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Accomack C. II., Va.,
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Accomack C. Q"., Va.,
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JOHN W. EDMONDS,
A T T 0 ? N E Y -AT- L A W,
Accomac G. H., Va.
N. J. W. LECATO,
a t t () R N e y - a t - l a w .
1 ?ostoiTice, s a V AG F. VILLE.
Will resume the practice of his prof es
sion in the Counties of Accomack and
Northampton.
l. w. childrey;
General Insurance Agent,
NOK FOLK, VA.
r^A'l commuuieations promptly
attended to.
rjpo THE PUBLIC.
i>r. Lewis JT. narniHHMAn having rctnrn
*1 to his native enmity from Baltimore, aud lo
c;iio l at OnaaccX f->r iUf practice "I
DENTISTRY,
>.rr~r^ liU serviced to th? public
!;>>!:i: a graduate r>f Hie Baltl
in >ro College < Dental Surgery,
an 1 having had s"-ne experience
Iii practising his profession In that city, he may
he relied to execute all hi* ?" >rk In Oie he-;
style. H? wHlvvisltDr?njmondt?icneTerycbnri
.\r, and can a'w-ys he found at Waddy'a Hutol.
OSlc?: Market s;., opposite U:ii>iKi church
? ? j. HARUASSOX. D. P. S.
OuaucucSc, Ta.
& Welly Coari,
Carpenter and Builder,
Accomac C. h.. Va.,
Dwellings. Storehouses, ChnrcllCS,
built by the dsir or contract, siccord
iug to riie latest styles and improve?
ments in architecture.
Plans and Specifications Furnished
at reasonable rates.
References?Mr. George \V. Kel?
ly, Onancock; Messrs..I no. .1. Black
stone and James H. Parramore, Ac?
comac c. II., Va., and other immer
ous patrons.
Agent of Patented Ready Roof?
ing, warranted not to leak. Sold
at one-half the cost of shingles.
Lloyd Tahb. ) f Gen. C MneUn.
j. Prosaor r.iab. j I w. C Diramock
T?3B BROS,, MAS LIN & CO,,
iMPor.T"i:5 op
^Cl'TI.F.RY, Gt'Xft. Ac.,;
4:7 Hapkins Place, (formerlySharp S*-?
BALTIMORE
BLACKSTONE & BELL,
Accomack C H., Va.,
a FULL LINE OF
FANCY ARTICLES,
DRUGS.
OILS,
PAINTS,
SEEDS,
&C, a-C, &C, a-C,
jf^pt -m hnrrd fcr snrrc ?rt lowest prttresv
PENINSULA CLOTHING
STORE.
I. H. Merrill & Co.,
POUOMOKE CITY, MD.,
-Dealers in
MEN'S, YOUTHS', BOYS1 AND
C1I ILDE ENS FIXE CLOTH I NO,
LADIES, CENTS. MISSES AXI>
CHILDREN'S FIXE S It O KS,
HAND AND MACHINE SEWED;
HATS, CAPS, AND ALL KINDS
OF G ENTS F UK NTS II1 X O
GOODS, ROBES HOUSE AXD
LAP BLANKETS. WHIPS,
SATCHELS. rjMBEELLAS. HEB
BEE BOOTS AND SHOES, &C.
We avail ourselves of this means of ad
vising the citizens of Accomac ami
Northampton counties that we have
made large additions tu our stock, and
arc* now ready for the fall and winter
trade. We buy largely direct from man?
ufacturers and feel safe in savins; Lha!
onrstock of K EADY-M A DE CLOTH?
ING. BOOTS.SHOES. HATS.CAPS.
GENTS FLHtXlSiUXti GOODS, is
without a superior both" in style and
quality on this peninsula. Prices close
for meritorious goods. When von visit
Pocomoke City, don't fail to call and see
our coods an l prices. Vour presence
will always he appreciated, and your
commands by mail will have our best at?
tention. Remember we keep an im?
mense steck, and sell low for cash.
I. H.MEKR1 LL&CO..
Pocoinoke City, Mil.
Francis Albert, Frederick Albert.
ALBERT BROS.,
-IMPORTERS 0F
IllBWili,
Cutlery and Guns,
No. i North Howard Street,
BALTIMORE, M D.
Hg-SPECIAL ATTEXTIOK GIVEN TO ORDERS.
HENRY C. LEWIS,
accom ac C. EL, Ya.,
AFFERS IIIS SE1JYICES to the!
^ public, and is prepared to build
bouses of every kind and descrip?
tion at moderate rates.
