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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-10-29

on the plain carpet-the angels OF Cod
build throne, rot out of flowers that
perish and fade away, but out of gar
lands of heaven, wreath Oh top of
wreath, amaranth Oh amaranth, until
the throne is done. Then the harps Of
God sounded, and suddenly there ap-
peared one who mounted the throne
with eye so bright and brow so fair
that the twain knew it was Christian
love, and they knelt at the foot of the
throne, and, putting one hand on each
head, she blessed them, and said, CLAP
piness is with mel" And that throne
of celestial bloom withered not with
the passing years, and the queen left
not the throne till one day the married
pair felt stricken in years-felt them
selves called away, and knew not which
way to go, and the queen bounded from
the throne and said, "Follow me and l
will show you the way up to the realm
of everlasting love. And so they went
up to sing songs of love, and walk on
pavements of love, and to live together
in mansions of love, and to rejoice for
ever in the truth that God is love.
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Commercial Estimate.

Oyrano de Bergerac was ga gentle
man with very large nose. But was
the nose really as large as that Of Sig
nor Rubbi. an opera singer of 10 years
ago? He was singing in Dublin the part
of Fiorello in "The Barber of Seville. y
When he had sung "Piano, pianissimo, ="
voice cried from the gallery, "Mis-
Their Ruby |" The singer stopped mo-
ment, and then again sang his "Piano,
pianissimo. Again the cry, "Misther
RUBY" The singer, at loss, looked at
the gallery and at the leader. He was
about to sing the third time when the
voice CRIED "Bedad, Misther Ruby, the
full of your nose of snuff would be
worth sixpence. Boston Journal.
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LONDON JOURNALISM.
A New York Newspaper Mnn Found
1t Not IL BED OF Roses.

A New York Newspaper Mnn Found
1t Not IL BED OF Roses.
The American newspaper man who
goes to London in search of employment
is Gel tain to receive some severe shocks.
"I drifted across some years age" said
an old timer the other night, "and,
having passed muster on The Sun and
Herald and other big American papers
supposed I would have no difficulty
Catching on.
ST struck The Times first, because, I
suppose, it is the London journal that
we know best by name on this side of
the pond. Its establishment is as grimy
as the den of an Arkansas weekly, but
imposing all the same. What impress
ed me chiefly was the air of ponderous
solemnity that pervaded the place. No
body spoke above an undertone, and
a fellow who went there for a row
would have weakened and sneaked out
at the front door.
"Well, cooled my heels in anterooms
two weeks before got an audience with
anybody in authority, and when
finally did see one Of the subeditors, as
they call them, the first thing l was
asked was whether I wrote shorthand.
l said no. and added that it wasn't re-
garded as a desideratum in America.
He looked shocked, and said he didn't
see how reporter could insure accuracy
without it. That settled me with The
Thunderer. Then I tried The Standard
and Telegraph with equally poor re-
suits. In fact, my card was returned at
both offices with the message that there
was no opening.
"That made me mad, and I swore to
get foothold in spite of 'em. l next
tried Mr. Astor's paper, The Pail Mall
Gazette. There was one American Oh
the staff, Tom Fielders, formerly of the
New York Times, and through him l
got an assignment. It was to expose
some hospital abuses, and spread my
self to make a hit. The story covered
about four columns, and Mr.. Astor gave
me check for ego as a present. After
that things went pretty well for
month or so, although had hard work
accustoming myself to the English
style, which strictly forbids the publ
cation of anything resembling news,
and might be there yet had itnot been
for an unfortunate incident.
81 was going out of the office one
night when I ran into the ugliest bull
dog ever saw in my life on the land
ing The brute snarled at ne, and
promptly kicked him down stairs. In
stantly a red faced portly Englishman
rushed out of side room and loaded
me with abuse. waited until he got
tired and then offered to send him after
the dog. He was Mr. Gust, NJ. P, then
editor in chief of The Gazette, and,
needless to say, was decapitated on
the spot. After that came homo and
later on I learned with sincere pleasure
that Mr. Astor has fguratively kicked
Mr.. Gust down stairs for gross insubor-
dination. Altogether would say that
London is not a bed CT roses for Ameri-
can pen pushers. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
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Redeemed by Love

That very night clerk with salary
of 81, 900 a year-only 81, OOO-goes to
his home, set up three months ago, just
after the marriage day. Love meets him
at the door, love sits with him at the
table, love talks over the work of the
day, love takes down the Bible and
reads of him who came our souls to
save, and they kneel, and while they
are kneeling-rieht in that plain room
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Curzon.s Term and Salary.

