VOLUME XX. ACCOHAC C. H., VA., SATURDAY, JULY ai, 1900. NUMBER 3.

STEWART K. POWELL.Attorney at-Liw,

Will practice in all the courts o!Accomac and Northampton countieB.

OfDos.Onancock, Va.Will be at Accomac C. H., every

Wednesday inc court days.

N. B. Wescott. H. T. Grunter, Jr.

WESCOTT k HUNTER,Attorneys-at Law,

. * dices Accomac C. H., and at home'of N. B. Wescott, near Mappsburg. j

Practice in all courts on the EasternShore ol Virginia.

JQH1S E. NOTTINGHAM, JIL.

Attorn ki-at-Law,Franktown. Va.

Practices in all the courts mi tbeBasttrn Shore ol Virginia.

Will be at Eastville and AccomacC. H. lirst day ol ev» ry court aud atEastville every Wednesday.

S. JAMES 'ITKLINOI'ON,Attoruey-at-Law.

Will be at Accomac 0. H Wednes-ila>saiul Court Davys,Will practice in the courts ol Accomac ami NoittiaiuptOU Counties.

Otho F. Mears. O. Walter Mapp.MEARS ii MAPP,Attorneys-at-Law,

1 Mass:. Eastville, Northampton Co.,und Accomack U. ii.

Practice in all courts on the EasternSnore ol Virginia.

U. g. 8TUR6U8,.Attoruey-at-Law..

okkicks.Accomac C. H., Onaucockabd fciastville.

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JOHNS. PARSONS,Attorney-at-Law,Accomac C. H., Va.

Will practice iu all courts of Accomac and Northampton counties.

T. B. QUINBY,Attoruey-at-Law

Otllce.Accomac CH.Telephone conuectiou.

Prompt attention to all business.

JOHN ll. REW,

-Attoruey-at-Law.-t Hlives:.Accomac C. H. and Parksley.WUI be at Court House every Wed-

ucsda-v and court days.

L. FLOYD NOCK,

Attoruey-at-Law and Notary Public,

Aeooi UM 0. H., Va.

Will practice in all courts ot accg-

iiiiii: and Northampton couuiies.

Prompt attention to ail uusiueso.

DR. ta. J. HAl.uiANSON,- DENT1ST.-

.juaucock, Va.

< mice UoUH Iroin 'J a. lu., to 6 p. in.

Du.Tuos. B. Lkathkkm KY,

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mice hours trom M a. m., to 5 p. m.

DIL E. U. POTTER,. Dkntist..

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Friday ol second week in eacn

month for the practice ot his pro¬fession.

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Accomac C. H., Va.

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vices to citizens ol Accomac.

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T. C. KELLAM, Onancock, Va., Agent.

E. W. POLK,-Formerly of-. POLK & BENSON"

MERCHANT TAILOR

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PRACTICAL CHARITY.!REV. DR. TALMAGE EXTOLS BENEVO¬

LENCE OF DORCAS.

i outraata Her Wanto With I'reaaint

Day McthodM.WnNH Uod'a llauil-

niuldcii In On- Yllra lalliin of Mla-

a-r>.A llenird of Self Denial.

Wasiiim/hin, .Inly Uk Dr. Talmagc,who is still trarellni in Dortbeni Ku-lope, hus forwarded tlie following re¬

port of a Hermon In which he utters

helpful words to lill who are ftigflgHin alleviating human illili waaia tadshows how such work will lie erowneilat the lust; text, Acts ix, 30, "Anti nilthe widows stood bf him weeping andshowing him the couts nnd gaxmentawhich Dorcas made while Hhe was

with them."Joppa ls a most nhsorblng city of

the orient. Into her hnrhor onee lloat-"d tim rafts of I.clianoti cedar fromwhich the temples of Jerusalem were

balldcd, Solomon's oxen drawing thelogs through the town, litre Napo¬leon hail BOO prisoners massacred. One

