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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-25

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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-25

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Cape Charles, Va.
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anger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
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Finds our store at Wacha-
preague as usual filled with
many useful articles, such as
Santa Claus loves to make as
presents not only to the little
ones, but as well to your wives
and sweethearts.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-25

- stops iof sassAgers ID signal TO eonduci
'laliy, 81 ,pt Sunday.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-25
Special Notice,

/ don't care what other peo-
Piles prices are for ice cream, |
will sell as low, | not only will
do it, but can afford to do it.
Ny cream is taking the lead
wherever it goes and you only
have to try it once to be con-
WINGED Of its superior quality.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-25

Kansas City has university up stairs
and a college in basement.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-12-25
GIFTS FOR CHILDREN.

NVVI. u -.s.NS' N1-4l 1V1 nv
Let r.r h,;,o myself III thee!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
DISCIPLES OF MELCHIZEDEK
Strange Story OF Penance Suggested by
the Rebellion.

Strange Story of Penance Suggested Ivy
the RebeiIion.
Franz Miller, the hermit of Scarritt's
bluff, is an original old character, who
is living in solitude for the sake OF his
own peculiar religion. He calls himself
follower of Melchizedek, the King of
Peace" says the Kansas City World.
He was born in Alsace-Lorraine six
ty-one years ago. When he was II
years old he came to the United States
and followed the profession of shoe
maker until the war broke out, when
he Joined the Tenth United States in
fantry regiment at Newport barracks,
Kentucky. He fought through the
war, and the terrible scenes on the bat
tlefield led him to thinking. He mag
ined he had done wrong, and that re-
pentance would be the only way to sal
walton. He started to do that by car
rying what he called the black cross"
for fifteen years. During this time he
was to have no fixed place of abode, to
accumulate no property, to make no
friends, and to shun mankind. He wan
dered back and forth across the coun-
try, and then one night the spirit" ap-
peared to him while he was walking be-
tween Armourdale and Rosedale. He
saw satan, in great red cloak, stand.
ing on the bluff. A moment later the
shadow of Melchizedek enveloped him,
and Miller knew that he had been pro-
NOTED to the red cross" order. He
settled down, and ran shoe shop in
Kansas City, near the junction. Then
he lived hermit's life in Weston. Mo-,
and three years ago he took up his
abode in cave excavated in the Scar
rift bluff. He has lived there since,
alone and happy.
Sometimes, he says, he earns as
much as Is cents a day by picking rags.
and this sum suffices to buy bread and
coffee, his chief articles of sustenance.
He says he never begs. The nurses in
the Scarritt hospital would provide for
him, but he does not accept their hos
pitality. His aim in life, he says, is to
be at peace with the world and atone
for his sin in taking part in the war.
He never reads the newspapers, be-
cause they suggest worldly thoughts to
him. If Miller lived in more civilized
way he would be a handsome man. AS
it is, his long hair and tangled beard,
together with an evident dislike fog
soap and water, make him look the
ideal hermit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
HINTS FOR THE SHOPPER.

Gold lacing is effectively used ON
boleros.
The fischu in vogue is of fine en-
broidered muslin.
Floral patterns abound in cotton
grenadines and lace lawns.
Two buckles, one on each side, form
a novel effect In leather belts.
A touch of cerise velvet is seen on
oDe-half the imported costumes.
Fine jet embroidery is beautiful on
continental hats of fancy straw.
Many jackets are of white cloth,
with gold or black scroll braiding.
For the gauze or grenadine gown, the
accordion or sun-plaited skirt is the"
thing
Yellow and gray are favorite COM
fination for gowns, hats and Access
sories.
Velvet baby" ribbon is the rage for
fancy collars, ruches and accordion
plated full fronts.
Even in the gayest of gay plain tat
fetas alternating stripes of narrow and
wide black are seen.
Black in some form is the most IA
vored trimming for gray costumes de-
signed for dressy and for general
wear.
Tan jackets are growing paler and
paler-in fact, most Of them are cream
rather than tan, and some more white
than cream.
The most beautiful sleeves for those
summer frocks are pulled from waist
to shoulder, with lace insertions be-
tween the puffs.
Entirely trimmed with shaded roses,
black sailor hat recently displayed
attracted universal attention and not
little admiration.
The handsomest separate skirts are
of satin duchesse, MORE velours, taf-
feta broche and MORE faconne in black
The quantity of material required for
a modish pattern is nine yards.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