Mr.. Cuzron's term as viceroy Of In
dia will last five years. His salary is
about $780, 900 a year, with all ex-
penses paid by the government, and be
is expected to live in great magnifcence.
This salary and perquisites seem small
compared with the incomes of three OF
the native princes who are allies Of
Great Britain, each of whom has $751;
900, 900 year.
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Brooms, Brushes, Cordage, Match
es. Axe Handles, Axle Grease, bar
rel Covers. Baskets, Backing, Blank
Is oks, Rlueing, Bowls, Churns,
ICompasses, Broom Racks, Corr
Peppers, Butter Dishes, SC, Candle
Wicks, Cheese Safes. Clothes Ham
per, &c, Cocoon Dippers, Coffee Mills
Curry Combs, Corks, Busters, Eau
Gets, Fish Hooks and Lines, Flour
Sacks, Halters, Flasks, Gun Caps,
Ice Cream Freezers, Horse Cards,
Keelers, Ink, Kegs, Lamp Burners.
Pulleys, Lanterns, Lap Boards.
&C., Lemon Squeezers, Mats, Meas
Iures, Marine Glasses, Giucilage.
IIOakum, Oil Cans, Well Buckets.
Hubs. sc.
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I advise you also to cultivate sympa-
thy of occupation. Sir James Mcintosh,
one of the most eminent and elegant
men that ever lived, while standing at
the very height of his eminence, said to
{. great company of scholars, "My wife
made me. +" The wife ought to be the
advising partner in every firm. She
ought to be interested in all the losses
and gains of shop and store. She ought
to have a right-she has right-to
know everything. If a man goes into a
business transaction that be dare not
tell his wife of, you may depend that
he is on the way either to bankruptcy
or moral ruin. There may be some
things which he does not wish to trouble
his wife with, but if he dare not tell
her, be is on the road to discontinue.
On the other hand. the husband ought
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

More than so years ago Lachlan Nc
Donald lef' his home in Strathspey,
Scotland, and went to the shores of Lake
Winnipeg. He did not neglect TO carry
with him his beloved bagpipe. and many
an evening it spoke to- him of the old
home beyond the seas
Even i'll the daytime, when he was
busy in the woods telling trees, he
would have it by his SIDE and on one
occasion he had reason to be glad that
it was SO near.
He was merrily swinging his ak,
when he was suddenly surrounded by a
party of Indians who looked very for
midable as they drew nearer. gcsticu-
lating in particularly threatening
manner. Things began to seem ominous,
when happy thought came to the
Scotchman
Selling his bagpiPe, he blew IA blast
so loud and long and shrill that the
startled red men looked upon him for a
moment i'll CONSERVATION and then took
to their heels, never stopping till the
thick shade Us of the forest hid them
from the man who could give vent to
such an unearthly scream.
They did not forget that prolonged
cry; from that time the Scotchman was
known among them as 1.-The great
screamer of the palefaceS "-Exchango
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
General Mcdowell.

have never met any one who gave
me a stronger impression Of honesty and
sincerity than Irwin Mcdowell He was
then in the prime of life--40 or As years
old-powerfully built, but rather pom
derous in movement, kindly and sim
pie in manner, with very pleasant,
soldierly face, water drinker and al
most a vegetarian. After the cruel war
was over l met him one day i'll some
foreign city-Vienna, l think-and as
we were conversing he said, Strange,
ism t it. our encounter today"
"Why so. general?"
Have you forgotten? This is the
2lst of July-the anniversary Of Bull
Run. Had | won that battle | would
have been one of the most popular men
in the United States and you would
have been another. l need not say how
much it is the other way with us now.
But / do not think his countrymen
blamed him after all. When | went to
the United States some years ago, /
found him i'll command at San Francis
co-much changed, aged and sad, but
courteous and kindly as ever l told
him that | had in place of honor at
home the photograph which he gave me
before he left my lodgings the day he
was looking for Barry's guns. And l
suppose, he said, your friends ask,
Who on earth was General Nc
Dowell?' = Sir W. H. Russell in
North American Review
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
The New England Fair.

