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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
Trees and Health.

1t has been noted that the first set
tiers in heavily wooded sections of
the country have generally been
healthy, despite their many priva-
tions. The reason for this is, says
Halls Journal of Health, that trees
and plants of all kinds possess the
power of absorbing poisoned air from
decaying vegetation, besides which
the emanations from evergreens and
the smoke from burning resinous
woods are noted for the relief they
give to those suffering from pulmo-
nary diseases:
New, heavily wooded countries, as
already noted, are the most healthy
for settlers, and they continue so for
many years, as only small portion
of the forest can be cleared away each
year. After the forest is removed and
sunlight is admitted the soil fills rap
idly with vegetable mold, which de-
composes more rapidly than it can be
absorbed by the scant vegetation and
as result the atmosphere is render
ed impure and malaria becomes q
common complaint. In view of these
facts, people are beginning to under
stand the value OI IreeS aio eil5ee,oC a.
sorbing and health giving agents.
Naturally this leads to the question
as to what trees are best for protec-
tion against disease.
On Long Island and in New Jersey
there are localities surrounded and
hemmed in with pitch pines
which are famed for their curative
qualities in consumption, and the
pines are thus indicated as valuable
surroundings in pulmonary COM
plants. Ir would seem reasonable to
suppose that trees having the largest
leaves and the most of them would
be the best for this purpose, as such
trees would undoubtedly have the
most absorbing power. We have
seen the eucalyptus tree mentioned
as of special value as a purifier of the
atmosphere.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
Telephoning the Noon.

Both Edison in America and Preece
in England have long maintained
that it is possible to establish OH the
earth a record of the electrical dis
turbances that take place on the sun.
An electrician now holds that it is
easily feasible to telephone to the
moon. He bases his belief in the
possibility of this communication on
the we'll known laws of ether vibra-
ton. The ocean of ether quivers to
every touch. 1t binds the planets
together with en- iron hand, flexible
yet firm, solid yet infinitely elastic.
It is the ideal medium for the trans
mission of signals. When it moves,
even to an extent inconceivably
small, our sight is affected; we see.
These ether waves are eight minutes
coming to us from the sun,
travelling at the enormous We
locity of one hundred and nine
ty two thousand miles second.
1t is possible to produce waves NOV.
ing at this terrific speed by electrical
means, as, for instance, in the tele
phone, which is actuated by infinite.
ly small pulsations. When an iron
mass is in the vicinity OF these cleo
trical vibrations buzz or hum is CIV
en- out. This noise may be distinctly
heard in some systems of street light
ing apparatus, where the current is
formed from high to a low pressure.
In accordance with this principle it
is proposed to send electrical pulsa-
tions and have them act upon any
metallic mass like iron with sufficient
force to produce sound. If the moon
contains iron, and there is reason to
believe that it does, the striking upon
it of these marvellous vibrations
would give rise to a murmur of
sound. 1t is suggested that this
daring experiment could be car
ried out by means of a gigantic
coil mounted vertically with its axis
in line with the moon. -.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
H,s Presence accounted For.

"I've caught you at last p cried the
enraged farmer as he stumbled over the
old darby who was enjoying himself in
the green middle of the watermelon
patch. eve caught you at last. you old
thief, your'
Boss" said the culprit as he gulped
down the red heart of fat Kolb Gem.
"boss, 'fo de Lawd hit wuz all axerdent
how come heah. l wuz walkin long
de railroad DIES ez homes ez coud be,
when long come freight train, en- TO-
could cl'ar de track de engine hit me
en- th'owed me clean over de fence whar
is now, en- when fell landed ker-
blanm! on desc heah melons, en- busted
'em all ter pieces, en- when l come to ]
wuz so hongry dat DIES pitch in en- eat
up what done busted p'-Atlanta Con-
stitutiou.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
odd Bibles.

A Bible printed in London in 1851
was nicknamed the Bug Bible from
the first verse of the ninety-first
Psalm being translated: $50 that
thou shalt not nede to be afraid for
any bugges by nighte.n The author
lied version is: Thou shalt not be
afraid for the terror by night.
The Vinegar Bible, published in
Oxford by J. Basket in III, gets its
name because the headline OF the
twentieth chapter of Luke reads:
1.-THE parable of vinegar" instead of
the vineyard. 1t has also from its
numerous faults been punningly
described as "a baskeett full OF
printers errors.
The Brooches Bible served as the
regular family Bible in the reign of
Elizabeth. The translation was made
by the English reformers in exile at
Geneva and was published in 1866.
1t gained it's name because in Genesis,
Ill, Z. Adam and Eve are spoken of
as making themselves 'breeches out
of fig leaves.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
The Age OF Niagara Falls.

