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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-30
SPEAKER REEDS HAIR.
1t occasioned Lively Controversy With
Colored Tonsorial Artist.

It Occasioned a Lively Controversy With
Co1ored Tonsorial Artist.
Hon. r. Reed, speaker, reolined in
hotel barber chair the other afternoon
looking like an aproned Buddha far
plunged in contemplation Of the limita-
tions of the infinite. The Discrimination
of Hon. 7. Reed to be discursive was
not according to the barber's idea Of
things. He attempted to draw the great
man out The great man only grunted
monosyllabic replies and resumed his
reverie. Then the barber decided to
switch the conversation to the subject
of Mr.. Reed s hirsute peouliarities.
"Yo' haiuh's sut'nly thinnin out
heap, subj" said be.
"Um-m," said Mr. Reed.
"Teenchy bit o. tonic do 1t whole lot
O. good, subj
"Um-m; no."
"Bin bald on de top O. yo' head long,
suhy'
Mr. Reed did not withdraw his gaze
from the doorknob as he drawled:
81 came into the world that way.
Then I had an interval of comparative
hirsute luxuriance, but it was not en-
during. Ihave long since emerged from
the grief of the deprivation. 1t no lon
ger afflicts me. Do not permit 1t to
weigh upon you.
The black barber studied over this for
awhile, apparently without fully appre-
hending it's meaning, however.
"Yo' haiuh' d look some bettuh, sub,
eff yo' KEEP it long in de back lake, "
he said, after few moments of silence.
Hon. T. Reed removed his gaze from
the doorknob, fastened it upon the CELL
ing, cleared his throat and spoke again.
"Let me assure you, my tonsorial
friend, H." said he, chat the appearance
of my hair, as I have been accustomed
to wearing it, is eminently satisfactory
to myself, and perhaps might also say
to my constituents. What little hair
still adorns my head I have possessed
for a long time. I know it we'll. have
been on familiar terms with it for many
years. I have inadvertently mingled
spruce gum and chewing tar with it in
my years of extreme youth. I have Of
ten sun dried it in order to present
proper not guilty appearance at home
after surreptitious swimming expedi-
tions. have had it pulled the wrong
way by boys whom I only learned to
thrash afterward. At the same period
of my life I even endured the ignominy
of having it cut-in ascending tiers-by
experimental maiden aunts. The conse
quence of all this is that that bit Of re-
naming hair and l are old and, I trust,
inseparable friends. I indulge the hair
and the hair INDUCES me. Tho hair in
dulges me by permitting me to wear it
after my own conception of the way it
ought to be worn, and I indulge the
hair by firmly declining to have 1t tri-
fed with by gentlemen of the scissors
who possess artistic ideas more bizarre
than my own. fear I'll have to ask
you to indulge us both-the hair and
me. Cut it. the way I ordered you to
cut it,
The black barber looked dazed. When
the great man had numbered out Of the
shop, rolling like man-o'-war bos'n's
mate on a three day liberty ashore, the
barber mumbled:
"Speakuh! All should say he Is a
speakuhl' -Washington Post.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-30

in this world instead Of getting fright
cned at having to go toward heaven. I
congratulate anybody who has right
TO die. By that mean through sickness
you cannot avert or through accident
you cannot avoid-your work consum-
mated Where did they bury Lily?"
said one little child to another. "Oh,
she replied, "they buried her in the
ground. what In the cold ground?"
"Oh, no. no, not in the cold ground,
but in the warm ground. where ugly
seeds become beautiful flowers.
"But" says some one, cit pains me
so much to think that I must lose the
body with which my soul has SO long
companioned. You do not lose it. You
10 more lose your body by death than
you lose your watch when you send it
10 have it repaired or your jewel when
you send it to have it reset or the faded
picture when you send it to have it
touched up or the photograph Of friend
when you have it put in new locket.
You do not lose your body. Paul will
90 to Rome to get his, Payson will go
to Portland to get his, President Ed
wards will 90 to Princeton to get his,
George Goodman will go to the bottom
Of the A tlautic to get his. and we will
90 to the village churchyards and the
city cemeteries to get ours, and when
we have our perfect spirit rejoined to
our perfect body, then we will be the
kind of men and women that the resur-
rection morning will make possible.
So you see you have not made out any
doleful story yet. What have you proved
about death? What is the case you have
made out? You have made out just this
that death allows US to have perfect
body, free of all aches, united forever
with perfect soul free from all sin.
Correct your theology. What does it all
mean? Why, it means that moving day
is coming and that you are going to
quit cramped apartments and be man.
stoned forever. The horse that stands
at the gate will not be the one lathe.ed
and despatched, carrying bad news, but
it will be the horse that St John saw
in Apocalyptic vision-the white horse
on which the King comes to the ban
quet. The ground around the palace
will quake with the tires and hoofs of
celestial equipage, and those Christians
who in this world lost their friends and
lost their property and lost their health
and lost their life will find out that
God was always kind and that all
things worked together for tboir good
and that those were the wisest people
on earth who made the best of every
thing. See you not now the bright light
in the clouds?
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-30

