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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-06
A Testimonial From Old England.

81 consider ChamberlaiI's Cough
Remedy the best In the world for
bronchitis, says Mr.. William Savory,
OF Warrington, England. ut has
saved my wife's life, she having been
a martyr to bronchitis for over six
years, being most Of the time confined
to her bed. She Is now quite WELL"
Sold by VIM. P. Bell & Co -, Accomac
O. Il. Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-06
QUAINT COLONIAL NAMES.
How the Offspring OF Our First Colo
nists Were Christened.

How the Offspring OF Our First Colo
nists Were Christened.
1t is an interesting study to trace the
underlying reason for many Of the GU
rious names which are given to the off
spring Of the first cOlonists. Parents
searched for names of deep signifi-
cance-for names appropriate to con-
dltions, for those of profound infu-
ence presumably on the child's life.
The Rev. Richard Buck. one Of the
early parsons In Virginia, in days Of
deep depression, named his first child
Mara. This text indicates the reason
for his choice: Call me Mara, for the
Almighty has dealt very bitterly with
me. | went out full. and the Lord has
brought me home empty" His second
child was christened Gershom - for
Moses wife bare him son and called
his name Gershom. for he said | have
been In a strange land"
Many names have a pathos and sad
ness which can be felt down through
the centuries. Dame Dinely. widow Of
a doctor, or barber surgeon. who had
died In the snow while striving TO visit
a distant patient. named her poor babe
Fathergone.
The children of Roger Clapp were
named Experience, Waitstill, Presery-
ed, Hopestill. Wait. Thanks. Decide,
Unite and Supply. Madam Austin. an
early settler Of old Narragansett, had
Is children. Their names were Parvis,
Picus, Plersus. Prisemus Polybius.
Lois, Lettlce. Avis. Anstice. Eunice.
Mary, john Elizabeth, Ruth, Freelove.
All lived to be threescore and ten. one
to be 102 years old. Edward Bendall's
children were named Truegrace, Re
form, Hoped For. More Mercy and Re
store. Richard Gridley's offspring
were Return, Believe and Tremble.-
"Child Life In Colonial Days"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-06

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You may get $3.50 in cash or Diamond
Ring. value Sl50 or Solid Gold Watch.
value $50 We print here the names of 81
cities in the United States but the letters
are jumbled. For example Refgilnspid can
be transpOsed in Springfield.
You will find il a hard study to get the
name of each correct, but If you site
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The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
HUMOROUS.

sillfcus-He is always talking about
MS ancestors. Cynicus-It's too bad
they can't retaliate.
Nell don't care for Mr. Rounder,
He seems to lack repose. Belle-Well.
/ don't imagine he gets much.
Louise, is your new modist artis-
tic?' Artistic! Why, she makes frocks
which get out of style in two weeks"
Mrs. Bjones-How do you like this
material? 1t is ch%angeable silk. Mr.
B1ones-Good! Then if you don't like
1t you can take it back.
Tommy-Pop, what are the dark
ages? Tommy's Pop-I suppose it's
When people reach the period when
they want to keep their age dark.
Prison Visitor-My poor man, how
did you get in here? Convict-Hard
luck. l didn't manage to steal enough
TO engage a first-class lawyer to de-
fend me!
Housekeeper-I'd just like to know
why you go tramping through the
country? Mouldy Mike-Well, mum,
I've heard that these ere palace-cars
is rather stuffy, mum.
Schoolmaster-Now Muggins Minor,
what were the thoughts that passed
through Sir Newton's mind when the
apple fell on his head? Muggins--I
expects he wuz awful glad it warn't a
brick.
Scribbler-Have you decided on a
name for your new novel yet? Scraw-
ler-Yes; I've decided to call it "The
Last Chapter" Scribbler-I p
your idea is to have all the women
read it first.
Blobbs-What a changeable person
Old Queercus is. He never seems to
know his W mind from one minute
to the next. Slobbs-Mere force of
habit You know he used to be con-
nected with the weather bureau.
A teacher had told a class OF juve-
nile pupils that Milton, the poet, was
blind. The next day she asked if any
Of them could remember what Millions
great affection was. "Yes'm," replied
one little fellow, she was a poet"
81 wish l could live at grandma's
all the time" said little Mable, after
being corrected by her mother for dis
obedience. why so?" asked her
mother. "Couse," replied Mable, Il
don't have to mind a word she says"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
DUEL IN AIR,
Dispute About Lady Settled by Combat
ants in Balloons.

