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ECONOMY in the Kitchen.

We are not apt to think Of bread
as an expensive article Of food, and
vet on bread a saving Of 80 per
cent. may be made by using the
home made article instead of the
bakers ware. In other words it
costs about twice as much to buy
bread as it does to make thome,
and when one considers how much
more healthful the latter article is,
it seems strange thatso many fam
lilies are content to do without it.
Almost any cook r''general house
worker" can learn without much
difficulty to make good bread, es-
peclally if @She understands that
vcu will haveit. Wewonld strong
y urge the necessity of setting
first a sponge, not too thick; second
", Of kneading this well few
hours later; and, thirdly, of final,
thorough kneading, before putting
the bread into pans. Accordingt to
our experience the functionary will
shirk one kneading If she can, and
the brt ad suffers i'll consequence.
Another advantage of using home
made bread is that the cook is less
apt to waste it, Because she will
want to save herself the trouble OF
making more. One thrifty house
l.nuno,. ofzonr aruuointoncn nlwnys
keeps the bread under her con
trol, cutting off a sufficient supply
for the kitchen and parlor at each
meal. Certain tits that bread is
very apt to be wasted, and we have
seen, in at least one kitchen, Il
large drawer completely filled with
old bread, the greater part ofwhich,
of course, had to be thrown away.
Potatoes are also very apt to be
Many careless cooks Will !
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-20
Preaching and Practice

See here, Mr.. Blank, what are
YOU going out Tonight forg' asked
Mrs. b., with a threatening look.
Big political meeting to night!
exclaimed MI. B., apologetically.
Political meeting, chg echoed
Mrs. i. You have been going to
political meetings every night for
five weeks, and If it had not been
Tor me you would have WORN your
boots to bed every time
But just think how nice itwonld
he if / should get nominated for
something. Think OF Tie loads OF
money | could rake in, and the nice
furniture and new clothes and seal
skin Sacques and
THAT will do interrupted Mrs.
Blank; Il have heard this story be
lore. Ycu made a speech last night
at a wand meeting, see.'
Yes responded Mr.. B., with par
donable pride.
And see by the two or three
lines notice of it in the newspapers,
that the burden of your remarks
was .the office should seek the man
and not the man tie Office Now
you just take Off that overcoat; sit
right down, ard ifany office comes
alorg and knocks, l will let it in
lie sat.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-20
Learn to Labor.

The Emperor Of Germany sets an
excellent example in the education
Of his own household. Every
prince of tie royal family of Prus-
STA, when in youth, is taught some
useful trade.
Such experience sis supposed to
sober the mind and bring it face
to face with the material world,n
says a correct writer. 1t does far
more than this. 1t keeps the youth
from gaddlng about and learning
the lessons of the club, the green
room, or the corner grocery. Face
to face with the worlds material,
with a plane, or haud.saw, or Il
pair Of pillow handles, man is made
better, and if lie is honest, work is
improved and its results made
cheaper.
Man or woman without trades,or
an occupation, are as weak in the
world-wlere humanity not only
makes mortals mourn, but compels
them to work for lving-as the
infant in swaddling clothes, and
have not half their claim 10 protec
ton and care.
A healthy man should work or
stalvc. Rich and poor should per
form some manual labor every day.
Wealth and wisdom are ofno effect
if not properly worked. The En-
peror of Germany shows exceeding
clcverness in compelling his house
hold to lie; I'll trades.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-20
The t. iac.Awakc Commercial Traveller.

Commercial travellers are eXccp-
.ionally alert, wide.walse, cncrgcti..
class, and they have stirred up the
sleepy atmosphere wonderfully in
many a dull old town and city.
There is Il breezy vigol in their
ways of Talking and trading that
acts like ozone or electricity on the
Stagnant air of placid villages and
dreamy county seats. They are
scattered all over the country. Eve
~ big train west or east, north or
south. carries some Of them. They
are peripatetic time tables, thor
onghly familiar with functions and
connections and even with the lit
tie twigS that stretch out in every
direction from the branches Of the
great railway trunks OF the United
States. With all the alterations
of travel they are well acquainted,
and they know how to secure every
comfort that hotels can supply
Masters Of themselves and OF their
business, they accept the incidents
and accidents OF their constant
journeying and the fluctuations OF
trade with easy philosophy. Earth
qnakcS do not shake their seli.poS.
session and cyclones albright them
not.
The development of the system
OF selling goods by samples carried
all over Tie country by enterprislng
statesmen has been prodigious.-
Tens of thousands there are OF
these travellers and small must be
the shop and microscopic the deal
ings Of the tradesman, whether on
the Rio Grandc OF the Passamaquod-
dy,who altosetherthe visits
OF the .sdrunmer."- .Y.Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-20
Brain Power.

