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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13
AyALUABLEFARMF FOR SALE

By virtue of a power of attorney
from Mrs. Sally p. aud Miss Sally
B. U. Handy, of Maryland, l offer
for sa e at private contract, on rea-
sonahle terms. their valuable farm
in Upshur's neck, known as the
.Hantiy Farm" on the eastern side
of this county, between Machipun
60 creek and the Atlantic ocean,
nearly opposite Exmore station on
n. VI. p: g. N. r. r., adjoining the
lands of Jas Parramore. Up=
shur b. Quinhy. John t. Pow
ell, and Bennett FenrrcSs, contain
ing by estimation, three hundred
and twenty five acres 1925 AZ. of
.arahle And wood land, and from
200 to 800 acres of salt water pas
turage appnrtenant thereto. This
farm eau he very conveniently di-
vided into Two. with sufficient re :
sources for manure, frcwood and
log timberS for each and will be
sold us u whole or divided to suit
The purchaser. The land is of good
quality and much Of it is already
improved for trucks, to which, as
we'll as the cereals, it is we'll
adapted. has fair buildings, which,
ut a small expense can be put in
good repair and has two tenement
houses. Fish, oysters and wild
fowls abound in the adjacent wa
tiers. The locality is very healthy
live stock raising on it can be
made specially profitable. There
is "a good landing Tor shipping, less
than 100 yards from the dwelling
house. Title good. For further
particulars, see or address
l.. FLOYD Mock,
Attorney for lheow
Accomac G. g., Va, May 2G, 'SS.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13
The Emperor and. the Yankee.

II is told that while the late
Emperor Frederick was in london
for the queens jubilee Sir Morell
Mackenzie introduced a noted
American doctor TO him. After ID
careful examination Of his throat
the imperial patient, in his usual
cheerful manner, inquired, 81 sup
pose an imperial throat is very
much like that OF other mortals'"
"Well, sir" came the qnick reply,
1--WE will try and make it so atany
rate" The then crown prince
thoroughly appreciated the quick
Yankee wit, aud striking bis broad
chest, said, "Bnt thisls all rig'at, is
1t not?" The Yankee gravely look.
ed tue splendid proportions of tho
llluStrious patient up and down,
and deliberately drawle;i out, "As
for the rest, sir, yon would make a
good Ame;rican." Fri z's,.neriment
was great, but the German doctors
present were aglast at such levity.
New York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13
"Takes the Cakes

! This exprtssion-anplicd to one
i,who. does thing pre-cminen.1Y
well. nr.1 sarcastica1lv. and m"res
usually, to one who fails ccnspic.
nonslv--undnaIr ehtv had IT'S origin
lin the negro cake walks common IN.
the Southern States. and not M.
known in the Northern. The woll
usually winds mn a ball. Couples,
drawn by LOT, walk around cake
specially prepared fort occasion,
and the nIapires award the prize to
/. the couple who. in tlleir opinion,
walk most gracefulle and are at
tired with the greatest tasta.-
! Hence they ara said s:to taxa fila
cake" an expression which has at
tainrd it's wide ,cnrrency.throne
the bnrTesqnes in the negro min5!
strel. shows.
Yet the negro cake walk hasra-.5
sptctahle ancesrryin the med sRval
past Gorarti1s aHerball, Q6331 iH-s
Storms ns thatIs.sin the springstime;
b l3 aresn,a{ .the leaves hereof
~ eW prn > ggs,9
cakes or tansies, VII sf1e t!e;Is:lIlfsS
lin taSte aud good for tile stomach .s Sc;
aDd'a contemporary, speakiHgSofs
the styictness of the Puritans, says
call games where there is any Ilaz.
ard OF loss are strictly forbidden:
mot soimnch as u game of football
for n tansy." Accordingto Brand,
in the Easter Season. foot courses
we're run in the meadows, the vic.
tors CARRYING off each cake. given
to herun for by some better person
in the neishborhooi. In Ireland.
at Easter and Whitsnntide. the
lower classes used to meetand
dance for cake raised OH top Of
pike decorated with flowers. tie
prize going to tlie couple who held
out the longest; and in some parts
of England a custom prevailed of
riding for the bride cake. This
riding took place when tile bride
was brought to her new habitatior.
A pole three OF four feet high was
erected in front Of the house and
the cake pnt on top OF it. On tie
instant that the bride set out from
her old home a company Of young
men started on horseback, and he
who was fortunate enough toreach
the pole first and knock the cake
down wifi his stick received it
from the bands of the damSel.-
This was called stalking the cake"
The fortunate winner then nd.
vanced 10 meet the bri.le and her
Observation-Disclosures Notes ard.
Queries.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13
The Coffee Harvest.