of the most magnificent charities of

thc centuries was started In this sea¬

port by Dorcas, n woman with lier nee¬

dle embroidering her name UMffaeea-lily into the beneficence of tile world.I see her sitting In yonder home. Intlie doorway and around about thebuilding and In thc room where shesits arc the pale faces of thc poor. Shelistens to their plaint, sile pities theirwoe, she makes garments for them, sheadjusts the manufactured articles to

suit the bent form of this Invalid wom¬

an ami to the cripple that comes crawl¬ing on lils banda and knees. She givesa coat to tills one; she gives sandals tothat one. With the gifts she minglesprayers nnd tears nnd Chrlstlau en¬

couragement. Then siie |oea out to be

fleeted oil tbe street corners by thosewhom she has blessed, and all throughthe street the cry ls heard, "Dorcas ls

coining'." The sick look up gratefullyin her fuce ns she puts lier limul on theburning brow, and tho lost und theabandoned start up with hope as theyhear her gentle voice, as though an Ur¬

ge] had addressed them, and as she

goes out thc lane eyes half put outwith sin think they see a halo of lightnbout her brow and a trail of glory In

her pathway. Thnt night n half paidshipwright climbs the hill nnd rencheshollie and sccs his little boy well cladnnd says, "Where did these clothescome from'.'" And they tell him, "Dor-ens lins been here." In another place a

woman is trimming a lamp; Dorenabought the oil. In another pince a

family that had not been nt tnblo for

many a week are gathered now, forDorcas hus brought bread.

Dorena (h.- Dlaelple.Hut there 1;; a sudden pause In that

womnn's ministry. They say. "Wherels Dorcns? Why, we haven't seen herfor runny n day. Where ls Dorcas?"And one of these poor people goes upand knocks ut the door and il.nh thcmystery solved. All through thehaunts of wretchedness the news

conics, "Dorcas ls sick!" No bulletindashing from the palace gate tellingthe stages Of a king's disease ls more

anxiously waited for than the news

from this benefactress. Alas, for Jop¬pa there is wailing, walling: Thatvoice Which has uttered so many cheer¬ful words ls bathed; thnt bund whichlins made so many garments for thepoor ls cold nnd still; the star whichhad ponied light Into the midnight ofwretchedness ls dimmed by tba blind¬

ing mists that go up from the river ofdentil. In every forsaken place In thattown, wherever there ls a Bick childnnd no balm, wherever there ls hungermid no bread, wherever there is guiltand no commiseration, wherever therels a broken heart and no comfort, theretire despairing looks and streamingeyes and frantic gesticulations as theycry. "Dorcas is dead!"They send for thc apostle Fetcr, who

happens to bc in the suburbs of thepince, stopping with a tanner of thename of Simon. Peter argea his waythrough the crowd around the door andMauds In the presence of the dead.What demonstration of grief nil abouthim! Here stand some of the poorpeople, who show the garments whichthis poor woman bad made for them.Their grief cannot bc appeased. Theapostle Peter wants to perform a mira¬cle. Ile will not do it amid the excitedcrowd, so he orders that the wholeroom be cleared. The apostle standsnow with the dead. oh. lt is a serious

moment, you know,when you arc alonewith a lifeless body! The apostle getsdown on his knees and prays, and thenhe conies to the lifeless form of thisone nil ready for the sepulcher, and Inthe strength of him who ls the resur¬

rection he cries, "Tnblthn, arlae!"There ls n stir In the fountains of life;the heart flatters; the nerves thrill; thecheek flushes; the eye opens; she altaup!We see In this subject Dorcas the

disciple, Dorcns the benefactress, Dor¬cas the lamented, Dorcas the resur¬

rected.Mfe'e Greatest Doty.

