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EnIIY of InfdeIity.

During one Of +. l.. Hyde's evangel
ical trips he told a Scranton gathering
that all intidels were fools and that he
would undertake to prove his argu
ment in ten minutes if any professed
infidel wished to give the opportunity
A man in the audience arose and was
politely asked by Hyde to speak if he
wished to speak.
"Nlr. Hyde" was the reply, Il have
been listening to you with interest his
last half hour, but | think your most
recent statement was Il challenge
cannot let pass. l am an infdel, but
I'm not a fool I'm man of educa-
ton and culture. I've Travelled, and
know more than the average person.
believer or unbeliever."
do you really believe" asked Hyde,
that there is nothing in religion
Would you 90 on record as saying so
muchY
Go on recordT querled the man in
surprise. why, I've been writing and
preaching against religion this last
twenty years"
"And you say there's nothing in it?'
absolutely nothing"
"Well, | said I'd prove you a fool
within ten minutes" said Hyde, look
ing at his watch. Il still have seven
minutes left. | will leave it to the
gathering if that man is not fool who
devOtes twenty years to preaching
against something which he claims has
nothing in it."-Philadelphi Times.
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Crack In n Famous Dell.

An ominous crack has just been dis
covered in one Of the most famous
bells in the world, the so called LA
Clemence" in the Cathedral Of St
Peter at Geneva. 1t is the bell which
was sounded at the "Escalade" of the
dark night of st. Thomas day, Dec
81, 1902, when the 5000 Savoyards
made their attack upon the Rome OF
Professionalism" The assailants had
crept close to the Notifications unOb-
served and had planted their ladders,
the Jesuit missiOners eXhorting them
in whispers, "Climb, climb: every
rung of the ladder is a step toward
heavenw when the loud changing Of
La Clemence was heard calling the cit
liens to arms, and Geneva was res
cued The Savoyards were driven
back, and the aged Theodore Beza
called the people into the cathedral,
where they sang the One Hundred and
Twenty-fOurth Psalm. From 1902 to
1901 on every Dec. 81 the now silenced
bell has been rung in memory of the
"Escalade. "-Westminster Gazette.
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Systematic Story Telling.

"There is a science in acquiring a
! fund of anecdotes for lectures and aft
! er dinner speeches which few persons
take the trouble to think about" said
an intimate friend of Chauncey NJ. De
pew, the prince of after dinner speak
ers, to a Philadelphia Times reporter.
"An orator of national reputation does
not dare to repeat his stories and an
ecdOtes too often. He must always
have a large assortment on hand APP
plicable to every occasion. The method
Of Mr.. Depew in surmounting this diff
ficulty is a thorough and original one.
He has a clerk who files away all Of
the best stories which the famous ora
tor has been using for the last quarter
of a century. Mr. Depew himself,
with his Obseryant eyes and worldwide
circle Of acquaintances, is constantly
adding to this fund. Each Of these
stories is classified ana then indeXed
so as to be accessible at any time and
for any occasion. Whenever Mr. De-
pew uses one of these stories the time
and place are noted to save himself the
embarrassment Of repeating the same
story to the same audience"
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The Wild Strawberry.

The wild strawberry is very widely
diffused over the surface of the earth,
being found in the chill regions Of the
north as well as in the sunny climes
of the south. 1t is not tropical plant,
however, and except on mountain sides
is not found south Of latitude 3S de-
grees north. On the European CONT
nent it grows extensively from Lap
land and the Shetland isles to Italy and
Greece. 1t is also found throughout
western Asia, but is unknown in China
and Japan. 1t has grown abundantly
on the bleak hills Of Iceland for cen
turtles. 1t is found in America from
Labrador and British Columbia to the
pine woods of the southern states and
on the high lands of Mexico and the
Andes. The hardy plant, with its tiny
scarlet berry, may be said to girdle the
earth Oh the line of the polar circle and
several hundred miles southwark. cx-
cept that it is not found in the basin Of
the river. Amur. in Siberia.
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Conservation services Of the new por-
ton of Grace Episcopal church. at
Broadway and Tenth street, New York
city, have been announced for NOyem-
Der. The church is one of the most
famous in the country Standing back
in its own beautiful garden. in one of
the busiest parts Of Broadway, it is an
oasis in a desert of steel framed sky
scrapers and brick and mortar ugli-
ness. The church has been in the
hands of wOrkmen for many months.
The improvements consist of two new
buildings facing Fourth avenue and
the deepening of the ch"nccl of the
church proper. 1t was at first intend.
ed to move the chancel wall to the
rear intact by means of rollers, but
this was abandoned. and the wall is
being taken down, each piece marked,
and being relaid in its same relative
position. Strangers entering the church
number many thousands Il month.
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THE FACE OF CHRIST.
Portraits of the Saviour In Pictures
of the Last supper.

