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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-04-03
Valuable Town Lots for
Sale at Private Con
tract. at Eccomac G.. rs.

offer for sale at private contract
l.. House and lot where l now reside
at Accomac G.. II. This lot contains
IAN acres, has a new two-story dwelling
thereon, with comfortable rooms (4 on
the upper and 4 on luwcc Aoor,) and
all necessary outbuil,lings aid enclos-
ures i'll good repair. VIII be sold ono
parcel or subdivided to suit purchasers.
.. Lot known us 'IIickman Lot"
containing S. acres. This has dwell
ling thereon, and is susceptible of parti-
ton into desirable lots for building
purposes, witch are offered for silc TO
gethcr or separately.
The above property is offered for sale
ut reasonable prices and OIL easy terms.
A.. J. LILLISTON
.Accomac G. H., Va
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-04-03
No Chance For Tile Presidency

'Niamma,' said little boy lugu-
briously the other day az he laid
down Il volume OF biographical
sketches of the Presidents, 4 don't
believe III ever be President. l
amt got the chance. l wasn't
bIung up right.
Why, child, you have the same
chance that other little boys llave.'
no amt; wasn't born i'll Il log
cabin, nor l amt drove a team on
the canal, nor had to read the
spellin' book by the light OF a pine
knot, nor had to split rails nor
nothin' like the rest Of the boys
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who got there. l tell yon. mother,
I'm handicapped for.the rresidcn-
tial BUSINESS
From the stress laid on the hard
ships endured by some Presidents
when boys it is not strange that
the juvenile mind should draw such
a deduction.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-04-03
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
Old cream makes Streaked but
ter.
Destroy the nests of caterpillars
now.
There arc many pitfalls in a
peach orchard.
Cut Off sappy shoots from the
main branches OF apple trees now.
1t is a good thing to make max
nure and Il good thing TO save it,
Re sure and do both.
a rat proof corn bin may be
made by lining the inside Of an or
binary bin With No. 1 wire.
4 we'll fed cows s'first impress.
sion," Of hay are more reliable than
the ordinary analysis Of the chem
lists.
Bank up the manure yard SO
that the water OH the outside can
not get in, and Chat on the inside
cannot get out.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-04-03
LISTER BROTHERS
HIGHLY AllNM0IIIA'FBD PH0}PHATBSg,
With Pure Ground Bone Base.

We this method
Lister os goods
second to this The Lister Bros
reputation that all goods
smutnga quick growth and thorough development We
especially growth vegetable
cod its formula failed abundant yield to the truck
and havoc hand
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--:-::-:CELEBRATED:-::-:--
IRISH POTATO FERTILIZER.

which highly ammonia makes high
fertilizer but will compare side by side with the best Cnc Island Peruvian
indeed might state Derdue
tact that its rich constituents of phosphate are not deter9a by the wear
active clements andnu mpa the plant rapid growth and quick
Development the
cultivated standard fertility
fertilizer
already active qualities for must he well known
fertilizers chemical action
becomes trifng indeed
Mrs Lister Brothers will also supply timely with fertilizer especially
THEY
through the German chemist Of
growth
which
making intended largely for the farmers of the Eastern
the producers of this
the United States Which should certainly justify
decided
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-11-11
For Keeling Silk.

An ingenious machine for reeling silk from
cocoons is now in operation at the depart
ment Of agriculture, In Washington. 1t is
claimed to overcome the chief difficulty In
successful silly culture.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-11-11
The Pope's Gift.

His holmes Leo XIII has given 1000
francs to the sufferers by the Grecian earth
quakes, and an equal sum for the relief Of the
victims Of the Tonquin massacEe-New York
World
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-11-11
An Unbcarable Nuisance.

