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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-20
Farm and Garden Notes.

Prepare the ground in fall; plant in
spring.
Examine crops tests and. SEQ the spec
ial wants of your land.
The hcifcr born to BIO cow muy be
spoiled by over-fc feeding.
A straw shed is a cheaper stock shell
ter than is board fence.
Buckwhcat is the best crop to be
grown in a young orchard.
A weed has no better right to life in
the fall than it has in the spring.
Provide some green food for your
chicks if you want them TO thrive.
If the marc gives but little milk,
teach the fcal to drink cows milk.
Work the ground up fine, and run
the rows three and a half feet apart.
Lack Of shade in hot weather is a
prolific source OF disease in the poultry
yard.
Sheep should always have salt in the
pasture in tight box, and they will do
much better with clean water to drink.
Give tho vine plenty of manure, old
and wcll decomposcd; fresh manure ex-
cites tho growth, but docs not mature
it.
Hen manure should be mixed with
hne soil before applying otherwise its
great strength will-bo injurious to the
plants.
To nothing docs the old Scotch
adagc, CTS many little that makes
the micklc, apply more aptly than to
poultry raising.
Keep tho water dishes full of cool,
clean water. 1t is Il good plan to
empty ont the stale water and refill
with fresh at each feeding.
There arc some things necessary for
success in the poultry lusinc ss; good.
warm, light buildings, we'll ventilated,
cleanliness, good feed, and in winter
something to keep the hens busy-an
idle fowl will not lay.
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Harvesting Potatnes,

1t is quite task to harvest and store
any considerable quantity of potatoes.
It is true that the easiest, and, in most
cases, the cheapest plan is to use a
good digger with two good horses. The
work can thus be done very rapidly.
The larger and higher-priced-of which
there are only two or three kiuds-dig
and separate from the soil, cither put
ting the potatoes in sacks or boxes,
avoiding the necessity of picking up.
at the present time we have quite a
number of smaller aud cheaper ones
that throw them out on the top of the
rows. These quire team and will
dig very rapidly. The first kid, o.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-20
A VACCINATION Matinee in Trinidad.

I watched my friend, the doctor, one
morning as he held vaccination mat
inee
The law requires the register of
births to furnish each mother with a
blank form, and that the parents shall
present the child to public vaccinator
within six months thereafter under
small penalty. Notice is given Of day
and hopr when he will lie at his Office
to vaccinatc, and large attendance is
certain.
I had been wondering all breakfast
time at the amount of style in the way
of bright colors and brown babies in
the garden, and when We went down to
the Office rooms. there were about o
dozen women, rs many babies and two
or three men waiting for the perform
ance. Some spoke Hindustani, and
"Salaam, sahib," greeted us from them;
some Spanish, and "Buenos dias" was
their salute; but what the rest said I
could not make out. Every mother
was dressed in all the finery sheowned,
with neck, arms and ankles decorated
with strings of coins, having solid sill
yer collars and bracelets of the same
metal, bangles they call them, up to
the elbows. And the babies were small
copies of their mothers, lacking few
bangles and collars
AS they were presented and deity
scratched, the doctor handed each her
certificate, with an injunction in her
own language to keep it carefully. Ono
must b. polyglot in Trinidad, unless of
very tender age. wh7n We all talk the
same language, and these little tots, as
neat and spotless of attire as if they
wero rich mems heirs, cried Justify in
the same perfectly Ineligible tongue.
Every one waited patiently her turn,
and the bright interested faces were
anything but servile in expression,
while all were perfectly respectful.
Evidently, the good doctor was their
friend-Dr. I'm. T. Hutchinson, I'M
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Tho Ease Of Habit,