The New England Fair will be held at
Portland this year, for the fourth time,
and the managers say it will be a record
breaker both so tar as exhibits and atten-
dance are concerned.
They say the premium list is the larg-
est ever offered, more and better attrac
tons have been secured than ever before
and the entries for the races far exceed
in number those of any previous fair.
And while speaking of the races they
ask you 10 remember that Rigby is the
greatest mile track in the world, and it
is the only track east of Boston visited
by the ere m of the light harness brigade.
The City OF Portland has appropriated
s7.5oo for providing for the entertain
merft OF those who come to the fair, and
the week of August 22-27 will be a good
one to make note Of, and if you can
possibly leave your business for two or
three days, or even day, you cannot
spend your time more pleasantly and
probably than in attending the New
England Fair,
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
In Santiago Trenches.

We are permitted to make the follow
ing extracts from lriter recently re-
celVed by Mrs. Nora Spaulding from her
nephew, Harold z. Varney, who is in
he 1th Regiment ot l.. :. regulars.
fhis letter give. al insight into the way
campaigning il Cuba appears TO man
actually engaged IL IL.
NEAR SANTIAGO De CIBA.
July 10. 1898.
VI. Ut doubt you are
worrying great Gesl about NE TODAY
ahd "obdefn whether ] am dead or
lYing. We'll alter a very hard fpht
since July first We tave come out all
night. We are entlef ched on a big hill
surrounding The city aud the white flag
Il lying over he city although they
nave NOT surrendered Yet but We hope
hey VIII. HE water supply for the
city Is shut Il and hey have little food.
We ali hope IL viii be settled by a
treaty Tor II !. !. We hail he sent home
at ofee. haVe SCI al Of this tropical
country J Want.
We started from cur camp the last dav
II June, marched hours vhtu We went
into camp miles from the town Gamma.
We sept there that night and started at
=. u. the Le1t morning and were fired
Oh from an ambush. Then the battle
opened 10 dead earnest We were in the
center, flanked Oh ore side by the 18th
and on the other by the 18th. We drove
the enemy from the am bush and back to
place where they had 4 block houses
on top OF high hill. We had to 90
down one hill and up over big knoll and
there we formed our firing line. We got
up 10 this line about a. u. and laid
there in the boiling sun until ) D. m.
firing volley after voley into the
spanish line. when they surrendered.
We captured about 600 prisoners and
there were so many dead of their eide
That We did Lot try 10 count them. In
Our company We lost killed and y
wounded. The loss Of the I'll was 80
killed, l4l wounded.
After burrying our dead ard caring
for our wounded we started on a Is
mile march through the mountains for
Santiago TO reinforce the 9Th ard 10th
cavalry. We got there at DAYLIGHT. were
In lie charge on the hre. stworks and
fought all Thai day until 8 80 p. u. The
spanlards had los of French and Ger
man shaI p-shnaiers III the thick trees and
they shot lot> Of our men as we came
along the road.
We slept il the tIer ches that night
aud al daylight open,d ii = again, con-
tn lng until afouf o. L when they run
up the white fig ard pur lots of women
aid children her works 20 We would
not fire The flag Went Up july and il
has been up ever since. W. think they
are irving 10 make q <erfl.roepr hatwaap
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
Public Debt Statement.

