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ON JORDAN'G BANKS.
furious Ceremony by Russian III
RrIms In the holy Land.

curious Ceremony ny Russian Pill
grIms In the holy Land.
The traveller in the Holy Land will
witness few sights which will interest
him more than that Of the Russian pill.
grims at the annual Epiphany ceremo-
MES on the banks of the river Jordan.
A week before the festival itself
crowds Of these Slav peasants are
seen trudging along the Jericho road,
with every imaginable kind Of haver-
sack and carryall on their backs. Some
of the pilgrims are old and weather
worn. others young and cheerful, while
a few, overcome by sleep and fatigue.
are lying prone along the roadside.
But somehow the whole lot, young
and DID, manage to reach the banks Of
the river in good time for the ccre-
mony, says the London Traveller.
They spend the night, perhaps. In the
Russian hospce at Jericho like flock
of sheep Before dawn the rooms are
empty. and the whole crowd has gath
cred on the bank. where Greek priests.
who will presently drive most lucra-
tive trade. await them.
The principal articles sold are branch
es OF trees from various sacred spots,
stones from the Mountain of Tempta-
ton hard by. plants from the wilder
ness and rosarics with olive stones for
beads. 70 whatever religious value is
claimed by these articles the Russian
peasants implicitly give credence and
they willingly pay their money to OBJ
tain them.
During the hours Immediately pre-
ceding the ceremony the motley crowd
is occupied In prayer and silent devo-
ton. To many pilgrims this occasion
is one Of the greatest life can bring
namely. to be permitted not only to
visit the Jordan. but actually to battle
in its sacred waters. Suddenly chant
ing is heard. and the crowd quickly
opens TO let procession of purple clad
eccleSiastics pass to the waters, then
the pilgrims close in again and station
themselves along the banks, eager and
watchful
And now. quite revcrently. a jeweled
cross is laid by the patriarch on the
surface Of the stream TO bless it. and
no sooner does the sacred symbol touch
the water than dive is made into 1t by
the enthusiastic crowd. which splashes
and prays and wallows and dips-alto-
gether strange scene.
Such is the baptism, and the longer 1t
lasts the greater the merit the pilgrim
will enjoy. All dripping with water.
each slroud is now wrung out and
slowed away to serve as the cerecloth
when the pilgrimage OF life Is over and
the body is ready for the grave.
AS the traveller rides away the next
day to Jerusalem he will see these
childllke peasants, bedraggled with
mud and fatigued by constant sleep
lessness, podding along toward the
Holy City. chanting and singing as
they 20 and leaning on their sticks of
reed. But there is now smile on their
faces and JOY in their hearts, for have
they not bathed IL the waters OF the
Jordan?
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Birds do not eat firefies, and even
bats, which seem to eat everything
else that they can chew or swallow,
never touch a lightning bug. There
must be something distastefu In this
insect to the feathered world, and thus
the species is preserved, for if it were
not so lightning bugs would soon be-
come extinct, as the torch they carry
would only serve the purpose Of at
tracing their enemies.
1t may be that the uncanny appear
ance of the insect, giving forth, as it
does, brilliant flash Of light every
moment or two, deters birds and bats
from attacking it. but if a lightning
bug were a tOOthsOme mOrsel to
birds bill any number Of the feathered
world would soon overcome their re-
pugnance to the little living torch and
go hunting for lightning bugs.
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INCUBATION IN ENGLAND.
IL Was Indy Harry WortIey Montngu
Who Introduced II.

