davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
rK lALMAeE,s BUSY VIE.

"A Glimpse of the Great Preachers SEQ
rotary and business Manager.
Mrs. ranage is distinctly her hus-
bands right hand, and all the details
of his busy life are looked after by her.
She is II business woman, having IL rare
executive ability, capable OF easily
handling nu:nbar Of things ut tho
same time. Dluc. OF DR.. Talnage'.
daily work is planned and laid out by
her. She makes his pastoral and social
engagements. and all his lecturing in
terests are in her hands. She knows
his capacities even better than I've.
Whenever Il journey is to be made it is
she vino lays out the route, procurcs
the tickets and staterooms and attends
to all the details. No public man per-
laps is saved 80 many annoyanccs lls is
| Dr.. TnIniase by Ills wife's foresight and
ability
The rear apartment of the second
floor is Mrs. Talmuge's working room
1t is tastefully furnished, but more with
an eye to utility than Communications
In this room Mrs. Tal:nage spends most
of her time. 1t is cher private den.
All the mail that is left at the house for
DIR. Talnlage is taken into this room
and is opened by her. 1t is not an I'M,
usual thing for the postuian to deliver
between one and two hundred letters
day, all of which pass through Mrs
Talmage's hands. Business letters are
answered by her, and all letters that
may be of an unpleasant or annoying
PERSONAL nature are destroyed. Dr.
Tallnagc never sees them.
A day in Mrs. Talmage's home would
be revelation to those who believe
that the life of public mans wife is q
succession of pleasures, dotted here with
pretty compliment and there with
some token of honor. Willie many PEG
pie are yawning and preparing to break
their nights rest Mrs. Talmage is al
ready up opening the first mail. Break
fast is promptly at s O'Clock. Then the
Ialullg ScpsttstIc, ttliu oiio "i4S DcSNi' W
receive callers, which alone is task.
1t is we'll known saying among the
ncishbors that ''the Talmage bell is
never still.
All kinds of people must be seen, in.
Vulnerable appointments made and
kept, the pastoral work of the largest
church in America must be looked af-
ter. the details of q score or more mis-
sionary, church, literary societies with
which Mrs. Talmage or her husband is
connected lave their demands. and in
addition to all these are the household
cares Of q large house and family Of
growing children.
All the appointments of the Talmage
home in Brooklyn reflect the woman
who presides over it. Gaudiness in
furniture or decorations is absent, and
instead one sees Il harmony of good
taste on every hand. Mrs. Talmage is
an excellent housekeeper, and her home
shows it.-Edward w. Box in Ladies
Home Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
-. :0. IL l.-,f..>.... :, : /.

Tho Curriculum Incict;cs Marketing,
scru..bin;, and Eating What Is cookc.'.
A cooking school that is q cooking
school has just been opened in GotilcI,-
b;,rg. Sweden. 1t is IN annex OF tlie
girls part Of tie public school system
there, and every young woman who, is
graduated INST learn ell that the prac-
iical cocks il the annex can teach.
The cooling course is part CT tho So
MGR year curriculum ind includes
twenty-fouT lessons. Twelve of these
lessons ai~ theoretical. The rest arc
practical Ton Of The practical lessons
of two hours each ere devoted to in
struc,ion in TIE most popular meats
and vegetables The girls ura obliged
TO peel potatoes, skin onions plccil end
stuff chickens, spit rc;.sts and the li,:c.
They put OF TIC Kettles, feed ard rcsn-
late the i.rcs, wash the dis.,csald clean
up generally after al is dor@. Three
lessons oe two hours each concern OK
c!usively the preparation Of bouil.on,
toast and rice water, barley soup and
ether similar dishes fol, i'll persons
The young women arc instructed In
classes OF five ana eac,i group prepares
succes.i"cl; every d;s.l in The course.
The cooking is done mornings, tie
cooked dishes ere served for the din
ncrs of tie pupils and teachers, and
every sirl is obliged to eat what she las
had hand in preparing, or 90 With
cut. During tho afternoon each stu
dent writes . description Of how aid
wat she cooked, and ap2ends susges-
lions IS to c.;c2rcan Improvements
that have occurred to her mind since
she finished the dish. These reports
arc read and corrected by the Instruct
ors, and ut the end CT the course the
girl WHO cooked best and suggested the
most palatabic innovations il the proc
css will get Il gold medal.
The course is unique in two particu-
lars. All tie girls must so to market
with the instructors very early aud buy
al the st".ri to be used in The kitchen.
Livery Saturday is given over to house
cleaning. All the girls must then get
into their old gowns ard gloves. twist
up their hair in tight little knots with
out u friz il front O. a fringe behind,
and knuc!ile down to securing the
floor washing the windows, polishing
the brasc and cleaning tho walls
The Gothenburg experiment is new.
If it proves successful other cooking
anncxcs to pu1l;c schools will be opened
in other Swedish .ci:ies.-New York
SUn
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
------ = -
IIernic Annie I.cnler.