DaSpute About Lady Settled by Combat,
ants in Balloons.
Somebody has asked whether a due
has ever been fought in the air. Ont
OF the most curious of duels, says Tit
Bits. was the balloon duel in France
which was fought in 1903. The com
batants were NJ. de Grandpre and M,
lie Pique, who had quarreled-about a
lady, OF course. This lady was one
Mile. Tfrevit, an actress at the Imperi-
al Opera. On the appointed day M. de
Grandpre entered the car of one bal
loon, with his second, and M. lie Pioue.
with his second, mounted the other In
the Garden of the Tuileries, before an
immense crowd Of admiring spectators.
When all was ready the ropes were cut,
and the balloons shot upward for a dis
tango Of about half a mile above the
earth. The wind being light, they
were able to keep the distance of about
eighty yards between each other with
which they started. On reaching the
agreed altitude the signal was given to
hre, M. lie Pique missed, but M. de
Grandpre's ball went through the silk
Of the other balloon, which immedi-
ately collapsed. The car descended
with frightful velocity, and both M. lie
Pique and his second were dashed to
pieces. The balloon of the victor con-
tinued to ascend, and M. de Grandpre
came back to earth some LEAGUES from
Paris.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
THE AUTOMOBILE WENT ON.
A Call That Was Made in Circles and
Curves,

A Call That Was Made in Circles and
Curves.
There's a story being told at the ex-
pense of a well.known man who calls
frequently upon an equally we'll
known young woman, who is staying
at Arlington, near the Country Club.
The gentleman, so the story goes,
engaged an electric automobile for the
| trip one afternoon last week, and,
armed with a new book, a box of
candy and a bunch of roses, went
| speeding out Fifth enu for a long
| afternoon visit.
! Just as the turn was made on the
| road leading toward the club, the
manipulation of the automobile discov-
| cred that some trifing disarrangemeRt
| of the brake would prevent his stop
| ping the machine. 1t sped along, not
| withstanding the call of the passen-
ger to stop at the first house on the
right.
Finally, the motorman was forced
to confess that he could not stop until
the electric charge in the storage bat
terry q ltSGll.
That seemed funny enough for the
first trip or two around the block, but
| riding about in a circle under the cir
cumstances got exceedingly monoton-
Gus after awhile.
Then the young woman, it is said,
became curious, and was at a loss to
understand why her caller preferred to
ride aimlessly around in that fashion.
She went to the front door and down
the road In answer to the gentleman's
signal.
He explained the best he could as
the automobile few past,' and after a
half dozen more turns she began to
understand the situation.
It seems the battery had two hours
more to run, and If it all ran out at
Arlington there would be no way of
getting the machine to town. Then
they arranged a sort Of railroad sta
ton m~ail-catcher plan, and the gentle
mar passed out the book, then the
candy, and finally the roses to the
young woman as the vehicle whiZzed
past her.
1t took a trip for each article, and a
few more trips to say good-by, when
they were warned by the operator that
he must start for town or risk being
stranded somewhere without motive
power.
A few farewell waves, and amid
the amused shouts and laughter of
the Arlington resorters, who had
gathered by this time, the disobliging
and o~bstreperous machine disappeared
over the hill toward toWn.-Columbus
Correspondence Cincinnati CONNER
eiaI-Tribune..
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
EUROPE TO
Norwegian Making tho Trip in @ Thirty
Foot Boat.

