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]. VI. DUNCAN,
Jeweler, Onancock, Va.
IEIurraIhl 3 !; Spring!

We ask your special attention to
the fact that with the opening of this
season we are better prepared to
meet your wants than ever before.
We are not only better fixed by way
of arrangement, but are carrying the
finest, freshest, most extensive stock
lin our line) on the Shore-all bought
In large quantities for cash-hence
we are able to sell you goods of bet-
ter quality for less money than others.
We do not buy our goods to keep
and look at, but to supply the wants
of our friend and customers, at the
lowest possible prices.
We pay the highest prices for pro-
duce.
To our force OF attentive and polite
statesmen we have added a young
gentleman, Mr.. Chas. Anger, from
Baltimore, who is thoroughly exper-
fenced in the Meat Business. he hav-
ing handled it all his life. With ref
erence to Meats. we want to say that
all our former efforts i'll that dlrec>
ton were as nothing as con pared
to what we propose to do this
season; our purpose is to handle every
variety and abundance that the
Market will afford, which blended
with the cutting and handling of our
experienced Butcher will bring about
a new era on the Eastern Shore.
With such capabilities at our com:
mand, we place our large and varied
stock at your refusal and if first class
goods at low prices are what you
need we can fill your orders every
time. Come and see US.
We mention few Of our leading
lines:
Groceries, Domestic and Fancy
Meats of all kinds. Salt and Fresh
Fruits, Vegetables, Confectionery,
Paints. Oils, Brushes, Hardware, Tin"
ware, Wood and Willowware, Queens
ware, Canned Goods, Corn, Oats, Hay,
Bran, Chop, etc.
~ Telephone in house and all Or
ders by 'phope promptly attended to.
Respectfully yours,
w. t. Winder,
Opposite Pungoteague Road
Onancock, Va.
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BICYCLE RACES

BICYCLE RACES
Bicycle racing will be made Il spec
ial feature. Premiums will be award
ed to the most successful competitor.
The Fair Grounds are situated
within five minutes walk from the
r. r. Station.
Arrangements will be made with
the R. r. authorities to have special
trains run for the occasion.
The committee are making great
preparation to entertain the visitors.
There will be tables and stands laden
with the delicacies OF the season to
supply the public.
Come one, come all, and let us have
q grand time.
JAS. D. UZZLE, Sec.
Accomac G. H., Va.
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gT1isharts Point
Transportation Uo


On and after July 1st daily
trips will be made to Chinco-
league from Bloomtown Station.
Hacks will leave station about
1 p. m. daily, connecting with
Steamer Winnie at Wisharts
Point, arriving at Chincoteague
about 81 p. M, returning to
Wisharts Point about 6 o'clock.
Steamer Winnie will also leave
Wisharts Point for Chinco
league daily at 7 q. M, leaving
Chincoteague at o. am.
Fare each way Is cents. Extra
charge for baggage.
S. w. MATTHEW'S,
President.
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MIR. Coils P. Huntington, the
wealthy railroad magnate, whose
benefactions to the cause OF negro
education in the South have brought
to both Hampton and Tuskegee
handsome buildings, where the in.
dustrial arts are studied on their
practical side, has undertaken an
other philanthropic enterprise in the
South as practical as either, and per
haps as greatly needed. Within the
last fortnight MIR. Huntington has
purchased in Hanover county, Va, u
Short distance above Richmond, a
plot OF l $50 acres, on which he will
have erected the first reformatory for
negro children in Virginia.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-01

Major General Miles fayors large
increase of General Otis force in the
Philippines and regards the situation
IS serious. Gen. NJ. p. Miller, who
recently returned from the Philip
pines, thinks an army of $4,000 men
is needed.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-01

The four largest Protestant demon
nations are as follows: Methodist
(all branches), 16,062, 400; Baptist (all
branches), 1902, S92; Presbyterians
talI branches), 4,747 ,232; Lutherans
iall hranchesl, BIOS, 752.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-01

