1897.

Now that the close OF navigation isright at
hand, and thousands OF unfortunate adven-
turers are caught in the wilds OF arctic
Alaska, without means TO carry them
through the winter, the sensational press
of the country, which has had much TO do
with spreading the Klondike craze, is filled
with awful stories of what must happen TO
the victims of what will be remembered in
the future as the widest tenderfoot wild
goose chase ever INDUCED in by people in
all partsof the United States. Pixies Peak
was basket picnic compared withit. Lead
willie pleasant place for an easy outing.
Yet persons unused TO prospecting and tie
greatest hardships OF mountain and frontier
life had not the least business in either
district at the times OF their earliest
blooms" In the case OF the far off Alas
kan COLO fields, the tenderfoot has less
excuse for going to them, than in any
other in mining history. The hardships,
trials and dangers up there, are things that
only the greatest vigor, hardihood and ex-
perience NAV hope to sustain. Yet the
rush OF tenderfeet has kept up right along,
and now we shall have results.
The evening times., 1897-08-30
PEOPLE OUT OF TOWN.

Mrs. W. A Martin is spending the sum
mer at Montpelier, Vt.
Mr.. John B. Lane, OF Washington, is ut
the Stafford, Baltimore.
Miss Lula Cox of this city is q recent
arrival at the Rockbridge Alum Springs
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McAuliffe are at Ocean
City, where they will remain some time.
Mrs Forest 7. Adams, of ofNortheast Wash
In gton, is visiting relatives at Culpeper, Va.
Mrs j. Harry Cavanaugh ana Miss Cav
anaugh are at H6ddon Hall, Atlantic City.
The tournament ball at Jordan Springs
Saturday was opened by Miss Wommack,
of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Offutt left yes
terday for a three weeks stay in the
Catssill Mountains.
Senator John w. Daniel has gone to the
Green brier White Sulphur Springs for
the remainder of the season.
Miss f. X. McNeir, Miss NJ. T. McNeir
and Miss Bessie israel are at the BuckinG-
ham Hotel, Asbury Park, Nj.
Mr.. George Krouse, Mr.. Holmes Matthews
and the Misses Lizzie and Maggie Beanore
are among the washingtonians visiting in
Martinsburg, w. Va.
T. II. Collin, of Washington, D. c., and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Davis, of Pittsburg,
are additions TO the entertaining group OF
guests at the Waverly.
Miss Ella Blaine Gleeson, who is now I'm
Maine, will visit MI. and Mrs. Thomas
Brackett Reed, at Portland, before her
return to Washington next month.
Among the Washington guests registered
yesterday at Asbury Park were Mr.. and
Mrs. j. f. Collins, Miss Myra Collins, Mr.
E d. Holland and Mr.. and Mrs. John ].
Tolliver.
The picture of Mrs. Oscar Woodward OF
Washington has been published in the
Richmond Times as being the handsomest
woman ut the Allegheny Hotel at Goshen
Bridge, Va
Mr. Waller of Washington, who is spend.
ing the late summer at the Allegheny House
at Goshen, gave large progressive euchre
party there last Tuesday, which was one
of the most enjoyable card events Of the
season.
The French Ambassador and Nine. Pat
enotre We're entertained ct dinner at Bar
Harbor on Wednesday by Mr.. and Mrs. Liv-
ingston, AZ luncheon on Thursday by Mr..
and Mrs. A C. Barney, and at luncheon ON
Saturday by Mrs. w. E Montgomery. They
leave on Monday for their cottage at FL
beron
The Misses Minnie Wheatfield, Effie A.
Heidenheimer, and Estelle Peyser, OF Wash
ington. were the attending maids at the
wedding of Miss Helen Dettelbach and Mr..
Herbert ID. Fellheimer ,whichw as solemnized
Ia Baltimore last night by Rev. Tobias
Schanfarber, of Har Sinai Temple. Other
guests fIom this city were Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis FeIltefmer and Mrs. g. Freund.