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The Last Chance.
Lewiston, Idaho, March 81, lSoo'
dr. Wade G. Emmett,

lewiston. Idaho, March 81, 1908.
Mr.. Wade G. Emmett,
Belle Haven. Va.
Dear Brother:-- or
do not recall my last TO you, nor
the contents of the same; put as =
have some interesting news from inc
mine / shall burden you for snorc
time to listen. rd
A $1,000 air compressor, engine, anu
air halnmerdrills have been purchaseu
and are on the road to the mines,
which means that instead OF 60 feet
per month by hand we shall orlve
from $50 to 200 feet per month on .ne
water-leyel cross-cut TO tap the man
Wild Rose ledge at a depth OF ooo leee
perpendicular This as well as all eiss
we possess has been paid for ana
money left in the treasury, BESIDES
s10. 600 subscribed to be paid In on tne
ist of July. This leaves very iittie
stock to be sold-sbout $4,000 worth
when it will be taken off the marker.
He who gets in on this last allotmcno
will be very locky-even as the iapor-
err who came in at the eleventh hour.
The SIC, 900 was taken by a buncn
of Colorado mining men, and when
they left they told our secretary 'naC
he would see the stock worth 500 per
share. Thus you can see that thugs
after two years struggle look pretty
good to Virginian who happened 10
Stumble on and had the grit to stay by
| it when he stumbled.
AS ever your brother,
NJ. F. Emmett.
The above letter refers to the Ozark
Mining & Milling Co. Ltd, OF Lewis
ton, Idaho, a concern in which tne
writer has all his earnings-about "a
900 and which he recommended to MS
eastern brother, who has several
hundred shares of the stock, which Is
selling to-day at s35 per hundred
shares of 81 each (no less sold).
Full information on application 10
w. G. Emmett,
Cashier Belle Haven Bank,
Belle Haven, Va.
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OUR NOISY CONVENTIONS.
Very Unlike the Political Gatherings
of Sixty Years Ago.

For many years national conventions
were comparatively quiet and business
like affairs. The delegates Journeyeu
from their homes singly to the place OF
meeting. where they convened In an
ordinary hall. No nominating speeches.
were made, and there were no cheering
crowds. Balloting proceeded WIN as
much decorum as In parish meetlhg'
Now cities clamor for the "conces-
sion" of a national convention and sub
scribe a 100000 guarantee in order TO
obtain the privilege. Delegates go In
special trains, attended often by bands
and banner bearers, and each deiega-
ton takes up a section OF hotel 1or
its exclusive accommodation.
The convention hail is vast auol-
forum, and spectators hold tickets 10
the show at prices which are the envy
of an operate impresario. Into the
huge structure 10000, 10000 and even
10000 people swarm, completely sur
rounding and hanging over the Few
hundred delegates.
In the shouting and tumult there is
no opportunity for deliberation, whle
debate is a physical impossibility ex-
cept to the few whom nature has en-
dowed with threats like organ pipes
A national convention voice Is a rare
gift. Some of the best speakers IN the
country are fat failures In this ex'
travagant and roaring arena. vi
speechmaking there is no end, but ar
eument would be i'll timed and mis-
placed. The true and only aim OF
convention oratory is to rip the Dlue
empyrean and split the ears OF the
clacquing boomers.
Well may Mr.. Bryce have said IN nis
american Commonwealth" "a Euro
pean is astonished to see 800 men pre-
pare to transact the two most dlfncur
pieces of business an assembly cal
undertake. the solemn consideration o.
their principles and the selection OF th'
person they wish to place at the nea'
of the nation, in the sight and hearing
of 1900 other men and women -
Boston Globe.
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A CASTELlANE PIRATE.
Took Sultan's Library and Demanded
Ransom For Its Return.

