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The Porcelain Secret.

The porcelain industry OF German!
is comparatively young says the Berih
Norgen Post, and It's development was
rapid. Although it is generally believed
that the Chinese kept their processes
of manufacture secret, Julian's transla-
lions of their voluminous encyclopedia
show that this is not true. All VINO
could have read the work might have
known also the porcelain secret But
evidently no German fathOmed the me-
chanical mystery until the apothecary
.apprentice Boettgar, 200 years ago
made the first German porcelain ~
Dresden. Some years before he had
attracted attention by proclaiming the
discovery Of a method Of changing
base metal into gold. King Frederick
I. gave him orders for the precious
metal. which the siXteen-year-old IN
ventor could not execute, and in fear
he fed to Dresden and became SUD
iect of King August the Strong. While
endcavoring to make gold he discover
ed the porcelain secret and inscribed
his door thus: Into q potter was
changed by Almighty God man who
thought he could make gold"
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Shades OF Warren!
The shock to certain type OF sehu'
mentalists will be scarcely less INA"
that administered q few years ago 10y
ex.Secretary John d. Long when ne
stood up at Plymouth, Mass near 'ne
famous rock to say that among tne
ni,crim fathers were grafters, drunk
ards and worse! n
The emotional patriots survived the
shock
And now shall we say because the
custom of celebrating Bunker LIN O"'-
tle has fallen into innocuous desuetuue
that patriotism Is declining!
Certainly not.
The custom Of celebrating the Fourth
Of July in the old way has also larger!
fallen into diSuse.
What n day that was-in your day!
IT was generally ushered in by an an
vii national salute that was heard over
IN the next township. Red sashed
marshals Of the day rode cavortihs
plow horses. The out communities
came in procession with fife ana
drums. with long wagonful OF glrlS
representing the states and the Goa
dess OF Liberty. 10, the triumphal
march TO the grovei When all were
hitched and the day wore on, the horses
neiohed 10 one another. (HOW thal
neighing lives in memory9 The quar-
tet sang a Thousand Years, My OWN
columbia" and the "Sword Of Bunker
nm" With much felicity Of expires
sion and great flourish the Declaration
of Independence was rellglously reau'
And how the orator of the day patriot
,callv sweated himself, leaving bare
remnant Of pinfeathers in the tail OF
the eagle.
If was a robust and patriotic way TO
celebrate. and the memory OF It IN
gers, but
The times have changed. Nowadays
we save ourselves the nerve exhaustion
and give over the day to the boy VIII
his frecrackers and sporting events.
Nor need we sigh and exclaim' =
temporal o mOresw and regret me
waning of patriotic fervor.
There is q large residue OF patrlou'
nride in us over that Bunker Hill pat
lie. though we have learned it was re".
" fought on another hill. We know
was brave stroke for freedom even
freedom to celebrate or not 10 ceie
brate.
Nor do we crate as before about III
old man in the hall at Philadelphi
pulling the rope of Liberty bell (Whos
echoes went across the sea, etc. UNI
the bell was fairly cracked IN gNlh
freedom voice. We have since learhe
the old bell was cracked before IL
Fourth.
Nevertheless
Down deep in tough American hear'
is the old Quenchless love OF libert'
directed into newer channels, ana u
old love for the flag.
We have only changed our ways NJ
our hearts.
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A MEDICAL HERO.

