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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-01
USES OF OZONE.
Valuable For Artifcially Aging Liquor or
Seasoning Wood.


Seasoning, Wood.
Ozone is low practically applied for
several purposes. Experiments with it
have shown that it will artificially age
brandy, whisky, sweet and hard wines
and liquors Ozone will also improve
coffee by rendering harmless oily beans.
The aroma of tobacco is also considera-
bly, improved by the application of
ozone. The latest application of it is for
rapid seasoning Of wood for sounding
boards of musical instruments, which
for the purpose is left in Theoretically
closed, heated room from 10 to "a
hours, ozonificd air being freely intro
duced into tie room. 1t seems that this
process will harden the wood, increase
its resistance against the influence OF
temperature and moisture and give it
considerably more acoustic or resound-
ing quality.
Another recent application of ozonified
air is that OF the thickening Of linseed
oil for the manufacture Of linoleum,
which by the old process took several
months. by the liberal use OF ozone
linseed oil is now thickened to the re-
CURED consistency within few days.
Most remarkable, however, is the ad-
vantage Of employing ozone for bleach
ing linen, since the time employed is
less than third Of the bleaching proc
ess by sunlight, not considering that
this latter is dependent both upon the
season and the weather. The ozone proc
ess of bleaching renders the work abso-
lutely independent Of outside influences.
Ozone has also been found very valua-
bic in chemical and technical processes,
particularly in the production Of pure
derivatives of starch, for instance, solu-
bic starch, dextrin, crystal gum, etc.
Here the ozone is instrumental IN tax
ing away all the matter which causee
she dark color. had odng ard sas4aa1sa
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-01
Not Pope Leo's Book.

Mgr. Merry Del Val, private cham
berlain to Pope Leo XIII, writes to the
London Standard denying the widely
published statement that a book written
by the pope when he was Cardinal Peccl
was placed OIL the Index Expuragtorius
by Plus TX, where it now is. He says
that the book in question, a treatise ad-
yocating devotion to the blood of the
Virgin Mary. was written by the Kew.
Carlo Pasletti, pious, but eccentric
arrest of the diocese of Perugia-
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-01

rElhere has never been q time i'll the
history of man when goods were
as 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
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-01
w 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 ~ &c doz.
Set of knives and forks SOC.
Mems boots 81. up to $3.50.
Women's shoes Soc up to So.
Stripe cotton 54c yd.
Domestic 44c yd.
Muslin 4tc va.
Mems shirts 25c.
Worsted from sc up to 29c 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 HALL & son.
Belinda, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-01
POWER OF EXAMPLE.
aev. DR.. TALMAGE ON THE LESSON
OF ABlMELECH.

the Folly of Depending Upon One Form
of Tactics-The Advantage OF Concerted
Action-The Danger of False Refuges-A
Safe Tower.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-01

Still further, learn from this subject
the danger of false refugees. AS soon as
these Shechemites got into the temple
they thought they were safe. They said;
"Rerith will take care Of us. Abimelech
may batter down everything else. He
cannot batter down this temple where
we are now hid" But very soon they
heard the timbers cracking, and they
were smothered with smoke, and they
miserably died. l suppose every person
in this audience this moment is stepping
into some kind Of refuge. Here you step
in the tower of good works. You say, 81
shall be safe in this refuge" The bat
Elements are adorned; the steps are var
nished; on the wall are pictures OF all
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
A Curious Camp Stove.

An Aroostook, Maine, woodsman, e.
B. White, has a curious and unique ar
rangement for cooking food over an
open fire, which he calls camp range.
1t consists of three-fourths-inch iron
gas pipe, eighteen inches long, hammer
ed to q point at one end and plugged
with metal, through which there are
three small holes, each Of size fit to
hold the end of a wire, say, three-six-
teenths of an inch In diameter Loops
are made OF wire, into which skillets,
pals, pans or other tapering cooking
utensils are fitted snugly. A washer Of
sheet iron fits over the end Of the gas
pipe and is prevented from slipping
clear down by snug metal wristband.
The washer serves to brace the wires.
The gas pipe is driven into the ground
and red embers and Goals placed about
1t. The food Is cooked easily and
quickly. A coffee pot hanger Is also
used, 1t being bent up so that the long
coffee pot will swing clear Of the fire.
Had White cared to do so, he might
have made a snug sum of money by
patenting and selling his handy contri-
vance.-Lewiston (Maine) Journal
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
How to Sleep Best.

