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New Church.
Measles not so prevalent in this
neighborhood as they have been.

Measles not so prevalent in thi
neighborhood as they have been.
Mr.. G.: W. Covington returned
Thursday from a business trip to the
city.
Rev. Mr.. Rhodes, OF the Baptist
Church, is visit & some OF his peoele
in our village this week.
February 9th at the NJ. p. Parson-
age Rev. +. s. Fooks united In mar
riage, Mr.. Charles w. Ailworth and
Mrs. Ida A. Massey, both OF this
county.
On last Friday evening the people
of New Church of all denominations
united In giving Rev. E. s. Fooks,
pastor of the NJ. P. Church, dona>
ton. This WAS not only work of
good will but showed the apprecia-
ton on the part Of the people Of the
splendid work be has done for the
church community during his pastor
ate. The pastor and wife expressed
their highest appreciation for one Of
the largest donations they ever re-
ceived.
Our services at the NJ. =. Church
have been highly interesting and
profitable. 1t Is not strange thing
for us to have public confession a t
each service. These meetings are
attended with deep interest and great
power and it is delight to partici-
pate in them. At the last service an
aged man, So years OF age, came for
ward and publicly confessed Christ,
md at the altar was joined by his
on, who had previously made the
)eginDlng OF better life, and en-
,raced each other. 1t was a touching
Gene.
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owners came to believe that saliva
ton was improbable il not alto
gether impossible unless their SER
wants were freed, while others held
to their old opinions and went on
their way in spite OF expostulations,
threats and the prospect Of eternal
doom. Thus In that early time the
seeds OF discord and strife were sown,
which were destined to produce an
abundant harvest In the years to
come.
To be Continued
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Sanford.

Miss Maggie Andrews, Of Cherito Il,
is visiting friends at Sanford.
Captains Noah Miles and Arthur
Justice had d very narrow escape
from drowning several days ago.
Whooping cough and measels are
getting to be very fashionable with
the little folks of this neighborhood.
Miss Martha Fontain, of Fair
mount Maryland, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. s. G. Hall, has
returned home accompanied by Mrs.
Hall.
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MarQarof Academy.

Roll OF honor for January, 1901.
Average S8 and above, falling below
Is on nothing.
Susie Beloate, Susie Bull, George
Doughty, Chandler Doughty, Lena
Fitzgerald, Edgar Fitzgerald, Bar
rett Hickman, Chopper Holland, An
ME Hopkins, Ara Hurt, Ruth Kel-
lam, Ida McGrath, Lillian McGrath
Virginia Nelson, Mary Nottingham,
Mary Warren, Lucy Wise.
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Pastors Pouh,ied.

On the Goth day Of January some
OF the members OF Garrison Church
visited the parsonage. They came
with their vehicles loaded with pro-
Visions for their pastor. This Is simply
Que of the many acts OF my people
which show their appreciation OF the
gospel OF Christ. | desire to thank
them thus publicly. May God richly
bless them.
w. q. Bates.
MR.. EDITOR:-Have you heard
about somebody getting into our
house last Thursday night. No,
well, l will tell you about it. Some
where, between the hours of and II
O'Clock man came to our back door,
walked In, went on through the din
ing room and ordered Inc to stay out.
l obeyed for short space OF time,
but curiosity getting the better OF
me, | went-in and imagine my sur
prise, to see the room filled, not with
robbers, but with the best people in
Accomac county members and friends
Of Broadway Baptist Church. The
table was loaded with good things, the
cook room partly stocked and even
he chicken house was visited. But
,he climax was reached, when was
invited around to the end OF the
able where great bundle was
opened, and in it was a bran new
uit for their pastor. Words fail to
express the gratitude l felt. A more
loble-hearted and generous people,
never met and none know 80 we'll
IS how much they have done for
ne since l became their pastor, last
August. May God bless and prosper
hem.
L. b. Kirby.
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We will from now to LIST of March
offer the following to cash buyers:
Wool blankets-$6.00 for $500; $500
for 81 90; Shoes-$95O for $2.75; $500
for $2.25; 50 so for 50 90 and various
bargains in other lines. Call and see
that we are doing what we say
b. 8. Ashby & Co.
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Busfno ss Notices.