Satisfactory reference as to bis!
skill as a workman can and will be
cheerfully given when desired.
I PIANOS, I
Grand, Upright and Square.,
! The Superiority of-the "ftttefT" Plnnoa 1*
recogtitged an.I acknowlo<lsed i>y tii* highest i
musical authorities', and the demaud f..r than I? !
? steadily Increasing as their inertia aro becoming ,
I ni'.ire extensively known.
HIGHEST HONORS
i
Over all American and many Euro-1
pean rivals at the
Exposition,
Paris, 1878
Have the Endorsement of over
100 different Colleges, Schools and!
Seminaries.
As to Iheir Durability.
j
TUey are fez-fvet la Tone, am\ Work*
niacMialp. and Klcffwnt lu
1 [) [?SB n: 11 re.
; A large Assortment of Second-hand
Pianos Always oil Hand.
General Wholesale Agents for
ORGANS.
f?TScnd for Illustrated Piano or Or
: gnu Catalogue.
CHAS. M. STIEFF,
No. 9 North Liberty Street,
BALTIMORE, J1D.
F. T. Bears, Bra, & Co.
BOG GS' WHARF,
Accomac county, Ya.,
dealers in
General Merchandise, Lumber,
Shingles, Laths, Railing, Well
Tubing. Lime, Furniture,
Fertilizers, &c., &c.
C^Fnrniture sold at Baltimore
i prices, stock of building material
' large, and shipments can be con?
veniently made to any point on
j Extern Snore.
i
Sewing Machine
STANDS AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS
In Quality and Simplicity.
It has no Rival .to put it down, but
It Stands Bold at the Fjiont.
Having sold over 400 in 1881, and
iss;t, shows that the
People of Accomac Appreciate Its Merits.
1 can seil you other machines for less
price. Singer pattern; drop leafand two
drawers, for ?0; ilso n. Domestic,
1 To we and any other pat lern. Will ?oll
the Royal St. John, drop leaf and six
di.vwers. for s>w.00, but 1 cannot put
I 28 El t^Bll I L machines, as to the
price. Having sold machines for nearly j
fourteen years, gives me a chance to
know something of the tricks which
others practice on those who are not j
posted in machinery. If
Yon Want a Goofl Sewinjr Machine
come and see me. or write to me. and 1
WILL SELL Vor ANY M.W 'llFNE
thaieanhehonghl.TUpiMUeTC
hut none so good as S SSL tf? Sal I Ca
Also.u large stock of FURNITURE,
MATTRESSES. Ac on Hand. Repair-.
tug of Furniture. Pictures Framed, or
anything else in our line promptlv at-1
tended to. I Or FIN'S, CASKETS and
TRIMMINGS tor sale.
Re&pcctfullv. &c.
R. II. PENXEVVELL,
OXANGOCK, Va.
Vv
7"IXT!".K RCIIKDl'I.E.
the
Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
OK BALTIMORE,
Onnnl nrier Nnnday. Nov. 30th, iss-l.
(Saturday excepted) aiii run their Htoamora. an
follrtw?, leavln? South Street Wharf at 5.U0o'cloek
p. in.
.Steamer EANTERX R1IOKK,
Cut, g. a. ravnou.
Sunday for Crlefleld. Hoffman"*, Evaua', Bobc*',
Read'* Davla' Miles'. Shlelda". Hutnrar'it and
Taylor.a, Returning?Leave Tiylor'a every
Tueaday at 0 a. in., touchlni; at the above
laudlnca Including Boggavlllt... at tlie uaunl
hours.
We In.'s lay f..r Crlaileld, Tanclur Island. [Uucua.
villa. Hoffman's, Evan's Gulir?rd and
Hunting (?[?.???tt. Returning?Leave Huntlne
Cro"k every Friday at T.:m M., Oullfnrd 9.00,
Roseavlllo 11 Noon, and the otherlaudlnca at
the usual houra.
Steamer TAMilKU,
Capt. S. U. Wilson,
Tueaday and Friday forCrUnold. Flnncy'a,
Onancock, Plus' K'harr, Cedar Hail, Rohoboth,
I'ocomoke City and Snow Mill.
Returning -Leave Snow mil ev.-ry Monday ?ithT
Thursday at fi a. m.. touching at the above laud
Inga (it tin1 uaual hours
f-^AU Bteaai9rs laave Crisfield for Baltl
t more, on arrival of last down train.