Among the earlier frescccs of the
catacombs we find groups Of our Lord
and the apostles. We know for whom
the figures are intended. because they
represent thirteen men seated at ia
bic, one of them in the midst. as at the
Last Supper.
But the curious thing is this Ten of
the thirteen faces are all alike. They
are dummy faces of common Roman
type, differentiated neither by beard
nor arrangement of the hair nor By
the shape of the features nor by eX-
preston. They are not portraits. I'M
less, indeed, ten of the apostles were
cast in the same mold. but the three
central figures are evidently portraits.
The one in the midst is Christ, as we
know his face today. The oac on the
right shows the curly head OF Peter,
the one on the left the Lcardlcss face
Of John. Now, it will be remembered
that these two men, Peter and John,
were evangelists In Rome. had
preached in the catacombs. where this
fresco was painted, and were well
known to the converts there; but, so
far as we can tell. the ten were UNI
known.
1t is obvious, therefore, that these
Christians, accustomed as they were to
portraiture, adopted it as far as was
practicable and resorted to conycn
tiOnal representations only where they
could give their artists no authentic
model or record of the likeness. The
theory, therefore, that the likeness of
Christ is only the residuum of the
work Of incapable artists, the last re-
naming of a series Of dummies dis
tinguishable from the others only be-
cause 1t remained dead while they
came to life, is absolutely untenable.
The head of Michael Angelo is not
creation of his own or Of his age, nor
did it grow through the dark ages. 1t
is a transcript of likeness carefully
handed down from the first or second
century. The great painters of the
modern schools from Titan and Raph-
ael and CorregglO to Bonnat, Won
Uhde and Holman Hunt did not take
up the debasements of the dark ages,
but swept them clean away, going
straight back to the frescOes of the
catacOmbs, the face cloths of the mar
tyrs and the glass paterH Of the COM
muniOn table before 1t became an al
ScOttiSh-American.
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MODERN AIDS TO NOVELISTS
Manner In Which the Popular Writ
ers Collect Their Material.

Just as rapidly as the public de-
mands anything In large quantities ma
ture supplies the mechanism which
will crafty the want. At the present
time there is an Unsuitable market for
historical novels of all sorts and kinds.
When, therefore, the historical novelist
sketches out q plot he would, if left to
himself, require several months Of
hard study in some library in order to
obtain accurate material and local
color. Creative genius does not enjoy
research and investigation.
What he does, therefore, is to make
q plot or scenario of his story and
reQuisitiOn for material. This will in
clude a description Of the towns and
cities and the times wherein the story
is placed, pen pictures and anecdotes
of any historical characters introduced
into the piece and a brief collection Of
the sayings, jokes, poems and popular
songs of the period. lie then goes to
the libraries and interviews several
professional bOOkWOrmS. who have
lately developed this work into a rec
ognized industry. These patient pur
veyors Of information are known in
the libraries as ''the shadows Of the
nOyelists" who employ them. Their
work is pleasant. lat mOnOtonOus
Long practice has made them familiar
with the books, so that they know ex
actly where to turn, which is nine
tenths of the battle.
One Of them, a middle aged but
bright eyed Daughter of the RevOlu-
ton, who has become q specialist in
this field Of work and calls herself "a
searcher for nOvelists," showed me her
order book and chatted with me about
her work Mr.. ", who is running a
serial story in Barker's Monthly, wants
ten jokes about General Israel Put
nam. l sent him fifteen, from which he
will select ten. If l had not done this,
he would have growled and declared
that any schOOlbOy could have got
these from a fifth reader. New York
Post.
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Y A STORY OF CESAR.
The Quality of Mercy nv Exercised
by the Great Roman.


