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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
s,eciaI Excursion to Atlantic city
Cane May, and Sea Isle City, vfa Re
~ T. 10. R. r.. at Low Rates.

on Saturdays only. until August %.
1sa7 round-trlp tickets will be sold for
richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
s45 A. NJ. train TO the above popular
seashore resorts at $3.50 each. Good go
ing only on train leaving Washington.
via Pennsylvania railroad. at l2:io +. M.
Good returning until following Tuesdays.
For further information apply TO hich-
mond Transfer Company, NO svS eass
nfa,r street. ticket agent Byrd-Street
S,at,o, or c. A. TAYLOR.
Traffic Manager.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
niagara Falls Tours, via r., +. & T..
II. IL.

Round-trip rate from Richmond only
al Leave Washington only on special
.sa,ns via Pennsylvania railroad at 7:30
NJ July 22d. August 5th and 18th. and
cDn,ember ith and 18th. due Niagara
lis 1880 =. NJ. same dates. Tickets
oca twelve days from Richmond Stop
eyers ey are allowed at Buffalo. Rochester.
and watkins. returning.
For further information apply to Rich
,,ord transfer Company. No. sos east
Main street, ticket agent Byrd-sireet
S,s,ion or c. A. TAYLOR.
IRE fic Manager
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
Big Landslide In Vermont.

MONTPELIER. VT. July l5.-News
reached here to-day OF big landslide
that occurred yesterday forenoon in the
mountains near Lincoln. A slide half a
mile wide came down the side OF the
mountain, a distaIce of over hais a
mile, sweeping of every tree and nova.
bic rock. which were piled into an
immense heap OF debris I'm the va'lsy be-
low Several farms were partially COW
cred but no houses. II was only a shcrt
distance from bs big slide that occurred
luna x l&27.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
Had n stormy Voyage.

WILMINGTON, n. c.. July b.-The
Clyde steamer Croatan arrived here this
afternoon, about sixty hours late. she
encountered violent storm off Cape Hat
teras. and had to make her way against
head-winds during almost the whole of
the voyage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
u, ,.r.r.ou. Ricbmond. VA,

is conducted strictly upon the European
plan for the summer months Win care
charges as moderate as any hrst-ciass
restaurant in the State. Good rooms can
he had for $50 per day and upwards.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
Fourtb-cInss Postmasters.

WASHINGTON. July Is. The follow 'ng
Virginia appointments of fourth class
pos masters were made to-day: trede-
rck's Hail. j. V. IL. Hardenbergn;
Hammer: New River Depot. @. q. DUO
ley; TiIda. Jacob uuet'y; wil2p's. a. o.
Butterwortb
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
~ the nahy !. cutting Teeth

no sure and use that old and well-tried
remedy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
for children teethng. IL soothes tho
child. softens the gums. al'ays all pain,
cures wind-colic, and Is the best feneay
for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents po'-
Ito
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16

Cards, Bill-Heads. Statements. Letter
Heads. Note Heads. Circulars. Handbills.
Dodgers. ETC.. printed by. the Dispatch
Company at low prices. VIII give you
good work at same prices you pay for
inferior work. Send us your orders. and
we will guarantee satisfaction ~ sysrr
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16

who never had intestinal power poweis,
indigestion or nervous dyspepsih' but n
YOU ever have either the remedy Is COLO
nial Water. Pamphlets free' III MAIN
street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16

Never Sycle. 100 east Broad street. Is
agent for the New Idea Paper Patterns.
They are perfect fitting.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
The weather.


e- WASHINGTON. July 5.-Fore-
r.c cast for Friday:
khlk ygrginia: Fair weather; warm
er. south 20 southwest winds.
North Carolina: Fair weather;
southeast 10 south winds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16

For the handsomest line OF Ladies
shirt-Waists and Wrappers. at the low
est prices, so TO Meyer Sycle's, loS east
proad street
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16

For p. d. Corsets at SIS go 10 Meyer
Sycles, l03 east Broad street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
TUE WEATHER IN RICHMOND
YESTERDAY was clear and pleasant.
s,a,a ~ thermometer.

