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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-08
A Smokers Request.

The following story of a German dog
enes is perfectly authentic. When King
Frederick William " visited the Rhine
provinces, in the year 1913, he made a
short stay ut Vessel, where he called nj
the house of the Oldest man in his king
dom, aged 100 years. He found him
comfortably seated in an old armchair,
smoking pipe--his inseparable COM
panion. On the kings arrival, he rose to
his feet and stepped forward few
PAGES, but his majesty made him sit
down again, and talked to him with the
greatest freedom, the old man putting
away at his pipe all the time. When
about to leave, the king asked him if he
had any wish that it was in his power
TO crafty.
"No, thanks, your majesty, 1 sec
all want in this world, was the re-
ply.
Really! Just think for moment.
We mortals have generally some partic-
ular desire or aspiration. y
We'll, sire, now come TO think OF
it might have favor to ask. My doc
tor insists on my taking walk every
day on the ramparts. Every time pass
the powder magazine the sentry shouts
70 Inc from afar, Take the pipe out of
your mouth and rs walk very slowly
my pipe goes out every time. Now, if
your majesty would be good enough to
order the sentry to let Inc smoke my
pipe in peace all the way, should con-
slider it the greatest kindness you could
confer on me for the rest Of my natural
life. -
The order was given, and the old fell
low enjoyed the privilege for more
than two years and died at last with the
pipe in his mouth. -Buch fur ALE.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-08
SURPRISED THE OLD MAN.
Richard Thought He Owed the Bank 81
bnt 1t Owed Him S343.25.


Richard Roe deposited S705 in tie
Bowery Savings bank between 1885 and
/ 1S49. Between 1885 and 1855 S753. 50
was withdrawn. When the last draft
was made the depositor's book appeared
to be overdrawn 81 There were due
Roe at that time, however, dividends
amounting to $4,000, which had not
been entered in his passbook, and the
bank really owed him balance of
S9901.
The balance went on accommodating
dividends until 1875, when it became q
dormant account and ceased to draw i'll
terest- The amount then due Roe was
$343.25 Efforts were made without
success to find him. He had become
very poor, was too old and feeble to 20
to work again, and was given hons
by his sons at Rutherford, n. ].
Roe always intended to repay the s.
he thought he owed, but never did so
President Townsend Of the Bowery Say
ings bank, in looking over the books the
other day, came across Roe's account
A new search was instituted, and Roe
was found at Rutherford He was told
to call at the bank with his old account
books. Shortly afterwnrd he did so, &C
compmied by his granddaughter, i!
years old
I suppose it's about the dollar 1 owe
your bank that you want to see me, ;"
said the old man, addressing Mr.. Town
send. He was astonished when told tie
facts.
Guess these bank people know
what's right, he said to his grand
daughter. II never was much on rith-
metic. "
He pocketed the $343. 20, shook hands
with the bank officials and returned
home. New York World.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-08
THE coppgR,S LITTLE JOKE.
1t Afforded Him Less Fun Mt His wifc's
Exncnse Thnts uo Had Counted On.