Freight and iiasaehgera received tor.all point*
on the X. V., rnila. and Norfolk. Wl,.ileo ami
Pocomoke. and Delaware. Maryland and Vir- .
tlnia Rallroade.
positively no freight received after 5 p, m.
atul inuat be prepaid to all points, except!
on the X. V. Phlla, and .Norfolk Railroad.
f. R. CLARK, General Agent,
... 105 Soe.th Street. Ral'lmore.
New Firm! New Goods!
We will open on the Und day of
June. ISS4, at EDGE-WOOD, a boat
4 miles from PUXGOTEAGUE,
a large stock of
bought with much care for cash.
We can ami will sell GOOD GOODS
for SMALL PRICES. Call and see
for yourselves at
cars ?? Son,
John E. Fowler.
MARION VI LLE, VA.
dealer IN
Wines, Liquors and Cigars; Cogniac
lira tidy and other line liipiors tor
medicinal purposes specialties.
G. B. PARSONS,
WAUIIAPR EAG?E CITY,
(Powelton)
Accomac county, Va.,
MASTFR BUILDER & CONTRACTOR,
Offers his services to the public and is
prepared to build bouses ofevery kind and
description nv the day or contract. AT
ANY point OX THE EASTERN
[SHORE. "Flans and Specifications
furnished when desired at reasonable
rates."
! lie can give host of references and
will furnish security, when necessary.
C. LLOYD DOUGHTY,
belle Haven, ya.,
RESTAURATEUR, I
ana aeaier in
Wines, Xiquors and "Cigars,
Meals at all hours, on the European
plan. First-class lodging furnished.
Livery Stahles of Jacob, Rio. & Co.
attached, and passengers conveyed to
any part of the Peninsula. Has recent
h opened to the public a half-mile race
course. Has branch houses at Ward
town and Iladlock. Northampton conn
: ty, Va.
F. W. BYRD,
w itu
Jas. Myer & Co.,
WHOLESALE
GROCERS
and dealkk5ix
Tobacco, Cigars and Pipes
[30 CUEAPSIDE,
BAirjfW?BH.
Till) 111 TICK OF LIFE.
The innre we live, more i>rlrf appear
Cliir llfn'* succeeding slnsi";
A day lo childhood seems.a year.
An.I years like imflBliig fta..'-'
The gladsome iMirrfntVit,qu'r youth.
Ere {Mission yd disorders.
Strain lingering IlkO u rlvrriinootb
Along its ^ra!?^y borders,
Hut as the careworn ehoefc grows wan,
Ami sorrow's shafts llythtvkor,
Tolslars, that measure Ufr tr> man
Why seem your courses quicker?
When joys bare lost their bloom und l>ro:ith.
Anal lift- Itself Is vapid.
Why as we ui'ur Ilm Calls of T>onth,
Feel we Us thle more rapid!
It may lie strange, yet who would change
Time's course to slower spoe.llag,
When o:i? by one our friends harogooe
Ami left our bosoms bleeding?
ITearen gives our years of hiding sireugth
Indemnifying Beeliiees;
Ami those of youth a seeming length
lYoportloued 11 their sweetness
MISS SCAMPER.
None at tlio Bappaqnah Sulphur
Springs knew who Miss Scamper
was, ami few eared to know. She
came with an old gentleman, who
registered the pair as \S. Scamper
and granddaughter, New York
city." They were doubtless poor
folks on a holiday. They had no
servants with them. The old.man
wore a suit of rather rusty black,
and his trunk, an antique leather
conven ieiiey, bore the letters S. S.
in brass headed nails. The young
woman's trunk?she had tutt one?
was largo enough, and of modern
make, but it was apparently not
well tilled, since she had shown but
three dresses all the three weeks
she had remained. One of these,
of rich material, she wore even?
ings; the other two. of some washa?
ble material, were worn alternately
in day time. She had no jewelry
beyond a plain gold brooch. One
of t he eligible young men there said
llial "the Scam per has one Sunday- ?
go to nieelin" and two work-day
suits." for which his neighbor
should have kicked him, but didn't.
The eligible young man was looking
for an eligible mate in the person
of .Miss Bolsover, the great heiress,
whom the society paper lotd said;
was coming to the liappaqiiah: !
though, as she hadn't come, the'
Brown's young man ofthe society
paper labored under a delusion.? ,
The match making dowagers did
not fear this modest, uretty, and
well-cultured young woman, for the
gilded youth, who were also lying
in wait for Miss Bolsover, iniiuli
more gilded,tlid not dangle ill her.
train. Indeed she had no train.? >
Her business was to look after her |
poor old grandfather, who was not J
in good health, and with whom the;
wators seemed to agree. Didymus :
Dodd, who scraped an acquaint?
ance with tdd Scamper, as the fel?
lows irreverently called Ii im. seemed
to be her admirer; but Didymus
was nobody. He was well made,
tall, handsome, and of good ad j
dress: but he was only an upper.
clerk in a Philadelphia insurance I
company. To be sure, he would be i
superintendent after January, vice j
11 iggins,retired and .superannuated, J
and would then draw a salary of
five thousand a year. But no one'
knew that, and the. possible good
fortune to poor Miss Scamper; and
had they known, live thousand a
year was no great, matter. So the '
field wa?N left to Miss Scamper and j
welcome.