I.ean temreIature ....~ .".r.N ~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16

be |
Morris tribune., 1897-01-20

Ito THE HoNoRApE BOARD or COMMISSIONERS OF STEvEN
COUNTY:
GENrLEnEN-Herewith is presented for your examina
ton and consideration Of the transactions of this
office for the year and the conditions of the several funds
the county December 3Ist 1896.
Respectfully.
N, R. SPUR, County Auditor.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
A Lamp In Bis Pocket.

Not very many men carry lamps in
their pockets, but there is at least one
man who does, and that is the lamp
lighter on the elevated road. 1t is an
alcohol lamp, like section of brass
cylinder, five or six inches long and an
inch through, and with slender tube
two or three inches long, holding the
wick, projecting at one end. The lamp
lighter comes in ct the front door of the
car with his lamp lighted. With rapid
ease acquired by experience he lights
the six lamps, seeming almost not to
pause in his progress through the car.
If he is in the last car of the train, as
he pulls down the chimney over the last
lamp he has lighted and turns toward
the rear door he blows out his own
lamp and drops it in his pocket. His
hands are now free. He throws back the
door, walks out upon the platform,
opens the gate and steps off upon the
station platform or down upon the other
side, ready to board the next train. A
touch Of a match will light the alcohol
lamp.-NeW York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
TESTING A WATCH.
How English Timepieces Are Tried as to
Their Regularity.

How English Timepieces Are Tried as to
Their Regularity.
There has been matchmaking at Gov
entry as long as there has been watch
trade in England. which is for the last
200 years OF thereabout. There used to
be three centers Of the English trade,
these being Liverpool. Coventry and
London Now there are practically but
two-Coventry and Birmingham The
test of a good watch is that it should
obtain a Kew certificate, and of the
watches that 60 to Kew rs per cent are
from Coventry.
At Kew no watch has yet succeeded
in getting the 100 marks which signify
perfection, but Coventry has come near
est, with 90. and is always well to the
front. The Kew test is no light one.
The watch is tested in every position
and its rate registered, not only per day,
but per hour. 1t is hung by its pendant,
hung upside down, hung on each side,
placed dial down and back down and at
any number of angles, and to finish up
with is baked in an oven and frozen in
an ice pail. No wonder that watch
with Kew certificate is a comfort to
its owner.
When it is considered that it makes
IS, 900 vibrations an hour and must not
vary a second a week, while a quarter
turn Of its two time screws, meaning
the millionth of an inch, will make q
difference of 20 seconds day, the deli
cacy of its adjustment will be appreci-
ated, as will also the risk Of intrusting
its repair to any but skillful hands,
jewelers. Review.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
M'CLElLAN'S WARHORSE.
Something About Dan, the Only Charger
the General Rode.

the General Rode.
General McClellan's favorite war
horse, usually called Dan, was dark
bay, about II hands high, we'll bred,
with good action and never showing
signs of fatigue, no matter how long
the course. He was an extremely hand
some, snowy animal, with more than
ordinary horse sense. Dan was O very
fast walker-an important requisite in O
commanders charger-but disagree
able accomplishment so far as his staff
were concerned, as their horses in gen.
eral were kept on slow trot.
After the war Dan became the family
horse at General l1cClellan's country
home in Orange, and seemed to be proud
of his position, performing his duties
we'll and easily. On one occasion, when
driven to a neighboring estate by two
ladies of the generals family, and left
united, as usual, at the door. Dan came
to the conclusion that they had remained
long enough for an afternoon call, so,
declining to waste any more time there,
he trotted back to his stable, carefully
turning out to pass carriages and other
vehicles met on the way home. Dan
died and was buried in Orange.
The general said of him: Dan was
one of those horses that could trot all
day long at very rapid gait, which
kept all other horses at gallop. He
earned from the aids the title Of that
devil Dana name that he justified on
many long and desperate ride before I
gave up the command of the Army Of
the Potomac Dan was the best horse
ever had He was never i'll for an hour,
never fatigued, never disturbed under
fire. The dear old fellow survived the
war for many years, dying at ripe old
age in 1879 No matter how long we
might be parted-once for nearly four
years-he always recognized me the mo-
ment we met again and in his own way
showed his pleasure at seeing me. Even
on the day of his death, which was
painless one, he still attempted to rise
and greet me, but, unable to do so, he
would lean his head against me and lick
my hand. No soldier ever had q moro
faithful horse than had in Daniel
Webster. Our Animal Friends.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
Set Out Trees In the Spring.

