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The creed of life, if we may so term
II. will be definite, searching, severe IN
its penalties and as relentless as they
are in life itself, urgent both on the
restrictions and the possibilities Of life
and never forgetful of those inspira-
tions that always come when the fuIl
meaning and import Of life are re-
yealed. Its sacrifice will be more real
than that of a vicarious oblation, for II
will be of self and on the cross of ODE
dience to truth and duty. There VIII
be no original sin to confuse the mlnd'
but enough Of ones own to be kept
down and turned to moral uses. Its
heaven will not be so clear and golden
as that of old, but it will take on such
color and form as overcoming life may
give it and become as real and present
as life itself. The confusion of today
will not be ended by blowing it away
into thin mist nor by explosions OF critl-
cism, but only by clear vision now
opened by real life in a real world
Rev. I. 7. Munger in Atlantic.
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Jingle Housekeeping.

The negro housewife in the West In
dian Jungle finds housekeeping very
easy. Fruit and vegetables grow wild
all about the hut, and the river abounds
with fish.
On wash day all she has to do is to
Dick a few of the berries of the soap
berry tree, take her clothes to the river
and use the berries as she would use
ordinary soap. Even her cooking pots
grow on the trees, the calabash cut in
halves being used for this purpose.
Calabashes are used also for bowls. ba-
sins and jugs for carrying water from
the river, while the small ones make ex-
cellent cups.
In the afternoon, when she Is ready
for her cup of tea, the negress PICKS
half a dozen leaves from the lime bush
growing at her door, boils them, squeez-
es the juice from sugar cane Tor
sweetening. and the cocoanut supplies
the milk. Thus she has a delicious cup
of tea without depending Oh the grocer
for it.
She makes the mats for her floor out
of the dried leaves of the banana. plalt'
ed and sewed together, as the old coun-
try people in this country make thelr
rag mats.
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ENGINE TRANCE.
A Sort of Temporary Paralysis Ihat
Sometimes Affects Track Men.

THE numerous fatal accidents report
ed in the newspapers to rail layers that
occur every year on the various rail-
road systems throughout the country
are not in every case due, as is gen
orally supposed by the public, to neg
Igence or carelessness on the part OF
the workers themselves, said a New
York physician and surgeon employed
by the New York Central railroad.
"The fact is, the hearing Of these
men in time becomes affected owing
to the constant STOPPING position which
they are obliged to assume IN laying
the rails, putting the bolts in, etc, ana
that renders them often Oblivious to
approaching trains, Notwithstanding
the fact that they work in gangs and
have lookout men near at hand. An
other fact which is accountable III
many instances for fatal accidents 10
rail layers is what is known among
the men themselves as engine trance
This | might describe more clearly as
a temporary sort of paralysis which ar
fects simultaneously both the nina
and body. The stroke lasts only a
few seconds, but those few seconds
mean life or death when ., fast train Is
approaching.
"a rail layer who may be in perfect
physical condition is no. proof against
the powerful fascination as he gazes
along the rails and sees an engine
with its row Of cars coming toward
him at express speed. Although he has
been warned by the lookout and the
shouts Of his fellows of the approach
ing danger, he will pay no heed. but
stand spellbound for an instant. And
that instant's delay is generally fatai
or, if not, it results in the amputadon
Of leg.
There are few rail layers who have
not, they will tell you, experienced TINS
peculiar trance at one time or another
during their careers on the track. Ami
mails are also subject to engine trance
particularly dogs and cats, and that nc
doubt accounts to some extent for thF
large number of them as well as Other
animals that are killed on the railroad
New York Times.
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A Story of Hoffman, n.

Here is a little story of Hoffman,,
the pianist Somebody said to him at
soiree given some weeks back by one
of the secretaries Of the Russian en-
bassy that the selections from Chopin,
Liszt and TschaikOwsky were doubt
less beautiful, but call Creek to him.
Hofmann smiled and, divining the
mans taste for the less serious form OF
art. said, II love all that is beautiful
I'm light music" and thereupon played
from Sullivan, Edward German, OMEN
bach and Strauss, to the evident delight
of an audience who could not grasp
the higher music. These big musicians
are never pedantic. Which OF them
was II that said. Il like all good mu-
sic. from Bach to Offenbach? l forget
now. But l have never forgotten Kos
sini's phrase, "There is only one klnd
ef music-good music" A. T.
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.wnmen Who Dress Like Men.

