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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-02-27
Handling Government Funds.

The ecentlosS of a large sum by
one OF the banks through careless
hantllng on the part Of one of it's
messengers. calls attention to the
careful mannerill which the govern
ment funds are handled. There
AFRO millions and millions Of dollars
in the TreasurylbuiItling here, yet
yon seldom see any money as you
pass through the building. The
ordinary visitor migh5 go through
the treasury hundred times with.
out seeing SlO0. Ii You go info
the cash room and look down from
the corridor you NAV see few
dollars being handled by some OF
!. The CLERKS tfleregGWho =area paving
off emplpyeesor something OF that
sort. Occasionally when ship
ment of goI;l or silver has come ID,
You go TO the cash room You may
sec some of it being connred, but
you Can see a greater display of
money in All ordinary bank almost
any day THAN III the treasury.
About the only place aside from
the cash room where you ZEE m0n-
ey is in the redemption division,
where Il large vumber of people
are employed in counting and as
sorting the ragged dirty bills which
have COME in from the country to
be redeemed. They all work bs
hind gratinx<, however. and you
cannot get near them. All YOU
can Ito is to look through the iron
barred doors and see their deft fin.
gers count the ragged, filthy cur
rency which has come in from it's
two or three years journey about
tho country. The life 0tan 0ruina.
ry bill, especially one of small de-
nomination.. is no more than two
or three Years on an average
They get worn ont in about that
time, and are sent back for redemp.
tion. The fact that you do not see
much mniey in the treasury, how
ever, does not argue that it i, not
being handled there, it is handled
III large quantities.
ANY day in passing through the
bulldln. you are liable to meet IL
messenger or two pulling Il low
cart, whose wheels are COY
cred with rubber tires. On this
us generally asquale box, three or
four feet long and u foot and u
halfin width. Iris securely locked.
LII this box fhe money which is
sent from one part of the treasury
to another, is transferred. AL
though millions of dollars pass from
one room TO another and from one
story Of the bidding to another
you never see any OF it carried
about III the hands Of employees, or
in any manner to attract attention..
tits always handled in boxes or
packages, and when it goes from
the building to the depot, TO be
sent away W express, Or Is brought
III Oh Solne Iriit.. 1t is carried back
and lor'll between the treasury and
,llt station ma large iron safe,
mounted on wheels, looking like Il
large "Black Maria" ana attended
ny Two OF three armed glards.-
You may see this curious vehicle
driving up and down Pennsylvania
avenue almost any day. 1t Carries
thousands aud sometimes millions
Of dollars
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-02-27

sob Printing nsaTy executed.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-02-27
AccoMAC G. IT. VA SATURDAY, February 27 1886.
TITS NOT A1.wAYs NlerIrts
m..rr snnl in volceless prayer

Tho weary anul in voIceless prayer
Breaks from the verge q dark despair
There secms no ray Of welco1'e light;
But Faith cries out With sturdy voice,
That makes tho waiting henrt rejoice,
cit Is nnt--is not ntwnYe night"
With tired feet and longing eyes.
We gaze nthwnrt tho 'encon skies.
Aud Il, Tie distant mountain height;
rhen Hope Shines DOR tho drcary way
We see the CLEAN Of dawn ard SAY.
at Is noi---ls not---alwnys mghtl"
To strong, o soull Be brave. faint heartl
Bid ov'ry doubt aud tenr depart,
For God Will make It NIL end right;
The promise is for Inc aud you
Tic shining shore cnnt.' Tito view
alt snct---ls not always night"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-02-27