The proper position Of beds with re-
gard to the point of the compassHthat
is, whether we should lie north and
south, parallel to the earth's axis, or
east and west, across it's the puzzling
problem propounded by Sir Benjamin
Richardson In an English publication
Ii the head Is turned west there Is q
tendency, 1t Is said, to send the blood
rushing to that organ. If the head
Is east the feet are affected In a similar
way.
Sir Benjamin thinks that IL we
should lie In the line of the axis due
north and south it would be most prob.
able that the rotation Of the earth would
produce no special effect on the blood
In its course to or from the head" As
for himself, he has tried all positions
and sleeps best when his head is turn.
ed towards the United States. The only
objection he has to 1t Is that the sun
wakes him up little earlier than he
likes.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
BAGGAGE OF AMERICANS.
Luxurious but Compact, and suited
to Their Every Want.

Luxurious but Compact, ana suited
to Their Every Want.
While the Englishman travelling may
have six or eight pieces OF baggage
the American, who prefers to have MS
luggage In a compact form, may nave
but one. Instead of carrying his be-
lodgings In a number Of separate pack
ages he puts them In trunk In whlcn
there are separate compartments Tor.
all necessary articles. In this trunk
there is a place for his dressing case
and a place for his silk hat and place
for his shoes. There are compartments
for a dress suit and for other suits,
and for shirts, and for underwear, and
places for ,eckwear and other articles.
Such trunks are made Of sole leather,
of rawhide, and of canvas, and of va
rious Sizes An American going on a
Journey of considerable extent and
duration might get all he desired to
carry into one such trunk.
He would have a number OF travel
ing bags to meet different require
ments. and he would have also small
trunk for use upon occasion, perhaps
upon a yachting trip; though he might
carry aboard a yacht bag or larger
trunk. For trips Of day or two, per-
haps, into the country, be has dress
suit case. These cases ire made now
adays of v-rious dimensions, some OF
them to hold number Of suits. There
Is one deep dress suit case that mas
at one end a compartment for a SILK
hat; the sale of these Is increasing
somewhat but still it is small alto
gether, such a case being rather cum
bersome. The man going on a snort
trip where a high hat would be re-
ouired, as, for instance, for g. coach
ing party, would usually carry a hat
case. Hat cases are made to carry, be-
sides a silk hat, q derby hat and
soft hat; and hat cases are made IN
which two hats may be carried-a SILK
hat and pearl hat, as well as derby
and a soft holland such cases are not
very much higher than an ordinary
hat case, the additional room required
for the added hat being not so great
as might seem necessary.
If he goes into hunting and fishing
he has hunting trunk made conven-
iently arranged to carry his shooting
and fishing clothing and equipment
and with a compartment suitably fit
ted for his guns; his fishing rods are
usually carried, however, in a sole
leather case made especially for that
purpose-New York Sun.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
COLUMBIAN Stamps and Coins.