PUBLIC AUCTION-I will sell al
public auction on Saturday, Febru-
airy 10th, 1901, on the premises OF
John j. Baker, deceased, at Gsrga-
tina, Va, the whole Of his personal
property, consisting OF household
and kitchen furniture, farming i'm
plements, horse, mule, 1 cow, and
calf, hogs, nice lot Of pork, Q horse
carts, corn, fodder, oats, potato bed
frames aud glass sc. Sale to COM
mence at 10 a. IN. Terms made known
on day of sale.
E. Americas Baker,
Executor,
Nelsonia, Va
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Have gotten in this week one car
load OF seven per cent guano for
round potatoes and one car load of
y-ground fish for sweets.
Very truly,
Il. 8. Hopkins & Co.,
Tasley, Va.
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Write to us tor estimates on door,
ash, blinds, stair-rails and all other
kinds of building material, hardware
paints, sc. Stock large, prices low E.
Mr.. r. D. L. Fletcher will be at Ac-
comac g. H., the first day OF every
County Court, to receive orders for
the firm.
Cape Charles Ice g. Lumber 90.
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l will be at Atlantic, Thursday and
Friday, February 18th and 18th, tor
the practice OF my profession.
DR.. W. A. Taylor,
Dentist.
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To observation-disclosures take our
advice and use Snow, Know & Co.'S
"Climax" -four. Our word for it, tits
the best -four In America to-day.
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Ladies, misses and cbildren's wrap
at your own price now at
B. 8. Ashby Il Co.'S.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Downing, relict Of
the late James Downing, died Friday.
list inst, at her home near Exmore.
aged about 70 years.
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Secretery.
New York. Phita. & Norfolk r. r. c.

New York, Phfta. IL Norfolk II x. Co.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the New York, Philadel-
phia, and Norfolk Railroad Co. will
be held at the office OF the company
in Cape G harles. Northampton coun-
ty, Virginia, on the 10Th day Of
March, 1901 at 10 o'clock a m.
0. J.De Rouse,
Sec'y:
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We have for sale car OF Ohio seed
oats at 40 cents per bushel.
d. 81. johnson & Son,
Parksley.
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PUBLIC AUCTION OF UNCLAy' ED
FREIGHTNotice is hereby given that.
in Pursuance of the statute law Of
the State of Virginia, the New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
Company will, on Monday, the 18th
day Of March, 1901, at 10 a. m, at
Bloxom Station, Accomac County,
Virginia, sell at public auction "A
bundles Of furniture, said to be bed
steads, and which we're consigned by
Martin & Biggs to ]. L. Byrd.
John g. Rodgers, Sup't.
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Just received two car loads of coal.
Lilliston & Mock,
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NoTICE-We are prepared to fur
nish in reasonable distance, good
hard wood oyster barrels and pine
truck barrels. Reasonable patron
age solicited.
j. s. Gordy & Bros,
Mappsville, We.
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NOTICE - Several thousand dollars
to lend on farm land security. Loans
must be first class.
T. B. Quinby.
Accomac, Va.
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&. Fl. @. MEARS.
W a G b apre que. va.

S-We can you Is per cent on our line of Cham
Der Suits at $780, $500 and $500 and Sdeboards at
$1,000 $1,000 and $1,000 just good others are selling at
10 per cent more Our Oak Bedstead $3.50 are hummers
for price, full line of Chairs Rockers Lounges Couche Tables
&C., &C.
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NoTI CA dark red COW came to
my place about the 25th OF Novem
Der. The owner will come and prove
the property, pay charges and take
her away.
Webster F. Taylor,
Justisville, Va.
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new YEAR GOODS.
Here we are again with full line
both and DID, We also carry by far the LARGEST assor
of

G E N E R A L NJ E R Disc
any merchant on the Peninsula Our old
can pd them here the best that CASH will Spot
GoGds NOTIONS Clothing a
Cook Stoves Ranges Wood Heaters hundreds Of too
to mention Call while orders viii
be most highly appreciated r wa N'N'-' WI"
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LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. L. J. Gunter, sheriff, continues
quite sick and without change for
the better in his condition.
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14