consent of the ,onny lady's father
has been obtained"
..Well, sir" said the clerk, "ofal
periods in life, surely the eve OF
marriage shonld most naturally in
spire kind actions. Yon are about
to make Yourself as happy as hu
man being can possibly be, yet YOU
wish to inaugurate that period by
reducing to want and ruin an Old
and tried servant, | know you too
well, slr-Or, rather, | think too
well OF yor-not to be sure that ii
you carry out this latter intention
your conscience mnst prick you in
after life"
'.AIr. PENN said Greysark Sc
vereIy, 81 told you not to handy
words with me, so let me hear no
more. l am now going to Brighton
DO not omit to forward all letters
to my address there Elll
FpieaSe be particflar in tliis. I'must
say, Mr.. Penn, that 1 am not lit.
tie astonislle,l that, remembering,
lbs you must. what | have done for
you. and how with your furnished
name you might long ere this have
been begging Your bread but for
me, you should presume to offer me
advice on my own affairs. Bu' |
will say no more"
The clerk fingered on in Their
as if in hopes that some straw might
be lett to clutch at. Then he SAID:
'.Nlr. Greysark, you observed just
now than the fact OF Your marriage
depends upon the CONSENT Of the
young lady'S father"
"TlioSc were my words, Mr..
Penn" replied the merchant.
Il he should refuse his cousent?'
Ssi;tl Penn.
Refuse, Mr.. Penn! Refuse!" ex.
claimed Greysark. "Such a thing
is simply impossible, simply touri
diculouS TO be entertained for Il mo.
ment. The head Of the house Of
Jonathan 1reysaIk & Co, L should
imagine, w;ls a tit match for any
one"
$50 you may think, sir" sail
Penn quietly; 'but fathers solue-
thugs hol,l strange opinions"
mir. Penn, you are insolent, sill"
almost roared the merchant, rising
in his chair. and glazing at his
clerk with furious eyes.
Peen Iumbled in his pockets, and
continued, still quietly, "Well, sir,
in this c;lse The fathers opinion
does happen to differ from yours,
and he refuses his sanction to his
daughters marriage"
Jonathan UreySark started from
his chair, Ills face perfectly llvid,
his eyes and mouth idc opened
Penn drew forth IL letter from his
pocket, unfultled it, and ;ls if utter
~ unconscious ofthe storm he had
raised, resumed:
You have addressed tl.isletten
No to Sfr: fis,0jbterC Fleming, the father
of Phyllis, lie young lady to, whom
you have been paying Your AID
dresses. |, for family reasons, with
which you are quite familiar, pre-
fer To be known in my circle Of ac
quaintance ilS Robert Fleming
Phyllis is my daughter, and | re"
No! no! don't 60 on!" shouted
Greysarll in avolce disqualification.
In course Of a few weeks Phyllis
Penn became Mrs. Jonathan Grey
sark, and the style of the firm in
Rood Lane WAS altered to Grey
s;lrk, Penu & Co. London Truth.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-02-27

Police Officer james O'Connor,
239 Mulberry street, New York
City. writes that half bottle Of
Red Star Cough Cure permanently
removed II severe cold. The price
is only twenty five cents II bottle.
Police officer Tllos. Flanagan, 1926
Bank street, Louisville, KY, who
WAS desperately wounded in the
late war, was entirely cured Of
pains and spasms by ST. jacobs
Oil.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-02-27

Money is we'll expended, in pur.
chasing ii Davis Sewing Machine.
From thousands, who are using
these popular naclllnes, nothing
out concentration is heard. Il
could not get along without my
Davis" is Tue conclusion ofevery
one who is 50 fortunate DIS to own
Que. No other machine is so we'll
adapted to the varied sewing re-
quired in every family. The recent
mprovements i'll the feed Of this
machine have brought it TOT high
state OF perfection.
The New Hlgll-Arm Davis is, to-
day,tbe queen Of sewing machines.
LC is handsome, simple substantial,
aud easy running. For sale by X.
II. Pennewell, 0nancock Va.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24
"RoPINa AND CUTTING oUr.n