Columbian Stamps and Coins.
OF all the different denominations OF
Columbian stamps, there are only three
that are out Of use entirely. They are
the fifty ones, the 81 stamp, which Is
worth about Sc, and the 81 stamp, on
which there is also a good premium.
The So, 81 and SIS stamps are yet for
sale at the Washington postoffice, and
various other denominations may be
obtained at different postoffices. A
number of 10-cent stamps were offered
to an agent recently, but agents are not
anxious to invest in the Columbian is
sue. They can buy those stamps some
times for less than face value from III
dividuals who secured large quantities
while stamps were sold everywhere.
and cannot, on account Of the need OF
money, afford to wait for the premiums.
Once in O. great while a Columbian
stamp Is used in the current mail.
Stamped envelopes of the Columbian
issue bring a small premium. A COM
plete set, consisting of five sizes of
1-cent envelopes, eight sizes Of 2-cent,
six sizes of scent and three sizes OF
10-cent envelopes, Is worth 81. There
is also q premium on the centennial
postal cards, which were sold at the
exhibition only, and are very rare.
Columbian half-dollars are not as
much used as might be expected, from
the fact that they are current coins.
There is not more than $40 worth Of
that cast in the sub-treasury and the
receipt is no more than about $40 on
$4,000 of coin. They are sorted out
and kept by themselves, and are not
paid out unless asked for. The demand
Is slight, but it is expected that by
Christmas time the business firms will
want them to give out In change as a
way they did last Christmas. The
treasury will then send to Washington
after as many as are needed and ex-
change them for gold only in large
quantities. The issue of 1892 is prac-
tically out of circulation. which Is per-
haps due to the fact that there is a
premium on it. There Is a Columbian
quarter also, although few knew 1t, and
less have seen one. Not even all who
attended the Worlds Fair can claim
the distinction Of having seen one, and
people who are supposed to know all
about coin do not know the where
abouts of the Columbian quarter. Few
money collectors have any dealings
with the Columbian issue, and IL asked
why, they say ''there is NO money in ii. /"
Boston Transcript.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
How Edison Learned to Tell Storie

How Edison Learned to Tell Stories.
lit seemed like waste Of time." said
a gentleman who passed an evening
with Mr.. Edison in Norwalk, Ohio, re-
Gently, ITO hear Mr.. Edison rolling of
story after story, and demanding Of all
his acQuaintances to tell him more,
when he knew how much information
we might have received from him.
finally asked him how he got to be such
a story teller. WELL he replied, when I
was quite young man l was tele-
graph operator during the war. l was
stationed at st. Louis, which was sort
Of distributing point for a large dis
trict, and when we would get our batch
of stuff of, and we still had several
hours to put in, used to get pretty
tired. Then we would begin to call up
the operator at the other end Of the line
and gossip with him. l always liked
stories, and II Chicago had a good one
he would wire 1t to me. Then l would
send that or to Louisville and New
York and Cincinnati, and hear them
laugh over 1t by wiring back, "Ha, ha.'
over the wire. In this way we would
get all the best stories there were going,
and we would always write them out
for the day men. 1t got to be sort Of
passion after a while, and has stuck to
me ever since "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
WON A FINE PIANO.
Miss Ewing Captured the Prize In q
Vocal Contest at Mexico, Mo.


Seldom 1t is that a budding young
girl whose reputation as singer is
confined almost wholly to her own
society. and who has not been adver'
,ised by q Grau or Locke, receives
the equivalent of $1,000 for the rendi.
tion of three songs before single audi
once That was the good fortune. how
ever. of Miss Annie Ewing, or Jener-
son CITY. Mo-. and her friends through
out the State are pouring conScatuia
lions upon her, not simply because she
won a splendid prize. but Tor tie iur-
ther reason that competent judges de-
cided that she deserved IL for possess
ing a superb voice, trained 10 nicely.
Miss Ewing and five other vocaiists
entered a contest at Hardin College,
Mexico. Mo-, and the prize, piano Val
ued at 81 ,OO0 was awarde1 10 the Jer-
ferson City candidate. Her first seiec-
ton was. "Oh. Patria, Tu che Accenii,"
and she beautifully interpreted Ros-
sini's great composition, her rich con-
tralto voice being In perfect control.
The theme carried her away, and the
audience of music-loving people, rep
resenting several States. paid her
great ovation. She also sang Eiedlin-
gers "Serenade" and Jensaas "Lehn
Define Wang an Meme Wang. with
equally good effect. Miss Ewing Is
handsome blonde. with the ea'rest OF
compilations, auburn hair and azure
blue eyes. She Is a great social favor
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

