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The BridegrOom's Hands.

Where should bridegroom wear hi:
hands during the ceremony? 1t seems
to be a matter Of some little difficulty
At several weddings lately the bride
groom hung his hands down by his
sides. This gave him q helpless and
unwilling look that was far from fat
tering to his bride. His face of radiant
happiness as he led her down the aisle
proved that he was anything but un-
willing.
The impression was only casually
conveyed by the way he wore his
hands. Another bridegroom kept his
hands folded under his coattails. This
was inelegant, perhaps, but easy. He
looked as if he were merely specta-
tor. A third bridegroom fidgeted fear
fully. His right thumb roamed about
In search of support, which at last it
found in his walstcoat pocket.
would afford great relief to men who
are unaccustOmed to be without either
cigar or stick as occupation for their
fingers. Why should not the bride
groom carry the bouquet instead Of the
bride? She has plenty to do in remov-
ing her glove and keeping out the folds
Of her veil from clinging into her face.
He would thus relieve her of one arti-
Gle Of embarrassment and himself Of
the necessity Of finding employment
for nervous fingers.-Buffalo News.
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Turkish RhubRrb.

Possessing SAVIOR all its own, we
come on scores Of large cases full Of
big, irregular blocks of bright yell
low colored root. "Rhubarb," says our
guide, indicating It. "Ah! Then 1t
comes from Turkey% we cry joyfully,
glad to display our learning for once,
bat our friend smiles contemptuously.
''There is no such thing as Turkey
rhubarb," ne says, land, what Is more,
there never has been" All the rhu-
barb Of commerce halls from China.
reaching us through Russia for the
most part. but because In olden days it
made its journey by way of Turkey
it became known as Turkey rhubarb.
and Turkey rhubarb 1t will remain be-
cause of the conservative tendencies
Of the British public.-GOod Words.
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Read It in His Newspaper.

George Schaub, a well known Ger
man citizen of New Lebanon. Ohio,
is constant reader of the Dayton
Volkszeitung. He knows that this
paper aims to advertise only the best
in it's columns, and when he saw
Chamberlain Pain Balm advertised
therein for lame back, he did not
hesitate in buying bottle Of it for
his wife, who for eight weeks had
suffered with the most terrible pains
in her back and could get no relief.
He says: AFTER using the Pain Balm
for few days my wife said to me,
Il feel as though born anew and be-
fore using the entire contents of the
bottle the unbearable pains had en-
tirely vanished and she could again
take up her household duties" BE
is very thankful and hopes that all
suffering likewise will hear of her
wonderful recovery. This valuable
liniment is for sale by VIM. P. Bell,
druggist, Accomac G. H., Va.
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ALL is SElFiSHNESS.
The Wise Mans Theory and How II
Was Exploded.

"After ALL" said the wise man, "what
Is it but selfishness? The optimist who
goes through life whistling and singing
songs of cheer is not entitled to any
special credit, because it Is a pleasure
to him to be happy. If 1t didn't make
him glad to be happy, he wouldn't be
that way. So you see selflshness lies
at the bottom of his good cheer.
''Then there is the pessimist. Is he
discouraged because he thinks 1t is his
duty to mankind to paint dark pic
lures? Not at all. His is another clear
case Of selfishness. He gratifies him
self by being unhappy and trying to
make others So Love, too, is selfish
ness. The maiden doesn't love the man
10 make him glad. It's her own happi-
ness that she promotes in looking upon
him as the noblest work Of God. Mans
love for woman has back of it the same
selfish motive.
$50, too, the philanthropist's love Of
the world He loves it and loves to do
great things for it because it gives him
q satisfaction to know that he is doing
well.
Consider 1t from whatever stand
point you please. and you must always
arrive at the same conclusion. Every
thing that man does. he does selfshly
1t is always a case of gratifying his
own inclinations. IT,
Just then the wise man turned SOM
ersault and skinned his nose against
water plug. When he got up and look
ed around, with the look of one who
was beginning to remember things that
had long been forgotten, his pupil
asked:
"Was it selfshness that impelled you
TO stub your toe? Did you do it be-
cause it brought sense of qualification
to your
Say, you COMPOUNDED idiot" the wise
man replied, you ought to have that
grin photographed. 1t would make a
good frontispiece to Darwin's works.
Chicago Herald.
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A Curioun Chinese Custom.