This is the story Of beautiful hero
ism.
1t happened some time ago In the
Missouri university, but 1t Is too goou
70 be lost. 1t is a story not uncop'-
mon in the annals Of the medical ira
ternitv. which numbers so many quiet
heroes.
DR.. Arnold was a distinguished sur
geon and dean of the medical faculty,
One day when the doctor was NJ
luncheon with some students a father
rushed frantically into his presence
and implored the surgeon to come 10
the aid Of his child. who was chok-
ing to death from diphtheria.
Dr. Arnold started student on the
run to the lecture room for instru-
ments Going to the little patient, he
kent up respiration until his instru-
ment case was brought. An incision
in the thorax was made and tube
inserted. But the child's respiration
was ccasing
Immediately the surgeon knelt ana
placed his lips to those of the chllu
and started respiration.
In doing so he sealed his death war
rant.
AND HE KNEW 1T.
DR.. Arnold was suffering from Sc
vero cold. and his bronchial tubes
were highly inhamed. Three days la'el
he died.
And that is not all, glorious as 1t IS
When asked by the startled ana sor
row stricken students why he ana no
Iot fine father of the boy breathe the
life bacl, into the collapsed organ o
the child the doctor quietly said:
"PECAUSE HE is THE FATHER
AND THE CHILD NEEDS HIM.
AM \ BACHELOR"
The world may reck little of sue
heroism. but it is Of the sort ina
must swing all the doors Of heaveI
wide open. 49,,
Greater love hath 10 man than I'LL
that he lay down his life for d
friend"
Dr. Arnolds ready heroism tral
, scended even this large measure G
human love. 1t was not friend {
his for whom he died. 1t was ilttl
, child. with no special claim upon III
I rave that Of humanity. And, to OF
| poor sense of judging, his life wa
5 better worth the saving than that
the child.
Arnold did not stop to balance va
G ues. Duty called, and he dled. Al
b the diving, like the doing, was all
/ part of his days work.
+ Such heroisms come only from tho'
4 long dedicated to humane service WI
/ need no special inspiration to courae
5 who daily put their lives in Jeopar'
for others.
K Souls kin to the Nazarene.
The world scarcely can measure
5 loss of a man like this, Of whom II
not worthy. g
But the example of his self sacrih
s almost atones for the loss.
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ASHAMED OF FATHER AND MOTHER

"I'm inst ashamed Of father and
mother when we have company. ia
ther will eat with his knife, and he
pours his tea out in his saucer And
mother has q habit simply can
break her Of. She blows on her food
to cool it,"
Which was the plant Of a young
woman made to one Of her intimates.
She had recently graduated at a
fashionable boarding school. BY means
of close economy and stinting them
selves Of many comforts the parents
had kept their daughter at the ex-
pensive school for several years.
Now she was ashamed Of them.
And they so proud of her!
OF course father and mother really
ought to be a little more careful IN
| conforming to the usages. They ought
not to mortify their daughter by their
old style ways. They should regard
the particularly refined tastes and &c
quired accomplishments Of their edu-
Gated girl.
But, you see
Father and mother are growing
somewhat forgetful in their old days
Sure, they want to make things pleas
ant for Muriel. and they take very
good naturedly the hints about the ia
bic manners. And they try. But they
lapse. 1t is pathetic to note fathers
CONSERVATION when he unwittingly
pours his tea out in the saucer to cool
right when guests are at table. And
once he tried to pour the tea back in
the cup. but his old hand trembled
and lie spilled the tea over the table
cloth Mother makes fewer mistakes
though.
1t is a matter Of habit with the old
people.
Mother formed that habit of blowing
on her food back in the days when the
daughter was at school and mother
had to hurry with household things
And father found the knife more con
venient those days. He was obliged t
bolt his food and get back to work IL
order TO get money to pay daughter
: school bills.
Those were the days Of short din
5 ners.
S And now
e Well, how should they have know
that a fine education would give thei
= girl ways that were not their ways o
: that it would put their daughter allow
= them, so that in her superiority SIT
. would come to look down upon then
e or that in their sacrifice they wer
piling up scorn of their old fashione'
/ lives? ....- .----..
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A MODERN SIDNEY.
"Never mind me. I'm all right
Look after the other fellows.

