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against

mack, in VacaIlOu, tHe 11Hu udy
of January, A. D., 1898.
John D Fletcher. Plaintiff.
against
James Thomas Fletcher, Rob
ert Taylor aud Elizabeth Taylor,
his wife, in right of said wife,
John Matthews, Norma Fetch
er, Norma Schoop, Elijah Hast
ipgs and Malissa Hastings, his
wife, in right of said wife, John
Dunstan, Frank Dunstan, James
Dunstan, Sally Collins, William
Wimbrough and John Pointer
and Medora Pointer, his wife,
in right of said wife, the said
Norma Schoop and William
Wimbrough being infants under
the age of twenty-one years..
......... Defendants.
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to
sell for purpose Of r.ition, a
certain tract of land Of which
John R. Fletcher died seized and
possessed, situated near Watts
Vile, IN the county of Acco-
mack, State of Virginia, and
devised by the said John R.
Fletcher to Elizabeth r. Fletch-
en-, (now deceased), for her life.
Affidavit having been made
before the clerk of the said
court that Norma Fletcher, Nor
ma Schocp, Robert Taylor and
Elizabeth Taylor, his wife, and
John Matthews. five of the de-
fendants in the above entitled
cause, are non-residents of the
State Of Virginia, on the motion
of the plaintiff, by his attor-
ney, it is ordered that they, the
said nonresident defendants, do
appear here within fifteen days
after due publication of this
order and dc what is necessary
to protect t~ol.- interests; and
that this order be published once
:, week forIo;:s successive weeks
in the Peninsula Enterprise, /"
a newspaper published at Acco-
mack G f., Virginia, and also
posted at the front-door of the
courthouse of the said county
on the first day of the next term
of the county court of the said
county.
A Copy
Test: John D. Grant, c c.
James Il. Fletcher, Jr., p. q.
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How Ho Defined Hope.

"Hope," said she POLITICALLY, sis that
feeling i'll the human breast of which it
has been said that it springs
cav, can give you a better defni-
ton than that, said he.
"How would you define hope, dear:'
she asked as she changed her head from
one shoulder to the other.
"Hope, said he, "is the feeling that
slips out Of you like water out of a
pitcher when you arc OH the run down
the street for the trolley car and you see
it go by just as you get half a block
from the corner. Detroit Free Press.
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AN INDIAN GIRLS RIDE.
She Braves Death to Re Married TO the
Man of Her Choice.


An Indian romance which almost
rivals that of Pocuhontas and Captain
John Smith comes from Pine Ridge
agency William jacobson, young fell
low in charge OF one of the classes at
Carlisle, eloped with Julia Beallard, an
intelligent quarter bred Sioux. The
couple rode from Pine Ridge to Cha
dron, Neb., OH their ponies during the
night, pursued by the girl IS relatives all
the way. They arrived in Chadron in
the gray dawn of tho morning. thor
oughly exhausted, and at once proceed
ed to secure license Then in the pres
ence of friends Of the bride they were
made man and wife.
The couple met about two years ago
at Carlisle. where the young woman
was attending private seminary, and
became enamored of each other. They
became engaged, when the girl received
letter ordering her home to Pine
Ridge. The young couple kept up cor
respondence, fearing that their attach
ment would become known to the
parents of the girl, who were very much
opposed to her forming an alliance with
other than thoroughbred Sioux. a let
ter to the girl was finally intercepted
by young Sioux admirer and laid be-
fore the mother. Thereafter not letter
was permitted. Becoming alarmed at
not receiving an answer, jacobson de-
cided to go to Nebraska and investigate.
Upon arriving at the agency he con-
trived q secret interview with the girl
and arranged an elopement.
One dark night the girl stole forth,
and procuring saddle horse from the
corral slipped halter over his head
and led him to tho outskirts of the In
dian village, where she was met by her
lover in lonely canyon near the his
torio battle-ground of Wounded Knee.
Mounting their ponies, they started on
their journey to Chadron. The echoes
of the hoof beats awakened the village,
and a 80 mile chase was begun over the
toughest country this side of the Rock
les. The journey was dangerous and
hazardous, The road at times winds
around precipices and rugged cliffs and
through rough canyons. where a mis-
step might plunge the riders into eterni-
ty. For four hours they rode on their
ponies, expecting at every moment to
hear the cry of their pursuers When
the lights of Chadron appeared in view,
the pursuing party increased their pace,
hoping to ovortake the fleeing couple
before they entered the city. They failed
in this attempt, however, and the low
ers managed to elude them.-Salt Lake
Herald.
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A n1en of Poor Judgment.

