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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-01-07
An Odd Vacation.

Captain Wellby. a young English
cavalry officer, recently spent fur
Tough in trudging 1900 miles through
Tibet from Leb to Peking For Il
weeks he and his party did not meet
single human being, and rarely saw
any vegetation higher than a wild
onion. They crossed one pass. which
was 5000 feet in height, and for a
long time their food consisted only Of
YAK fat.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-01-07
ACCOMAC c. H VA SATURDAY, JANUARY !, 1899

plunges into horrible abyss. How
old art thoc?" Toward what destiny
are you tending ard how fast are you
getting ON toward it?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
Fifty Gents for Nothing.

What will the inventive brain of man
do next? This is question some one
asks almost daily. There is one,
though, who leads all others, who for a
quarter of a century has been making
fine laundry starch, and to-day is offer
ing the public the finest starch ever
placed on the market. Ask your gro
Ger for coupon book which will en-
able you TO get the first two packages of
this new starch, "RED CROSS Grade
mark brandt, also two childrens Shak-
speare pictures. painted in twelve beau
tiful colors, natural as life, or the
Twentieth Century Girl Calendar. all
absolutely free. All grocers are au-
thorized to give ten large packages of
RED CROSS STARCH with twenty
of the Shakespeare pictures or ten of
the Twentieth Century Girl Calendars
to the first five purchasers Of the END
LESS CHAIN STARCH BOOK. This
is one of the greatest offers ever made
to introduce RED CROSS laundry
starch, j. G. Hubinger's latest inven-
ton.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
Cubans Have Long Names.

The blanks for writing the names in
the Cuban census are twice as large as
the blanks for the same purpose in this
country. This grows out of the fact
that the Spanish names are usually about
twice as long as American and English
names. In Spain it is the general GUS
tom to give child the surname of his
father and of his mother, and this GUS
tom has been followed in Cuba for q
great many years. The matter came up
the other day. when seven native Cuban
supervisors of the census about to be
taken on the island were in Washington
for consultation with American census
officials. The Cuban blanks had all been
prepared in advance, and as they looked
at the blanks one by one the Cubans
pronounced them all right until they
came to the one for the names of the in
habitants, when they objected. A ques-
ton or two brought out the cause of the
print new population blanks before the
work can begin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
BELLIES. SUMMER, BPAZEN,
GREEDY AND Roxy.
O. the bellies.
Summer bellies.

O. the bellies.
Summer bellies.
What Il plenitude of heart-aches their giddi
ness cOmDeS.
How they giggle, giggle, giggle
In the sea-breeze laden night:
How their victims sQuirm and wriggle
In an ecstasy Of fright.
How they hurt
When they fiirt
When with ghOulish joy they gloat
On the sQurming of Il fellow when they
have him by the throat.
O. the bellies
BraZen bellies,
How they cOnjure. scheme and plan
TO entrap the summer-man
The ribbon-cOunter gentlemen who masque-
radc as swellS.
O! the bellies,
Greedy bellies.
How they wiring, wiring, wiring
Saltwater everything.
From the pockets of those cash! -eXclaim-
ing swells
o! the bellies.
Foxy bellies,
What wealth of hints they fling
TO compel the pleasant ring,
Diamond ring,
All! the heart-engaging ring
OF the golden wedding bells bells, bells,
bells, bells,
O. the bellies
Philadelphia Catholic Standard Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
Ingersoil's Epitaph for Be eel her.

Several years ago Henry Ward Beech
er and Col. Ingersoll met in a railroad
station in New York state, where both
had to wait for train. They talked to-
gether on all sorts of subjects, more espe-
cially the future of man. Finally the
conversation drifted to peculiar epitaphs
on gravestones, and Mr.. Beecher, who
had been looking over the headlines of a
morning paper, exclaimed sAh, colonel,
here is a fitting epitaph for you The
day before the birthday Of Robert Burns,
the Scotch poet, had been celebrated
with unusual ceremony, and a description
Of the celebration occupied considerable
space on the first page of the paper. Mr..
Beecher tore of a two-column headline
and handed it to the unbeliever. 1t read !:
Robert Burns Two years later Inger-
soil and Beecher met again in a st. Louis
hotel. Il remember your epitaph on me
have got one for you. I will read it to
you. Born in the slavery of sectarian
shackles, hungry and thirsty for freedom
and light, he yet died in religious bond
age
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
WOMEN WORKERS ARE MORAL.
Statistics Prove that Industry and
Vice Are Not CongeniaI.


