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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
GREAT GRAPE INDUSTRY.
The shores of Lake Chautauqua supply
Half the Country.

The shores of Lake ChautauQua Supply
Half the Country.
The management of the vineyard Is
an interesting study and one which to
be successful requires technical knowl-
edge In the large vineyards, AS a rule,
the owner himself gives personal super
vision TO every detail Sometimes a
manager or oyerseer performs these du-
ties. One OF the largest growers in this
section tells me that the most successful
grower is the foreigner, who, with his
family Of eight or ten, comes and leases
or buys % or 90 acres OF land, each
member of tie family having his or her
part in the work TO perform from spring
until picking time, while the winter IS
devoted to the making of the baskets
Thus no outside expenditure is incurred,
and when the grapes are sold the pro-
ceeds return TO the family as the profit
on the individual labor of each member,
quite in contrast with the large owner,
who is compelled to hire help TO do each
little thing in addition 10 buying his
baskets.
The Concord grape is the only variety
of any consequence raised in this region,
and some idea of the magnitude Of the
business carried on may be had when it
is known that the shipments for one
year from Chautauqua county alone
will amount to $500 carloads, 5000
baskets OF 10 pounds each in each car.
These are taken from the grower by
some one of the numerous growers as
sociations, whose business it is TO find
market Strange as it may seem, it is
nevertheless true that three-fourths Of
them go to points west of Chicago while
the other one fourth travels eastward.
The making Of baskets is an impor-
tant item. Many factories are employed.
The price ranges from to , = cents per
basket. Thus the grower who would find
his business in any way profitable must,
in addition 10 the cost OF the basket,
realize at least cent per pound for his
grapes, while today it is a common
thing to find ten pound basket on the
retail market slow sale at 10 cents.
Thus we find that the utmost care must
be taken in the management OF vine
yard to make it profitable. -Chautau-
GUAM.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
A ROYAL CORNER.
TOW the Sacred, If Lonely Precinct Wa
Invaded by an American.

Uow the Sacred. If Lonely, Precinct Was
Invaded by M American.
An American attending IL wedding re-
:eption in a great house in London con-
graduated bride and bridegroom and
passed the usual compliments with the
host and hostess.
There was great throng of guests,
and he could not lingcr at the entrance
Of the drawing room when there were
many behind him anxious to offer their
greetings.
Perceiving quiet corner to the right
of the bride where a gentleman and u
lady were standing apart from the other
guests he went directly to it, unwit-
tingly coming to Il stop between two
royal personages.
The American was not aware OF the
fact that he was face to face with one of
the queens daughters and had turned
his back upon another member of the
royal family. He stood quietly looking
about, hoping 10 SEQ some acquaintance
in the company with whom he might
have "a chat, and soon became uncom-
fortably conscious that he was attracting
attention and that the hostess and bride
wero casting uneasy Chances III the d.
rection of the corner where lie had taken
shelter. While the drawing room was
crowded, the company Of guests with
one consent avoided the secluded corner
xyhore he and his two royal companions
were stationed.
an acquaintance i'll the background
perceived his mistake, and coming with
in hailing distance motioned to him.
ETc left his two mpanions i'll exclusive
occupation Of the corner, turning his
back upon both as he edged his way
through tie throng, while everybody
stared at Him. When he reached the
spot where his acquaintance was wait
ing for him, the stage whisper was
breathed into his ear:
''You have been poaching on royal
preserves You are privileged charac-
ter because you are al American, but
no Englishman ventures to turn his back
upon a prince or a princess. People were
staring you out Of countenance because
they took it for granted that you must
be royal parsonage, yet they were un'
able to identify you. y
The answer might have been made
that every American is sovereign by
the divine right of equality Of free cit
izenship, but this would have been a
meaningless pleasantly in an English
drawing room, where social etiquette
has sanctity superior to loyalty to
democratic principle.
The American thanked his friend for
rescuing him from an embarrassing po-
sition, and then stood by and watched
the corner where royalty was isolated
from too close contact with the world
of wealth and fashion.
No guest approached the royal pair.
Their presence was an act Of condescen-
sion 10 the host and hostess and they
remained Oh exhibition as the patrons
of this social function without having
their corner invaded. Everybody was
careful not to approach them too close
". and there was general serse CT re-
lief when they departed and the ne
cessitv for backing away from them
on side tracks was removed outh 8
Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
The End of Books.

