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China.

The Matchoorian has always been
aware that there were large deposits of
coal lin his midst, but he used to i'm
agine that they were under the control
of evil spirits, and he therefore would
not touch them himself nor allow any
one else TO. a good deal of that old
nonsense has been braved out of him By
recent events-the war and the practi-
cal enterprise of the Russians III his ter
ritory-and the fields are now being
opened. They are abundant and are
found all over the country and will have
the most important influence in its de-
velopment. The climate, soil and geo.
graphical situation of Manchuria are
favorable to the maintenance of 4 large,
enlightened and progressive population,
the root of which, in many races inter
blended through many ages, is already
there. With a Russian railroad running
through the country and Port Arthur
as the outlet and inlet of its commerce,
q new chapter of its history will be
opened, and the humdrum career which
it has pursued since the days of Kublai
Khan, and as much further back as any
body wishes to go, may merge into a
more active and enterprising one, Civ
ing her new status in the world and q
new relation to its affairs. -New York
Tribune.
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To Grow Teeth.

A Moscow dentist has solved the
problem of supplying the human mouth
with false teeth which will grow into
The gums as firmly as natural ones. DIR.
Zamensky has performed several sue
cessful operations OH dogs as well as
human beings The teeth are made OF
gutta percha, porcelain or metal, as the
case may be.
At the root of the false tooth holes
are made. Holes are also made upward
into the jaw. The tooth is then placed
in the cavity. In short time a soft,
granulated growth finds its way from
the patients jaw into the holes i'll the
tooth. This growth gradually hardens
and holds the tooth i'll position.
1t is stated that it does not matter
whether the cavity III which the tooth
is to be placed is one from which nat
hral tooth has been recently drawn or
whether it has been healed for some
years.-Moscow Letter
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Religions In New Zealand.

The New Zealand Gazette gives the
census tables dealing with Religions
of the People" Out of 703, $50, the to-
tai population. 7o2, 23S gave answers
on the census forms The Episcopalians
numbered 2S1, 1876; the Presbyterians,
159, 952; Methodists COT all kinds, over
1000; Roman Catholics, over $4,000.
The other sects come far below these
figures Unitarians number S75. "Our
Fathers Church numbers so. There is
one "esoteric Christian" one "salva-
ton Catholic, " one sinner saved by
Grace" and one Christian freethink-
en-" One is Bible freethinker, !" an
other 'believes in his Maker" there is
one "pessimist, one 'natist, :" one
"truist" and one "heathen. Nearly
l6, 900 objected to state their position.
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KITCHEN RUN BY CITY.

At Grenoble, France, an Association Serves
Good Food at Cost.
Housewives who think the co-opera-
tive kitchen is so fur in the future that
it would be absurd to look forward to
it for relief from daily drudgery will he
interested to hear that a kitchen with
the same end in view rs the cooperative
has been in successful operation for
nearly so years The Association Ali
mentaire of Grenoble, France, is pure
" municipal Affair. The city owns it
and supplies meals at cost in its own
restaurant or delivers them at private
homes.
Everything at the Association Ali
mentaire is rs good as money can buy.
The cooks are as clever as any il France,
which is saying great deal. The pro-
visions are bought in the best markets
and are carefully selected. The service
is excellent The dining rooms are Of
several grades. according to the furnish
ings and the attendance, so that all
tastes may be accommodated. One may
dine there for cents on bread and
soup and DE satisfied or one may pay IL
cents and have full course dinner. In
the best rooms, which are marble foored
and decorated with much elegance, there
are walters who look for tips as natu-
rally as though they were in the SWEETEST
of Partisan cafes.
Pure wines, which have been proper
ly aged, are served at about s cents a
liter.
There is no financial profit to the city
in running this huge restaurant, which
serves some 10, 900 meals u day. The
charges are based on the cost Of the
materials used, the employment of help
and the amount spent i'll keeping the
utensils, machinery and building in re-
pair.-New York Press.
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SPOONS.
The Date of Their Origin Unknown. They
Are So Very Ancient.