Gordon-so you think that Bently is
q man of peer judgment Eow did yea
happen to come TO that conclusion?
Titcomb-I asked him to lend NE $40
the other day.
Gordon-And because he refused you
question his judgment?
Titcomb-Oh, no. He let me have it
boston Transcript.
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canada,s Prospects.

Before Oct next the Crows Nest
ond Teslin Lake railways will both be
completed, and eastern Canada will -, be
IN q nosition to control the supply of the
richest mining regions of the world
Montreal Herald.
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How Alaskan Indians Trap Bears.

bow AlaSkaD IuUIstHH Arp l>carbs
William B. Otis, who has been all
over the world as one of the ichthyolo-
gists in the employ of the government
speaking Of his experience i'll Alaska.
said:
"Strips Of whalebonc are folded into
the shape of the letter n, cnveloped in
hunks of fat and frozen that way. Tbs
fat thus prepared is left i'll promising
spots for great white bears to devour.
Along comes one OF the monsters, eulpin2
lump down whole. The gastric juices
melt the fat and eat away the strings oi
tendon with which tic whaletone is
bound, the whalebone springs out
straight across the animals stomach,
and presently it dies. Next day Mr.. Is
kimo comes along ard gathers III Il bear
skin worth several quarts OF whisky. -
Portland Orcgonian.
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Chicago Humor.

"Ofioer, shouted an excited man to
a Chicago policeman, "tbose fellows in
that saloon just stood me on my head
and took every cent bad p
.'Thim boys at Patsy's," was the
officers comment as he moved on, "was
always great at jokes. Cincinnati
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SCHEDULE OF THE-s=
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway Company.
Until further notice, will run their
steamers as follows. weather per-
hitting. leaving South st. Wharf at
500 o'clock p. III.
STEAMER POCOMOKE.
Capt Howard.
Tuesdays and Fridays for Crisfeld,
Tangier Island, Finney's. Oman
cock, Shelrown. Pitts Wharf, Ce-
dar Hall, Rehoboth, Powell's, POGO
moke City. Mattaponi. and Snow
Hill. Observation-Disclosures and
Thursdays. leave Snow Hill. 6 a. m,
Mattaponi G:30, Pocomoke City s,
Poweli's $50, Rehoboth 0, Cedar
Hall $3.50. Pitts wharf 10, Shelltown.
1918. Onancock $3.50 p. ~, Finney's
5, Tangier Island 4:30, Crisfield q.
STEAMER EASTERN SHORE.
Capt. II. Il. Raynor.
Wednesdays aud Sundays for Girls
field. Harhorton, Evans, Boggs,
Cedar View. Nandua, Concord,
REEDS. Davis. Shields and Rue's
RETURNING leaves Rue's
Tuesdays and Fridays s. Shields
$50, Davis 1900, Reads 1920, Con
cord II, Nan,iUa 1880. Cedar View
u 10, Roggs 245. Evans 3, Harbor-
ton 3:l5. Crisiieid q.
STEAMER TANGIER.
Mondays and Thursdays for Fords.
Cristieta. Finney's. 0nancock.
Hunting Greek ANA hlessongo. RE
TUt;NING-ieave Wednesdays ano
Saturdays. Mcssougo i, Hunting
Creek. 80. Onancock, 2:30. Fin
ney's, 3. Crisfeld, s, Eord's 7.3O.
Ali Steamers leave Cristield Tor Balti
more on arrival of lest down train
Freight and passengers received
for I'll points OIL the y. y, rhlla. ano
Norfolk. Wicomico aud Poconoke L.
R. daily, Delaware, Mary land and
Virginia Railroads.
Positively no freight received after
4:3O p. IN. and must be prepaid to all
points, except on the n. Y.
Phila. and Norfolk Railroad.
Willard Thompson, T. Murdoch,
Cent. Manager. Gen'l Pass. Ag't.
j. Sawyer Wilson, Jr.,
Genl. Freight Agent
205 E. Baltimore st.
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When Ia wonan's "No" Decisive?