What brings about the end Of books?
Is it fire, water, worms? AS every ship
launched is bound to be wrecked, every
theater to tie burned, the fms of the
book is its reduction to ashes What be-
came Of the Alexandrian library? Did
the Saracens burn it III GAO? There IS
this question asked: Was there any IL
brary at Alexandria containing 700, 000
books: C;ibbon inclines to the opinion
that there was 10 such library. Caron
Taylor insists that if there had been a
library it was burned i'll the time of Ju-
Illus Caesar. Tradition seems to indicate,
however, that there was a library III
the Serapeum, By 10 means Il large col
lection, but whether destroyed by The
ophilus or Theodosius is not known. It
looks as if the charge brought against
the Arabs rested on no foundation Re-
cent explorations of Alexandria, 1896,
show no traces of the Serapeum. The
seaport of Egypt was built on a damp
foundation, and, granting that there
was library, if not destroyed by fire,
then the papyri might have suffered
from decay due to water. Books of to-
day taken to India, to the southern
states and to the West Indies perish
through mildew.-New York Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
A PULLING PARIS HOUSE.
It Has Two Spiral stairways Which Look
Like Ono at Times.

It Has Two Spiral Stairways Which Look
Like Ono at Times.
One of the greatest curiosities of Paris
is the house with the double staircase.
1t does not figure in the guidebook and
is not among the places OF interest that
are photographed, but for all that, it
is of greater interest than many of the
things that come within this class.
This house has entrances at So Rue
Radzivill and at is Rue de Nalois 1t Is
in the quarter of the PalaN Royal-that
palace now given up largely to restau-
rants and cheap jewelry shops, and once
the residence of the most licentious OF
French princes, tho regent d'Orleans.
The quarter is one of the most central
in Paris, and all Americans who have
been in Paris know it, but the house,
which is few steps from the Palais
Royal, the Rue dc Rivoli and the Louvre,
escapes general attention because 1t faces
on dark and marrow streets.
Each staircase begins on opposite sides
of the central space of the house and is
continued separate right up TO the roof.
They are in y graceful spiral form. The
house is nine stories high, Il very con-
siderable height for one so Old As You
look up the wall you can hardly realize
that there is more than one stairway.
The resulted this arrangement is that
enc stairway takes you to the first floor
apartment on the right, the second floor
on the left, and so on. The other stair
way takes you TO the first floor on the
left, the second floor on the right, and
so on. You must be very careful &c
choose the right stairway when You are
going 10 an apartment, otherwise you
may mount as far rs the sixth floor and
find yourself on the wrong side of the
Souse. 1t is just rs we'll then 10 go &c
the top and come down by the other
stairway.
1t is difficult to describe the puzziing
effect of this contrivance on those who
SEQ it for the first time. No more in
genious contrivance for exciting pro-
family and causing confusion was ever
designed by architect. The beauty lies
in its simplicity. which gives it an adj
vantage over secret doors and such III
borious devices.
1t is favorite trick with those who
know the house 10 take moderately in
toxicated friends 10 SEQ it. The man
who knows tells his friend TO go up
stairs. Then he goes up himself by the
opposite stairway. When he has gone
up about TWO stories. he leans over the
balustrade and tells his friend TO join
him. The inebriate endeavors to do so,
running up and down stairs, but never
able to catch the orher.-New Yorl
journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
TRAPPING CROWS.
1t Is Not an Easy Matter to Net the Willy
Birds.

