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Emneror w,,liam Has a Joke.

On the return from Cadinen, the
emperors new estate, he got into q
talk with the station master. He said,
jokingly, to him: Now, Herr ODER
observation-disclosures, do not you go and
repeat my experience the other day.
We were dining in the train. Oppo-
site me sat my aid-de-camp. who was
wearing a pair Of large boots with
thick, heavy soles. All at once there
was q jerk, and he had disappeared,
but instead Of him had a pair Of 81
gantic boot soles on the table. Eulen-
burgs plate flew UP Into the air, turn
ed a somersault and fell straight on
to mine. so that had two outlets in
stead of one. Next to me a pair OF legs
were waving in the air, and on looking
closer ! saw it was servant who was
about to serve potatoes and peas, and
had turned head over heels with the
whole tray. OF course, oil the crock
cry was smashed" The emperor
laughed heartily, and his humorous
manner made his hearers join in the
merriment.-London News.
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THE EMPEROR'S GAME.
1t IL "yTnr." and He Prefers 1t -
Chess or Checkers.


Though an expert at cards, chess and
checkers, tue German emperors prefer
ence is game Of his own Invention,
called the game OF war;" says the Chi
cago Record. and an invitation to the
kaisers gregspiel party is exceedingly
recherche. This game. conducted by
the chief Of staff, Count Won Schliefen,
Is a kind of chess, only very much
more exciting and animated, owing to
the orders, which all present can fol-
low, even If they are not permitted to
join in the game themselves, the play
ers being restricted to members Of the
staff headquarters.
On an immense table, covered with
green cloth. is spread card, on which
Is traced the plan Of some battlefield.
The players are then divided into two
groups, one leaving the room while the
other goes into action. The board is
marked with leaden bricks, each hav-
ing q different color above. These are
the troops. The cavalry, infantry and
artillery are distinguished by the ap-
propriate colors.
AS soon as this party has finished its
defense and taken positions the bricks
are hidden, a trumpet sounds, and the
other side comes in, proceeding imme-
diately to place it's bricks as best it
can, giving due attention to the ques-
ton of air line distances as computed,
strength Of forces, gun range and ma
terial The young officials have to
look to their spurs, for woe betide them
if the kaiser trips them up. as he craft
lily endeayors to do.
However, the generals may crlticise
the emperor, though it is not always
most desirable to do so, for on one &C.
casion Count Waldersees taking adj
vantage of the privilege caused him to
be banshed from the court for the
space Of several months.
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Worse Neat Than Cont.

The big packeries are now slaughter
ing thousands of Texas goats and sell
ing the flesh for mutton. The deception
is reprehensible, but the meat is all
right. A juicy Texas angora is about
as toothsome to white man as rat Is
to Chinaman OF baked dog to an
Indian. The angora is all right. What
we object to is the gutta percha beef
steak and the papier mache sausage
Memphis Commercial Appeal
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SHE CARRIED THE OBELlSK.
A Once Famous Vessel Which Is Now
Used as q Coal Barge.

Used ns q Coal Barge.
A vessel which was once famous
steamer, but is now commonplace
seagoing coal barge, is In port loading
for a New England port. The Dessoug
was built for the khedlve Of Egypt in
1864 and named the Denton. At that
time she was considered one of the
fastest and most beautifully appoint
ed vessels af1oat, and the khedive en-
joyed her immensely for awhile. But
he got tired Of her, and in 1879 Will
liam Fl. Vanderbilt bought her to
transport the obelisk from Egypt to
Central park, New York. Lieutenant
Commander Gorringe took command OF
her, having been detailed for the pur-
pose by the United States government
The obelisk, which weighs 1876 tons,
was far from the shore line and buried,
besides, deep in sand. 1t was altogeth-
ed too heavy for ordinary machinery to
be used. and 1t was carried down on
immense platforms with cannon balls
under them for rollers. Then 1t was
placed in a crib fixed on pontoon.
The pontoon and ship were lifted in
craving drydock, head on to each 9th
er, and when this had been accomplish
ed a hole 90 feet long and II feet high
was cut IN the starboard bow Of the
boat below the water line. Through
this the great stone was rolled into the
hold Of the ship on groove having an
improvised ball bearing attachment,
also made Of cannon balls.
Inside the obelisk was braced along
the keelson and stout snoring fixed
about 1t to make-it immOvable. After
everything was made shipshape and
the ribs and plates were fixed at the
bow Of the steamer she finally set sail
for New York on June -, 1SS0.-Balti-
more American.
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Worry saps vigor.