Who Introduced 1t.
1t was Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
who first introduced incubation for
smallpox in England. While residing
In Belgrade in 1717 she saw the Turks
practice ENGRAVING" as they called
it, to produce a mild form Of smallpox
and stay its rayages. She examined
the process and. being convinced of its
efficacy, applied 1t to her three-year- old
son. On her return to England she
introduced it in London. At that time
it was computed that one person in ev-
cry seven died Of the smallpox. Yet
she was opposed by the entire medical
faculty. by order of government an
experiment was made upon five per-
sons then under sentence Of death, and
1t proved perfectly successful.
But instead of Lady Mary being ac-
knowledged as n public benefactor
she was prosecuted with the most re-
lentless hosti'y. The faculty rose to
a man again, her. Even the clergy
descanted on the awful impiety of seek
Ing to take events out Of the hands Of
Providence. The common people were
urged to boot her as an unnatural moth
er who had risked the lives Of her own
children. However, the Princess Of
Wales, afterward Queen Caroline, stood
her friend, and truth and reason finally
prevailed 1t was about the year 1852
that Lady Montagu was honored by n
monument erected to commemorate
England's gratitude to her for intro
duclng incubation.
DR.. Edward Jenner substituted cow
pox incubation in 1899. He lived to be
rewarded by parliament by grant Of
10000 and later by second grant OF
100000, and in 1853 statue was
erected to him In London. Only Il bare
credit was vouchsafed to Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu. who bore all the per-
secution without any Of the pecuniary
reward she was entitled to and by no
means a fair share Of the glory.
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Sorry He Asked.

The late Lord Dufferin was fond or
relating an amusing experience which
occurred when he was returning to Ire
land from diplomatic mission to be
married. and his engagement to the
beautiful Miss Hamilton had just been
announced He landed one evening on
the platform Of snail country station
near Clandeboye and hired n driver to
take him the four or five miles, but he
was so mu1led up that the driver failed
to recognize him. Presently Lord Dur
ferin asked. ANY news about here"
"No news" grumpily replied the man,
except that the beautiful Miss Hamil-
ton Is going to marry that ugly fellow
Dufferiuw
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The WEnce RnnIIV Lien.

Quite the latest Idea is to have
"face book" Instead Of the now old
fashioned album. in which ones friends
were worried to do something" a well
bound sketchbOok is chosen. In it you
get your friends each to draw head
Of some sort-girl. man, child or ami
NAL. 1t does not matter if they cannot
draw at all. They must do their best,
and the attempts of the nonartistic Of
ten prove the most amusing. They
should. of course, sign their names to
the pictures, although some will prob
ably refuse to do 50. The collection
when finished Is usually most interest
ing, exceedingly comic attempts being
interspersed with the charming sketch
es Of ones artistic friends.
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To Glenn Silver.

Silver in daily use may be cleaned
by immersion in strong boraX and wa
ter for two or three hours. The water
should be boiling when the bOrax and
silver are put in. After it has been
taken out and dried rub 1t with little
plate powder and polish with cham
ois. If silver ornaments are not kept
In a case, they tarnish very quickly.
TO brighten them dip the articles in a
strong solution of ammonia and hot
water Never rub silver with flannel
or cotton cloth. Plate not in general
use should be wrapped carefully in
tissue paper to exclude light and air,
as these are the two factors that cause
silver to tarnsh.
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The first lighthouse built on this con-
tlncnt was at st. Augustine, Fla. Its
chief use was as lookout, whence the
Spanish people of the town could see
vessels approaching from Spain or get
notice of the coming Of foes in time to
run away. The tower attracted the AZ
tention Of Francis Drake as he was
sailing along the coast with his fleet Of
high popped ships on his way home
from pillaging the cities Of the Span
ish main. SO he stopped long enough
20 loot the town and destroy what be
could not take away. l.
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4 Historic Sword.

There is a sword on exhibition at Bel
fast, Ireland. Of more than local inter-
est. It was formerly carried by Will
liam of Orange and was given by him
to the first Earl Of Portland, who after
ward was governor Of Jamaica. The
weapon passed through many hands
and about hundred years ago came
into the possession Of the Balfour fam
fly, where it now is. The hilt OF the
sword is of ivory. carved to represent
the Flemish lion trampling on the dogs
Of France
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THE SOUND OF A PIANO.
Seeming Defects That May BE OFTEN
Due to Exterior Causes.