A great deal of amusement was
caused on an cast bound electric car the
other afternoon by n waggish police
man, who selected his wife for his vic
tim. The policeman had done duty at
the ball park, and his wife had been to
see the game. While the crowd was
leaving the woman stood about the
front Of the park and waited for her
husband TO ride up town with him. He
finally arrived, and the pair boarded a
crowded car. Both were young and only
recently married, and they enjoyed
themselves hugely on the way.
The woman wore handsome little
gold watch, evidently present from
her husband. While half the people III
the car were looking, and While his
wife was speaking to 4 woman acquaint-
ance outside the car, the policeman deft-
" took the watch from his wifo's pocket
and transferred it to his pistol pocket.
When the car reached Eighteenth street,
tho policeman remarked that it was q
few minutes past O'Clock, and every
body in the car looked at the police
mans wife.
OF course she did what every one IN
the car expected she would. She felt for
her watch. 1t seemed as If sudden
violent pain had attacked the woman S
heart. Her face became very pale, and
her ewes dilated. Her husband seemed
greatly alarmed and asked her what the
matter was. She looked over the crowd
in the car like frightened fawn. 1t
was O full minute before she could
speak Then she whispered IN her hus-
bands ear loud enough for the intensely
interested spectators to hear, II have
been touched; some one has stolen my
watchr' Her eyes began to grow dim,
and before the policeman could answer
big tear rolled down her cheek aud
fell into her lap.
Here is the watch. was only joll-
ing with you. And tho policeman felt
back for his pocket.
Then look Of dislnay overspread his
face The watch had disappeared. He
felt in first one pocket and then another
and finally turned al his pockets wrong
side out. He worked rapidly toward the
last and perspired good deal His wife
looked on in open mouthed astonish-
nent. So did the other people il the
car. All had smiled and looked out the
windows Of the car when the woman
first discovered that her watch was
gone, but when her husband failed to
produce it, after having told her that
he had taken it, the people sat upright
and watched the hunt for the missing
timepiece with great interest.
Finally quiet appearing young man,
who sat in the rear of the car, arose and
handed the watch 10 the policeman S
wife. II just wanted 10 teach your hus-
band lesson, he said.
And the crowd Of passengers gave vent
to a prolonged hearty laugh, and the po-
liceman and his wife finally Joined in the
merriment, though they We're little
slow to appreciate the joke.-Louisville
Courier Journal.
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tUhere has never been time in the
history of man when goods were
rs low as they are to-day, and we
have bought very largely this season,
much more so than usual, direct from
the manufacturers in the West, for
spot cash in order to meet the wants
of the trade at rock bottom prices
for all kinds of
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SUMMER SCHEDULES se
OF THE .k15SSg4If
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway Company

Until further notice. Will run their steamers ~
follows, weather permittingn leaving South St
wharf at s 80 o'clock p. m.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-08

Steamer TANGKEK,
CAPT. W. W. MATTHEW'S.
Mondays and Thursdays for Ford's. Crlsileld.
Flnncys, OnaucOch, ChesconnesseX, Hunting
Creek and Mcssongo. RETURNING leave
Mcssongo, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 6 H. III.
Hunting Crcek $3.50, and UhesconnesseX ll:31.
OnancUck 2:3U and Finneys 3 p. ~
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-08
Cutting Remarks.

Mrs. Bugsby-You can't deceive me,
john I'm sharp, you know-sharp as
g knife!
S1r. Bugsby-Yes, Maria. you rescm-
bic lmife-a table knife-you never
shut up.-New York Ledger.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-08
steamer POCONgOKE.
DApT HENVA

steamer POCOsxOKE
CAPT. HEwARD.
Tuesday and Friday for Crlsncld, TanglerIsland
Flnney's, Onancock, Shelltown, Pitts Wharf Co.
dar Hall, Rehoboth, Powe's, Poconoke City,
Mattoponi, and Snow Hill. RETURNING
Mondays and Thursday. leaves Snow Hill 6
q. M. Alattaponl 6:45, P0comOse City {, Powell
$50, Rehoboth 8, Cedar Hall $50. Pits wharf
10, Shelltown l0:l5 onanccok 2:S0 p. M, Fin
ney's 8. Tangler Island $50.
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freight ana passengers received r1r all point.
on tic n. Y, Philu. aud Norfolk, Wlcomlco and
Pocomoke r. R. daily, Delaware Maryland and
Vlrslnla, Railroads.
Positively no freight received after 90 p, IN
and must be prepaid TO all points, excep;
on the n. Y. Phila. and Norfolk Railroad.
Willard Thomson, b. l.. Fleming,
Genr Manager. Genl Frt. Pass. Agt
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-08

"Fiasco" means bottle or flask.
When the Italian glassblowers detected
flaws i'll the vase they were blowing
they made an ordinary bottle of the
FAILURE, and hence the name.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-06-08

r. stops for passengers On signal tocouductor
8" daily, except Sunday.
r. H. Nicholas, Superintendent.
Cape Charles, Va.
r. B. Cooke, Gen'l Freight and Pas
senger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
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Of
-E-1rA-
HRJIl DISSTON.
Race record 2:32}.-over Cape
Charles track.