Tho chestnut gong was rung so continually
In the public schools of Portland, Ore, that
it became an unbearable nuisance, and now
any pupil who carries one to school is per-
manently expelled if the teacher discovers it.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-11-11
mun DnVAT RREEcH-L0ADlMG SHOT GUN
j Ills nO y 1A4 AND RIFLE COMBINED,

1As drssssss x~vs~tSoss of tho Age In Fsrs-Arsns.
WILL SHOOT q TIMES WITH ONE LOADING.
USE0 CENTRAL FIRE CARTRIDGES.
isAga Barrel Shot Qua No. IL Bora ~ as 80 css.e
1As Wonder and Admiration Of tbs Sporting World
~ Hszss and Complete Sporting ara ofsfsd PRICE
Wonderful
Sea AsnHxs UNITED STATES AID CAxADA
PY
combined
RETAIL PCR
reduction
m EOYAL PATENf s-sIOT BKEEtHL0ADI
81 a. 81 P o9 G
ffs soshs %sds 4
Material wordi Every made
Pianos
sell limited ROY
e The pressns We this be IN the end the NEST
THIS Iosdns. very EEFEcTivE
s.sss .s
Piesi
been selling
Combination
quantities enabled Excellent
Shot retail
tie SHOT EREECH-LOAD.
December be
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the letter and fell to the floor. They thought
he was dead at first, but they brushed back
the white hair from his brow and famed
him. He had only tainted. wish he had
been dead, for what is life worth to father
after his son is destroyed, "Aceldema, the
field Of bloodl"
When things go wrong at a gaming table
they shout: "Foul! FOUL" Over all the
gaming tables of the world I cry OUT "Foul
FOUL infinite ely foulr'
aGift stores" are abundant throughout the
country. With book, or knife, or sewing
machine, or coat, or carriage there goes q
prize. At these stores people get something
thrown in with their purchase. It may be .
gold watch, or a set of silver, ring, or .
farm. Sharp way to get off unstable goods.
It has filled the land with fictitious articles,
and covered up our population with brass
finger rings and despoiled the moral sense of
the community, and is fast making US q
nation of gamblers.
The church of God has not seemed willing
to allow the world to have all the advantage
Of these games of chance. church fair
opens, end toward the close it is found that
some of the more valuable articles are un-
salable Forthwith the conductors Of tho
enterprise conclude that they will rattle for
some OF the valuable articles. and, under pre-
tense of anxiety to make their minister .
present or please some popular member OF
tho church, fascinating persons are dispatched
through the room, pencil in hand, to solicit
shares or perhaps each draws for his own
advantage, and scores OF people go homo
with their trophies, thinking that Is all right,
for Christian ladies did the embroidery and
Christian men did the rafting and tho pro-
cesds went toward now communion set-
Bus goa may dspend On Il. that - fas -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-07

repose for the declining years of aged working
men. The dissipation of this treasure, too, has
its political aspect. 1t is in sense the burning
of the ships, the extinction of one of the few
remaining resting-points of monarchic'l senti-
ment The Count de Lanjuinais, representing
if We mistake not, an old family of La Vendee'
was moved to exclaim, when the Chamber
voted the sale of the jewels, that the Republic
would soon be destroyed. Doubtless to him the
act was a sacrilege, sort of PROCLAMATION OF the
Ark. certain to be visited swiftly with the
wrath of Heaven. And so will the FaubouIg
St. German also think, but to no purpose
The French Republic is indeed less stable than
we desire to see it, but there is reason 10 nope
that the political vices and the race tendencies
which hinder it from striking root more deeply
are gradually being outgrOwn and modified. In
any case, the sale of the crown jewels is an evil
dence of sound judgment rather than OF
caprice, and there can be no doubt, first. that
the capital will do more good than it has eyer
done before, in its new function; and, second,
that the people of France generally Will ap-
prove the action of the Chamber
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-07
THE FRENCH CROWN JEWELS.