Spring is better time to set trees
than fall, because It that season trees are
beginning to grow ;,''d will, therefore,
be in acondition to rcsroEd i.!orc readi-
" to treatment While in fall they are
unlikely to establish Themselves before
cold weather sets in. Preserve the roots
to the fullest possible extent and do not
disturb the tree until after it has ripcn-
ed and has shed it's foliage. If the roots
arc cut away, as they almost invariably
arc in spring planting, be sure to cut
back the top proportionately.-Eben 4.
Rexford In Ladies' Home Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
Sixteen Years # + .ssSi'ss

SiALGCil | ONlO Spectaclese,
and a study of the business in a
general way has enabled me to lit
those whose sight was failing be-
cause Of advancing age (Presbyopia)
and those who, were nearsighted
(Afyopic). but where astigmatism or
any popularity of the sight existed |
was obliged to refer the customer to
a city oculist. Not satisfied to do a
business that l could not do properly,
l determined to study Refractlon. L
secured the best works on that sub
iect, "Hartridge on Refraction.n by
Cfustavus HartridGe, +. K. Q. s.,
well recognized authority on Optics
and Refraction, and these l studied
we'll. l also attended lectures at the
New York Optical School last fall,
and bought the best quality testing
case and outfit at $500, and feel jus
titled in making the announcement
that, am now ready TO prescribe for
and correct the vision OF almost any
and all conditions Of the eye where
glasses are needed. The liberal pa
tronage extended to Inc during the
sixteen years | have been in business
here encourages me to enter this new
field in connection with my regular
business, and believe my customers
will be glad to know that they can get
PROPERLY FITTED GLASSES
without the trouble and expense of
going to the city. No charges at
present for examination of eyes.
Glasses ground to order in New York
when special lenses are needed:
Those coming from a distance would
do we'll to notify Inc by card.
Respectfully,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
GRANT AT WEST POINT.
A Good Record as Student and High
Record as Man.

Record as a Man.
He was brevetted second lieutenant of
the Fourth infantry and ordered to re-
port to his command at Jefferson bar
racks, St. Louis, after short vacation.
The entire army of the United States
at that time numbered less than 5000
men, and tho supply of officers was en-
barrassingly large 1t was the custom,
therefore, to brevet graduates second
lieutenant.
He graduated twenty-hrst in a roll Of
SO, with fair record in all things-a
good record in mathematics and engin-
eering and remarkable record as horse
man.
More than 100 had entered with him,
but one by one they had dropped out till
only 80 remained.
Apparently Grant remained markedly
unmilitary throughout the four years
course. He served as private through
out the first two years. During the third
year he was made sergeant, but was
dropped promotions at that time were
made for soldierly qualities and had no
exact relation to excellence in studies),
and during the fourth year he served
again as private.
The first year he took up French and
mathematics and though the course
was severe, including algebra, geometry,
trigonometry, application Of algebra to
geometry, etc., he stood fifteenth in
class of 60 in mathematics and forty
ninth in French and twenty-seventh in
order of general merit. The second year
he climbed three points in general merit
and stood twenty-fourth in class of
53. He stood tenth in mathematics,
twenty-third in drawing, but was be-
low the middle in ethics and French.
In his third year he rose in his drawing
to 10, and was twenty-second in chem
istry and fifteenth in philosophy, which
was very good standing indeed. He
rose to 20 in general merit, 16 in en-
gineering, II in mineralogy and geology,
but was little below the average in
ethics, artillery and infantry practice.
In general, it may be said that he left
the academy with good average record
as student and very high record as a
man.-Hamlin Garland in McClure's.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
G. S. NAPLES { 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
Choppers, Butter Dishes, &c.'
Candle Wicks, Cheese Safes,
Clothes Hamper, SC, 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, &c
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
ACCOMAC c. Fl. VA, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13 1897