Lazy persons die young. 1t is
the active in body and brain who
live to extreme old age, as a rule.
1t is abunGantly proven that exer-
else of the mind invigorates its
bodily receptacle, even when that
exercise is carried to an apparently
extreme point. The brain, the re-
servoil OF energy to the rest of the
system, increases in volume and vi
gor by use, just as the arm Of the
blacksmith or the leg of the dan
Ger gains in muscular development.
The general SYSTEM benefits by the
enhanced brain power, and greater
vitality and longevity is the result.
Work by method aud OH system,
even when severe, is actually con-
ducive to it, while the torpor Of
idlcness or the excitement OF titful
effort are the sure precursors of
mental and physical degeneration.
This is a usefu! doctrine to preach,
and still more useful to practice.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-20
No Broken Hearts.

Decidedly tough is the masculne
heart. at least SO far as breaking
for love is concerned. Katislla
was right when, i'll "Millado," she
declared such a thing as Il mans
heart breaking was never known,
although she took water when Ko-
10 sang about the sad fate of the
Little Tomtib. The average man
falls in love the same us Il mule
GOES down with Il sinking bridge:
simply because he can't help it,
but it seldom does HIM any perma.
nent injury. The shape of Il nose
the sweep of an eye or the wave OF
a curl trips him up and settles his
hash without aninstantofwa warming.
and there lie is, the blucst kind Of
a captive, until marriage or some
new fascination breaks the chaEm
that binds him. He ispretty sure
to love like Il burning brush heap
while he is about it, but tho trou-
blcs is, his flame is too ardent to be
durable. He will swear to Il blue
eyed spirite that he loves her for
all eternity, and within three
mouths lie will slide up to some
hour, in total forgettulness that he
ever lost wink of sleep hy being
III love before. Occasionally SenSi-
tive fellow mopeS around and
wants to die because the angel III
petticoats whom he desires will
not smile upon him, but he gets
overltina short time, becomes sleek
and fat, tries his luck again and
soon laughs at the idea of ever
imagining life would be miserable
without his original idol. Alto
gether man is a queer creature,
and never more so than when the
victim of Cupid's pranks. But the
line is drawn happily at broken
heartS.-Ilarrisbprg Telegraph.
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Supcrstitions of the Sea.

There is n story told by sailors of
a haunted ship that used to sail
ont of Liverpool. The last voyage
she made as all ordinary ship with
no ghostly accompaniment she had
y Supercargo who was a vlorlnlSt.-
He used to take his violin and go
mp into the main croSs-trees where
he would sit and play, his favorite
tune being, "Thc Girl | Left Behind
me.n On the voyage the snpercargo
became insane and jumped over
board. Ever after that occurrence
on stormy nights, when the wind
and waves were high, and the ship
groancd and creaked as she strne,
glcd through the waves, the sailors,
i-loundcring about on the dark slip
perry decks, heard above the howl.
ing of the tempest the sound OF a
violin playing The Girl | Left Be-
hind Me" in the mann cross trees.
Not many years ago there died
in a little Cape Cod town Il retired
sea captain. Once when he followed
the sea he came across sinking
bark OIL Cape San Rogue. A gale was
blowing at the time and II heavy
sea WAS running. Added to this,
night was comm. on, and though
the poor wretclles begged frantic.
ally to be Jallen of, the captain
sailed away and left tlen to their
fate. The memory Of the doomed
crew of the sinking lmrl, stretching
their hands out appealingly and
watching his ship sail away with
dcspairingcyesaud shatSlytaceSlin-
gcl,.d with the heartleSs captain all
the rest of his declining days. He
frequently complained that the
crew of the bark were haunting
him, and SAID that some day=thc
vessel itself would SAL into harbor
and take Inn away. One stormy
wintcrsatternoon the old man lay
ON his bed dying just as the cbb
tide began to run he spranS up and
shouted: "Don't! don't! III stand
10y TILL morning. III take you OIL"
and fell back dead. The watchers
by his bedside Said aftcrwarl that
through the window which over
looked the bay they SAW a bark
come sailing into harbor at that
moment, and then vanished before
their RebUhotll Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-20
--::-:-:CELEBRATED:-::-:--
IRISH POTATO FERTILIZER