The decision of tue Chamber of Deputies to
sell the French crown jewels has inevitably
exasperated the friends of both monarchy and
imDerialism The measure however, can be
justified by several considerations, and while
the purpose to which the proceeds are to be de-
voted, namely, the creation of a fund for aged
wOrkIngmen, may SAVIOR somewhat of the the
atrical there is no room for rational doubt as
to the superiority of this use to that in which
so great a capital has hitherto been engaged.
A republic can have no possible need for crown
Jewels. TO preserve them is in effect to ques-
ton the peImanence OF democratic govern
ment. Even REGARDED solely as symbols, their
preservation is unwlse and Inischlevous. For
they represent form of government in which
splendor, wrung from the masses by taxation,
was utilized TO maintain show OF superiority
intended to impress and subdue the ignorant
victims of absoutism. There are of course
certain Jewels possessing historical associations
but all sucn it is stated will be kept. And it
may be questioned whether, OF the historical
Jewels some of the most interesting have not
long since disappeared.
The Revolution, which pursued the royal
line of France even to the tomb, and descended
to the crypt of st. Denis to destroy their
ashes, was not mole tender with the crown
Jewels. The greater Part of the present collec
ton probably dates from the first Empire, and
though the Napoleons invested vast sums in
this way, the interest of antiquity does not be-
long to their acquisitions Among the crown
Jewels of France should be-whethcr present or
not-the famous diamond necklace about which
SO strange tragi-comedy was woven, not long
before the Revolution. The names of the
Cardinal de Rohan, Marie Antoinette, the
Valois pretendcr, Jean de Ia Mothe, Cagliostro
(ouack and mystic, will forever be associated
with that curious affair, which Dumas the elder
invested with the bright colors of fiction, and
Carlyle endeavored to reduce TO its historical
dimensions The necklace ruined the Swiss
jewellers who collected the stones for it and had
it made, and it worked the same evil upon most
of those who were concerned in the plot. Not
that there is anything remarkable in that for
there is scarcely a famous diamond other
costly precious stone in existence the history of
which is not marked with many tragedies.
The crown jewels of France, however,
whether new or old, represent tue unrequited
toll of generations of Frenchmen. Whether
extorted from the tiIlers of the soil during the
ancien regime, OF nominally procured through
the military successes OF the first Napoleon, it is
French blood that has paid for them, and there
is after all poetical justice in the idea Of ex-
pending them now in securing comfort and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-07
NAV have some relation to the fact that Mr. Gar
land sees no cause for sending III MS resignation
PERSONiL.

On entering the French War Office General Bouianger
has instituted vigorous campaign against the red tape
methods that have long prevailed there and tue nd,
fashioned nctOnGes are all agnast AT having Ino ""''
brushed from their backs.
President Bartlett at the coming commencement OF
Dartmouth College will open his house for reception 10
his surviving classmates OF the distinguished c"ss vi
1S36-ther semi centennial reunion
Octave Peuillet OF the few French writer's OF en-
neuce who do not 60 society His years are telling
upon him. but no still works steadily as IN his early
days.
A fine marble monument to the memory OF Miguel
Hdalgo Of Costa be erected in the City OF Mexico
Tho condition Of Mrs. Catherine Scales tho mother of
the public schools" OF st. Louis Is declared by 1he
Missouri Republican TO he dssr to that city After
long and useful of devotion TO the cause OF
and scarcely able to tue baIest necessities Oh e
large portrait OF General Grant has been painted and
presented to the American Hospital, Mexico, by Mr. r.
H. Baling
The late James Tra'ue, of the leading business
men OF Louisville, n.y., was a direct descendant OF
Hueuenots who to Virginia ut the Revocation OF
tho Edlct OF Nantes
The Supreme Court Judges jolly set among
themselves" SAYS Cheag0 Mai Washington cOrrespOn-
dent. There leau spare men among them,
except Bradley, and all of them boast we'll stom-
achs aud Burgundy cOmpexipns. Almost any night
majority of the bench be found In an Est. car
trundng along 10 their paata Residences 10 the West
End Whoever ia lucky eDoagh to riie with them can
see what would be sight OF a lifetime 20 any one OF
millions OF American citizens when you think that out
OF fifty millions OF people. probably not over two
millions lave ever visited W IshingtOn. Chief justice
Waite and Justices Miller Matthews anu BlatchfIri VIII
sit RANGED along side OF the car, ana make t
special amusement for the trip to pass up Iares Inc
Chief Justice and Justice Bachford always Keep sharp
eye STANLEY Matthews ~ the nickes pass MN ani
their comments rer reflect upon his integrity IN tue
handling OF small amounts OF money. The 0tner night
happened to ride up with this bunch OF JudEes ana tue
Incidents OF the trip decidedly interesting A
small boy zane into the Gar. While exercising MS right
to put three instead OF five Oh account or MS
infancy, Judge Miller picked him up ana pretennei 70
desire pu hin Into tue box as security Tor the Otner
two Three times the stopped to take on Iat,
shiny oil negro wOmeI, all OF them laden Win neaV
market baskets filled with linen, AMI with each OF thth
the Chief Justice and Justice BlatchfOrd competed Tor
honor OF passing the fare When tue Gar was iu
chief Justice Wake vi the first to give his seat
TO "a cOlOred Girl"
~ Stearns secretary OF the National temperance
Society has gone south vacation and Will visit sew
States during the present and ensuing Two months
and speak In favor ~ Prohibition
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-07
THE LATEST ELECTRIC SCANDAL