by the Great Roman.
Cesar travelled with the retinue Of q
man Of rank, and on his way to
Rhodes he fell In with an adventure
which may be something more than
legend. When he was crossing the
Egean, his vessel is said to have been
taken by pirates. They carried him
10 Pharmacusa, an island off the Ca
rlan coast, which was then in their pos
| session, and there he was detained for
six weeks with three of his attendants,
while the rest Of his servants were
sent to the nearest Roman station to
raise his ransom.
The pirates treated him with polite
ness He Joined in their sports, played
games with them, looked into their
habits and amused himself with them
as well as he could, frankly telling
them at the same time that they would
be hanged.
The ransom, very large one, about
10000, was brought and paid Caesar
was set upon the mainland, near Mi.
letus, where, without moments
delay, he collected some armed vessels
returned to the island, seized the
whole crew while they were dividing
their plumber, and took them away TO
Pergamus, the seat of government III
the Asiatic province. where they were
convicted and crucificd. Clcmency was
not n Roman characteristic. 1t was
therefore noted with some surprise
that Caesar intcIccdcd TO mitigate the
severity of the punishment. The poor
wretchcs were stranglcd before they
were stretched on their crosses and
were spared the proIongation of their
torture james Anthony Froude.
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A story Of Bishop Potter.

Bishop Potter in the course Of a
southern ramble found himself in a
city where his personal appearance is
much less generally known than it is
in his own New York. Being for the
time off duty, as it were. he did not
think it necessary to appear at the
hotel breakfast table in the regulation
Episcopal garb, and the Afro American
waiter, accustomed to seeing many Of
his military titled patrons wearing
black frock coats and ties, addressed
this newcomer as colonel"
"I'm not colonel" said the bishop.
81 beg pardon. gin'ral, p
I'm not a general either. I'm moth
ting but q plain bishop"
"Da's right, suh-bishop, sub. l jes'
knOwed you was top de heap some
where's, bishop. You take tea, coffee
Ir milk, suhY'-New York Times.
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Professor Collins, Pennsylvania sci
entific agriculturist, some time ago was
recommending to q Berks county farm
er a powerfully fertilizing manure in
which he was interested. After some
discussion the sagaciOus farmer de-
clared that he had no faith in the
manure, as the proposed quantity was
too small to be of any use.
"My dear sir" said the professor,
"such are the wonderful discoveries in
science that l should not be surprised
If in the near future we carry the
manure for acres of land to the field in
the pocket Of our coat"
THAT may be So" replied the farm
er, but in that case I'm inclined to
think you would carry back the crop
In the pocket of your vest"
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VIRGINIA.: In the Circuit
Court for the County of AccO-
mack, in the vacation of the
said Court, the 18th day OF
August, A. D 1902.
Emma Drummond, Plaintiff
against
Charles DrummOnd, Defend
ant
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain a divorce a vinculo matri-
monii.
Affidavit having been made
! before the clerk of the said
court that Charles Drummond,
the defendant in the above en-
titled cause, is a nonresident
of the State of Virginia, on the
motion of the plaintiff, by her
Attorneys, it is ordered that
he, the said nonresident
defendant do appear here
within fifteen days after due
publication of this order and
do what is necessary to protect
his interests; and that this OF
der be published once a week
for four successive weeks in the
peninsula Enterprise, a news
paper published at Accomack
q. H., Virginia, and also posted
at the front door Of the court
house of the said county on the
first day of the next term of the
county court of the said county.
Test: JOHN d. GRANT, G. @.
A Copy
Test: JOHN D. GRANT, c. G.
Wescott & Gunter, p. q.
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Giving the Credit.

mot very long ago." says the New
York Commercial. "the general agent
of the Saturday and Sunday Hospital
association in New York. Frederick
Cook, wrote to one of the wealthy pa
rishioners of All Angels Episcopal
church, up on Eighty-first street and
West End avenue. suggesting that the
parish make a contribution for the as
ISOLATION. The parishioner replied
that be would look after the matter
as soon as he had time, meanwhile in
closing his check for 500 and asking
that 1t be credited to All Angels.
"Mr Cook. acknowledging the receipt
of the check. thanked the donor, and
added, Il prefer, however, to credit
II to one angel
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A correspondent of the Boston Jour-
nal declares that he heard of young
clergyman the other day who startled
his hearers at funeral by beginning
his address thus: "While there has
been something discovered TO relieve
the pain of having teeth extracted,
there has been nothing discovered as
yet to allay the pain of parting with
friends by death. "-Philadelphia Rec
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There was a newly welded pair
whose honeymoon trip took them across
the Atlantic. The bride had been
something Of a yachtswoman and was
not affected by the swell, but her mate
was a bad sailor and took to the rail
late on the first day out. She did what
she could to comfort him, but he was
difficult. She thought a touch of the
romantic might get him out of his
mood, so she tried this:
1.-THE moon is up; isn't it, darling"
EYES," he said languidly-"that is, if
I swallowed t."-Philadelphia Times.
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Steam Saw Mill and Fixtures
FOR SALE