which due to its highly ammonia,
fertilizer but will side with the best Cncm Island Peruvian
tn fact that constituents deteri0ated by the
active clements and must ma to the plant rapid growth and quick
Development No need the yield OIL
thoroughly cnvates and planted in soil already Of good standard Of fertility
soil not possessing already rich active Qualities for must he well known
all mercantile fertilizers produce
the such elements the soil produce Them where the
base Of such fertilizers with animal matter the the nthis
production ecoms triling indeed
MS Lister Brothers will also supply timely with fertilizer especially
the early growth potatoes They gone expense
and oe through advice to the services German chemist of
necessary irt tmung growth.
making fertilizer especially for the potato the Which
they making largely
of Virginia the that the producers of this
the Uniel Which should certainly justify
This
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-20
Familiar Phrases for All People.

A Boston literatcur contempIates
the compilation OF Il dictionary of
familiar phrases. We trust he
won't overlook the following:
''Let'S go round the corner and
take suthn'2n
"Slut the loor?"
"I'll take the same us before, if
you please"
..There's that burned billcollector
coming again. Tell him Pm not
in.n
This a nice time of night to
come home ain't you ashamed of
yourselt?"
"Excuse me, please; Pm going
out Tor a moment to see man,
GIVE it just the slightest flavor
Of nutmeg, please"
"I'm afraid | can't settle that
little account to-day. Cali on Mon
day and Ill tell you when to call
again"
"Where in-ahem!-on earth is
that collar button?"
"By lingo! Here's a letter my
wife gave me to mail three weeks
ago".-BoSton Courier.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-20
Tcuyh OH Tommy.

Tommy, will on have some more
pudding, my Son?' asked Mrs.
Smiley at the Christmas dinner
There was a large company present
and she spoke very pleasantly to
Tommy, for she was afraid lie might
he diSagrceable. Tommy WAS in
tile habit OF making diSagrccahle
remarks when there waS company.
i don't know whetherl will take
any more puddingor not. You are
always saying that l eat as much
as four boys
why, Tommy, you know better
than that
Yes, You and pa are always say
ing I'm no better than a pig. Are
YOU sure enough in earnest when
YOU ask me il l want some more
puddingN
Tommy, I'm ashamed of you.-
Won't you have some more pud-
ding, just little more; come now,
that's a good boy said Mrs.Smiley,
looking at him as if she would like
to skin him alive.
WELL replied Tommy, defantly,
I'm i'll a fix. If say | want some
more pudding. then you'llsay after
tie foll-s are gone that the little
pig had to have pudding twice. If
| don't take any more pudding,
then you'll say that l ate so much
turkey that l couldn'tcat any more
puddin' when you offered it 10 me.
Blamed if | know What to say. A
New York boy has a tough time Of
it, anyhow
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-20

This is what the farmer and trucker
warts to know when they are asked to
buy anything. We are making q ma
nure that will pay farmers and truckers
to buy. 1t is Il complete manure hav-
ing aiI those ingredients that are neces-
sary to the growth OF crops, and in such
/. condition that they can feed on them.
1t is not one of those malures that
stimulates the crops at first, and then
fails before the crops are matured, but
it continues to act until the crops are
made, keeping them green until ma
tured, andits effects are lasting; as those
that have used it SHY they have seen its
effects on the second and third crops. 1t
will also produce good crops on the very
poorest land; this proves that it is Il COM
plete manure. Send and get the testi-
mOniaS of those that have used it on
corn, wheat, oats, potatoes. cabbage,
onions, watermeluns. &c. 1t has no
equal; and for peach trees it is nnsur-
passed. Try it and YOU will be convinced
that it will produce better crops than
ANYTHING else for the same money
Those flat have tried 1t say that it pro-
duces better trucks than Mol Peruvian
guano. For testin- oliials apply 10
WIN. Ii. LINGO Il GU,
CIiincottague, Va.
Richard 7. Savage, Modcstown, p.
O., Agent.
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sIf I We're Rich"