Tourists in the Austrian Tyrol and the
remoter regions of the Swiss Alps Oh
ten come across strange peculiarities OF
dress. especially among the females In
those out of the way places. In the
little village of Champery which nes-
ties almost under the frOwning Dent
du Midi, the women dress like men ana
NAV often be seen in the fields. Nat
urally they are objects of much inter
est to tourists, but the women do not
seem to be at all uncOmfortably con-
scious of the popularity of their garD'
The peasants of Champery are SIM
pie, kindly folk, and doubtless ma TINS
novel dress more accommodating to the
hard work, they have to do.
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Taxing Desperate Chances.

1t is true that many contract colds
and recover from them without taklng
any precaution or treatment, and a
knowledge of this fact leads others to
take their chances instead OF giving
their colds the needed attention. II
should be borne in mind that every
cold weakens the lungs, lowers the
vitality, makes the system less able to
withstand each succeeding cold and
paves the way for more serious diseas-
es. Can you afford to take such des-
perate chances when Chamberlain
Cough Remedy, famous for its c1fef
of colds, can be had for a trihe? foi
sale by all medicine dealers
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WOMEN RARELY SHUTTER.
Tbev Are Less Self Conscious, SO
They Blush Instead

They Are Less Scit
They Blush Instead.
Have you ever known woman tnat
stammered?
The fact that the proportion OF those
afflicted with stammering or suffering
"a n hundred men to one woman Is one
If the most curious things in the SCI
ence of pathology. Even the specialists
in nervous diseases seem utterly at
loss TO account for it. So eminent an
authority as DR.. George Il. Shrady' the
editor of the Medical Record says 'ha.
IN all his experience he has known VI
only one woman that stammered. ASK
od how he accounted for the immunity
Of the fair sex from this afilictlon' he
replied: .,.
"It certainly is a strange thlhg
Stammering Is an epileptic affection OF
tho organs of speech. and the victim Is
usually q person of high strung eA-
cItable temperament. At the last anal
,,e,e tho cause lies in the mind-that Is,
fine stammerer stammers because ne
foors he will stammer and thus make
himself ridiculous. Now, women are
much more prone than men to nervous
disorders. and this makes their immu-
ri+v from stammering all the more re-
markable. For some mysterious REASON
thair nervousness affects their organs
~ speech only In the rarest OF III
stances"
mere man, in discussing womans
immunity from stammering' was I'M
Gallant enough to suggest that any In
reference with her ability to taiS
would be q cruel and unusual PUNISH
ment within the meaning Of the con-
stitution of the United States, anu
therefore, a punishment never TO DC
inflicted by a beneiicent Providence
The theory also has been advanced
that women are less self conscious than
mon for il Is asserted that self con
seriousness is the basis of the CONFUSION
+, of the stammerer. When the attehtioH
!. of n lifelong sufferer from hating ar
!. ticulation was called to DR.. Shrauy
statement that the staminerer siam
,ners through fear Of stammering III
replied:
"Thot is it exactly. One OF my
earliest recollections is Of being laugh
ed Mt by two of my aunts when go
: badly twisted in trying to make re
mark Ever since then the fear o
:, stammering has haunted me to great
or or less degree. Now, II has been IN.
l. exnerience that women seldom sufe
o from self consciousness to this extent
do not mean to say that all womel
= are totally void of self consciousness
u I have known girls who were vicum
u of the blushing habit, and, as my XII
B dred aflIction enabled me to speak
y them about it, | discovered that the
d FLUSHED for the same reason that
stammered-fear Of doing sO."-Chici
:, go Tribune.
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BATHING AT OSTENO.
fhe Contrast between Belgian IN"
American Beach Customs

