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cardon,a Visit to Jupiter.

In speaking Of Nictorlen Saruou
decoration with the grand cross OF the
Legion Of Honor, the Berliner rage
blatt says that the 9ramatists biogra'
pher failed to make mention OF the
fact that "Sardou is a spiritualist ana
q first class medium" The writer
SAYS further: "Once when the gifted
writer Of 'Sans-Gene' fell into the con-
dition which gave him a view beyond
the earth he saw and wrote an ac-
count of life on the planet Jupiter ana
made drawings to illustrate what ne
had written. The astronomer Ram
marion youched for this work, which
described in detail the homes In Ju-
piter Of Mozart, Zarathustra, Bernard
Palsy and others. The houses were
built lightly and showed In their style
and in the material used the calling
of the inhabitant. Thus the house or
the composer of The Magic Flute con-
sisted Of sheet music, musical instru-
ments, etc. Flying men and women
and intelligent animals were also seen
by the decorated dramatist when as
medium he visited Jupiter"
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The Vienna Brand of Baseball.

An article under the head "BaseDal
In Vienna" in newspaper of that city
will be read with much interest by
nersons in this country who know
something about the national game.
"The game has become so popular
saws the writer, that it will soon be
n rival of lawn tennis. Mothers VINO
object to their daughters taking part
in the violent exercise which tennis
demands will have no objection to the
new game on that account Baseball
was originally, like cricket, a man
game but in the eighties an English
man named Hill changed it so that wo-
men might play. Then 1t became pop
Mar in America, where amusements
are always arranged so that women
NAV take part in them. Since then
baseball has become almost the ma
tional game there" The writer then
gives a long description as to how the
game has been improved in VIENNA
"where it is played both in the open
and indoors" According to the de-
scription. the game does not bear the
slightest resemblance to American
baseball.
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A WING Shot.

There had been many speakers, the
hour waxed late, people were tired
and the diners were one by one quietly
pushing back their chairs and leaving
the hall when Mr.. Elder was called
upon to respond to a toast. He rose
and, looking around the large hall, re-
marked that the present circumstances
reminded him Of the story told OF a
Methodist minister The reverend gen.
tleman was officiating In strange par
ish. and when he rose to deliver his
sermon the congregation began steal
ing out one by one. Stopping In his
delivery Of his text, he remarked quiet
~:
"Well, / have all my life been q
travelling clergyman, but never before
have preached to travelling congre
gatiOnw
Mr.. Elders palpable chit brought
down the house, and the migration
ceased until the close of his brilliant
remarks.-Boston Herald.
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THE ARKANSAS HOG.
Il Can outrun a Greyhound and Whip
Wolf or a Bear.

liz Can OuxTun 0l"JhSS~
Wolf or Bear.
An esteemed contemporary gave
space to the following communication
from a subscriber on THE American
Hog"
Arkansas has greater variety OK
hogs and less pork and lard than any
state In the Union. An average hog IN
Arkansas weighs about fourteen
nounds dressed with Its head on ana
about six pounds and a half win us
head off. 1t can outrun a greyhound,
hmm a rail fence, climb like parrot
and live on grass roots and rabbit
tracks. 1t hasn't much tall or brisue,
but plenty Of gall. 1t will lick Won
or n bear in fair fight 1t Is called
razorback because it Is shaped Ike a
sunfish. In hunting razoroacK IL
is always shot at sideways, for there
is not a ghost of show to hit IL
otherwise, any more than to shoot al
q split Single. 1t can drink milk out
of a Quart jar on account OF It's long
thin head. This type Of razorback Is
known as the stone hog because lts
head Is so heavy and Its nose so long
that 1t balances up hehind. The owner
Of this type Of hogs usually ties stone
to its tail to keep it from overbalanc'
ing and breaking Its neck while run.
ming. If the stone Is too heavy, II VIII
pull the skin over Its eyes, and 1t will
90 blind"
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BURNING IN EFFlGY.
A Custom Born of the Superstition
of the Anctents.

