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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-02
Washing the Air.

Those who complain of rainy
weather do not realize that not
only does the earth need washing
but also the air which we breathe
so many times a day. The effect of
rain upon the air and the contents
of the rain have been made Il sub
ject OF examination by the Mete-
geological Council of London dur
ing the past two years. Three sta
tions were used for collecting the
rainfall-one at st. Bartholomew'S
Hospital, another at Upper Hamil-
ton Terrace, in the northwest por
ton of London, and Il third at
Hackney. 1t was found the rain
contained twice as much impurity
as that which fell at the suburban
stations, and the impurities gath
cred at all the stations were in the
proportion.
The chief impurities were found
to be Sulplates and cholorilcs, and
IL w do VlSItA EICu liI0t lllC ! tiu
caught at st. Bartholomew'S was
always contaminated with scotland
disagreeable to the taste. The
summer rain is more impure than
that of winter, and in the mixture
of London rain and SCOT IL trace of
arsenic is found. In summer the
rain WAS shown TO contain Il larger
quantity ofsulpIlates than chlorides,
which was supposed to be owing to
the decomposition Of animal and
vegetable matter during the warm
months. After the rain had been
falling for some time the impnri-
ties are found to diminish, and the
satisfaction with which we breathe
in the washed air after good rain
fall is an evidence that our senses
bear spontaneous testimony to It's
publication.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-02
Throwing The Shoe.

The custom of throwing the slip
per after Il ncwly-married couple is
well-llnown. \ writer. Mr.. G. Lam
sing. of Alexandria, Egypt, whose
explanation ofthis custom we copy
below, attributes the origin of it to
the far East. Itmay well be so, and
on the other hand, it may have
had Il far less symbolical origin
At all events the theory is an in
tcreSting one. Says this writer
The custom of throwinga slipper
at another, or striking him with it.,
is still practiced i'll the East as Il
sign Of remuneration. \ father, for
instance, who would renounce his
son after he has been convicted Of
being Il wicked son, will before wit
neSSeS, take off his shoe, and if
near enough. strike him with it, or,
if more distant, throw it at him.
Recently we have had three Gus
eS of MoSlem converts to Christian
ity, whose relatives and co-leligion-
lists have, IN this manner, SigniIied
their remuneration and cutting off
of all relations with the pervcrtS
from their faith. The Oriental
shoe, being usually II soft slipper,
is not thrown as IL missile, Or wea-
pom, for the purpose of causing
bodily pain. This explains the
throwing of the slipperas the bride
leaves her fathers house. 1t is say
ing 70 her in IL playful way
"Bc Off with you! We renonnce
you and will have nothing more to
do with you.n
Mr.. Lansing explains in the
same way the taking off the shoe
from the foot in the case of the
kinSman who rtnounced his claim
to the Inheritance OF Elimelech
(Rutl 4:S), the losing Of the shoe
being merely IA legal formula of re-
nunciatlon which drew its mean
ing from popular heresy. The mod
ern Arabs, instead of throwing the
shoe. sometimes eNclaim.-
My shoe at you,"
This is regarded as a token of
contemptnolS remuneration.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-02
A New Sensation.

A Houston journalist recently
approached one of the solid men OF
that city and said to him contiden-
TALLY:
ii wish you would lend me two
dollars.n
"Here they are, Mac" replied
the capitalist.
'.ThankS. Here, you can have
one back" handing back a dollar.
"Remember, now, that You owe
me a dollar. l want to enjoy the
feeling Of havinga respectable per-
son owe me something. That is a
sensation l have never experience
ed in my life."-TeXas Slftings.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-02
How to Tell a Woman's Age.

The New York Graphic gives the
following direction 'How to tell a
woman'sage:'
Ask some other woman.
Few grandmotbers are less than
&c off he stage.
Brunettes as rule look older
than blondes of the same age.
SlenderneSs is supposed to be
giIlisl unless it p oduces wrinkles.
An unmarried woman is q girl
until she Is 40. After that she is
an old maid.
Ii a woman has false teeth and
plumpers it is safe to put her down
us over 30.
Ask how old she is and multiply
the answer Ivy two. IfShe is an
actress multiply it by four.
Fat increases the apparent age
of Il woman under % years and
lessons it over that age.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-02

Salvation Oil, the greatest cure
on earth for pain, may be relied on
to effect cure wherever an eXter-
nal application can he used. Price
only twenty-five cents bottle.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-02
TO THE FARMERS OF ACCO
MACAND NORTHHMPTON.
I AGAIN OFFER FOR SALE

The Deere Walking Cultivator, The
Deere Riding Cultivator, Check row
Planter, and latest improved Potato
Sixty acres of land can lie worked
yearly with each cultivator. and corn can
be cultivate with it until it 6 feet high:
Twenty acres of corn can he planted
with the Planter per day without laying
out II fhrrow either way.
The POTATO Digger is warranted to do
the work well.
The cultivator is now used by 200
farmers Oh the Eastern Shore, any OF
whom are offered as reference.
Either of the labor saving implements
will be delivered at any station Oh Fer :
insula. Terms one-third cash.
! will be at Drummondt0wn the flrst
day of every county court. For further
particulars, address,
W. Z. GARRETT,
JoHNsOAPOWN,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-02
Willow Cottage, Va, Dec, 10, 1876
Powell Morse g. Co.