AS intend to go South next win.
ter, | will offer at public auction on
or about October "a, 1909, my entire
plant, consisting of Standard Saw
Mill, go n. P. Boiler, almost new
40 h. p. a jax Engine, l Stave mill,
Planning Irill, Grist mill, and Corn
crusher cut off, 1 Rip Boiling and
Lath saw, Horses, Mule, pairs
Oxen. 2 Horse Carts, 3 TIM Der Carts,
Lumber Wagons, several sets Of
Harness, full set of Blacksmith, Wood
and Mill Tools.
FA RIM also for sale near New
Church.
Will sell TO private pal ties at once.
G. F. ELLIOTT, NEW CHURCH, VA
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ST" stops for passengers on sigma
to conductor 2Daily, except Sunday
r. B. Cooke. j. g. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager, Supt
Norfolk, Va. Cape Charles, Va.
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Cable, Conover, Kingsbury
and Wellington Pianos.
Chicago Cottage Organs.
The Largest Manufacturers
Of Pianos and Organs
in the World.
Save You From $500 to $4,000

of
Land e in selling
tfrm
city us al &c
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Freight Prepaid.
Sent on Trial.

We lsenda of theabo
fripht andwnld
fully warranted and backed capital
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This Way
For Bargains
have in stock

II have in stock
General line of Merchandise,
Quaker city cook stoves, some
makes No. 7, low as $1,000.
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.
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Snd fgenectiOn.

1t happens quite frequently that tx
self made man has son who is simply
tailor made Puck.
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So long as one loves one fOrgives. -
La Rochefoucauld.
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WELL-KNOWN MAKES.


aand
College, College Park Ga
Pinoexc usivly
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Odd Wedding Customs.

In Switzerland the bride on her wed
ding Gay will permit no one. not even
her parents. to kiss her upon the lips
In many of the provinces the cook
pourS hot water over the threshold aft
er the bridal couple have gone in order
TO keep it warm for another bride 4
favOrite wedding Gay in Scotland is
Dec. 81, SO that the young couple can
leave their old life with the old year
and begin their married life with the
new one, surely pretty idea. The
italians permit no wedding gifts that
are sharp or pointed. from which prac
tice emanates our superstition that the
gift Of knife sewers friendship. One
of the most beautiful of all marriage
customs is that of the bride immedi-
ately after the ceremony flinging her
bouquet among her maiden friends
She who catches it is supposed to be
the next bride
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Notice to Contractors.

Bids will be received by the uu
dersigned committee until the Ist
day of September, 1901, for the
erection and completion of a church
building to be located on Maple
Avenue In New Martinsville, w.
Va, according to plans of A. H.
Ellwood & Sons, architects. Con-
tractors will figure on brick and on
frame construction. Plans and
specifications can be seen by call
ing on Rev c E. Shaw at the Epis-
copal rectory The committee re-
serves the right to reject all bids.
S R MARTIN,
J. ". NEWMAN,
S BRUCE HALL.
3 Id II Committee.
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John Westhafer. of Loogootee,
Ind, Is poor man, but he say he
would not be without Chamberlain
Pain Balm ii 1t cost FIVE dollars a
bottle for 1t saved him from being a
cripple. No external application
Is equal to this liniment for stiff
and swollen joints, contracted mus
Giles, stiff neck, sprains and rheu-
matte and musculars pains. It has
also cured numerous cases of par
tial paralysis. 1t Is for sale by c.
w. GrIer.
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A Communication.

Mr.. Editor-Allow me to speak
a few words In favor of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. I suffered
for three years with the bronchitis
and could not sleep at nights. I
tried several doctors and various
patent medicines, but could get
nothing TO give me any relief until
my wife got bottle of this vaIua-
bic medicine, which has completely
relieved me w. S. Brockman,
Bagnell, Mo This remedy Is for
sale by G. w. Grier.
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Couldn't lie Guilty of That.