A Custom Born of the Superstition
of the Ancients.
The burning Of people In eihgy has
come from a foolish superstition OF the
anclents. who believed that by burn
ing a likeness OF person they were
INJECTING pain upon the individual him.
self. Theocritus tells us that the Greek
sorcerers killed their enemies by magic
rites performed over the efiigy OF the
person who had offended them, and
Virgil also makes mention OF this.
In the days OF witchcraft and perse-
cutIon one Of the most common charges
against witches was that they maze
waxen images Of their enemies which
they melted before fire and thus
caused the dissolution Of the originals.
The Japanese still regard the efhgy
as a means OF punishment OF faithiess
lovers and IN France to the time OF
the first revolution execution by ethgy
was a legal rite. In the Netherlands
the same Illogical custom prevailed,
and the different religions burned the
effigIes of each others leaders with
zeal. In England the burning of eff
fgies was also practiced, as 1t was
later In America.
No doubt from the ancient custom OF
burning the efflgy arose the Idea OF
placing the wax figures Of eminent men
In Westminster abbey. In olden times
upon the death Of celebrity waxen
figure representing him fully dressed
as in life was made and carried In the
rear of the funeral procession. After
the service the effigy was set up In ths
church as a temporary monument, ano
during the time 1t was on exhibition II
was customary to paste or pin pieces
Of paper containing complimentary
epltaphs upon It, The royal figures IL
Westminster abbey date back to the
| fourteenth century.-New York Trib
uuo
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MURDER AS A TRADE.
Head Hunting Once Regular Ca'''"s
In Patagonia.

off seems strange to live In country
where you see only white men auu
where a man can go around III sale'!
after living down in Patagonia FOR al
most lifetime. where bounty OF 30
was maid by the authorities Tor every
baod brought in by the head hunters
said ]. ]. Medlin, now OF Laramie
Uvo. but formerly Of Patagonia.
..The head hunters up to six years
ago went out at regular Intervals 10
hunt the TERRA del Fuegans, and when
ahev returned with the heads the Doun-
ty was paid out without any questlon'
"This tribe Of people are lower than
the dogs and had TO be exterInina'eu
for the safety Of the more clViii~eu
neople The bounty was taken OH ABOUT
civ vears ago. and now there are no
head hunters. Some or the lotulei
hunters still continue their slaughter,
hut n is frowned on by the decent peo-
pie
"The ordinary tribes Of natives are
Gentle and as honest as the general run
of people in South America.
"Some day there will be big rush
10 TERRA del Fuego. or the Land OF
Fire. as the country near the strait OF
MAGELLAN is called. There Is plenty OF
placer gold there and plenty OF quartz
Several parties have gone through the
interior, but have kept their finds Sc
cret.
patagonia belongs partly to Chiie
and partly to Argentina. The land Is
cheap and is about one-hundredth RS
good for grazing purposes as wyoming
land is. There is no title given 10 the
property. and sQuatter sovereigh'y
holds good until some man comes along
and gives the chief official of the sec
ton a bride, when the squatter Is uiS'
possessed.
"The natives are not cannibals, as
has been reported, and probably never
were. They take only one wife, ana al
the husbands death all the property
goes to the wife. A man wanting
wife purchases her for so many horses
and so much property. No marriage
ceremony is performed, but the pur
chase Is more binding than the lega
ceremony in this country.
"The punishment for injuring maj
Is much more severe than for outrigh
murder. If a man is convicted o
murder he is likely to escape with
wear of penal servitude, but If IN
brawl he cuts and Injuries man IN
chances are that he will hang for IN
crime.
"There is little crime, however. In
people are peaceable and follow num-
ing and sheep raising to large 81
tent. l always found the native tribe
friendly and hospitable and never ma
any trouble during the time lived
the land."-Denver Post.
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TROPICAL TITBITS.
Some of the Native Dishes That Are
Served In jamaica.


In Jamaica. as everywhere else,
there are two ways to do things. There
is the beaten track Of the tourist TO
follow, with its hotels Of varying ex.
cellence conventional drives and all
that sort of thing. To know the islano
ond the allurements of its ingratiating
tropical beauty, however, to appreciate
fine double interest of British resident
customs. together with the quaint oddl-
ties of the negro native life next 10
tho Garth" one must travel dinerent
course. Courtesy to visitors to the Is
land is everywhere manifest. Ihere
are native dishes that no hotel on the
island can make to taste so gooo'
There / learned the indescribaple oe-
liciousness Of a properly deviled ia
maica black crab. There were served
curries that would make habltue OF
Delmonico's sit up and take notice
turtle, real turtle, prepared with d uei-
icacv TO delight an epicure, and native
oysters that Jamaicans faceuousiy say
"orow ON trees" Tropical fruits In all
their fragrance and juicy prime gave
an intimation Of the productive posi-
bilities of the island. The green tinted
Jamaica orange, thin Of skin and ricniy
Juicy. grape fruit Of superior quaiity'
the avocado pear, oily in composition
and nutty In flavor; pineapples-in ia
maica they cut them In half horizontai-
" and eat them with a spoon-man-
goes. akee, breadfrult, ochra, choco'
vans, and more yams, were there 70
tempt the inexperienced palate.-IraN'
ell Magazine.
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A SEAT OF MANY ILLS.
Eve Strain 10 Responsible For q Num-
Der Of Ailments.