Both banks Of tile Amazon Rlv.
er are fringcd with sugar and cof-
fee plantations of vast extent
The coffee frees are naturally
about 25 feet in height, but in or
der to improve the quality Of their
fruit are kept pruned TO about six
feet. The bush bears asnow white
blossom of exquisite fragrance;
which after dropping is succeeded
by a small green button. This de.
velops into pink berry. which
when ripe announces it by becom-
ing a deep purple Tt is then
plucked, anil after passing through
the processes Of drying. huskiug,
winnowing, sunring and sorting
becomes the coffee of commerce.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13
RwgarYR ERSaoE RsGIHs TURs
DAY, SEPT. 1TrH, AND Con-
TINUES NINE MONTHS

Frank p. Brent, University of
Va.). Principal.
Clantllns N. Wyant, university
Of Va.), Associate.
Mrs. Frank P. Brent, Centenary
Female College,, in charge of Mu-
sic Department.
Thorough and comprehensive
course of instruction embracing
the English Language and Litera
ture, Latin, Greek, French, Ger
man, Mathe MATES, Book Keeping,
Natural Science, Music and Voice
Culture.
During last session, students
prepared at this Academy attend .
ed Holllns Institute, Richmond and
Randolph.Macon Colleges,the Uni
velsity OF Virginia, and Johns
Hopkins University, standing
among the foremost in scholarship
and studiouS habits, and carrying
off semc OF the highest houors from
these institutions.
The Music Department is again
in charge Of Mrs. Frank =: Brent.
teacher oil large and successful
experience, having taught music
two successful sessions in Ala
bama Female College, and three i'll
this Academy.
Special Department for primary
pupils.
Tuition for recession ofniEe mouths
lower English branches $50; higher
English 30; Latin, Greek, French,
German, Mathematics, Book-Keep
ing, Natural Science, $40 each
when taken in connection with
English studies; Music OF piano
or organ so; Vocal Music $50, or
when taken in connection with
piano or organ 500; incidental ex-
penSes 80. But all tuition fees ex
cept for music shall not exceed $50
per session. The session is divided
into two terms ofeqnal length, ami
the above fees are distributed
equally between them.
Non resident pupils can board
under the immediate supervision
of the instructors Of the school or
in private families of the town al
from S12 to .Si5 per mouth, with
proper deduction where pupils
spend Saturdays and Sundays at
home.
For catalogue containing full
particulars, apply to
FRANK P. BRENT,
Onancock, Va.
EMr. Claudius N. Wyant, who
succeeds Mr. Marshall as associate
principal, is a, graduate of the Uni
versity Of Virginia in the schools
of Latin, French, German, Mathe
matics, Chemistry, Physics and
Moral Philosophy, and has had
four years of successful experience
in teaching. He is highly recf NJ
,mended by the professors of the
| University ASA. tlldr6ush, popular
! and successful teacher.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13
p II % a WIS,
DAVIS WHARF,

-Accomac county, "a.
Invites the attention OF the pub
lie to the following facts:
L. That lie keeps constantly on
hand Il large select and cheap stock
of merchandise.
2. That flour, q speciality with
him, is delivered to him at very
small expense, and can therefore
be sold as cheap as anywhere OH
Eastern Shore.
3. That he sells coal during the
entire year, and always at bottom
prices.
4. That he always has CLANS on
hand for sale when in Season-also
oysters.
5. That he has for sale at private
contract, several valuable houses
and lots at Davis wharf. contain :
ing 3 acres each, improved by dwell
lings and all necessary outhouses,
etc. OH reasonable terms.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13
Cnancock Nursery.
Peach Trees,
Plants and Vines