According to the rule sanctioned by
centuries of Chinese observance, M
document can have the authority Of the
imperial throne of China unless it bears
a red spot placed there by the sover
eign. To the grand council the tsung
li-yamen and all other departments OF
state take their business. and the grand
council in its turn considers all dOcu-
ments and attaches to each piece of
red paper on which Its own decision is
written. Each morning at daybreak
the grand council proceeds to the pal
ace to submit the papers to the sover-
eign, who as each document is pro-
duced signifies approval by making a
small spot with brush on the margin
of the red paper. With the red spot
upon 1t the paper Is the most sacred
thing In the world to Chlnaman; with
out 1t it may be torn to shreds with i'm
punity.-Leslie's Weekly.
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BISHOP MATTHEW SIMPSON,
How the Way Was Made Easy For
Him to Preach.

4 rum 10 frcucn.
Bishop Matthew Simpson has told IN
most touching manner the story OF
the early struggles that led him TO the
ministry. As he left boyhood behind
the conviction grew upon him that he
must preach. But how could he? He
was hating in speech. with n harsh
voice and with an impossible manner
| Of declamation-the last one to face an
| audience.
After turning the question over in his
mind many times, with increasing dis
enlargement, he Mt length reluctantly
dismissed II and took a three years
course in medical college.
But the idea of entering the ministry
haunted him day and night, so that 1t
almost seemed to him, as he said, that
IL he did not become n preacher he
could not be saved"
This led him to pray over the matter
and as result the morbid anxiety that
had grown upon him vanished entirely
one day at the sight Of Scripture text
Trust In the Lord with all thine
heart" The words had been written
on purpose for him, he said to himself,
and from that time he felt content to
let God decide his course.
A day came when his obedience to
the divine direction was tested. The
impression came upon him very strong
ly that he ought to speak at certain
prayer meeting because the minister
was away. But how can II" he said.
81 shall make fool of myself. What
will my friends say-and my uncleY
Above all people. young Matthew
dreaded that old uncle.
Afternoon came. He was trembling
with indecislon. To his amazement his
uncle looked up and said:
Don't you think you could speak to
the people tonlght?"
"But do you think ought to?"
eyes. l think you can do good" was
the reply.
The young man spoke. He carried
the crowded audience with him. His
words had power because they came
from full heart
The experience of that evening was
like a revelation. After those three
years Of unwilling study he recognized
his "calp" and in no uncertain voice.
But even now be was troubled, so that
he did not dare to decide yes" His
mother was a widow, and Matthew
felt that it would break her heart to
have him change his profession and
leave home. After many struggles he
decided to tell her what he thought
God required of him.
Never" he said, shall forget how
my mother turned upon me with
smile and said, My son, | have been
looking for this hour ever since you
were BORN"
Then she told him how she and his |
father, who was then a dying man, |
kneeled beside the infant in the cradle. |
consecrated him TO God and prayed |
that he might become a minister. And |
she added that not day had passed |
but that the repetition Of that prayer
had mounted to the throne of God.
And yet that mother had never in.
timated to her son the secret Of her
hearts desire. She was one of the re-
served women of the older times. That
talk crystalliZed the young mans pur.
pose, and young Simpson went forth
to his wonderful career.-Youth's Com
panion.
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One on the Tenant.

Landlord-I just came over to tell
you that I've decided to raise your
Tenant Gnterrupting) - Well, you
needn't bother about it. I've decided
to move.
Landlord-Oh, l merely desired to
say that l had decided to raise your
porch where it seems to sag there at
the corner, and also to paper the bed
rooms; but, of course. you will not,
since you have decided to move, care to
hear anything further about my plans.
Good day. / hope you'll like it where
you're going.-Chicago Herald.
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Out of His Latitude.