The foregoing is the simple but sig
nifcant epitaph on the monument re-
Gently erected TO Midshipman James
Grouse in Arlington cemetery WASH
ingtOn
It tells in a graphic way the story OF
the noble sacrifice Of lad ei lhe
American navy only little over nine
teen years of age.
The boy died from injuries received
in an explosion in the turret of the Dat
tleship Georgia while at target practce
on Cape Cod bay.
If you will go TO the files OF the
newspapers you will find these parucu-
lars:
The gallant Grouse was at one OF the
guns in the turret. His classmate ana
chum. Midshipman Goldthwaite, served
another gun. The latter died from his
injuries inside Of two hours. Grouse
was frightfully wounded, besides be-
ing badly burned He got out OF the
turret. Hearing cries for help, he pam
fully retraced his steps. He took hold
and helDed to care for the injured sea
mon. While doing so some one called
attention to his own deplorable condi-
ton. 1t was then he uttered the words
chiseled on his monument:
Never mind me. I'm all right. LOOK
after the other fellows"
He was afterward taken to the hos
pital where he died unHinchingly.
And that is all.
At least that is all the newspapers
fell about Grouse and what he did ana
said
But that is not all that is worth say
, ing. Because -,
/ An act of heroic self abnegation like
this one seems greater than any ser
mon grander than any poem hnei
than any lofty strain Of music more
than any great work Of art.
IT is DIVINITY REVEALING 1T
SELF IN HUMAN FLESH-a mo
ment of incarnation, the highest eX
pression known to humans.
One thinks of the dying Sidney anC
how he pushed the cup Of water iron
his own parcbed lips when he SAID
"Give it to him. His need is create
; than mine"
, The stripling Grouse was kin Of sou
p to Sidney and to all the heroic soul
. OF history.
: And yet
After you have said all this-an
r tustly-the only concept of the chara'
:. ter Of James Thomas Grouse, mldshll
4 man, is to be found in the simple &c
!. and the sentiment. 1t is all there-o
t the monument.
4 What you put down is only the al
b pearance Of black characters upo
d white paper.
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wife and innocent children, leaving
heritage of shame, to go philanderlus
with some foolish miss who mas III
fauated him. And the incident Is her'
aided rs "a love story"
In fact, to paraphrase Nine 10
land It might be said, 80 love, what
crimes are committed in thy name!
Those all are libelS on love.
Love is more than mere intatuauoh'
Love is more than passion and desire
Love is. first of all, clean. And love
will protect its own, not kill It, Love
will die to save its loved one. Love
nuts above all else the happiness OF
It's own. 1t is the divinest teeilng
known to humans.
Love seeks not its own.
II flches nothing from honor.
1t rejoices in purity.
1t lisps no useless speech.
1t endures forever.
Love is more than poetry, sentiment
tolitv. Its language is not the speech
Of the silly love letters of the divorce
court It may be betrayed sometimes
into the language Of extravaganza OF
impulse. but never of insincerity IN
deed. the stuff of which most love
sneeches is made is the merest 1ro'u
On the cup Of real aflection-sparNeS
of sizzling passion blown away by
breath.
Being divine, love abides.
It must keep its own forever and
dav 1t is even stronger and sweetel
when the wrinkles mar the race OF 'h'
loved one. when the hair Is silVere'
and the frame is bent with CROWNS
increptitude. than in the younger ia!
Of the cheeks soft rounded contour ah'
stately carriage.
Cali you by the sacred name OF al
lection that which harbors bitterness
and hate, which neglects or abuses o
kills?
That kind comes up from the depths
True love comes down from above.
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VerY Clever.

They tell a story in London of a GER
tain peer who had never before shown
the slightest interest in horse racing
that he surprised young man OF his
acquaintance by asking him apropos OF
nothing which horse had won the Der
by. The young man told him. THAT
was very clever Of him." replied the
peer. "Was it the first time he tried
IT." The young man stared, but said
Eyes" "Then I call it very clever OF
him." replied the noble but incomplete
sportsman, ito win the Derby the first
time he tried for It,"
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q puzzle In FiuureS,

Take any number Of three different
figures. as All, under it place the same
figures in reverse order, subtract the
lesser number and you will find that
the middle figure Of the result is in
variably 0. Why it is 50 is something
that only the most learned mathemat-
ical scholars can explain. Here is our
case worked out
Taking any number, say................ Al
Reversing figures. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. III
Subtracting, we have.................'.''' ~
Further still. we can now reverse
this number 297 in the same way and
add the two numbers and the result
will always come 1899. Thus:
Taking ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -
Reversing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 10
| Adding, we haVe...........'''''''' ''''''' 49,
Why should the answer always come
out the same? Here's something for
you to work over.
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1t is fervently to be hoped they have
not yet discovered all this.
Educated
If the girl is actually ashamed OF her
parents she has not got the a Il Z
of education. Education is designed TO
make woman more womanly, not 10
nut her on a pedestal above her flesh
and blood.
That father has literally sweat blood
to pay the daughters expense; that
mother has died a hundred times III
agony and suspense over the girl who
is ashamed of her.
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HER coy AND YOUR BOY.