Vacation does not mean vacancy,
and Is ever the more effective for a
thin stratum of work running through
1t. A notable example OF vacation
courses and summer classes is the free
normal school at Manila. which held
its preliminary term last May. Its
purpose Is to teach modern methods OF
instruction to the native school teach
ers. who without exception, wish to
prepare themselves to educate their
race. Forty-fve resident American
teachers. under the direction of Dr.
David Barrows OF California, consti-
tuted the faculty, and by the middle
OF the first week over six hundred FIJI
ipino men and women teachers, mostly
OF mature age. had gathered from the
various islands. One American. in
charge OF Zambales Province. Captain
O'Neill. learning that twenty teachers
of his district could not reach Manila
for lack OF funds. generously sent them
thither at his own expense For the
month in whicn the school was open.
thirty-three classes were held daily, In
which the attendance averaged ninety
eight per cent Surely the American
occupation of the Philippine Islands
presents, even to the warmcst oppon-
ent OF the movement. some bright
sides.
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14

COIL FOR WIRELESS TELEGRAPH.
ator-if he is careful-although 1t Is
said. not to be useless as fool-killer.
Figure 2 shows the long attenuatef
forked spark. But for the most EN-
cient work for wireless telegraphy q
short fat" spark. as 1t is called. Is
much more effective than the long at
tentuated one. To obtain shorter.
thicker spark the terminals are
brought closer together. still leaving
ar air gap OF thirty-two inches. Now.
when the current is switched on to
operate the coil there il continuous
roar OF thunder accompanying the blue
blazs Of energy a. It leaps from one
terminal to the other.
Then it u that the waves are rad
lated TO such tremendous distances
that cables cease 70 have any virtue:
the waves are picked up by the "elec-
trio eye" or coherer. recently de-
scribed ON this page. and are trans
lated into messages by means Of the
ordinary teleEraphtc instrument 1t
requires nearly one horse power "
electrical energy to operate this giant
coil.
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14
NJ. A. HOLBIEN.

channel at Calais. France. Holbein. q
German. nearly lost his life on the
24th inst. He swan In the opposite
direction to thatsof Webb. starting at
Cape Gris-Nez. on the French shore.
and endeavoring to reach Dover.
When within six miles of the latter
point he collapsed and the tug which
accompanied him took him from the
water. He had been 12 hours and 46
minutes In the stream. having swum
26 miles Considering the roughness
of the sea his exploit Is remarkable.
He wore a white cap that covered his
head and partially protected his face,
and also n mask from brow to nose in
order to protect his eyes. He found II
impossible to take solid food without
swallowing sea water. and he therefore
subsisted mainly on raw eggs. rs he
was able to suck these while lying on
his back He also took hot milk from
feeding bottle. The sea was heavy.
and there was nasty swell. His at
powerful stroke. alternately ON his
back and breast, making . good pace
Much of the time he swan with his
eyes closed. owing to the irritating ef-
fects Of the salt water After the 18th
hour he made almost NO progress and
Just before being taken from the water
he was turning like top and seemed
hopelessly blind. He says he will try
again next year.
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14
sen As.lys.. .. /. o.sA>

The Ohio Experiment station re-
ceives many such requests ~ the fol-
lowing: VIII you make = chemical
analysis OF my soil to determine wheth-
er ! need nitrogen. potash or phosphor-
ic acid. and. II SO. what will be the
charger
To this request We make the uniform
answer that such an analysis would
be very expensive. and when made
would usually have very little value as
q guide to the use OF fertilizers for the
reason that the chemist has AZ yet dis
covered no reagent which Possesses the
same capacity for extracting plant food
from the soil as that OF the living tis-
sues OF the plant. To illustrate; Pot
ash Is a characteristic constituent OF
granite rocks. and a soil formed from
such rocks may appear rich In potash
under the chemists analysis. and yet
II that potash be still in the form OF
granite sand 1t will be yielded up very
slowly to the feeble solvents OF the
plant.
Again: In come OF the southern
states are immense beds OF rocks con-
tanning large percentages OF phosphorie
acid; but II these rocks are merely
ground and mixed with the soil their
phosphoric acid. which has resisted the
solvent action of soil water for ages.
will continue insoluble. and hence the
necessity for treating these ground
rocks with sulphuric acid. in order to
make their phosphoric acid available.
Still further: When q piece OF rnarshy
land has been drained 1t Is often found
that the crops planted upon II fail to
thrive, although It seems to be very
rich In nitrogen. The remedy here Ii
to add barnyaTd manure. something
which savors strongly Of carrying Goals
to Newcastle: but the explanation Is
that the semi-aquatic vegetation which
formerly occupied the land decays so
slowly that cultivated crops cannot get
nitrogen rapidly enough for their
needs. When the manure II added.
however. II sets up = fermentation.
which converts the nitrogen bearing
materials into . more soluble ana
hence available form.
For these reasons the only practical
way Of learning the needs OF partieu-
lar soil 10 to make experiments on
that soil. after the general plan OF
those described In the bulletins OF the
Experiment station on the mante-
nance OF fertility. and thus learn
which combination OF fertilixing ma
terials will produce the greatest eject
--Chas. Z. Thorne. director Ohio Ex-
pertinent Station- ~ LIZ
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14
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shiny. slightly elevated spots on each
OF the segments.
The worms appear about the middle
Of July and continue their destructive
work till the LIST Of October. They
attack the little cucumbers Just when
they are Of right size for pickles. bore
round holes in them and feed on the
tender fruit They are great feeders.
and ~ many ~ three or four will
sometimes be found In q single eu-
cumber They. develop rapidly and
reach full growth in three to four
weeks.
When about to transform. they for
sake the fruit in which they had bur-
rowed. and drawing together portions
Of some leaf that lies on or near the
ground. spin \ light cocoon Of white
silk. In this cocoon. II II 10 not too
late in the season. they change to
moths like the one here shown. emerg-
Ing In about ten days. The late ones
pass the winters in the cocoons. The
moth is very strikingiy marked. 1t Is
of yellowish brown color, with an
iris-purple reflection.
Mary Treat. In her book on Tn
furious Insects." says Of 1t: The pickle
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14