cob or &2eS"'
Also Shade and Ornamental.
Peach Trees Il speciality.
Prices 70 suit the times.
All persons wanIing fruit trees,
plants or vines for this fall (1SSSj
or next spring (lSS9), will do well,
before ordering elsewhere, to call
OH or correspond with
j. E. WEST,
Practical Nrrsesyman, ONANcoCK, VA
With II years experience growing
trees and handling fruit at.Dover: Del.
"a" For reference apply to.1. ID. Cham
bers. Dover, Del.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13
Watches Clocks and JeEelll.
Beautiful and Elegant are our Gold
and Silver Watches for ladies, gen

OOtutiiui stitu iJiS 3 tbU eoA y w. tSASiS
and Silver Watches for ladies, gen
tlemen and boys.
A large variety Of steel. nickIe, white
metal silk (gold-niounted) bamboo. gilt,
electro.plate, best roll plate, and solid
gold and silver chains. Ladies lace pins
and ear drops of all kinds and prices
Engagement and wedding rings. La
dies and gents sleeve buttons Gents
scarf pins Of best plate and solid gold
Lodge pins Masonic, Odd Fellows, Roy.
al Arcanum, knights of Honor, Hep
t;sophs, &c. Yin solid gold. Collar but.
tons, studs, etc. A large assortment of
spectacles and eye glasses. We sell
clocks for less money than the dealers in
general merchandise pay for them in
Baltimore; in fact, we guarantee our
prices to compare favorably with those
of Baltimore We can explain why it is
a fact. GU are solicited to call and as
sure yourself.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13
DR. SALE!

Farm OF 800 acres, within one
mile OF Horntown, on the seaside,
of which / is under cultivation, bal
ance in wood. Good pasture and
abundant resources. Here is bar
gain in farm. Telms easy.
Also farm of Is acres, within one
mil,. of New Church station. House
with 3 rooms. This is a cheap
home for some.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13
AcCOMAC G. 49, Va SATURDAY. OCTOBER 49, 1883
A SMART WOMAN.

"rhat woman." said Squire
Dockley within himself, bought TO
have been a man!'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02
GOULD AND BENNETT.

JAY GOULD and JAMES GORDON BEN
NETT seem to be laboring under the
Misrepresentation that the general public
is extremely interested in their personal
quarrels. The truth of the matter is
that the public doesn't care rap
whether Mr.. BENNETT considers Mr..
GOULD pirate, or whether Mr.. GOULD
is firmly of the belief that Mr.. BENNETT
is libertine whose touch is contamina-
ton.
The public will form its opinion of
either man without the'aSSiStance OF the
other. In the meanwhile their contin-
ued abuse of each other is only calcu-
lated to inspire disgust. But there is
one feature of the wordy battle in which
the public is interested, and that is the
growing suspicion that Mr.. GOULD has
sought very low and unmGnly method
of assailing man who has aroused his
ire.
Mr.. BENEFITS paper has been noted
for its dependent course, SO far as cor
porate influence or the dictatiOn OF mill
ionaire monopoiists is concerned. Be
cause man possesses so many score
millions it has not regarded that as any
reason why his public acts should not
be the subject of criticism when crltl-
cism was legitimate.
In his editorial capacity Mr.. BENNETT
has time and again found it necessary
to criticise and denounce Mr.. GOULD.
That Mr.. GOULD should expect to claim
immunity from such criticism would be
to deny the freedom of the press. That
the criticism has touched him in
tender spot and has made him vince is
evident. Mr.. BENNETT will lose moth
ing in public estimation because OF that
fact.
But with Mr.. BENEFITS private life
the public has nothing to do. It's OF no
concern to it whether he is saint or
the vilest sinner that walks the earth.
In loudly declaring him to be the latter
Mr.. GOULD hurts his case rather than
helps it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02
A Kansas City Man Kills His
Wife and Himself Because She
Refused to Give Him Money.

