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Remarkable Cure of Rheumatism.

From the Vindicator, Rutherfordton, N. o.
The editor OF the Vlndicator has
had occasion to test the efficacy OF
Chamberlain's Pain Balra twice with
the most remarkable results In each
case. First, with rheumatism in the
shoulder from which he "a Altered e1-
cruciating pain for ten DAYS, which
was relieved with two applications OF
Pain Balm, rubbing the 5arts affilct,
ed and realizing instant t.eneht, and
entire relief in a very short time.
Second in rheumatism in thigh JOINT
almost prostrating him With severe
pain, which was relieved BY two ap''
plications, rubbing with the liniment
on retiring at night, and getting up
free from pain. For sale by VIM. +.
Bell g. Co., Accomac O. FL, Va.
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THE OLDEST ORNAMENTS.
Beads, First Used by Savasos, Are
Still In Vogue.

Beads are certainly the most ancient
Of all forms Of the bedecking Of the
body unless we except the field and
forest blossoms.
Nobody knows who first invented
beads. Perhaps it was some primitive
savage who found nuts or oak balls
in the forest, drilled by the wood worm,
and threaded them together on a stalk
Of grass. Anything and everything
with hole in 1t served at the begin
ming for beads-cowrie shells, fish
teeth, claws of beasts, striped and
spotted seeds and the like. But the
great age Of beads began with the In
vention Of glass, and the Egyptians,
Carthaginians and PhGnicians gener-
ally were skilled craftsmen at bead
making. Their methods were much
the same as may be seen today In
Venice or any other chief seat of the
art
1t would astonish many new wearers
Of beads to learn how immense Is their
production and how wide their dis
tribution. Venice alone has long been
accustomed to send forth every ten
years 100000 Quintals Of beads. worth
$4,000 lire, and in many other spots
a steady manufacture is always pro-
ceeding to supply the Unsuitable de-
mands of Zanzibar The dusky belle
must have her ornaments substantial,
since they will pass through many a
rude proof in cave and kraal. And
your well made venetian bead will
practically last forever, unchanged in
beauty. There must be plenty Of beads
worn at this day In Africa which were
left there by the traders Of King Solo
mon, who tratficked to Ophir, or those
more daring mariners of Tyre and ST.
don who sailed for trade to the land
Of Punt and perhaps even to the Fam
beZi river.-LOndOn Mail.
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METHODS OF SUICIDE.
How Desperate Persona Adopt Pro-
vniling styles of Destruction.

vnilinE styles of Destruction.
"The remarkable methods several sui
cides have adopted in this city recently
call attention TO the fact that methods
of self destruction are largely matters
Of suggestion" said doctor. When
man gets in that condition where he
wants to die, he has little inventive
ability and adopts the method that has
been brought to his mind. You will no
tice that after one person kills himself
with acid there follows long list OF
acid suicides 1t is the same with any
unusual method. One person gets up
an original way, and that inspires the
next one to try his hand until we have
a whole series of such grewsome nov
elites.
81 have proved this theory. Several
years ago | was discussing this feature
Of suicide with several friends, includ-
ing the coroner. They ridlculed my
theory. | offered to prove 1t. 1t hap
pened that shooting and hanging were
popular Just then. l wrote an article
for a newspaper on the horrors OF
strangulatiOn and pistol wounds and
explained the ease with which one
could kill himself with prussic acid.
Death from prussic acid you know. Is
absolutely instantaneous and, many be-
lieve, painless There had not been
suicide with this acid for more than
year. but within a week after the arti-
Gle was published there were four. and
one Of the unfortunates had clippings
Of my article in his pocket.
"Of course | was accused OF killing
these four by suggestion, but was
never arrested and do not feel guilty,
for when once a person has decided to
kill himself the method is slight mat
ter. No person In his right mind Will
commit suicide. We all know In our
sane moments Of easy ways to end life,
but when In the suicidal frame Of mind
nature seems to rob us Of our reason In
this direction as II in desperate hope
of preventing the sacrifice. New York
Mail and Express
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A Prosperous Church.