Your boy?
Your boy wears the badge Of pros
perity, good clothes. He has never
known real hunger When he needs
money be comes to You and gets II,
He has not missed term OF school
since he began in the kindergarten
He plays on Saturdays. On Sundays
he goes to Sunday school in an extra
suit
Her boy?
Her boy has little to show in the
way Of clothes, and he wears cheap
kip shoes. Sometimes when he turns
his wages over to his mother she
cives him a nickel, but not often. lie
had to quit school in the second grade
He earns about as much delivering
newspapers as your boy spends.
While your boy turns over in bed 1or
his morning nap her boy is at work
He is due at the newspaper alley al i
O'Clock. If the morning is frosty, IN
stead of an overcoat he runs to gel
warm. If it rains, he gets Wee And
where your boy would be in bed Win
cold her boy just coughs a little and
keeps going.
Your boy?
Why. he has contact with good teach
ers. and he has his own little library
of books. He goes to the Y. NJ. c. a.
gym. He has all the reGnements OF
comfortable home.
Her boy?
Her boy runs up against all sOr'S~
good, morally unfit, vicious. He Knows
little of the finer things Of life. lie
knows things in the rough only. WORE
is his physical exercise. Play is lux
uIy. All the morality he is master
Of comes from his mother
Nevertheless
It NAV be her 10y will Outrun yours
Who knows? The very worldlines
about him may put a mental keennes
in the brain Of her boy. His hard OK
perience may cause him to see thing
as they are. Something-you know
not what-may stir his Imagination
Something may start the seeds Of an
bitiOn to Sprout.
1t all depends on the yeast in he
boy.
Yeast will rise even under the mos
untoward conditions.
If the yeast stuff is good, let you
boy look out for the washerwoman
boy.
On the other hand
It is a pity to think it-her boy ma
90 down instead Of up. There may
no real yeast in his makeup. II nc
the sordid life that is about him
likely to overwhelm him. The hand
cap is too much. The odds your be
has over her boy are too great, more
the pity.
But
If her boy has real soul stuff,
may 90 stumbling, yet, stumbling, sha
find the safe way to tomorrow.
In that case your boy will step asst
for him.
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"There," said Dudley, adding up the
column Of figures. "a total of $500. /
guess that's all. Oh, no; there's $50 |
forgot. Gee. wish somebody would
lend me $3.50. Can you do it, old
MANI
"What for?' demanded Marley.
"Why. want to get out of debt
Philadelphia Press.
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Those Men!

~ went into the Office looking Ike =. a
fright" said the woman. ! dluh |
have n chance to straighten my hat OF
nat nv hair or anything. | had intend
ed to primp going up in the elevator
hr+ thore was a man standing before
zach mirror twirling his mustache' ana
couldn't even get a peep at myself
New York Times.
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THE CoUNTERFEITS OF LOVE.

Love is indeed the greatest thing IN
the world.
But it has its counterfeits.
For instance:
Some harebrained youth, smitten by
a girl who rejects him, refuses to ac-
cept dismissal, follows the 81, nags
her. makes life a torment, then Kills
her. Newspapers speak Of the crime
as "a love tragedy"
A weak souled woman whose vanity
is played upon or whose trivial griey-
ance is fostered by an affinity is per-
suaded to leave husband and children.
1t is written of such a woman that she
was blinded by love-"
Or man of family deserts a good
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-26

De Roads-Mister, found the dorg
your wife is advertiser a reward Nv
S. fer. Mr.. Jaw-You did, Ell? De
Roads-Yes, and if you don't gimme
SO III take it back to her. See?-
Philadelphia inquirer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-09-26
MafIa His Mark.

"Well, young Dr. Slicer has made
his mark already. hasn't he!"
eyes; did it on his first case"
"Great Scott, What did he dor
"yaccinated him.!
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"Would you give up your seat to a
woman in car"
"How do l know? Never had seat
,et mvself."-New York Times.
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FOR RENT, Or. LEASE.