If I rind not seen thnt word discipleIn my text. I would have known thiawoman was a f'hrlsttnn. Such musicas thnt never came from a heart whichls not chorded nnd strung by divinegrnce. Before I show you the needle¬work of this woman I want to showyou her regenerated heart, the source

of a pure life nnd of all Christian char¬ities. I wish thnt the wives and moth¬ers and daughters nnd sisters of all theearth would imitate Dorcas in her dis¬cipleship. Before yon cross the thresh¬old of the hospital, before you enter

upon the temptations and trials of to¬morrow, I charge you In tlie name ofGod and hy the turmoil and tumult ofthe Judgment day. O womnn, that younttend to the first, last nnd greatestduty of your life.the seeking for Godnnd being at peace witli him! Whenthe trumpet shall sound, there will bean uproar and n wreck of mountnlnfind continent, and no human arm can

help you. Amid tlie rising of the deadand amid the bolling of yonder sea andamid the live, leaping thunders of theflying heuvens cnlm and placid will beevery woman's heart who bath put hertrust in Christ.calm notwithstandingall tlie tumult, as though the tire inthe heavens were only the gildings ofan autumnal sunset, us tbOOgh the pealof the trumpet were only the hunnonyuf un orchestra, as though the awfulvoices of the sky were but a group offriends bursting through a gateway at

.Teatime with laughter nnd shouting,"Donas the disciple!" Woold Oodthat every Mary and every Marthawould this day >it do\vn at the feet ofJesus! jPartner, wa see Dorena, the benefac-|

tress. History hm told the story ofthe crown; epic poet has sung of thesword; the pastoral poet, witli hisverses full of the redolence of clovertops and B-rUStle with thc silk ol' tlielorn, has sung the praises of thc [dow.I tell Voil the praises ol' the needle.From thc fig leaf robe prepared in tliegarden of Kdcn to thc last si itch takenon tlie garment for the poor the needlehus wrought wonders of kindness, gen¬erosity ami benefaction, it adornedthe girdle of tin- high priest, it fash¬ioned the curtains In the ancient tab¬ernacle, lt cushioned the chariots ofKing Solomon, lt provided thc robes ofQueen lili/abcth. and In high placesand in low places, by tlie lire of the pioncer's bach log and under the Hashof thc chandelier every where lt hasclothed nakedness, lt has preached thegospel, lt has overcome h ists of penu-t< and want with thc warcry of.Stitch, ¦aitch, stitch!" Tbe opera¬tives have found a livelihood by it, timithrough lt thc mansions of tile em¬

ployer arc constructed.The Xeedle'a Trlumpha.

Amid the greatest triumphs In nilages and lands 1 set down the con

tjucsts of thc needle. I admit itsi rimes; I admit Its cruellies. If hashad more martyrs than the fire; it haspunctured the eye; lt has pierced thc

side; lt hus struck weakness Into thelungs; it hus sent madness into thebruin; it has filled the potter's field; ithus pitched whole armies of the suffer¬

ing Into crime and wretchedness andwoe. Hut now that I am tulklng ofDorcas nnd her ministries to thc poofI shall speak emly of tho charities ofthe needle. This woman wus a repre-sentutlve of nil those who mnke gnr-uients for tba destitute, who knit socksfor the bnrefooted, who prepnre band¬ages for the lneernted, who fix up box¬es of clothing for missionaries, who goInto the nsylums of the suffering anddestitute bearing thut gospel which lssight for the blind and heming for thedeaf nnd which mnkes the lume mnn

leap like n hart and brings the dead tolife. Immortal health bounding In theirpulses.What a contrast between the prac-

tltvnl benevolence of this woman und a

great deal of the charity of this day!This woman did not spend her timeIdly planning how the jwor of the cityof Joppa were to be relieved. Shetook her needle and relieved them.She was not like those persons whosympathize with Imaginary sorrowsand go out In the street mid lnugli ntthe boy who lins upset his basket ofcold victuals or like Unit charity whichmakes a rousing speech on the benevo¬lent platform and goes out to kick thebeggar from the step, crying, "Hush/our miserable howling!" Sufferers ofthe world want not so much theory as

'practice; not so mach tears aa dnot so much kind wishes as loaves ofbread; not so much smiles as slims;not so much "God bless yous!" ns Jack¬ets and frocks. I will put MM earnestChristian man, hardworking, against5,000 mere theorists on thc subject ofcharity. There arc a great many whohave line Ideas about church architec¬ture who never in their lives helped tobuild n church. There are nu n whocan give you tlie history of Huddhlsmand Mohammedanism who never senta farthing for evangelization. Thereare women who talk beautifully aboutthe suffering of the world who never

lind tlie courage, like Dorcas, to takethe needle and assault lt.