The Date of Their Origin Unknown. Tney
Are So Very Ancient.
If you desire TO know about the scar
city of really reliable data on the histo-
" of spoons, take down Your handboolls
aud encyclopedias and see if it doesn t
take you long while to learn anything
concerning their origin nativity. y
etc. In fact. the antiquarians do not
pretend to give us anything of value i'll
that line. 1t is admitted that they are
very ancient, but just exactly how
old they are and by whom and where
they were first used are points upon
which we arc left completely in the
dark Creighton says, Spoons must
have been 4 very ancient invention, for
Saxon spoon of perforated silver gilt,
ornamented with gems, was found in q
grave at Sarro, Thanet. y
When forks were unknown, spoons
played very important part at the ia
BILE. Spoons of the thirteenth century
and even later, had handles terminal
ing in knob, knot, acorn or other odd
and cumbersome devices. About the
period of the restoration, of which so
much is said III English history, a great
change was made III the forms Of
spoons. In some of the unique patterns
the "spoon" part was divided into two,
three and even four parts, aud the han
die always split or twisted and turned
ND instead of down and back. Spoons
of that period were all blunt instead of
being pointed rs in the forms generally
seen at present. They continued short
and blunt down 10 the time of George
I, when they We're first made pointed
and had the handles turned down in
stead Of up.
About the year 1900 what were
known as opposite spoons" were intro
duced. They were so called because
they had the figures of the IL apostles
carved upon their handles. They were
generally given by sponsors to children
at their time of baptism. The wealthy
presented the entire ~, those who could
not afford to indulge in such eXtrava-
gance giving one or more, according as
they felt able.
The most curious and remarkable
spoon in the world perhaps is 4 ''coro-
nation spoon" preserved among the
other royal relics i'll the tower Of Lon
don The bowl is OF gold and the han
die of silver. The handle is split down
the middle and set with all kinds Of
precious stones. The relic is valued at
about e20, 600, or upward Of 500, 600.
St Louis Republic.
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FIELD DIVERSIONS.
A Federal Officer Who Read Novels b
tween Engagements.

A Federal Officer Who Read Novels Be-
tween Engagements.
General Horace Porter tells the fol
lowing anecdote in his campaigning
With Grant" i'll The Century: During
the ten days of battle through which
we had Just passed very little relief,
physical or mental, had been obtained,
but there was one staff officer, aColonel
B, who often came as bearer of
messages to our headquarters, who al
ways managed to console himself with
novel reading, and his popularity in
this respect became standing joke
among those who knew him. He went
about with his saddle bags stuffed full
Of thrilling romnnces, and was seen sew
eral times sitting on his horse, under a
brisk fire, porting over the last pages Of
an absorbing volume to reach the de-
movement of the plot and evincing a
greater curiosity to find how the hero
and the heroine were going to be extri-
Gated from the entanSled dilemma into
which they had been plunged by the
unsympathetic author than to learn the
result of the surrounding battle.
One Of his peculiarities was that he
took it for granted that all the people
he met were perfectly familiar with his
line of literature, and he talked about
nothing but the merits Of the latest
novel; For the last week ho had been
devouring Victor Hugo's Lies Miser-
ables." 1t was an English translation,
for the officer had no knowledge Of
French. AS he was passing house in
rear of the "angle" he saw a young la
dy seated ON the porch, and, stopping
his horse, bowed to her with all the
grace of a Chesterfield and endeavored
to engage her in conversation. Before
he had gone far he took occasion to re-
mark, "By the way, have you seen
Lees Miserables?' - anglicizing the
pronunciation. Her black eyes snapped
with Indignation as she tartly replied:
Don't you talk to me that way. They
are good deal better than Grants mis-
cradles anyhow" This was retold SO
often by those who heard it that, for
some time after, its repetition seriously
endangered the colonel's peace of mind.
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VIRGINIA:-lnt the circuit court
for the county of Accomack, in
the vacation of said court, the
29th day Of January, A. D., 1897.
Nathan Ulman and w. A.
Boykin, merchants and part
ners trading as GILMAN, Boykin
& Co.." Henry Fink, Stanley
Fink, Phillips and Solo
mon Smith, merchants and part
ners trading as "Fink Bro. &
Co.," and Winfield S. Quigley
and William D. Mullen, late
merchants and partners trading
as "Quigley & Mullen," credi-
tors of Eva S. Justis, late mer-
chant and sole trader, trading
as "E. S. Justis," who sue for
themselves and all other. the
unsatisfied creditors of said Eva
S. Justis. ...................P Plaintiffs,
against
Eva S. Justis, j. Lee Justis, j.
w. G.. Blackstone, trustee, John
T. Satchell, trustee, and in his
own right, Nancy Taylor, Isaiah
P. Justis, Edward B. Justis and
John 7. Bailey. Defendants.
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to
have declared null and void and
the same surrendered to be can
celled two certain deeds of trust,
dated January 23d, 1897, and
recorded in the Accomack coun-
ty court clerks office as of even
date Herewith, from Eva S.
Justice to j. w. G.. Blackstone
and John r. Satchell, respec-
lively, trustees, for the benefit
of a certain Nancy Taylor and
other creditors;-said deeds Of
trust having been made for the
purpose and intent of hindering,
delaying and defrauding the
plaintiffs and other creditors of
the said Eva S. Justis. And
that lien may be obtained on
the storehouse, stock of goods
and other property named in
said conveyances, and the same
subjected to the payment of the
plaintiffs debts and otherwise
oC tho co11rt NAV direct.
Affidavit having been made
before the clerk of the said court
that Isaiah P. Justis and John
It. Bailey, two of the defendants
in the above entitled cause, are
non-residents of the State of
Virginia, on the motion of the
plaintiffs, by their attorney,
it is ordered that they, the
said nonresident defendants,
do appear here within fifteen
days after due publication Of
of this order and do what is nee
essary to protect their interests;
and that this order be published
once a week for four successive
weeks in the Peninsula Enter
prise, a newspaper published at
Accomack G. H, Virginia, and
also posted at the front doorofthe
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. c.
A Copy.
Test: John D. Grant, c. c.
Thos. w. Russell, p. q.
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COST OF A TRAIN.
The Expense and Profits of Travel OIL
English Railway Lines.