Didymus only began paying at- j
tentions to Miss Scamper out ol ;
courtesy, and because no one else
did; but the more he saw of her
the more he liked her, ami it ended
in his being badly hit. As he andj
she were the only impecunious peo-1
pie at the old and old fashioned re?
sort?the other visitors counting'
their dollars well up in the hundred
thousand?the matter attracted at
tent ion, and by way of getting both
oul of the way of marriageable!
sons and daughters, .scheming!
mothers lent the affair all the quiet I
encouragement possible. And this'
passed into a more active nature
from two little incidents that oc
currcil about ten days before the
end of the two months'vacation of
Didymus.
There was a Mrs. DeNyse at the
Springs, who was well known as an
amateur vocalist of merit, and
whose voice, though a little reedy
in the upper notes, had been trained
so well as to make her worth a
hearing. One evening, when a lew
were in the parlors, her friends be?
sought, her to favor them, and so
on, and she expressed her readi?
ness, but there happened to be no
accompanist. Miss Scamper who
was chattering near by with Didy?
mus. looked up, and quietly said,
'?Perhaps 1 can serve you that way,
Mrs. DeNyse."
"Can you play at sight, Miss
Scamper!" inquired Mrs. De Myse.
.Miss Sea in per nodded assent, and
seated herself at the piano-forte,
and accompanied the voice with
such good judgment that the singer
was delighted.
"I wish 1 could carry you about
with me, my dear," she said. "But
do you not sing? You surely must."
j "A little."
j Urged by ail around. Miss Scam?
per, to her own accompaniment,
sang an air from 11 Truvatore. Her
voice proved to be a rich soprano,
of lull register, clear as a silver bell,
and admirably cultivated. There
was a moment's pause when she
i bad done, as though not to lose a
' note, and then a storm of applause.
Here was a sensation. Everybody
j talked of her method, and the gild?
ed youths were in raptures. The
j mammas conferred, aud concluded
[that Miss Scamper was a member
I of some church choir, or attached
iv wme ?Hgliyb opera troupe, who
kn ? 1 nt they wore civil. There
wa ? a party going over to Almonr,
Colonel Parsi fall's place, next flay.
Would she go? SIio assented.?
Didymus said to her in a low
voice.:
"It is a riding party, Miss Scain
per. I know the host horse in the
livery-stable here, and if you'll per?
mit me, I'll secure it for you."
To which she replied in the same
tone: "Thank you. Mr. Dodd; you
are. very kind, hut I have one at,
command already. Get that for
yourself." J
Somewhat rebuffed, Didymus
colored, but she. added, "MTtieshall
not disgrace you." which was dis
tinct intimation that. she. expected
him as escort. The spirits of Didy?
mus i jse from zero to blood-heat.
Tlnii next morning as the riders
were * vady to start, a groom known
to l'?,."u,,tf <>f Colonel P.irsifall'srodo
up le.i.'dng ;i magnificent blooded
bay horse, equipped with u side,
saddle. As they were admiring the
animal, Miss Scamper, in a neat
riding habit, made her appearance.
The groom took off his hat. Didy?
mus, not a little astonished, put
forth his hand, anil the lady vaulted
to the back of the horse with an
easy grace. The cavalcade set out,
Miss Scamper and Didymus to?
gether, and being better mounted
than the others, were soon .it the
head of the column.
About a mile from the, springs
there, was a bar in the way. A
lofty tulip-tree had been blown
down 'luring the night and had
fallen across tin; roid. the trunk
well up on account of the wide
roofs. Some one had already cleared
a way by letting down fences on
the road side; but, Miss Scamper (lid
not go around with the rest. She
faced lhe trunk, the horse went
over, and then trotted on. Didy?
mus faced it, too. His brute got
over, 'mt halfstnmbled. Didymus
was country-bred, hail ridden
horses to mill bare-backed, and was
a half centaur when a boy: so he
brought his horse up.
Miss Scamper smiled approvingly.