How differently from ourselves hc-
roueans do some things is SHOWN ny
the marked contrast between the bath
ing customs and methods at the typlcai
American beach and those at leaulns
seaside resort abroad, such, Tor III
stance. ut Ostend, Belgium. The Amer
loan wav is too familiar to our readers
TO need description. At Ostenu paln-
ing. which is the most striking ihins
about the city, is carried on IN ac-
cordance with continental IDEAS Oh pro-
nriety most shocking to the average
American. Instead Of the Ordinary
dressing rooms, Ostend was the nrst
Mace to use the little individual houses
ON wheels, into which the intending
hather goes to disrobe and don his or
her bathing suit The house Is tnen
wheeled out in the water by morse
driven by a man employed for that
nurpose The steps are let down from
the little house, and the bather enters
the water without having to prone
made over the sand. At the end OF the
bath the bather mounts the steps mo
his little house and, calling the driver
again. has his dressing room hauled up
high and dry on the shore, where nav
ing dressed at his leisure, he leaves
the key with an attendant ana goes Oh
his way. The bathing costumes seen
at Ostend are noted for their scanu-
ness. the striking peculiarly of which,
however. lies in the fact that the suits
worn by the women rarely, If ever
have any skirts attached to them, ev-
erybody-men, women and children
alike-wearing tight fitting suits, the
suits furnished by most of the public
bath houses being identically the same
for both men and women.
The scene on the beach Is one OF
great animation, and when the bathers
engage. as they frequently do In a
game resembling basket ball, playeo
with large inflated rubber ball, the
mingling of varicolored bathing suits
and the darling hither and thither OF
the bathers at play, now on the peach
and again in the water, is sight new
err to be forgotten.-Leslie's Weekly
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Sailors Are Fond of Sweet Things

Sailors are very fond Of sweet things,
and to one who knows little about
them it is surprising to learn the
quantity Of candy they consume In
the ships store are kept buckets Of
this article. which is one of the chief
commodities in exchange for which Il
sailor parts with his pocket money.
On large ships several thousand pounds
of candy are frequently consumed on a
cruise.-Gunton's Magazine.
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Home influence.

It was during the reading lesson In
one Of our public schools that a little
lad read in jerky, expressionless way,
Mamma, see the hawk"
The reading was so very poor that
the teacher said, John, you know you
would not talk that way 10 your moth
err"
"No'm," replied the lad.
"Well, now" said the teacher in a
kindly way, you read it exactly as you
would say it to your mother"
And here is his reply Look, nom,
at that there Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
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Dissolve half an ounce of hard geia-
tin in three ounces two drains OF colo
water until quite soft; then beat until
melted Now add one ounce six drains
of glycerin. This Eill set hard ana
must be melted on the hob or in hot
water for use. The advantage of this
preparation is that there is no EasGlEi-
ness as with gum. nor does it leave q
stain. 1t is excellent for mounting both
photographs and scraps.
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THE STORY OF A KISS.
Lincoln Made a Strong Bid For H.
but Did Not Get IL.

but Did Not Get IT.
The heroine of the following anec-
dote about Lincoln is now an old lady,
but she declares that when she recalls
the way In which she met the advances
If the man who afterward became her
hero 1t still brings the blush OF shame
to her cheek.
"Uhen I was about six years old"
she narrates, Lincoln for short ume
served in the general store of the little
,vestern town near which was my IA
ther's farm. In the window OF TINS
sbop. along with shoes, calicoes, sun
bonnets. toys, candy-all the hetero-
ceneous stock Of q country store-was
displayed a bead pincushion which IL
was the ambition of my life to own.
"Who has not at some time longeo
for the unattainable - the thing just
ont of reach-which for that very rea-
son perhaps seems to him the most
desirable object the world holds Inat
bead pincushion was to me what Great
Britain was to Napoleon; but, TO my
despair, the little ticket pinned TO us
center read 'Twenty-seven cents, JUST
20 cents in excess Of my entire DahK
account.
week after week, when l wen'
with my mother to the store to ex'
change butter and eggs for sugar ano
other commodities which the farm die
not Weld. the coveted prize lay tanta
uzingly before my eyes. As time wen
on the brilliancy of the red rose whlci
adorned its center began to fade, ny
specks appeared here and there, sully
ing the purity of the lilies, but neve
for a moment did my affections waver
Through whatever vicissitudes it migh
pass, they still chung round the wrecl
of that cushion.
"Iincoln's fellow clerk, a fresh CON
plexioned young fellow, who, with III
rcd cheeks and oiled locks, seemed Z
me perfect Adonis and who, II IN
truth we're known, shared my hear
with the bead pincushion, always me
me with the stock pleasantly, Got
kiss for me today, little girlT wher'
upon | would be seized with parol
ysm of shyness and take refuge p'
hind my mothers skirts.
zone evening after the red cheeKe
youth had proffered his request IN val
for about the hundredth time tai
ungainly young man came forward an
as he handed my mother her mail sal'
"'Perhaps, little girl. you will Ki'
me- -,
.T shook nv head most emphatcall,
"'Come, now, if you'll let me nave
T kiss I'll give you anything there Is
? the store he bribed, and, stoopir
l from his great height, he lifted me
the counter, where my face was on
2 level with his.
? "Anything in the store! l glanced
i the desire Of my heart, and my resoi
? ton weakened.
/ 'Would-would you give me IN
0 bead pincushionT l whispered.
y HE smiled and nodded assent
! az looked at my sutton. Oh, but
= was ugly-and grandl But didr
n know that then. No, l shook Il
o head; the price was too high. Then
2 1 glanced at my blooming Adonis, WI
> stood beside him, it occurred to L
s that might strike bargain more
= my taste.
d "'Wen.' drew a long breath al
a took my courage in both hands.
S you'll give that cushion, Pll-Tll ki
IS the pretty one for t!"-New 10
Times
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The Size of Manchuria.