Sixty.six now members were received
at the Second Presbyterian church,
Pittsburg, Sabbath morning, Jan. -,
81 being on profession of faith. The
Rev. S. Edward Young has been pastor
exactly three years and has received
744 new members, mostly on profession
Of faith. 1t Is believed that no other
Presbyterian church In the world has
had so many accessions during the
same period, and probably a still larger
number have taken a stand In the after
meetings held each Sabbath evening
and Joined elsewhere. The seating ca
paclty Of the edifce has been enlarged
to the utmost lnlt. Men constitute a
majority Of the congregation and OF the
new members. christian Intelllsencer,
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SOLOIER FASHIONS.
Martial styles Which Have Been
Adopted by Men and Women.


Those who keep their eyes about
them must frequently have wondered
why so many Frenchmen affect the Gu
riously pointed beard and mustache
known as the Imperial" 1t Is their
unconscious tribute to that unfortunate
soldier, the late Emperor Napoleon,
who set a fashion which has success
fully survived upward Of 80 years Of
republicanism.
The soldier has always exercised a
great effect upon Partisan fashions.
During the Boulanger crsi. everything
from boots to bonnets bore the name
of the brave general; while, quite re-
Gently, the Dreyfus blouse Of blue and
gold, with military braiding, was Open
ly worn by every fair sympsthizer
with the prisoner of the lie du Diable.
To Italy we owe the celebrated Carl
baldi blouse, which has completely rev.
olutionized the everyday dress Of mod
ern womankind, and the comfortable
sleeveless Garlbaldi vest. To Kossuth,
the great Hungarian patriot, our grand
parents were indebted for the curious
hats and jackets worn by them at the
time Of the Crimean war. This last
war, with It's thrilling charge at Bala-
klava, was destined to give yet another
war fashion to the world. Lord Cardi-
gan, who led that glorious charge, was
an exceedingly delicate man for SOL
der. The terrible cold Of the Russian
winter so pinched him that he procured
warm knitted waistcoat Of Shetland
wool, with sleeves to match, which he
wore under his uniform; hence the
comfortable cardigan jacket, which has
survived to this day.
The success Of Wellington brought
the usual crop Of fashionable memen-
tos, chief among them being the We'll
lington military cloak Of dark blue mel
ton cloth, such as the mounted police
men still wear; the much braided We'll
ington frock coats. beloved Of the mid
century Dundrearys, and the knee high
Wellington boots.
Our highland regiments have been re-
sponsible for more than one change In
the fashions. During the Indian mutt
ny the splendid daring Of Sir Colin
Campbells men so won the hearts OF
the British public that little Britishers
were Immediately arrayed In all the
glory Of kits. Their elders, however,
drew the line at such abbreviated de-
cency and contented themselves by an
nexlng the highlander spats. We still
wear them.
At the present moment there is dis
tinct feeling Of soreness In certain
branches OF the clothing trade anent
the frost in khaki. The boom has not
yet arrived. and beyond few khaki
riding brooches and a few SLOUGH hats
sold to patriotic cOstrrs there has been
literally no business doing The cloth
iers made one fatal mlstake-khaki is
not booming.-London Mall.
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why the teachers In the public
schools OF New York city should be d.
rected to reduce the amount Of time de-
voted to the teaching Of English gram
mar is one OF the things that. on the
surface at least. is beyond comprehen-
sion. II the object is to permit lar
ger attention to the study Of English
by more approved methods than form
al coming Of textbooks on grammar,
then without doubt the course OF wis
dom has been adopted. but II the time
taken from grammar Is to be given to
anything except English II Is a mis-
take, regardless OF what the subjects
are that will take Its place. If there
is any one subject In which American
school children are deficient. II Is the
proper use Of the English language.
How anybody who overhears the aver
age conversation Of crowd OF average
schoolboys can come away with any
thing but the sort Of feeling he would
have after witnessing murder Is In
comprehensive except on the theory
that the man is himself regular per-
petrator Of linguistic crlmes.-Gunton's
Magazine.
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TOLD BY THE GROCER.
His Conversation With Deaf Wom-
an Lost Him Customer.