General Joe Wheeler has been
fraternizing at Detroit with the
Grand Army boys and appeared in
public with Grand Army badge
pinned on his left breast.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-01

Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss, the
well-known New York millionaire
merchant, will have erected mag
nificent mausoleum on his lot IN
Mount Hebron Cemetery, W inchester
1t will be completed by May next,
and will cost over $4,000. The de
signs are those of Charles E. Tayntor,
of New York, and work will begin at
once. Upon the same plot OF land
where the nausoleum is being erect
ed Mr.. Rouss, at cost Of SIS, 900,
built monument in the shape Of a
beautiful granite shaft that rose 90
feet, and is one of the most beautiful
monuments in the South.
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the One Day Cold Cure.
For cold in the head and sore throat use Ker-
motifs Chocolates Laxative Quinine. the "One
Day Cold Cure"
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REAL ESTATE
AT
Private Contract.

l offer for sale at private con-
tract a very desirable tract of
land, containing 80 acres, sit
uated on the North side of Pun
colleague Creek, opposite Har-
horton. Said tract has about is
acres of arabic and fine truck
ing land and - acres of wood
land, with abundant resources,
is beautifully located and has
ordinary dwelling and outbuild-
ings on same.
@Has on it from 3 to mile
of fine oyster shore. For further
particulars call on or address.
JOS. G. BOGGS,
Nandua, Va.
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The merry go.rounds and other
amusements of various kinds will be
there
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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 & Dough-
ty, I desire to thank my former
patrons for their past favors ard
baspeak a continuance of them
on behalf of the new firm.
Respectfully.
L. w. GRoToN.
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Leroy H. Shields 6 years old, prom
inent in Virginia politics and collect
or of customs at Norfolk under the
Cleveland Administration, commits
ted suicide in room at the Hygela
Hotel. Old Point, Tuesday, by SEND
ing bullet through his BRAIN.
Melancholy induced by recent Imam
cial reverses is the cause assigned Tor
the deed. Mr.. Shields had been at
the hotel a week and was expecting a
reappointment in the naval service.
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.---, Treas.
s. X. Powell, Attorney.
eePr0teet Your Estate o

by insuring your property against
loss or damages by fire and by insur-
ing your life. Your buildings are
liable to burn at any hour and leave
YOU in distress. and your life. the
support of your family, is liable to go
out at any moment.
THE AETNA INSURANCE CO.,
(thc leading fire company in Amerlca.)
Life Insurance placed upon the
finest plans and contracts known.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-01

Norfolk and Princess Anne farmers
are very much disappointed with the
trucking season so far. The season
began with d long hot dry spell, which
was followed by continuous rains,
which caused the potato yield to be
very poor. Berries paid nothing, Gu
cumbers are selling very low, the to
nato WELD was cut short, and while
potatoes are bringing fair prices not
more than half crop will be har-
vested. No rain of consequence has
fallen for several weeks, the ground is
hard and dry, and unless relief comes
in refreshing showers, growing truck
will be literally parched.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-01

The suit of the heirs of the lateDr'
Moses D. Hoge against the Richmond
Railway and Electric Company was
begun Wednesday before jury in
the Richmond circuit court. DANA
ges are placed at $4,000 for injuries
received by DR.. Hoge in being run
over by car of the defendants com.
pany on November last. The inju
ries resulted in DR. Hoge's death. The
distinguished divine intended, II he
had survived, to bring this suit him
self. The money he obtained IN case
of Judgment he proposed donating
to some charitable object.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

virginia's gold product for the year
1898 was $500.
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In SpectacIes.