Race record 2:32i.-oVef cape
Charles track.
Will stand at Wachapreague,
Va, and at the Fair Grounds,
near Keller, for the Spring sea-
son, commencing on March 10Th
and ending July 1st.
His terms will be as follows:
$25 to insure a live born colt,
So. for the season, So for one
single service. The fee for the
season will be due on August
LIST, 1895, the fee for single ser
vice will be for cash.
Remarks
Ham" is not only a speedy
horse, but has proven himself
to possess wonderful stamina,
which is essential to every race
horse when in competition with
a field of good ones. He has
been entered in eight races, has
been the first winner seven times
and second once, then he was
matched against horses from
four different cities, he being
the only Eastern Shore horse in
the contest. He took two heats
in the race and drove the fastest
horse out in the last heat,
scarcely one-half length behind,
trotting the sixth heat ON the
outside of Cape Charles track in
2:33!.
A. S. KELLAM.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-18

The motion to adopt the report
of the committee carried unani-
mously.
President Smith thought it
would be well to have O committee
appointed to attend to the details.
On motion the following were
appointed as committee to Sc
cure the materials required and
formulate the plans and details
of distributing the same, and to
report at the meeting of the
Board of Health tomorrow morn
ing: Joseph Marsden, w. A.
Kinney, w. E. Rowell, DR.. j. K.
Smith, A. V. Gear, Geo. W.
Smith and DR.. Brodie.
w. e. Rowell, Superintendent
of Public Works, asked leave to
start the dredge at work in the
harbor. 1t was decided not
prudent to grant the request for
the present.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-18
Popular Topics Of the Day.

Honolulu has as many machin-
lists considering the population as
any place We know of - and
they're good machinists too, men
who can take steel rod and with
the assistance of lathe fashion it
into parts for the most intricate
machinery for an engine. To do
this, of course, requires know
ledge of tools as we'll as the hand
ling of them.
In our store room one depart
ment contains the most complete
assortment of machinists, tools in
the city. Look at them and you
will find they are all of first
quality (the price will give you
the impression that they are
thirds) every one of them shining
like an Africans heel. The as
sortment consists of hammers-all
sizes and shapes from the cute
little one used by the jewellers to
the heavy one which the boiler
maker uses in riveting the steel
plates together. Then we have
the Handy Pipe Wrench, new
device without fault. This tool
will be found a convenient one even
in the house where none of the
occupants are machinists. Hand
vises for machinists Can be had
of us in every size manufactured,
so can Pipe Vises and Cold
Chisels. We have every thing
used by metal worktrs in their
trade.
Then we have a stock of car
penters wood working tools
second to none in the city-frst
only in quality. You cannot
cali for tool used bv carpenter
that we do not have in stocb.
Another thing you may be in re.
ested in is an axe that will hold
its edge-a new thing in axes and
something every one needs about
the house.
Bird cages have been mention
ed in another paper; just here we
will say that the stock we carry
is complete.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-18
Decorative
Art Work.

The exhibition by the Mem
bers of the Kilohana Art
League has given decorative
art an impetus such as has not
been felt for years. The China
painting fad has reached us
and some handsome specimens
were shown in the art rooms.
The material for doing the
work came from us and we
now have in stock an elegant
assortment of Lacroix Tube
Colors and Brushes, Burnishers
Stipplers used in this class Of
work. Our ctock is complete
with the finest assortment of
.colors, brushes, canvas and
frames for art work.
Elegant show rooms and
goods new. Prices about as
cheap as you ever heard of.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-18
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
SESSION DEVOTED TO HOUSE
CLEANING AND DIsINFECTING.
Report OF Citizens Committee
Adopted-Pbysicisns to be Con
suited Committee on Disin-
fecting Material.