That electricity is rapidly supplant-
ing steam is evidenced by report from
Hartford, Connecticut, under date of
May rs. 1t says: The new third rail
electric line between New Britain and
Hartford was opened for public traffic
yesterday. Two trains were put on by
way Of beginning, one starting from
Hartford and the other from New Bril-
tain simultaneously. There were no
formal ceremonies, and but few people
were on hand to see the beginning of
what many think is the end of the
steam locomotive. Public interest be-
gan to manifest itself later, however,
and the trains were full both ways.
The distance is ten miles, and the time
twenty minutes. This will be reduced
shortly, it is said, to fifteen minutes.
The western track of the New England
road, between New Britain and Hart
ford, is still devoted to the ordinary
trains, the eastern track alone being
used for the electric system. The cleo
trio trains are run at half hour inter-
walls, and midway in the line there is
a turnout where the north bound train
waits for the south-bound to pass. An
A-shaped rail, which carries the electric
current, lies in the center of the track
raised free of the ties by blocks Of
wood. Through this passes the whole
of the 500-volt current which propels
the cars. President Clark said today
that the New England Railroad COM
pany is entirely satisfied with the test,
and that the motor-car must soon
supersede the steam locomotive every
where.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

Public Franchises" with the we'll
known Rev. DR.. w. S. Rainsford as
president, and a list of reformers
which includes some of the more wide
ly known names in New York city,
That an association has been loim-
ed, entirely bipartisan in character,
and including such prominent names,
led by Rev. Dir. Rainsford as president,
shows how strongly the principle of
municipal ownership has taken hold of
the most intelligent minds in the COM
munity. 1t Is not a question or I'M
proved theory. 1t long since passed
the limits of economic guesswork. The
state ownership of railroads, at least in
part, marking European administra-
ton of such matters, need not now be
cited. Far more pat to the immediate
purpose is the example set by many OF
the principal cities of Great Britain,
where for period ranging from ten to
twenty years gas, electricity and tram
ways have been under direct munich
pal control. The cheapening of rates
in most of the cities in all these direc-
tions has been from 20 to 40 per cent.
Yet city management has been able to
pay itself fair interest on the value
of the various plants involved besides
greatly improving all the details of SER
vice.
The Association for the Control OF
Public Franchises" has begun noble
work. and one, too, which is sure, ulti-
mately, to be victorious. The whole
trend of contemporary facts is in this
direction. 1t is based on sound eco
Monies, sound politics, sound moral
ity. The fact that the membership of
the association includes men of both
parties and all subdivisions OF party
on national and state issues Is highly
significant.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

DUPLICATION of papers and books have
given much more variety and interest
to life, SO that one does not need to
depend for sensation upon guests, who
may be induced to bring brightness
into his household. These are some of
the causes that have been at work to
bring about the decline Of hospitality.
While some of these causes have been
natural, and while some of the changes
have been inevitable, it is nevertheless
true that the decline of hospitality and
the decay of the spirit that prompted
1t cannot be too much lamented.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

One of the most interesting features
Of the present cotton situation, viewed
from a commercial standpoint, is the
growing importance of Egypt as an ex-
porting country. In 1879, the first
year for which there are official statis-
tics as to the quantity of cotton ship
ped from Egypt, the total exports
were returned at BIOLOGISTS pounds,
whereas in 1895, the latest year for
which we have figures, the exporta-
lions amounted to 521, APT ,463 pounds,
or nearly double the quantity shipped
in 1879.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
importing Alien Labor.

