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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11

sing
Come, let us join our friends above
Who have obtained the prize,
And on the eagle wings of love
To Joy celestial rise.
Let all the saints terrestrial sing
With those to glory gone,
For all the servants OF our King
In heaven and earth are one
1 have been told that when any of the
members of any of the great secret 60
cieties of this country are i'll distant
city and are in any kind of trouble, and
are set upon by enemies, they have only
to give a certain signal and the men,
bers of that organization will flock
around for defense. And when any man
belongs to this great Christian brother
hood, if be gets in trouble, in trial, in
persecution, in temptation, he has only
to show this ring Of Christ's adoption,
and all the armed cohorts Of heaven
will come to his rescue.
The Betrottal.
Still further, when Christ takes soul
into his love he puts upon it marriage
ring. Now, that is not a whim of mine
Hosea ii. 1917, ~ will betroth thee I'M
to me forever, yea, I will betroth thee
unto me in righteousness, and in judg-
ment, and in loving kindness, and in
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
4 Remarkable Tree.

There is a hayward white oak tree
near Laporte, Ind, that may we'll puz-
zle naturalists with the vagaries of its
growth The tree is 9 feet in circumfer-
ence at the base, and there are no
branches Of any size below 5 feet from
the ground. There the great bole di-
yides into a number Of limbs. Two,
leaving the trunk about 20 inches apart,
grow west, their lines diverging for some
6 feet, and then each rendipg toward
the other. Twelve feet from the body Of
the tree they unite again, making per-
feet oval, and out of this grow two
smaller branches AS if not satisfied
with that expressed disregard for the
laws Of nature, this old tree has per-
formed another feat. Six feet from its
base grows another white oak, less than
half its size, and no sooner does the
smaller tree arrive at the charmed cir
cles of those branching limbs than one
of them grows right into 1t, and is abb
sorbed. The second tree is very much
larger 20 feet from the ground than at
its base
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
Marked For Identification.

To all opera goers the halo surround
ing Signor Arditi's head is familiar,
and the maestro tells good story about
it at his own expense. 1t was in the
days when the Mapleson Opera COM
pany, from Her Majesty's, was in Amer
lea, and at one Of the towns Arditi went
to cash an opera check payable to him
self and made out by the impresario.
He reached the bank and presented the
paper to the cashier, who looked at the
check, then at him and said: II must
have some proof of identity. This is an
open check. You may be Mr.. Arditi, or
you may not. -
This was awkward, for the musician
had no card or papers with him whereby
to set the question of identity at rest,
and he cid net want to have a journey
back to lis hotel. At last bright idea
struck him.
"Do you ever go to the opera?" he
asked the cashier.
Eyes, have gone several times, " re-
piled the cashier.
"Ihen," cried the musician, turning
round suddenly and lifting his hat, do
you mean to tell me you don't know
Arditi?"
The familiar back view at once coll
WINGED the cashier, and, with many pro-
fuse apologies, the money was at once
paid. Chicago News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
An Irish Horse Show.

saw.a horse show at little place
called Moate-which, however, once
gave nights shelter to Cromwell-at
which l was greatly impressed, not only
by the lepping-Anglice, jumping-but
by the quality Of the animals, the horse
manship of the riders and the e1traordi-
nary interest and enthusiasm displayed
by the company, which consisted for the
most part of gossoons, sitting in their
hundreds on a stone wall that grit the
Enclosure, and giving forth Celtic yell
as the horses shirked, cleared or missed
their jump. There was one handsome
and likely looking mare that, no doubt
from want of due preparation for this
particular kind of trial, was among
those who elected the first course Her
name was Dairymaid, and l overheard
the observation behind me- DAIRY
maid, is it? All, we'll Shed better go
home and make bootter She's no good
here. ="
In England young colts at grass are
nearly always out in smooth pastures.
In Ireland they are among rocks and
stones and broken and sloping ground,
and thus acquire better use of their
legs betimes. Possibly the lime in the
subsoil is good for their bones, and as
suredly the soft, moist climate is all in
their favor. Irish horses have better
tempers, and, therefore, have better
manners than English horses in conse-
quence, no doubt, of the gentler and
more patient treatment they receive.
But, as one who knows them well re-
minds NE, "When they are bad temper
ed, they are the --.'
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
How a Nettle stings.