A recent visitor to the mills where
The bank-note paper is made for the use
OF the Government describes the skill
and swiftncss with which the sheets nro
counted.
Il saw one girl whose motions re-
sembled those OF O machine in their nc
curncy and lightning-like rapidity. My
eye could not follow the monotonous,
flashing movement of her fingers; yet
,, so delicate and unerring was her touch
that every imperfect sheet was instant
ly detected and dropped" The narrator
says that he discovered in this girl an
old schoolmate, whose fingers two
years ago were as clumsy as my own"
The Government employs women in
tho Treasury Department in separating
tho charred fragments and cinders of
bank-notas accidentally destroyed by
fire, SO that their denominations and
numbers may be discovered A visitor
watched one of these experts float q
mass apparently Of SCOT on water. and
divide it with fine, light touch until it
took shape and meaning to her keen
glance.
my eyes," she said, in answer to his
amazement, "are no sharper than your
own. The skill lies only in habit"
School-boys, in their cropping efforts
to plan and forecast their future, are apt
to compare themselves, unframed and
crude rs they are, with men long skilled
in their profession and trade. and to
grow hopeless with the contrast.
The student in bookkeeping de
spairs as he watches the accountant
reckon line of figures with swift, up
ward glance, and the tyro with the zen
loses courage as he sees the old editor
dash off column of forcible argument
in vivid English, the words coming I'M
summoned when needed. How can
they compete with -such ability as this?
They forget that these men began
with steps rs hesitating and unable as
their own. They make no allowance for
the stanch, nnfailing ally, ease of habit,
which comes to every patient worker.
"All things" says the old proverb,
"como to him who works and waits,
but nothing comes more surely or moro
helpfully than expertness in his work
md keen satisfaction in doing it thor
oughly.-YoutA's Companion.
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Resigned to Their Unmarried Fate.

Resigned to Their Unmarried Fate
A thoughtful writer, speaking OF the
growing willingness of women to 60
through life unmarried, says; "0ncc
it was considered bad thing to be an
old maid, and light minded people
made fun of one Now it is different.
Some of the brightest and pretticst
women become so much interested in
the serious work OF life that they re-
gard husbands as altogether unnoces-
sary Inconvenience. They are satisfied
with tho state of single blcssedncss, and
appear to DO just as happy and useful
as their married sisters. It is all right.
If a woman remains single it is her own
pifair, aud outsiders need not concern
themselves about it. Az rule an old
maid is an intellectual and interesting
WOMAN
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Economy of House Cleaning.

ANY one who attempts to paint an
old house where tho paint has all worn
oil will understand the impolicy OF neg
lccting this work. The weather. beaten
board absorbs paint rapidly. causing a
bru hful to go only little way, and not
produce much effect. Sill, it is economy
TO keep tho house painted, though ii
very old and much wcathcr-beaten
cheap paints with considerable body
arc used for the first course. Tho paint
absorbed by thu wood makes an old
house much warmer in winter than 1t
would DO without it. From tho alb
sorptivo power of old and thin clap
boards it seems as though the wind
might blow through them. Tho same
is true of neglected or badly laid cellar
walls, where the poor plaster has fallen
out, leaving the wind to find its way be-
meath the building and making tho en-
tire hou,c uncomfortable - Courier
Journal.
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How TO Reduce Drug Bills.

The druggists and doctors, it is
claimed, cannot be beaten, but the
quiet and digniied way that n little
woman in black got the better of COM
Founder of drugs on Park Row this
afternoon is worth recording. She
came i'll smiling, and going up to the
prescription clerk said:
"How much will this prescription
cost?" at the same time handing him
the following medicinal formula:
Spiritus junipcri ounce
potass acetnt. ...:.................... liz dram9
spritus tctliris L ounce
Doccc scopnrii ......................S OUNCES
Sixty cents, replied the clerk, and
he turned away preparatory to putting
up the mixture.
Gone minute, please" returned the
little woman in black, "just put up one
fourth the amount called for and [ will
como back for it"
Saving this she laid three nickels on
the counter and went out A reporter,
who was in the drug store ut tia time,
left the clerk standing as one petrified,
and hurried after the smart little
woman and caught her few doors
down the street. Excusing himself for
the seeming impertinence. he asked
her how she came TO think OF so clever
Il scheme to outwi5 the druggist.
1t is plan 1 adopted years ago, J"
she replied. and one that I shall always
follow. T. have noticed that doctors in
prescribing for patients always write for
drugs enough to make about six times
MS many doses as will probably be
taken. Well, a medicine ordered to-
day fol- one complaint is not good to-
morrow for another ailment. There
fore any left over is wasted. 70 one
who has PAID fori this waste j. Il loss.
The druggist, however, loses nothing
if he keeps it, for he can use it in fill
ing soms other prescription. ] have
tried the plan dozens OF times and never
made mistake but once. and then |
had no trouble, for when the box was
empty simply went back to the drug
store and got another supply. "-Nea0
York Mail and IG orsSS.
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The Health of worlslngwomen.