Female Henevolenee.I nm glad that there ls not u page of

thc world's history which is not a rec¬

ord of female benevolence. God saysto all lands and people, "Come, now,and hear tlie widow's mite rattle downInto the poor box." The Princess ofConti sold all her Jewels that she mighthelp the famine stricken. QueenBlanche, the wife of Louis VIII ofFrance, hearing that there were some

persons uujustly Incarcerated in theprisons, went out amid the rabble andtook a stick nnd struck the door as a

signal thut they might all strike lt, nnddown went thc prison door, and outcaine the prisoners, Queen Maud, tbawife of Henry I. went down amid thcpoor and washed their sores aud ad¬ministered to them cordials. Mrs. Ret-Hon. nt Matagorda. appeared on thebattlefield while the missiles of deathwere Hying around and cared for thewounded. Is there a man or woman

who has ever heard of the civil war inAmerica who baa not heard of thc wo¬

men of the sanitary and Christiancommissions or the fact that beforethe smoke had gone up from Gettys¬burg and South Mountain the women

of the north met the women of thesouth on the battlefield, forgetting alltheir animosities while they bound upthe wounded und closed the eyes ofthe slain? Dorcas the benefuctress.

I come now to speak of Dorcas thelamented. When death struck downthat good woman, oh, how much sor¬row there was in the town of Joppa!I suppose there were women there withlarger fortunes, women perhaps withhandsomer faces, but there wns no

grief at their departure like this atthe death of Dorcas. There were notmore turmoil and upturning in theMediterranean sea dashing against thewharfs at that seaport than therewere surglngs to and fro of grief be¬cause Dorcas was dead. There are a

great many who go out of life and are

uiimlssed. There may be a very largefuneral, there may be a great manycarriages and a plumed hearse, theremay be high sounding eulogiums, thebell may toll at the cemetery gate,there may tie a very fi.ie marble shaftrented over the resting place, but thcwhole thiug may be a falsehood anda sham.

Nothing I lint.

The church of God has lost nothing;the world has lost nothing. It ls onlya nuisance abated. It ls only a grum¬bler ceasing to And fault. It Is onlyan Idler stopped vawnlng. It ls onlya dissipated fashionable parted fromhis wine cellar, while on thc otherhand no useful Christian leaves thisworld without being missed. Thechurch of God eries out, like theprophet. "Howl, fir tree, for the cedarhas fallen!" Widowhood comes audshows thc garments which tlie depart¬ed bad made. Orphans are lifted upto look Into the calm face of the sleep¬ing benefactress. Reclaimed vagrancy1

comes and kisses the cold brow of herwini charmed it away from siu, audall through the streets of Joppa thereis mourning mourning because Dorcasls dead. When Josephina of Francewas carried ont tu lier grave, therewere a gnat tinny tuen and women of

pomp and pt ide and position that wentout after lier. Hut I am most affectedby the story ol' history that on thatday there were 10,000 of thc poor of

Prance who followed her collin, weep¬

ing and walling until thc air rang

again, because when they lost Joseph¬ine they hMt their last earthly friend.Oh, who would not tallier have such

Obsequies than all the tears that were

ever poured In the lachrymals thathave been exhumed from ancientcities! There may be no mass for thc

dead, there may lie no costly sarcopha¬gus, there may be no elaborate mausolenin, but In thc damp cellars of the

City nnd through tin- lonely huts of themountain glen there will be mourning,mourning, mourning, because Dorcasis dead. "Blessed arc ibe dead whodie in the bord. They rest from theirlabors, and their works do followthem."

I speak to yon of Dorcas thc resur¬

rected. The apostle cline to where shewas and sahl. "Arise, and she sat up!"In what a short compass the greatwriter put that "She sat up!" Oh,what a time there have been aroundthnt town when thc apostle broughtlier out among her old friends! How

thc tears of Joy must have started!What clapping of hands there must

have been! What sluging! What laugh¬ter! Sound lt all through that lane!Shout lt down that dark alley! I.et all

Joppa hear it! Donas ls resurrected!«.mut Never Dies.