Every one has probably made &C.
uuaintance with the irritating, if not
highly poisonous. character of the net
tie stings, though they may never have
troubled to examine the beautiful little
apparatus by which the poison is intro
duced to their blood.
1t is probable that if they were to
make microscopical examination of a
nettle hair just after they have been
stung, they would be scarcely in the
right frame of mind to discover any
beauty in its mechanism; but it exists
for all that
The leaf aud stem of nettle, it will
be found, are literally clothed with
erect hollow hairs. If one Of these hairs
be viewed under microscope, it will
be seen that its free end, after tapering
to very fine degree of slimness, finish
es at a little knob, while in the other
direction, after gradually becoming
more robust, it suddenly expands into a
large bulb corresponding to the poison
gland of the adder.
The point of the hair Is very brittle,
and contact with the skin causes the end
to snap off, leaving a hollow needle
point, which readily pierces the cuticle,
and, pressing upon the bulb at the 9th
er end, the poison is forced through the
central channel and infames the blood.
The tender handed who stroke the net
tie are stung for their pains, because
their gcntleness has only served to break
the brittle points and render them fit
for piercing; but the rough handed
break the hairs at the thickest parts,
where they are too stout to prick. Pear
sons Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
FACTS ABOUT CHAMPAGNE.
Sweet and Dry Wine and That Which
Comes II Magnums.


1t is commonly said in this country
that the best French cbampagnes are
sent to Russia and the United States.
It is said i'll England, however, that the
best French champagnes are sent to Rus
STA and Great Britain and that the best
cannot stand the voyage to America.
Wherever the truth rests, it is pretty
we'll known that the champagnes con-
sumed in France itself are not what
Americans esteem the best. The French
like sweet champagne, and what is there
called dry wine would be esteemed
here sweet wine. The driest cham
pagnes arc made almost exclusively for
export.
There are some odd superstitions
touching champagne that have no real
foundation. 1t is occasionally affirmed
that a great deal of so called champagne
is made of gooseberries.
"My dear boy" said famous cham
payne grower to young Englishman
visiting him, THAT story about cham
payne made from gooseberries is absurd,
for the reason that it is much cheaper
to make it from grapes than from goose
berries. Perhaps if it were not we
might-well, I'll not say what we
might do
There is popular belief that mag
nun of champagne is big bottle of the
very finest wine produced, and magnums
are always named in the accounts that
come from luxurious banquets As mat
ter of fact magnum is likely to contain
a comparatively inferior wine of its
brand and for az excellent reason.
Sparkling champagne is distinguished
from still wine by the fact of being ma
tured in the BOTTLE But, unhappily, it
is difficult to mako bottle larger than
q quart that will be strong enough at
all points to resist the force of the gases
generated III the process Of maturing.
Even the champagne bottled i'll quarts IS
lost in considerable quantities by the
breaking of the bottles during the proc
ess of fermentation. So the magnum Of
champagne is filled from small bottles
after tho process of fermentation is COM
plete, and from that fact the wine thus
bottled is less likely to be the best of its
brand than that bottled in quarts.
When large London wine dealer
was giving great dinner, feature Of
the table decoration was an enormous
bottle of champagne wreathed with
flowers. 1t had been especially prepared
in France and was said to be the largest
bottle Of champagne ever imported into
Great Britain. The bottle was greatly
admired by the guests, number CT
champagne buyers, but disaster follow
ed, for the bottle was too weak for the
wine, and in the midst of the meal,
doubtless owing to rise in tempera-
ture, broke, and the table was suddenly
flooded with frothing champagne.
1t is noteworthy, however, on the
other hand, that champagne in quarts
is likely to- be better in quality than
champagne in pints, because the wine
natures better in the larger bottle. OF
course the difference is not noticeable
by the ordinary consumer, not blessed,
or cursed, with delicately sensitive
palate. New York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
Two Dynamite Adventures.