Manchuria corresponds in latitude to
Manitoba. North Dakota, South Dako-
Ia. Minnesota and Nebraska. Its area
Of 362,31O square miles is only 10000
square miles less than the combined
area of these great grain states. 1t is
two and one-half times greater than
California and is as big as Texas, Ala
bama and Louisiana combined. In the
northern part Of the province are thou
sands Of square miles of rich wheat
land entirely untouched. Manchuria
has a possible wheat area as great as
that Of the United States.
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"r' stops for passengers OIL sigma
,r notice to conductor.
sc" Stops only to let of passengers
from Cape Charles and points South,
and take on passengers for poirts
North of Delmar.
So" Stops only to let of passen-
gers from points North OF DelInar.
arc take on passengers fer Cens
CHARLES and poipts apnth:
Trains 81 and % will stop ut al
stations Oh Sundsytor lo' al passen.
gers ,onsignal or notice to conductor.
RIB. Cooke. j. g. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager. Supt.
Norfolk. Va. Cape Charles. Va
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AduIteration of Cocoon.

One can buy Cocoa so called, in
New York cheaper than the Venezue-
lans can buy this, their national oev-
erage in the stores Of Caracas. The
starch and sugar compound added to
these extremely healthful decoctions Is
not always harmless. Noxious rats
and even pipe clay have recently been
dotected in both cocoa and chocolate.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-09

There is a strong man in a certain
village in Hungary. Not long ago pe
WAS building a stable for a farmer
lust as he was about to put the cul-
minating brick in its place be happen
ed 10 fall out with his employer ana
by way of working off his superhuous
energy went up 10 one of the pillars
and shook it, The entire building came
down with a run. This IS the most not
able case Of ut come apart in my
'ands" as servants say. since Samson
London Globe.
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Exclaimed.

"Our air mattresses" said the dealer
"are all filed in the months of April,
May and June. That accounts for their
remarkably resilient qualities"
as the air of those months better
than others"
"They are the spring months you
know."-Life.
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Day. find there is a S2'oOO mort
gage on the property you sold me. You
never said anything about it.
Gay-Certainly l did. Didn't as
tinctly tell you it had all modern i'm
movements New Yorker
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A Shrinking Minister.

Rev. George K. Baker. pastor OF the
Baptist church in Leominster. Mass
who is big and tall. says that he sbrlDks
In height nearly an inch between the
time that he gets up In the morning
and when he retires at night. He says
that he only lays claim to being six feet
and four inches in height in his stock
ing feet. though if he should stretch up
good and long the first thing in the
morning be could make his measure,
ment six feet and five inches. BY night
he settles together so he has lost an
inch.
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The JOYS of Mafrimony.

as your daughter happpy married
Mrs. cashleigh?"
~Oh, my. yes! She and her husbsRd
are both devoted to their clubs aSc
often don't see each other for weeks
at q fime."-Chicago Record Herald.
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Phil.