You and I have seen the same thingmany a time; not a dead body resusci¬tated, but the die,ascii coming upagain alter death in the good accom¬

plished. If a man labors up to 50years of age, serving Qod, and thendies, we are apt to think that his earth¬

ly work is done. \o. His Influenceon earth will continue till the worldceases. Services rendered for Christnever stop. A Christian woman toilsfor tlie upbuilding of a church throughmany anxieties, through many self de¬nials, with prayers and tears, and thenslie dies. It ls 15 years since she went

away. Now the Spirit nf Cod de¬scends upon that church; hundreds ofsouls stand up and confess the fidth ofChrist. Ibis that Christian woman

who went away 15 years ago nothiugto do with these tilings? I see theBowering out of her noble heart. Ihear the echo of her footsteps In allthe songs over sins forgiven, In all theprosperity of tin- church. The goodthat seemed lo be buried lins come npagain. Doivas is reasurected!After nwhile all these womanly

friends of Chris! will put down theirneedle forever. After making gar¬ments for other.- sonic one will makea garment for them; thc last robe wc

ever wear the robe tor tba grave.You will have luard the last cry of

pain, Von will have witnessed tbe last

orphanage. Von will have come in

worn out from your last round ol'

mercy. I do not know where you will

sleep nor what your epitaph will be,but there will lie a lamp buming atthnt tomb and an angel of God guard¬ing it, ami through all the loug nightno rude foot will disturb the dust.sleep on, sleep on! Soft bed, pleasantshadows, undisturbed repose! Sleep on!

A-l. p wi .li -'ul I:.

fntu whit ii ii' ii.' in wika to w cplReward Huh rollie.

Then one day there will lie ti skyrending and a whirl of wheels and thcHash of a pagi ant. annies marching,chains clanking, banners waving, thun¬ders 1.ming, and that Christian wo¬

man will arise from the dust, and shewill bi' suddenlysurrounded aurround-cd by the wanderers ot' tbe streetwhom she reclaimed, surrounded bythe wounded souls , > whom slie hadadministered! llaughter of God, so

strangely surrounded, what means

this'.' it means that reward has come;

that the victory is won; that Hie crown

is ready; that the banquet is spread.Shout it through all the crumblingearth! Sing it through all the Hyingheavens! Dorcas is resurrected!In 1855, when some of the soldiers

came back from the Crimean war toLondon, the queen ot England distrib¬uted among them beautiful medals,called Crimean medals. Galleries were

erected for the two houses ol' parlia¬ment and tlie royal family to sit in.There was a great audience to witnessMic distribution of the medals. A colo¬nel who had lost both feet in the bat¬tle of Inkermann was pulled in on a

wheel chair; others came in limping on

their crutches. Then Hie queen ofEngland arose before them in thename of lier government and utteredwords of commendation to the officersand men aud distributed those medals,Inscribed with the four great battle¬fields Alma, Balaklava, Inkermannand Sevastopol. As the queen gavethese to the wounded men mid thewounded officers Hie bands of musicstruck up the national air, and the peo¬ple, with streaming eyes, joined In thesong:

(iod sjvp our irraciuua queen!Loaf live our nollie queen!God save the queen!

And then they shouted "Husua! Una¬lta!" Oh. it was a proud day for thosereturned warriors! But a brighter, bet¬ter and gladder day will come whenChrist shall gather those who havetolled in his service good soldiers ofJesus Christ He shall rise beforethem, and in the presence of all theglorified of beaven he will say, "Welldone, good and faithful servant!" Andthen he will distribute thc medals ofeternal victory, not inscribed witliworks of righteousness which wc havedone, but with those four great battle¬fields, dear to earth and dear to heav¬en.Bethlehem, Nazareth, Gethsemaneand Calvary!

[Copyright, 1900, by Louis Klopsch.]

Their Idea of limn,-.