Annie Bender, tho cish!ccn-ycar-old
daughter of Mrs. Margaret Bender, of
st. Clair street.. did IN act Wednesday
afternoon that was worthy of strong
and courageous inan, and may thereby
have saved two lives.
Some time Wednesday afternoon
flames were noticed on the roof OF Claus
StctTens' house. Ncighbors rushed hast
ily over to alarm box 2iS, but the de
partmcnt was hndered by tho awful
roads from reaching the house prompt
i.
In bed on the second floor OF the
house, directly under tue blazing roof,
lay Mrs. SteiTens and her two-day-old
infant. Several women rushed up stairs
to carry Mrs. StctTens and her baby out,
but physician, who had just arrived,
forbade it. He said the fire was not
spreading rapidly, and the fire depart
mont would probably reach the house
in Il moment. The inmates went rap
lilly by and the engines did not come.
Then Miss Bender resolved to act.
She placed q ladder against the caves,
seized an AK and climbed to the roof.
With Il score of blows she chopped
away tho shingles from around the
flames, Which he'd then spread but q
few inches from the chimney. She
worked with all lscr might and main
and SOON had all the naammable ma
terial cut away.
While sic was thus engaged two
other young women stood by Mrs. Stef-
fens' bedside, and determined to re-
main there until it became evident that
the house would burn, when they
would carry her down stairs.
Just us Gfiss Bender finished her
work hook and ladder company 6,
from the new fire station on Windsor
avenue. came, the wheels covered with
mud and the horses fo;lniing and per
spring from their hard pull. through
the horrible streets. a few minutes
work with the cytingnisllers put out the
fire with no very great loss.
Miss Dcndcr's brave act no doubt
prevented "a serious destruction of prop
crty. if not, indeed, the loss of the two
helpless lives just beneath the roof
Cleveland World.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
ll:5 efuoAL rAfH.
Young Men and Women, So Policeman
Saws. Understand Each Other There.

yonrg Men and Women, So n Policeman
Says, Understand Each other There.
There is u short section of Madison
avenue not far above the square that
has been christcncd the Bridal Path by
the policeman into whose beat it comes.
81 call it the Bridal Path" said The
policeman, because it leads straight
to tic altar. I've been on this same
beat now for four years, and | tell you
there's something about this strip of
sidewalk that makes tho boys and girls
come to terms. The ones that use it
nearly all live around here, and so l
learn about their getting married. Yon
may not believe it, but I've heard the
question popped myself right along this
wall, when l was passing by a spoony
courlc. And I'll tell of one real case
that / had hand in, and it'll prove to
YOU that there is some secret charm
about this quiet sidewalk that really
brings about marriages.
~ had long watched girl and her
beau walking along Lexington avenue
OH summer afternoons. His face al
WAYS looked troubled, while she was
always smiling. He would be arguing
with her about something. and she
would never get serious I saw right
away what the trouble vas The
young fellow loved the girl and was
trying to get her to say yes, while she
was coquctting with him and holding
him of. 1t worried Inc. and / thought
if the two would only do their walking
here on Madison avenue instead of on
Lexington avenue they would soon
come to an understanding.
But they stuck to Lexington, and
the fellow kept on pleading, while the
girl laughed him off. Then l couldn't
stand it any longer, and one night
when the young man had left the girl
at her door stopped him and snid l
thought he would find Madison avenue
a pleasanter place to walk at first lie
got mad at my interference, but after
ward he saw that meant no disrespect
and began laughing at my suggestion.
| guess he thought was a crank OF
some sort. Next day, though, he and
the girl changed over on TO Madison
avenue. and when passed them the
young fellow nodded pleasantly to me.
Now, said l to myself, we'll have a
wedding. For few days the girl
didn't stop smiling, and I was getting a
little afraid of the charm.
Then one afternoon the two came
along, and l saw that the girls face
was serious. She was flushed, and she
kept her eyes cast down as she walked.
The young man was talking harder
than ever, but his face was brighter
than had seen it before. Just at dusk
l saw him taking her to her door. She
was thoughtful and he was radiant.
Well, sir, the two ere married now,
and they say that she dotes on him.
On, there's no doubt about the charm.
Look at the boys and girls round here.
There are four couples ,in sight now,
and every one is a marriage Why, I
spooned my own wife here, SO ought
to know What Pin talking about. y
New York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
ODDS AND ENDS.

