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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11
|1B7B]CZ FERTILIZER &CHBhICAb Co
F1igh Grade Fertilizers for all crops.
The following testimonials submitted of the farmers OF the
Eastern Shore Who have tested their merits:
TESTE@ OMEAlS
Onancock, Va. Jan. 4th, 1899.
Mr. .1ames 8. CloOo.
Observation-Disclosures OF

Onancock, Va. Jan. 4th, 1899.
Mr.. James S. Clogg,
Dear Sir:-As to the use OF the
goods of the DERRICK Fertilizer. all /
can say is, that they have given me
as well as by neighbors. satisfaction.
They are the best goods ever used.
and l think my neighbors would say
80 too. Yours &c,
IRA HOPKINS.
Exmore. Va, Jan. Sd, 1899.
James s Clogg,
Dear Sir:-You want me to tell
you what I think of the fertilizer
goods you represent-that is Of the
DERRICK Co.-Well, / think that they
are as good as any ever used. par
ticularIy the goods you recommended
for potatoes, both sweets and round.
Yours, &C.,
Onancock, Va, Jan. LIST, 1899.
Mr.. J s. Clogg, Pocomoke City, Md.
Dear Sir:-In reply to your in.
curry as to the DERRICK Fertilizer 81
Chemical Co. fertilizer sold by US the
past year. we will say this, what we
sold gave perfect satisfaction and we
shall use and cell more of it this year,
and think it good fertilizer.
Yours very truly,
HOPKINS & BROTHER.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11

In comparing it with other varie-
ties, the Lady Thompson is taken,
which is a wonderful berry, bringing
forth q large number of quarts to the
acre. never failing. Reid's Early
Prolific is week to ten days earlier.
ripens in bulk, deep red, large size,
perfect bloomer and decidedly
better berry. The fruit brought from
five to ten cents more per quart last
season in the berry markets than
other varieties.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11

The Daughters of the Confederacy
st Wytheville will erect q monument
there in honor OF the Confederate
dead whose graves are in the city
cemetery. The contract has been let
and the monument will be completed
in four months. The unwilling will
take place about the first of June
with appropriate ceremonies.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11

Prof. R. c. Price,of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, has just re-
ceived notice of his election as a
Fellow of the Chemical Society of
England. Such election is one of the
greatest honors any American
chemist can receive and is an unmis-
taxable testimony to his high stand
ING in his profession.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11
REID'S
Early Prolific
STRAW gM!Gs&Ye

After being fully tested is now offer
ed to the trade by Il. 8. Reid y Co ,
growers of strawberry plants.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11

Patsy Ward, beyond doubt the
oldest person in the Valley or vlr-
ginia, possibly in the State. having
been born on February 25, 1909, on a
farm two miles east of Luray, cele-
brated her 10th birthday on the 25th
of last month at her home near Oak
Hill, that county. She lives with one
of her daughters.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11

Two brass cannons taken from a
Spanish fort at Guantanamo have
been added to the collection OF
curiosities in the navy yard park in
Norfolk. The pieces are dated
"Sevilla, 1867 are six inch calibre
and mounted on oak carriages. lu
comparison with the modern or
dnance they furnish II striking illus
tration of the march of improvement
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11

Norman Chance died at the home
of his father in Petersburg, Monday.
A month ago there were nine in the
family, and there are now only two
LETT, the father and youngest son,
who is i'll. The other members OF the
20 rniln diad from nnanmnniA
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11

The funeral of Hon. Michael
Glennan, late editor of the Virginia-
Pilot, of Norfolk, took place Sunday
from st. Mary's church. Despite the
hardest rain of the season, nearly two
thousand people attended. Delega-
tions, from the Business Mems Asso-
citation, Pickett Buchanan Camp,
Confederate Veterans, and other ore
ranizationS were present.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11

Greenbackville, Va, Feb. 2G, '99.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11

An alumnus of the University OF
Virginia, of New York, who has just
died, has donated to the University
of Virginia his estate, valued at $l0,-
600. and it is now in shape to be real
lied. The object of the donation is to
create an alcove in the library de-
voted entirely to Virginia history.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17
PASSING OF THE OK.
One of the Sad hut Inevitable Results
of the Quickened Life of
the Country