The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of July 80,
1893, the debt less cash in the treasury
amounted to S97S, 0S1, 006, decrease for
the month of $4y, 0O4, 486. Independent
of the cash the same shows an increase
in the debt of $751; The cash in the
treasury increased during the month by
over SAC, 600, 600, principally from re-
ceipts on account of the new war loan.
The debt is recapitulated as follows:
Interest bearing debt, ss47 1857, 790;
debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, $1,260,050; debt bearing no
interest, 1884, 297, AL, making total of
81, 1872, 925, 221. This amount, however,
does not include $3.50, 497, 943 in certifi
Gates and treasury notes outstanding
which are offset an equal of cash in the
treasury.
The cash in the treasury is classified
as follows: Gold, 1925, 1873, 393; silver,
1914, $40, 965; paper, 500, 294,517; bonds,
deposits in national banks, disbursing OF
cash balances, ETC., 9,757,097. Total,
1890, 069, 96S, against which there are
demand liabilities outstanding amount
ing to $685. ,225. 74S, leaving net cash
balance of $3.50, S44 ,215.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
A Story of Patti.

Patti once went on an excursion with
party of Americans, among whom was
young chap who could play on ban
10 and sing coon" and rag time
songs like n professional He did not
intend that the great singer should
judge of the quality of his art, but by
accident she had chance. and to the
young mans JOY she fell hilaI1ously in
love with every rag time melody he
sang This was a secret between the
two until one evening Patti consented
to sing for the company. Several listen
ers went mildly insane when the great
artist, after little preparatory pat
ting, sang Mamie Come Kiss Your
Honey Boy.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
Good VIII Farm.

The Good Will Farm Association held
its ninth annual meeting, Tuesday, in
the Good viii Pines. The meeting was
made interesting and important by the
reports rendered and plans made. The
president of the association, Hon.
Moses Giddipgs of Bangor, was in the
chair. The reports of the supervisor
and treasurer were listened TO with great
interest and gratitude.
During the year ll6 boys and 20 girls
have been cared for at the Farm, and
not one in 80 Of those applying can be
received.
The financial condition of the institu-
ton is excellent, all things considered.
The expenditures have been between
81, 600 and 1000, the receipts being
about 5000 less.
The board of trustees, directors and
officers of last year we're reelected.
The Boys Assembly was opened in
The Pines, yesterday, to continue one
week. The program heretofore publish
ed in the papers is an interesting one
Reduced rates on railroads.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
Deafness Cannot he Cured.

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased porti, of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness. and that
is BY constitutional remedies Deafness
is caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube.
When the tn6e gets infiamed you have
rumbling sound OF imperfect hearing. and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored TO its
normal condition, hearing will be destroy
ed forever; nine cases out OF ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an infamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Deafness (caused by eatarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure Send for circulars, free.
F. !. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
~ Sid Nv druggists. 75c.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

A writer in Die Stats Zeitung cor
reefs very common superstition in re-
gard to the heating capacity Of wood,
the most notable fact in the case being
that such practical and easily demon
strable error should SO long have pre-
vailed-namely, that the heating ca
pacity of hard wood is greater than that
of soft wood The fact, as ascertained
by repeated determinations, is that the
greatest heating power is possessed by
one Of the softest varieties of such ma
terial-viz, the linden. Taking its heat
ing capacity for the unit, the second
best heater is also soft wood-fr, with
so heating power next follow the
elm and the pine, with .9S; willow,
chestnut and larch, with 81; maple
and spruce fir, with 90; black poplar,
with .95; alder and white birch, with
"a only. Then come the hard oak
with 90; the locust and the white
beech, with 81, and the red beech.
with 80. These examples leave no
doubt of the general fact that hard
wood heats the least
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
Identified by O Blind Man.

A blind man picked out his dead wife
in the New York morgue few days ago
by his delicate sense of touch, says an
exchange Two women. both Of the
same name and both of whom died in
Bellevue, were taken to the deadhouse
at about the same time When the
morgue keeper caught the blind man S
right hand and guided it to an upturned
face, he said. "No, no; that's not my
Mary p The drawer was closed, and the
next one was pulled out. The sightless
man laid down his stick this time and
used both hands His face was transfg
ured as the tips CT his fingers rested on
the sharp set, cold features MARY, !"
he whispered, II have found you, dear
How thin your face has grown How
cold you are, Mary-how cold" The
blind man had made no mistake. The
dead woman had been his wife.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