Professor Spencer, in a paper read
by him at Brooklyn, reckons the age
of the Niagara Falls to be $1,000
years. Hitherto the conjectures as
to the age have been based on the
observed rate of recession alone, but
Professor Spencer takes into consld-
Grafton also the changing conditions
of erosion during the periods or "epi-
sodesn of the rivers history. He be-
lieves the river itself came into exist
ence %, 900 years ago, that.it drained
the Erie basin for 1000 without a
cascade, and that as the Ontario basin
slowly sank the Falls were made.
until the total descent was 424 feet.
He thinks it probable that the Falls
will last another $4,000 years, and
that their end will not necessarily be
effected by the river cutting its way
back to Buffalo, but rather by
changes in it's basin, which viii turn
the draining of the upper lakes into
the Mississippi.-Popular Science
News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
Bikes md Books.

The latest charge brought against the
bicycle is that it injuries the bookseller s
trade. Books never have the same sale
in summer as in winter, despite the fact
that paper covered novels are in demand
by the loungers at the seashore, but this
year there is said to be more than
usual depression in the trade. The
wheelman is blamed for this, as it is
logically argued that while indulging
in his favorite pastime he cannot posi-
bly, be reading a book, and that when he
gets home from his spin he is too tired
to read. As the cycling craze is con-
stantly increasing, the result of its
growth upon literature would make an
interesting study.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
Whore the Presidents of our Country
lie Buried

George Washington is buried at
Mt. Vernon, Virginia.; John Adams,
at Quincy, Massach usetSs;; Thomas
Jefferson ct Month ello, Virginia;
Ja1fes Madison at Montpelier, Viz
GINA; James Monroe at Richmond,
Virginia; John Quincy Adams at
Quincy, Massachusetts,; Andrew
jackson at Nashville, Tennessee; Mari
tin Van Buren, at Undertook,
New York; William Henry Harrison
at North Bend, Ohio; John Tyler at
Richmond, Virginia; James K. Polk
at Nashville, Tennessee; Zachary Tay-
lor at Louisville, Kentucky; Willard
Fillmore at Buffalo, New York;
Franklin Pierce at Concord, New
Hampshire; James Buchanan near
Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Abraham
Lincoln at Springfield, illinois; An
drew Johnson at Greenville. Tennes-
see; Ulysses S. Grant at Riverside
Park, New York; Rutherford B..
Hayes at Columbus, Ohio; James A.
Garfield at Cleveland, Ohio; Chester
A. Arthur at Albany, Yew York.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
quaint and Curious.

In Paris fruit is artifcially colored.
In Virginia Enroughty is pronounc-
ed Darby.
Of the families residing in London
III, 900 live in one room, 1S9, 900 in two
rooms.
Milwaukee is really foreign city,
only 10 percent of its population be-
ing born of American parentage.
Cordwood to be mashed into paper
pulp now comes across the lake from
Canada to Wisconsin pulp mills in
big RATS
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
EIflIo Curious Notes.

The first monarch the earth ever
knew was Nimrod, grandson of
Noah.
Pope Leo owns a single pearl that
is valued at 100000.
The strength of the average horse
is estimated to be equal to that'of u
average men.
The deepest coal shaft in England
1880 feet-is at the Moss colliery,
near Ashburton.
According to the late estimate by
an electric journal, the world now
has 2, 26O,00O miles of telegraph wire
in use.
Expert photographers say that in
its deepest parts the oceans waters
are so dense that sunken ironclad
would never reach the bottom.
The average weight OF an adult
New Highlander is only 1873 pounds
that OF people of the Mississippi Val
ley, 139 pounds.
At the Santa Caterina Cathedral,
Genoa, may be seen crescent made
of an emerald, which is eight inches
between the points. Tradition says
that it was present from Solomon
to Queen Sheba.
The largest tombstone in the world,
a rough block of granite marks the
last resting place of Henry Scarlett,
of Umpson County. Georgia.
The majority of recent calculations
on the speed Of the sun through
space place it at about 10 miles per
second, or nearly 1900 times faster
than the average express train
moves.
The Magma Charta or great charter
of English liberties is still preserved
in the British Museum. The impress
of the seal and King Johns name are
both very distinct.
The greatest swarm of locusts
(grasshoppers) ever known invaded
Cape Colony in 1897. They were
driven out to sea by a strong wind,
and then the waves beat them back
on shore, the band of insects thus
formed being from to feet in depth
and so miles in length.
If the heat of the sun were pro-
duced by the burning of coal, it
would require layer Is feet in thick
ness, extending over the suns entire
surface, to feed the flames for single
hour. Had the sun been solid body
of best anthracite it would have been
utterly consumed within 45 centuries
after the day it took fire.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
Perseverance, Brings Success