an Lost Him Customer.
"Ill tell you how lost a good Gus
toner the other day." said the grocery
man. IL have one customer who Is ex-
tremely deaf, and to make her hear |
have to Just yell at her. 1t takes about
half an hour to get her order. and by
that time my voice Is pitched so high
that can't get It down to earth again.
1.-THE other day it happened that aft
er she left In came Mr.. Oldboy, who Is
q perfect crank. Was In the army once
and a great stickler for bowling and
scraping and all that sort Of thing.
Wants a fellow he trades with to sa
lutte and present arms and do all kinds
Of things He came In and said, Good
morning. wish you had heard me
yell at him. My voice made the win
dows rattle. He looked surprised, but
went on talking to me, and kept up
answering him In voice that could be
heard a block away. He got madden
and madden, but | never knew what
was up until finally he got red In the
face and said, Mr.. Black sir. am not
deaf, sir, and | resent your yelling at
me as If couldn't hear cannon fired
In my ear With that out he went.
you see, | had been talking to the
deaf lady and couldn't get my voice
down again. You try II some time and
see II you don't yell at every one you
meet. Funny. too, but | always yell at
blind people and foreigners, and ! al
ways whisper when go In where any
ones sick" indianapolis Sentinel.
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Advice From n Butcher.

"What the newspapers should do Is
to devote less space to describing what
people should wear and more to what
they should eat" remarked the butch
er. "Fashionably dressed women come
In here every day who don't know lamb
from mutton or a hen from a rooster.
No wonder men have dyspepsia! | find
that men know more about the quality
of food stuffs than women do. Many
of the latter don't even know the few
simple tests that might help them to
distinguish an old fowl from young
one, and about meat they're greener
yet. A young woman came In here the
other day and asked for two pounds of
veal outlets. showed her the loin |
proposed to chop the outlets from, and
she remarked, Yes; that's very nice,
but isn't 1t rather thick to fryY"-
Philadelphia Times.
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A RAW YOUNG LAWYER.
His First Case introduced Him TO
Contempt of Court.

Contempt of Court.
Some Of the members Of the bar were
discussing contempt cases because OF
a recent notable event In the state, and
one Of the little coterie related a per-
sonal experience.
IL read law at home and had my ex-
aminations through a little country
lawyer who knew a great deal, but
never had big case and was notorious
for his ability In abusing Justices OF
the peace. 1t may seem preposter-
Gus statement, but | had never heard
or thought of such thing as contempt
Of court when | had my first profess
sional experience In a common pleas
court. No sooner had the opposition
attorney made an objection than the
Judge ruled against me.
II proceeded to inform him that he
was wrong, that he knew he was
wrong and thnt wished be would quit
his pettifOgging. The lawyers In at
tendance were temporarily petrined;
the venerable judge glared at me over
his glasses, finally smiled In forgiv-
ing sort Of way and told me to pro-
coed. Very soon there was another
well taken objection, and again he
ruled against me. This practically took
the props from under my case, and
went at the judge as my Instructor had
been accustomed to go at n justice OF
the peace In a back township.
"'Your honor acclaimed, is po-
litical accident. In the eternal fitness
of things you should be digging coal
or cleaning out underbrush. You have
no more sense Of justice than Zulu
chief of mercy. Thank heaven there Is
q higher judicial tribunal In this state
that But there was halted by
fine of 5000 or 90 days in jail. The
Judge took me to his private room'
where he learned my story and remit
ted the fine. To pay 5000 at that time
would have pauperized me. ! now
have quite reputation for never rub
bling the court the wrong way."-De
troit Free Press.
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Stuart RObson'a Son.

"My boy-he's only 0 years DID,"
said Stuart Robson. the actor, to par
ty Of friends at the Players club. has
given up writing plays and taken to fic-
ton.
"He got discouraged when the mana
gers sent all his plays back. He's writ
ing a novel. which I'm sure will be a
big bit. He showed me the opening
chapter, and it's great. 1t begins: Once
there was poor woman. She was
very poor. She was 80 poor she didn't
even have a checkbook.' He sustains
the same standard Of style throughout
1t ought to be big go."-New York
World.
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HOUSESON MADE" GROUND
The Reason They TEEN With Mala-
rim and Noxtous Gases.