KANSAS CITY, April IA deplorable
domestic tragedy occurred in this city
to-day, which will result in the death
of young married couple. About 10
o'clock this morning Ellsworth
SelSer. teamSter, who has
been having trouble with his wife,
MOllie, met her in the hall of the build
ing in which their rooms are located,
and kissing her affectiOnately, asked to
speak to her in her room. They went
into the room. and few minutes later
the neighbors were startled by pistol
shot, followed by a woman's scream,
and a moment later by two more
shots. When the door was forced
open, the wife was found on the floor
with bullet wound in her abdomen and
the husband was leaning against the
bed with two bullets in his abdomen.
Both wounds are necessarily fatal. Mrs.
Selser, who is only seventeen years old,
married Frank Tuck last May. He died
in August, and SelSer, former sutton,
persuaded her to marry him, which
she did last December. Since fuckers
death his brother, Robert Tucker, a
race-hOrse owner now in New Orleans,
had been sending Mrs. SelSer money for
the support of his dead brothers child,
born only two weeks ago. Selser had
been demanding this money from his
wife, and her refusal to give it to him
caused the tragedy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02
Villages Flooded.

VIENNA, April 1.-Several more vii
lagos in Hungary have been flooded and
the inhabitants are starving. At Heth-
rarus 100 houses have been burned and
700 persons rendered homeless. Two
lives were lost in the flames. The vii
lagos of Mezo-Bereny and Hundsdorf
have also been destroyed by fire.
BERLIN, April despite the fact
that the foods are now subsiding some
what, new breaches in the banks of the
streams are reported to the north and
east of POsen. Almost all the railways
in West Prussia are impossible. Large
sums for the relief OF sufferers by the
floods have been subscribed in Berlin.
Concerning the distress caused by the
foundations, the emperor has written
to Minister Won Puttkamer, as follows:
Tell each sufferer how much | grieve
for his loss and sympathize with him. l
would that could be there myself"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02
BROKE THE RECORD.
How the Gas Monopoly Was Sat
on at Annapolis.

on at AnndpOiiS.
Special to the Globe.
ANNAPOLIS. Nd. April 1.-The bill
regulating the price of gas in Baltimore
at S1.25 per 1000 feet has met the most
violent opposition from the gas COM
panies ever since it was first intro
duced in the legislature. 1t had passed
the house and yesterday was on the
third reading file, and would have come
up for final passage yesterday after
noon. At $50 it was discovered that
the bill had been distracted from the
file, and thorough search of the state
house from top to bottom failed to dis
cover it. There was a howl of indigna-
ton, and members formerly opposed to
the measure declared that they would
now vote for it. Gov. jackson came
over to the capitol building and sug-
geSted that new bill be framed I'M
mediately. This was done, and all
other business was postponed, so that
the new gas bill might have precedence.
The rules were suspended and it was
read first time at $3.50 p. m.; at 8 p. M.
it had passed its third reading and was
sent to the house, where the same
precedence was given it. At IL p. m.
the bill had finally passed the house,
and the governor, who all the While
watched its progress, Immediately
signed it and it became a law. This is
a case of legislative railrOadIng without
a parallel in this state, and perhaps in
the country.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02
Took Eleven Innings.

New YORK, April despite the
rain, snow and sleet, over 5000 people
saw the opening base ball game of the
season at Ridgewood park, Brooklyn,
to-day. The Brooklyn and Newark
clubs were the contestants, and, in spite
of the elements, played an excellent
game. So close was the contest that
Brooklyn only won after eleven innings.
DoomiS pitched three innings for New
ark and Baker the rest. For Brooklyn
Hughes and Terry pitched three innings
each and Caruthers five. Sleet and snow
fell during the whole game. Caruthers,
Jones and Orr did good work. The score
by innings was:
Newark L o o o o o O %
BrooklynO o o o o o q 0 1-3
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02
A MODERN DICK TURPIN.