OF. give ideal conditions Such aelds
should not b pioved but narrowed
only before seeding. Wheat. oats. nax
and millet stnbble ground plowed shal-
low. narrowed thoroughly and allowed
to settle before seeding, furnish good
conditions for alfalfa. II such ground
II mellow. piowing may not be neces-
sary. ~ the land will only need TO be
disced and cross-discsd.
The best time 70 SOW u In the last
half OF August. II II safe to SOW as
late as September Is II conditions are
good. The ground must be well set
tied. with . loose mulch ON top and
well saturated with moisture 20 ~ TO
bring up the seed quickly and force the
fall growth. II either Of these condi-
tons are lacking It will not pay to
SOW.
The best way to SOW is with . press
drill using 20 pounds OF seed per acre.
Mix the seed with equal parts. by
measure. Of coarse, cornchop or bran.
Drill half the seed one way and cross
drill the other half. II necessary to
SOW broadcast. use rs to 80 pounds of
seed per acre cover with = harrow and
roll unless there Is danger from blow
ing. II is much better to seed with a
drill. Alfalfa should be sown alone.
The best quality OF seed will give the
best stand and the most vigorous
growth and Is always the most profta-
BILE to use, although It costs the most.
Alfalfa will grow on any we'll
drained soil that will produce corn.
lands tha. do not overflow. but In the
eastern half Of Kansas. when properly
handled, is a profitable crop on upland.
Alfalfa seeded last fall on upland In
Shawnee and Riley counties gave two
good cuttings this summer before July
S, while tame meadows and prairie
grass on adjoining lands yielded only
half ton OF hay per acre.-H. n. Cot
treli, Agriculturalist Kansas Expert
ment Station.
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14
As the World
ReUoIl,eS
For xk,irsIess N1essases.


The gigantic stride recently made A,
wireless teiegraphy. says Frederick
A. Collins. In the New York Herald.
has set inventors to improvishing
more sensitive means for detecting
the etheric waves and given an imrk
tus to designers OF the induction coils
by which the waves are sent.
The coil shown In figure l is not
only the largest coil ever constructed
for transmitting wireless messages.
but also gives the longest spark Of any
coil heretofore built. This coil will
easily give miniature streak OF
lightning forty-fve inches in Length.
being three inches longer than that OF
the famous Spottiswood coil built
some years ago In England. The coil
here shown was built by Phiiadel-
phia firm of instrument makers for
the Japanese government and Is now
In use In flashing cabless messages be-
tween the Korean peninsula and
Japan.
The object Of the induction coil is to
obtain the little flash OF lightning. for
1t is this spark bursting through tAe
air that sends forth the etheric waves
for hundreds Of miles. In the Queen
coil when the terminals are separated
q distance of fcrty-two inches forked
streak of livid lightning bursts
through the air with cracking noise
Just as real lightning does
The makers of the coil giving this
death dealing spark have SO arranged
the appartus that the current will
kindly abstain from killing the oper-
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14
ISABELLA THoHuRN.