How often when woman says mo"
to man she regrets that it was not
eyes How often, if he could only
ask her again, he would get different
answer-if he only knew it.
In point of fact how many men who
have had the courage to ask a girl a Sec
ond time are accepted? Persistence goes
infinitely further with woman than a
man has any idea of. If he had, the
course Of most peoples lives would be
different.
But is there never a case in which o
woman means "No" when she says
"No?' Yes; there are several. Only
the difficult part is for man to DO sure
about it.
A woman's "No" is decisive when
she has lad love and respect for man
and has lost both If she has mover test
ed him and provel hin false, her power
of hope and belief in his better self is
boundless. BUT o.:cc she has Ead to con-
fess to herself that she i!es!.ist 5 lin, hei
love gets It's death l!ei, ana will Eeyr.
again revive. Tea che SAYS 40 anG
can never be cot 70 say Yes l:fcr OF;
then there IS 10 hopo for her fof;'iei
lover.
A woman's "No" is dcci.i9e whea
she loves another n.sa.
But in most cases, lot IL lie said with
confidence to unsuspecsins man, wo-
man S "No" need rot cause despair At
all events, when it is rlOst decidedly ut
tered it is sometimes the most open to
conviction, and it is not always tho wo-
man who says "No" firmly who cannot
be got to say "Yes" later on.-Dublin
Herald
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-02-26

An American lady went into chem
lists shop in Nice and asked for bottle
of the finest perfume sold there. She
was informed that the price of the best
scent was $50 an ounce.
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NEW YORK, PHItA. & MORT ok R.R

Time Table in Effect Nov. 30, 1897.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor
folk and Old Point Comfort.
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.n1nnt,le un,cKen Ero.h.

Customer-What on earth is this
broth made of, waiter? Surely it isn't
chicken broth?
Waiter-Well, sir, it's chicken broth
in it's hinfancy. It's made out of the
water that the heggs are boiled ill.,
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Professional Call ns;ay.d.

New Woman Physician-George, l..
there any prospect Ct it clearing Of very
soon?
George-No. Why?
N. W. P.-Alrs. Smith sent for ME
to come over and see her three days ago,
and have been waiting ever since for
it to clear of. l am sure she will be ex-
pecting me. =
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VIR 3INIA:-1n the circuit
court for the county of Acco-
mack, in vacation, the 22nd day
of January, A. D., 1898.
John D. Fletcher, Plaintiff.
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"f' stops for passengers on signal
to conductor. 2Daily, except Sunday.
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VIRGINIA:-In the circuit
court for the county of Acco-
mack, in the vacation of said
court, February 9th, A D., 1923.
Cary j. Reed and Elsie j.,
his wife, in right of said wife.
Plaintiffs
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-02-26

VIRGINIA:-In the Circuit Court
for the County of Accomack. in tile
vacation of the said court, the 9th
day of February, A. D., 1898
Isaac n. Mills. Plaintiff.
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against
Reuben Somers, and Alberta.
his wife, in right of said wife.
George West, and Annie, bis
wife, in right of said wife,
ChawinO (WhOSe chris.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

become for us the representatives, or Classes
that have changed only In external aspects
We have said that Dickens wrote for his own
time. but If the dress and habit have become
modified, the social progress Of England cloth
ing the old types in new colOrs. we may be
sure that the traits Of these people endure we
accept Mrs. Gamp-even Mrs. Camp-as last
Ing member Of the human race. Mrs Camp
we may be told. Is no longer encountered even
in the houses of the very poor in London but
that the kernel of her Immortality remains
she Is human: she is. in short. one OK those
personages. like Sancho or Falstafr whom we
may never meet In actual life. but whom we
believe In as we believe in any captain In his
tory Here appears Mr. Gissing's explanation,
and. we believe, the gist OF HIS book. He says:
THE Mrs Camp OF our novel Is piece or the
most delicate Ideasm. 1t Is a sublimaton Of
the essence Of Camp"
At more than one point Mr.. Gssing returns
to this novel hypothesis Of his: novel. 1t may be
observed only In that II Is here applied 10
Dickens other accepted realsts. notably Ioa
have driven their critics to the same conclusion
That our critic should make his argument GOOD
to the satisfaction Of all Is improbable, Tor
Dickens has been called realist through many
years and Mr. Gissing cannot hope for wide
spread and immediate recantatiOn Yet IL Is
hard 10 see how his points can be refuted 1t Is
plain from his analysis. rs 1t must be plain TO
every careful and impartial reader OF tho novels,
that Dickens worked from something not unlike
a definite literary plan. from one which led him
into many mistakes-as for example. the aru-
nciality and melodramatic character Of his plots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
DICKENS.
A VALUABLE STUDY OF ITS WORKS