One of tho oldest and most pictur-
esque inns III all England is the Crab
Tree inn i'll Fordham Here cyclists
from all over Britain have congregated
and here men famous i'll literary annals
like Kipling. Haggard and Andrew
Lang have put up for an hour or two
to rest and quaff the ale dispensed by
this ancient hostelry
The story runs that Robert Burns and
Sir Walter Scott once partook of the
hospitality of the place, and the queen
herself 1t is reported, once stopped by
the wayside to partake of frugal bowl
of milk and crackers Tie initials of
men illustrious i'll Great Britain 8 his
tory are craven upon the surface Of It's
deal tables and its very window paues
are Uttered with the names of Macaulay,
Dickens and Thackeray 1t has been
put i'll at least one book, and Quiller
Couch has used 1T as the scene for one
of his terrible tragedies
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

Sucking, the book seller, gave me
quite little chat on book thieves the
other day. Book thieves, said he,
fare most plentiful They are also most
audacious in disposing of their stolen
wares. One of them did me rather neat
ly not long ago. l was sitting in my
shop thinking no harm. when rather
clerical looking man came in and offered
me an abridged edition of Littre's Die
tionary at 81. OF course l bought it
Judge my surprise when l found out
about two hours afterward that the
clerical looking gentleman had stolen
that copy of Littre's Dictionary from
the stall III front of my own shop' I
may add that had the satisfaction of
recovering some volumes and juggling
that respectable clerical locking gentle
man, Who as l afterward found, had
been doing many of my eonfreres in the
same artistically nonchalant manner "
London Correspondence.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04

All confidently hope for prompt ac-
ceptauce by spain of the reasonable
terms of peace specified by President
McKinlev's administration and the
speedy cessation Of hostlities between
the two countries. IT is matter of the
greatest moment 70 all concerned and Of
course cannot he determined without
due consideration. 1t is understood
Spain has agreed to the requirements
substantially but is inclined to try d.
plomacy to get consideration in details.
Our country is in position To be exciting
but is disposed to be fair and even gen.
erous with a fallen foe.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
Hunger Madness.

The sufferings of pellagra are those
we'll known in times Of famine. The
effects sometimes do not entirely disap-
pear. A woman Of my acquaintance
near Nonza. who had the pellagra some
years before. WAS considered cured She
was the wife Of Q prosperous shopkoeper
when knew her. The only remaining
trace Of her malady was that from time
to time she stopped m conversation, a
look Of anguish came into her eyea and
she would say In her diataut: IN pan
lie bon. il vim 10 bon ma IL pan le
bon Bread is good, and wine is good,
but bread is good The horror of that
suffering from starvation had never left
her Hunger and Poverty In Italy. !"
by Mrs Dario Papa in North American
Review.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-04
Bears Great Strength.

Yes, the strength Of grizzly bears Ia
almost beyond belief Ihave read about
the powerful muscles in the arms Of
African gori.las, but none can compare
with those in the arms and shoulders Of
big grizzly bears. have seen grizzly
bear with one fore paw shot into useless
ness pull its own LOO pounds Of meat
and bone up precipices and perform
feats of muscle that trained athletes
could not do. | have seen grizzly bears
carrying the carcasses Of pigs that must
have weighed 70 pounds several miles
across a mountain side 10 their lair,
and have heard hunters tell Of having
seen cows knocked down as IL by a
thunderbolt with one blow Of the fore
paw Of bear
Three summers ago spent the season
in the coast mountains up in Monterey
county, and one moonlight night l saw
big grizzly bear in the act Of carrying
dead COW home 10 her cub. l had a
position on the mountain side where
could see every movement Of tn bear in
the sparsely timbered valley below me
The critter carried the dead COW in her
fore paws for at least three miles, across
jagged, sharp rocks ten feet high, over
fallen logs, around the rocky mountain
sides, where even jackass could not
get foothold, to narrow trail up the
steep mountain. She never stopped TO
rest for moment, but went right along.
l followed. and Just about half mile
from the beasts lair | laid her low
The heifer weighed at least 200 pounds,
and the bear would have tipped the
beam at about $50 pounds Chicago
Inter Ocean.