FOCG 1SOACS
Many adventurous sailors have
crossed the Atlantic from this country
to England in small boats. but never
until now has there been a man daring
enough to start from the other side
and try to reach America in a skif.
A Norwegian Is trying this journey.
Captain Johansen has sailed from Glib
raltar in q thirty foot boat with the
intention Of making the coast Of Flor
ida. He is a n~aturalized British sub
ject and his boat flies the Union Jack.
He did not try the northern passage,
1t will be observed, but intends to keep
well to the south Of the track Of the
fall cyclones. The name Of his boat
Is the Lolita, and she is provisioned
tor fifteen days. She has outside bal
last and was built under the captains
supervision at Yokohama. He brought
her to England and then took her
down to Gibraltar, where he has taken
his point of departure" for the new
world. The Lolita is eloop-rigged,
With forestaysail and lib and a gaR
tepsail. Captain Johansen has along
with him a spinnaker which he intends
to use when he gets into the trade
winds, which he expects to strike be-
tween Madeira and the Canary Islands.
His first port on this side, If every
thing goes we'll, will be some port in
the West Indies, and from there he
will strike up along through the BAHIA
mas and so arrive on the Florida coast.
With the captain is sailing his little
son, IL years old.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
cIRcUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE,

The Interesting Case of q Black Cat and
Neighboring Families Estranged.
This is a tale to demonstrate that
circumstantial evidence is not always
good evidence. 1t caused q rupture OF
friendly relations between two women
that was finally adjusted by the
merest accident.
But hereby hangs a tale which in.
wolves the question of circumstan:ial
evidence, and that murder will out.
There are two Baltimore families In
the western section of the city liy.
ing next door to each other who for a
season did not speak as they passed
by, but are now on the most amicable
terms, and all this on account of a
black cat.
These two housewives may be des-
ignated as Mrs. A.. and Mrs. b., the
former being the owner Of the cat in
question, by which much store was
set. It appears that Mrs. B. objected
to the frequent visits to her back yard
made by Mrs. AS cat and one day
it is alleged that she was overheard
to say that she would poison the in.
truder that very night. 1t followed
next morning that the cause of the
annoyance was discovered on the
back lot as dead as Julius Caesar.
Now, what other inference could
Mrs. A. draw but that Mrs. B. had
put her threat into execution? That
the deed had been done by Mrs. B.
there existed no doubt in the mind OF
her next door dweller. and SO she
s~traightway accused her neighbor Of
having committed the "crime."
This Mrs. B. vigorously denied. The
result was that all neighborly inter.
course came abruptly to an end. So
much for circumstantial evidence.
Now what happened subsequently
is the sequel which restored friendly
relations between the two families.
A gentleman living in the same block
had a pet canary at this time. One
evening he discovered q big black
cat in his room. But this was not
all, for the cat was then and there
making a meal of the bird. Now
what was more natural than for the
gentleman to slaughter the destroyer
Of his feathered aongstcr, caught red.
handed, as 1t were. in the very act?
A short time after this latter occur
renee the owner of the canary incl
dentally related TO Mrs. A. the loss Of
his pet bird and how he had slain
q black cat on a particular evening.
All doubts having been now re.
moved Mrs. A. lost no time in &C.
uuainting Mrs. b. with the facts in the
case and SO the two ladies kissed and
made up.-Baltimorc Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
REMARKABLE STEAMSHIP.
The Powerful Ice Breaker "BaIknI' Car
ries Three Trains.

The Powerful Ice Breaker "BaiknI' Car
r1es Three Trains.
The great English firm OF Sir Will
lam Armstrong, Whitworth 6 Co., has
built upon Lake Baikal one Of the
most remarkable steamships in the
world to ferry the Siberian trains
across the lake, and in winter to break
the ice at the same time. This was
brought out in pieces from Newcastle
c1-Tyne, and put together by English
engineers, who have been living in this
remote and lonely spot for over two
years. Tbs "Baikal," as the steamer is
called, is a magnificent vessel of 1000
to3s, with twin engines amidships Of
1880 horsepower each, and a similar
engine forward, to drive the screw in
the bow; for the principle Of the new
type of ice-breaker Ia to draw out the
water from under the ice ahead by the
suction Of a bow screw, when the ice
collapses by it's OWL weight and a pas
sage is forced through the broken mass
by the impact OF the vessel. AS will
be seen from my illustrations, the first
that have been published, the "Baikal"
has extensive upper works, and these
contain luxurious saloons and cabins.
Upon her deck she will carry thres
trains-a passenger train IL the mid
die and a freight train on each side.
Her speed is thirteen knots, and on
her trial trips she has shown herself
capable of breaking through solid ice
thirty-eight inches thick, with five
inches Of hard snow on the top-such
snow Is much more difficult to pierce
than ice-and has forced her way
through two tickneses of ice frozen to-
gether, aggregating from ffty-six to
sixty-ive inches. In summer her bow
propeller should be removed, and
large propellers substituted for her
smaller winter ones; but SO far the
railway authorities have taken no
steps to build a dock upon the lake,
without which neither Of these i'm
portant changes a be effected, nor
the steamer herself repaired If any
mishap should damage her hull. Lake
Ba1kal is frozen from the middle of
December to the end Of April and there
Is also talk Of laying a railway across
upon the ice, al Is done each year from
st. Petersburg to Kronstadt; but prob
ably all depends upon the success Of
the ice breaker next winter.-From
Russia of Today"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
One Of the most ingenious dey