Have you ever thought Of the lcmcsick-
ness of Christ? Some Of you lnow what
Inconsistencies is when you have been
only few weeks absent from the do
nestle circle Christ was 80 years away
from home Some of you feel homesick-
Hess wien you are hundred Or thou
sand miles away from the domestic
circle Christ was more millions Of
miles away from home than you could
calculate if all your life you did nothing
but calculate. You know what it is to
be homesick even amid pleasurable sur
roundings, but Christ slept in huts, and
he was athirst, and he was a-hungercd,
and he was on the way from being born
in one mans barn to being buried in
another mans grave have read how
the Swlas, when they arc far away from
their native country, at the sound of
their national air get SO homesick that
they fall into melancholy, and some
times they die under the homcsickness.
But, oh, the homesiclness Of Christi
Poverty, homesick for celestial riches.
Persecution, homesick for hosanna. Wea-
riness, homesick for rest. Homesick for
angelic and archangelic companion
ship. Homesick to 60 out of the night
and out of the storm and the worlds
exccration and all that inconsistencies
suffered to get us home!
The Heavenly Home.
AT our hest estate we are only pill
grims and strangers here. "Heaven is
our home. Death will never knock at
the door of that mansion, and in all
that country there is not single grave.
How glad parents are in holiday time
to gather their children home again!
But have noticed that almost always
there is q son or daughter absent
absent from home, perhaps absent from
the country, perhaps absent from the
world. Oh, how glad our heavenly Fa-
ther will be when he gets all his chill
dren home with him in heaven! And
how delightful it will be for brothers
and sisters to meet after long separa-
ton! Once they parted at the door Of
the tomb; now they meet at the door of
Immortality. Once they saw only
Through glass darkly;;" now it is
"face to face" corruption, incorrup-
ton; mortality, Immortality. Where
are now all their sins and sorrows and
troubles? Overwhelmed in the Red sea
of death while they passed through dry
shod.
Gates Of pearl, capstones of amethyst,
thrones of dominion do not stir my soul
so much as the thought of home. Once
there, let earthly sorrows howl like
storms and roll like seas. Home! Let
thrones rot and empires wither. Homel
Let the world die i'll an earthquake
struggle and be buried amid procession
of planets and dirge of spheres. Home!
Let everlasting ages roll in irresistible
sweep. Home! No sorrow, no crying.
No tears, no death, but home. sweet
home; home, beautiful home, everlast-
ing home, home with each other, home
with angels, home with God.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
The Dream.


One night, lying on my lounge when
very tired, my children all around about
me in full romp and hilarity and laugh
ter. on the lounge, half awake and half
asleep dreamed this dream: Twas in a
far country. TWAS not Persia, although
more than oriental luXuriance crowned
the cities. 1t was not the tropics, al
though more than tropical fruitfulness
filled the gardens 1t was not Italy, al
though more than italian softness filed
the air. And I wandered around look
ing for thorns and nettles, but l found
that none of them grew there, and I
saw the sun rise, and watched to see
it set, but it sank not. And l saw the
people in holiday attire, and I said,
"When will they put off this and put
on worlllnen's garb and again delye in
the mine or swclter at the forge?" But
they never put off the holiday attire.
And I wandered in the suburbs Of the
city to find the place where the dead
sleep, and I looked oil along the line of
the beautiful hills, the place where the
dead might most blissfully sleep, and 1
saw towers and castles, but not a mau-
solemn or a monument or white slab
could see And went into the chapel
of the great town, and I said, "Where
do the poor worship, and where are the
hard benches on which they sit?" And
the answer was made me, "We have no
poor in this country" And then wan
dered out to find the novels of the desti-
tute, and I found mansions of amber
and ivory and gold, but not tear could
1 see, not sigh could I hear, and I was
bewildered, and I sat down under the
branches of great tree, and I said:
"Where am I? And whence comes all
this scene?" And then out from among
the leaves and up the 1owery paths and
across the bright streams there came a
beautiful group, thronging all about
me, and as T saw them come I thought
I knew their step, and as they shouted
I thought I knew their voices, but then
they were so gloriously arrayed in ap-
parel, such as I had never before wit
messed, that I bowed as stranger to
stranger. But when again they clapped
their hands and shouted, welcome,
welcomed" the mystery all vanished,
and found that time had gone and
eternity had come, and we were all to-
gether again in our new home in heaven.
And I looked around, and said, care
we all here?' and the voices of many
generations responded, Gail herel"
And while tears of gladness were rain
ing down our cheeks, and the branches
of the Lebanon cedars were clapping
their hands, and the towers of the great
city were Ginning their welcome, we
all together began to leap and shout
and sing, Home, home, home!"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13