It Is Not an Easy Matter to Net the Willy
Birds.
Crows are trapped and sold to sports
men for shooting matches, usually bring
ing $40 per 100, but. like other things,
when scarce they bring more.
1t is 10 simple matter to trap crows,
for the crow is n willy bird, and To catch
him i'll Il net set for that purpose re-
quires skill, and patience rs well, but
the hunger of the crow is always tho
trapper's greatest aid One man alono
would make but little Roadway catching
crows and would probably sit all day in
his little bough house ready to spring
his net, but the crows would give his
bait wide berth because they would
know that he WAS there.
After placing the carcass of some ami
NAL on Il field the net is set close to it
by bending poles Of saplings, on which
the net is hung flat to the ground, where
they are held down by triggerlike pegs,
and Il line run so yards or more to n
house built of boughs, where the trap
per is secreted.
Another carcass is usually laid some
hundreds Of yards distant on the same
or another field. where there is no net
set. The t1apreIs. uS@"lly two i'll nCm-
Der. 60 into the tGrs!l lease tcgfthrr
before day iek., md wiz. iile cre"s BE-
gin to assemble CT tic l.; e. tlgot them
goes or aua v:!ks MY shec:oWs,
seeing hill ls,vc :-.gV Il l3.ii' holder
and apfesa, = thc -; i:....t> ;,l9 ',teS.
but stop ~ y less snog: -, u brak-
full Of tie i.t>h ai.cf,-c;i s.;.in. Tie
carcass where there Is &c ast sct IS CT
course lie hest natre:i I'd, buT the tap
per on the outside m:,.,s it his lu>:ne $
to walk near enough to that to keep tie
crows from settling Gil ii in numbers
and thus satisfying their hunger with
out going TO the one where the net is.
After awhile their hunger gets the bet
ter of their Judgment OF their fear, and
they gather on the carcass where the
net is This is the opportunity OF the
man in the bough house, who, with a
vigorous pull Oh the line, springs the
net over them. Quick work must be
done then by the lrappers, who rush up
TO the net, TO keep the trapped crows
from crawling cut at the ends and the
front, where it is not staked fast TO the
ground. With their hands covered with
stout buckskin gloves, 10 keep the crows
from biting and scratching them, tie
captured birds are put i'll bags ready to
be carried off the field From 40 to 60
are frequently caught at one pull, but it
is rare thing to get more than two
springs of the net in one day.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
Musical Recitation.

Although tie Quakers, rs Il sect, do
not favor music, regarding it as profit
less amusement INDUCED in by tie
worlds people, there are occasionally
stories told which show that tire love of
music sometimes steals its way into 4
Quaker household in spite of discipline.
George Thompson, the famous English
abolitionist, while lecturing Oh the abo-
lition of slavery in the British provinces,
stopped one night with a Quaker family.
He was great lover of music. and at
that time WAS coed singer.
During the evening he sang "Oft In
the Silly Night, which was listened
to with the closest attention.
In the morning his Quaker hostess
appeared somewhat uneasy. She wished
to hear the song again, hut it would
hardly 90, she thonght, for her TO re-
quest its repetition. At last, however,
her desire overcaIne her scra2les.
George" She said, with a faint pink
color i'll her soft checks, will thee re-
peat the words Of last evening i'll thy
usual annrr?''-Youth $ Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
ON THE PRAIRIE.

Bare. low, tawny hills,
With hlucr heights beyond
And the air is sweet with spring,
But when will the earth rospondf
Prairie that rolls for leagues,
Dusliy and golden pale,
Like Il stirlcss sea of waves.
Unbroken by ship or sail
Tho hollows are dark with brush
And LACK with the wash Of showers
And ragged with bleaching wrock
OF the ranks of the tall sunilowers.
No cloud in the blue, no stir
Save the shrill of the wind in tho grass,
And the meadow larll's note, and tho call
OF the wind horno crows that pass.
Bare, low. tawny hills,
With blucr heights beyond,
And the air is sweet with spring,
But when will the earth rcspondf
-Ecrbort Bolcs III New York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
Her Trim.

''How did the queen Of Sheba travel
when she went 10 see Solomon:" asked
the teacher of her Sunday school class
Of little girls
No one ven;ured an answer.
"If you had studied your lesson, you
could not have helped knowing" said
their teacher. stNow look over the verses
again. V
Gould she have gone ny the cars?'
asked the teacher, beginning to lose pa
tiencc as the children consulted their
books, but appeared to arrive at 10 con-
clusion.
"Yes'm said a little girl at the end
of the class. She went by steam cars. :"
''Did she, indeed? Well, Louise, we
would like to know how you found that
out?'
Gin the second verse, " responded the
child, ''it says she came with a very
great train New York Advertiser.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16

Mr.. Blutf-Lool; here, young man,
you're always going a5cat With my
daughter, aid l wait IL know what
your intentions arc lcc....ii::...; her?
Young Mall really hayc 10 inten-
tions, SIR.
Mr.. Bluff (angril7)-Thcn, what do
you mean by amusing yoarself at my
daughters expense?
Young sdan (;:irily)-I'm net anus
ing nlysllf st yocr daughters expense,
sir, but az L ; oun expense. | always
pay for tho tl:eater tickets and refresh-
nlents.=Femr-nn' S WcekIY.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
omcials without an Office.