We'll, now, / have you. Never select glasses
for yourself. and never purchase glasses from
stock is rs defective MS their knowledge of
ontics. The lenses are curelcssy ground, and
the lcnsc OF one eye is frequently different
from that of the other. You need no telling
that their gold" frames are brass III lew
DAYS. and your sight suffers n permanent in
jury. | make no charge for examining your
eyes. and if you need the services OF Il doctor
will frankly tell you so. ! am the only one
in the county that can test your eyes and per-
fcctiy fit you with glasses, and no one else
could or would dare publish a like claim.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-01

Mr.. Harrison 7. Chandler, an ex-
Union soldier of Cleveland, has sent
his check for 500 for the monument
to be erected in Richmond to the
late Miss. Winnie Davis
The South Boston News figures 1t
ont that the editor of the Danvilie
Register wants Congressman swan
SON to be Governor of Virginia SO
that the editor of the Register NAV may
stand for Congress in the Fifth DIS
trict. Hence the editor OF the Register
does not want Congressman Jones TO
be Governor.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-01

According to the opinion of a
wealthy Cuban business man who
delivered lecture Oh Cuba before
the Board of Trade and Business
Mems Association, of Norfolk, Vir-
yinia, Gen. Fitz Lee is the ideal OF
the Cuban people, and is regarded
by them as the principal agency in
bringing about American interven-
zion i'm Cuba. He advises the APP
pointment of Gen. Lee as Military
Governor. He also says he does not
believe anything short of annexation
will solve the Cuban question.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-01

Governmental reports as we'll as
private information lead to the be
lief that the wheat crop of Virginia
this wear will be much below the
average in yield, though the quality
of the grain is said to be excellent.
In Southside and Underwater Virginia
the straw is very light, the severe
cold of last winter having been TOO
much for the crop. The heads are
said TO be remarkably we'll filled. In
The Valley the crop is also said to be
light, though the filling is good. In
Piedmont Virginia the crop is
Thought to be much nearer the ave
rage than in other sections.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-01

Grimes Battery, of Portsmouth,
one of the finest military organiza-
tions of the State, has unanimously
decided to volunteer Tor service III
the Philippines should a call Tor
troops be issued by the War Depart
ment, which is anticipated. The
battery was among the first OF the
State troops to volunteer for service
in Cuba, but it was not accepted, be
cause no artillery companies were
called for from this State. Now that
a second call seems impending
Portsmouth artillerists hope to be IN
cluded in the volunteers called for.
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won. wirh Ono We .hnt.

i recent traveller in Mexico. who
visited the mines there durmg his
Journey, says that he was much aston
ished at seeing the men who carry the
ore come out of the mine each with
one eye shut
The foreman, seeing his surprise.
explained the matter He said the
candles belonging TO the tarsteros
lwho drill and BLAST do not give suHi
cicrt light IN the drifts, where IL is
consequently quite dark. bat where.
nevertheless, the taratcros see well
enough not to rum their heads against
the rocks. But, ON emerging into
daylight, they would be blinded did
they not take precautionary measures.
For this reason, as they approach
the mouth OF the shaft, at the point
where they catch the first glimpse OF
light, they drop the eyelid of one eve.
and keep this down while they are
discharEing their ore aud until they
have redesceuded the shaft.
When they are again iu the dark.
they open the eye kept hitherto I'm
reserve, and at once sec everything
distinctly. while the other eve. previ
ously open and somewhat blinded by
TIN" day ght, perceives nothing az eli.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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soldering GIIks.