From the Eight Hour Herald: Lake
seamen are much worked up over the
fact that the Northern Steamship
company, whose boats ply between Du-
luth and Buffalo, have imported num-
Der of Spaniards who are to take posi-
lions as firemen on the steamers of the
company mentioned. The plea put for
ward by the representatives OF the
steamship company is to the effect that
these men, coming from tropical eli
mates, would be much better able to
stand the intense heat to which steam
ship firemen are subjected than would
Americans, who were much addicted to
drink. The officers of the Lake Sea-
mems Union on the other hand aver
that this particular company knew
nothing of seamen or American labor,
as they always made it a practice to
employ wharf bummers-the cheapest
labor that could be employed, and now
import Spaniards simply because they
believe that the latter will be cheaper
than the wharf bummers. Secretary
Elkedkin, speaking of the matter, said:
1.-The company does not intend to
keep these Spaniards at work for any
great length Of time. They will work
cheap, cheaper than any cheap men
that can be found. 1t will require two
of them, however, to do the work OF
one American. While 1t may be true
that a native of the tropics is better
able to stand the torrid heat Of fur
mace room, it is also true that they can
not stand hard work Then, it is easy
to figure the object behind their impor-
tation. The company desires to cut
wages-to reduce them lower than ever
before desired. The Spaniards will
work for whatever is given them. In
the course of few months, after 1t Is
thought that the spirit of the American
workmen is broken, the Spaniards will
be discharged and the old employees
offered their positions at the same
wages or with a slight advance. The
charge made against American firemen
Is outrageous. Last summer the North
ern Steamship Company employed a
lot of tramps who had never seen
boat and Superintendent Davis has en-
deavored to make the Buffalo and Chi
cago firemen responsible for their
shortcomings. He will not succeed,
however"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

An important experiment has been
made on the New York & New England
railroad, which seems to establish the
fact that trains propelled by electricity
can be run on the tracks used for steam
trains, without interference with the
regular traffic. An electrical train was
run between Berlin and Hartford, a
distance of thirteen miles, on regular
schedule, between two trains drawn by
steam locomotives in the ordinary way.
The power was conveyed by the use of
a third rail in the center of the track,
and no intermediate feeders were used.
The distance was covered in eighteen
minutes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

Study Of questions pertaining to the
tariff leads to the conclusion that there
is no east and west, no north and no
south, in the sense Of half century
ago. In the period preceding the war
the east was the manufacturing Sec
ton, the west was the producer Of ag-
ricultural products, and the south
yielded little but the crops peculiar to
that section. But conditions have
changed. Some Of the greatest manu-
featuring concerns are in the west and
in the south. The varied industries Of
a great nation are more evenly dis
tributed than they were. The ideal
tariff Of the future will be made in
recognition of the fact that sectional
interests are of much less account
than in the past. Beside being of i'm
portance to makers of tariff schedules,
this fact should be matter of salts
faction to all citizens Of the republic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