"a piano." said dealer. "will some
times develop or seem TO develop a
flaw in some one note. which comes TO
have rattle or jingle or unpleasant
burr to it, but this Earring sound which
seems TO come from the piano may In
reality come from some source quite
outside of 1t.
ANY given note when struck pro-
duces certain number Of vibrations 10
the second. There may be In the room
some object that is in tone sympathy
with some particular note, and that
will be set in motion by 1t when that
note Is sounded.
"The owner of fine piano sent to us
one day to say that there was some
thing wrong about a certain note OF
the instrument, so that that note had
an unpleasant sound when struck.
When heard the note sounded, l knew
at once that the disagreeable rough
ness or buzz about it was due not to
any defect in the piano, but to some
thing somewhere about in the room,
and, asking the lady to strike that note
occasionally, walked around the room
to see If could locate it.
Passing across the middle Of the
room as that note was struck, the
cause Of the Earring accompaniment of
it was discovered to come from the vi
bration of one Of the glass globes on
the chandelier overhead.
The owner of the piano was almost
incredulOus as 70 this, the sound had
seemed so plainly to come from the
piano itself. But when at my request
she stood under the chandelier and
struck the note she was readily con-
WINGED.
IL made that globe immovable and
then struck the note on the piano. The
answer was clear and sweet and true.
80, you see, the sound Of the piano
may for one thing depend much upon
its surroundings, and what may seem
to be a defect in a piano may be in re-
atty attributable to something quite
apart from the piano itself.
and thus it might easily be that
some noble instrument that had SEEM
ed to be declining or to be developing
faults owed its apparent change to a
change Of environment or to some spe-
citic outside cause and was in reality
as good as ever. as would happily be
discovered whenever the instrument
was again brought under favorable
conditions. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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A Rainy Day In Japan.

In the houses, the streets and the
gardens, the places Of public resort
everywhere in Japan, is to be found
the all pervadlng element of art and
beauty. a rainy day In Japan is not as
In London u day Of gloom and horror,
but a day Of absolute fascination
What Joy Is the spectacle of all those
lovely yellow paper umbrellas unfurl-
Ing themselves beneath a shower like
flowers before the sun! The japanese
have given the nation not only the
house beautiful, but the street beaut!-
ful.-"Japan; Record In Color" by
Mortimer Menpes.
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TennyEOn'a Hair,

One Of Tennyson's last letters was to
Mr.. William Watson, who had written
in The Spectator some lines on Lord
Tennyson's "Foresters," which ran:
Far be the hour when lesser brows shall
wear
The laurel glorious from that wintry hair.
"If," wrote the laureate to Mr.. Wat
son, "by 'wintry hair you allude to a
tree whose leaves are half gone, you
are right; but If you mean white you
are wrong, for never had gray hair
on my head"
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The Bnnicd Agent.

"Our improved sewing machine" said
the agent as he set the little wonder
clicking. "can be handled by child,
It's so easy to run"
at seams easy" said the wife of the
paragrapher as she watched the MIN
Bile needle.
Then the agent slowly and sadly
loaded the machine back on the wagon
and drove away. - Cleveland Plain
Deo lpr
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A Victim of Draconian Law.

Father (who has caught Patrick steal
ing-I thought you knew better than
to commit a theft You know how the
law Furnishes people for small Offenses?
Patrick - How about you, father,
when you stole mothers heart? You
never got punished for that.
Father got a very severe punish
ment, my son. | got penal servitude
for life, and | am doing it now.-Tit-
Bits,
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The Rev. DR.. John Duncan of Abide.
Tifeshire. Scotland, who died recently.
had served sixty-three years in the
ministry. Speaking Of him, the Glas-
cow correspondent Of the Montreal
Star writes: "Dr. Duncan was the fai-
Their O. the auld kirk-that is. the man
wha had been a minister for the Ian
gest time. 1t is only a FORTNIGHT sin
he was preachln' in Creich, an no lang
syne he was helpin' at curlin' match.
He was in Abide a. his life after his
ordination an was a favourite WI a
body In the parish"
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PRETTY DlSTRUSTFUL.
Case Where Suspicion Might De

A Case Where Suspicion Might De
Carried Too Far.
81 told the postmaster of n town at
the foot Of the Cumberland mountains
that | proposed a two weeks trip
among the sights and scenes Of the big
hills" said Detroiter who roams all
over the country, land asked him If he
couldn't give me writing Of some sort
that would be a safe conduct in case
met with mOonshiners.
eyes; | could write something, but
I'm afeared it would do no good he
replied. They might read the letter
and know l wrote it, but they'd still be
suspicious
Suspicious Of whatY
Suspicious that you was a spy.
They'd be so suspicious that they'd
probably draw you up to limb with a
rope around your neck and let you
hang for mint
"'Then they'd let me down and be-
lleve l was all right, wouldn't theyT
"T'm afcared not. I'm afeared they'd
Still be suspicious OF you.
Suspicious of what?
Suspicious that you was a revenoo
man. Then they'd draw you up again,
and it might be two mlnits befo' they
let you down this time. Two minits is
a purity long time to be kickin' and
chOkin'.'
"'But they would finally let me
DOWN. asked.
"'Yes; reckon So
"'And be convinced that I was no
revenue manY
"'Yes; they might, but that wouldn't
end it. They'd still be suspicious
"'Of whatY
"'That you was a blamed fule fur
bein' up thar at all, and this time
they'd pull you up and leave you hang
in fur the best part Of a week. DE
troit Free Press.
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Nn Hnne For Him.