Everybody admired, thueusc ami |
grace with which Miss Scamper j
managed her horse, and Didymus
more than everybody.
When they arrived at their des
filiation, the party dispersed in the
house and over the grounds. They
found old Scamper there, lie had
gone over bet?re in a carry-all.?
A!mont was the property of Od.
Almotit. and was for sale, with its
tine blooded stock of horses and
(rattle, its furniture, its library, and
everything in the house around it.
The Colonel and his family were in
Europe, and intended to stay there
while he;educatcd his sous in I lei
dclliwtjf ?"'C?-hsc offered rtfre whole
?a house that cost a hundred ami
thirty thousand dollars, with all its
offices of all kinds, stables, palmery.
grapery and greenhouses, furniture
made to order, ai.d over twelve
hundred acres of land in a high
state id' cultivation?"for," as In*
said in his letter "a mere song."?
So it was; but as it was set to the,
tum? of three hundred thousand
dollars, there were few who could
render the music.
They all admired the place. Tiie
agent, who was there, seized on the
Scampers and Didymus, to whom
he showed everything aud explain?
ed everything. Didymus was
amused at this, and whispered to
Miss Scamper, "He has picked mil
the only three who could certainly
not buy it." Miss Scamper, by the
twinkle in her eye, evidently up
predated the fun of the situation.
Then the agent.seized old Scamper,
and dragged him oil' to look at the
blooded horses and imported cattl?,
leaving Didymus and the girl to
get her.
"How do you like the place. Mr.
Dodd?" inquired she.
"Like it, .Miss Scamper! Why,
it is a garden of Eden, that is, it
would be so to me, iff had it with
an Eye in it."
The young lady smiled, and said,
"You like country life, then, Mr.
Dodd?"
"^Naturally,"replied Didymus. "I
lived in tha country until I was
twenty-two. I w.i- born and bred
there. I should have been there
yet but for the death of both of my
parents. 1 went to the city in
search of fortune. 1 have done
*'ery well for the last seven years,
and have put a little by; but to cov
et a place like this is like wishing
for the moon."
"The country is the place to live
in, and fijie city to work in," said
Miss Scamper, senteiifiously.
"To live in, l grabt you. if you
have the means?a good farm and
money to wuk it. Otherwise you
toil harder in the country than in
town, with less comfort and less
profit."
Then they discoursed on rural
topics, with a marvelous unity of
sentiment, until the venerable
Scamper and the agent got back,
which was at the time the whoie
[tarty, each with a nosegay furnish?
ed by thf. gardener fro a the green
houses, was ready for a return to
the Springs.
There were yet two days of the
young men's vacation left when he
determined to place his fate at Miss
Scamper's disposal at the first op?
portunity. The chance came that
very night. That evening a num?
ber were seated on the veranda en?
joying the moonlight. Miss Scam?
per sat apart from the rest, iu
heavy shadow, with her grandfath?
er. The old gentleman rose when
Dodd came, and left. Miss Scam j
per made room for Didymus at her |
side, and the two began to talk of
the day's doings.
I "?y-the by," said Didy in us,"have
vou heard that Alinont has been
1 sold?"
"Yes."
"And to the great heiress, Miss
Bolsover. I wonder if she. will
keep old maid's hall there?"
Miss SeamperJIauglied a low, sil?
very laugh.
"I presume she will," she said,
"unless she chance to marry.?
Wasn't, that a sad accident at the
mill to day?"
"Very. The man h;ts a wife and
h'vo children. I went over to see
how they were?to see if they were
in pressing need, you know; hut
that part is all right. This Miss
Bolsover, who must be staying
somewhere near, had been there,
and provided Ibr'all their wants. I
suppose, as she has bought AI moot,
she means to play the L idy Bounti?
ful here, which is all the better for
Micky and his family."
"I believe, Mr. Dodd," said the
lady, "th it yo.i play the part of
Lord Bountiful sometimes, especi?
ally if some.poor woman left with
four children should arouse your
sympathies."
"Ilow do von know?" he asked.
"A little bird told m.>," she slid.
"You not only paid Mrs. Grant's
rent, but'gofc her eldest, boy em?
ployment, and then fairly ran away
to avoid her thanks. She was full
of your praises."
"But she did not know my name,"
said Didymus.
'?True. But don't you remember
that veiled lady who ?at^there the
last time you came? That was [.?
I was in Philadelphia on a visit,
anil looked up Mrs. Grant, who had i
been a servant in our family before |
she married. Slie.ftold me of her;
troubles, and how a stranger had \
helped her. Hooked at'-you well
ami when you came "here I know
you in an instant."