The queens watermen arc officials
without an Office. A waterman without
barge must be something like an editor
without paper. But we must not for
get this difference, that while one fat
tens on the indulgence Of the nation
the other would starve There are alto
gether 36 Of this admirable body of dc
nothings. For performing their task az
mirably they receive solatium Of about
c5 q notwithstanding
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
NEED FOR SLEEP.
Tho Most Important Compensation 70
All Effects of Fatigue.

Tho Most Important Compensation Tor
All Effects of Fatigue.
by far the NEST important compensa-
ton fer al effects of fatigue is sleep.
Every body, even the man mentally most
inert, develops when awake n mass of
mental effort which lie cannot afford
continuously without suffering. We
need, therefore, regularly recurring Pc
RODS in whieh the consumption Of men
tai force shall be slower than the COLI
tinuous replacement. The lower the dc
gree to which the activity Of the brain
sinks the more rapid and more COM
plete the recovery.
The mental vieor Of most men is usu-
ally maintained at a certain height for
the longest time in tie forenoon. Evil
dence CT fatigue come OH later at this
time of day than in the evening, when
the store of force III our brain has been
already considerably drawn upon by the
whole days work. If no recovery hg
sleep is enjoyed CT it is imperfect the
consequences will Invariably make
themselves eVlQent TIE EeaG uiy III u
depression Of mental vigor, as we'll as
in q rise in tie personal susceptibility
to fatigue. The rapidity with which one
of the persons experimental upon could
perform his task in addition sank about
a third after a nights journey by rail
way with insufficient sleep. Another
experimenter could detect the effects of
keeping himself awake at night in a
gradual decrease of vigor lasting through
four days. This observation was all tho
more surprising because the subject was
not conscious Of the long duration of the
disturbance and WIS first made aware of
it Incidentally by the results of contin-
ued measurements on the causes of the
manifestations of fatigue. Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
About the Same.

"By the way, where is the major
nowadays?" asked the mutual friend.
"He is in an institution for the treat
ment of the feeble minded" said the
colonel, with trace of acrimony in his
voice.
"You don't say''
"Well, sab, they don't call the place
by that name, sab. But you can see for
yo'self that it amounts to the same
thing. It is water cure establishments
sab. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
Before the Effects Wore OF.

"say, you're the fourth Teller that
has come here to try to trade bosses to-
day" said Farmer Shortcrop. "Whut's
got into you all?''
"W'y," said the visiting farmer
sheepishly, "the story got out someways
that you'd got religion at the revival
las night. ''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
In the Omnibus.

Conductor-Beg pardon, madame. but
these coppers are counterfeit.
Lady-Oh, excuse mel Keep those for
fee Here are some good ones.
Conductor with q deep bow)-Many
thanks, madame. Paris Figaro.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16

''Ice is an awfully ruinous thing
sighed Cholly. In winter whole towns
are bankrupted By ice gcrees, and il!
the summer the young men are bank.
rupted by ice cream gorses. ,'-ChicaGC
Tribune
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16

Every man will find his own privsts
affairs more difficult to manage and
control than any public affairs III which
he may be engaged. -Lord Melbourne
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16

R. H. Nicholas, Superintendent.
Cape Charles, Va.
K. B. Cooke, Gen'l Freight md Pas
senger Agent, Norfolk. Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16

Not more than one criminal in a
thousand sentenced for life, or 90 years,
by the courts of the United States serves
more than 20 years.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16
WINTER SCHEDULE ssass
OF THE iss * &.
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway COMPANY
Steamer EASTERN SlEDRE;.
CAPT. q. Fl RAYNO1.