Took SuItan's Library anu bo"eH"S
Ransom For Its Return.
In 1911 Jean Philip de Castellane
was commander of the French manor
war Notre Dame de la Garde. Henry
w. sent him to Morocco to demand OF
the sultan the release or certain
French prisoners. De Castellane car
ried his negotiations to a successrul
conclusion, and the sultan as a peace
Offering sent to the French commander
twenty Arabian horses for the KING
"Just as the Notre Dame was about 10
weigh anchor the pretender to the Mo-
roccan throne gained q decisive victory,
and the sultan decided to fee for his
life. He engaged passage for himseir
and harem on a Dutch merchantmen,
and to De Castellane he intrusted his
library. one of the most extensive COL
lections of Arabic manuscripts and
books in existence. The great Mulay
Ahmed was the founder Of the library.
ARRIVING at the place Of rendez-
yous. Commander de Castellane sent
/ WORD 10 Tile blub hC NONfN AN>'
his library for 5000 ducats, the price
Of transportation.
1.-THE sultan protested that he had
made no such agreement and that be-
sides he did not have the money 70
pay the demand, whereupon De Cas-
tellane sailed away.
| "He had not gone very far when q
great storm overlook the Notre Dame
and drove her, wreck, upon the Afri-
can coast at Casablanca, then occu
pied by the king Of Spain, who was al
war with Morocco. The Spanlards
seized the library and shipped 1t &c
Spain, where 1t was placed In wing
of the Escurial. What remains OF the
library can be seen today In an alcov'
labeled the Arabian collection."-Flor
ence Qtaly) Journal.
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HARDNESS OF DIAMONDS.
The Stones Can Be Forced by rres-
sure Into Steel Blocks.

sure Into Steel Blocks.
A word as to the hardness OF dia-
monds. They vary much In this re-
snect Even different parts OF the
same crystal differ In their resistance
70 cutting and grinding. So hard Is
diamond in comparison to glass tnat u
suitable splinter of diamond VIII plane
curls of a glass plate as a carpenters
tool will plane shavings OH deai
hoard Another experiment that VIII
illustrate its hardness Is to place d
diamond on the fiattened end OF d
conical block Of steel and upon IL
hiring another similar cone OF steel. IL
force them together with hydraulic
power, I can force the stone into the
steel blocks without injuring the dia-
mond in the least. The pressure when
I have brought to bear In this expert
ment has been equal to ITO tons q
square inch of diamond.
The only serious rival Of the diamond
in hardness is the metal tantalum' III
an attempt to bore a hole through .
Mate of this metal q diamond orlil
was used, revolving at the rate OF
600 revolutions a minute. This whrl
ING force was continued ceaselessly FOL
three days and nights. when 1t was
found that only a small point one
fourth Of q millimeter deep had beer
drilled, and 1t was a moot point wnicl
had suffered most damage. the Ola
mond or the tantalum.
After exposure for some time TO tn'
SIM many diamonds glow In dari
room. One beautiful green diamond IL
nv collection when phosphorescing II
vacuum gives almost as much ign
as a candle, and you can easily read b!
its rays. But the time has hardly conn
when we can use diamonds as domes
tic illuminants.-Slr William CrooKe
In North American Review.
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,ou, the Foe OF Consumption.

Sir Dyce Duckworth in his address
to the faculty of medicine said that
many persons were consttutlonaliy
predisposed to rheumatism and govt
but an important characteristic In such
cases was the antagonism of the It's
sues to the bacilli Of tuberculosis.
The more rheumatic or equity person
was the less pronounced was his tend
ency to consumption.-Lond Post
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A Fraudulent Tax.
Missed the Mark.

A north of England clergyman re-
Gently preached against Ill natured
gossiping and spoke pretty plainly to
his congregation on the subject. One
of the members Of the congregation to
whom he was especially abiding came
up to him after the service. The vicar
thought he had touched her and that
she was about to express contrition,
but she said, "Ah, vicar, l am SO giao
you spoke out, and what good thing
1t was the Misses - were tn e 10
hear you."-Church Family -,ewspa-
peE. ... ...------------ '------
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A Kaiser's Revolver.

Emperor William II. is never with
ont his revolver, and he is extremely
skillful in the use of the weapon. 1t
Is inspected and freshly primed every
morning, so as to make sure 1t Is In
perfect working order. Firmly con-
WINGED that he is going to die by the
hand of an anarchist, this fate having
been prophesied for him long ago. ne
is determined to make stern fight TOT
his life and to have, at any rate, the
satisfaction If he falls OF inhicting
some injury upon his assailant.-Lon'
don P. II. o.
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Hr.atnesa Appreciated.