Regarding the olt-rcpcatcd assertion
that workingwomcn generally have
poor health, there is this to be suil: No
ono has yet discovered that the health
OF woman who works Is bad because
she works. All other things being
equal, tho girl or woman who goes
daily to shop or factory has just as good
an opportunity of being healthy and
happy and hearty and we'll as docs her
sister in other walks of life. With q
little attention to the simple rules of
hygiene, freedom from worry and good
spirits, there is no reason why tho
workingwomcn shouldn't be as healthy
md find life as pleasant and enjoyable
as other women do Work is rot play
anywhere, but neither is it the bugbcar
some people try to mako it, and the
woman who engages in it generally
finds her leisure moments all the pleas
antcr = Chicago News.
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Tho Green Cabbngc Worm.

The Lest remedy for the green cab
bago worm, says the Country Gentle
man, is pyrcthlum. Procure tho
strong or fresh powder, use q table
spoonful OF it 10 two or three gallons of
water, or moro OF the pyrcthrum if re-
quircd to do its work, and drive it on
the plants With asyringc or iorcc- pump.
Az pyrcthrum soon loses its strength if
exposed to tho air, procure from the
druggist that which has been kept
closely corkcd The lice or green fly
should be treated with Kerosene cmul-
sion. Take quart each OF water and
soft soap, we'll mix d and diss olycd by
applying heat; add pint OF kerosene,
and agitate thoroughly till a perfect
mixture is formed. The best way to
agitatc is to drive back continual Y with
lorcc-pump into the vessel containing
it. Add enough water sc that the kero-
scnc will be one part in Is, or stronger
if the plants require it. Dash it vigor-
ously on tn, plants with a syringe or
force pump.
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A Dream ofFnir ,romen

long procession OF lovely women of ages past.
This is all very well, but the laureate would
have done the world greater service if he had
only told the women of the present how they
charms. This he might e:usiy have done by
recommending the use Of Dr.. Pierce's Fayorite
Prescription Health is the best friend Of
beauty. and the innrmcraJ:e ills TO which wo-
men are peculiarly subject, It's worst enemies.
Long experience has proven that the health Of
wnnianlind and the "Far0rile Prescription"
walk hand in hand, and are inseparable. 1t is
the only medicine for women. sod by drug
niacturcrs that it will give satisfaction in
every case, or money will ne refunded. This
guarantee las been printed on the bottle
wrapper, and faithfully carried ous for many
years.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-20
Channels Ornaments ON Dresses.

|
TEc nlwrst Eaylish dresses are all
trimmed with borlcri OF chamois or
kid, cut out in flower designs and
stitched to tho cloth with gold and sill
yer threat and coorcd silks. 1t is
either Lutton-holcd around the edges or
else a delicate outline embroidery of the
threads holds the chamois in place and
forms the veins of l.avcs and the lines
OF flower petals. A charming gown
Just imported ly u wcll-knowa dress
maker is Of smooth, soft brown cloth,
OF which th' skirt hangs plain and full,
mere sash of lho goods being passed.
arouad tn. hip, and knottcI with long
loops and ends in the back. The edge
of the skirt carried n deep band
Of chnmois, cut out il Z bold
flower designs ard stitched down
in gold, green AID red silk. Tho
waist hal supplies fronts, gathered on
the shoulders and crossed over vest
OF the open chamois laid over brown
cloth and stitched in til, same way
There were deep cuffs of the chamois 10
the slightly iullcd sleeves, n high col
lar of the same, and there was a wrirk-
led sash belt OF the channels. fastened
with II golI luc!llc. A somewhat SINH
lar dress of green cloth had bordcrs of
Suede kid in q dark tan COLOR and
stitched with god, black and scarlet.
Sometimes ricl Persian cmbroidc cries
take the place of th:=kil on this worry
popular round wasted and lull-skirtcd
type Of d7cs'. INV York World.
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Fiye.Ieayed CloYers for AmuIets.