do you want a boy?' he asked of
the magnate of the office, standing
before him cap in hand.
Nobody wants boy" replied the
magnate. -,
do you need boy?n asked the
applicant, nowise abashed.
Nobody needs boy"
The boy would not give up.
well, say, mister" he inquired,
"do you have to have boy?"
The magnate collapsed.
I'm sorry to say we do" he said,
land l guess you're about what we
want. "-Detroit News-Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17

"Liz,n said Miss Kiljordan's young
est brother, "do you say woods is or
woods are?' :"
woods are. of course she an
swered. "Why?'
"'Cause Mr.. Woods are down in
the parlor waitin' to see you Chi
cago Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17
eating the Money.

Father-He says he loves you, but
can he support you in the style you have
been accustomed to?
Daughter-Even better, father, dear,
if you will just furnish the money.
That is all that discourages him. -Kans
sas City Catholic. -
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17

"Ihave come to ask for your daugh.
ter's hand, Mr.. Herrick," said young
Waller. nervously.
80, well, you can't have it," said
Herrick. I'm not dolin out my
daughter on the instalment plan.
When you feel that you can support
the whole girl you may call again. "
Harper's Bazaar.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17

Said little boy who, during visit
to Florida, was obliged to drink con-
densed milk: Mamma, l just wish
that condensed COW would die. 1.-The
American.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-17

The first monarch the earth ever
knew was Nimrod, grandson of
Noah
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08

TuE Centfeville OtSerrer we're truth
fully remarks:
"The next Legislature viii have some
difficult questions to tackle. First the
resssessment of property, desired 10y the
great body of the people, will come up,
and it is certain to meet with OPPOSE
tion from the taN-dodging element of
population; next, the exhausted condition
of the oyster fund, with annual expendi-
lures exceeding annual revenues, is like
~ to raise, with renew ed vigor, the agita-
tion of the proposition 20 lease the oy-
ster beds of the State proposition
very popular in the inland counties of
Maryland and in Baltimore, bat which
the tide-water section has successfully
opposed in the past and viii strenuously
resist in the future. Other questions,
some of general and others Of local i'm
portanee, but all of them presenting
difficulties to he solved will come up for
consideration. The next Legislature
should be composed of the best and the
ablest aud truest men i'm Maryland.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08
Mortgage Sale
i(kfVALUABLE Real ESTATE
Garden Farms, &c., Near Annapolis, Nd.

BY NIRTU 4 of the power of sale contained
In a mortgage from George 7 Melvin and wife
TO the Farmers National Bank OF Annapolis,
dated the eth day of December, 1872. and re-
corded among the Land Records of Anne
Arundel County. Md, in Iiber ). I'll No. AZ,
folio AL. &c. the undersigned as Attorney for
the purpose. named in said mortgage. viii Of
fer at public sale. at the Court House Door,
in the CITY Of Annapolis, Md, on
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08

How shall we pronounce Englishy is
certainly question in which every
cultivated man or women Is interested.
Prof. Morrison IL. Caldwell maintains
toat the pronunciation which obtains
among the cultivated people of the
South more nearly conforms to the
usage of the best Dondon authorities,
than does that of the makers of school
booka and dictionaries for the people of
the United States. lie cites authorities
TO show that climate influences pro-
nomciation, and that the trilled - $
and nasal ag' characteristic of the
Bost on utterance and absent from the
speech of the Southener, is due TO the
effect of climate. He insists that the
South should hold to her pronunciation
of English and refuse to adopt the
dialect of the New Highlander.
J,me Md Continent Magasine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08
Administrators Sale.