"Katy. who's in the high school," re-
marked Mr.. Dolan, have been readin
Herbert Spencer to me-"
"Who's Herbert SpencerT
"He's wan " the smartest min an
earth. He could explain anything at
all to yez If yez could only be polite
enough to stay awake an pay attn
tion."- Washington Star.
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Shn,ued Him How.

The gardener at the Jardin des
Plantes In Paris gave an undergar-
dener two Of the first ripe figs to take
to one Of the governors. On the way
the man gave way to temptation and
ate one.
"Where is the other fg?" said the
governor to him, having been told OF
the present beforehand.
81 ate it"
"But how could you do thatT'
Like this" said the servant, swai-
lowing the other.
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VIRGINIA AT rules held in the clerks office
of the circuit court for the county OF Accomack.
on the last Monday in March. A. d., 1905, the
same being the 30th day Of said month
Mollie A. B. Edmonds and husband. .Piaintins
against
Edgar J. Smith and Others. Defendants
In Chancery
THE object of this suit is to sell for purpose OF
partition certain tract OF land known as Little
Rest containing 40 acres more or less, situated
near Melfa station, Accomack county Va,
Affidavit having been made before the clerk OF
the said court that Alfred h. Smith. one oil the
defendants in the above en- tiled cause. is non.
resident Of the tate of Virginia on the motion OF
the plaintiffs by L. Floyd Mock Their attorney, ~
Is ordered that he thesaid nonresident defendant
do appear here within fifteen days after due publ-
cation Of this order. and do what is necessary 70
protect his interests. and that this order be pub
iished once a week for four successive weeks In
the Peninsula Enterprise" newspaper pub
Iished at Accomack c. H., Virginia. ana a atso
county on the last Monday in March. A. d., 1915.
John ID. Grant G. G.
A Copy-Teste: JONI D. Grant, q. 9.
L. Floyd Mock. Pa
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Diplomacy.

Delia-Ye can get suit just ike
your missis' velvet wan for tin dollars
In Bargain Brown Brothers. Norah-
Yes. an I can get wan fur nuthin' by
telling me missis about the wan in
Bargain Brown Brothers. - Harper's
Weekly
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pn,urrfiil Exclusives.

what are the most powerful explo-
Sizes known" Queried the young man.
1.-TWO prima donnas in one opera
company" replied the ex-theatricai
manager.-Chicago News.
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peI;n If the Past,

$50, woman. you treasure another
mans Photographic
Don't be foolish, Henry. This Is
portrait of yourself when you had
charlottesville Courier-Journal.
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Sire of Lillian s., 2:17i; The Ad-
miral. 2:174; Ed. Miles, 2:193; Merits
e., 2:214, &C., will make the season
Of 1908 in Accomac Co., from Grad
dockville to Onancock, Accomac Z.
Fl. and vicinity. Col. Sidney is too
well-known now to the public to need
any description at our hands, having
proven himself sire of merit and is
worthy of the thorough consideration
of all intending breeders. HIS get
have speed, train on and race wen,
also are extremely fine road horses or
general purpose horses.
For any information as to arrange
ments for service &c. please apply to
O. M. GARRISON,
Charlottesville, Va.
Terms-S25.OO to insure mare in
foal:
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psre;etent Girl,

Ethel-Have you heard Of Jacks en-
gagement to Eleanor? Harold-Dear
me, no! Then Jack has finally sue
ceeded? Ethel - No. SuccumDed. -
london Taller. -
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One Exception.

"I am reduced from affiuence to beg
garyw he faltered.
In as few words as possible sne
broke their engagement.
'T wish to show" she observed
haughtily, "that women, contrary to
general report, do not necessarily care
for things just because they are re-
ducedv-Detroit Journal.
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Notice tOCreditOrS
Commissioners Office,
Accomack y. H., Va,
Anvil I 1903