He understood all about the sun and
the moon and the stars and something
about the weather. Indeed, he was
popularity supposed to regulate this
last, and his indication Of probabilities
was received as gospel by his admlring
fellow citizens in certain southern
colony of Australia. He went to Eng
land for well earned holiday.
He was shown over celebrated fruit
garden there. He was observed to be
shifting about as If something were
wrong. They asked him what was the
matter. WELL" he replied. these fun
ny fellows have trained their peach
trees against the south side of the wall
to get the midday sun instead Of
against the north. London Truth.
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GOT A SENATOR'S HAT.
Actor Crane Appropriated the Head.
gear of a Kansas Statesman.

u
Among the stories that are retailed
in the cloakrOom Of the senate when
that body is in session at Washington
is one of how William H. Crane, the
actor, put the finishing touches upon
his great character study, '"The Sen
ator"
"As you well know" said one Of the
group, "Crane took his character al
most directly from Senator Plumb Of
Kansas. Crane had just started out
with The Senator and had opened in
Washington. We had all seen the per-
Torrance and liked 1t immensely. But
/ thought ] saw one defect. Crane
wore high silk hat. which was not at
all, according to my thinking. in keep
ing with the imitation of Plumb, who
always wore the characteristic broad
brimmed hat Of the southerner. One
evening when Crane. ingalls,. Plumb
and myself happened to be dining to-
gether / remarked to Crane about the
matter Of the high hat.
"'You really ought not to wear 1t,
for 1t IL not In keeping with the char
acter,' said J.. You ought to wear one
like Plumb's.'
Crane did not say much in answer,
but when he arose from the table he
reached out for Plumbs hat and calm
ly put it OH. Leaving his own hat for
Plumb, Crane went off down the street
with the old felt affair jammed down
over his forehead. The senator was
too surprised to offer objection. The
next night Crane appeared on the
stage with Plumb's hat on his head
and thereafter wore 1t at every per-
Torrance. Chicago Chronicle.
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Eagleman, $500.
Matina Rec. 2:344; Trial 1928

Sired by st. Jerome 6430, sire Of
Skyp eli, Wilks 2:17, Dick Jerome
2:17i, Jerome Taylor 2:21, full brother
to Eaglemap, st. Jerome by Hamble-
tonian Wilks. Sire of Phoebe Wilks
2;08t, Rocker gil. Arlene Wilks Gil
and Others, Hambletopian Wilks by
Geo. Wilks
Eagleman's dam, Redwing, is by Bay
Diamond son of Mambrino Patchen
and brother to Byerly Ahdallah, sire
of Jerome Turner 2:15. RedwIng is
also dam of Jerome Taylor 2:21i and
Eagleman, trial 1928. Record 2:34t In
heats with only 30 days works, by
st. Jerome. She also has four foals
by Sphinx 2:20i, great Electioneer
Sire, and will undoubtedly prove one
of the greatest brood mares. $4,000
have already been offered and re-
| fused for her.
Eagleman's second dam, Kit Muir
ray, produced Golden Prince 2.1S4.
She was by Erie Abdallah, a ten miie
race horse, be by Roe's Abdallah
Chief,a son OF Abdallah, sire of Ham,
bletonian 10.
Third dam by Printer Thorough
bred) the best foundation upon which
to build trotting pedigree.
Eagleman is dark chestnut with
beautiful lustrous coat he is 15t hands
high and weighs about 1, 100 lbs, he
combines the great Wiks Mambrino
Patchen cross that has produced
Allerton 200, Axtel 2:12 at 3 years,
Red Wilks, Onward, PatcheD Wilks,
Moquette and others. Eagleman is
OF elegant appearance and the best of
dispositions, in short he is bundle
of perfection. While he has never
started for the money l know he will
race, as with 20 days work only he
trotted + in SO seconds, trial mile
2:2S4 and won two matina races and
trotting the 5th mile 2:344 Ii being the
only work or racing he ever had. As
an Individual he is unsurpassed and
his way of going is perfect. He will
serve few mares before going into
training.
Terms $40 to insure mare In foal
$40 single service. For further in
formation apply.
w. T. OTWELL, Wattsville or
j. @. DWELL, HOMETOWN, Va,
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ONE OF BROOKS PUPILS.
He Was Unjustly Punished, but he
FOrgave the Onense.