The Milwaukee Sentinel reports con-
versation with a gentleman Of that city
who was formerly employed i'll the Cal
umet and Eccla copper mine. While
thus engaged, he witnessed numerous
tragedies and some exceedingly narrow
escapes. Miners, Of all men, need to be
men of steady nerves and ready wits
Two of the best Of this Milwaukee mans
stories have to do with dynamite.
A blast was to DO made, and a man
was sent down the shaft to place the
dynamite and light the fuses. He had
lust finished this work-there were IA
sticks of dynamite-when to his horror
he saw the car start upward. A wrong
signal had been given, and up shot the
car.
1t was all a question of few Sec
onds There was no time to summon the
car back. He set to work pulling out
the fuses Perhaps there would be time
for that. And happily there was, but as
he drew the last one he fell in dead
faint
Once I saw fellow workman save
his life by making good catch. 1t was
fortunate for him that he had played
baseball in his time.
He was standing at the bottom of q
shaft waiting for a bucketful of dyna-
mite sticks that were being let down to
him. The bucket was part way down
when he saw it strike against some OBJ
struction and turn partly over. Out fell
one Of the sticks He watched it falling
in zigzag course-a messenger of in.
slant death When it struck the hard
bottom, there would be tremendous
explosion and an end Of the miner.
But it did not strike the hard bottom.
Like player on the ballfeld, the work.
man put up his hands and caught the
stick as deity as if such trick were
only gu everyday affair.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
IN PLAGUE TIMES.
How London Handled the All Devouring
Sickness In the Seventeenth Century.

How London Handled the All Devouring
Sickness In the Seventeenth Century.
During the plague of 1908 Francis
Herring, doctor in Physicke and Eel
low of the Colledge of Physicians in
London published certain Rules
and Directions for the prevention of the
spreading of that contagious and all de-
vouring Sickness" These he reprinted,
somewhat inlarged," in the next
plague season of 1925, "to the view and
vse, and hope good of my Citizens
and Countrimen. Among his rules are:
"Concourse of people to Stage playes,
wakes or feasts and May pole dauncings
are to be prohibited by publique Author
ity, whereby, as God is dishonored, the
bodies of men and women-by surfet-
ting, drunkenness and other riots and
excesses-disposed to infection, and the
contagion dangerously scattered both in
Cite and Countrie.
"Let not the carkasses of horses, dogs,
cats, etc., lye rotting and poisoning the
aire Gas they have done) in More and
Finsburie fields, and elsewhere round
about the Cite.
1.-THE buryin2 of infected bodies in
churches, churchyards and, namely, in
Paules Churchyard, where the chiefe
Magistrates of the Cite and many other
Citizens meete weekly to hear Sermons,
must needs be not onely announcement,
but verie dangerous for spreading the
contagion, and poisoning the whole
Cite. -
Some folk ate breakfast then, others
did not:
"For breakfast you may vse good
draught of wormewood Deere or ale,
and few morsels Of bread and butter,
with the leaues of sage, or else toste
with sweet salade oyle, two or three
drops Of rose vinegar and little sugar.
They that haue cold stomackes may
drinke draught of wormewood wine
or malmsey, instead Of ale or Deere.
But take heed Gas you loue your life) Of
extreme hot waters, as aqua vitae, Rosa
soils or other compound waters Of like
nature, which Empericks prepare and
set out with vaine and boasting words
they were X devised to kill,
not cure men. Notes and Queries.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
Had Fun With Mamma.

There is decided GOODNESS in the bos-
ON Of the family of one of my best
friends here in town. My friend is a
widow, and her age is-never mind
what-a widow is always just the right
ago. She has three daughters who are
just the age when girls are most mis-
chie7ous-of course you know just what
age that is. They tease their mother IN
meroifully, and the one especial thing
they torment her most about is her al
legged admiration for handsome, mid
die aged physician. My friend had a
lame shoulder not long ago. and one of
the girls suggested painting it with TO-
dine. All three of them helped to do it,
and with giggling and tittering and
snickering they did their mother up
brown. Next day the shoulder was no
better, and the doctor was sent for. The
shoulder was barred for his inspection,
and, much to his patients Mortified as
constituent, he burst into laugh. She
dismissed him rather unceremoniously,
and when the girls came in, she told
them of his rudeness. Then an idea
struck her. She took her handglass to
the mirror and looked at that shoulder.
There, in bold brown iodine, was por-
trait-labeled and surrounded by bleed
ing hearts and other st. Valentines day
emblems-of the doctor. The girls are
wearing their last winters hats again
this season. w ashington Post.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
The Relations.