When the specialist to whom they
had taken their sixteen-year-old daugn'
ter on account of what seemed to be q
case of incipient melancholia diagnosed
the case as one of eye strain and or
dered prompt treatment from an ocu'
list, the parents Of q young New YORK
girl were astonished. Eye strain seem
ed as remote from melancholia az
would corns on the feet. Their aston
ishment was proportlonately Increased
when after a few treatments and &C.
curing glasses the child showed no
ticeable Improvement.
Latter day medical science traces TO
eye strain many Ills which seem so re-
mote from the eyes that formerly ply
sicians never thought Of establishing q
connection between them. Sick head
ache, nervousness, melancholia, insom'
mia, are but few which have OF late
been laid to the door of weak eyes, the
proper treatment having been neg
lected.
Nervous diseases Of the nature Of st
Vitus' dance are now thought to origi
nate frequently in eye trouble. The
weak eyes blink necessarily, and thif
leads to a general contortion Of the
facial muscles, which grows on the
subject through constant repetition
| Exchange.
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Persian Rugs.

ANTIQUE Persian rugs" said the rug
salesman. "are dyed with vegetable
dyes; the new ones are dyed with ami
line dyes There's a great difference
Vegetable dyes are fifty or sixty times
more expensive than anillnes, and they
give a color that is literally imperish-
able. q color that keeps growing richer
and richer till the rug falls to pieces.
Anllines. made out Of coal tar. look
we'll enough at first, but they fade.
When a vegetable red or blue would be
at It's best an anilne red or blue would
be nearly white. We civilized people
harmed the Chinese by introducing our
cheap opium among them, and now we
have equally harmed the Persian rug
by introducing our cheap anilines
among the rug weavers."
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BEECHER'S ONLY POEM.
The Verses Were Always Kept Sacred
by Mrs. Beecher.

The Verses Were Always Kept Sacred
by Mrs. Beecher.
II was related by Mrs. Henry ward
Beecher that during their courtship Mr..
Beecher once dropped Into poetry
and wrote a few lines Of verse teeming
with affection for his sweetheart. But
the verses were always kept sacred by
Mrs Beecher. and nothing could win
them from her One day Mr.. and Mrs.
Beecher were In the office or Robert
Bonner, the publisher.
''Why don't you write poem, Beech
err" said Mr.. Bonner
"He did once" said Mrs. Beecher
"RecIte It for me, won't you, Mrs.
BeecherT'
But the eyes of the great preacher
were riveted on his wife, and she knew
that he meant silence.
Come" said Mr.. Bonner, "Ill give
YOU $4,000 II you will reclte that poem
to me-" addressing Mrs. Beecher.
"Why, It ram quickly said Mrs
Beecher.
"Eunlcel" simply said Mr.. Beecher.
And, although Robert Bonner after,
ward offered to double the sum first
offered, he never got the poem from
Mrs. Beecher It had been hidden
away by Mrs. Beecher and cherished
as one of the dearest treasures her
husband left her.
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Switzerland a Modern Babel.

Switzerland. with It's mixture OF
races and tongues, Is a sort Of modern
Babel, a fact which causes much trou-
BILE In particular to the military au-
thorlties. At Wallenstadt the other
day at the recruiting station there was
a guard composed Of Eve men. The
chief was lieutenant who spoke Ger
man only, the second a sergeant who
spoke Italian only. the third cor
poral who could speak French and
Spanish, the fourth a private who could
speak French and German, and the
hfth a private who could speak French
and italian. When the lieutenant had
to transmit an order to the sergeant
he had to get the last named man
to interpret for him. When he want
ed to communicate with the corporal
he had to requisition the fourth man,
and so on, great delay and confusion
being thus Observation-Disclosures News.
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Tho Hvdrophobia Menace.