Notwithstanding the ubiquity of the
bicycle and the tardy development of
the automobile. there is no evidence
that the horse is losing ground in our
social and domestic economy, says the
Boston Transcript. On the contrary,
there has been an increase of about 40
per cent. in horsefiesh since 1912, and of
about 12 per cent. in the number of
mules, while that dear, quaint and
faithful servant of man, the patient OK,
has barely held his own in the last 16
years. This is perhaps one of the in
evitable results of the quicliened life
of the country. His star is in the de-
scendant. While the country may be
congratulated upon the increased push
which demands greater speed and
power in our modern activities, sigh
of regret will nevertheless follow the
vanishing OK just as it did the old stage
coach when the locomotive forced it
off the road. The gradual passing
away of the OK as beast of burden has
the pathos that attaches to the extinc-
tion of one of the early families. They
came into the country together, and
together they took a pioneer part in its
development. They felled and drew off
the trees, they tore up the stumps, they
scanned and mellowed the rooty soil,
making it richly responsive to the
needs of man. They pulled out the
great stones that fretted the faces of
nature and made garden spots of the
rugged hillside and plain. The OK was
a factor of every enterprise. He was
on the farm, at the wharf and the mill,
and when in those early days of ex-
pensive and adventurous ideas the old
places seemed too contracted for the
settler he bundled his family into
prairie schooner, while his faithful
oxen dragged the ponderous vain a
six months journey toward the setting
sun, accomplishing distance which we
may now be whirled between the twi-
light and dawn, browsing cheerily as
they wended their toilsome way along,
and boarding themselves when the
time for nightly camping arrived. But
the old fellow has had his day except
where the conditions are still primi
tive. Once he was the steady reliance
of every farmer, but now one hardly
sees a yoke in the harvest field or the
plow lot. His pace cannot be read
justed to the quick step of modern ideas
and inventions, and utilitarianism has
no use for the poetic or the pictur-
esque More and mere his destination
is coming TO be the shambles. This
makes life shorter and we might say
but merriment in an OK is in
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17
THE CORN KERNEL.
Its Chemistry Explained In a Bulie-
tin Issued by the Illinois Ex-
pertinent Station.

Bulletin SO of the Illinois Expert
ment station treats OF the chemistry of
the corn kernel. In part it says:
By mechanical means the corn kernel
has been separated into four different
parts. These may be designated (see
suD as a, the coat, or hull, of the ker-
mel; b, the hard glutenoYs layer un-
derneath the hull much thicker at the
sides than at the crown; c, the chit, or
germ, and d, the starchy matter con-
stituting the chief body of the kernel.
The germ is about 12 per cent. of the
kernel, but it contains nearly twice as
much mineral matter and three or four
times as much oil as all of the rest of
the kernel. The germ is also rich in
protein, but the chief part of that con-
stituent is contained in the glutenous
layer. The hulls and starchy portion
of the kernel consists largely of car
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17
SING A SONG.

Nf you'll sing a song as you 20 along,
In the face OF the real or the fancied wrong;
IN spite OF the doubt II you'll fight II out,
And show IA heart that is brave and stout;
II you'll laugh at the jeers and refuse the
tears.
You'll force the ever-reluctant cheers
That the world denies when coward cries.
10 give to the man who braveiy tries;
And you'll win success with little song
II you'll sing the song as you go alongl
II you'll sing a song as you plod along,
You'll find that the busy. rushing throng
WIN catch the strain of the glad refrain.
1'hat the sun will follow the binding rain;
That the clouds will fly from the blackencd
sky:
That the stars will come out by and by:
And youll make new friends, till hope de-
scends
From where the placid rainbow bends;
And all because of little song
M you'n sing the song as you plod along.
It you'll sing a song as you trudge along.
You'll see that the singing will make you
strong;
And the heavy load and the rugged road.
And the sing and the stripe OF the tortuous
goad
VIII soar with the note that you set afioat:
That the beam will change to a triling
mote:
That the world is bad when you are SAD,
And bright and beautiful when glad
That all you need is little song
If you'll sing the song as you trudge along!
philadelphia Telegraph.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17
HINTS FOR ST0CKMEN.