Lord Of the windsi / feel thee nigh:
know thy breath In the burning SKY;
And wait, with thrill in every vein,
For the coming OF the hurricane.
And 10! on the wing of the heavy gales.
Through the bound.ess arch Of heaven nc
sails.
Silent and slow, and terribly strong,
The mighty shadow is borne along.
Like the dark eternity to come;
While the world below, dismayed and
dumb,
Through the calm of the thick, not AZ
mosphere
Looks up at its gloomy folds with fear.
They darken fast, and the golden oiaze
or the sun is Quenched in the lurid haze
And he sends through the shade funeral
ray
A glare that Is neither night nor day,
beam that touches with hues Of death
The clouds above and the earth beneath.
To its covert glides the silent bird.
While the hurricanes voice Is heard
Uplifted among the mountains round,
And the forests hear and answer the
sound.
He Is come! he Is come! do ye not behold
His ample robes on the wind unrolled!
Giant of air! we bid thee hail!
How his gray skirts toss In the whiriins
gale;
How his huge and writing arms are bent
To clasp the zone of the ornament,
And fo.d at length, In their dark embrace
From mountain to mountain the visible
space.
Darker-still darker! the whirlwinds bear
The dust of the plains to the middle air;
And bark to the crashing, long and loud,
OF the chariot Of God In the thunder
cloud!
You may trace its path by the flashes that
start
From the rapid wheels wher'er they dart
As the fire. bolts leap to the world below,
And flood the skies with lurid glow.
What roar is that?-'tis the rain that
breaks
In torrents away from the airy lakes.
Heavily poured on the shuddering ground
And shedding a name.ess horror round.
AM Well-kuOW0 WoOQS, &uu HouueoAAs
and skies,
With the very clouds!ye are lost to my
eyes.
seek ye vainly, and see In your place
The shadowy tempest that sweeps
through space,
A whirling ocean that fills the wall
OF the crystal heaven and buries all.
And I, cut off from the world, remain
Alone with the terrible hurricane.
William Cullen Bryant ii
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
A Mystery OF the Rife.

Somethir that no man understands
is why rifle, clapped in an immovable
vice, will not put the bullets In the
same hole every time, even II the wind
does not ,terfere. A correspondent
of Shooting, and Fishing tells how he
put rifle "f 80 caliber into wise and
fired It ten times, the sights being al
ways aimed at q mark. The bullets
went all over four-inch circle at fifty
yards. theoretically all ought to have
gone into the same hole.
A man who holds his rife gripped
hard at one time and easily at another
will not shoot as well as one who
takes the same hold Of his rife every
time. The best results are obtained
from bench rests when the man puts
his shoulder against the rife butt.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
New Means of Light.

An entirely new form Of lighting was
used at n dinner party few weeks ago
in Rue de Longchamps, Paris. Neither
gas, oil lamps, electricity nor candles
were used, but every object was rem
dered phosphorescent The ceiling"
said one of the guests, spanked with
diamonds; pictures, flowers, carpets
emitted luminous rays; the ladies'
dresses were illuminated; the very
compilations sent forth beams of moony
light, while their hands cleaned like
so many well-o'-the-wisps." The phos-
phorescent face powder used on this
occasion was invented by French
chemist, NJ. Charles Henry. 1t Is de-
scribed as lending a moonlight radi-
ance, very becoming to some.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

"People sometimes ask me-" said an
old soldier, "if was at Gettysburg.
and when tell them the fact that
was not. do you know that sort of i'm
agine that some Of them think that then
Icouldn't have been very much Of SOL
dierS I suppose it's natural enough too.
1t is perfectly natural that people should
be most impressed by the greatest bat
ties Of the war, and natural enough to
get an idea that the greater the battle
the greater the danger and the greater
the call for bravery. but as matter of
fact, man can be killed just as dead
in little fight as in big one New
York Sun.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
AN APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.