Fair visltor-What Is this poor man
In prison for?
Jailer-For the murder Of his wife,
ma'am.
Fair Visitor-Oh, what a pity. But
isn't he sweet. though?
Jailer-Yes. ma'am. He's too sweet
to live.-ChicagO News.
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Self Distrust.

"What you lack" said the person
who reads your character, SIS self con-
fidence."
81 can't help it." said the young man.
you see, | was for a number Of years
employed in the work Of preparing
weather predictions" - Washington
Star
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His predIcnment.

81 notice that the landlady only helps
you to the scraps" whispered the new
boarder. "Why don't you leave"
Il can't" responded the meek man.
You see. am the landlady's hus-
band."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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In Days of old.

ut must have been kind Of nice,
though, bein' an old Romans boys"
said little George as he gazed at the
picture Of Caesar and Cicero and Cato.
why" his mother asked.
"They couldn't cut down pas pants
for Willie in them days. "-Chicago Her
aid.
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Shifted the Action to the Word.

81 was to come on the stage stealth
lily and say 'Hist!" explained the
fledgeling actor.
and
"And l said it. and was" he mourn
fully concluded.-Baltimore American.
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Notice tOCreditOrS
Commissioners Office,
Accomack @. r.. Va,
March 31st. 1902.


To the creditors of John
E. Harmon and Mary G. Rev,
deceased, and all others con-
cerned You are hereby
notified that, at the re-
quest of the personal represen.
tatives of the said decedents, l
have appointed the 2Sth day OF
April next, at my said office,
for receiving proof of all debts
and demands against the said de-
cedents or their estates; at which
time and place you are required
to attend and prove your claims.
Given under my hand the day
and year first above written.
Jno. S. Parsons.
Conn. OF Accounts OF Accomack
County Court.
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His Wheel WOMB Rust.

Hewitt got my wheel wet yester-
day.
Jewett-Been soaking your head,
have you?-New York Herald.
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ST" stops for passengers on signal
to conductor aDaily, except Sunday.
r. B. Cooke. j. G.. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager, Supt.
Norfolk, Va. Cape Charles, Va.
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After all, our lives are lived, as it
were, in Il circle. We generally end
where we began.-Ladles' Home Jour
nal
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No matter how much money you may
have, if you are poor in character that
means poverty forever.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
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See the New Goods
in great variety at Adelstcin's new brick
building, North st.,
Onancock. Va.

Gold and gold hllcd watches, SILVER watches
in the latest improved styles and best
makes-cheaDer than ever. Clocks in all
styles and prices. Handsome jewelry In
every design and price-chains. necklaces,
brooches. bracelets, diamond rings, pam
rings. etc. Extra values in Sterling silver
and silverware of beautiful. styles and work
manship. Spectacles and eye glasses for the
old, middle aged and young. Novelties ID
prOfusion, both pretty and cheap.
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NEW 70 Tx, PHILA. & NORFOLK
RAILROAD

Time Table i'd Effect Jan. 81, 1902.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor
folk and Ola Point Comfort.
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This Way
For Bargains

- nave IN SIOUX
General line of Merchandise,
Quaker city cook stoves, some
makes No. 7, low as $1,000.
No. l Fertilizers on hand for
sweet and round potatoes and
corn.
Sweet potato seed wanted.
Lime, bricks, shingles, hair
and plastering laths.
Lumber for dwelling and
other building purposes.
Meal, bran, mill feed and No.
l hay.
100 building lots at this place
from $50 to 5000.
All persons are forewarned
from trespassing in Chopper
Swamp.
II. T. WHITE,
BlOOmtOwn, Va.
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A Islander starts in a whisper and
ends through q megaphone.-New York
Herald.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-20
HANGING AT NOME.