Brooms, Brushes, Cordage, Match !
| les. Axe Handles. Axle Grease. bar
rel Covers, Baskets, Backing, Blank
Books, Blueing, Bowls, Churns,
Encompasses, Broom Racks, Corn
Peppers, Butter Dishes, &c, Candle
Wicks, Cheese Safes. Clothes liam
per, &c. Cocoa Dippers. Coffee Mills,
Hourly Combs, Corks, busters, Eau
Gets, Fish Hooks and Lines, Flour
Sack Halters. Flasks, Gun Caps,
lice Cream Freezers, Horse Cards,
Keelers, Ink, Kegs, Lamp Burners,
Pullevs, Lanterns, Lap Boards,
Nc, Lemon Squeezers, Mats, NJ eas-
lres, Marine Glasses, Muciiage'
IOakum, Oil Cans. Well Buckets
Tubs, sc.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-30
Question of the Day.

al admit I am troubled" said the
fashion editor.
whats the matter?" asked the So
ciety editor.
"Why, I can't quite make up my
mind whether it ia all right in view OF
prevailing conditions, to speak of five
pairs of boomers, a dozen shirt waists
and two dozen pairs Of golf stockings as
trousseau. Chicago Post.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-30

Johnny had been playing around the
piano and had had fall.
"What are you bawling about?' ask
ed Willie CONTEMPORARY. "1t was tho
soft pedal your head hit. "-ChicAgo
Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-30

The domesticated Malay cat has tail
that is only about one-half the usual
length, and very often it is tied by ma
ture in a kind of knot which cannot be
,htened out.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-30
TaLK WITH
KELLY \ NOT I INGHAMI,
0na@ee e3ss We
We represent Fire Insurance
Companies that pay losses in
the event Of fire.

No reliable Insurance Agency
can write your insurance at a
lower rate than we can make
you.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-30
Tho Best Inheritance.


The best Inheritance young man
can have is the feeling that be has to
fight his own battle and that life is
itruggle into which he must throw
body, mind and soul or be disgraoefully
worstad Where are the burial places OF
the men WIG started life with fortune!
Some of them in the potters field, some
in the suicides grave But few of these
men reached IS years of age. They
drank, they smoked, they gambled. In
them the beast destroyed the man.
Some of them lived long enough to get
their fortunes and went through them.
The vast majority Of them did not live
to get their inheritance. From the gin
shop or house of infamy' they were
brouRht home to their fathers house.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-30
Death Is Tue Life.

am amazed at myself and at your
self for this infatuation under which
we all rest. Men you would suppose
would get frightened at having to stay
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
The Iron Marke
QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE.
Shortest and Quickest Line to Cincinnati-Con-
 yenient Schedules to louisville

The Alabama Great Southern railroad with its connections, formerly the Queen and Crescent route, is the shortest and quickest line from Birmingham to Cincinn' ati. A solid vestibule train leaves Birming- ham at 4:25 a. m., daily, carrying Pullman { handsomest drawing room sleeping cars to Cincinnati without change, arriving al Cincinnati at 7:30 m. Cafe and observa- ton car on this train from Chattanooga to Cincinnati Close connection at Lex ington with chair cars for Louisville ar- irving a: Louisville at 7:sO D. m.
 Train leaving Birmingham at 4:2C p. m., carries Pullman sleeping cars from Bir- mingham to Louisville, arriving at Louis- vile at 7:27 a. m. Pullman Union sleeping car Chattanooga to Cincinnati on this train. arriving at Cincinnati at 7.30 a. m.
 R. M. ELLIS, Travelling Passenger Agent, 2019 First Ave- nue, Telephone 617.
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Cotton Letter

By Leased Wire to T. G.. Hewlett, Agent.
 Liverpool showed good strength with sales of spots, the largest for days, 15,0Oo bales. Besides this frmness, the crowd had the advantage of rain and wind storm in the south doing considerable damage The result was the bears showed uneasi- ness and bid prices up on first call, the opening sales ranging to 5 points above Saturday. This buying kept the market steady at the first but good receipts partly offset the scare and the final closing was some to 3 points below the extreme high
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sugar
Tn Wall Street.