ed to family OF religious traditions.
and all but few years OF her life was
spent in the active service OF the
church. of which she was so conspicu-
GUS an ornament. She was born near
St. Clairsville. Ohio. March 20. 1870.
Inheriting from her Scotch ancestors
the sturdy characteristics of that race.
she was most proficient In her chosen
profession of missionary. She was
the very first woman to go forth to
spread the gospel for the Woman's
upward of thirty years she labored
with untiring effort in that cause.
As girl the future educator and
Christianizer attended the female col
lege at Wheeling. and from that
school she was graduated. She after
ward entered the Cincinnati School OF
Design with the intention OF devo;ins
herself to art. 1t was while she was
engaged as a teacher of drawing that
she felt the call to 4 missionary life.
and in the pursuance OF II she wrote
to the secretary OF the Methodist Gen
eral Society for place in some foreign
country. The secretary replied that he
regretted there was nothing in the for
eign field which an unmarried woman
could do. She then placed herself in
communication with the Union Mis-
sionary Society. and was correspond
Ing with that organization when the
newly organized Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society engaged her to go
to India in Its behalf
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14

There are now in London and It's i'm
mediate neighborhood 800 public recre-
alton grounds. varying In size from
Epplng Forst. which. with Wanstead
Flats, Is over 5000 acres In extent. to
little city gardens and Fairgrounds
measuring an eighth or tenth OF an
acre. These include 100 plots OF
ground which have been used for in
terment. parish churchyards. and other
disused burial grounds. of which the
largest Is eleven acres and the small
est few yards square.
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14
rDs IDOL fFrance.

America II soon to welcome Henu
Fournier, the idol Of France. Re-
Gently he won the great International
automobile race from Paris to Berlin
and now he comes here to participate
in q similar event In this country-the
race between Buffalo and Erie. OF
him Walter wellman. the noted cor
respondent. writes:
When Fournier makes his appear
ance upon the Avenue de II Grand AZ
NEE. the automobile center Of Paris.
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14

William Jerome. the song writer. 10
negotiating for the lease of the
Comiaue theater. on Broadway. New
York. and II he secures 1t will estab-
lish there a permanent company. com
posed entirely OF negroes. The best
colored actors and actresses obtain
able will be engaged. and Jerome ex-
poets the enterprise to prove a big
money maker. catering wholly to col
Ored people.
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14

Tho convention OF colored bankers
held at Buffalo will be the first OF its
kind In America. John Clinton, Jr..
who is organizing II. is the president
of the First Colored Bank. North OF
Philadelphia Mr.. Clinton in 1890
published the first negro daily paper.
Later he became a lawyer and invest
ed his large savings in the insurance
business
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14

Most extraordinary children exist in
Porto Rico, II letter from San Juan
may be accepteu as authority. On the
Last day OF the spring term the pupils
in the public schools departed with the
greatest reluctance. and such = de-
mand was made for summer schools
that arrangements have been made to
Island This II pleasant In every way.
lt indicates grateful appreciation q
The new educational system in Porto
Rico. and spsa1n we'll for the alIorts Of
~ eovsrnnsnt and the tempsf Of IL
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14

Many fish can produce musical
sounds. The trigla can produce long
drawn notes ranging over nearly an
octave. Others. notably two species of
ophidium. have sound-producing ap-
paratus consisting Of small movable
bones. which can be made to produce
sharp rattle. The curious drum
ming made by the species called um-
brinas can be heard from depth of
thirty fathoms.
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14
Hos, sAs ElssAonf r. Doomea.

Today nothing but elephant ivory IL
used in nne carving. says = writer in
the Home Magazine. In the past there
was vslrus. narwhal. nylEhau and
mammoth. Tusks vary from ten feet
long. Weighing 200 pounds, to smaller
ones. and the price Il about - .
pound. Nsrwhal ivory is unlimited IN
great quantities in tho Arctic regions.
whore for untold ysars It has been
preserved in the lee. Il II Of NO use
for Ane ivory carving. bat b used In
IN infssioe tyDes oe work. sneh -
low-psscsd unbrsllas aaA seiek
handles, cheap eAessnsa, fra.ss, &c.
La Junta tribune., 1901-09-14

The main staircase in William c.
Whitnsy's New York residence, Fifth
avenue and Sixty-eighth street. Is OF
white marble, and la carved after a
staircase In the Doge's palace in
Venice. Mr.. Whitney brought the de-
sign to this country and the work took
six months for completion.