A girl heard her father criticised Sc
verely across dinner table. The care
less critic paused for a moment to say:
81 hope he is no relation of yours,
Miss IL"
And as quick as thought she replied,
With the utmost nonchalance:
"Only connection Of my mothers
b. marriage Pick Me Up.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
Noah's Business.

While teaching a class Of girls il a
school recently, the master asked the
following question:
"What was Noah supposed to be do
ing when the animals were going into
the ark?"
He received several answers, At last
little girl put up her hand.
"Well, be said, "what do you say?"
"Taking the tickets, sir. Buffalo
Times.
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w e Undersell All.

Special bargains in Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats,
Caps, Clothing, Hardware,
Cook and Heating Stoves,
Furniture, and in fact everything
generally keptin a country store.
A No. 7 New Excelsior cook stove $40.
Mems all wool suits, latest styles So.
Wood screws u SC doz.
Set of knives and forks SOC.
Mems boots @1.G5 up to $3.50.
Women's shoes soc up to So.
Stripe cotton SIC yd.
domestic 4lc yd.
Muslin 4!c yd.
Mems shirts 25c.
Worsted from SC up to zoe yd
Henrietta cloth SOC yd.
We have the largest stock on
hand that we ever had, and
bought at rock bottom prices,
which enables us to give you
bargains in them. We will have
New Goods
coming in two or three times
every week and will be sold at
rock bottom prices. We will
name prices that will compel
you to buy of us. Upon our
counters day after day will be
thrown new arrivals OF
GOODS AT PANIC PRICES.
Call on the leading low price
store if you want bargains.
WALTER J. HALL s. son,
Belinda, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
Have bad Fourteen Indian wars.

Our government has had IA great In
dian wars, which are estimated to have
cost not less than $3.50, 900, 600 and as
much more in private loss was spsta1ned
by individuals.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11
THE BEAUTIFUL RING
THAT WHICH THE FATHER BESTOWS
UPON A FORGIVEN SOUL.

Rey. DIR. Talmage Secs New Beauties In
the Familiar Story of tho Prodigai-The
Ring of Adoption, of Marriage and OK
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-01
1T WAS ONLY CENT.
she Dropped It on the Floor and Considered
It Mere Nothing.

She Dropped It on the Floor and Considered
It Mere Nothing.
A woman who was about to pay for
some article she had purchased in a New
York store dropped cent piece on the
floor, and it rolled away out OF sight.
ibid you drop Something" asked a
hoorwalker.
Eyes, . replied the woman as she scanned
the floor closely. cit was only cent, but
them
She stopped over and peered under a
table
walker.
81 think that it rolled this way. know
that it was only cent, but them
''Win you kindly stand aside, madam
I think it rolled under your skirts. -
But it was not under the lady's skirts.
Several of the bystanders and two of the
cashgirls here joined in the search.
II heard it fall and think it rolled IN
der that center counter, " said one of the
bystanders.
The center counter was merely long
table drsped to the floor with red cotton.
The f1oorwalker lifted the curtain and re-
vealed a mixture of empty boxes, floor
sweepings and refuse of every sort He be-
gan to prod around among it with an UNI
brella handle, and the woman said again:
Its only cent, but then-oh, isn't
that it? No; it's something else It's
great deal of trouble to take for a cent, but
then - She squatted down on the floor
and began to poke around among the rub
Dish under the counter with her fan.
"A cent is only a tri11e, know, but
stilI'-
''Isn't that it down there by that white
box?'' asked an interested spectator.
The loser of the cent and the floorwalk-
er both made a grab for the object in ques-
ton and bumped their heads violently to-
gether.
ooh, I beg your pardon, MADAME
Il beg your pardon, STRIP
81 was mistaken, - said the gentleman
f'It's just a little copper tag of some sort. -
cts too much trouble to take for a cent,
but thcn"-
A cashgirl here crawled under the coun-
ter and poked around among the refuse
matter. A crowd collected and Joined in
the search.
(Which way did it rollP''
Chow much was it?''
'fWhat is it?''
"There it isP'
f'No, it isn'tl''
''Stand back, please"
tits only cent, but then" said the
loser for about the tenth time, "a cent is a
mere rothing, I know, and yeti
And yet she never left that store until a
quarter of an hour later when the cent was
found 20 feet from where it was supposed
to have rolled AS she dropped it into htu
purse she said:
Its only a cent, but, then''-New York
Sunday World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-01
A TREMENDOUS sUNFLOwER
All Made Out of other Sunfowers
Proposed by Henry W orrall.