A New York morning paper had late
~ an advertisement of fve-leaved clo-
vcrs for sale as charms, at the price Of
500 each-and in discussing it doubt
is expressed as to whether fye-leaved
clovers exist. Now, it happens that we
can speak by the card and say as spe.
cies no, as sport yes-six and seven.
lcaved as we'll. Both the red and white
clovcrs sometimes produce them--gen-
orally on deep, loamy soil, and when
the spzing has been wet. Whether OF
no the luck of the four-leaved clover,
the shamrock, attaches to the FIVE.
lcaved clover, we cannot take it upon
us to decide, but if magic goes for any.
thing the seven-lcaved should have es-
pccial virtue, as seven is the number OF
perfection in all magic books. ICON
mercial Advertiser.
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No Profit in wintcring Poor Animals

No Profit in Wintering Poor Animals.
Now is the time to get rid OF the
poorer animals. 1t will not pay to win
ter them, as better animals will give
larger returns for shelter. care and feed.
1t is not economy to keep a poor animal
through any season; hut it i, most cx-
tEavagaatto keep it through the win
ter. til, the height of folly in stock
raising to sell the Lest and keep the
worst. True, the best bring the largest
prices; but ii you sell the best and keep
the worst, soon your best will be no
better than your worst-1s now, and your
worst will be such that til, more you
have the poorer you will be. You, by
this plan, constantly make your animals
poorct; and as the stock raiser makes
his animals poorer he mikes himself
poorer. If he keeps up the process,
bankruptcy is as sure as fate. The oppo-
site policy is the winning policy. Sell
the poorest and retain the best. And
sell enough of the poorer animals that
you may Luy few batter than the best
you now have. This /; making you:
animals coas family better and yourself
richer. Soon your worst will bring as
much as your best now. If you have
not rurc-brcd animals, sell enough
scrubs or grades to buy an animal Of
each sex. purc-bre,l. Hold fast to the
full blooded produce and to the highest
grades. Almost before you are aware
Of it you will have only pure-brc.l ami
ma.s. II once we start with pure bred
animals, the increase of breeding makes
us rich in flocls and herds OF til, best
blood in what, when tho goal Is
reached, seems a very short time
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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-20
What 1t Takes to Feed a Locomotive.

1t Will, perhaps. interest some read
ers to know how much fuel q locomotive
burns. This, of course, depends upon
the quality of fuel, work done, speed,
and character OF the road. On freight
trains an average consumption may be
taken at about one to one and one-half
pounds of coal-consumed per car per
mile. With passenger trains, the cars
of which are heavier and the speed
higher, the coal consumption IS greater.
A freight train OF thirty cars, at speed
of thirty niles per hour, would, there
fore, Lurn from 900 to 1850 pounds of
coal per hour.-lScribner's Nagasi11e.
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Fashion Notes.


Forest green, and nignonettc shades
are very popular.
Plaid stuff arc much liked for the
new full peasant cioaks.
The octopus is . favoritc design for
old chatclaincs AID combination
belts.
Many of the new imported gowns aro
made with turn down collars of velvet
and MORE.
Seams that initiate chenille on the
back of the had, re quite the feature
of newest new slav.'.
Bonnet strings are made of velvet
ribbons, although for trimming bias
loop of piece velvet Civ. much better
effect.
Some OF the richest stuff, for nos fall
r.antles simulate ve.v:t figures, held on
TO the rich silk grounds by embroidery
stitches of gold throa !, or else silk of a
contrasting color.
Two Of til. most popular colors are SO
brilliant a, to be almost Llindins. They
are vu.caa rcd "a f.ry-!urnace co.or)
and cadet blue, ,h,de strongly re-
scmb:in. P. rsiln D.u..
cioa'ss o: byzantine figured cameps
h ir are p!caic-l from tho shoulders
dow, and oocn over plcatcd fronts Of
cha sca5le vet held il lac, by a
glrolc of la- e;ncatc.i. that r.p.uts the
vclyet's coiorJ.
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Cruel Grooming.

If you were unable to wash your Tn
face and comb your own hair and wcrc
obliged to dcrcnd on your wife or hired
naa to attend to these m alters for you,
and should they in doing it, take
pleasure in splashing the soapsuds in
your eyes and bearing dowa with a
vengeance on the comb, do you think
that such work would have tho effect Of
making you more gentle in your man
ners or give you a better temperG Do
you think you would love them more
teuderly for half-hour's torture Of
this kinda Would you want them to
use the sharpcst comb they could fnd
to irri;etc the scalp and iuvigorate the
hair9 Your answer to the above ques-
tioas may be in the negative, and yet
you may be among the many of our
farmers who subject their horses to q
similar treatment every day, and mag
1ne that they arc doing their duty. Inc
cause Of vicious disposition in horses eau
be traced to rough treatment in groom
ing. The sharper the curry comb the
better, is the idea of many, and the
harder you bear on tho better the result
no matter how the poor horse kicks and
tries to evado it. A few groomings of
this kind, if grooming it can be called,
and horses dread tho operation as they
do whipping. If they have good
horse sense, they soon learn to repel
such treatment, and in SO doing form
vicious and unpleasant habits that mako
them unpleasant to handle, and detract
from their value. National Stockman.
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HOTEL GUESTS POISONED,