MessrS. Powell, Morse Co.
Gentlemen have Vrgns the
other fertilizers and am perfectly satisfied the
ference TO all otler commercial William Mason
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-02

This Guano PEspoic acid commonly called ri
ood especially adapted TO the growthof
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16

Lambs are subject to parasitic
disease which is always fatal to them
if neglected. 1t is known among
shepherds by the suggestive names of
"pining' and 'paper-skin." and by
veterinarians as "anamia," or want of
blood 1t is caused by thread-worm,
which exists in the lungs and air
passages, and interferes so much with
the breathing as to prev mt the due
Hration of the blood, and the nece
sary supply of this vital fluid. The
consequence is that the red globules of
the blood are lacking: the blood is
pale, and the growth of the animal is
arrested. The skin appears white and
thin, like paper, and the young crea-
lures are weak and pine away gradu-
ally for want of adequate nutrition,
and finally die. A similar parasite
produces the disease in calves, known
rs "husk," or choose" 1t affects
lambs that Craze in pastures with old
sheep; calves are troubled which are
fed with the cow, or upon hay from
fields where older animals are pastured;
and young chicks which run upon
ground fouled by the hens, are apt to
get the gapes. To prevent it, this
chief cause is to be avoided, while to
cure it, the usual and effective remedy
is to give small, repeated doses of
turpentine. The following mixture is
recommended: To one ounce of mo-
lasses, or linseed oil, add one-fourth of
an ounce of spirits of turpentine;
shake well together, and give one
teaspoonful to each lamb early in the
morning. For calf, one tablespoon
full should be given an hour before
feeding in the morning; and one drop
may be given to small chicken. The
ermcdy should be repeated for a
week or ten days. as it is necessary
that sufficient quantity of the tur-
pentine should be given to secure its
escape through the lungs of the
animal by exhalation. - american
AgricuitWist.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16
Distributing Hen Manure.

The droppings from the hen roots
are very stimulating fertilizer when
rotted sufficiently to go into fine pow
der. This can in small amounts be
applied in contact with seed, and if
fine enough may be drilled with it. A
very good practice is to mix hen ma
nure with the commercial fertilizers,
especially bone dissolved in sulphuric
acid. There is usually some free acid
in the phosphate, which readily COM
bines with the nitrogen in the hen
manure. If ashes are used in this
mixture it should be only when the
seed is about to be covered. We have
put dry wood ashes in the drill with
hen manure and phosphate, and believe
it a good practice. The ashes clean
the drill from sticky phosphate, and
though there is some smell of ammon-
ia, indicating its loss, yet there is the
satisfaction of knowing that the ashes
are in contact with manure under the
soil, where no loss of ammonia can
occur. The very reasons why ashes
and manures should never be COM
posted together above ground furnish
arguments to placing them in contact
with each other under the surface
Culticdtor.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16
To Fight the Annamites,

A Paris dispatch says The officials of the
naval and military departments are making
active preparations for serious campaign in
AMMAN.
The surrender and punishment of Therang
and his confederate mandarins will be de.
manded Of the Annamese government, and the
occupation of AMMAN by the French will also
he insisted upon. Heavy fighting is thought
to be inevitable.
Gen. DeCourccy telegraphs that quiet pre-.
walls Mt Hue. He says: "Ihe AnnHnitcs
have been routed. Our troops respected the
Kings palace, which is full of artistic treasures
of great value. Regent Ihcrang is III our
hands. Our loss in the fight with the Annamite
garrison was 10 killed and 62 wounded O
the latter 20 are seriously hut have ad.
dressed manifesto TO the Annamite people
signed by Tlemug and myself, denouncing tho
Annamite ministers as guilty of an act o.
odious aggression and respectfully summonin-
the King and the Queen mother to return tc
the palace, from which they have fled. The
Sd zouaves are quartered in the citadel, Which
is capable OF holding 1900 troops"
The marine infantry have been summoned
fo Huo from IoupI1in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16

The best feed Tor weaned young
pigs is potatoes boiled and mashed in
the water in which they are boiled,
thickened with barley meal. This is
given in reasonable quantities,and not
to overfeed the pigs. A young pig of
90 or so pounds needs no more of this
food than pound day, with pint
of skinned milk. 1t is altogether
wrong to give the pigs so much food
that they cannot hold any more. This
repletion leads to Indigestion and pro-
duces staggers and paralysis of the
hind quarters; black teeth and other
supposed ailments follow from the dis
ordered stomach. 1t is easy to in
crease the food if found necessary, but
not to remove the injury done by CIV
ing too much. As the pig grows very
fast the food needs to be increased in
proportion. The 300-pound 9-months-
old pigs are never overfed, but are
fed just enough and no more. For a
300-pound pig 10 pounds of dry food
is ample for one days feedlng.-Nea0
York Times
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Cure for Warts.