The Expense and Profits of Travel on
English Hallway Lines.
How many people who travel in trains
ever think Of the cost of running them?
1t will probably surprise most people
who have Travelled from London to Ed
inburgh to know that every mile Of the
journey costs the railway company over
half crown. The cost Of the whole
journey from the English to the Scotch
capital is ESQ
The average cost of running a train
in England is 2s. i'd. per mile, so that,
the fare being rcckoncd at Id. per mile,
train with less than 81 passengers for
each mile is run at loss There are
few trains, however, that do not carry
moro than this number of passengers,
and many of them carry the number
doubled many times over. 1t is neces-
sary frequently TO run trains that do not
pay-usually in thinlv inhabited coun-
try districrs-but for every train run ut
q loss probably 100 are run at an enor-
nous profit.
Take, fer instance, the journey from
London to Edinburgh, which costs the
railway company $50. The average
number of Through" passengers in
these trains is probably 60, in which
case the total fares would be nearly
e100-a clear gain of nearly $50. When
it is remembered that these trains run
several times a day, and every day in
the year, it will he understood what an
enormous revenue single line yields i'll
the course of II months. Surprising the
average number of passengers to be GO,
the midnight train from London to Ed
inburgh yields over EGO, 900 for divi-
dend in a year
The longest railway journey in the
United Kingdom would probably be
from Penzance, in Cornwall, to Thurso,
in the north of Scotland. a distance of
over 1, 900 miles. A train running be-
tween these two places would exhaust
mn ordinary clerks salary for whole
year, the cost being no less than e13s.
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A queer law has been introduced by
the Legislators of Argentine Republic.
1t went into effect Jan. aud reads III
part as follows:
young celibates of either sex who
shall, without legitimate motive, reject
the addresses of him or her who may
aspire to his or her hand and who con-
tinue contumaciously unmarried. shall
pay the sum of 500 piastcrs for the BEN
eft of the young person, man OF woman,
who has been refused. y
Another clause reads, THAT every
male from the age Of 20 to so shall pay
. tax till he marries and shall pay it
pnce in every month. /"
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UNCLE SANS AUCTION SALE.
Annual Disposal OF the Accommodations Of
the Dead Letter Office.