Ore evening, passing along a
crowded street, i heard one boy say
ing to another ''lfI were rich l
wouldn;t-n ard then the rest of
the sentence was lostaS | hurried on
with the tllrong. But | have Won
dercd often since how that sentence
was finished. Did the boy say,
Elf | were rich | wouldn't snub my
poor lelatlcns," "lf were rich, l
wouldn't spend all the money Oh
myself" or, "If l were rich
wouldn't work any more," or what?
We cannot know, bat there is
one thing quite certain. Whatev-
CT that boy does now that he is
pcor, lie would do if lie were rich.
If he is generous now, he would he
generous then. Ii he is mean now.
he would be mean then. If he
works faithfully he would with
fidelity then. For she that is faith
tul in that which is least is faithful
also in much; and ne that is unjust
in the least is unjust also in much"
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LISTER BROTHERS
HIGHLY ANNI0NA7BD PHO5PHA7ES,
With Pure Ground Bone Base.

We take this method informing the public,
Lister 5o urae goods which fertilizer
second Tile
reuon due the fact that all their goos with
glck growth and thorough DEVELOPMENT We have hand for the
cod to formula has in failed to abundant yield to truck
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not take the trouble to calculate
nicely how many they will need for
a meal, and so will always have {"
large quantity left, much of which,
even if warmed over, willeventual-
w find its way TO refuse.
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ENTERTAINMENT.
Board and Lodging atModerate Rates
Thomas $. Byrd,
MAPPSVLLLB,
Accomac county, Ha.,
Accomac county, Va.,

Respectfully informs the travelling pub
lie That he is prepared to furnish board
and lodging by the day, week, or month
ut moderate rates. Livery stables at
tached, and passengers conveyed to any
part of the Peninsula with comfort and
dispatch.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-12
G1ailg gresa anA 9akntaiall
rs PuBLrsHi,l,

rs PuBLTsHI,D
EVERY EyENING-EXoRprIN SUNDAYS
TKRMs OF SUBSCRIPTION: By carriers, per
month, 800; per year, Sl2 .; by mail, per
month 50 cents; per year. 5000.
block.
BOWEN " KINGsBuRy, Prop ts.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-12


hood Home of Charlie stilIwelI-In-
specting Trout Farm-Honors to IA
EierO.
Correspondence Press and Dakota,an.
Oakield is beautiful town for homes,
Its trees for shade and fruit, its lawns
and flowers, its seminary of learning and
beautiful houses of worship oil invite
culture and refinement to make home
there.
At this station early one morning
about the middle of July last, your cor
respondent stopped off the West
Shore road. He had not yet partaken Of
breakfast. 1t was too early to see much
stir at the depot. One man with his
two seated buggy represented the hotel,
the wants of the town and country.
This means of transportation was &C.
cured to bring the writer to Charlie Still
wells early home. 1t was two and
one-half miles eastward by the
railway. This short distance was
was one of beauty on either side. The
hay fields had been shorn of clover and
red top and herd grass. The waving
fields of golden grain would soon be
ready to gather. The traveller was full
of question; the driver economical in his
answers. He seemed in brown study,
maybe he was discussing in his own
mind where he should put the dollar
earned at this early hour or maybe he
thought by his meagre answers he could
best show the diauity OF his calii"s Tor
te was a s,Iandlerd, q tavern keeper.
r,-.rne destination has been reached
and the driver, made richer by dollar,
returns to Oaktield. a mqstsnondent
welcome is given.
and a. excellent breakfast. 1t was
short ceremony the installation OF the
writer as a member of this household.
Breakfast over; sight seeing was next on
the programme. We were first driven to
the next station on the West shore
road, Elba by name. AS we pass the
beautiful farms and the pear, cherry and
ounce trees and shrubs, loaded with
fruit we were exceedingly sorry that
the apple crop is failure in this local.
ity. The veto power has prevailed here
as in Washington this year. Pension
bills there, in favor of old soldiers, by
President Cleveland; the apple crop
here, by ravaging insect, worm or
bug. Another year may bring change
here and there. AT the village grave
! yard Che father and mother, grandfathe
and mother, OF Charlie Stillwill are rest
ing from earthly toll. From their grave
we plucked life and distributed thes
trophies to Dakota friends to be pre-
served as heirlooms Of the family. The
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-12
Dakota Republican Convention.