Didymus felt his heart flutter.? i
Now was the time; 'but his tongue j
refused its ollice. Alter a little
pause, Miss Scamper said, "1 have |
had a very pleasant time here, and j
am almost sorry that I leave to-1
morrow,"
"To-morrow!" cried Didymus, in
desperation, seizing her hand,
which was not withdrawn. "Oh,
Ruth?Miss Scamper?you must
have seen?"
Here he stopped, butjthfi fingers
of the lady tightened a little in his
grasp. A friendlv cloud passed;
over the moou, and the recess grew
darker.
"I love you, Ruth, darling," he
murmured, and drew her unresist?
ing! v toward him
The people on the veranda were
too busy in conversation to hear a
faint sound made at the sealing of |
a compact between two foolish j
young people. ? Biifc once it was all
settled, the tongue of Didymus was)
fairly unloosed, and he 'weiit on'!
building his?their join-' scheme of
life. H-.- lold her <u t'.ie inoney heI
had hud ; way, and the big salary j
in prospect, and flic cozy little sub?
urban cottage on the Schuylkill,j
with its acre of ground, that he
would be. able to buy.
"And there is room for grand?
father to live with us," he said.
"That might not suit him, Didy
mus,"wshc replied, -though it is
kind and thoughtful of you. He,
would [irefer his own larger house:
in New York."
"His larger house!" cried Didy-!
mus. "I thought he was poor.'' i
'?Poor! Silas Scamper poor! Why, i
he has a two-third interest in the
great banking bouse _of Gould,)
Silver & Co., New York, Paris, and'
Vienna, though he figures as the
Co. IJe has his own house, and a
great, many more of them."
Didymus, in spite of his accept
ance, felt a gulf yawning somehow.
This rich banker?
"1 beg your pardon, Miss Scam
per," lie said, "but 1 *omehow?"
"Yes, Didymus, you believed
him poor, But why do you call me
Miss Scamper! Why not Ruth?
which is sweeter -for you. And
then my name is not Scamper at
all."
"Not Scamper, Ruth! Are you
not Mr. Scamper's gran dda ugh tor?"
??Oh yes, his only granddaughter,
and all the near kin he has. But
my mother was his only daughter
?we are both orphans, Didymus?
and of course I take my father's
name. I hope you won't buy that
cottage, since you like Almotit; for
J am Ruth Bolsover."?Harper's
Bazar.
A young girl in Philadelphia who j
for three years has been a patient i
sufferer with sore throat, has been |
effectually cured by asingDi\ Bull's
Cough Syrup.
Condiments and Indigestion.
Cayenne peper maybe selected!
as a typical example of a condiment
properly so called. Mustard is a
food and condiment combined; this
i? the case with some others. Curry
powders are mixtures of very po
tent condiments with more or less
of farrinaceous materials, and sul?
phur compounds, which, like the
oil of mustard, of onion.-,, garlic,
etc., may have a certain amount of
nutritive value.
The mere condiment is a stimu?
lating drug that does its work d:
rectiy upon the inner lining of the
stomach, by exciting it to increased
and abnormal activity. Adyspep-1
tic may obtain immediate relief by j
using cayenne pepper. Among the
advertised patent medicines is a
pill bearing the very ominous name
of its compounder, the active con?
stituent of which is cayenne. Great
relief and temporary comfort are
commonly obtained by using it asaj
a "dinner-pill!" If thus used only;
as a temporary remedy for an acute I
and temporary, or exceptional, the j
cayeuue, whether taken in pills or|
cJwsjrcd srreT the ftnrd or stewed
with it in curries or^any otherwise,
is one of the most cruel of slow
poisons when taken habitually,?
Thousands of poor wretches, are
crawling miserably toward their
graves, the victims of the multitude
of maladies of both mind and body
that are connected with chronic,
incurable dyspepsia, all brought
about by the habitual use. of cay?
enne and its condimcntal cousins.
The usual history of the^e vic?
tims is that they begin by over?
feeding, took the condiment to
force the stomach to do more than
its healthful amount of work, using
but a little at first. Then the stom
ach became tolerant of this little,
and demanded more; then more,
and more, and more, until at last
inflammation, ulceration, torpidity,
and filially the death of the diges?
tive powers, accompanied with all
that lofyg train of mlseriesjjto which
I have referred.?Popular Science.
Life.
Life is but a moment, a brief re?
flex from the great ocean of eter?
nity. Take heed how you make
use of it. and from the great c >use
queUCCS involved in its short'diira
tion learn the importance of little
things.