He Was Unjustly Punished, but He
Forgave the Onense.
After his graduation from Harvard
college Phillips Brooks became a
teacher In the Boston Latin school.
And here, on the very threshold of his
career. he met with failure. So much
had been expected of him that his
want of success was naturally a sub
ject OF much comment at the time, and
after he had become a great preacher
his early failure was still referred to
and sometimes was used to point
moral
1t was a turbulent class that Phillips
Brooks had to teach. Before he took
charge of 1t three teachers had been
driven away. The man who followed
Mr.. Brooks, to fill out the year, con-
fessed himself so wearled by the fire.
quent resort to corporal punishment
that he was obliged to betake himself
to the mountains for the summer to
recuperate his strength. The boys
were certainly In fault. but the blame
was not wholly theirs, and long since
they may be supposed to have repented
of their mischief.
Phillips Brooks was then not yet 20
years DID, little more than boy. Nat
urally, perhaps, he made mistakes. On
one occasion, says his biographer, he
punished a boy who had committed
no fault.
After Mr.. Brooks had become bishop
of Massachusetts. as he was moving
in his majestic dignity across Boston
Common, he met this boy, then MAJ
ture man occupying post of trust and
influence. Neither man had forgotten
the incident.
Looking down upon his old pupil, the
bishop made a certain appeal for for
giveness. Tell me, now," he said,
that l did not make a mistake and
punish the wrong boy"
Eyes, you did make mistake. You
punished the wrong boy" was the an
swer, "but have missed so many pun
ishments that l deserved that ought
to be grateful for that one, which did
not deserve. Youths Companion.
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The Making of Great Dictionary.

DR.. Murray said that up to the pres
ent time they had collected about
100000 quotations. and he had calcu-
lated that if the slips upon which they
were written were laid side by side
they would extend from Brighton to
Inverness; that the lines of writing, If
placed together in one continuous line,
would extend from London to Picking
and that the mere reading of the quo
tatiOns at the rate of minute each
and reading eight hours a day and six
days a week would occupy 80 years.
The whole of the quotations, each up
on separate slips of paper, had been
collected by readers who responded to
the call made by the Pathological so
ciety.. In the course of the work about
100000 books had been read.-London
Times.
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A STRANGE CABLE CODE.
Ingenious Method of Astronomers to
Avoid Figures and Mistakes.

Avoid Figures and Mistakes.
The observatory at Kiel, In north
Germany, and the Harvard observa.
tory at Cambridge are the officially rec
ognized centers for gathering and dis
tributing astronomical news, Kiel act
ing for the eastern hemisphere and
Cambridge for the western. Paris or
Pulkowa telegraph their discoveries to
Kiel, Kiel transmits them to the vari-
Gus European stations and cables them
to Boston. where Harvard not only
sends them by wire to Lick, Yerkes
and other regularly established obser-
vatories, but mails them ont to many
nonprofessional astronomers within the
immediate territory served from Cam
bridge.
A very careful code has been invent
ed by astronomers to reduce as far as
possible the expense Of cable and tele-
graph tolls, but at the same time to
avoid any error in stating details which
AUST be exactly reported If the mes
sage is to have scientific value. For
example. one of the last cables received
at Harvard from Kiel reads to the ef
feet that "a very bright comet, discov-
cred by Halls at Queenstown April 23
was observed at Cape Town by Gill
April "a at seven hundred and twelve
thousandths of the day, Greenwich
mean time. In right ascension III. Bonn.
4s. and decllnation plus 3 degrees q
seconds"
In the original cable this message
read: "Unmade Halls Queenstown tur-
meric usual Cape April hatbox ameni-
dad carcomer zero catamount Gill;"
The siderial day, it should be explain
ed, beginning at noon, Is divided into
thousandths by astronomers instead of
hours, minutes and seconds.
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VIRGINIA. At court held
for the county of Accomack, on
the End day of May, &. d. 1901.
In the matter of the Pay
ment and Delivery of the
Estate of Benjamin T. Par
ker, deceased, to his lega-
tees, without Refunding
Bonds being given.
On the motion of Wilmer R.
Parker, legatee of Benjamin
T. Parker, deceased, by James
H. Fletcher, Jr., his attorney,
it appearing to the Court that
the report of the accounts of the
transactions of James H. Fetch
er, Jr., administrator, with the
will annexed of the said deced-
ent, and of the debts and de-
mands against said decedent's
estate have been filed in the
Office of this court, and it fur
ther appearing to the court that
more than one year has elapsed
since the qualification of the
said administrator, it is ordered
that the creditors of the said
Benjamin T. Parker, deceased,
do show cause, if any they have,
or can show, on the 2ud day of
the June m1901) of thiscourt,
against the payment and deliv-
cry of the estate of said decedent
to his legatees without refund
ing bonds being given by them;
and that a copy of this order be
published once a week for four
successive weeks in the "Penin-
sula Enterprise" a newspaper
published at the Court House of
this county, and also posted at
front-door of the courthouse of
this county on the first day of
two successive terms of this
court.
A Copy
Test; Robt. H. Oldham, y. A. O.
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WOULD you LIVE FoREVERf
Here's Chance For You to Express
Your Wishes.