Since hydropboba Is transmitted by
incubation and Its virus resides in the
saliva OF It's victim, the only absolute
safeguard Is to keep dogs muzzled
when at large. A muzzle Is nuisance
no doubt and In the immense ma
iorlty of cases needless, for almost
invariably the mischief maker Is the
stray cur, belonging to no one In par
tIcular and coming from nobody knows
where. But 1t seems impracticable tc
frame an effective regulation for the
protection Of the public from such IT
responsible and dangerous creatures
without making it applicable to al
dogs.-New York Tribune.
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Undertaking.

GENTLEMEN who have oeeh o'ei
u the county tell me that, as an
Undertaker, l am as wen VI u; pet me
S 4 I'D ont than any other person 10 t onT
county conn My hearse and funeral run raj car "a,
v will compare favOrably with any oH
Tue carry carry a full line of Coflins ana "a "a
kets ran ranging in price as follows , uO,,
ens from $500 to $500; CasKe's HUN
''2 In nv NV Office have both the Az &C.
mac and Northampton. ana tne III Ia
m,aU d State phones. All persons Wlsn,
inc 70 communicate with me oy Rn,on NC
n lmg .e the purchase OF c"ill ln oT
c ooSEets can do SC at my eXpenshs;t ha
ohove mentioned companies lot sa'o
ERmbalming especially guaranteed
J. S. BUNTING,
Temperanceville, Va.
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DELIBERATE SUICIDE.
Whv Il Should Excite More Horror
Than Any Other Murder.

Than Any Other Murder.
As to its moral aspects, suicide 10
manlfestly forbidden by the divine
law. One of the commandments OF the
Decalogue declares, Thou shalt nos
kill" To make the law as compre-
henslve as possible 1t is not said,
"Thou shalt not kill thy neighbor,"
which qualifying phrase Is employed
in some of the other commandments
as for instance, "Thou shalt not bear
false witness against they neighbour
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors
house" The prohibition to kill is there
fore absolute. 1t forbids the taking OF
human life. whether by suicide or
homicide.
There Is another commandment
which says, "Thou shalt love tiny
neIchbor as myself" Now, the love
which we owe to our neighbor forbids
us to STAY him, and therefore the love
which we owe to ourselves forbids us
IN compass our own death. If the law
allowed us to kill ourselves, while Tor
bidding us to kill our neighbor, oui
love for our nelghbor would not be
equal, but superior, to our love for our
selves.
Nav. hold that suicide Is q more re
voting sin than the killing OF another
The closer the ties of relationship De
tween the murderer and his Victim the
more atrocious is the crime. In th'
estimation Of mankind, a particle, OF
matriclde, or fratrlcide, or uxoriclde' II
a more shocking criminal than an ordi
nary homicide. And as a man ma
more intimate relations to hlmsel
than to a parent or brother or wife, hli
deliberate self destruction should ex
cite more horror than the murder OF
parent, brother or wlfe.-Cardinai Gid
bons In Century.
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Limit of Economy.

"T don't mind a young man econo-
MIXING when he Is out with me-" sighed
the girl. "but it seems to me that when
he takes you In a penny in the slot ma
chine parlor, drops penny In slot
and hands you one Of the ear things
while he takes the other the limit has
lust about been reached. OF course you
can hear the opera almost as well with
one ear, but how does 1t look|-New
York Press.
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We talk glibly about Pekoe, Bohea,
etc, but few people have any idea Of
what these names signify. "Pekoe"
In the dialect of Canton means white
hair" for the tea which bears thin
name is made from the youngest
leaves, so young that the white down
Is still on them. "Soochong" In the
same dialect is a quite unpoetic name
It merely signifies small kind"
"Flourishing spring" is the meaning
Of "Hyson." "Kongo" signifies ia
Dor" Much trouble and toll are ex'
pended in It's preparation at Annoy, and
these are commemorated In It's name
"Bohea" is called after range OF hills
Portland (Ore) Journal.
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In cllancery.