Again, religion is friend Of longevi-
ty in the fact that it takes the worry
out Of our temperatures. 1t is not
work that kills men: it is worry. When
Il man becomes genuine Christian. he
makes over to God not only his affec-
TONS but his family. his business. his
reputation 1. his body. his mind. his soul,
everything Industrious he will be,
but never Worrying. because God Is
managing his affairs. How can he
Worry about business when in answer
to his prayers God tells him when to
buy and when to sell! And if he gain.
that is best. and If lie lose. that is best.
Suppose you had supernatural
neighbor who came in and said: "Sir,
I want you to call on ne in every eX-
igency. am your fast friend. could
fall back on S20,000,000. can foresee
O panic ten years. hold the con-
trolling stock in 80 of the best none
tary institutions of New York. When
ever you are in trouble call on me, and
I will help you. You can have my
money, and you can have my influence.
Here is my hand in pledge for II"
How much would you worry about
business? Why, you would say, III
do the best can, and then I'll depend
on my friends generosity for the
rest"
Now, more than that is promised to
every Christian business man. Goo
says to him: Il own New York ana
London and st. Petersburg and Peking'
and Australia and California are nine.
I can foresee panic hundred years
I have all the resources OF the uni
verse, and am your fast friend. When
YOU get in business trouble or any oth-
cr trouble. call on ne, and / will heip-
Here is my hand in pledge OF ON
nipotent deliverance." How mucn
should that man worry? Not mucn.
What lion will dare to put his paw on
that Daniel? Is there not rest ID tnis
Is there not an eternal vacation ID
this? "Oh." you say, here is man
who asked God for blessing In GER
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The Vicar OF Bray.

The present vicar Of Bray, the Rev.
Charles Andrewes Raymond, who has
been parish priest since 1887, writes:
.There can be no manner Of doubt
that Simon Aleyn, or Alleyn. was the
vicar of the old proverb, afterward
used to give point to satirical
Georgian song. Nor can the only other
parish Of Bray in the British isles
that situated in Wlcklow-be meant,
for the Irish Bray Is rectory, not a
vicarage."
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Appointments of Edwin T. Powell

Appointments of Edwin Il. Powell:
Mappsburg, Oct. 18th, 18th and 18th.
louisville, Oct. 18th, afternoon
Cashville. Oct. 10th, morning.
Finney, Oct. 10Th, afternoon.
Pungoteague, Oct. 7th and 21st, Nov.
4th, 10th, 18th and 18th.
Savageville, Oct. Gath, morning.
Meifa, Oct. 24th, afternoon.
Marsh's Store, Oct. 9th, afternoon.
Belle Haven, Oct. 31st.
Keller, Nov. Sd, AFTERNOON.
Tangier. Nov. 9th, eth and Sth.
Harborton, Nov 18th, night.
Onancock, Oct. 14th and 2Sth, Nov.
18th, 93d, 24th and 25th.
Wachapreague, Nov. 18th, Il and 10.
Accomac c. H., Nov. 9th, 2Sth, Goth
and first day Of County Court and
3 days of Circuit Court.
AT Home Nov. 30th and at nights
when not otherwise posted.
Due notice will be given of other
appointments.
Those failing to pay their taxes AID
levies before the first day Of Decem-
Der next will have per cent. added
to their bill, as the law directs, We
hope all that can will avail them
selves of this opportunity and save 8
per cent.
If you have not paid your 1898
taxes, please meet US at the place
most convenient to yourself, and do
so. AS we are compelled to enforce
collection Oh all that are in arrears,
in order to meet the demands on us.
We hope those that are in arrears
will save us this trouble.
JOHN H. HOPKINS,
EDWIN Il. POWELL.
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In the uorselens Future.