Marsot, IN some interesting invest.
cations in soldering glass, has estab
lishej the fact that an alloy composed
Of ninety five parts Of tin and five parts
Of zinc will melt al about 392 degrees
Fahrenheit. Becoming firmly ADLER.
cnt 10 tue glass, it is uualterable and
exhibits am attractive lustre. An alloy
containing ninety parts Of tin and ten
parts Of aluminium will melt at 500 de.
grecs Fahrenheit and also forms n
strong and brilliant solder for glass.
With these two alloys always ready to
hand, glass may be sOldered rs easily
as two pieces OF metal. Wheu,
tine glass is heated in n furunce IN
soldering can be accomplished by rG,.
blug the surface with rod OF either
OF the compositions named The alloy
az 10 flows can be evenly distributed
with % soldering iron.
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Tho recent death Of Sir Henry
Somervillc Boynton, q, Burton Agnes
the old seat OF thc Bovutons. recalls
an incident of En1'i-h folklore of the
most curious character. The great
mansion was bailt by three sisters i'm
ths reign of Queen Elizabeth. Impa-
Hently, the story tells us, they watched
the structure rise, Lady Ann in par
ticulnr. Wandering IN the park one
day she was attacked by 4 tramp. cs-
Gaping with difficulty The affair
threw her into fever. Of which She
died after incessently Iameuting that
her eyes should never see the house
finished. She made. therefore. her
sisters promise that they would have
her head cut of and placed in the
grand new hall. And so she expired.
Her sisters buried her without regard
to their promise Nothing happened
till the new castle was finished. but
when they took possession of the
building terrible manifestations of
their sisters ghost made their lives q
burden. IN short. after some time the
ladies caused the body 10 be duo ND
and decupitatcd Tie skull was
placed upon table in the great hall
OF Burton Agnes and Lady Aun's
spirit wes at rest Baltimore Sun.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Slandcr is like mud; it only stick.
where it finds affinity.
Attacks Of self-csteem arc cured by
-eli-deuial
Vice can only iosteu ON Che diseased
IN character.
Geuius is individuality cousecratcd
90 q lofty aim.
All the world comproheuds tho ar.
gumeut of love
If you would have friends, you must
have faith in them.
Thorns are caught without effort.
but roses must be pluckcd.
Gctyour heart right. and it will bc
easy to- manage your tongue.
Can we expect light ON Our diaieuI
ti"e when we refuse it ON our duties
The faults of n good man arc more
dangerous than Tho vices ola thorough
~ bad one Rams Horn
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Al HE STllE.

Adown the grassy lane she came
And loitered at the stile--
ttter grandmamma did Just the same
ihere many years erewhile)--
Tie sole sti!c hereabout | wis
For now are walls to climb;
Yet such u Coodly style as this
Why did il change with time.
No satin slippers then she wore
No green calash. no shawl
No hchu prmly crossed before,
No powdered wig at all;
Yet stiil she dimpled on the site
A. grandma dij, they say:
Tho styles may change. a mailcn's smile
Is just Us sweet to-day.
Then Marjorie looked up at me,
Aud l looked down at her.
The while upon the stile sat We
- once her graudtolks were
And then spoke their old. old phrase
And named "a sweet. fond name
Tho stiles have changed since ancient davs,
one STYLE remains the same
n Dbl" Farrell Brown, in Woman's Homo
Companion.
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BILL sooas. CATTLE KING.
Can't Read or Write But j. an Expert
Mental AIithmctic