Cclcstin Kaltenbacll, VINO has just
died at Dubuque, Ia, at the age of
scycnty-ciG!,t years, apparently had
good grounds for considering himself
tho Oldest postmaster in the United
States. lie was appointed by Presi-
dent Pierce and had held the office
continuously ever since.
The longest pedestrian tramp ever
attempted is that laid out for Himself
By Lieutenant EaclnoutoI, of the
Fill battalion OF Siberian infantry.
lie has started from Vladivosto.l, on
the shores of the Sea of Japan, for
Paris lie has arrived in Tolnsk, and
starts thence to st. Petersburg. In
four nlon;hg he has walked 72G miles,
batting with snow and wind.
a process has been recently invented
by which iron nIly be coppcred by
dipping it into melted copper, the sur
face OF the iron being protected by a
layer Of melted cryoltc and phosplloric
acid. It hes been found that if the
article, when immersed, is connected
with the negative pole OF battery the
coppering is done more rapidly.
The number of thieves. housebrcak-
es and burglars at large in England
and Wales is computed to be 31,17S.
Every year these take part in over
1900 burglaries, and last year they
wcro clad up for 25,3l0 petty thefts
A Wheeling journal announced that
the people of that town would soon
have the pleasure of seeing certain
actor in his great role of King Lear in
Macbeth The paper has, however,
since stated that it was misinforined rs
to the particular role. and interest in
the approaching event has abated.
a man living in Talbot county, Go,
it is reported, has never attended serv-
ices at q church, has never ridden on
train and never been to IL city. Re-
Gently Il gentleman offered to pay his
fare to Columbus, but lie refused tog go.
The highest chimney in the world.
that ut Haisbruckncr Hutte, near Fret
burg, SaxoHy. lias been finished. 1t is
460 feet high. Its diameter at base is
SO feet and IS feet at the top, the inner
diameter being 5 feet. 1t is built of
clay stone.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has
passion for attiring himself in fashion
able and elaborate clothes of silk
Some of his costumes are so SNOWY and
delicate that they would excite thaenvy
of Il woman.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
Education CT Women in India.

The native women of India have no
education whatever, except what they
now get from the Zenana missionaries,
and it is quite pathetic to see gray
haired, toothless old women struggling
to learn the alphabet of their own Ian
guago.
But in spite of these rigid old Gus
toms, founded on the barbaric idea
"might is right" the true worth Of
women will always come to the front.
The most beautiful piece of architect
ure in the whole of India tand as re-
CARDS perfect symmetry and pure sim
plicity of design, the first in the whole
worlO is the tomb of a woman, built
by her husband, the Emperor Shah
Jehan.
The famous Tai Mahal is OF pure
white marble, and beneath the perfect
shaped dome les the tomb itself, Which
is richly carved and inlaid with pre-
c;ous stones, as arc also the interior
walls. The emperor had the grave
shut in by four large gates of solid sill
vcr Four tapcring luinarcts keep
guard over the dead queen, Moor Jcllan
light of the WcrlD, and the whole
building stands on u marble platform,
and is surrounded by Il gorgeous trop-
ical garden.-Mrs. David Ker in Jen-
ness Miller Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
Achilles and tho Tortoise.

A paradox which has boon inherited
from the Grcclls-t!iat of Achilles and
the tortoise-is familiar.
Achilles (tae swift footcd) allows the
tortoise hundred yards start, and
runs ten yards Willie the tortoise runs
one. Now, wien Achilles las run
hundred yards tie tortoise has run ten
yards, and is therefore still that dis
t;,nce ahead. When Achilles has run
these ten yards the tortoise has ran one
yard. When Achilles has run the one
yard the tortoise has run onc-tentti of
a yard. And when Achilles has run
the one-tenth of yard the tortoise has
run one-hundredtil. 1t is only neces-
sary to continue the same process OF
reasoning to prove that Achilles can
never overtake the tortoise.
Of course it is n fact that Achilles
does overtake the tortoise, notwlth-
stand this apparently logical reasoning
to the contrary.-New York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
Classifying a minister.