New York, October 3.-Today's stock mar ket furnished a striking exhibition of the professional character of the trading de- velopments. Over Sunday did not invite R change of tactics by the leaders and on the resumption of business the rad on the list of industrials was continued. Tobac- CO., Consolidated Gas, New York Air Brake, and various properties of the class gave way rapidly. Declines then became gen. eral, ranging up to points in New York Ar Brake. Consolidated Gas figured for points, and Tobacco po.nts, the latter touching 11S The bulls then started to re- lieve some of the lost ground of last week and after jumping from one stock to an- other finally singled out Tobacco as a leader The strength developed here soon permeated the entire list and prices forged steadily upwards. Interests which had been reported for the late demoralization in the specialtes also changed front and re- acted for the long account. The action was taken in orders to shake off an unde- rable following.
 Following the market showing signs of having been oversold. This circumstance rendered manipulative tactics profitable and vigorous efforts were made to squeeze the shorts. The traders were quick to take advantage of the changed programme and an effort to cover was followed by viz orous bidding with heavy transactions. Contributory favorable infiuinces developed as the day progressed to strengthen the market. Arbitrage houses executed heavy purchasing orders and decline in money rates induced more general buying for ar bitrage account. Final prices were well above Saturdays level. Some hesitancy was noted at the inception of the rise and the market became sem,-stagnant the trad CTS apparently holding aloof until the dis position of the leaders became more clear ly defined Extreme recoveries from the low point were 10 points in Tobacco to 123; points in New York Air Brake and in Consolidated Gas. Sugar and Manhattan figured for points and the balance of the list between and 2.
 Bonds opened with an easier tendency, but an active demand for Atchison adjust ments,. Wisconsin Central and Union Pa- cific, Denver and Gulf firsts soon changed the current of prices and sharp gains fol- lowed. The reorganization plans of the latter company was issued today and the drastic treatment accorded the common stock caused a decline in it's price to 4.
 Government bonds showed heaviness, the new fours yielding h per cent
 Total sales stock 700 including: Atchi- son preferred 4,426. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 13,57S Manhattan 30,SS4, Northern Pacific preferred 7,250, Rock Island 7,S2S. Union Pacific 7,S50 Union Pacific preferred S,420 St. Paul f3,450, Tobacco, 136,0O0, Con soldated Gas 3S15, Sugar 571O0.
 Money on call easier, 1@4 per cent; last loan 2h per cent
 Prime mercantile paper, 312641s per cent.
 Sterling exchange firmer with actual busi- ness in bankers bills s4.S41s64S4A for de- Y11n nd nd iytxy 5ou
 Posted roter, s4 92ls and s4S5
 Commerce al bills, $4.S01a.
 Silver certificataes, 61@62c.
 Bar silver. 60Bc.
 Mex x;can dollars, 47ssc.
 Go,-e-nment bonds easier
 Sta bonds firm.
 Ra -oad bonds steady.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
Grand Picture Show at Eas Lake tonight.
A Conclusive Calculation
1e Washington Star.

From the Washington Star
 "I should think that young man would have more sense than to call on girl ev- cry night" said Mabels father at break fast
 "The dea," exclaimed the young woman. That shows how careessly you judge. Herberts the only person I ever saw or heard of who was smart enough to talk seven nights a week without telling all he knew.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO GIN CINNATI, LOUISVILLE AND
 .EXIN(ITilrI