Commissioners Office,
Accomack y. H., Va,
April l, 1908.
To the creditors of Levi Dix, Little
ton D. Ayres and Andrew snead (col.l
and ali others concerned: You
are hereby notified that, at the re-
quest of the personal representatives
of the said dece dents, have appoint
ed the 22nd day of April next, at
NV said Office, forreceiving proof OF all
debts and demands against the said de-
cedents or their estates; at whic a tlms
and place you are required to attend
and prove your claims, a
Given under my hand the day and
wear first above written. o,,
SAMUEL Il. ROSS,
Commissioner of Accounts
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Hope is the bread Of the unhappy
German Proyerb.
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One pound Of learning requires ten
pounds of common sense to apply IT,
Persian Proverb.
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VIRGINIA AT rules hello In the clerk ONCE
NJ the circuit court for the county Of Accomack.
ON the last Monday in March. A. d.. 1908.
Chattie L, Burroughs, flalntiH
against
VIM. c. Burroughs and wife and others
In Chancery.
The object OF this suit is TO partition amongst
the parties entitled thereto the tract OF land
known as the Burroughs Farm" situated on
Assawaman Creek, in Atlantic Magisterial DIS,
trict, in Accomack county, virginia when salo
tract or parcel OF land was devised by Penelope
p s. Burroughs to Ralph burroughs Tor me- ano
in the event he died before his wife Caroline +.
Rnrroughs TO her for her life, and then In fee
simple 10 the grand children OF the said Penelope
burroughs the heirs OF the said Ralph Burroughs.
Affidayit having been made before the clerk OIL
said court that VIM c. Burroughs and Laura j.,
his wife, Abel A. Lake and Mary r.. his wie. IN
right of said wife; l. A. Richards, trustee; w. b.
Tighman and Randolph Humphreys partners
in trade under the style and firm name OF hum
phreys & Tilghman, seven OF the defendants IN
the above entitled cause are non-resioents OF inc
state of Virginia on the motion OF the plaintin,
nv her attorney it is ordered that they, the SAID
Nonresident defendants, do appear here within
fifteen days after due publication OF this order
and do what is necessary to protect their inter-
ests: and that this order be published once
reek for four successive week in the Peninsula
Fnterprise.n newspaper published at Accomack
n n. Virginia and also posted at the front door
of the courthouse Of the said county, on the last
Manday in March, A. d., 1908.
Copy-Teste: John ID. Grant, c. C.
John S. Parsons. p. q.
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GENTLEMEN who have been over
the country tell me that. as an Un,
dertaker, / am as well or better lifted
out than any other person in the
country. My hearse and funeral car
will compare favorably with any on
the Shore.
GARRY a full line of Collins and
Caskets, ranging in price as follows:
Collins from $500 to S25.0 90.
Baskets from $1,000 to $3.50.
In my office have both the Acco-
mac and Northampton, and the Dia-
mond States phones. All persons
wishing to communicate with me by
'phone concerning the purchase of
collins or caskets can do so at my
expense. 1 have deposited money
with both the above mentioned com
panies for said purpose. =,
Embalming especially guaranteed
J. S. Bunting,
Temperanceville, Va.
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preeentiments.

It is a miserable thing to live In sus-
nense. 1t Is the life Of a spider
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-10
Democratic BossIsm. !

A number OF West Virginia Dem
ocrats have. left off criticislng and
attempting to manage the Republican
party and calling attention to the al
legged immaculate condition of their
own organization long enough to dis
cover big bunch of bosslsm and po-
litical trickery in their own camp.
John ]. Cornwell, editor OF the
Romney Review. is among the first
to break into print over the recent
meeting OF the Democratic state exec
utive committee at Parkersburg
which ofisially Endorsed William
Jennings Bryan for the presidency.
Mr.. Cornwell. along with numerous
other voters, does not believe that
the silver tongued orator of the La
Platte viii be the big 1t in the presi-
Dental campaign this year ana is
highly incensed over the action OF
the committee in exercising IAN un-
warranted assumption OF authority
which will be resented by many loyal
Democrats" The manner and pur-
pose of the passage OF the. resolution.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-10
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF HOUSE
AND LOT IN NoRTHVIEW