Warts on cows teats are sometimes
difficult of cure, but have been remov-
ed by applying once day a liniment
composed of equal parts of sweet oil
and spirits of turpentine. Follow up
the applications for several weeks If
necessary. Should the teats become
sore have cots made for them and let
them be worn constantly except at
milking time. 1t is said that by
touching the tops of warts with a
very little murlatic acid night and
morning for several days painless
cure can be effected. This is danger
GUS to handle, however, and should be
kept in glass bottle provided with a
ground glass stopper 1t can be APP
piled with the tip of a small feather,
Great care should be used not to let
the acids touch any other parts than
the warts, and the bottle containing 1t
should be kept out of the reach OF
children. The oil and turpentine Is
much the safer remedy.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16

House spiders we know all about
but there is one little brown spider
that lives on all our rivers and streams
more curious than any other.
In the fall of the year she builds
herself a little boat or yacht. 1t will
never upset, let the wind be ever SC
high. You could not guess what it is
made of. only a leaf!-bent together
with the strong cables the spider can
make.
Then away she goes, down the
stream, first to one side, and then the
other. On the voyage the spider
catches small insects on the water, as
ner tiny boat hurries on with the tide.
You cannot see her unless you look
very sharp, because she is just the color
Of the leaf she 10 on!
In the point of the leaf you would
find sort of tent. loosely spun, where
she often goes. There she has hidden
a precious little silken ball, filled with
very small yellow eggs. But she is so
quick in her movements that before
you know it she is out of sight and on
to the ocean. Whether she ever gets
there, or hides away until the warm
weather comes back again, nobody
knows.-Our Little Ones.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16
Nature rs n Prnhihitionisf

For eight months in year whish,
drinking is too ruinous to be indulgee
in by the Southerner II is not posi-
BILE for man to drink as much
whisky at the South as at the North
If he attempts it he will go under
In point of fact, there was never al
much drunkenness in this section a,
in the northern states. Even in tn,
days when the use of liquor was gen.
eral intemperance was the exception
Down this way all the forces of natur,
are arrayei oil the side of temperance
Atlantic Constitution
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16
SMASh-UP TIE FRS DAY.
The new Fro viScHce Freight steamer
Nashua Badly Stove In.

The New FrC viScice Freight steamer
Nashua Badly Stove In.
A New York dispatch says: The new Provi-
dence line freight steamer Nashua has made u
trial trip. Pre- ,iIcut ID. L. Bubcock OF the
Providence & Stoning,on company had about
seventy five steamship and mercantile gen
tlemcn as glcs,s. The Nashua is n side
wheeler and WIS built at N aank by Robert
Palmer 4 Sons. Her capacity il 100 carloads
Of about 20 tons ach John Roach built her
D>cilaing engine. The Nushua's speed showed
that she she is IL good lGkrot bout. Alter she
nml landed her guests at the Stonington pier,
foot Of jay street, Capt. Jones took the Nash
ia down tie river 10 the Providence line pier
foot o Warren street, and ran her bow up
against the south end Of the pier, intending
to swing her stern around into tho slip.
The engine got stuck somehow and did not
respond to the signals, and the stern of the
Nashua crashed into the end Of the Fall River
line pier below. Tho north side of the pier
was stove in for 80 feet, and the damage ex.
tended TO the south side Altogether 1t was q
bad wreck The joiner work about the Nash
uas stem WAS broken in and the end of her
rudder post was snapped into. After striking
against the per, she drii;e out into the river
with the tide and zero $ the entrance of the
Pavonia ferry, with her machinery stuck fast
The fcrryboat Erie, with passengers for the
early evening trains was unable to get out Of
her slip. Finally her passengers were trans
ierred to the boat Delaware in the slip above,
and the Delaware managed to squeeze past the
Nashua.
The Nashua bookadcd tho entrance to the
Pavonia ferry for half an hour Tugboats f.
mlly towcd her to her or. John Roach's
men were in charge of the engines. They
were not communicative about the nature Of
the hitch.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16
Household Hints.