No. carries Pullman Sleeping Cars Blr- minghGm to Cincinnati and from BdAhihs- ham to New York without change.
 No. carries Pullman Union Sleeping Car Birmingham to Louisville and Pullman Sleeping Car Chattanooga to Cincinnati b. c.
 Frank s. Cannon. General Manager Washington. D. c.
 c. A. wickersham, Superintendent, Bir- mingham.
 W. A. Turk. c. P. A., Washington, D. c. C. A. Benscoter A. G. F. A.. Chatta- nooga.
 R. M. Ellis. T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala
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Reduced Rates to Washington and Return
 Via A. G s. R. R.
 The Alabama Great Southern railroad will sell tickets to Washington and return on account of the Protestant Episcopal 'gl ral convention October to 2s at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets to be sold October 8, and 5. limited for re- turn passage until October 30. 1s9s
 For furtheri information call on R. M Ellis. Travelling Passenger Agent, Birming- ham, Ala s-2s-tf
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NOTICE.
Annual Stockholders Meeting Alabam
 Great Southern Railroad Go. 9v

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company will be held at the office of the company in Birl mingham, Ala. on Wednesoay, October 5 1898, at 10 o'clock a. m.. for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may be brought before, the meeting. JOSIAH F. HILgs, ! s..,.o..,,., z ,soa Secretary. l
 s-s-dly to IDA
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Dry Goods

New York, October S.-Dry goods today were quiet and featureless. The threat. ening weather interfered with business in the jobbing stores. At first hands there was a continued dearth of interest except in certains popular lines in which buying must be steadily kept up day by day to insure the completeness of stocks. In all the more staple lines business has been light and no prospects of immediate im- provement are noted.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
Why He Couldn't Be Seen

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Mrs. BflIus-Y-yes, John is at home, but I hardly think he's in a suitable frame of mind to see you.
 he Rev. pr. Fourthly (makng a pastoral alL)-He is in no serious trouble, hope?
 Mrs. Billus-Why po-but he took one of the furnace registers apart a little while ago to fix it. and he's trying to put it to- gether again.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
Locnl staple Groceries

F'lour-Best patent, $4.05q4.2o.
 Straight, $S.7O. r,lo Coffee-Green 961ibc; Arbuckles ,ol pa1n I n- ages, $1OsO; Loveringss packages slO0'' -1' on's packages, s9.S0.
 Lard, 6c. E Clear ribs sides, 6c. suoar Molasses-Centrifugal 15Qzoc' house, 2o935c.
 Rice, 51S@6hc.
 Corn-Yellow, 4Sc; white, 44c.
 Pearl Meal-77QS0c.
 Cream Meal-S5c .,on,. Hay-Choice timothy, s135O; No. l. Now No. 2. $125O. Mixed Oats-32c; white, 33@35c. ,, Bran-Mixed, $12.5o pure wheat, slS. ! Cotton seed meal, $1e.oG.
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Markets BY I telegraph
Coffee.

New York, October 3.-Coffee-Options, quiet, 5610 points advance. Sales $500 bags including December 5.S5. march 610.
 Spot Coffee-Rio. steady; mild, steady.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
Grand illuminated balloon ascension and parachute leap, East Lake tonight.
Her Ambition

From the Boston Transcrip.
 Claribel-They say he is worth half a million, at the least!
 Matlea-How I should Ike to be his widoWI
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
Financial.

New York, October 3-The Evening Posts London financial cablegram.
 The stock markets today ruled stagnant and irregular. Americans opened dull, became better laater, and closed irregular and dull.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
Paine, Murphy & Con- Grai-, r.aesor

Birmingham, October 3.-Cables were the weakening influence today, Liverpool closing Id lower and car lots were also liberal This caused week opening but the real features of the market was the surprising strength after the announcement of the visible. The most liberal esti- mates put the increase at one million while actual figures were near million more. Ordinarily this should have started new selling, but instead buying to cover fol- lowed. This shows plainly that the shorts interest are not sanguine of their position. The storms may curtail car movements which will prove a bull card. Corn weak, but trading was limited.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
Articles Opening Highest Lowest Closing

Cash quotations: Flour, steady; NO. spring wheat, 5sG61%c; No. red, 62c; Mo-
 2 corn, 2S7s929c; No. 2 oats 21c; Mo- white. f. O. b., 217s@22c; No. white, f. O. b., ETA @25c; No. 2 rye. 45c; No. barley, f. O. b., S11a@D441sc; No. flax seed, SSc; prime tim othy seed, s$2.30; mess pork, $7.95@S; lard, $4. .75@4.771a short ribs sides, s5.15q5.3o; dry saIted shoulders, 41a@51sc; short clear sides. s5. .4OG5 50; whisky, $l25; sugars unchanged.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
6eM If you have a watch MllMIA to be repaired, on IIH1Hk0 which others have V1IEW failed, take it to ~~ 2O18 First avenue, where it will be made good as new.
 HARRY MERGER.
Elegant Service to the East via The Southern
 Railway.