ria and NOxtous Gases
Good gravel has so largely come into
request that many suburban lands
with that valuable substratum are
ouarried to a considerable depth be
fore being sold on building leases. But
1t is essential to restore a level surface,
as even the most speculative builder
would hesitate to run up meat villa
residences" in deep holes. The owner
frequently gets over this difficulty by
allowing urban refuse to be shot Into
the excavations; in many cases he even
exacts a small sum for every load tilted
on his ground. The surface being thus
leveled a year or two are allowed for
the soil to sink and become compact
Occasionally grass is sown to give q
natural appearance to the spot.
All is now in readiness for the build
er, who proceeds to lay the foundation
for his terraces. avenues" and gar
dens," which he subsequently adver-
tiseS as ION gravel soil" SO they are,
but between their ground floors and the
gravel lies a thick stratum Of partially
decomposed rubbish, teaming with
malaria. and not for many years will
the deposits cease to give off noxious
gases.
But the tenant, coming from a diff
ferent locality. knows nothing Of the
making process to which the plot
has been subjected. When. therefore,
i'll health dogs his family. he puts it
down to defective drainage or some
other structural deficiency and spends
money freely on remedial measures
without the least benefit. All this
misery might be prevented If 1t were
legally prohibited to build human habi-
tations on decomposed refuse until the
soil had acquired a wholesome char
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No sane man would like to live his
life over again II Is astonishing how
the ordinary affairs Of He seem to
adapt themselves TO your added years
Ones pleasures are quleter hnt quite
as enjoyable. TO I've In the lives Of
your children. to watch their progress
the development " their minds. Is one
great source Of pleasure Then one has
music. reading. gardening. etc. May |
also add that took the Advice OF an
old friend some years ago who said the
two things most likely to give pleasure
In declining life were 10 learn whist
and to play the vloloncellof-A Man Of
Sixty in Spectator.
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70 MAKE LENSES LIKE EYES
Problem OF the pa npher-stere-
OscOpe Nul Denl.

OscOpe MOI Dcn1.
"a curious popular dcluslOn about
photography" remarked the proprietor
Of big Broadway studio. sis that we
are worrying ourselves to discover a
method Of color work; for-this years
illustrated nature books to the con-
trary notwlthstanding-it hasn't been
discovered yet. Now, very few of us
waste any thought on that at all. When
the process is originated, 1t will come
from some scientific laboratory.
Frankly. we arc all after the 'stereo-
scope effect We want to make the
lenses see double like the eyes, you
know. so that the object photographed
may stand out as 1t does in real vision.
Our constantly having to limit our
selves to seeing black and white may
keep us from thinking overmuch on the
potentalties Of color; but the unified
stereoscope, perspective In photog-
raphy'-well, we can't help feeling that
ought to be within the range of practi-
cal optics. Certainly, there are as
many cranks Fostering us with It's dis
covery as there are perpetual motion
inventors enrolled in the books OF the
patent Office. When it does come,
though, 1t will call for another Colonel
Sellers to reckon up the millions In it,
"And, speaking Of the stereoscope, do
you know that the sale Of that dear old
standby Of the front parlor whatnot
has really never fallen off? There are
still several firms making the ancient
yellow mounted views of Niagara, the
Yellowstone and the battlefield or
Gettysburg. No blasphemous present
day soothing has touched them. More
curious than that, too, a young friend
of mine, who travels for photo supply
house, has just discovered In a little,
back county Ohio town an old fellow
who Is still making the genuine and
original daguerreotype. He Is putting
that gentle old rose tint on the cheeks,
is gliding the ladies' brooches and ear
rings and Is framing his little art works
in their inseparable satin lined leather
cases. New York Post.
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STEER BY THE STAR.

Night on the SEA. and one lone ship
In the midst Of the darkness thereI
A traoklcss waste spread all about,
And the blackncss everywhere.
But cleaning in the sly above
Are SEGA the hca,ous u the Might
Set there to guide that lonely ship
Across the pathicss sea Alright.
The waves roll hi ID and toss the ship,
A plaything On their turbid crest;
The sea lifts up its eager arms
And opens wide It's hcaying breast
But safely still the vessel rides.
For one there is who guides Alright,
Because his eyes are fixed upon
Those faithful bcaGons OF the night.
No vessel sailing Ger liie's sea
But safely may the hsrbor find
II the Great Beacon Of the sky
Be ever kept in sight and mind.
The light at times may shine but dim.
The way seem dark the barber far.
But he cannot get OF the course
Who guides his vessel 10y the Star.
Arthur J. Burdick in los Angeles Herald.
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An Embarrassing Laugh.