the Dead Letter Ohlcc.
One of the queercst institutions
of tho national capital is the annual
clearance sale of the dead letter Office,
in which vast accumulation of articles
gone astray i'll the mails is sold to the
highest bidders. The auction house
where it is held is continually crowded
with excited men, women and children,
and beside it the bargain counters dur
ing tho holidays arc as havcns of rest,
for when Uncle Sam goes into tho junk
shop business great things ARE expect
cd. AS III the church fair ratile, you
pay IL small amount of money and trust
to luck to get back more than its value.
The articles, previously listed i'll II
wholesale sort of way, are tied up i'll
bundles of from three to Il hnlf dozen
and "auctioncd' for what they will
bring, the average bids ranging between
10 cents and dollar.
Nobody is permitted to examine the
goods before purchasing, and no money
is refunded TO the dissatisfied Every
body hopes to pull genuine plum from
the pic III the shape Of Il dimond ring,
silk dress pattern or n silver teapot,
and although comparative blanks arc
the rule, there is always the possibility
of a prize For example, tho auctioncer
holds up one of these odd shaped bull
dies, listed pictures, underwear, mu-
sic, cigars" Going-going-gonc-for
90 cents 10 dnpper young gentleman
who WAS caught by the word "cigar. y
He opens it on the sport-nn unwise
thing TO do if one objects to good natured
ridicule this is what he finds; Six
cigars, broken into bits with so strong
All odor that one wonders how IL slcdge
hammer could have done 1t; underwear
u female 10 cent Jersey" pictures
collection of newspaper cuts designed
for amusement of some small child.
The lot would be dear at a quarter and
is of no use to the buyer.
In the dead letter Office propcr-that
charncl hc:lSc which swallows nearly
half Il million misSivcs every nonth-it
is positively narrowing Mor than 10
bushels of photographs have "ccumu-
lated there, awaiting the annual cre'na-
ton. Thcrc are ircases Of hair cnou. Il
to stuff II dozen mattresses. grndlAetii-
ers silver lociS an,: b..hi,s soisicn cur!s,
many no Gcjlbt cat from dead l'rows,
and small sums Of mea"y wl:ien poor
workmon send home to feed t!ioil wives
and little ones, and servant gisls sac
from their scnEty WIGS Tor needy par
cnts-gonc to UEclc Sums rich purse,
not because The United States wants 1t,
but because the scndcrs writing or or
typography WAS beyond mortal ken. 1t is
hard to realize that III this land of
schools, at the close of the nineteenth
century, there are so many people so
ignorant or so careless as 10 send several
millions of letters year without stamps
or addresses or with addresses which 10
man can make out. People seem to be
so intent on what goes into the letters
that they forget all about the supcrscrip-
ton. 1t is estimated that 81, SEQ, go i'll
drafts and $50, 600, 600 i'll cash is rccciv-
ed every year through dead lcttcrs.-ln-
dianapolis Journal.
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OLD TINE DOCTORS.
rhe Students Helped Their Teachers In
Practical Work.