OF one of the best known Methodist
ministers q good story is being told.
AS he himself relates the anecdote with
many laughs there can be no harm in
giving names. He was addressing the
Sunday school scholars at Il certain
gathcr;ug-and by che" l refer to the
Rev. J. i. Berry-wilcn, to get them
in fellowship with himself, he referred
to the introduction Of the superintend-
cnt, and queried, with a smile, Now,
boys, wllat kind OF :. berry do you take
me to be!'' "A strawberry" sang out
a roguisl lad in tie front seat. "A
hucklebcrry," chucklcd that lads
neighbor Then, TO keep the ball of
good humor rolling, the Rev. Mr. Ber-
ny called out to an old coored woman
in the rear row, We'll, auntie. what
kind of Il berry do you think amp to
which that keen witted grand'am made
answer at once, IA gooseberry. Shout
say, an don reckon you'll ever ripen,
cither!" New York Commercial
Advertiser
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
Locrsts as Food.

Diodorus Siculus, who lived about
GO B. c., described a tribe of locust
caters in Ethiopia, who were accus-
toned to secure their yearly supply of
food by setting much colubustible ma
terial attire in a valley when the swarlus
of locusts passed over, so that they
were stiled by the smoke and fell to tile
ground in vast numbers, to be sllbse-
quently gathered in heaps with salt and
SO preserved. Owing to their peculiar
diet these people never lived to grow
old, being eaten up by maggots which
bred in their flesh. Locusts are much
used for food in Africa today. Flights
of them arc considered such blessing
by the natives in many parts that the
rain doctors are employed to fetch them
by their lamentations. : Washington
Stor
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
Justice Is Slow.

1t speaks we'll for the laws OF this
country that cighty-two different men
have been arrested within the last two
years as the murderer of Smell, the Chi
cago banker. 1t was case of mistaken
identity in each instance, but proves
that the law is leaving no stone un-
turned to find the right man.-Detroit
Eroa Prose-
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16

+" stops for passengers on 6, gn.l tocondnctor
X" daily, except Sunday.
III. w. Dunno, Sup't
Cape Charles City, Va,
r. B. Cooke, Gen'I Freight and Pas-
senper Agent, Norfolk, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16

Ammonia is very useful household
article. For washing windows, brushes,.
and for performing many other services
it becomes almost indispensable to the
careful lioisekeeper.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
1t uns Ecached the Nursery

IL Ills hscacheu the nursery.
Fond Mother (calling) = Children,
come to lunch instantly! Why do you
stay up there SO long?
Florrie-Can't come, mamma. All
the dollies are down wifi the grip, and
we've te!!vchoned for the Doctor
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
SUMMER sCHEDULE. xe
OF THE .aSaEzazs!
Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
OF BALTIMORE,

Until further notice. will run thor steamers ne
follows, weather permtting,) leaving South ST.
wharf nj 500 o'clock p. m.
Stenmcr EASTERN SHORE.
GAIT. g. II. RAYNoR.
SUNDAYS end WEDNESDAYS for Crisfleld. Bon.
man's. Evans Boggs'. Nandua. Concord, Ia
Wis, Roads, Niles, Shields aud Rue's. RE-
TURN1NCi-lcavr Russ Tuesdays mud Fridays
$3.50 n. M, Shields 9, Miles ?15. Davis 10.
Rcnd's 1920. Concord IL, Nandua 1880, Boggs
2.+5,Erans' 3, unfrman's 3.l5
Steamer TANGgER,
CAPT. W. W. MATTHEWS.
Mondays and Thursd8ys fur Fnrds. Crlanrld,
Flnuey's, OnancOck, ChescnnnesscX. Bunting
Creek, Guilford and Mcsr0neo. RETURNING
leaves Messongo on Wednesdays and Satur-
days at a. N :, Guiford =, Hunting Creek 93o,
ChesconncsseI l1.3C, ODancock $50 PM, Fin
ney's $50, Ford's I.s0
Stoarner pOCNM0KE.
CAPT. 1lEwAHD.
Tucsdny and Friday for Cristled, Tangler1slnnd,
Flnney's, Onancock, Pitts Wharf, edar Hall,
Rehuhotl. rncomokc City and Snow Hill. RE-
TUIiN1Nd-aIOndays and Thursday, leaves
Stow Hili am, Pocomoke CITY g, Rehobnth
., Cedar Hall $50, Pitts wharf in, 0nanc0ck
$50 y. M, Finney's 8, TangIer Island 4.
Allsteamers leave crisfeld fo1 BaIti
~ more. on arrival of last down train
Freight and passen= ers received or all points
OF tie n. T., Phila. and Norfolk, Wicomico and
Pucumoke r. r. daily, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia Railroads On Tuesdays and Fridays
only.
Positively no freight received after s 80 p, m.
aud must be prepaid to all points, except
on the N. Y. Phila and Norfolk Railroad.
PR CLARK General Agent,
los South street, Baltimore
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16

Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has
passion for attiring himself in fashion
able and elaborate clothes of silk
Some of his costumes are SO SNOWY and
delicate that they would excite thaenvy
of Il woman.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-05-16
Struck "a pnzzler.