The Territorial Republican Convention will
be held IN Ynnkton on WEDNESDAY, SEP
IEMBER 2, 1886, at 10 o'clock u. m. The con-
ventlon will be called to order by the chair
man of this committee, or in his absence, by
some other person to be selected by the men,
bers OF tins committee present, for the pur-
delegate IN congress and transacting such other
business as may properly come before said
In said convention the representation shall
be ore delegate from each organized county,
and additional delegates based upon the popu.
1ation of said counties, according to the terri
toriai census of 1885, at the rate of one dele
gate to said territorial convention for each one
thousand inhabitants major fraction
thereof.
Counties organized subsequent to this call
ana prior to the convention shall be entitled
certificate from the proper territorial officials
of each organization.
The following apportionment is given to
snow the number OF delegates TO which each
county is entitled:
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-12
THE WANDERING DIVINE.

lac reyeis in Royal Dinners and
Other Luxuries-A visit to the Boy
hood Home of Charlie StilIwelI-In-
specttng Il Trout Farm-Nonors to IA
EferO
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-12

day to the officials of the land Offices:
as these land offices can neither be closed
or the officials removed. The same re-
ductions were made ou other items al
though the interior department in its
estimates tried to reduce them where it
was possible over last year. The moral
drawn from this is found by intelligent
observers in the difference between the
pages OF the Record containing Randalls,
Oobb's, McAdoo's and Holman's fulsome
praise of Sparks and his war on land
sharks, and the pages of the sundry bill
containing the slender slnews supplied
by these same gentlemen to carry on
the same war.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-12

l.. @. O. LAMAR. Secretary.
Approved Aug. 5, 1886.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-12
ALL FOR Ec0Np|x, ~ Con.

1 s6DuS S1 Sosh-
Short of Help in
because oGadg. cit was stated at
Gresss,.1 land office to- day, 10 reply
| .,R1estion concerning the discharge
,f clerk at Mitchell, Oak, land office,
hat the action was due to failure on
the pert of congress to MAKE tne neoes-
,ary appropriations for the clerical work
Of the department. Although the proper
force had been estimated for, the general
demand for super-extra prana o,
economy for fall campaign uses induced
the house appropriations committee 10
reduce the land office funds below wnas
they were last year. The appropriatich
for the fiscal year 1886, for clerk hlre,
rent and incidental expenses OF the
several land offices, was $l63,ooo. oihe
estimate for the present fiscal year was
S155, 600, and Mr.. Rendall's committee
reduced the amount to Sl2Oouo, and mas
to be made up by reduction OF force as
the various offices, and Mitchell, Dak., IL
one of the first attacked. The entries al
the Mitchell land office. it is SAID, were
only 1000 last year, against ABOUT 4,os'
| the year before, and 1t was thought on'
| clerk could be dispensed with. Oon
gress authorized tle eSthpiishInoup y
three additional land Offices for which
no provision was made in the sppropria Q
tion, and ns it costs about $3,00O Z
establish an office, this will be an add
tional reason for strict economy in tn
nse of the con ntingent fund. There is
feeling that the general land Offices wi
snfrer not little in other ways from til
attempt of congress to cut down sppr'
priations which are absolutely hxet
The appropriation for the compensatio
of receivers and registers, which is base
+ on the amount of fees received. W
| S525, ,OG0 last year, and the estimates Il
. the current year fixed at $522.00o, =
: the sundry civil bill only appropriate
!. S49O, 900 for 1887. and the prospect for
deficiency was as plain TO Mr.. Randi
whep this bill was made up as II IS
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-12

Done at Aberdeen. June %, 1886.
+. II. ELROD Secretary.
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted by the committee:
Resotped, Believing it would be of advan-
tage to the party. this committee recommend
to the next territorial convention that the re-
publican central committee of the territory be
selected hereafter as follows: That the dele.
gates from each Legislative district be author
l2ed TO name a member of the central commit
tee, and report it to the convention, and that
the convention shall select one from each iu-
dlcial district of the territory, for approval
and one member at large, VINO shall be CHAR
man: This resolution is presented with the
call IN order that members of the convention
may be given notification for discussion.
A. O, MELLETTE Oh airman.
8. Fl. ELRoD, Secretary