Mental Arithmetic.
Near Williams station. on the Santa
te road in New Mexico. lives man
named Bill Soggs. "a cattle king. "
who has enormous ranches in Navauai
County covered with cattle and sheen.
They count him with 81 900. OnO. but
he cannot read or write cor DO
sum on paper He is remarkable,
however, for the faculty OF making
his calculations in mental arithmetic
by some mysterious process of his
own and IN keeping all of his accounts
IN his head. He never makes a mis-
take IN figures. He knows the owner
of every brand of cattle and sheep in
the southwest. and can tell onhand
the price OF steers and lambs and
every other kind Of merchandise in
which he deals on any date for a num-
Der of years back. He knows how
many cattle each of his neighbors has
shipped annually for the last quarter
OF n century. and will make calcula.
ton as rapidly aud US accurately as
t"' e.. -..r ot any bank in Arizona
Tie has money deposited in half a
dozen banks and can remember the
amount of every deposit and the
amount of every check.
Every spring and every fall Soggs
goes to Kansas City in charge of his
own stock. He waters and feeds them
himself No labor is too hard for
him, no exposure too severe. and he
scrimps himself rs if few coppers
were an important item in his life He
puts up al the cheapest lodging house
he can find, and comes back from
Kansas City to Arizona with 80. 600
or $50. 900 on his person. looking like
a tramp If SoSgs can &c. railroad
pass he is happy, if lac cant he buys
a second-clnsstic tick and carries enough
luncheon in a paper bag to last him
over the journey
SogSs has wife, two sons and three
daughters, all of whom are eluplovcI
upon his ranch near tho town OF
Jerome. They have never been further
away from home than Prescott. where
they make an annual visit and buy q
wagonload OF flour, sugar, coffee. soap
and other household supplies and
some cheap and durable material for
their own garments. Everybody
knows Soggs is rich and people laugh
a good deal at his righteousness. but
the trouble with Soggs is that he has
never known what enjoyment is. He
has never discovered the meaning Of
the word comfort and he does not know
what ms money can buy.
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What is to he the biggest goat ranch
in inc world has recently been started
q, Lamy Junction New Mexico. where
the Santa Re branch leaves the main
line, ny Robert Foerdcrer. morocco
aud Kid manufacturer of Philadelphia
in connection with Luciu- Baebe. a
leather dealer OF Boston. and several
other capitalists They bought what
Is known as the old Lamy grant from
the Manzauares family, at Las Vegas.
aud have already stocked ID with forty
five or fifty thousand goats. which are
to be used for breeding. Mr.. Fordcrer
Is said to use an average of 90. 600
skins day in his own tauuery, which
he has been getting mostly from Central
and South America. but he thinks he
can raise tEcm cheaper than if costs
To- import. and 10 is cOutcuJed that
tue skins of goats and kids bred in
this climate are softer and tougher
than those from mot and moist coun-
tries. The best skins arc said to- come
from the warm, dry regions Of north
cru Africe
There 8ra many small herds of goats
i'm New MesicD Numbering two or
three Thousand, mostly owned by ma
tive Gcziraus, but this is The first
time that No,Gcru people have gone
into tho bU.;ress to any extent. Chi
cago Record
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The Trausvaal Boer will eat almost
anything iu the flesh, fish or fowl
line, for all is prist that comes 10 his
2astronomir mill, aud the following
miyture lie voted most delectable bv
the majority of the roughcr classes
A great square slice is cut of a LOAF
made OF coarse unsiited meal. and
covered with q thick layer Of lam
preferably strawberry 70 row of sar.
dimes IS tbon placed on top. aud the
OF. from the sardine Lox is literally
poured over Che whole. lond
smark,nE uf lips aud other manifesto.
iious OF thorough appreciation accom- q
pauy the disposal of this delicate
bpnuc-hnurhc but the uusophislicuted
Bocr only INDUCES loo this luxurv
when he means 90 enjoy special
treat, quite regardless Of cost. 80
ChamDers's Magazine.
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The appetite 90 pet goat was OK
cited TO 70 Ugh degree by Charles Wac.
DER. OF FroohvilIc. Penn. who tichlrI
the animals nose with % $40 bill Tho
CONT suddenly hinged forward.
suatched the grccubuck, chcwed Of up.
and swallowed IT, This was fatal
move for him. for he was promptly
hilled and tho bits of the bill we're
iakcn from nis stomach They were
ent to Washington to be redeemed.
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vealed a large quantity of diamonds
watches and other iewelrv which had
bean reported as stolen from varions
towns i'm the vicinity OF London with
in the last wear.
When Graham saw that the iio was
up he began to talk II. hasn't cot
through talking vet. Neither have
the people of Hi.hburv. nor those of
the towns where the bercft jewellers
lived.
Il never carry tools around with
me from Job to lob. said the Gentle
manly Mr.. Graham. as soon rs he
could catch his breath ort.r I,is ,rr,s,
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= VIC. Lagd uIrb,. In England.

The legal position OF wife iu Eng
land Is tiII that her personality is
merged iu that OF her husband. The
low impp mo duty uron her as 70
wife. The court can order her to- live
with her husband, but cauuot force
her to obey. Ii She docs not. the
court simply issues decree Of sep1ra-
tlon. s wife may pledge her hus
huud'a credit with rldesmcu lor rcr-
eouai or household expenses Since
1852 @ married women haas the right
Go hor own property free from her
husbands control.