Furnish the swine plenty of good
dry bedding.
Don't send diseased hogs to market.
1t is of no use.
Feeding ground grain is more eco
nomical than feeding whole grain.
Remember that if hogs bunch to-
gether they should be routed OUT.
Don't let the horses stand in hot ma
nure, unless you expect scratches.
Ice cold water taken into the stomach
of any animal retards its digestion.
When colt is we'll broke it is worth
twice as much as one that is no, well
broken.
When the hog is fat, sell it. Don't
waste good grain in waiting for bet
ter market.
Farmers themselves could do a good
ieal toward increasing the consumption
Of corn by making larger use of it for
food.
Soft coal in small quantities viii not
do hog any harm. or any good so far
as we know, we would say to an in
quirer.
Whatever anybody may say the cook
ing of food means the saving of food
and The more rapid fattening of the
animal.
II any animal is fed dry. fat:ening
feed all winter 1t will be luck IL i; does
not become sick. Feed some roots. en-
silage, or the bone and muscle form
ing foods. A little oil meal is good.-l
Western Plowman.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17
LOADING DRESSED HOGS.
Device by Means of Which the Car
cass Is Handled with Almost
No Lifting.

One of the chief outdoor difficulties
at butchering time is the loading of
heavy dressed hogs intended for mar
ket. Frequently this is done by one
man, aided by the women of the house
hold, and it is usually productive Of
much nervousness and some irrita-
bility. All this may be remedied in the
following way:
Make and keep from one season to an
other large tripod by joining al the
top three stout poles, c, 13 feet long.
Keep the upper ends of the poles from
splitting by means of iron bands. The
lower ends are sharpened to a point.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17

A salt water fire protection service
has been established in Boston for a
limited area. A line of pipe has been
laid to point near the post office and a
number OF hydrants laid on il. This,
it is hoped, is the beginning of COM
prehensiye system OF independent fire
protection for the business district of
the city. Such system has been advo-
Gated for number Of years.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17

The upper ends of the poles to form the
tripod are Joined by strong iron rod
or bolt. a. An iron, b, formed like the
letter U is fastened to the outside ends
of the rod which joins the poles by run
ming the rod through eyes formed in
the iron. This loop of iron is to sup
port the chain which holds the ncg.
When ready TO hang the hog. lower
one leg of the tripod, fasten on the hog.
then raise the leg until the hog hangs
sufficiently clear OF the ground. In
loading back the horses. placing the
wagon under the tripod close to the
hog. Then raise one leg of tripod until
the hog will swing into the wagon, then
lower it. The hog is loaded in this way
with almost no lifting. This tripod is
equally as valuable for hanging hogs to
be dressed. They may Se left hanging
upon it until loaded.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17

The Chinese government does all in
its power TO check the opium habit. the
punishmenis common in the Chinese
army for this habit being extreme. For
the first offense the man may have his
upper lip cut; for the second. he may
be decapitated. For the last GO years
an average of half ton Of opium has
been sent TO China from India every
hour.-N. y. Sun.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17
Ash Protein Fat. drates
Per cent.........l.S9 I.e3 5.T ST.

The writer's Investigations have
shown that, while large samples of
corn of single variety grown under
uniform conditions are markedly uni
form in composition, single ears from
the same field show wide variations.
The variation in the proximate com
position of so different ears of Burr's
white corn grown from the purest seed
and under very uniform field conditions
was as follows:
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17
Great Ceremonie. Over . Hair

A hair of the beard of the prophet
Mohammed has been presented to the
Constantinople poorhouse by lady OF
that city. A great procession of state
officials and military accompanied the
relic when the transfer was made
Chicago Tribune.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17

In place Of glass the Philippine is.
landers generally use plates made OF
the shell of kind Of oyster which ad.
nit an agreeably subdued light. and
are not so easily damaged by earth
quakes as glass Nindows are. ALBANY
Argus.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17

bohydrate bodies, the former contain
ing n considerable amount in the form
of fbrous matter.
In the manufacture of starch or glu-
cose sugar from corn these different
parts are separated much more per-
fectly than it is possible to do by hand.
The by-products, hulls, gluten" and
germs, separate or mixed, are sold as
food stutfs under such names as gluten
feed" germ meal" etc.
By chemical analysis the average
proximate composition of corn has
been found to be as follows:
Carbohy-
Ash. Protein. Fat. drates.
Per cent. 80 u.G3 5.2 Sill
Different varieties cf corn have been
found to vary greatly in composition
from the above. Fleeing, German in
vestigator, found 13 different varieties
of corn grown under uniform condi-
tions to show the following variations
in compositions:
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17

Rash the fattening process as rapidly
as possible for fattening animal is al
ways in danger of disease.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-17

Don't permit the horse TO stuff itself
with hay al day. 1t Injuries the horse
and wastes the hay.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-03
THE CEMETERY QUESTION
Distinguished Lawyers Take Hold o
the Litigation.