In winter the cowboys have not much te
do. The cattle roam over the plains at will
''hustling" for their living, as it is called
that is, picking it up through the snow.
They run down to skin and bone, and many
freeze and starve to death. During these
months the herder is in winter quarters.
With the appearance of the grass in spring
his activity begins All the cattle are
branded with their owners mark It is the
work of the boys to select each mans out.
lasso them as shown in the picture, and gather
them In herd to themselves It is a work of
difficulty and danger, with the wild, long
horned cattle; but the horses are trained to it.
The rope is twenty to thirty feet long. The
end of it is in a slip moose. This must be
aimed and thrown exactly around the cows
horns. As the animal struggles and tries to
pull away, the moose only tightens, and the
little horse drags the captive to its own herd
All are then driven to their several owners
ranches or herding grounds for the summer
The herder must remain with them night and
day the seanon through. Watchmen must
stay up with them in the night, to prevent
stampedes from thunder storms or other
causes of fright. A stampede Of drove of
cattle is serious business
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fame, and Woodruff, and six second lieuten-
vas created in 1870, but did not commence
operations on an extended scale until 1874
1t controls and operates several thousand
miles of telegraph. The system of gathering
reports of the weather, and from them formu-
lating weather warnings, is likely to be
adopted eventually over the whole globe
Just now storm is approaching the
weather bureau in the shape Of congress
sional investigation which may test its sta
EIlity. It has weathered other storms be-
lore this, though this one may develop into a
cyclone and leave it shorn of much of its
present Importance. After the peculations of
Capt. Howgate it was said the signal service
would have to go down under the gale which
then arose; but it was rot budged from its
nloorings, and Howgat, went into some safe
harbor, where he has been sheltered since
THE LATE SENATOR MILLER.
The late Senator John Franklin Miller
exhibited in his last illness an amount of
will power which recalls the heroic patience
of Gen. Grant. It is said he lived On his
nerve for q long time prior to his death.
which was the result of complication of
disorders arising primarily from a severe
wound in the eye received during the war.
twenty-three years ago. The bulletremained
in his head about twelve years before it could
be extracted, and the wound sapped his
strength and rendered him an easy victim Il,
disease
Gen. Miller was born in Indiana. in 1881
MS parents being Virginians He was q INV
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24

The building occupied by the work Of this
bureau is shown in the Illustration. Here at q
little desk sits the officer who is to prognosti-
cate the weather fdr the whole country, and
his method Of doingsit is briefly this: He is in
telegraphic communication with the members
of the signal corps Of the army. These men
are stationed at various posts over the whole
country from Halifax to San Diego, and
from Fort Garry to Key West Observations
of the weather are taken three times a day,
at intervals Of eight hours. Each observation
being taken all over the country at precisely
the same moment of Washington time, and
are Immediately recorded. The facts thus
obtained are charted upon a map of the
United States That is lines are drawn over
the places reporting equal temperature.
Other lines are drawn over the stations on
the map reporting like barometic pressure.
These last lines are termed .Isobars," and
the lines Of equal temperature "1sotherms.
From a careful study Of this map Of the
United States, with the freshly drawn
"Isobars" and "Isothernls," the officer in
charge is enabled to determine the probable
movements of the storms, winds, cold waves,
ETC., and makes his prediction for the differ
ntsections. These predictions are inlmedi.
ately telegraphed over the whole country,
and published in the press and through
bulletins, and by tho recently adopted system
of signals.
The official Head of the signal service j,
Gen. W. B. Hazen, who succeeded "OI1
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ceived the wound which destroyed his eye,
and from the effects of which he never recov-
cred In 1854 he was made brigadier gem
era1 and the following year brevet najor
general for conspicuous bravery.
Mr. Miller was firm believer that there is
such thing as luck in business His own
career he often instanced as an Illustration.
One day ships captain called upon him at
his office in the San Francisco custom house.
The captain showed him the undressed skin
OF a seal, and sid that he knew where mil
ions of them could be obtained He sug-
gested to Mr.. Miller that he furnish him with
the means to fit up his vessel, and he would
60 on sealcatching trip for certain per-
esntage OF the profits Mr. Miller declined to
have anything to dc with the project but the
captain was so persistent that Mr. Miller in
dueed few capitalists to subscribe q
small sum- None ct them had much
faith in it, and Mr.. Miller SAYS that he
never went into any business scheme with
less thought Behold. the captain returned
with his vessel loaded with skins, and for
good consideration he revealed the locality of
the seal islands. Keeping the discovery secret.
the Alaska Seal company was formed. OBJ
tanned the exclusive right to capture seals
from tie United States government, and in
few years had aznasssI immense fortunes,
Mr. Miller said that, cuFsously enough, every
Investment he made since then was profitable.
though be exercised less care and business
caution IN so doing than he had in many in
yestments before his luck changed.
Senator Miller was one OF the rich men OF
the senate, and belonged to the coterie of that
body faIniliarly known as the ''kilIiouairss
club. He was man of commanding pres
enca when in good health. Mrs Miller and
daughter survive him.
PERRY BARTON.
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They were winding up with one gorgeous
lark. Their idea of fun was to prance
through the train with loaded revolvers, fir
ing out the windows. A train boy passed
through the cars with a basket of peanuts for
sale. The cowboys suddenly took it into
their heads to sell out the peanut fiend's stock
for him. They drew in their pistols from
firing out the window, and brought them
to bear on the passengers instead.
They pointed the cold, persuasive bar.
rel successively at every man in
the train and ordered him to buy or be
shot, There was one tal1, thin, dyspeptic
gentleman in black, evidently minister, who
was plainly outraged with this treatment.
He raised his hands and lifted his eyes to.
wards heaven, protesting, but it was no use.
He was ordered to shell out and stop his row.
He did it. So they went through the train
till every peanut was sold You viii see
from this what the cowboys idea of joke is.
In civilized region he is an uncomfortable
creature to have around. But out on his
own plains he is picturesque looking object
enough. He rides the wiry, bucking, tough,
scrub5y, untamed little Indian mustang
pony, as if he and it made centaur Fixed
III a coil to bis saddle is the lasso or lariat
with which he catches the wild cattle The
mustang, the cowboy and the Texas steer are
all nearly equally wild. The cowboy wears
his hair long and a slouch hat upon his head.
What he wears his hair long for nobody knows
A high Mexican saddle is girded around
the shaggy pony, and the cowboys blanket
is strapped on behind. There is one thing
about which l cannot make up my mind
That is. whethasa ahesc cowbey4 is an imitation
Of the ideal figuring in the literature of Joa-
quin Miller and Bret Harte, OF whether there
ever was real, rip-,oaring, wild man Of the
plains whom they described To me the
cowboy seems rather trying to live up to his
blue china, as it were, and his blue china is
sort of dime novel hero
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24
No More African Coasts to Seize.