Byvirtue of an order of sale passed by
the Orphans Court of Anne Arundel
County ON the 2Sth day of May, 1895, l
will offer TO Public Sale ON the premises
in Annapolis, Md, ON Maryland Ave
nue., the following personal property, on
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08

The Philadelphia Record has reached
its 10th anniversary under Mr.. Singer
ly's ownership and management. In
all that constitutes an able, enterprising
and thorough there isno bet
ter model than the Philadelphia Record
In it too the Democratic party of the
country has an exponent and defender
of its principles of the highest value.
IL is always clear and forcible ON every
question, and always loyal to Democrat
tic rule and those chosen to represent
and administer it. The circulation of
the Record is one of the largest in the
country, ana this of itself is one of the
the strongest proofs OF it's merits.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08

THE city election is only month off
and there has been less agitation than
ON amy previous occasion. This may
bo accounted for that the present board
has given general satisfai tion and their
endorsement is settled upon by the
people. As a general thing the present
board will measure up to any of it's
predecessors, and altogether have given
the citya good administration. They
have made number of prominent im-
piovements which they can point TO
with pride, among them the enclosing
Of the market house, the paving around
the market, repairing north side city
dock aud other important matters. So
far we have heard of little or no oppo-
sition TO the present board. Let them
alone and give them another term.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08

WHILE Mrs. Julia Wand Howe was
advocating female suffrage and woman 5
rights in Baltimore yesterday Bishop
Doane was in Albany declaring: "One
gets sick and tired of the way in which
the talk of wOman's vocation fills the
air, not merelyin the wild vagaries of its
blatant assumptions, but in the parade
and push of its claims for recognition Of
what is called its rights" There is
evidently disagreement
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08

WHEREAS, upon the application, and at the
request of number of property holders in
the City of Annapolis. the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company of baltimore City
has consented to establish Telephone Ex-
change in the said City, and for this purpose.
desires and requires the use of the streets of
said City for its poles and wires, therefore:
the Mayor, Counsellor and Aldermen of the
City of Annapolis, That the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore
City. be and it is hereby authorized to erect
aud maintain in the Streets in the City of An
napolis for period of ten years, such number
quire for the proper conduct of its business,
and to string thereon all wires necessary there
for,
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted and or
dained, that the said poles shall be placed in
such locations and he constructed in such
manner as shall be approved by the Mayor,
Counselor and Aldermen
SECTION ?. And be it further epacted and or
dained by the authority aforefaid, that The
authority hereby granted to the Chesa-
pcake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany of Baltimore City, is license
only, and not TO he construed in the nature OF
a Contract. and that said Company is not here
by relieved frem the payment OF. but is re
CURED Co pay. a tax of two dollars year on
each pole erected in the streets of the City of
Annapolis. and twenty-five cents TO the Clerk
for issuing said license; provided, however,
that one license may be issued for all poles TO
be erected at the same time.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted and ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That this ordinance
JOHN I'll. THOMAS, Mayor.
Approved May 3lst, 1895. SIG
Test :-THos. HIaELBEBER, Clerk.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08

GOVERNOR Brown has made an APP
peal, through the Governors of the
various States, TO all the sch ol children
Of the Union to contribute OH June II,
Flag Day., to the fund for the Key
Monument to be erected over the re-
mains of the author of The Star
Spangled Banner at Frederick, Md.
Next Friday will he the llSth anniver-
sary of the adoption of the "Stms aud
Stripes" and no better way to com
memorate it could be devised than 10y
popular subscription to the fund
named.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08

Some time ago l was taken sick with
a cramp in the stomach, followed by
diarrhoea. / took couple OF doses OF
Chamberlain s Collie, Cholera, and DIR
rhma Remedy and was Immediately re-
lieved. consider it the best medicine
i'm the market for all such complaints.
l have sold the remedy to others and
every one who uses 1t speaks highly Of
il. j. w. STRICKLER, Valley enter,
Cal. For sale by Feldmeyor Sros. City
Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08
SATURDAY, JUNE sth, 1895,
HOUSEHOLD Ind EITtHSA FURNITURE,