The man who is charitable to himself will
BY his stomach, or his liz er, in the shape of
divers dyspeptic quslms and uneasy sensa-
tions In the re ions of the lands that secretes
hH bile. Hos'etiers stomach Bitters, my Gear
cir, or msdam-as the case may be-is what you
re IRE. Hasten to use. II you are troubled
vi b heartburn, wind in the stomach, or note
IN your skiu or the whites of your g, es are
taking O sallow hue.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
Young Cockerels as Broilers,

The best time to thin out surplus
fowls, especially the cockerels, is when
they attain the right size for broilers.
They will bring more then than after
they have attained full growth in the
fall. when most Of the thinning out is
usually done by farmers and when the
market is sure to be glutted For early
broilers in June and the fore part of
July an extra price can generally be
obtained, as the market then Is not 90
well supplied as 1t Is later.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

San Francisco is putting on city airs.
The street committee decided last week
not to permit the laying of plank side
walks In the suburbs of the city here
after. The walks must henceforth be
Of concrete or bitumen and at lea at
three feet wide.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

Oxalate of lime is found in the bark
Of trees. The strange discovery has
recently been made by DR.. Kraus, in
Germany. showing that there is a
steady loss of these crystals during the
winter season.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

It is now claimed that foods stored
in an atmosphere of carbolic acid gas
are preserved indefinitely, the fresh
ness and flavor being retained better
than by the use Of dangerous antisep-
tees or Of ice.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

Over so0.000 specimens of fossil in
sects have been collected from various
parts of the world. OF these, butter
fiies are among the very rarest, az less
than twenty specimens al told. have
been found
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

The trouble with the man who is al
ways talking about what he'd do If he
had plenty Of money, is that he never
has any.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

The man who sits down to wait for
q golden opportunity to knock at his
door will need thick cushion on his
chair.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

lite, not only at her home in Jefferson,
but Is popular at Hardin, and the de-
cision in her favor meets with hearty
approval among a large circle Of Miss
Ewing's admirers.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

Telegraphs in tho United States.
This country has 1.000.O0 miles Of
telegraph wires-enoush to reach forty
times around tho globA
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

A temperature Of 1000 to 5000 do.
gress can be produced only between the
carbon points Of an electric arclight.
The next hottest place in the world ii
In the crucible Of an electric furnace.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

When man puts on another suit.
the other men say: New, or cleaned
upr
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

Speed at Which Blood Travels.
Human blood travels through the ar
teries from the heart at a speed Of
twelve feet per second
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
HoIrrs SCHOOL Sos soys.
frx,x Common. Aueu.. lru.,

tan excellent institution, beautifully
situated at Burlingame, San Mateo Coun-
~, Cal. Having had occasion to investi-
gate the management and methods Of
HOitt's School, We are satisfied that fol
careful supervision Of boys and thorough
no superior. It has fairly earned its In
creasing popnlarity."-6 r. Evening Post
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

There Is nothing Ike mortgage to
make . man prompt In paying his debts.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23

Some st. Louis physicians insist that
the anti. toxine treatment will cure the
consumption as well as the diphtheria.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-23
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications as they cannot reach the
d'seesrd l'orti n of the ear. There is only one
eay :" cure deafness, and that 10 by constitution
o. r. medIe<. Deafness 10 osused by an inflsmed
condition OF tn mucous lining of Eustach' an
Tube. When this 'ube geu inf1amed you have
rnmbling sound OF imp RECT hearing and
when IL is entirely closed deafness Is the result
and unless The Inflammation can re taken out
snd This tube res ored 10 it. normal co dition,
he I'll i'll be destroyed forever; nine cases
out Of ten sre caused by catsrrh, which is
nothing Int an infamed condition OF the
mucous surfaces.
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by cstsrrh) that can
not ne cured by HALLS Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
believe Piso's Cure il the only medi-
cine that will cure COMMUNICATIONS
IL. Ross, Williamsport, Pa, Nov. IL, 80.
FITs.-All d 9 stopped free by DIR. Kliue's
Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after Il e first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and " 90
trial bottle free to Fit cases Send to DIR. Kline,
ssl Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa
TRY GERMKA for breakfast.