The following is the Chicago Trib-
une's prognostication:
"What was the matter with that cab
driver you were called to see last
week." asked DR.. SQuills.
"As nearly as. can describe his
case" answered Dr.. Kallomel, sit Is
acknowledgements"
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CHARIOT OFTRIUMPH
RELIGION REPRESENTS LIFE. NOT THE
GRAVE.
Rev. DR.. TnImnge DIacourses on
Physical Health and Prescriben
For the ProIonEation OF Life-Cor-
reefs II Common Error.
tco,vr,ch,. Louis klonsch. 1892

copyright. Louis klopsch. 1901
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-In this dis
course DR.. Talmage gives prescrlp-
lions for the prolongatlon Of life and
breaches the gospel Of physical health.
The text Is Psalms Xci, lG. With long
life will satisfy him."
Through the mistake of its friends
religion has been chiefly associated
with sick beds and graveyards. The
whole subject to many people is odor-
GUS with chlorine and carbolic acid.
There are people who cannot pro-
nounce the word religion without hear
INK in ii the clipping chlsel Of the
tombstone cutter 1t is high time that
this thing were changed and that re-
liyion, instead Of being represented rs
a hearse to carry out the dead, should
be represented as chariot In which
the living are to triumph.
Religion, so far from subtractlnS
from ones vitality, is glorious addl'
ton. 1t is sanative, curative. hygienic.
It Is good for the eyes, good for the
ears, good for the spleen, good for the
digestion, good for the nerves, go0I
for the muscles. When David in anoth-
err part Of the psalm prays that religion
may be dominant. he does not speak
OF it rs mild sickness or an emacla-
ton or an attack Of moral and spiritual
cramp. He speaks of it as the saving
health of all nations" while God In the
text promises longevity to the pioliS,
saying, with long life will satisfy
him." The fact Is that men amt women
die too soon. 1t is high time that reli'
sion Joined the hand OF medical science
In attempting to improve human Ion
cevity. Adam lived $50 years. Me-
thuselah lived $50 years. As late in the
history of the worl,l rs NrSpaSian there
were at one time in his empire 41 pco-
pie l35 years old 50 far down us the
sixteenth century Potter tartan died at
1876 years of age. On not SAY t;"Il re-
ligion will ever take the ricr back 10
antediluvian longevity. h;;t | do SLY
tile length of life will he Increased.
1t is said in Isaiah. Tile child slinll
die a hundred years old. Now. il. nc.
ccrding TO Scripture. the child is to be
hundred years old. may not the mon
and women reach to 300 and 100 ana
500? The fact IS that we are mere
dwarfs and skeletons compared with
some Of the generations that are to
come. Take the African race. TheS
have been under bondage for centuries.
Give them chance. and they develop
Frederick Douglass or n Toussant
EOuvcrture And. if the white race
shall be brought from under the serf-
dom Of sin. what shall be the body,
what shall be the soul? Religion has
only just touched our world. Give it
full power for few centuries. and
who can tell what will be the strength
Of man and the beauty Of woman aud
the longevity of all?
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The Healing Balm.

Well, you defeat me in my three ex-
perments. have only one more to
make, and if you defeat me in that |
am exhausted: A mighty One on
knoll back of Jerusalem one day, the
skies filled with forked lightnngs and
the earth filled with volcanic disturb
ances, turned his pale and agoniZed
face toward the heavens and said: 81
take the sins and SORROWS Of the ages
into my own heart. am the eXpia-
ton Witness earth and heaven and
hell. | am the eXpiation." And the
hammer struck him. and the spears
puncture1 him. and heaven Numbered:
1.-THE wages of sin Is death!' 1.-THE soul
that sinneth, it shall die" Il Will by
no means clear the guilty" Then there
was silence for half an hour, and the
lightnings were drawn back into the
scabbard of the sky, and the earth
ceased to culver, and oil the colors Of
the sky began to shift into rainbow
woven out Of the falling tears of Jesus,
and there was red as Of the blonfshed-
ding, and there was blue as OF the
brulsing, and there was green as OF
the heavenly foliage, and there was
grange as of the day dawn, and along
the line of the blue saw the words,
II was bruised for their lniquities,"
and along the line Of the red saw the
words, 1.-THE blood Of Jesus Christ
cleansetb from all SIM" and along the
line of the green saw the words, 1.-The
leaves of the Tree Of Life for the heal
ing of the nations" and along the line
of the orange saw the words, 1.-The
day spring from on high hath visited
u.s." and then / saw the storm was
over, and the rainbow rose higher and
higher until it seemed retreating to
another heaven, and, planting one col
umn of its colors on one side the eter-
nal hill, and planting the other col
umn of it's colors on the other side the
eternal bill. it rose upward and up
ward, land, behold, there was rain
bow about the throne" Accept that
sacrifice and quit worrying. Take the
tonic, the inspiration, the longevity. OF
this truth. Religion Is sunshine; that
IL health. Religion is fresh air and
pure water; they are healthy. Religion
Is warmth; that Is healthy. Ask ali
the doctors, and they will tell you that
quiet conscience and pleasant antici-
pations are hyglenlc. offer you Der
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ONANCOCK. VA.
TO THE PUBLIC.