BY virtue of the authority vested in
the undersigned Special Commission
er by a decree of the circuit court OF
Harrison county entered ON the 21st
day of January. 1908. and engressed
in chancery Order Book Number 30,
at Page SS7, in the chancery cause of
Parmellus A. Taught versus Lena
Gustella corbln. ct. al, we viii. on
Saturday, April IS, 1908,
at, ! o'clock p. m, at the front door
of the court house of said county.
sell at public outcry, to the highest
and best bidder therefor two certain
lots or parcels of land situated at
Northview, and being numbers 10 and
II, of Section 81. of said addition, a
plat of which is Of record in the Of
flee OF the clerk of the county court
of said county in Deed Book Number
80, at Page Sc; and being the same
lots or parcels Of land which were
conveyed to the said Lena GusteIla
corbin by Richard L. Barnes. aud
wife, by deed bearing date ON the
22nd day OF October, 1902, which
deed is of record in said office In
Deed Book No. 1S3, at Page 245, to
which deed and plat and the papers
in this cause, reference is here made
for full and complete descritlon of
said lots,
Terms of saIe:-one-third OF SO
much more as purchaser may elect
to pay, cash in hand upon the day of
sale, and the residue upon credit of
6 and IL months from said date, taxi
ing from the purchaser interest bear
ing notes with approved personal Sc
curity. and retaining vendors lien
on the property sold as further Sc
curlty.
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FRIDAY APRIL 10, 1908.
Restrict Immigration.

The April number of the American
Industries, the manufacturers pub,
lication, under the head of organized
labor and immigration makes. the fol.
lowing comment:
according to Mr., Sargent, the
Commissioner General of Immigra,
ton, American labor is engaged fr
the complicated enterprise of trying
to lift itself with one hand while
holding itself down with the other
He says that the fact that the United
States pays higher wages; than any
other country on earth brings immi-
grants here
''of the truth of the statement
there can be no doubt. Some of our
immigrants come for other reasons,
but the inducement to the great ma
jority is the possibility of getting two
dollars day instead of two dollars
a week. If our business slackens
and wages fall the tide of ir,migra-
ton shows at once the close watch
which the emigrant keeps on the
American wage scale. The number
of arrivals lessons and. many of
those of earlier arrival go home with
a little bundle of savings. Labor
fights steadily for higher wages and
almost as steadily opposes immigra-
ton. 1t puts up the premium and
strives to beat back the hands which
reach out to seize it,
1t is not the fault of labor that
immigrants flock to this, country be-
cause of higher wages. but the blame
lies in the lax immigration laws OF
the country. II the latter were. pro-
hibitory in many instances, there
would be no holding itself down with
labor as described above.
Nor is 1t thu fault of labor that in
migrants come, when wages go up.
The government itself is responsible.
Indeed, what the American Industries
says. while evidently intended to
some extent as a dig al organized
labor, but emphasizes the necessity
Of stricter immigration laws. and
does not in any, way convince the
average reader that labor is at fault
for an over-plus of immigrants.
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COCO HOME made
BLADDER CURE
OLD FOLKS WHO SUFFER- FIND
PRosfIT RELIEF IN SIMPLE
HOME MIXTURE.

Y = III
The great majority OF men and
women at the age Of so years begin
to feel the FIRST sign Of advancing age
in some form Of kidney trouble and
bladder weakness. Few are entire
~ free from that torturous disease,
rheumatism. which is not disease
In Itself, but a symptom OF deranged
function Of the kidneys which have
become clogged and sluggish, falling
in their duty of Sitting and straining
the poisonous waste matter, uric acid
etc. from the blood, permitting it
to remain and decompose. settiins
about the joints and muscles, caus-
ing Intense pain and suffering.
The bladder. however, causes the
old folks the most annoyance, espec-
tally at night and early morning.
A noted authority in recent ar
ticle stated that he has wonderful
success with the oid-time vegetable
treatment" He states: "of sixteen
cases OF bladder troubles and rheu-
matism which have been treated with
this treatment only one very compli-.
Gated case failed to fully yield to its
remarkable influence. 1t is the most
harmless treatment have ever found
TO clean the system of rheumatic poi
sons; remove. irritation Of the blad-
der and relieve urinary. difficulties
of the old people. 1t is true vital
izing tonic to the entire kidney and
urinary structure, reinNigoratlng thu
entire system"
What he .erns "old vegetable
treatment, consists of the following
simple prescription, the ingredients
which can be obtained from any good
pharmacy at small cost: Compound
Kargon, one ounce; Fluid Extract
Dandelion. one-half ounce; Com
pound Syrup sarsapafllla, three
ounces. Shake wen in a bottle and
take in teaspoonful doses after each
meal and upon geing to bed, also
drink plenty OF water.
This prescription, though simple,
is always effective in the diseases and
Affections of the kidneys and iblad-
der.