One Of the most ingenious devices
at the Paris fair is to be seer in the
Swiss watch factory exhibit and con-
sists of a b~allIbearing pocket time
piece. The principle has already been
applied to the driving wheel Of the
clockmaker's throw and also for the
winding arbor Of clocks. Its applisa-
ton to a watch, however. with salts
factory results requires exceedingly
fine mechanism and minute balls. The
watch was made by Leon Gruet, a
foreman Of a Partisan watch concern.
In it the arbors roll on steel balls of
two sizes. It Is spoken Of by COM
petent authorities as one of the most
interesting theological exhibits.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
Postmistress Shut Up Shop.

The postofice department at Wash.
ington has been trying since June 81
to secure an official report from Post
mistress Robey of the Jayenn postom
flee, in Marion county, West Virginia
Nothing could be heard from there, sc
an inspector was sent out. He found
the postofice closed and learned thai
the postmistress had moved away
several months ago leaving the build
ing. The property was removed tc
Fairraont and the Office at .Jayenn tenn
porarily Observation-Disclosures
Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
A
ReflsotIons fer the Benefit of Would-Be
Authors.

Authors.
ALI the naen and women that have
risen to distinction in the field Of let
tiers have served apprenticeship in the
techaics Of the art before they reached
the ear Of the public. The poets alone
seem to have a gift Of speech at the
outset and even they learn much in
the course Of years and practice. But
the young aspiraRt Should net model
his line OF procedure on that followed
by the acknowledged gentuses. Only
genius can hope to initiate genius. For
ordinary talent there is no royal road
to literary mastership. The art Of
writing must be studied diligently,
painfully, hunbly. The use and
abuse OF words and phrases must be
considered, not for a day, but for
many years. The formation Of sent
ences must be the thought of ones
waking hours. The manufacture Of a
style Is the labor of years. The old
saying that "style Is the man" Is per-
feetly true. but it has deluded many
a youngster into the belief that oil
be had to do was to express himself
according to the impulse Of the mo-
uent, just as he would In talking, and
that thus he would be a writer. style
is the maa." It Is not the boy. It
is the reflex OF the mature mind, the
embodiment Of thought, which no
longer stumbles, but walks with sure
feet, and makes for itself O. broad and
beautiful path Of words. Let those
that are wondering why their effusions
DO not burst into print at once stop
and consider whether they really have
anything particular to say, and then
whether they have any particular way
Of saying it. There are more persons
with something to say (perhaps not
something immortal, but still worth
saying) than there are with a genu-
Inc master Of literary expression. The
latter does not come by nature; nor
does 1t come with experience. It
comes only by practice, and not an
easy practice at that. 1t was that
most literary of all recent writer's.
Robert Louis Stevenson, who said that
the man not willing to spend a whole
afternoon in search Of the right WORD
to express an idea Is unfit for the bust
ness Of literature.-New York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
An untold amount Of real humilia,

An untold amount Of real humilia-
ton and suffering is inflicted upon
men and women striving to serve God
In the church, by a lack OF apprecia-
ton of their point of view. Put your
self in their places. Would not you
resent being an object of disapproval.
or, when the case is bettered, an OBJ
ject Of charity? Would you enjoy feel
ing that your hat, your coat, your
dress and your children's clothes were
matters Of comment, and that the par
ish felt that the money paid your hus-
band must be spent to please it and not
YOURSELF -
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
MACHINERY in shoemaking.