To remove tarnish from silver, use
a solution of boraxior soda.
To brighten 'a4zinc 'bath-tub,, throw
in a handful Of salt, wet with vinegar,
fand scour with athannel, cloth.
The grease that runs from'a goose
when roasting shouldialways be kept,
as it is particularly good to dress spin
ach with.
To set colors in blue cambria, dip it
into solution of saltpetre, using two
or three cents worth to a pailful of
water. Salt will injurefthe fabric.
Never place fresh eggs Inear lard,
fruit, cheese, fish, or other articles from
which any odor arises. The eggs are
extremely active in absorbing power,
and in very shortStimeithey are con-
taminated by the PARTICLES of objects
in their neighborhood, by which the
peculiar and exquisite'taste of a new
laid egg is destroyed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16
Is Crude Salt Necessary :!

If it is true, as most men assert
that all animnlS must have crude salt
as part of their rations, and it is a
fact that all must admit that it is
extremely hard to find even salt water
inland. then why did not all the wild
animals or most of them crowd to the
seashore, where they could get taste
of salt water when needed. The salt
ticks" were visited. it is said, by those
animals that could reach them, and
many persons contend that the neigh
borhoods of these clicks" were always
crowded by these animals: and yet we
do not learn that the seashore was a
sort of "Coney Island" for wild beasts
in the early days when our forests
were overrun with wild animals. On
the contrary, there were probably a
dozen deer on the prairies of the West
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16
to one in the woods of New JERSEY or

to one in the woods of New Jersey or
Maine in those days. Bison, the
largest of our wild animals, preferred
the open plains of the West. without
salt but more grass. Fishes in fresh
water seem to flourish quite as well
as those that enjoy the salt of the
ocean. Has it ever been proved by
experiment that horses and cows really
suffer or fall off in flesh when de-
prived of salt, when fed ordinarily
mixed rations. What proof is there
that crude salt is necessary or even
good for domestic animals under or
binary treatment Mr.. Blodgett, of
Chautauqua County, N. Y, tried
raising punches Of calves with and
without salt, and his neighbors de-
cided, without knowing which were
the salt-fed, that the lot not receiving
the salt was the better of the two.
This was probably only a coincidence,
but at the same time it goes pretty far
to prove that it is at least useless
trouble and expense to feed crude salt
to calves. The man who trusts his
animals to the care of ordinary hired
help often finds that'the salt business
has been grossly neglected, and yet no
apparent harm has been done. At
least that has often been our expert
ence. We believe in mixing salt with
the mixed ration, to make it more
palatable, but that. has nothing to do
with feeding. crude salt to cows; and,
after all, is it not simply a stimulant
to make them drink more water, which
/ does not add to lthe richness of the
k milk.--American Dairyman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-16

One day the whole family excep
me went to New York to spend the
night, and Tom McGinniss was allow.
ell to come and stay with me, so that
we could take care of the house.
AS l couldn't go out skating, Tom
and | thought we would make sKat'
ing pond in our front yard. So we
poured.a great lot of water over our
front walk, which is made of askfeltl
as it was very cold, it froze in a very
little while. We skated all day, and
toward night we poured more water
over it, 50 as to maze it nice anG
smooth.
We have been having surprise par
ties in our town this winter, and |
heard father say that we had them
worse in our town than in any other
part of the country. A surprise party
Is a whole lot of folks who rush into
your house at night, and don't give
anybody time to change their clothes
or take their hair out Of curl-papers
The surprise party generally brings
cake and pie with them, and every
body eats some and drops the rest on
the carpet, and when the party is
gone you sit down and burst out cry.
ing, and say you were never so wor
rIed in all your life, and wish those
wretched, impudent people were q
thousand miles away.
Tom and | had beautiful time at
ter we had got through skating and it
was dark. We had supper, and then
we brought down u mattress from up,
stairs and turned somersaults on it in
tho parlor. We were going to black
up and play we were Ministries, but
we couldn't find any cork.
All at once we heard the most aw.
full noise in the front yard. Every
lew seconds somebody would Shrek
like girl that sees rat, and then
men would use swear words, and ev'
crybody would talk all at once Tom
and | rushed upstairs, where it was
dark, and looked out through the win
dow. A big surprise party was falling
over one another on our front walk.
Most IF them were lying on the ice
and moaning, but every minute Of
two a man or woman would get up
and try to walk, and then slip ana
come down on somebody else. 1t was
a most dreadful sight, and Tom and ]
could hardly keep from rolling on the
floor and laughing loud enough fol
the surprise party to hear. After o
while some of them managed to get
off the walk on to the grass, and then
they pulled the rest off the ice, and
helped one another over the fence,
and went home; that is, all except
three or four who were helped into a
wagon because they couldn't walk.
The next morning we put ashes on
the walk and when father came home,
and we told him about it, he said we
had done very wrong, and then gave
us each 10 cents, and went into the
house laughing. | never knew him
to act that way before. --Haape,'s
Young People.