The doctor was sanguine.
"We're going to pull you through"
quoth he.
"By the legT ENORMOUSLY demanded
the patient. a sordid man, whose soul.
even In that extreme moment, broodod
on the matter Of expense.-Puck.
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ORGANS

irot come in. The Weaver ard Far
yand In oak and walnut / can SAFE
" say have the beat organs on Tue sas
market They have been teFfSn for
over 80 years are still good ana sihg'
ing their own prais5a Ill
Do not purchase any other untii
,o, trv the Weaver. After trlal on
q Weaver You will be convinced Of
it's uperi 'rily. ,.;ooe
JOHN T. ROBINSON,
North st., ONANCONh' a
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LAZY MANS PARADISE.
The Women Are the Hard workers
In the West Indies.


On market day in the West Indies
thousands of peasant women and girls
can be seen walking along the ROADS 10
the town from their palm thatched
huts in the mountains and woods. Ihey
carry on their heads immense loads OF
bananas, oranges, vans, plantains'
brown sugar or tobacco, stepping along
at the rate of four miles an hour with
the gait of princess.
Constant carrying Of heavy LOADS
gives them a splendid carriage. Ihey
will walk forty miles to market to sell
80 cents worth of produce. OFTEN they
could sell the same stuff for better
price at their homes, but they ENJOY
the merry company on the road and the
fun and gossip of the market place too
much to give up their weekly Jaunt
Most people think such tramp hard
work, but they regard it as picnic
Tramping along over rough mountain
tracks. fording swift rivers, tugglng
fractions mules in the way that ihey
should 90. these women never let their
loads fall. They could dance a jig
without dropping them.
Meanwhile the men folk, who nave
not even taken the trouble to SOW or
harvest the crops, much less carry them
to market, are sleeping in the PAIN
matched hut or lying down in the yam
patch outside and smoking the strong
native tobacco.
"On my estate" said coffee planter
to an American friend, Il employ about
600 people in the busy seasons. 1he
women outnumber the men by more
than two to one and do far better work.
though they are only paid IS cents a
day as compared with the mems "a
cents. The difference in wages is most
unfair, but it is regulated by an iron
bound custom. kansas City Star.
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PrnnarlN RenrONed.

Teller cannot cash this check, mad
nm. unless know who you are.
She haughtily)-I wouldn't accept ING
money, anyway, from any one WHO
doesn't know who am.--Exchange'
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HIS Good Behavior.

"Did your valet have a good refer
ence from his last place"
Eyes. The judge gave him two months
off for good behavior there."-5uage.
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The bashi-bazouk shaves his head ex'
cept q tuft at the crown, which is to be
used by the angel to jerk him to para
disc If he should be slain by his In
tended victim.
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Sewing Machines

can save YOU from $40 70 $50 o.
orr standard make # SEWN Ma
ebires | sell all mskes The Wheel
ar e. wilson No. o, bali BEARING, Ths
White, Aew Home, Sloger an na
STANDARD. 0,her makes as low as as
s12 Is with 3 year euatGnfee. sell
chean for cash or on easy payments.
will take your ole machine as part
psymqnt on Lew ones Al! wa nave 10 r
MO stock on hand Just received !
car load. I also handle music lnsfru,
nIpts / have g good selection 81
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Professional.

"Are you blind by nature?" asked
the charitably inclined citizen.
mo, sir" candidly replied the beg
mar. "I'm blind by profession"
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Will make the season OF 1904
in Accomac and Northampton
counties. He Will travel in Ac
comac as far up as Onancock
and vicinity, in Northampton
as far down as Bridgetown and
vicinity. He has proven HIM
self to be tie sire Of fine up
headed, good driving horses
the kind that are always sal&ble,
always in demand. With very
limited opportunities. he is the
eire of Lillian S 2:19f. and the
Admiral 2:17I, also of Lula
2:34l, tilat showed d trial in
2:289, and MystlS 9 that show
ed a mile in 2:27s with only
about so days work, alsn OF
Oceana 1851, 2 year old, winner
of two out Of three races in 2
Yes. old form, sold to j. K;
Hudsoa. Of Norfolk, Va, and
used by him exclusively on the
road since, but has shown his
ability to beat 2:5O naAdllIy.
These five are the only coits
ever handled for speed 0y him,
and all showed the ability to
| beat 2:3O easily. You can make
no mistake in raising a colt by
him. He is bred in extreme
speed producing iineS:=-and mas
shown his ability to transFlt
his family traits in the matter
of speed production:
Parties desiring his services
will have wishes attended to by
notifying us at Dayis's Wharf,
Va.
Terms-S2O.OO to insure.
Garrison q M .ars,
| Davis's Wharf, Va.