Queen Elizabeth once said to a
courtier: "Those succeed best in
this world who pass over ifquickly,
for it is but a bog; if we stop we
sink." Truly, this saying deserves
to be Oft quoted, and offener
practiced. Lite is short, and while
we have it we should make the
most of if,, as by our conduct in
this world will be awarded our po?
sition in the next. We have no
time for idleness; we must be quick
and decisive. The man who thinks
and executes rapidly succeeds best
in life, for though we may occasion
ally make mistakes, of more or less
importance, they are more than
counter-balanced by the benefits
arising from his successes. Itjs
such a man who makes a mark in
the world. For there are moments j
when hesitation is worse than folly I
?when it is a crime. Fortunes!
come hut seldom, and when she!
is often unexpected. It isuiir duty |
tobe, always on the watclt and j
seize all opportunities which God
or man may put within our reach.
An active life is one uf happiness.?
Our energies are wrapped up in our
undertaking-; to the exclusion of
secret sorrow; every success is so
much additional pleasure; every
fa lure an incentive to further en?
deavors. Act! act!! tint i.s the
grand secret of success in life.?
Rapid thinkers and decisive doers
are scarce all the world over; not
from lack of suitable material, luvt
.bevau:-:i..I.v inclination JSiv! .-*ciiVo
life is wanting in a vast number of
men. Let one trust in himself, let
him exert his capabilities to their
fullest extent.; ami, sooner or later,
success will inevitably smile upon
him. There is no such thing as
failure to a mail wit!) a purpose
which he is determined to success
fully accomplish. Let us all luv ? a
purpose and let us accomplish ir.?
The good which will follow wilf liot
be confined to individuals alone,
but will extend to and benefit all
society.
Lile is a strange mystery. We
can be sure of nothing save, death,
and the anticipation of it causes us
more alarm and so?fude than all
the other ills and calamities oflile.
This fear of tiie tribute to riaturu is
childish in the extreme. Death is
i in-vi table, and as we must resign
ourselves to the inevitable, why
not do so with a good grace, in?
stead of with an ignoble fear? In
deed, we .should rather' welcome
than fear death, for it. is the ex
changing of a precarious present
for a happy ami eternal life. We
have cause to bless our lot in be?
longing to the present, and to bless
the past, for the Scriptures have
shown so terrible a picture of the
last ages of the world that we can
not but congratulate ourselves on
not belonging to them.
To conclude, Homer says: "Like
the leaves of the trees, first spread?
ing, and then decaying, so are the
generations of mortal men."
Injured Mr. Jarphly.
"Yon can't deceive me, Mr. Jar
phly!" said Mrs. Jarphly, snappish?
ly and emphatically. "It was alter
one o'clock, and I wasn't asleep."
"Why. A mainly, you're badly
mistaken,".-, replied Mr. Jarphly, in
u conciliatory voice. "It wasn't
more than 11:31)."
'?Xow, Jarphly, don't you sit
there and falsify to me! I'm no
fool, if you think I am!''
"Amanily, I never said yon was;
you know I didn't. I onbj say
you're mistaken, my dear, lor it
was only 11:30, or mebbbe 11:35."
"Jiirpnly, wot's the use of your
sitting there an' lying? Don't you
know I could see the clock?"
-Well, Amandy, I've got noth?
ing more to say. if you'd rather be?
lieve a ninety five cent nickel plated
nutmeg dock, than your own mar?
ried husband," responded Mr.
Jarphly, deeply injured.?Pittsburg
Chronicle.
The London, Daily Sportsman,
remarks, editorially: A really val?
uable specific, for the cure of rheu?
matism, neuralgia,sprains, bruises.
St. Jacobs Oil, well known m flic
English market, has gained im?
mense fame in America, Australia
and all parts of the world, and the
universal nature of its sale may be
judged from the fact, that thej
makers have to print-their instruc?
tions for its use iu no fewer than j
eleven languages.
En rr/rii fVHB ffrrfy ?1 vew.
Virginia's Kank Among the States in
Population.