Mr.. Thomas a. Edison, it would seem, has
been guilty Of a new invention. whereby any
person familiar with the Morse alphabet may
inflict untold misery and confusion upon his
fellow creatures. There is a mystery about the
principle of this new Internal machine, which
enhances its terr0rs without mitigating its
effects. In some way or other, messages with
out regard to length, language, or previous con-
di;ion of morality, and without aay material
contact CT collision whatcver) can be made to
lump to and from the tin roof of a moving rail
way-tIan and the wires of an ordinary tele
graph, across the void of space,-cOming and
going in all directions and To all distances at
the rate of 250, 900 waves a second, until either
the telegraph poles come to an end, the tin roof
is stripped Oft the car, or Nature arises in her
might and altogether eliminates electricity
from her constitutional contamination by the
way, devoutly to be wished in the interest of
everything that makes home life secure and
public trust remunerative.
But, however obscure the process, the result
is clear enough. For one thing, the passenger
train service between the United States and
Canada would be parayzed, and the "promi
nent and trusted officials" of innumcrable
banks and savings Institutions would find their
aspirations for foreign travel ami enterprise
nipped in the bud. The well dressed gentle
man and lady in the private compartment of
the patlor-car would suddenly be confronted BY
a frowning spectre of "A conductor with freshly
written telegram i'll his hand, demanding their
arrest and detention as an clipping couple
literally thunderbOlt out of a clear sky, calcu-
lated to discourage that freedom of social inter
course between the sexes which is among the
proudest boasts of American civilization. The
group of sOciable gentlemen in the smoking-ca car
would be coIfOunded by the summons de-
scending upon them through the empty air, -
@Johp, return to your broken-hearted father
and all will be forgiven" John is not an I'M
common name, and is probably borne by more
than Que of those present and NC wise SON who
knows his own father can feel secure from
parental calamity. Suppose all the Johns to be
commercial travellers, aud that all take the
next train homaward. what would become of
the business interests Of the country2
Or, take the case of an Overworked domestic
man who starts on a trip westward in the vain
hope of escaping for season from his wifes
tongue What is to prevent her-stting at her
telegraphic instrument at home-from scOlding
him all the way from Boston to San Francisco
What is to prevent a social reformer, political
crank, or Civil Service fanatic, who happens to
have Morse alphabet in his pocket and a tin
roof to his hat, from intrenching himself in the
inaccessible solitudes of some primey al forest.
and thence launching his detestable opinions to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-07
MUSIC.
1.-THE DAMNArION OF FAUsr.p

1t was worth while for the Symphony Society
TO bring forward BeroEs " Damnaton de Faust" after
had been permitted to rest five years The sensation
which the work caused when IL first performed
der the direction OF Dr. DamrOsch had much to do with
putting the symphony Society it's feet and tao organ
izAtion will always debt to the memories OF the
composer aud the director that account But aside
from this the bearings which tho work has had
lessened s charm At the public rehearsal OF the Sym
phony Society Friday afternoon ana its fourth
cert last night is altern tely dehghtful
and perplexing music listened TO with
rapt attention. The performances oredtable
the conductor and his forces WHOLE though
times when features in each OF the CHORAL orches
tr and solo departments might have been better The
orchestra played with great decacy In the Dance of
the Syphs," aud IN tho "Mnuet Of the Wil-o'-the
Wisp the wood-wind players excited admiration by
their skill and tone. or the solo singers, the one who
performed his duty In greatest conformity to the de
mands OF tho occasion was Mr.. Max ilcnroh who not
only gave the music of MephiSi0phsies correctly, but
VitaliZod tby peculiarly sinister dec lamaon. Herr
Avary had To struggle so bard with the English Ian
Euags that he had little time TO devote " expressive
Interpretation Of the aud his performance In con
sequence, suffered from peh0tony. or Miss Medora
Henson. who has become brs. Medora Henson Emerson
since she sang here the best that can be sad Is that
she sang correctly e@ar the printed page went anu
compelled appreciation OF tho Intrinsic beauty W hef
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-07