1--WE seem to be having a good deal
of trouble about the flower question
for the fall festival and reunion"
said Prof. WOrrau to a Journal re-
porter today. 1t is very unfortunate
for this occasion that we live in
country where flowers are so very
scarce at that time of year
I suppose that in the face of this
condition paper flowers must be all
right, but I would like to make a sug-
gestiOn that I think is a most prac-
teal and artistic one for such an oc-
casiOn here in Kansas
Il suppose you have noticed that we
raise some sunflOwers here. suppose
you have noticed also that along in
the latter part of the summer and the
early fall q man with four horse
team can get lost without much effort
in most any patch of the sunf1Ower
crop of Kansas.
There are your flowers.
you can get a hundred tons of them
and not have to stay over night.
What could be more appropriate
in Kansas than a suniower parade,
and plenty of it?
And still L wouldn't have it all sun
flowers. There would be plenty of
room for other flowers, and paper ones
also.
IF I was doing it I would have a
sunfiower twenty feet in diameter on
a wagon and have it made all of sun
flowers, and I would have sunf1Owers
on the wagons and on the houses and
on the horses and on the people.
"And even then there would be room
in which to carry out the original idea
about other kinds of flowers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-01
GREENBACKS THE BEST.
Says Tom johnson, of Ohio, Who is
for Neither Gold or Silver.

New York. July l. congressman Tom
Johnson, who has been elected one of
the Ohio delegates to the Chicago con
vention, has written an open letter to
George L. Fithian of Illinois. in which
he states his own position on current
issues with vigor. Here are some of
his gems of thought:
THE best and most Democratic mon
ey-a paper money of convenient de-
nominations, issued directly bv the
United States to its citizens without the
intervention of banks, and made direct
" interchangeab bic for its bonds thus
avoiding all need for the boarding of
any kind of metaland supplying to our
people a currency that cannot be cor
tract or expand accoring to the need
for its use.
7 think a real bimetallfsm is impos-
Slble; and since gold is now and has
been for many years the basis for our
monetary unit, 1 would not willingly
LaVor any depreciation of that unita-
nfst, because the interference with ex-
listing obligations thus caused would
be IN itself unjust; and second, because
ensue would be to the disadvantage of
that great body of citizens who get
their living by selling their labor.
Il desire no straddle. If the ques-
tlon that comes before the convention
IS simply that of gold or silver, l. who
am neither a gold or silver man, but
mold that the national credit directly
issued is better and more convenient
FORM OF money than either gold or sill
Yer, will find little to choose between,
and must be content to bow to the will
of the majority"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-01
NOVEL FOURTH OF JULY.
Warden Lynch Will Let All the Con-
victs Loose in the Jail Yard.

Warden Lynch, of the state peniten-
tiary. proposes to inaugurate new
idea into prison management on the
Fourth of July by turning all the con-
victs who are confined in his charge,
loose in the big peniteurIary lot and
letting them have a fine time over 900
convicts will be given the unlimited
freedom of the whole exercise yard Of
the prison for day
Warden Lynch is full of reform ideas
He has put into practice many of them,
and so far seems to be successful.
The discipline at the penitentiary is
said to be the best in the history of the
institution
It is the purpose of the warden TO let
all of the prisoners into the yard in the
morning. Guards viii be stationed on
the walls to watch them. Football,
baseball, croquet and other sports will
be the order of the day.
A fine dinner will be served at noon,
and more than likely speeches will be
made in the prison at night