clVlZenS dI Jne meeting Ol tne
Board of Health yesterday after
noon.
The first matter brought for
ward was the report of the Cti-
zens' Sanitary Com mittee, as
adopted at a meeting the pre-
vious evening and reported
exclusively in yesterdays Bull
LETIN.
DIR. Wood asked how far the
lime on hand would 60 in disin-
fecting.
DR.. Smith replied that, as in
formation of how many houses
there were in the infected districts
had not been obtained, he could
not say; but he thought that, if
the use of the lime was confined at
first to the rough houses occupied
by natives in infected districts,
there would be enough to go
around.
MI. Waterhouse said he had
heard that there were firms in
town having lime on hand ready
to ship to the plantations.
Mr.. Lansing said that the COM
pulsory house cleaning recon-
mendation struck him as rather
odd. 1t seemed d peculiar idea to
attempt to teach many household.
ers how to clean houses.
Rev. S. e. Bishop objected to
the process recommended being
enforced outside of the infected
districts. He considered it
task involving considerable labor
for him to sun his bedding and
clothing.
Dr. Wood moved the adoption
of the report of the committee
and considered it a matter of
great importance. He emphasiz-
ed the point that the house clean
ing should be done thoroughly.
Rev. d. p. Birnie said that at
the meeting of the Citizens SAM
tary Committee it was stated
positively that the Hawaiians
would cheerfully cooperate.
@, l.. Wight suggested that
there should be two days of
house cleaning instead of one, that
the business houses be fumigated,
and that the Board of Health
furnish laborers in such cases as
Rev. s. E. Bishops.
DR.. Smith thought that the
work of house clearing and disin-
fecting should be commenced at
once.
President Smith suggested that
in the infected districts only
those houses designated by the
inspectors as necessary to be
whitewashed and disinfected
should be submitted to the pro-
cesses.
Mr.. Kinney asked about the
desirability of continuing the
tabu on fish.
DR.. Day thought it would be as
we'll to continue the tabu for a
month. He believed a thin solu-
tion of lime would be az effe ctive
for the purpose of disinfecting as
the ordinary solution of rs per
cent used in whitewashing.
The last commentator of the
committee, that the Board Of
Health call general meeting of
the physicians and citizens, to
consider the propositions, was
submitted to the meeting.
President Smith said that he
would be very glad to hold such
a meeting, and he paid high
compliment to the physicians who
had so cheerfully given up their
time and practice day and night
to assist in crushing out the great
cholera epidemic which had
threatened the community.
Mr.. Lansing urged that the
house cleaning, if done at all ,
should be commenced as soon as
possible.
DR.. Smith suggested that COM
mittee be appointed to ascertain
what quantity of disinfectants is are
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-18
z. O. Hall & Son.
Fort & King Streets.

E, I3. THOMAS,
CONTRACTOR AND DUILDEE
kF Estimates given on all
kinds of Stone, Brick and Wood
work. King street, 47tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-06
HERE Is A STRONG MAN.
BE Shakes the American Eagle and Waves
the British Flsg.

! To the Editor of the New York Sun:
SIR-Permit mo TO offer mild remon-
STRANGE against the policy OF The Sun in
| impugning the character of that robust
American, Grover Cleveland. The presi.
dent is, TO my mind, one of the most SEN
! sible and moderate statesmen of the GEN.
fury and will favorably compare with the
/ greatest of his predecessors, including Lin
coin and even Washington. He stands out
prominently in an age of corruption and
OF turpitude rs the one strong man in a
/ blatant land.
What, may ask, has America to gain
by winking at a revolution in the Ha-
waiian Islands or encouraging fhbusters
in Cuba or crack Drained annexationistS
in Canada? This country has prospered by
steadily pursuing a policy of noninterfer-
ence and peace. The constitution was not
intended to stand the strain Of extensive
colonization, and the country is today
large enough TO satisfy the most ambitious.
What the people want is not moro terri
tory. but more liberty. We do not want
more Rockefellers TO increase the price of
oil, nor more Armours to corner meat, nor
gamblers to enhance tho price of grain;
We surely have enough trusts and trampS
and thieves. In fact, it would be better TO
roll our pork kings and railroad kings and
oil kings and iron kings and political
bosses all into one decent dictator, or i'm
perialist if you will, and create a mon
arahy right away. We could watch one
thief and check his ravages in the sweet
vineyard of our liberties, but we cannot
watch a thousand. We could treat him as
a wild boar, and, Ike the Greeks, Stay
him upon the spot, but it seems utterly
impossible to keep pace, even with the as
sistance Of n vigilant press, upon the myr-
lads of petty bosses and ignorant usurpers
who have now fastened themselves upon
the nation.
This bugaboo about the kings of feudal
ages cannot be exploded moment too
soon. No monarch like Louis XIV or
Charles V is now possible in any part OF
Europe, and in the presence OF popular
suffrage and free press they could not e1-
list here or accomplish half the injury
which a crowd of plutocratic gulchions
perform in the name of liberty and under
the forms of q republic.
Bah. The other day I saw the statue Of
Liberty paraded in the public streets be-
hind q candy cart and the stars and stripes
rolled around ragged urchin peddling
cheap cigars on the Bowery. II any mon
archy in Europe these boys would be at
school. and il they had the good fortune
TO be born in England they would be taken
care of by some benevolent legislation or
by donor like the Duchess of Montrose,
who nobly bequeathed a sum of es5, 900
the other day TO support the poor OF Lon
don. What Of your Vanderbilts and your
Goulds and your mOneyed aristocracy?
l am, sir, an Enghshman, and proud Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-06
A Hoodoo Coin.