Your Wishes.
Do you want to live forever? If you
do, II would be good thing to let the
American Branch For Psychical Re-
search know about 1t.
That society has issued a circular
which 1t calls questionable, which
starts out with proposition that there
is widespread literary tradition that
men naturally desire a future life, but
the society is not sure about it and
feels inclined to doubt II because OF
''the ordinary conduct of men" and be-
cause Of certain declarations Of individ-
uals to the contrary. So it is going to
take plebiscite ON the question; hence
the circular referred to.
The circular submits these questions:
l. Would you prefer (a) to live after death or
o. notf
H. 0) III (a), do you desire q future life
whatever the conditions might be9
% II not, what would have to be its character
TO make the prospect seem tolerablef Would
you. e. g., be content with life more or less
like your present lief
(c) Can you say what elements in life III any
are felt by you to call for its perpetuityS
III. Can you state why you feel in this way. as
regards questions and II2
". Do you now feel the question Of a future
life to be OF urgent importance to your mental
comforti
V. Have your feelings on questions !, II and ~
undergone changef II 80, when and in what
waysi
vi. (a) Would you like to know for certain the
future life, or o. would you prefer to leave it
matter Of faithf
Those receiving the questionable"
are supplied with the following hints:
First.-Answers should be collected by prefer
ence from educated adults.
Second.-Collectors should fll up their own pa
pers first and get the Others answered independ'
emily.
Third.-Any answer, affirmative or negative is
valuable as a psychological fact
Fourth-Even a refusal to answer is valuable
indication OF feeling, which 1t is important to
record In such cases the collector should II pos
sible, ask the reason Of the refusal and should
then I'LL up a census paper with the name, etc,
OF the rsiuser, inserting the reason given for re-
fusing under the head Of remarks.
1t is explained In an Introductory
note that the questions are understood
as directly referring only to the person
nj preferences. sentiments or desires of
those who answer them, quite IRE
spective of their religious faith or rea-
soned convictions.
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Chinese Exclusion.

Minister WI Ting Fang believes that
the easiest way to keep his countrymen
out Of the United States is to impose
an educational test on all Chinese who
wish to land. He says that the Chinese
to whom the exclusion act applies are
exceedingly ignorant, being generally
unable to read Or write their own Ian
guage, so that the means he suggests
would be effective in barring out the
undesirable class, at whom the present
law is aimed
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The PnpaI Palace at Avignon

The process of restoration of the ia
nous palace Of the popes at Avignon is
actively proceeding. The battlement
ed tower of the chief wing is almost
entirely repaired and now exhibits the
imposing frontage which characterized
1t in the fourteenth century. At pres
ent the old citadel of the popes is oc-
cupied by regimen; Of Infantry, but
the latter are about to evacuate the
building. which will then be probably
utilized by the municipality of Avi-
gpon as a museum.-Paris Gaulois.
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Lnnkinr Err WnrL

Eyes, ma'am." said the ragged fat
man, I'm lookin fur work Yer amt
got no odd jobs of scrubbin or washin
ter be did. have yerT
"Why. you surely don't do scrubbing
or work of that sortY said the house
keeper.
"Snre not. I'm lookin fur work fur
me wife. "-Philadelphia Record.
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Dimculf Dufch.

The Dutch language is Of d good old
fashioned tongue. 1t is so difficult that
English speaking people cannot with
out difficulty acquire 1t. In fact. some
folk say 1t is more like unto English
than it is to German. The Beers In
South Africa use the Dutch tongue as
1t was spoken 200 years ago.
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Execution.

Teacher-As have been telling you,
there are two general classes of work
ers. Tommy, does your father make
his living by using his brains or by
using his muscles?
Tommy-Neither one, ma'am. He's q
policeman Chicago Tribune.
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Trouble Breeding Condition

Robbins-Funny, but young people
who seem to love one another the most
devotedly are oftentimes the first peo-
pie to fight after marriage.
Wren-The trouble is, you see. they
endeavor to protract the 1.-TWO souls
with but single thought" idea too far.
Two persons with but single thought
between them cannot help hating one
another sooner or later.-Boston Tran
script.