The scramble Of the European powers for
long strips of Africa's coasts is practically at
an end, owing to the sudden exhaustion Of
the supply Africa has 700 miles of sea-
coast and thirteen months ago there still re-
manned of it about 5000 miles that foreign
governments could appropriate if they
thought the game was worth the candle Last
year they cut off fresh strips of this unap-
propriated coast to add to their other African
possessions, and the fragments that now re-
main, if pieced together, would hardly reach
fror. New York harbor to Cape Hatteras;
and as they are utterly worthless, or are
claimed by very ll-natured and pugnacious
sayages, we are not likely to hear Of any new
protectoeates along the shores of the Dark
Continent York Sun.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24
The Danger from Frozen Oranges.


find statement going the rounds Of the
press that the frozen oranges recently sent
north from Florida are poisonous. It is
stated that the oil from the rind has penetrated
the pulp during the process Of thawing and a
poisonous fungus has developed in the pulp.
The first part Of the statement is true, the
latter false. The volatile oil in thawed
oranges does penetrate the juice of the pulp
and makes it bitter. 1t has the effect of ex-
coriating the mouth, tongue, and lips, but no
more so than the Oil of any orange. It is not
poisonous, except in large quantities, larger
than any one person would get out of dozen
oranges.
Their is no fungoid growth in thawed
oranges or any other, for I do not find any
such organism in any of the frozen and
thawed fruit have examined under the mi
croscope. II any person has been made
seriously Ill by eating such oranges it has
been caused by the GOODNESS of the pulp, taken
in large quantities into the stomach. If a
frozen orange is slowly thawed at tempera-
ture two or three degrees above the freezing
point the pulp remains sweet and wholesome.
e. NJ. Hale, M. D. in Inter Ocean.
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It is from lassoing of cattle that the e1-
preston ITO rope in" comes
Another great occasion is the rounding
up" This is the process of selecting and cap
turing the animals chosen for market. The
picture shows the cowboys dinner at round
up. Yet another great time is when the
calves are branded
The life is full of wild excitement and
danger. Some Of the huge herds mount far
up into the thousands in number. Six months
in the year the herders are quite away from
any of the influences of civilization It is not
strange that they become just what an unre-
strained life, under such circumstances,
would make them. . When they are paid Off
the first thing many of them do is to go and
spend every cent OF their earnings in gam
bling, and for the chain lightning fire water,
that is the staple in the western border
towns.
This is said to be the beginning of one of the
untamed cattle mans melodies, though /
never heard him sing it:
@Oh, I'm a jolly cowboy, my age Just
twenty three,
Ny home is in the saddle, my life is Wild
and free.
There is no happier life, my boys, as you oil
well do know,
Than riding after cattle, ON the plains Of
Mexico
Paul HARRINGTON.
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A Wide Field for Adventurer,.