The object of this suits for the pur-
pose of partitioning, amongst the par
ties entitled thereto, that certain tract
or parcel of land containing lO4 acres,
more or less, known as the Harry
White Land" situated near Parksley,
Accomack county, Virginia.
Affidavit having been made before
the clerk Of the said court, that John
r. Human and Grace L., his wife, two
of the defendants in the above enti-
tied cause, are non-residents OF the
State of Virginia, on the motion of the
plaintiffs, by their attorneys, it is or
dered that they, the said nonresident
defendants, do appear here within
fifteen days after due puUlica ion OF
this order and do what is necessary to
protect their interests; aud that this
order be published once a week for
four successive weeks in the "Penin-
sula Enterprise" a newspaper pub
lished at AccOmack G. H., Virginia,
and also posted at the front door of
the courthouse of the said county on
the first Monday in February. A. d.,
1907.
John D. Grant, &. G.
A Copy-Tes e;
John d. Grant, G. G.
Rev & Rev, p. q.
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Notice to Creditors
Commissioners Office,
Accomack G. H., Va,
February II, 1907 }

To the creditors of Solomon Byrd
deceased, and all others concern
ed: You are hereby notified that
at the request of the personal repre-
sentative of the said decedent l
have appointed the 9th day of March
next, at my said Office, for re-
ceiving proof of all debts and de-
mands against the said decedent or
his estate; at which time and place
you are required to attend and prove
your claims. =,
Given under my hand the day and
wear first above written
SAM'L. T. ROSS,
Commissioner of Accounts.
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THE REAL CHINESE CONC.
II Makes an Uproar rs Awful m II II
Astonishing.


By the way, did you ever hear real
Chinese gong? l don't mean a hotel
gong. but one OF those great moon
disks Of yellow metal which have so
terrible n power Of utterance.
A gentleman In Bangor, north Wales.
who had a private museum OF south
Pacific and Chinese curiosities, exhibit
ed one to me. 1t was hanging amid
FIJI spears beautifully barbed with
sharks teeth, which, together with
grotesque New Zealand clubs OF green
stone and Sandwich Island paddles
wrought with the baroque vlsages OF
the shark god, were depending from
the walls; also there were Indian ele-
plants In ivory, carrying balls In their
caryen bellies, each ball containing
many other balls inside 1t.
The gong glimmered pale and huge
and yellow, like the moon rising over a
southern swamp. My friend tapped
its ancient face with a muffied drum
stick. and 1t commenced to sob like
waves upon low beach. lie tapped IL
again. and 1t moaned like the wind In
q mighty forest of pines. Again, and II
commenced to roar and with each tap
the roar grew deeper and deeper till II
seemed like thunder rolling over an
abyss In the Cordllleras or the crash
ing of Thor's chariot wheels.
1t was awful and astonishing as aw
full. I assure you l did not laugh at II
at all. 1t impressed me as something
terrible and mysterious. vainly
sought to understand how that thlr
d,sk Of trembling metal could pro
duce so frightful a vibration. lie In
formed me that 1t was very expensive
being chiefly made of the most precious
metals, silver and .gold.-From Liz
and Letters Of Lafcadlo Hearn.'
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ANCIENT FINANCE.
Trading In the Days Before Money
Was In Circulation.

Assvria. with her immense hosts ant
her spacious and magnificent cities
had no money; Egypt-opulent, popu
lous and abundant Egypt-had no mon
ey: ancient Persia, before the age Of
the first Darius, had no money; the
early Hebrews, and even during thu
most prosperous period Of the age o.
Solomon and down to the time of Ju
das Maccabaeus, were without money
Etruria from first to last was without
money; Rome was without money n
the time Of Servius Tullius, and thu
Greeks Of the heroic ages were equally
destitute Of money. Among all those
nations gold and silver, when used IN
barter, were weighed out by the scales
as when Abraham purchased the cav
Of Macpelah "he weighed to Ephron
the silver which he had named In the
audience Of the sons of Heth."
Anclently there was no money ir
Arabia. or the riches Of the patriarch
Job would not have been estimated
by his camels, oxen and she asses
India. Persia, Assyrla, Judaea, Egypt
Greece. Etruria, Rome, the nations Of
Asia Minor including Tyre and Its de
tendencies, all arrived at civilization
and comfort without the current us'
of cash and carried on their extensive
mercantile and manufacturing transac
lions merely by bartering commodities
In kind, bullion being reckoned amonf
those commodities. These nations were
populous almost beyond credibility and
transported their produce, manufac
lures and other merchandise In ship
of Tyre and Tarshlsh from Ophir an(
the utmost Indian isle (Ceylon) to eau
and the "tln islands" Of Scilly or Vigo
New York Press.