The question Of burying in the coloreo
cemeteries bids fair TO become one Ga
great importance.
The corporations owning the six cenele-
rjes i'm question have engaged the services
Of eminent counsel. who propose 10 ught
the matter out I'm the courts of hi<lest re-
sort. should they unsuccessful in the low
or tribunals. The corporations have re
tanned the services of Hon. George y.
Wise. Mr. Beverly y. CrumD and Mr.. X.
l.. Montague.
1t IS learned that these gentlemen Sc
cured the modification Of the original
Injunction granted against the cemeteries.
They secured the modifying order from
Judge Wexford, while the judge was at
Lexington. The original injunction re-
strained all persons from using the ceme-
teries as places Of burial.
Counsel for the cemetery corporations
will appear before Judge Wexford. Of the
Henrico Circuit Court. shortly. The is
sue will be whether a nuisance exists OF
IS liable to be created by further inter-
ments I'm the cemeteries. and the coun-
sci named above will seek TO show that
no such condition exists or Will arise.
They will indicate a willingness before
the court to have the Richmond and Bar
ton Heights Boards of Health view the
cemetery premises and say where and
when further buriass may safely be made
so as not TO jeopardize the public health.
The case will be watched with interest.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-03
H POSTOFFICE.
Interior of the Federal Building VIII
be Renovated.

Interior of the Federal Building VIII
be Renovated.
Yesterday morning a large force Of men
were put at work erecting scarolding IN
The pos,ohice and Postmaster knights
private office. preparatory 10 completely
remodclling the interior Of that building.
For some time NJ. Knight had been
using his best efforts TO impress the
s Washington authorities with the fact
that the Federal building vas badly in
need of repairs and. after many delays
ard considerations. the authorities have
decided upon action. The entire interior
will be completely overhauled and re-
modelled. Replastcring Is required in
many places ana the wood work and FUR
niture will be treated To coats of paint
ard varnish. Some little time will be re-
orired for these improvements.
Richmond people should note that the
new regulations requiring the wcighinr
Of all mail matter went into effect az
1901 O'Clock his morning. This wil
ncccssltate a much earlier deposit Of mai
intended for various trains. Such mail a.
IS intended for a certain train should bs
deposited az The Office at least two hours
before the trains departure.
Observation-Disclosures FITZGERALD has
been confined to his home. owing to a
ever, attack of Ia grippe.
r-of-lntcrnal-Rcvenu A..
C.. Peav. who has been seriously ill. Is re-
,orted as improving. and it IS expected he
viii be able to resume his duties by the
end Of the week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-03
NET THEIR DEATH
IN THE FLAMES
Two Well Known Characters Fell in
the LimekiIn.
BODIES HARDLY RECOGNIZABLE
The Men Had Spent Much of Thcii
Time i'm jail and Were
Well Known To the
Police.

The old limekiin no Twenty-eishth ana
| Dock streets was the scene of another
tragedy early Sunday morning. A coiored
man named wilkins. who bad been work
ing az the clyde Line wharf, went To- the
limekin To get a driuk OK water about q
o'clock.
There he discovered i'm the gloom OF
early day the bodies Of two men, one OF
them by the side Of the kiln. the other
In the vat. being slowly consumed oy
flames.
wilkins at once notified the First
poIce-station. and Sergeant Kerso Win
Officers Vest and Kraft hurried TO the
scene.
The officers had 70 use water 10 put
out the flames that were consuming the
body OF one OF the men, and the Coroner
was sent for.
10 INQUEST HELD.
Coroner Taylor made an examination
so Tar as he could. deemed an inquest
unnecessary. declared the men had met
death by falling into the vat, ana H'u
the bodies removed 70 the dead-house' at
the almsh0use. .
The bodies were identified - those OF
two men named James Robinson.
Of Richmond. and Wilbur runner
vi Manchester. They had evidently gone
to the llme-klln 10 sleep. Ike many other
worthless people had done, and having
been overcome by the fumes that hang
around the place, had rolled into me me-
and. being too weak 10 fight Tor NE
persisted.
Al any rate. there were DO signs or hihts
Of foul play.
The bodies remalnel AT the morgue untH
Sunday afternoon. when relatives OF Iur-
ner put the funeral arrangements IN the
hands OF W aertaker Bowen, OF Manches-
ter. and the body was carried to Maury
Cemetery. where Il was Inferred.
Undertaken McDonough took charge OF
the remain Of Robinson. and he was
buried In Mount Calvary.
TERRIBLY BURNED.
The two men we're burned almost beyond
recognition. Robinson had been badly
burned Il this place last winter.
The ~loration OF the ime-kiln Is AZ the
foot Of Twenty-eighth street. and II has
been the scene OF many casualties and
several deaths. Tramps have made II
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-03