Vice Are Not CongeniaI.
Carroll D. Wright, the eminent stats
tician and labor investigator, has been
looking into the condition of the work
ingwomen of the country and arrives at
the conclusion that work and immortality
are widely disassociated. In a recent pa
per on the subject he says:
''The popular impression is that women
wageworkers are not up to the standards
prevalent under the old hand system of
labor and that woman's entrance into
the industrial field has lowered her NOR
al standard, and the statement is con-
stantly made that low wages naturally
compel women to supplement their earn
lngs by an immoral life. Those who
know the circumstances best are con-
WINGED that this view is absolutely false
and that the workingwOmen of this or
any other civilized country are upon as
high plane of purity as any class in the
community.
ut should be borne in mind that regu-
lar employment is conducive to regular
living, and that regular employment does
not as rule harmonic with life of i'm
morality and intemperance or even of
crime. An official investigation into the
character, surroundings and conditions of
workingwomen in twenty-five of the
large cities Of the United States. COM
pretending information relating to 1866
fallen women, showed that a large pro-
portion of them Q155) came from house
work and hotel work, the next largest
(5O5) were from the ranks of seamstress-
es, dressmakers and employees of cloak
and shirt factories, while 1886, or 81 81
per cent. of the entire number came di-
rectly from their homes
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
DOG SAVES MISTRESS LIFE.
Newfoundland "F1ags" Car Bearing
Down Upon Little Girl.

Down Upon a Little Girl.
But for an act of her pet Newfound-
land dog, Alice Pedro, 6 years old, must
have been crushed to death under the
wheels of Chicago trolley car. The
dog tagged" the car
Alice was out walking-her usual Sun
day afternoon strickland was accompa
mel by her big canine pet, Don. She was
crossing the Clark street electric tracks
at Sunnyslde avenue when her foot
caught III the track and she fell A troll
ley car was bowling along few yards
distant; Don tried in every way to drag
the girl from her perilous position. Her
dfess tore in his teeth when he attempted
TO pull her away. Leaving the girl on
the track, the dog bounded toward the
ohcomlng car, straight up the track. The
molorman saw the dog coming and at
nfst thought the animal mad. But Don
kept coming and the motorman, when car
ana dog were only a short distance apart,
smut down the brakes, doing SO just in
time TO prevent running over the dog.
AS soon as he had accomplished his
purpose the dog turned and ran back to
where he had left his little mistress. The
car men and passengers saw then for the
nrst TIME what the dog had done, and
were running up to the spot when little
AIce, having recovered her senses,
RUBBED her head in dazed sort of way,
ana .patted Don, who was bounding about
her IN frenzy of delight.
AND the little girl and her big protector
went on home happy together.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
MEN WITH OLD WIVES.
Question as to Whether it Conduces
to Happiness.

Question as to Whether it Conduces
to Happiness.
The prevailing epidemic of marriages
among women older than the men whose
names they take was productive of dis
cussion at the Sunday dinner table,
which resulted in such crazy quilt of
opinion that decided to repeat the senti-
ments expressed without giving my read
ers an inkling as to my own opinions on
the subject.
Certainly, two such clever and beautiful
women as Patti and Langtry are exam
pies in favor of such matrimonial selec-
ton, but whether the humdrum court
ship of everyday life ends more happily
in such an arrangement of years is a
question.
One lady, whose intellectual acumen is
unassailable, declared strongly in favor
of such alliances, quoting many instances
in her own acquaintance where the wife
was older than the husband and where
such a union resulted in the greatest
mutual happiness.
Il believe" she said, that when a
man marries woman older than himself
he finds in her the truest sort of coun-
selor, and a real companion, who spurs
his ambition without rctarding his eff
forts by her desire for overmuch petting
''Such wife realizes that the baby act
on her part is foolish, and therefore re-
Trains from indulging in the clinging de-
pendence that in young wife is pardon
able, but which generally pals after a
while.
"A difference Of five or six years is
scarcely a difference at all, and even
when twenty or more years loom be-
tween the husbands and the Wife's age
the latter being the elder, / see no rea-
son why the marriage should not be
thoroughly cOngenial and happy one-in-
tinitely more certain to be so than if the
wife were twenty years younger than the
husband"
This was one argument. The other
side of the question was taken up by
young married woman, who is but five
years the junior Of her husband.
such marriages mean misery gener-
ally to both, but always to the wife, A
woman grows older SO much faster than
man that though, at the time of the
wedding they may not look 1nismated,
or feel so. either. but a few short years
that his tastes and inclinations are abso-
lutely youthful in comparison with his
Wlfe's. and that she is an old woman
while yet he is young man.
"A woman of SO and man of 80 do.
not seem SO unequally matched but let
ten years more be added and the man of
40 is only boy in comparison to the
woman of 60. Not that the disparity of
actual years is any greater, but he is
only in his prime, while she has passed
that, border line that marks the division
between middle and old age.
No, indeed, | think such marriages
can result in nothing but unhappiness'
Here are Two opinions; now, what does
the reader think about Philadelphia
Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
Disappointed in the BaUtIeship.