Having sold my interest in
the agencies of the Hamburg
Bremen Fire Insurance Com
pany and the United States Fire
Insurance Company at Oman
cock, Va, to Fletcher e Dough-
ty, I desire to thank my former
patrons for their past favors ard
bespeak a continuance Of them
on behalf of the new firm.
Respectfully.
L. w. GRoToN.
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Tho ono Nav Gold Cure.

Cold in head and sore throat cured Dy her-
motifs Chocolates Laxative Qunine. AS easy
20 taEe as candy. "Children cry for them"
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VOLUME XIX.
JOHN E. NOTTINGHAM, JR..
ATToRNRY-AT-LAw,
Franktown, Va.

Practices in ali the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Will be at Eastville and Accomac
c. a first day of every court and at
Eastville every Wednesday.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-26
ALBERT ]. pEvERlpaH.

the new senator's childhood was spent AS q
boy he worked on farm with small hope OF
the future. His frst opportunity came to him
in the construction of new railroad near the
farm. Although he was only q boy Of IA, he
secured employment from one OF the contract
ors at work on the railroad. He assisted in
digging and grading as u laborer, drove team
and was log hauer In all of these occupa-
lions he did we'll and won the appreciation
OF the men who we're employed above
him. With the money which he thus
earned and saved the ambitious boy paid
his expenses while he was attending the
high school When he came out Of the high
school his money was all gone. friend ad-
vanced him $50 With this insignificant sum,
young Beveridge entered Depauw university.
During his career at college he was constantly
in the predicament OF the boy who plays with
fate by running across the elastic Ice Of pond
in the fall Everything was before him. The
Ice was all cracked behind him. He
struggled through it all manfully, He got
his living by serving his fellow collegians
ss the manager of one Of their boarding
houses He was graduated in 1885, While o
student young Beveridge evinced considerable
ability as an orator He carried of the honors
in oratory from the competitors in the Indiana
state contest and in the Intercollegiate contest
in 1885. Senators will find in the young giant
from Indiana new power among them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-26
MR.. CROKER TALKS AGAIN.
The Democratic Tammany ChleTtaln Re-
iterRtea His Declaration That Free
Silver Issue IL Dead.
New York, Jan. 81, Richard Crok er
l. l.

New York, Jan. 81. Richard Crok or,
in an interview said:
The sixteen to one question Is dead issue,
This was proven conclusively by the express
sion OF the will OF the people in 1896 when
they elected Mr.. Mckinley president OF the
United States Now the democrats OF the
west and other sections OF the country are try
ing TO foist this dead issue upon the democratio
party and to make the old dead cry OF sixteen
10 one" the democratic slogan in 1900 Why
should we carry n dead weight In that cam
paign? The times Of four years ago are past
To-day the times are different and the issues
are not the same
Speaking for this section OF the country, I
say that II the sixteen to one question Ia again
brought before the people there Will be felt
again throughout the nation the same distrust
that prevailed In 1898 During the fall Of that
year, while the campaign was In progress,
every man with dollar of surplus, whether no
was a millionaire or workingman, boarded
his savings; In fact, locked them up so se-
curelv that there was actually no money In cir
cuation, AS natural consequence, the
times then became we'll nigh desperate
Look back ut the winter OF 1895 and see
what the mere rumor OF silver coinage at
the ratio of sixteen to one did to this country.
You could not get money In the banks; you
could not raise money on any kind OF security,
and the result was the very hardest kind OF
hard times. II this silver question comes
again before the people and is made factor in
the national platform, the moneyed men of the
east will look for investment outside OF this
country. and the banks In other states In the
union will be unable to borrow money in the
east The result will be that the poor will be
the greatest sufferers
The present winter Of le9s-99 has been free
from the scenes of starvation and suffering that
we're so painfully characteristic Of the time
when the financial strength OF the country was
threatened Everybody seems to be making n
living and to be contented, The reason for
this is easily found The men with money
have loosened their purse strings and money
Is being plentifully spent for public improve
ments Labor Is not idle and money Is In cir
culation because there is a feeling OF financial
security. The free silver issue is merely To-
cal issue. In the sections where free silver
will benefit the residents 1t is but natural for
them to declare for sixteen to one However,
In my opinion the money question should be
settled by congress.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-26
IMPLEMENT DEALERS.
the Annual Convention At Kansas CITY
Closed with the Election OF Oniosrs-.
seOretary's Report Resolutions.


Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 90. The tenth
annual convention OF the Western Re
tail Implement Dealers association
that closed yesterday at the Coates
opera house was the best yet held In
point of attendance, interest and new
members One thousand and seven
teen dealers registered at the secre-
tary's Office and shared in the good re-
suits Of the convention. A. l.. L, SEQ
Vile, of Seneca, Kan, was elected
president of the associa tion; Frank X.
Allen, Of Craig, Mo-, vice president,
and II. j. Hodge secretary. The reso-
buttons adopted declare, in substance,
as follows:
Demands change In the chattel mortgage
laws OF Kansas so that tho mortgage may re-
main In force during the life OF the note II Is
given to secure The Iobbers and some manu-
facturers are nrraigned for carrying an lnsufi-
Client amount OF repairs and asking price too
high and the express charges on them were very
much out OF proportion The express and tele-
| graph charges now being made were declared
| 10 DO excessive and II was declared TO be tho
sense OF the association that the state legisla-
ture should give the matter prompt attention
and that congress- be asked to change the law
so that the express companies no required to
assume the expense OF the war revenue stamp
necessary for the receipts The association In
empowered to offer u reward Of 40 for evidence
proving that any manufacturer has sold goods
TO any catalogue house.
Secretary Hodges report shows that
last year, of 500 members, Kansas mad
474 and Missouri 1872 Though the num-
Der has increased to 1000 since Mon
day, the ratio is about the same. Kan
sas has the bulk of the membership.
The reciprocal insurance system OF
the association prospers with 157 poll
ices, worth SeSl, 300 During 1893 ST.
77O 90 in premiums were collected aRd
the losses were only 50, S02,44
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-26
WILL ACT IN HARMONY.
Missouri and Kansas Live stock Sanitary
Board VIII Cooperate In Protecting
Each states Cattle Industry.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 91.-At joint
conference of the live stock sanitary
boards of Missouri and Kansas yester-
day, it was agreed that each state
board would honor permits issued by
the other in the movement of southern
or infected cattle; that the quarantine
regulations to be formulated by the
secretaries are to be as near uniform as
the conditions will warrant, and that
the two boards cooperate for the pro-
lection of the cattle industry in each
state, The subject of dipping cattle
was also informally discussed, and it
was the unanimous opinion of those
present that if proper care was taken
of the animals after the process little
damage was liable to result.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-26
IMMENSE DEFALCATIoN.
Al j. wagenman, Clerk of tho st. LOuls
Criminal Court, Has Disappeared, LeRv-
IA shortage OF $4,000.

St. Louis, Jan. sO--Al j. Wagenman,
clerk Of the court OF criminal corrcC-
ton, has disappeared, and it is said by
his intimate friends that he has con-
fessed to subversion Of witness and
Jurors fees to the amount of $50, OO0-
His friends fear he has committed sui
eide. Wagenman has filled one term as
the clerk OF the court of criminal correc'
tion and was reelected to the Office last
fall. Ever since the proposition to in
stitute a Lexow committee and inves'
tigate the city affairs Of ST. Louis wal
made some weeks ago, Wagenmpn's
friends have noticed that he seemed
downcast and depressed. A number OF
them now claim that he told them he
feared the result Of an investigation
into the affairs Of bis Office, as dis
crepancy would be discovered and he
would be ruined.