Nome, Alaska, Sept 10, via Seattle
Oct. Fired Hardy, convicted of kill.
ing Con and Rooney Sullivan on Uni
max Island, June Z. 1901. was hanged
at 9;4O o'clock this morning. The exc.
cution took place in au addition built
to the ice house on the lot opposite
the jail, Hardys neck was broken,
and in exactly nine minutes and forty.
eight seconds the pulse ceased to beat
and the physicians present declared
life extinct. He died without assert.
ing his innocence.
The execution was under the super.
vision of Deputy Marshal Estabrook
and the arrangements we're complete.
Father Caraldo administered the last
sacrament. The death warrant was
read to Hardy in his cell by Marshal
Richards, and a few minutes later the
procession started tor tue gallOws.
Hardy showed wonderful cOmposure
Up TO last night he slept well. He ar.
ranged all of his earthly affairs, and
until yesterday was cheerful Almost
until the last moment he seemed to
hope that something would happen to
give him longer lease Of life.
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RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 21.-The No,
voc Vremya continues to proclaim its
dissatisfaction with Russian diploma,
cy in Turkey, which 1t claims should
have barred the door to German rail
road enterprises. In order of impor'
lance to Russia this journal ranks the
Balkans first, then Turkey, then Per
STA and lastly the Far East. The eff
forts of Russia have, however, been
expended in inverse proportion so far
as the last three are concerned. Rus
sla has made no commercial efforts in
Turkey and has no Turkish trade
worth mentioning.
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Wilcox Spends Only
ONE DAY
With Voters OF Maui

The United States will treat them well
send hrstclass doctors, and, above all
good food. Now the United States
will buy the Leper Settlement for ter
million dollars, which will go towards
! enriching the Golfers of this Territory
and you and all will be benefited
thereby. II Is fact that one-third OF
those sent to the leper settlement are
not bona fide lepers, but they are sent
there to kill them off, for the mission
aries want not only me but all OF us
dead. During the mention OF the
leper bill the remarks of Wilcox were
received with indifference and apa
thetic silence by the crowd, which
showed that all OF them were not in
sympathy with his dangerous but mon
ey.making scheme.)
The missionaries still want TO keen
control of the settlement and use the
appropriation, which is about 100000
for their own interests. OF the big
amounts appropriated for the lepers
very little really goes for the support
of the lepers themselves. These mis-
sionaries are good Christians - they
want land, money and votes.
The Prince Is very good man, but
young and inexperienced. He does
not realize the amount OF work at Con.
gress. An experienced man like my.
self Is needed there, a long-legged lob.
byist to interview the heads of the va.
rlous departments which are located
not do that kind of work; | alone am
capable Of that undertaking. So bet,
ter let the Prince stay home. The Re.
publican party only want to fool him
for a purpose, so they put him up as
a bait 10 catch votes, and they'll kick
him when he outlives his usefulness.
Don't vote for him, for 1t win bring
untold miseTies and every kind of pc.
litiCal ills upon us.
If ! go TO Washington again, | amt
afraid TO meet the 100 emissaries sent
there by the missionaries to block me.
The missionaries wanted to kill me be.
fore; they wanted to shoot me; but
God spared me to be Delegate to
Congress. If | so to Congress again,
will do all in my power to GUST Dole
and his clique. | can do 1t.
want the lands to be given away
to you Hawaiians and not to sugar
planters. The Polipoli lands will be
given to you and your heritage when
the lease expires. So stay by the
Home Rulers and vote straight.
have received adyices from our
United States friends that we must
elect two.thirds of the next Legisla.
ture in order to secure the control of
the Government. The missionaries
want cheap labor in order to get rich.
The Senatorial Commissioners who
were here recently would not have II
that way. They wanted first the con-
census of opinion of the Hawaiians in
regard TO II. II the planters want la
Dor they must first refer the matter to
the Hawaiians. If not their cane lands
will be dried up and 1t won't be our
fault. | worked hard TO get your be.
loved Queen compensated for the loss
of the Crown lands. am only sorry
that lots of the best element among