An association of Chicago bachelorshas been formed to establish a home ofthis description: "Home should mean a

nice, neat and comfortably famishedflat or house which a man can call hisown, nt leasl lor the time being, wherehe can make a racket if he desireswithout being afraid of disturbing any¬body else nnd where he can throw offcollars, raffs and shoes and stick hisfeet on the parlor table without shock¬ing a lot of silly prudes."

A MOST UNUSUAL MAN. \He Telia of Illa Queer Experience!

lu Row York.

"I must have been born uuder an un¬

usual star, one of tba sort that are

Jolted from fixed orbits about once In a

thousand years, because my experi¬ences arc never like those of any one

whom I know," said the New Yorkagent of a Chicago Brm. "I was walk¬ing down Cold street with a friend on

April 1 winn wc saw a pocketbook on

thc sidewalk." 'Not on your life,' Mid my friend as

he passed by, but I picked lt Up. ItContained |0U in not ta, and, tilthough Iadvertised it, no owner appeared. liv¬ery other pocketbook lying Idle on a

New Vork street that day had a stringattached to ii."My life lias been hllcd with contrary

Incidents of thia sort. An acquaintancewho had occasionally borrowed moneyfrom mc came io inc two years agoand said:"'Old mau, you have always been

white to me, and I want to do you a

favor. I can't pay back the money Iowe yon, but I have a straight tip thutis worth more. It is Inside informa¬tion. Hake up all the money you eauand buy this stock.'

"I knew no more about stocks than a

child, and I had never heard thatstraight tips sometimes failed. 1bought the stock and sold it at <Xlpoints profit That was unusual, eh?"Now, yesterday my office boy came

to me and said:" 'Sir, my grandmother died yester¬

day, and I want to get off this after¬noon lo attend tba funeral.'

"I always read tbe comic papers, andI said, 'Walt a minute, my boy, andrn see about it.' I looked in my news¬paper and found that the home team

waa going to play a strong westernteam that afternoon. My experiencein unusual experiences somehow never

tenches me anything, so I said:" 'William, are you sure your grand¬

mother ls dead?'" Sure,' said he. 'Casey, the under¬

taker, put her on ice yesterday.'" 'And has she never been burled be¬

fore?'"William looked at me as If he

thought my mind was wandering." 'Never that I know of, air.'" 'Arc you going to sit on the bleach¬

ers. Willie?' I asked." 'Naw; I'm going to ride in the ker-

ridge with the folks.*"He's deeper than I thought, I con¬

cluded." 'Well. Willie, you may go this time

and sec the game,' said 1, 'but don'tbury yotir grandmother ugaln this sea¬son.'"Willie told the elevator boy that the

old man was 'gettio dotty,' and off hewent. Now, lt does seem strange, butWillie's grandmother was buried thatafternoon, and Willie not only went tothe funeral, but his 'kerrldge' was up¬set, and lie was taken to the hospitalwith a broken arm. I have Just beenuri to fee bira, and I nm so penitent atmy gibes about Willie's grandmother,to whom he was really attached, thntI have lind him removed to a privateroom, ami I'm going to pay all of hisexiietises. Willi*' never went to a ballgame in his life. Now, did you everhear anything stranger than that? Iam certainly the moat unusual man ofmy acquaintance." New Vork Sun.

Hunk* lor the Servant*.

Improvement in the building of apart¬ments seems to know no limit In NowVork, where every one of the latestlarge buildings put Up has some ad¬vantage' which its predecessors 1o notpu>-css. That tlie dimensions of tberooms or Hie amount of air and lightsupplied are n >t increased must be at¬tributed to conditions over which theIngenuity of architects cannot prevail.About every other convenience of liv¬ing has been provided, however, andthe best possible use is made of thini ans available.one new apartment louse not to bi

opened to the ;. ii lie until next autumnexhibits nu cui'ivly new scheme frieconomizing space. The tenants otthese apartments, which will rent forseveral thousand dollars a year, willpresumably require tlie attendance ofseveral servants. For the domesticstaff it was dc -i ary to provide quar¬ters with< ut limiting the accommoda¬tions in t:;e other parts of the fiats. Sothe roon,.- s, t aside for thc servantsare provided with bunks of the kind tcbc found on an ocean steamer. Thenare aa upper aid a lower berth, whichdill r in no detail of arrangement fromthe beds sci n on shipboard, and theapartment willoh contains this new de¬vice is in ol.e of ihe most expensivebuildings of tin1 city..New Vork Sun.