After stranger had been hanging
around tho first floor corridor of the
city hall for an hour or two the police
man on duty there approached and
asked what lie wanted
Il want to get on the jury wills
pered the man in reply.
What forl"
I've got "a friend who has a lawsuit
coming on, and want to be on tue
jury so Us to decide in his favor.
lie was walked to the door and told
to travel, and lie went off looking
-:.uch puzzled and annoyed, -;t
From the 1Jrh of last June to the
last day OF December there were only
seven days il North Dakota when the
wind did not blow ;,G least ten miles an
hour. and yet there is not windmill
to IL county in the st.lto. 1t is simply
an extravag;.nt waste OF wiu:l Detroit
Free lrcss.
The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-08
WHY HE MARRIED HER.
Plea for the Pleasant Face That Kin
Thoughts Make,

Plea for the Pleasant Face That Kind
Thoughts Make.
Expression may be called the sign
manual of character. A charming
worlan of my acquaintance, returning
from Europe last summer, was intro
duccd to a prominent young lawyer in
the vest.
On the following day the new ac-
quaintances found themselves quite
naturally seated side by side on deck
chatting together with the familiarity
and unrestraint of lifelong friends.
The same thing took place every day
during the remainder of the voyage, on
the last day of which, when every
body was taking leave of everybody, a
few whispered words were exchanged
between them which forever decided
fate.
When the young lawyer was asked by
the friend who had presented him tc
the girl who was to be his future wife,
and who was best man at the wedding
six months later, what was the attrac-
ton to which he had thus swiftly sue
cumbed-for he was by no means an
impulsive mamie answered.: 81 was
captivated by her expression. 1 made
up my mind the instant l saw her that
We were made for each other" MARY
Serrano, in Harpers Bazar
The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-08
Stoned q Bear to Death.

Hannibal Hamlin's uncle Merrick,. a
revolutionary soldier, once met a bear
and stoned him to death. It must be
confessed, however, that he had an un-
fair advantage of suitable stones lying
all around him and Of a position some
feet higher than the bears As he saw
him disposed for an attack he hurled
for dear life heavy stone which struck
the bears pate and stiffened him for
the moment. Such a rain of stones
followed as reduced his poor head to a
pulp. The hill is called Bear mountain
to this day. The historian must needs
admit that Hannibal Hamlin never
killed bear, although he tried it once
with a charge of partridge shot, as
many an Oxford county boy has done,
and found how thick bears hide is.--
Lewiston Journal
The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-08
Definition of q Limited Train.

The question, why is limited train"
so called? which was answered in the
Railway Age recently by an officer of
the Pennsylvania lines, has been pro-
pounded by New York paper to Cen
eral Passenger Agent George H. DAN
iels, of the New York Central, who re-
plies as follows: (D 1t is limited as to its
time; (2) it is limited as TO the mum Der
Of cars and weight of train; (s) it is
limited as to the class of cars; (4) it is
limited as to the number and class of
passengers permitted transportation
thereon. This last limit icing adopted
SO that every passenger may have an
pie accommodation, and not be crowd
ed Or interfere6 with by other passen-
gers. The fact that an additional fare
is charged on limited train. and,
further, that nothing but frst-class
tickets are accepted for passage, tends
TO limit the class of travel which is cu1.
ried.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-08

When there is any unusual event in
an interior town the hotelkeeper is
forced to hire additional help for the
dining-room. This additional help is
not always selected on account of Pc
culiar fitness for the job. He may
have been driving spikes in railroad
ties.
No long ago statue of Gen. Grant
was unveiled at Galena. The town
was crowded and SO were the hotels.
At the dinner table of one of the latter
places there was a new waiter. The
guest in question had ordered several
dishes and had been informed as he
named each that ''it was just out"
Bring me some potatoes"
The new waiter went with the order
and returned without the article asked
for. Fearful that the guest might get
furious over repeated statements Of
lust out" the new waiter said, as he
felt of his chin: "Mebbe ye know, sor,
that this is Ginral Grant day in Galeeny,
and the Ginral niver ate ony praties,
sor, and it would not do to hev 'em,
ye know, on this occasion. Chicago
Tribune.