c. M. Coleman, of Indianapolis, Ind,
asks in the current issue of the Ty-
biographical Journal, What is to b.
done for the old printer? and then he
answers the question in a way that
will be quite interesting to other
craftsmen as 1t is to printers. Mr..
Coleman says: While 1t is highly i'm
portant that we should make some pro-
vision for the printer who has grown
old my thoughts have been more en-
crossed with how to make permanent
and lasting provision for the great
mass of union printers who have been
crowded out of regular employment,
either by the incoming of now and
more vigorous members or by ma
chinery. And right here l will men
ton the fact that while the typeset-
ting machine has displaced hundreds
land perhaps thousands) of our mem
bers, and consequently made situations
fewer, still we notice very small de-
crease, If any, In the number of ap-
prentices. And when this condition of
affairs becomes generally noticeable we
may reasonably expect to be compelled
to face the unwelcome effect Of sup
ply and demand which will surely
make itself very apparent. After much
have come to the conclusion that the
one solution lies in colonization, not
for the purpose Of establishing and
carrying on business in our own line,
but for the purpose Of taking advan-
tage of natures own opportunity-that
of producing direct from the soil the
necessaries for human existence. It
is demonstrated every day, in innum-
cradle instances, that by combination
of brain and capital the best results are
obtained. The worlds output OF nearly
everything consumable is controlled by
combinations great and small, and the
greater the combination the more sue
Jessful 1t is. Individual effort is so
much overshadowed that success
through it is next to Impossible in
this day and age. For instance, what
could we have done (much less what
could we do now without our union?
What show does the individual retail
err stand against the great department
store? How long is the little railroad
allowed to do business at profit
against the great pool and its dis
elimination? The owner of a coal
mine must pool his interests with
great combination in order to gain the
best results. Lumbermen in every
city have a compact for the purpose
Of keeping up prices.
In fact, the necessities of life, bar
ring few instances hardly worth men
tioning, are all controlled by some sort
of combination, and honest individ-
ual competition has no show. TO what
extreme this state of affairs will be
carried we cannot imagine. But suf-
fee it that every man who works for
wages and is capable of giving deep
thought to anything has noticed the
drift of natural opportunities toward
the hands of few, and has often won
dered when those whom he holds dear
would be affected by the lessening of
natural opportunities caused by a giant
hand of a great combination or a trust
of some kind.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

Debating Terms to the Government.
The Carnegie and Bethlehem COM
ranies-one and the same-which
have for years furnished armor plate
to the government at extravagant
prices, decline to bid on the armament
required for the vessels now in course
of construction. A law was passed
last winter by congress fixing the rate
to be paid for armor plate at not to
exceed 5000 per ton. This measure
was the outcome of an investigation
into the cost OF making armor plate,
conducted by experts appointed by the
secretary OF the navy. 1t was shown
in the evidence presented that the
Carnegie companies had furnished ar
NOR plate to Russia at less than half
the price charged the United States.
Carnegie controls the only plants cap
able of furnishing this material at the
present time, however, and his rep
resentatives state that $500 per ton is
insufficient, and consequently refuse
to make contracts at that rate.
Isn't this in the nature Of a con-
spiracy? Workingmen would be Sc
verely dealt with If they retarded the
government work by striking for
higher wages; but in this instance the
secretary of the navy appeals to con-
gress for a change in the law, in order
that the Carnegie companies may have
another opportunity to pillage the
treasury. Is the government entirely
at the mercy Of this trust, and will the
United States be compelled to pay more
for armor plate than other countries?
We are aware that Carnegie has
presented another city with library,
and he must get the money either by
holding up the government or reduc-
ing the wages of his workmen, in
whose welfare such great interest
is manifested at times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

His hair is crisp, and black, and long;
His face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat
He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the race,
For he owes not any man.
Week in. week out. from morn till
night.
You can hear his bellows blow;
You can hear him swing his heavy
sledga,
With measured beat and slow,
Like sexton ringing the village bell.
When the evening sun Is low.
And children coming home from school
Look in at the open door;
They love to see the flaming forge,
And hear the bellows roar,
And catch the burning sparks that fly
Like chaff from a threshing floor.
He goes on Sunday to the church,
And sits among his boys;
He hears the parson pray and preach,
He hears his daughters voice
Singing in the village choir
And II makes his heart rejoice.
1t sounds to him like her mothers
voice
Singing in Paradise!
He needs must think of her once more,
How in the grave she lies;
And with his hard, rough hand he
wipes
A tear out of his eyes.
Toiling-rejoicing-s
Onward through life he goes;
Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a nights repose.
Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy
friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught!
Thus at the flaming forge Of life
Our fortune must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought.
-Longfellow.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

In a discussion of the social changes
in England during Victoria's reign, one
who had lived long is quoted rs max
ing this distinction: When he was
young, every young man, even II busy,
pretended to be idle; now every young
man, if idle, pretends to be busy. This
seemed to be progress to the clear-eyed
observer. Accepting the ANALYSIS, it
needs to be said, that if public senti-
ment drives men into a pretense of
working, it does not make the shame
Of idleness less; it merely makes the
disgrace less repulsive to superficial OBJ
servers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
Close at Hand, Very.