CHARLES DICKENS Critical study. By
George Gissing Octave, PIP. 3S. Dodd. Me;d
a. co.
There IS but one biography of Charles Dickens
the solid monument which John Forster erected
to the memory Of his friend. but Of such a
volume rs that which Mr.. Gissng has just pro-
duccd there has been great need. Hitherto IL
has seemed impossible to write about the novels
without deep prejudice either one way or the
other Those who love Dickens arc disposed To
show the faith that is in them with all the
vchemonce possible to their natures. Those VINO
hate hm-but after all. 1t Is Of very little con-
sequence what they say. or how they say IT,
Mr. Cissing at all events maintains with IN
gratiating good temper the balance that the
euogists as well as the wrathful ones have
made us anxious TO restored. He loves his
author wisely but not too we'll He GloricS In
his genius and dcplorcs its defects. but he IL
neither maudlin on the one hand nor patrOnlZ-
ing on the other. Equipped as perhaps no other
writer Of to-day IS equipped for "A thorough and
sympathetic examination OF the works OF
Charles Dickens. he has summarized them with
tactful authority. We could not desire Il better
book.
1t is little strange. perhaps. to find so COM
pick a world as that created and pcopcd by
the novels disscctcd and described with sci
cntifc system but If there is one thing more
than another Of which Mr. Gssing convinccs
his reader il Is the necessity for pursuing ex-
actly such a method In the study Of Dickens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

the stagincss of many Of his personagcs
from which there sprang also the tremendous
power Of his books. lie made up HIS mind, we
viii say. To choose a theme which would appeal
- the symp1thi"s Of "A particular audicnce-to
the rcspcctable. commonplace and yet tender
hearted Briions II his day. He wished TO hold
tn" mirror up 10 nature with vengeance. 10
strike At abuses which the very people he ad-
dressed were supporting. to scourgc the very
types in which their homes aboundcd He told
his story in the manner he thought best adapt
"a 70 this audience not writing down to it. but
expressing himself AS was natural 10 him. His
MUS never detached him from the people
amunl; whom he born and bred. Now. in
the manner Of his story he was miscd 10y the
plan We have mentioned. He thought melo-
drama would touch Tho hearts Of his public. He
proved that he was right ON the other hand
had he written otherwise he might have touched
The inaginations Of his later critics That is "A
Surnisc. however. over which we need not
lnscr The main point is to recognize that
while Dickens wrote to his contemporaries
somewhat AZ hc would have talked to them. ne
counted with that breadth which Is only pos
siblc to the artist who sees the larger issues in
life. and deals with one mans traits rs he would
deal with the traits of a race. Such an artist
we say. has the quality Of human nature In his
work. Because he makes his individual a rep
rcscntativc creature. because contemplation OF
one OF his figures sends our maGinatiOnS drift
Ing through the whole world Of living breathing
beings. we call him an idcaiist Hence Mr.. els
sing justly throws overheard the time honored
description Of Dickens ~ a rcalist and tests all
his characters in the light of an idcalistic pur-
pose. That such purpose unlcres the best
work Of Dickens We have not the smallest doubt.
In his apparently careless fashion producing
novels that seem more like inprovisatlons than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