all the telegraph wires in the Union Inc
very ocean itself will no longer be refuge:
for no ship that sails the seas but will be con-
stantly coming into collision with messages
from all quarters of the globe. Not only will
one half of the world know how the other half
lives lat last, every separate human being VIII
be driven insane by his involuntary acquaiht-
ance with the affairs of all the rest. The atmos-
phere whereby man lives will become the suhtie
vehicle of his destruction, and the universe
will dissolve into nothingness from too great
familiarity with itself.
Either this, or else no time should be lost IN
serving Mr.. Edison with au injunction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-07
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Lord Salisbury booted. - Mr.
Gladstone received the seals of office - Re
ported combination between Servia and Greece.
- French strikers arrested.
DOMEslIC.-Several shpwrecks due to stormy
weather - Damage done to shipping by a
steamer in fog at New-Orleans. - The plans
of a syndicate to capture the Reading Raj =
road - Disseminated street railroad men III
Boston. - Six prisoners whipped in Delaware.
g. Disorderly Indians in the Northwest. 60
Held for smuggling liquor into Vermont
City AND SUBURBAN. "A woman committed
suicide by jumping from High Bridge
- The Broadway Railroad investlga-
ton begun - woman fatally stabbed
by thief at Bayport, L. l. - Rec led
after abandoning a sinking bark. - Flames in
a synagogue. - County Democracy primaries
held. - Gold value of the legsl-teuder silver
dollar t4121a grainsl, 1857 cents - Stocks
dull and lower, closing weak and unsettled.
THE Indications for to-day: Light
snow, followed by fair or clear and warmer
weather. Temperature Yesterday: Highest. 20;
lowest. A.; average. 143a0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-07

General Butler In interview comes to the
rescue of Mr.. Garland. indicating that he has been
retained to defend the Pan-Electrlcian. General
Butler is an able criminal lawyer.
CAPTAIN Roach was of the best. if not tho
very best of American ship-builders. If he wanted
IN build n hrst-class ship, that would sail all seas
with safety he knew where to get the services of
the very Test experts in tho country for every
branch and detail of the work, and was never fool
,b enough to suppose that he could better attend to
every detail himself. But Mr.. Moore says that Mr..
Morrison is not that kind OF master or manager
that he il solely responsible for the details OF the
now tariff bill and that Mr. Moore is not to be prop
ery called its author in any sense. Apparently Mr.
Moore means this explanation to do honor to Mr..
Morrison but it does not at all. Indeed, there Is
possibility that must read between the lines OF
his letter aud infer That he wants 1t known Ill adj
vance that he is not to blame for the mschevous
contents of a bill winch he has mutIlated and
mangled for political reasons. Wien the bill comes
out. it will not be difficult to guess which expana-
ton is correct. But meanwhile an apology seems
dne 10 Mr. Morrison which rnE TMBUNE is called
upon by Mr. Moore to make Regretfully be it ad-
mitted then MI Morrison is not wise enough to en-
trust the details of his work to the most competent
experts, as we supposed.
There is no reason why Governor Hill should
not keep on making nominations OF the
Dugro and Sterling Kind if the drawing OF such
worthes drafts on the State Senate satisfies the
BOSSES
Senator SpOoner is angJy at the story that Post
master General Villas discovered him. Spooner
has no occasion to feel disturbed. Think OF what
he might have had to bear had the story been that
he discovered Vilasl
The Cabinet should be reconstructed on the prin-
ciple Of clean hands and pure heart"
James ID. Fish has suffered the ndIgnity OF being
returned TO Auburn Prison The date of his next
appearance IN this city as the guest of an approved
hotel is not stated. By the way. why doesn't Fish
put end to the public oulrages upon his liberty
by resignIng altogether from Auburni
The Republican Senators at Washington might
find valuable hint in the adverse action OF the
Republican Senators at Albany with regard to
that representative Democrat, Mr. Sterling. They
are not going to confirm him. In general unitness
for public place. Mr.. Sterling IL not mon0p0list.
The United States Senate has before 1t the names
of several patriots who should walk the plank of
rejection with the ex-rum.seller and ex-dog-
fighter.
Tho cutice of tho rhinoceros never assumes tho
hue Of the roses that bloom in the spring. This
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-07

has seen and talked with both these people re-
Gently, sends some interesting particulars about
them which are printed on another page OF TINS
paper. 1t does not add to the regard which
Americans feel for the French Republic to
know that there was little cause for locking up
Louise Michel and Prince Krapotkine the last