When the first Federal census
was taken, in 1700, and afterwards
?till 1310, Virginia stood in popula?
tion at the head of the column of
States. By the last census sh*
stood thirteenth in rank. The fact
looks badly for the State, and is
frequently made the occasion for
disparaging remarks by citizens of
States assuming to be more pros?
perous, and of mortifying reflec?
tions by her own people. But fig?
ures sometimes mislead, and a brief
study of the census may in this
case show that the truth is not as
disheartening as the fact. When
the first census was taken there
were only seventeen States, and
they took rank as follows: Virginia
1st. Pennsylvania 2nd, North Caro?
lina 3rd; Massachusetts 4th, New
York 5th, Maryland Oth, South Car
olina Ttji, Connecticut Sth, New
Jersey Oth, New Hampshire l?tli,
Georgia 11th, Rhode Island Pith,
Deieware 13th, Maine 14th, Ver?
mont 15tb, Kentucky I6r.h, Tennes?
see 17th. The same States now
stand (by the census of 1880): Vir?
ginia l.'Jth, New York 1st, Pennsyl?
vania 2nd, North Carolina 18th,
Massachusetts 6th, Maryland 22nd,
South Carolina 2.1th, Connecticut
28th, New Jersey 17th, New Hamp?
shire :31st, Georgia lUth, Rhode
Island 3Uli, Deieware 37th, Maine
26th, Vermont 32:id, Kentucky 1 Ltu,
Tennessee 14th. It thus appears
that while Virginia has lost 12
points in rank North Carolina lias
lost 15, Massachusetts 2, Maryland
L(>, South Carolina 18, Connecticut
20, New jersev 8. New Hampshire
2L, Georgia ">, Rhode Island 22,
Deieware 21, Maine 12, and Ver?
mont 17, while Pennsylvania has
remained stationers, and New York,
Kentucky and Tennessee have
gained several points each; But
this statement does not do justice
to Virginia, for the reason that she
alone of all States h is within the
periods named had her territory di?
vided and her population diminish?
ed correspondiugly. T> find her
proper relative rank among the
States iio.v. compared with it as it
srooil in 1700, we mast add to what
the census linwgives her (1,512.565)
the population of West Virgitiia,
which is 618,457. These figures
added make2,131,022, and this sum
correctly exhibits what has been
the growth of population iu the
Virginia of 1700, from that period
to ISSt). and this is the only proper
basis of comparison with the other
States of 1700. Adopting this,
then, as the test, we find that ot
the seventeen Spates at that time iu
existence only New York and Penn?
sylvania . have come to have a
larger population than Virginia?
and, consequently, that, instead of
having receded 12 points in rank,
she has only, as to those seventeen
States, receded 2 points; and that
iu fact as to all the States now iu
the Union only New York, Penn?
sylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Mis?
souri, but for the outrage of dis?
memberment which wa-f perpe?
trated on her when she was help
less, would rauk ahead of her. Let
these facts and figures be borne iu
mind by those who etcher rejoice
er grieve over the ;ip;i treat decline
of the old mother State.
How to Kill a Craving for Alcohol.
While it is true that many who
at one time indulged in ardent
spirits have abstained later iu life,it
is nor believed that there isany real
cure fortlie thirst created by alcohol?
ism, but a person that claims to
have cured himself gives a remedy
that there, would be ?t> harm iu
trying. We reproduce it in the
rescued person's own words:
was one of those unfortunates giv?
en to strong drink. When L lei'c it
oil'I felt a horrid want of something
[ must have or go distracted. X
could neither eat. work nor sleep.
Explaining my affliction to a man
of much education and experience,
he advised me to take a decoction
of ground quassia, a half ounce
steeped in a pint of vinegar, and
ro put about a small teaspoon fill of
it in a little water, and to drink it
every tiine the liquor thirst came
on me violently. I (bund it satis?
fied the cravings and it also gave a
feelnig of stimulus and strengt!:.
I continued this euro and perse?
vered till the thirst was conquered.
For two year.-; 1 have hot fasted
I liquor, and I have no desire for it.
Lately, to fry my strength, I have
handled and smelt whiskey, but I
have no temptation fo take it. I
give this fot the consideration of
the unfortunate, several of whom
have recovered by means which I
no longer require."
In answer to an inquiring cor?
respondent the Detroit b'ree Press
says: The '-Know Nothings were a
society which was organized in the
United States in 1853. Their prin?
ciples were embodied iu the follow?
ing propositions:
1. The Americans shall rule
America.
2. The Union of these States.
3. No North, no South, no Mist,
no West.
4. The United States of Ameri?
ca as they are, one. and inseparable
5. No sectarian interferences in
our legislation, or iu the adminis?
tration of American law.
6. Hostility to the assumption
of the Pope, through the bishops,
etc.. in a republic sanctified by
Protestant, blood.
7. Thorough reform in naturali?
zation laws. Foreigners must be
resident 21 years.
.S. Pice and liberal educational
institutions for all sects and classes
with the Bible, God's holy word, as
a universal text book.
The ''Know Nothings"controlled
several newspapers and possessed
corrjidertrble polttricd power.