Read him swiftly. broadly. and with an eye to
tho broad impression he has TO convey. and.
curously. the result is 10 unit. on tn" contrary.
the mind IS then left full of those coniradic lions
and qualifications which make the true APP
praiscIrcn; Of Dickens SO hard. Consider him
in cold blood after the fashion II Mr.. Gis.ang
md under the dry light one element 81 The sub
jcct after another comes up To be- JUDGED. at
last. at its true value 1t is hisconccriiug to
find that again and again tho true value Is not
50 impressive as we once thought. I'ut the
a hicv,mont Of the truth carries its penalties
with it. and in the end. Il happens. ih. pre-
cmincncc Of Dickens in his own nold stan IS un-
challenged II is as If tho RIGHTS 81 The cas-"
were only arrived at by procr&f ~ ciirina-
ton. and the rrsiduunI found to bee infinitely
more precious than had at FIRST boon supposed.
At the same time Mr.. Gss.ngs analysis starts
off from no ambiguous point. lie states boldly
that Dickens worked. in the first place. for his
own time. and that he brought t. his art
tremendous moral force Those two facts alone
count heavily In The consideration Of tn" novels.
ana tina, process Of elimination to which We
have alluded means more in the field Of what
isht be called the technique Of writing than
it means in tn" sphere Of pure genius Mr.. Gis-
sing facing the charge Of cXaggcration which
has often been brought against Dickens. is
at some pains TO show US that the novels really
reflect the life Of epoch long since passed
away and not. on the whole. cxaggcrations
In any essential points. This is great step in
the appreciation Of the man. His latest critic
who surely ought To know. for his own works
have been based on English middlc-class life Is
not only persuaded that Dickens drew from the
life. but asserts that many picture in that
gallery OF mmOrtals Is justified by types discov-
cradle to-day Thus the figures that careless
reader dismisses as Congregations. as being
1t the best, ecccntrics Of the rareSt kind.
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was hailed as a miracle Of veraclty. Dickens
sought vcracity less miraculous but more per.
| suasivc. He knew that the way TO the heart
does not always lilo through striking terror
there. through arousng disgust He even
went so far as 10 make some Of his worst ras-
calls companionable. or, IL not wholly thar
| comprehensive, human. kin with ourselves
The novelist OF to-day carries the Imagination
forcibly to the brink OF the Internal regions
Dickens gives US fearful glimpses. but he is al
ways at our side. points out the connection be-
tween that world and our own. makes the lost
souls comprehensive. puts us In a mood 70
think over these woes and to come from them
with wiser and purer hearts. It Is not that he
breaches Few novelists Of his greatness preach
so little But with that alchemy Of genius that
makes an imaginary world real he makes al
the fantastic creatures Of his books vivid. and
part Of lives forever
That they are often fantastic not even Mr.
Glssing can deny. But he points out that tho
fantastic In Dickens is something which we
would call glamour in a writer OF more romantic
IDEAS and we are not sure that we are pushing
the uses Of the word too far In employing Il
boldly as significant II the very thing that
makes Dickens great Mr.. Gissing comes home
70 It at the end ~ his book though h. does not
set down the word in cold type he Is aware ot
IT, in fact. all through his book. and II the
Dickcnsltc outraged by the candor Of many OK
these pages turns upon the critic for an amend.
It Is honOrably made: Mr.. Gissn6 admits thar
all along he has known that Dickens IS to
great for any OF his blemishes 70 be held IN
much concern. Thus the book before re-
solves itself into measured. discreet bur
nevertheless generous appraisal OF its subject
Mr. Gissng shows the spots on the sun. add
ing that it is the sun. after all. To kno" the
blcinishcs Is useful. and takes nothing from our
admiration OF Dickens. We do not cherish airy
the less such companions as Mr.. Pickwick DICK
SwiycIler. Mrs. Camp and Joe Gargcry. We
only feel that our love Of them is saner, and
little more crcditablc to ourselves as we'll as 70
them. We must not close without referring TO
the admirable manner in which Mr.. Gissing has
done his work His style has never been re-
markablr. and 1t Is without much grace W
color in this book: but it is always clear and
forcible
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NETWORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-

deeply pondered narratives he was a consun,
mate artist That is to say. he preferred art
In his books before nature 1t was not his aim
to paint Bill Sykes or Nancy exactly as he or
she appeared to him In the sums he knew 50
we'll He left that to the novelists who were to
come after him. being disnclined. himself to
shock his reader before he had the opportunity
to impress him. We cannot conceive OF Dickens
writing such nightmare Of a book as "A Child
of the Jago," which Mr. Morrison wrote the
other day, and which IN some quarters at least
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

When we referred few weeks ago TO The sud
den increase in the number Of Shakespcarian
commentators supposed that the fury had
reached lis height. and that a sign OF returning
wisdom was TO be hailed in the quiet protest Of
Mr.. j. ChuriOn Collins, who summarized the in
vcstigations Of his frantic contemporaries rs
amounting 10 nothing. But The storm continues
to rage In short time il may be expected that
Shakespeare and the S0nncts will take the place
Of cricket in the minds Of all good Britons. Tho
excitement Of the latter is almost comic. In tn"
current "COrnhll' Mr. Sidney Lee The author OF
the article on Shakespeare in the Dictionary OF
National Biography and one Of the sancst Of
students SETS ont 10 establish the identity Of
the youth Of ShakeSpcar'S SOnncts with the
Earl Of Ouhamplon" Miss Charlotte &. Slopes
begins in The Ahcnrum" an attempt TO fix the
date of the SOrnctS. Mr.. Frank Harris after
having given shelter in ''Thc Saturday Review"
which he edits TO the attcnuatcd JOcOStics of
Mr. c. H. Shaw on the subject Of Shakespeare
enters sOemnly into the fray himself labors
points Of ShakeSpcarian investigation with a
seriousness that must drive Mr.. Shaw to frenzy,
and warns us in the first insiamcnt OF "An
Essay in Realistic Criticism" that he il going TO
prove the character Of Hamlet to be portrait Of
the poet himself. leigh no! What next?