Jaded Cyclist (scarcely good for an.
other five minutes)-How far is it to
Brookley, my man? Native-Brook-
ley, sir? Oh, you be close on it..
faded Cyclist (joyfully)-Which way -?
Native-Straight up that steep ill
there, turn to the left for about four
mile, then cross the bridge and follow
the telegraph posts for stretch, then
sharp round to the right, and Brookley
amt more'n two m. faded cyclist
faintS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

Imports of shoddy into this country
during recent years have been as fol-
lows: 1890, 4,9SO,327 lbs; 1891, 1885,
591 lbs; 1892, 262, 1892 lbs; 1898, 333,376
lbs; 1894, 143,OO2 lbs; 1896, 1906, 1854
lbs; 1896, 1851, 100 lbs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

There is heart broken boy in Ohio.
He threw a stone at a playmate. The
stone struck the carotid artery and the
playmate is dead. All the boys should
reflect upon this. 1t is remarkable
that with all the stone throwing by
boys there are not more fatalities.
They seem to forget that it was but a
stone that killed the mighty giant Co.
Hath.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
National Educational AssociatIo on. M Getting
Milwaukee, Wis. July 9th to 9th, 1897.

Teachers and their friends in making
their arrangements for this meeting should
bear in mind the advantages offered by the
Wabash Railroad in the way of low rates,
fast trains, magnificent equipment of Cafe
and Library Cars, Buffet Parlor Cars, FREQ
Reclining Chair Cars, Buffet Com apartment
Sleeping Cars between Kansas City and
Chicago. All Wabash Trains run into
Dearborn Station Chicago landing passen-
z rs in the heart of the city convenient to
all the principal hotels and street car lines.
For particulars write to c. S. Crane, g..
p. A. Wabash R. R. st. Lonis, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

A rainbow wedding is one in
which the bride wears white and her
maids wear gowns of assorted colors.
The CROMWELL, he don't appear to
cut any figure whatever.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

The city of Bantam, in Great Bucha'
ria, is cut in the side of mountain.
There are 1000 artificial caves, some
very large, and two statues, one 30
and the other 20 feet high, each hewn
from single stone.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

Even China is making 1t warm for
Spain. All because several Cinnamon
have been killed in Cuba. Little thing
to make big fuss about.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

The grand triumphal arch in Paris,
begun by Napoleon, is 147 feet by rs
feet at its base and 162 feet high. The
central archway is 95 feet high and 10
feet wide. The inner walls are in
scribed with the names of 1874 generals
and Oh victories.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

The region between the first and
second cataracts of the Nile is the
hottest on the globe. 1t never rains
there, and the natives do not believe
foreigners who tell them that water
can descend from the sky.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
Good AZ Sunshine.

There's never day no soggylly wet
That Mary won't spatter through II:
She's Just had gift of a new "umbrell"
With Dresden handle to It.
Detroit News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

BAKERS LICE DESTROYBR-KILLSL ICE
and mites on anything. Saves the Chickens
Circulars free. Save your chickens now.
Agents wanted. Manufactured by Dr. q.
p Baker, Exeter, Neb
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
All the Way...
From the Missouri River
to Buffalo, the Wabash
Railroad Operates Trains
Over Its Own Tracks.

Having leased the tracks of the Grand
Trunk Railway between Detroit and
Suspension Bridge, and those of the
Erie r. r. from Suspen sion Bird e to
Buffalo, the Wabash r. r. will run its
own trains from Kansas City, Omaha,
Des Moines, st. Louis, Quincy, Hannibal,
Keokuk and Chicago TO Buffalo, being
the only road from Missouri and Missis-
sippi River points having its own line and
trains running into Buffalo. Through
cars from Kansas City, st. Louis and
Chicago to Buffalo without change.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25

There is no rose without thorn,
No Joy without a sorrow;
The pants that ere ases now adorn
VIII be baggy-kneedt tomorrow.
Cleveland Leader.