The large, airy, commo7
dious store belonging to ana n
formerly occupied by W. /.
Winder. Said building IS
3Ox90, two stories high, and
has an annex 30X72 and IS 5
located on the corner OF
Main and Hill streets.
1t is a first-class Business
Stand and embraces all the
conveniences and facilities
belonging thereto. A NO. l
business can readily be con-
Quoted there in any line pre-
ferred. Apply to
w. T. WINDER,
Onancock, Va
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Amendments of A. j. Lilliston:
punooteapue, September19th and oath,
October 10th and oath, Nov. 70.
Levin Lewis store, Deep Creek, sep
TENDER 23d, morning.
Chesconnessix, (Norib-side) Septem-
Der 2Sd, afternoon.
Onancock. September 25th and 9th,
Oct. 18th and 18th, NOV. l3lh
and 18th.
Cashville, September 29th, afternoon
Onley, October 3D., "
Gnromac. 1" 5th, 9th and 18th,
November 25th, Goth and 3Oth. |
Locustville, October Sth, afternoon. |
Harborton, 9th, aiUerhoon
and night. am
Melfa' October 18th, Nov. 9th.
Keller /" 14th, Nov. 9th.
Charlottesville, October 18th. -
Painter, October 10Th, Nov. 24th'
Fair Oaks, . 27th.
Savageville, " 2Sth.
Relic Haven. &" 10Th.
Mappsburg, d" 3Oth.
Taneier. November ID, Sd and 4th.
w 10 ''N'e"0' " 1otb
'Iulnoy'
~ Ppm o-4o.1.hon och 9th and
ParKsley, oeP 9 Na.' oe,h affernoon.
-, 20th' ana 0ot N1e, 1 90 and I'd
BloXom.u OcVooo' ell o ORR OH . Y 10Th
MaIppsv,llie' :. fdfb afternoon %
Auan 6,.,h i5th 18Th & I'm.
New Onurcn . 5Sd o9d and 9th.
IemperanceViile' .. - OOH -o a 'ii'
dall"oo9' 4,.h. '0'''
ana night .. otst afternoon.
AZ ~ Nr,,,,o,,,ho,. 9Th morning
Hopeton, November s on, ol ,io.,',o5
NewstoWn' .. ' ~ mnrning
Mearsvllle' 7tb afternoon.
Poulson' .. TX I~, mornino
HornuoWn, NJ a itth afrernoon
"i'0'' and nighf
-, ana nlsn" 1oth 13th & "A.
S ,Ill, sIHssl.ot ION morning.
MAJ 81 MAJ A0V' 4" 1o,h afternoon
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Tax Notice.
To the Tax Payers of AccOmack Co:

Notice is hereby given that the
State Tax and County Levy. for the
year, 1908, are now due, and that IN
pursuance of law, We will be at the
following named places in the said
districts at the time herein specified,
for the purpose of collecting said
taxes and levies, viz:
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Heart to Heart
I alks.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
copyr,ght. 1898. by Edwin A. Nye'
THE TINES HAVE CHANGED.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright. 1903, by Edwin A Nye'

The Observance of the anniversary %
the battle Of Bunker Hill today was con
f,ned almost entirely to sporting eVeh's''
Press Dispatch.
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Appointments of w. II. Pruitt, Jr.
Parkslev, September 9th, 18th and
Goth, and Nov. 2Sth, afternoon.
plo,,on October 2d and 3D..
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Cemetery Notice.

Persons in Accomac and adjoining counties
wishing to mark the grave OF relative OF iflenn
with q
The Adair County news., 1908-08-05

Chicago, July 29-The above ticket
was last night nominated by the In
dependence party at its first national
convention.
The friends of Mr.. Bryan made an
effort to bring his name before the
convention, and the man who attempt
ed it nearly produced riot and mar
rowly escaped physical violence at the
hands Of the indignant delegates. The
man who sought to place Mr.. Bryan
in nomination was ]. l. Shepard of FIT.
Scott. Kan. He did not succeed in
his mission, for, being called to order
by the convention and questioned by
Chairman Charles A. Walsh, he adj
mitted that it was his intention to
name Mr.. Bryan That was the first
and last time he mentioned the name
of the Democratic leader. He was
promptly ruled out Of order by the
chairman, and under the guard of sew
eral sergeants-at-arms, he was hustled
out of the hall, while some of the in
censed delegates vainly attempted to
strike him with fists, and one of them
swung at him with a cane.
The nomination of Mr.. Hisgen was
made on the third ballot. his chief
competitors being Milford w. Howard
of Alabama and john Temple Graves
of Georgia Reuben r. Lyon of New
York received a complimentary vote
on the first ballot and William R.
Hearst had forty-four friends who vot-
ed for him on the first two ballots.
The nomination of Mr.. Graves was
made unanimously, all the other candi-
dates having been withdrawn.