Practical Work.
During the last century i'll America
the medical education of young stu
dent was generally what he picked up
by serving as an apprentice to some
noted practitioner, which combined the
duties of student with many menial
affairs.
He ground the powders, mixed the
pills, rode with the doctor on his rounds,
held tho basin when tho patient was
blcd, helped to adjust the plasters, sew
the wounds and run with vinlS Of metl-
cine from one end of town to the other.
1t was white day when such young
mau enjoyed the rare good fortune Of
dissecting II half putrid arm. So great
indeed was th0 difficulty of obtaining
anatomical subjects that the medical
school of Harvard college made single
body do duty for whole year.
Under such circumstances the doc
tors knowledge was practical, and de-
rived from personal experience rather
than from books. The advantages Of
study were sparingly enjoyed. Few
physicians boosted Of library OF so
volumes.
His apprenticeship ended, the student
returned to his native town to assume
the practice of medicine. AT that period,
with the exception of the minister and
the Judge, the doctor was the most I'M
portant parsonage in his community.
His genial face, his engaging manners,
the sincerity with which he inquired
after the carpenters daughter and the
interest which he took in the family OF
the poorest laborer made him the IA
vorite for miles around. He knew the
names and personal history of the occu-
pants of every house he passed. The
farmers lads pulled off their hats to
him and the girls dropped courtosics MS
he passed. Sunshine and rain, daylight
and darkness, were alike to him. He
would ride ten miles i'll the darkest
night over the worst of roads i'll Il pelt-
ing storm TO administer Il dose of Gallo
mel to an old woman or attend child
in fit.
The drugs were slowed away ON the
shelves of the village store, among
heaps Of shoes, Rohan hats, packages Of
seeds and. tlitches of bacon.
The physician was compelled to COM
pound his own drugs, make his own
tinctures and put up his own prescrip-
tions. His saddlebag was the only drug
store within 10 miles Each spring the
blood must be purified, the kidneys eX-
cited and the dmnscl who tainted pro-
fusely bled Large doses of SIENNA and
mamma and rhubarb and molasses were
taken daily. 1t was safe to say that
more medicine was taken every year by
the well than is now taken by the sick
III the same time.
Water was denied the patient tor
mented with fever. In its stead was
given q small quantity Of clam juice.
Mercury was taken until the lips turned
blue and the gums fell away from the
teeth.
The writer has vivid recollection,
when about years old, il q raging fe-
Yer, pleading for water. The nurse hand
ed the pitcher, and the child satisfied
her burning thirst Her brother, over
hearing what was going on rushed into
the room, exclaiming, You will kill
her, but it was too late.-American
Magazine
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There is considerable discussion i'll
the English papers about the wall of
the banshee which wac said to have
been heard i'll East Kerry before the ia
tai bog moved a correspondent writes
that the late Archdeacon Nhately, the
celebrated archbishop's son, told him OF
q certainSnstance of the banshee's cry.
The archdeacon said that he distinctly
heard the vail while III an Irish coun-
try parish administering the holy COM
munion to a dying man.
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Neck Dressing.

A novelty in neck dressing is made Of
alternate ruff1es of velvet and lace The
velvet is cut on the bias and is closely
plated and finished on the outer edge
with a very narrow lace trimming The
lace ruffles are wide enough exactly to
meet the lace that edges the velvet.
The whole is plated together so as to
form a ruche that fills in almost the en-
tire space between the tips of the ears
and the shoulders. The front is finished
with a large rosette of lace and velvet,
and long ends of the two materials fall
over the front of the waist.
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Answered..

There is story Of an inquisitive old
gentleman who asked cabman whether
he thought that his horse preferred
standing still on the rank or drawing
the cab.
"Well, sir, !" replied cabby, Il think,
on the ole, he'd rather pull the cab.
You see, he reads the names over the
shop winders and they makes him
laugh. STRAND Magazine.
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If.

What to me are worlds of splcndor
II the splendor of thine eyes
Gaze not III the depths of mine, love,
Where thy image lies?
What are days without thy presence,
What the nights without thy care,
What to me arc joys of heaven
II thou art not there?
Passions kiss on red lips dicth
II tho red lips kiss is cold.
Scanty is the lily's perfume
Till the buds unfold.
There can be no strain of music
Till the player touch the chord
And tho masters thought is silent
Till il finds the word.
Worlds would darkcn into ruin
If tho sun should cease to shine.
What arc life and love TO me, then,
II bercft of thine?
Emily Selineer in Boston Transcript
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A Priest and His Sons.

A curious spectacle was witnessed the
other day in the chapel of the Jesuit
school, Rue de Madrid, Paris, when
Able Courbe celebrated his first mass.
The new priest was assisted at the altar
by his two eldest SOILS, who have also
entered the priesthood, one being a
Capuchin. By the marriage which he
had contracted before he took orders
Able Courbe had several other children,
all of whom were present at the cere-
mOnY
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A Sudden Change of Mind.

she-Does my refusal really pain
your
He-Yes, it does. I was SO sure you
would tell me Eyes" 1 actually wager
ed 500, 600 that you would marry me.
"a hundred thousand dollars? Well.
was only joking. When shall it be,
?'-Boston Traveller.
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The five principal fortresses in Bull
gnria are at Rustchuk, Silistria and
Widen on the Danube, Varna on the
Black sea, and Shumla in the interior.
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Pay 3 Tax or Marry.

Edinburgh is 1926 miles northeast
of Washington.
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R. H. Nicholas, superintendent,
Cape Charles, Va.
r. B. Cooke, Gen'l Freight c-nd Pas
scnger Agent, Norfolk. Va.