y wholesale poisoning is reported at John,
son City, Tenn. At Smiths hotel fourteen
guests were FRUSTRATED by something eaten
at supper. Three have died and others arc
ill precarioas condition, while some have
recovered under prompt treatment
Investigation Lads t. tns belief that the
poison W administered intentionally by
some malicious p rsoa unfriendly to the pro
priefor. :. IN Il. u Tie food has been sent
tr !.;.ixviie i.r nn'TSis, aud the matter
will ue fully investigated.
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FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Roots for Mich Cows.

A few roots or apples or potatoes fed
daily to COWS giving milk will promote
the flow of milk aud hclp to keep tho
animal in healthy condition. When
considerable meal is fed, some kind OF
green food, at least occasionally, is very
much needed. Farmers ought to raise
moro beets for feeling to their farm
stock. A little experience would soon
give them facilities in securing large
weld OF suitable land. -[Graphic.
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Jumnins Spiders.


These spiders, jumpers, belong to the
group which naturalists call the salta-
tory spiders. Some Of them are dis
euiscd, as if for protective resemblance &C,
with the costume of hymenopteroui
insect, or under an aspect resembling
that of ants. Producing oaly a small
quantity of silk, thy hide themselves
in cracks in the walls or in assures Of
bari, in the shadow of the foliage, and
make themselves q lodge out of q smooth
or fossy tissue. At the laying of its
eggs, the jumper shuts itself up in its
shell. o.c species deposits its eggs
without any covering; more fortunate
species incoscs Thorn in q sack with
thin and almost diaphaneu' walls. Not
having the faculty of spinning webs,
the statutory spiders are hunters, and
have to fast if tho weather is bad. On
pleasant days they are 10 be found all
around, and, having eyes all over the
cephalic region, some of them quite
small and others Of enormous size, they
can look accurately through all thu sur
rounding space, which they explore
slowly and with care. If fly is in
sight, the spider lanccs itself upon IL
with dizzy rapidity. It measures its
distance so we'll that it rarely misses;
but, if this should happen, no hsrm
comes to it, for it has fixed q thread
to its starting point, which, unrolling
as it leaps, prevents its striking upon
the grouad, aud affords an easy road
back to its position. Popular Science
Monihlv
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On account of their INABILITY TO digest foot
will find most marvellous food and remed!
in Sca1T's EMULSION OF Pure Cod Liver Oh
with HypopEosphit $. Very palntable ant
easiy d i.eslcd. DR.. s. W. COHEN, of Waco
Texas, says: II have used your Emulsion II
Iniant:le wasting with good results. 1t no
only r stores wasted tissues, hut give:
strength and increases the appetite. an
glad to use such rel able article.
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A Flood OF Misfortune.

George, dear, I am so proud Of
your skill as baseball player" said o
young woman who was devoted to the
game; st is wonderful. b"
"Ah, Lulu, sighed George, II have
just been released with the privilege Of
signing with some other club. /"
"In that case, said the girl, coldly
drawing away from him, 81 will also
give you your release with the privilege
Of signing with some other girl. y
Utica Observer
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Letter From Inc Ex-shcriner ci,au,auaun
com u New ofif-
5IAyyrtLp X Y Dec. 2. Is

am glad TO say, from long personal ex-
rcricnce with ALLc6cl,'s Porous PLAsTEEs,
that am able to endorse all the good things
that Lave ever been said abcIt them. and sup
PIGMENT these BY saying that frankly believe
their value cannot be estimated. Their breadth
oil usefulness is unlimited and for prompt and
sure relief 10 almost every ache and pain that
flesh is heir to, no other remedy, in my opinion,
either external or internal, equals them in ccr
tainty and rapidity. Iavc used them at ono
time for rheumatism, another for backacne.
again for bronchitis, always with the same It.
sult-a speedy cure. L. T. HAKRISuroS.
The L!oc!. head = C Il wooden lr:t:.' OF
mind