'Nerer." said the l,erSon of good ad
vice to the Gelicately Curtured Boston
youth. never say Il can't
Indeed. sir" responded the intei.
.ectual lad. Il trust that my diction is
tot so open to criticism. If you will
but be attentive TO my conversation.
you will observe taat ray 'cawn't' =
Baltimore American.
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EIks, Take Notice.

Our Brother C. M. Clark, died at
Marietta at 10 o'clock this morning
and a special meeting of Sisters
Vile Lodge. No 333. B P. O.Elks,
will be held at $3.50 O'Clock this
{ ruesday) evening to take appro-
pirate action. Bv order Of
JAMES HENAGHAN.
Attest: Exalted Ruler.
LYNN Kirkland,
Secretary at
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Everything In the way of tablets
from one cent up at McCoy's Book
Store. 256t
Actual Merit is What Tells.

R. B. Bird, of Winfield, Kan,
writes: "D-Belps Kidney Pills are
sellers. I sell tour dozen of them
TO one dozen of all other kidney
pills / handle put together They
give wonderful satisfaction 10 all
my customers. Sold and warrant.
ed by D A Henderson,.
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The MARKETS.

Pittsburg, Sept. l.
CORN-No. 2 yellow shelled 690
GO 1-2c; high mixed, 63@69c; No. ;
mixed, 67@62c; 70. 2 yellow ear, /;
976c; high mixed, 74@75c; Nc.
mixed, 73@74c.
OATS-No 2 white, old, 6O@65c;
new, white, 3S@38 1-2c; extra No. 3
55@36 1-2c No. 3, 34@35c.
HAY-No. /, new, $145O@15.00;
No. 2, new, $13.OO@14OO; No. 2, old
$14.00@14.50; No. l mixed. $11OOQ
1880; No. 1 clover $11O0@12.00
prairie, s9000100O; packing. $95Od
so; loose from wagon, $16.50@17.5O
BUTTER-Elgin prints, 221a @23c;
tubs, 211a@22c; Ohio and Pennsylva
nia, 20@21c; dairy butter 16017c;
fancy rolls, pounds, 15@16c, cooking
butter, 13@14c
CHEESE-Full cream, Ohio, new
i0A Ole; New York state, FIJI
cream, 11@11Rc; Wisconsin Swiss
new, 20-lb blocks, 14@14hc; brick
I3R@14c; limburger, 1OK@11c.
EGGS-Fresh, 19@19hc; selects
zO@2O1ac.
POULTRY-Chickens. live, hens
12@13c; broilers. 1S014c; roosters
%@9c; dressed, 15@16c; turkeys, live
l4616c; dressed, 1S@2Cc; ducks. l:
T14c; dressed, 1S@20c; geese
dressed, 10@12c.
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Wrinkles!

AS we grow older the oil In the
system diminishes and does not fur.
nish the skin with the required
amount of nourishment and where
ever the surface Is exposed 10 the
air. as the face, neck and hands,
the wrinkles appear first and If not
nourished or fed they will increase
rapidly. Bunsen's Catarrh Cure
will replace the Gil, renew the de-
cayed tissues and make the face,
neck and hands look fresh and
useful. Price so cents. FIR sale
by. d. A. Henderson,
Fou am FIVE cent tablets st Nc
Coy's Book Store for 3 cents. az ct
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Present

Given with each purchaser of
school books A bottle OF ink, a
hands ONE tablet or a well-filed
penclled box or something equally
as nice according to the amount Of
your purchase at McCoy's Book
Store. I.3t
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PittSburg. Sept. l

PlttSburg, Sept. i.
CATTLE = Choice, S7400760;
prime, $7.O0Q725; good, $64O06.8O;
tidy butchers, $5.O005.50; common tc
far, $4.00@450; heifers. $325@5.50;
bulls AID stays, S3OO05.0O; best fresh
COWS, s4O.OO06O.O0; common to fair
$30.00@35.00
HOGS-Prime heavies. $7.700775;
mediums. $7.5OG7.55; heavy Workers
S7.45@750; light Workers. s7.350740;
nigs, s7.OO@72O; roughs, $6.O007OO.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Best weth
crs, s3.7O03.S5; good. s3.2503.50;
mixed, s250@3.10; culled and com
mon. $1.50Q2.00; choice lambs. $5.35
05.5G: common to good $3.0065.O0;
veal calves. s7.25G775; heavy and
thiL, s4.00G5.O0.