Machinery is now extensively used
In boot-making, making 100 pairs of
mems cheaD-graGe boots in 154 IL
hours, against 1i3G ga by hand, while
tl,e labor cost is reduced from $500 o
s35. IN women's boots the case is
equally marked, for instead of one
man being employed t. do everything
there are 40 engaged. each on a diff
ferent machine operation; but only is
the time taken to 90 boots reduced
to less than a tenth That it was. but
the cost is also reduced
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
&10O Reward. 1 O

The readers of this paper will be pleased Il
learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis:
ease that science has been able to cure in all
it's stages. and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrf
Cure is the only positive cure now known tc
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con:
stitutional disease, requires q constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu.
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy.
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building Up the con
sttution and assisting nature in doing it,
work. The propsietors have so much faith in
it's curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for sny case that it falls to cure
Send for list of testimonials. Address
T.. j. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. :
HaIes EamiiY pills arc the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
WESTMINSTER CONFESSION.
10 suEveys the Entire Field OF Fheoiory
fits History.

M suRveys the Entire Field of Fheoiosy
Its History.
In the year 1e43 the Long Paula.
Saent appointed the celebrated conyo-
catten known as the Westminster As.
sanbiy, or Assembly Of Divines, for
the purpose of settling the doctrine,
liturgy, and government of the church
of England. It consisted OF 121 clergy.
men and 80 laymep-10 of whom were
logds and 20 cemmoners-together
with four clerical and two lay commits
sieners from the Church of Scotland,
YAirty-five of those whose names were
contained in the ordinance calling the
Assembly, which was dated June IL
1888, v appeared at the discussion,
one or two Of them having died about
the time of the first meeting, and the
otRers fearing the displeasure of the
hing. To supply the place Of these alb
'santees, some additional members
called the superadded divines, were
summoned to attend. This notable
assembly held Its first meeting on July
i, 1913, and continued to sit till Feb.
,ruary %, 164s. during which time II
met 1,163 times. Its most important
work was concluded long before. The
Prsabyterians formed q large majority
and exercised a corresponding indu.
'enoe. In doctrine the members were
almost unanimous; but on the subject
Of church government opinions ex.
tremely opposite were Maintained with
fkssnness, especially on the question
touching the sphere and limits of the
civil power In matters ecclesiastical
The principal fruits Of its deliberations
were the Directory Of Public Worship,
the Confession OF Faith, the Shorter
.Catechisn. and the Larger Cateehism.
These several fermularies, which con
tain q clear and rigid embodiment OF
Calvinistic theology and Presbyterian
church government, constitute to this
day the authorized Presbyterian stand
ards. The Confession of Faith consists
OF thirty-three chapters, SO you can
very readily understand that 1t would
be inaavissble to publish 1t here in
full. Beginning with the canon OF
Scripture. it surveys the entire field
Of theology, deals also with the rela-
items Of the state to the church. the
constitution of the church itself, and
eeacludes with the topics of death, the
resurrection. and the last Judgment.
It's precise logic, its clear, digniaed and
powerful diction. and its constant ref
erence to Scripture in proof Of its
statements. tended greatly to beget
that influence to which it attained.
Jahl Shernsn came of q tall and long
lived race. His grandmother was six feet
tsQ one Of tho tallsSt women in Ohie, and
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
The Nicaragua Canal.

When built, will prove the link between
prosperity and many people. 1t will prove
a blessing to humanity in general, improv-
the condition OF the nation, as Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters does that Of the indi-
vidual. Nothing to equal this remedy has
ever been discovered for all ailments of the
stomach, liver, bowels and kidneys. 1t will
quickly cleanse the blood and sharpen the
See that our Private Revenue
covers the neck Of the bottle.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-03-23
Fight
Your1iver

If you want to. But look out,
or it will get the start of you.
lift does, you will have dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, biliousness,
sick headache, poor blood, con-
stipation.
Perhaps you have these al
ready. Then take one of
Ayers Pills at bedtime. These
pills gently and surely master
the liver; they are an easy and
safe laxative for the whole
family; they give prompt re-
Lief and make a permanent
cure. Always keep a box Of
them in the house.
IS cents a box.