During funny turn on Tie stage n
the Walnut Street thpatcr. Cincinnati
one night man in the balcony leaned
over the railing cOnvulscd with laugh
ter. During IN extraordinary burst OF
hilarity his false teeth few from his
mouth and fell In the lap Of lady
who was sitting In the parquet. Those
near looked up and saw the toothless
man waving frantlcally to the lady to
pick up his teeth This caused gen
eral laugh at his expense. The teeth
were returned by an usher Exchange
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Baltimore Weekly Sun
The Best Family Newspaper.

All the news of the world in
attractive form; an agricultural
department second to none in
the country; market reports
which are recognized authority;
short stories, complete in each
number; an interesting woman's
column, and a varied and at
tractive department of house
hold interest.
One Dollar a year Inducements to
Of clubs for THE WEEKLY
SUN. Both the Daily and Weekly
Sun mailed free OF postage in the
United States, Canada and Mckee.
Payments invariably ia advance
Address
A. s ABEL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
Baltimore. Md.
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Got No Autograph.

To an applicant for his autograph
Mark Twain on one occasion sent let
ter the substance of which was as fol
lows:
"To ask a doctor or builder or sculp-
tor for his autograph would be in no
way rude. TO ask one of these for a
specimen Of bis work. however, is
quite another thing. and the request
might be justifably refused. 1t would
never he fair TO ask doctor for one
of his corpses to remember him by"
There was no autograph 10 the letter,
which was typewriter throughout
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Dissolution
OF
Co-Partnership

The late co-partnership existing by
and between the undersigned doing
business at CIR enbackville, in Acco-
mack County, Va, under the firm
name of Ciordy g. Payne. is this day
dissolved by II utual consent, William
J Payne retiring from the finn.
All,claims against the late firm Of
Gordy & Payne will be settled by
Lizzie 3. Gordy and all.clsims due
the late. firm, excepting as to certain
amount otherwise provided for must
be paid to said Lizzie b. Gordy, who
will continue the business il her own
name at the old stand Of Gordy 4
Payne, Greenbackville, Va.
LIZZIE b. Gordy,
William j. Payne.
Gree nbackvile, Va.
Dec. Sth, 1900.
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Unmarried women are called spin
sters. or spinning women. because II
was maxim among our forefatherS
that a young woman should not marry
until she had spun enough linen to fur
nish her house. All unmarried. old or
young. were then called splnsters, n
name still retained In all legal docu
man4o
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-03-02
Two Great Objects.

"They say" remarked the very Gym
ical person. that In this corrupt and
superficial age the great object Is not
to be found out"
THAT shows you have very little ex.
perience with bill collectors" answered
the impecunlous friend. My great OBJ
ject Is rot to be found In. washing
ton Star
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-03-02

A newspaper is an educator; there are all
kinds of educators. but the man who spends
money judiciously and literally is better able
TO impsrt his knowledge than the man who
has little or nothing to spend.
The sun is the highest type OF answs-
paper.
The SUMS Special Correspondents through
out the United States. as well as in Europe.
South Africa, China. and, in fact, all over the
world, make IL an up-to-date newspaper.
The Market Reports and commercial fea-
lures put the farmer, the merchant and the
the broker in close touch with the markets at
Baltimore. Norfolk. Charleston, New York.
Chicago, Philadelphia and other places which
are prominent ccnters.
From now on the news of the world promis-
es TO be more interesting than ever before and
national and political questions will arise,
making probably the mos. eyentful period in
the country's history.
This, together with the corps Of editors and
reporters at Baltimore, Washington and New
York, make the THE SUN invaluable 10 it's
readers.
BY mail. Fifty Cents month; six months,
s.; one year, 50.
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Where the Guilt Lny.

you say the play was entirely with
out a villain?'
"Yes-that is, If you choose to omit
the author. indianapolis Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-03-02

Curlously, the men who are easiest to
get along with are the very men who
have no faculty for getting along.-De
trOit Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-03-02
The Worm Turned.

Mrs. Enpeck- You let people dom
neer over you too much. Henry Yol
should learn to say mo" occa S.o"aliy
Mr.. Enpeck that's right.
wish to goodness .yon had said il OF .
certain occasion.-C hicago News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-03-02

The nut trees alone Of the world
could at pinch feed population
three times as great as the present.
number Of Inhabitants.