times in the Police Court for inebriati0n.
has fallen a step lower. and was con-
victed for the first time of crime. He stole
"a coat from the cab OF Il locomotive On
tine Chesapeake and Ohio railway depot
yard and several hammers belonging 10
the company.
Sentenced 20 thirty days In jail.
Eddie Jones, c0iOred. was charged With
stealing ladies' wearing apparel. worth
S3S. the property of j. W. Butler. His
case was continued To secure further evil
dence.
Burrell Jackson. James Anderson and
James Allen. young coiorcd bucks. paid
Sly each for being on a Sunday-night
tear.
Attachments We're issued for Paul Har-
ris and John W. Faulkner for failing 90
answer To- a similar charge.
Garter Jones. c0'ored. for lighting on the
street. was fined Sl.oJ.
4 number OF cases were examined and
dismissed. in several stances the per-
sons getting out warrants ON trivial
grounds or for spite not having appeared
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-03
WENT TO WASHINGTON
Governor Tyler VIII Participate in the
Dewey Celebration.

Governor TYLER. accompanied by Mai
ti.t. T,i.- ami ,.~,i,, of b.s snff.
i'il l'I d. ''"
The party viii oe joined DO "'HlNsi'A
by other members OF the stan.
It i3 the intention of the Governor ana
his party to leave tomorrow ior Inlc1-''
Secretary Ben T. wen Is qulle mas
posed dt his residence. BUCK HHi' 'hes-
i'fleld county. suffering WIN a severe
cold.
Mr. Gus Hankins is SIN suffering with
Cd ctet ON ms risht eye.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-03
Funeral of Nr. Gippcrich.

The funeral OF Mr.. Adolph Gipperich
took place Sunday afternoon from his
late home. No. 23l3 Venable street. AT 800
o'clock.
The service was conducted by Rev. Dr..
Cooper. OF the First Baptist church.
There was "a large number OF friends
present and representatives from tine fol-
lowinr orders Of which he was a mem
Der: Rescue Council. Jr. o. T. a. NJ;
Union Lodge. ]. o.. o. T.; Mccarthy Coun-
cl. ROYAL Arcanum. and the Richmond
Gravs Association. The interment was
I'm Shockoe Cemetery.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-03
Civic Carnival.

The date of the launching IS stlll un-
iXed. although the shipyard people may
1c able 90 name 10 this week
The big Trades-Parade that is TO Dee
given during the Civic Carnival prom
ises TO be one OF the greatest events that
Richmond ever saw.
The Tournament Committee have prac.
tically completed their labors. although
there is plenty of detail 20 be considered
This feature of the carnival will he am
IMMENSE success. and the races VIII Doe
some of the best ever run in Virginia.
Alr Leon WaIlerstein. chairman of Che
tiuanCe Committee. reports prospects aa
very brieht-mgney SIS coming in rapidly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-03
SATChEL GONE
Mr. j. W. Talley's Property Was Taken
AWAY.

Mr.. J.. W. Talley. Of Arvonia, Cumber-
land county. editor Of the Midland Viz
ginian, wasin the city yesterday shopping.
He went into a store 10 purchase some
things and laid a small hand satchel, that
he carried. on a n a hear him. lie turn
ed his back for a few minutes and when
ne turned 10 the spot where he left the
satchel. II had disappeared.
Mr.. Talley was very much chargrined.
for among other things. the satchcl con-
tanned a handsome pearl necklace that
had belonged 10 hts late wife. which he
had brought TO Richmond 10 nave nxed
up, and which he valued highly. prin-
cipally from its association.
There were. also, In the satchei a bank
book. a check book. a thousand-mile ticket
over thu Chesapeake and Ohio. Z bottle