Dolllver'* I'iiiiioiim lion Peroration.

Jonathan P. Dolllver of iowa, ol' theways and means committee in thehouse of representatives,la a son-in-lawof D. K. Pennons, tlie millionaire phi¬lanthropist of Chicago, ami In spite ofhis wealth he has won an enviableplace in congress solely on his meritsduring his iii years of service. Mr.Dolllver ls nn eloquent speaker, andwhen lie ls set down for a speech thcvisitors' gallery is sure to be lilied. Hels particularly apt at repartee, andmo>t members tight shy of a runningdebate with him. Mr. Dolllver is per¬haps best known by lils peroration-oathe question ot" admitting Americanpork into European markets."I hoiie the tillie will collie," he salli.

"when the American hog, with a curlof contentment in his tail and a smileof pleasure on his face, may travel un¬

trammeled through the markets of thoworld."Hut that time has not yet arrived In

spite of Mr. Dolli vet's eloquence..Sat¬urday Evening Post

Hoar to Adtlreaa a Rural Dean.

A Kentish fanner lately had to writeto his rector, who was also rural dean,und after much consideration he boganbis letter with "Reverend and RuralSlr.".London Chronicle._

A Good Cough Medicine.Many thousands have been restored

to health and happiness by the use

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TALK WITHKELLY & NOTTINGHAM,On&ncocUi Va.

We represent Fire InsuranceCompanies that pay losses inthe event of fire.

No reliable Insurance Agencycan write your insurance at alower rate than we can makeyou.It will be a matter of economy,

on your part, to consul, us

before placing your insurance-.

We have ample facilities forhandling all your insurances, nomatter how small, or how largethe amount may be.

We guard your interest as care¬

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sale for the reason that all our

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Write to Kelly A. Nott I nj,'ha in.

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We have a telephone right in ourOffice.

ONANCOCK. YA.

FLETCHER Sb DOUGHTYAgents for the

London AssuranceCorporation.

AMStS in H. Ba, January 1,1900, of $1,873,431xet "irnrint. ffiff

Fire losses i>ui<l in the I'liltd State*, ovei

$11,000,000.

also AOBsnra rou tub

Hamburg-Bremen and the[Juted States Fire Ins. Cos..

HaTOrrice next to bank.Telephone in office.-fK

Onancock, Va.

CTCLIETGAND A GOOD

Repair -o- ShopARE INSEPARABLE.

The machine must be proper¬ly adjusted and the parts ingood order to secure the delightof an easy spin.We do the fine work.We sell new and second-hand

wheels.

Virginia Cycle Co.,ONANCOCK, Ya.

Opposite Postoffice.

W. P. CUSTIS & CO.

WholesaleFruit and Produce

COMMISSION MERCHANTS."Eggs Poultry, Peas, Berries,-

Oysters, Terrapin &c.

Shipping Letter C.Baltimore, Md. ^

Quick Sales and Prompt Returns.

Strawberry Crates furnished to myregular customers and to other reiable men at my shipping point*.

H.T. WHITE,Boomtown, Va.

In addition to the usual line ofGENERAL MERCHANDISE,

has also in stockCOOK STOVES, SASH AND

DOORS, MOULDINGS,LATHS AND LUMBER,

and offersFor Rent.Truck Farm of 100acres with plenty of resources.

All at Lowest Prices.

Thornton Hotel.AND.

Livery Stables,BLOOMTOWN STATION, VA.

doo bal of H. H. station.)

S. L. Thornton, . Proprietor.First-Class Board.

All day aud night trains met.

Passengers conveyed to all parts ofPeninsula at reasonable rates.My mail hack meets 4.12 a. m. and

12. 40 p. m. traius for Chincoteaguevia Wisharts Point and all boatsfrom Ouincoteague for Bloomtown