South Africa offers wide field for a6d7es,-
turers. The news from Cape Town is ti,at g
new republic has been founded in rarrieosy
North of Danlaroland. A number of daring
men have purchased" province from the
natives, and have called the land the republic
of Upingtonia, to which Europeans desirous
of free settlements are invited. It Is said taas
building and cultivation are already making
rapid pro.yre yress.-Brook:y Eagle.
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yer and then a state
senator VIII en- the
war broke out. He
Immediately resign
ed his senatorship
and organized the
Twenty-ninth Indi-
ana regiment. He
served in command
of a brigade under
Sherman, Buell..
Rosecrans and
Thomas, receiving
severe wounds in the
battles of Stone
River and Liberty
Gan where he re-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24
The official head of the signal service j,
Gen W. B. Hazen, who succeeded "Oll

Probabilities, !" Gen.
Myer, in 1880. He
ssiperintends he
Instruction Of off
-s and men in
signal duties, at
Fort Whipple, just
across the Poto-
mac, on Arlington
heights. His head
quarters are here,
though, and he has
for assistants Capt.
Jones, and First
LIeuts. Dunwoody,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24
THE UNTAMED COWBOY.
HOW HE GOES "RlDlNa AFTER
CATTLE ON THE PLA!Ns.v
How He Looks In a Picture-"Ropine
and Cutting Out"-Dinner at a Ground
Up''-His Idea of Fun-sel1ing Pea
nut Fiend's Stock In Trade.
Especial Correspondence. /,

SANTA FE, n. NJ, March 15.-When the
cowboy who chases the festive Texas steer
comes to civilization he gets on the rampage
and becomes no less holy terror than the
Texas steer himself. My first sight of the
cowboy was on the train coming out here last
spring. A band Of them were returning
home after visit to the states.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24
One Way to Collect His sa,arr

A negro preacher in Georgia puts s'aall:ts
amount Of his salary debt on each .nsall>sr 81
the congregation. and whom they have ~
money ho makes slss,n work on ii sarf s.;s:i
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24

HOW WEATHER IS MADE.

A storm Over the weather Bureau-Ths
Late Senator Miller.
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, March 16.-From this time
until the crops are all in there is ono de
partment Of our government whose work
is looked to daily with great deal of In
terest. It is the weather bureau On the
accuracy of its predictions depends often
the safety of much valuable property.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24
Was It q Case of Telepathye

The subject Of telepathy or the action Of
one mind upon another, irrespective of dis
tance, is attracting attention in Philadelphia
as well as in London. A singular incident
occurred few evenings since, which shows
that if there is nothing in telepathy there is
at least something queer in condolences. DR..
J. j. Levick was sitting in his library talking
with friend, and incidentally the subject
turned upon telepathy. He had been illus
trating it by anecdotes Of what he had no
hced III hospital practice, and in this way
the subject of the great fire Of 1850 in Phila-
delphia was brought up. He spoke of the
fact that it originated from the explosion Of
saltpetre in Brooks warehouse, and re-
marked: 1This gave rise to the question,
will saltpetre explode2o He had not spoken
or thought Of this matter before for twenty
years.
The conversation reverting to telepathy, it
was explained by saying: "Now, if what we
are talking about should be interesting 20 an
other mind, as there is nothing to suggest it,
that would be telepathy." The conversation
broke up about midnight, the friend going
home and Dr. Leviek retiring. The next day
each accidentally took up an evening paper
and read the following paragraph: "There
used to be much-vexed question in Philadel-
phia as to the explosive nature of saltpetre,
growing out of the explosion at Brooks store,
in Water street, in 1850. Now that brewery
has been blown up by an explosion of oat meal,
the old question comes up IN new form:
Will lager beer explode?" While they were
talking some one, unknown to either of them,
was penning the paragraph in question:
PHILADELPHIA Times
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24

pAUL LECHE, Attorney at Law and Notary
Il Public, Donaldsonville. Office: on block
below the Court House, on Attakapas street.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-04-24

Ouid.'s EaG=ish publishers pay her s7,u~
for each book che writes.