We have just received a large
line of all the latest style goods,
including Watches, Clocks, Jew
elry, Spectacles and Silverware
of all kinds. We have reduced
our prices very low, to suit the
times. Special attention paid to
repair work on fine Watches,
Clocks, Spectacles and Jewelry
of all kinds at greatly reduced
prices. All work warranted to
be first-class. Highest prices
paid for old gold and silver.
Will be at Accomac G. H., ev-
cry court-day for repairing.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13

No theory Of germs to chill
Affections budding blisses;
When ardent lovers took their fill,
No microbes on their kisses.
How happy they were not to know
The germ-fad-5o years ago.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
Homo Duties.

Get You no hint of cheerfulness from
grasshopper's leap and lambs frisk and
quail's whistle and garrulous streamlct,
which, from the rock at the mountain
top clear down to the meadow ferns I'M
der the shadow of the steep, comes look
ing for the steepest place to leap off at
and talking just to hear itself talk? If
all the skies hurtled with tempest, aud
everlasting storm wandered over the
sea, and every mountain stream went
raving mad, frothing at the mouth with
mad foam, and there were nothing but
simooms blowing among the hills, and
there were neither lark's carol nor
humming birds trill nor waterfall g
dash, but only bears bark and panther s
scream and VOLTS howl, then you might
we'll gather into your homes only the
shadows. But when God has strewn the
earth and the heavens with beauty and
with gladness let us take into our
home circles all innocent hilarity, all
brightness and all good cheer. A dark
home makes bad boys and bad girls, IN
preparation for bad men and bad women.
Above all, my friends, take into your
homes Christian principle. Can it be
that in any of the comfortable homes OF
my congregation the voice of prayer is
never lifted? What No supplication at
night for protection? What No thanks
giving in the morning for care? How,
my brother, my sister, will you answer
God in the day Of Judgment with refer
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-13
Good Cheer at Home.

Reputation is only the shadow OF
character, and very small house some
times will cast a very long shadow.
The lips may seem to drop myrrh and
cassia and the disposition to be as
bright and warm as sheaf of sun
beams, and yet they may only be a
magnificent show window to a wretched
stock Of goods There is many q man
who is affable in public life and amid
commercial spheres, who, in cowardly
way, takes his anger and his petulance
homo and drops them in the domestic
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-10
ADVERTISING FAKIR.

Mr.. Rudolp Maurer Got Too Warm and
He Left
Mr.. RUDOLF Maurer, the East Conn
merce street groceryman, thinks he has
broken up the operations of an adver-
Using fakir. Yesterday afternoon a
well dressed young man came into his
store representing himself as advertis-
ing agent for II large railroad con-
Germs, saying that they were issuing
maps advertising their roads and de-
sired the merchants to advertise on the
reverse side. and saying the price was
only 80 cents. He displayed business
cards from all the large business hOus-
es throughout the south, a bunch of
which he carried in his hand neatly
wrapped up. Mr.. Maurer became sus-
piCiOus and began questioning him
about the matter when he noticed the
young man became i'll at ease and at
tempted to go. Mr.. Maurer would
not have it that way and asked for the
names of the railroads he was repre-
senting, for his business card and to
test him more thoroughly, threw out
the half dollar and asked for a receipt,
when he found that he did not even
have a receipt book of his own, as he
called for Mr.. Maurer's.
Mr.. Maurer then denounced him as a
fraud and when he turned his back for
a moment the slick young duck went
out of the back door, leaving cards and
everything else behind. Mr. Maurer
has the cards yet, about 500 in number,
and showed them to a Light reporter
yesterday afternoon.