Elegant Service to the East via The Southern
 Railway.
 The Southern railway has recently fnau- gurated through sleeping car line be- tween Birmingham and Charlotte, N. C., which is handled on their trains Nos 5 and 36. The eastbound schedule of this car is as follows: Leave Birmingham 4:15 p. m., arrive Atlanta 10:45 D. m., leave Att lanta Il :50 p. n1.. arrlve Charlotte 9:00 a. n. at which points passengers can secure a through sleeping car to Washington, sPhila- delphia and Few York. This. in addition to the trough sleeping car which is now operated Birmingham to New York and on train No. 3S affords excellent accommoda- tion for passengers en route east.
 Call on Southern railway agent for fur- ther information.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04

est The uneasiness regarding frost stfll exists and may prove full feature later. By Leased Wire to T. G. Hewlett. Agent.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04

Take your Sunday ride to East Lake. The only double track electric road in the city. Band concert. Finest park in the south. Take East Lake cars on First and Second ave- nueS. If
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
Paine. Murphy & Co.'S Stock Letter

Birmingham. October 3-The kalaide- scope changed. The little bears ran the trust down lower on the opening and the big bears covered, besides this Flowers and others are credited with making good pur- chases of the general list. After raising Tobacco to 113 and Sugar to 115M the above mentioned covering caused a quick change in values. led by American Tobacco, which advanced about S0 per share. While Rub- ber Leather and other minor trusts ad- vanced 9 to per cent. The Sunday finan- cial columns were crowded with bear argu- ments, while the supposed tipsters saw nothing but lower prices all around for the coming month. Regardless of this, the market showed good recuperative pow CTS and money became easier. While we are too conservative to run against the whole street who believe in much lower prices. still we believe purchases made on all weak spots will give more satisfactory profits with less risks than on the short side.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
LOCAL MARKETS,
Frnits and Produce
Local Cotton Market Cotton-Middling, 47sc.

Butter-Elgin, 25c; dairy No. l, zec, vo ''' No ?, 15c; country, PFC; cooking "o' V Potatoes-Irish, Csc per busnei' Lemons-Choice, $55046. a,,c,ss Poultry-Hens, 25c; fries. 14c' ou',s' zoe: geese. 20a25c.
 Eggs-14c.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04

Fresh Bread and Candy made daily at 0. w. Cody's. 1920 to 1886 Third avenue.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04

Turnip seed, rye, barley and winter turf oats. J. H. MCARY 6 co.
 8-25-thur- -sat6sun
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AMI 1T61BNI TtCIiVeu ocCVfIu dVO- nue and Eighteenth street, Birmingham. will have careful attention. Rates Sc to 15c per 100 pounds. No package for jess than 10c, Car loads, $5.00
 A. B. MCLARY, Agent, Birmingham, Phone 27a
 L. W. ALLEN Agent, Pratt City and Ensley.
 J. B. MCLARY,
 General Manager, Phone 18
The age-herald., 1898-10-04
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans. October 3.-Cotton, steady; sales, 1850 bales; ordinary 7-16; good or dnary, 41S; low mddling, AZ; middling, 47s; good mddling 5 3-16; middling fair, 55s; receipts. 17.444; stock '154,9
 Consolidated statement: Receipts, net 111,91S; exports to Great Brita' h. A,120 to France, 1O,46S; to continent, 5,777; stock, 51S S75
The age-herald., 1898-10-04

Go to Ensley, see the grea
 steel plant in course of erec- tion. Take Ensley electric cars. If
The age-herald., 1898-10-04

No. 35 makes close connection at West Point for St. Louis and the west.
 J. M. Cuip. Traffic Manager, washington, F S. Cannon, Third Vice-President and General Manager, Washington, D. c.
 W. A. Turk, c. P. A.. Washington, D. c. .. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A.. Chatta- nooga, Tenn.
 J. P. Biliups. T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala.
The age-herald., 1898-10-04

BIRMINGHTM & ATLANTIC R. R. co. Time Table No. 25, Taking Effect 500 a. m
 August IS, 1898.