Beds, Bedding, Bedroom Sets, Carpets,
Crockery, Glass, China, &c.
Also the remainder of Stock of Gro
ceries contained in the Store heretofore
conducted by MIS- Paget on said prem
Uses.
TERMS OF SALE All sums un-
der ten dollars cash, ON all sums of ten
dollars and upwards credit of six
months will be given on good note
bearing interest from day of sale with a
surety or sureties to satisfaction of UNI
dersigned administrator.
No goods viii be delivered unless paid
for or secured as above.
Sale Commences At O'Clock p. NJ.
and viii continued till all goods are sold.
WA. II. BOURKE,
Administrator pendente lite of Hannah
Paget, deceased.
WsI. +. MINNICK, Auctioneer. 53l
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08
AN ORDINANCE

TO AUTHORIZE THE CHESAPEAKE AND
POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY OF
BALTIMORE CITY, TO ERECT AND
MAINTAIN POLES, AND STRING WIR-
ES THEREON. WITHIN THE CORPO-
RATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF AN
NAPOLIS.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08

O4N& &A&1A - -
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing TO the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing TO the taste and ac-
ceptable 10 the stoma ch, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes 10 try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
san FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ~. NEW Y0RK. ny
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08
o9s MAlN STREET,
Shoe Department.


800 ladies' Doagola Patent Leather TIP
eI.O0 Button Shoes. perfect shape ana cor
eI.O0 rect toe, worth 81 %, for u %
90 Ladies' Dongoia oxford Ties. Patent
90 Leather TIE. street-vear slipper We are
s3 Our Leader Tan oxford Ties that
80 leads the Shoe march. formerly n 70, ~
SO spite OF the advance in leather, we VIII
80 sell them at Sets pair.
Special Sale of Misses and Children's mn
est quality Russet Laced Boots, sprlng
heels. on the latest last. a model of Snoe.
we guarantee every pair 70 wear soou' u
81 o5 Sizes eight and q. half TO ten and hair
$1.o5 worth 81 IS, forSl %.
92 Sizes six TO eight worth 81 %, for Scts-
SI2O sizes eleven TO two worth s.; for Sl.so.
SI.69 LADIES' oxford and Butcher Ties ia
SI.69 Glazed Kids and Russet, plecadllly
$I.69 and opera toes, worth y 70 so per
$l.69 pair. for $l.6a.
80 Ladies' Dongolas and Russet Oxford
as Ties, patent and natural leather tips
40 formerly $l.0e slipper. for tsets.
$3.50 Ladies' iTan Glazed Kid Lace shoes,
$3.50 hand welt, plccadllly last polhteu toes'
So 80 worth $3.50, for SIS pair.
So 80 Ladies' light weight Royal Kid Lace
81 80 and Button shoes, needle and opera
3 20 worth s.. for s. 50 pair.
si49 Ladies' White Kid oxford Ties, point
81 40 ed toe with tips, French heels, worth
$I.49 s. 20, our special price II ~
80 Babies Russct shoes, worth 6Oc., for Soc.
25 Babies DOngolG Button Shoes reduced
20 to 25cts.
40 Fat Babies Dongola Button shoes, re-
40 flexible soles at 49cts pair.
SI.IO Boys and Youths Sewed Lace
81 10 Shoes. thirteen 10 two. fully worth
$1.IO 81 50, for 81 10
Sl.69 Boys handmade best quality satin
81 80 calf Lace Shoes, piccadiliy and opera
81 80 toes, worth s. IS. for 81 90.
Every pair of our high grade shoes we guar
antee and should the leather give way before
the sole Is worn out, we will replace you
n new pair Of Shoes FREQ OF charge; for our
aim IS to please you with the quality as wei
in price, as stated before.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08
Dry Goods Department

90 Boys Sailor Suits composed of a uniform
90 finished Blouse and a pair OF Irusers 10
60 match made of washable DUCK, ior
90 only 90 cents.
IL Rows Shirt Waist made of Calico and
10 Outing, all Sizes at l5cts each.
90 One hundred dozen OF Gentlemen's ex-
80 ira Half Hose, two thread quality, regular
90 made spliced heels and toes. in fast black.
go which is lscts per pair, special price .
30 pair for 20 cents.
lex Childs' imported Socks, regular made
12H aud extra fine, in white and fast black,
I2X size 10 q, usually retailed at 2Octs our
12K price Tx cents.