9
CAPT. q. Fl RAYNoR.
sundays Tor Fotds. Crlsileld. Harborton, evens
Bogrs' .Huntlng Greek, .sicssoDgo ahd
.Rueis, RETURNING.-ea Rua's Tues
duys T. sShields tbs, Davis; D. "i;eads' 30
concord 10 30, sSandua l2:3i .Cedar View
/, Boggs $50. Evans's, Hsrborton $3.50 CHS
field 6. Ford's s.
w-1nesdn,s fur Fords Crlshed, Hnrbortop
Evans, Boggs, Hunting creek ALL Messongo
KETURNlNG- Messongo Wednesdays .1t,,
Ca. M, Hunting Crecx $, |Da1ls II r0"n
.kead's 81 concord l. Eoggs 80, Evnns :,
H-rbprtnn $780, Crlslield 6, FUru's {
Steamer will labd aud i;.kc freight and passen.
gers to and from Baltimore.
-,AliSteamers leave cr1sDela ioi saIS'-
- more. on arl val OF iast1oSE 'fa1"
freight ana passenger. rcccI"c1 ~ al !'Gb.:a
u. The u. Y, Pills and Norfolk, Vic nc: -.
pocomolc n. R. daily, Delaware. si&s; ;"nd &c
p,.,r1y.,y no try,gli ,suei..'c ,i;-,. ) IL =,
-, must be prepaid to a.. ..'iuia, Exc
y: the x 9. Phlla. aud Nortol< Salf'hf'l
Willard Thomson +: Il; C .f
Gen Mlra:fr tTeiai "ee'''
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-16

With piercing steel Mt ;iold 1Icrcutios breast.
Who, MI rs hot. turns .ica1iy Point to point.
And, witlia III. rial s.c:;;. with one hand beats
Cold death ;si,a and With tin other sends
1t bacl, to Tybat, whose dcXtcrity
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-06-10
ASSAULTED LABOUCHERE.
A Minister'S Son Used n HOrsewhip
on the Editor of Truth.

London, June Awhile Henry LabOu-
chere, the editor of Truth and radical
member of parliament, was on his way
mons today, n young man accosted hin,
and struck him several blows with d
horsewhip. 1t was reported at first that
the assault arose from the charges Mr..
Labouchere brought against some of the
principals concerned in the Transvaal
raid, but later it developed that the as
sailant of Mr.. Labouchere is the son of
the Rev. George Brooks, otherwise known
as "the prince of begging letter writer's"
whose dOings. were exposed in the col
umns of Truth. Brooks, who was former
ly a Methodist parsOn, was said to have
obtained the sum of $4,000 within n
period of five years by sending begging
letters to cabinet ministers. dukes. arch
bishops, directors of the Bank of England,
generals, admirals, and, it is said. to Mr..
Waldorf Astor. Brooks, who has been
dubbed Bounty Brooks" from the fact
that he succeeded in obtaining a grant
of 200 pounds sterling from the royal
bounty fund voted every year by parlia-
ment to enable the queen to assist de-
serving literary men and women, brought
a suit for libel against Mr.. Labouchere,
which resulted in verdict in the latter's
favor, who is credited with having spent
about. 100000 during recent years in
exposing frauds.
The attack was merely technical as
sault. Mr.. Labouchere was not injured,
and after demonstrating somewhat with
his assailant, walked down the street with
him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-06-10
Fredericksburg Items.

Fredericksburg, Tex, June 3.-(Spe
cial. )-Mr. Theodore Il. w. Dietch OF
Kerrville and Miss Anna Beckmann Of
this place were married at the residence
of the brides father last week. Mr.
Dietch is prominent business man OF
Kerrville, and Miss Beckmann IL the
daughter of II. w. Beckmann, one of the
leading furniture dealers of this section
and one Of the leading citizens of this
place.
Two of the oldest citizens of this coun-
ty died last week. Mrs. Josh, aged 81
and Baron John Otto Won Meusbach
aged 50. The latter, though living in
Mason county at the time of his death,
settled here in 1876, and did much good
work in the settlement and development
of this section of country.
Mrs. William Nimitz and children OF
Kerrville have been here visiting rela-
tives.
Mr.. Otto Wahrmund and family from
San Antonio have been here for several
days, visiting their friends.
Farmers are busy harvesting the large
wheat crop, which has always been a
great help to this county.
Mr.. Christian Kiser and family have
been visiting here last week. Mr.. Kiser
is one of the prominent stockmen Of Ma
son county.
Several good showers Of rain fell In diff
fcrrr't portions Of the county Inst week.