Pittsburg gamblers are feeling uncanny
over n discovery made at the morCue II
was found that Isaac ". Jope clerk az the
Fifth Avenue hotel. who was murdered
carried on his person q Columbian half
dollar which he had received from a gam
bier The coin had broken almost every
gambler in Pittsburg. including the pro-
prietor OF a faro hank. who was forced 10
shut up shop.
The half dollar WAS known IS hoo6oo.
and the green cloth fraternity regarded il
with terror. Jopc' pockets weoe ranSackesi
by the murderer. but he did not take The
Columbian half dollar. Il was the ONLY
piece OF money found on the murdered
man Chicago Times Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-06
Irrcpressible.

There ale ludIcrous as well as pathetic
incidents IN courtrooms, as Mr.. Joseph
Willard. who was clerk Of Massachusetts,
courts for rlany years, bears witness in n
recent volume. One OF the funniest as
well as one of the noisiest scenes in which
he ever toob part was when a certain Mr..
H was trying a case before Judge
c., for SANDER
His principal witness was an impetuous
Irish woman. She talked 50 fast that Judge
c. could not write down her testimony
and attempted in vain TO check her.
Stop, SJopr' he cried again and again,
rapping sharply on his desk. But the tor
rent Of words went on. "Old woman,
hs,sh up" he shouted in evaporation.
Euc 1t wac useless. AZ lasH he threw down
his pen, exhausted, and crisd out, There,
Mr. H, you set her going, now stop
her,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-06

According 10 some people the only real
ne'v woman is the woman who has Just
become OF legal age.-Chicaso Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-06
Particular Fish.

The fish have all vanished from Lake
Michigan in the neichborhood Of Chicago.
AS it is customary for everything in that
locality 10 disappear by night unless Sc
surely chained, this does nor appear 10 he
,ausc for surprise. PERHAPS the fish are
Particular about their associates Rocky
Mountain News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-06
Lies Not All a weary Waste.

The Baltimore American says that, un-
less there is a bad frost or an epidemic of
Pie several diseases that attack the trees,
there Will be one of the largest crops of
peaches, this year that the country has ever
known. News from ell the peach growing
sections reports the probabilities Of a full
yield.-New York Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-01
CURES CATARRH.
DR.. Hartman's weIl-Tried Remedy-In Use
Forty Years.

Catarrh can be cured. Catarrh is be-
ing cured-thousands of cases every
month. DR.. Hartman's regular pre-
scription, known as Pe-ru-na the world
over, cures catarrh almost infallibly.
Pe-ru-na is not a local application 20
give temporary relief. but an internal
systematic remedy that cures perman-
emily. Only a small number of the
cures made are reported. as most peo-
pie object to publicity. In spite of this,
a multitude of letters are constantly
received telling of cures. Here is a
specimen:
C. r. Harden, Evansville, Wis,
writes:
"Pe-ru-na cured my wife of chronic
catarrh, with which she had been troub-
led more than twenty-five years. Her
breathing was SO bad that she could
not sleep on her back at all, but now
she is able to do so with perfect ease.
/ was also troubled with catarrh for
fifteen years, of which Pe-ru-na has
entirely cured me. Some time ago my
youngest son had the grip, and the
disease seemed to settle in his lungs.
producing hemorrhages from the lungs.
We tried Pe-ru-na and his hemorrhages
stopped, and. he soon got up and is
we'll and is hard at work.
This is.w what Pe-ru-na is doing in all
parts of the United States continually.
Free books and free correspondence
strictly confidential. Ask your drug
gist for a Pe-ru-na Almanac. Pub
lished by The Pe-ru-na Drug Manu-
featuring Company, Columbus, Ohio.