mo man goes out OH the highway to
plumber his neighbOr now armed with
pistols; he goes into a legislative lobby
and arms himself with statute" is the
forcible way Senator VANCE expresses
his opinion of the injustice and immo-
rality of protective tariff. And every
one will recognize the justice of Mr..
VANcE'S description. In its effect and
operation protective tariff is nothing
more or less than DICK TURPIN in
modern guise.
No amount of sophistry can gloss over
the fact that protection is contiscatiOn.
1t needs no argument to demon
strate that fact. Under our pro-
tective tariff legislation one mans
money is taken from him to build up
another mans private interests. The
farmer is assessed for the benefit of the
manufacturer. That is all there is of it,
and there is no way by which he can es-
cape the assessment. He is compelled
to buy clothing for his family and uten-
sis for his farm, and on every yard of
cloth he purchases, and on every hoe,
pillow or shovel he pays tax which goes
into the pocket of the manufacturer.
He is as much the victim of robbery
as if he had been held up by high
wayman on the public road and his
purse taken from him.
The argument Of the protectioniSt is
that the money taken from the farmer
under protective tariff legislation will
come back to him in the long run. But
he can't explain when or how it is to
come back. The farmer knows that the
money he pays out goes into the pocket
of the manufacturer in the short run,
but with the twenty-five years of high
tariff legislation there is not farmer
living to-day who has seen any of his
money come back to him to him on the
long run.
If there are any mutual benefits in a
deal between the farmer and the manu-
facturer they have never been disclosed
The farmer goes to the iron manufact-
urer to buy his farm implements, or to
the wooden manufacturer to buy his
clothing, and finds the price is fixed by
the cost of the foreign article plus the
tariff duty. Then he proposes to ex-
change his wheat or his cotton for man
ufactured goods, and he hnds the price
of his farm stuff is fixed by the price
fixed in London, i'll competition with all
the wheat and cotton of the world. In
other words, he is compelled under our
tariff legislation to buy in a restricted
market and to sell i'll free trade mar
ket. And there is where the tariff rob-
Der gets in his work.
1t is 10 wonder, then, that our Mime
sofa farmers are opposed to this bold
and naked system of using the taxing
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02
The BouIanger Craze.

By Cable to the Globe.
LONDON, April 1.-The want of sta
bility which has of late years character
lied the French ministries, is the SUBJ
ject of wide comment. The English
government organs almost without
exception, publish articles deriding the
French system of government, and the
uncertain tenure of French cabinets,
with which, they assert, it is folly for
any power to treat, because of the al
most absolute certainty that before ne.
gotiations are fairly under way the
ministers entering into consideration of
the questions involved will be thrown
out of Office and succeeded by men OPP
posed to continuing the discussion. NJ.
Floquet is an advanced Radical, and,
next to M. Clemenceau, is the strongest
man in the new cabinet. 1t is not ex-
pected, however, that the new ministry
will stand the onslaught of the Bou
LANCER craze, which is decidedly on the
increase.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02
:. The Difficulty at Tangiers.

BY Gable 10 the GloDe.
LONDON, April There is much
speculation in the American colony here
over5,a press dispatch from Gibraltar
announcing the departure from that
place for TangierS of detachment of
British engineers tomorrow. No one is
able to say why they are going, and it is
feared that in the event of an attack on
Tangiers by American war vessels the
presence of the English engineers will
still further complicate matters. Amer
leans here do not expect that the issue
of the Morocco affair will be very seri-
GUS. Il They deride the quarrel and its
origin, but are unanimous in the belief
that the only course left open to the
United States authorities in the circum-
stances has been taken. They regret,
however, the weakness of theiI coun-.
try's naval equipment and greatly fear
that it may prove inadequate to the ends
sought. 1t is now believed that the
Moors are firmly determined to yield to
nothing short of irresistible force, and
Americans and Englishmen alike ex-
press the hope that England's move in
sending the detachment of engineers to
Tangiers is not intended to Interfere i'll
the dispute between the United States
and Morocco, or the manner OF its settle
ment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02
Burnt Tn the Files,

New YORK, April Fire broke out
in the offices of the Homer Lee Bank
Note company, on the eighth floor of
the Tribune building, at o'clock this
morning and, despite the supposed fire
proof floors, eat its way to the floor
above. On this floor are located the
rooms of the reporters and city editor of
the New York Tribune. The fire de-
stroyed files. manuscript and valuable
papers in the Tribune Office which can
not well be replaced. The loss is esti-
mated at 100000. The cause of the fire
is unknown.