A Kansas man who recently visited
Puget sound says he was sadly disan-
pointed in the battleship Iowa. 81 ex-
pected," said he, ito see vast mountain
of iron and steel, with great guns stick
ing out in every direction, while from her
hoarse growl like a bulldog baffied of its
prey. Instead it looked more like raft
with little houses and cheese boxes set
on it and the only growing we heard
was from the doncommissioned officer
who said we couldn't come aboard,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. powder for the feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous
feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
cOvery OF the age. Allen IS FoOt-E Ease makes
tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a
tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c
in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen S. OlmSted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
Humbert Buys when the Dead
Leaves FALL,

George Henry Boughton's admirable
picture, when the Dead Leaves FALL"
has just been purchased by King Hum
bert for the international exhibition at
Venice. 1t will eventually be placed in
the municipal gallery at Rome.
The works of Americans at the Venice
exhibition have been highly eulogized,
and the sales have been exceptionally
good
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

Young Wife-''I am going to make a
nice steak and kidney pudding for sup
per tonight"
Young Husband with recollections of
the last one) 'Ahem-'I did intend to
bring friend home tonight"
Young Wife-'Well, so much the bet
ter. The more the merrier."
Young Husband-"All right, I will
fetch him along. He served me a mean
trick himself once "-Tit-Bits
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
Mother. may we go out to fritz
why, yes, you little Stiles.
Keep in touch with the millionaires,
But don't go near the Willies.''

Science meets occasionally with hui
morous rebutfs, says an exchange Prof
Helen Campbell, who until year ago
occupied the chair of domestic economics
in the Kansas university, lectured one
evening before a literary society in an
out-of-theway town. At the end. of the
address one of the committee, a tall
gaunt woman, said aloud:
We'll! | thought L was going to learn
something, but it was just lot of ordi-
nary housekeeping mixed up with long
words nobody could understand"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

The conversions of Mormons to Cath
olicism in Boise, Idaho, have been SO nu-
merous as to necessitate the erection Of
q new Catholic church in that city.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
Bicycle Hitchinc Post.

New Jersey man has patented a
hitching post which will accommodate BIZ
cycles as well as horses, the portion of
the post nearest the pavement being pro-
vided with slots of sufficient width to
admit the wheel of the machine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

When John Carroll was hanged a
few days ago at Atlanta for the murder
of woman he wore a black cap which,
had been made for the occasion by his
mother.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27
Heavy wheat Crop There.

Out in Kansas farmer who was
walking through his wheatfeld had one
of his legs broken by having wheat
stalk fall on it.-Nauvoo Rustler.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

Etc Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
after first days use of DR. Kne's Great Nerve
Restorer. Send for FREE So. 90 trial bottle and
treatise. Dr. II. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila-
de T b.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

Mrs. WinslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teething softens the gums reduces inflammation
allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

Rats recently operated the striking
mechanism of the disused Flushing o.. L.
town clock for several hours.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

In recent letter to DR.. Hartman, Con-
gresham Botkin says:
My Dear Doctor--It gives me pleasure to
certify to the excellent curative qualities OF
your Northumberland and Man-a-lln. l
have been afflicted more or less for quarter
Of century with catarrh Of the stomach
and constipation. residence in Washing
ton has increased these troubles. few
bottles Of your medicine have given me
almost complete relief, and am sure that
continuation Of them will effect per-
manent cure. Pe-ru-na is surely wonder
full remedy for catarrhal affections.
- d. BOTKIN."
The most common form of summer catarrh
is catarrh Of the stomach. This is generally
known as dyspepsia. Congressman Botkin
was victim Of this disease twenty-five
years. Pe-ru-na cures these cases like magic.
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, o., for
free book.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

Ny doctor said would die, but Piso's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos
Kelner, Cherry Valley, Ills. Nov. %. 80.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

The microbes that cause chills and
fever and malaria enter the system
through mucous membranes made
porous by catarrh. Pe-ru-na heals the
mucous membranes and prevents the
entrance of malarial germs, thus pre-
venting and curing these affections.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

California produces about one-third
of the almonds consumed in the United
States
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

The Making of the Man.-''And final
~" he urged proudly, Il am a self
made man" The beautiful girl whose
hand he Sought in marriage regarded
MN with scorn. You cannot deceive
mev' she exclaimed. You were made
by trust. What would you be, l ask
you in all candor, but for Consolidated
Pigs Feet?' He quailed under her ac-
cusing glance, and after few common
place remarks left her forever Detroit
Io1rnal -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

The latest use to which bicycles have
been applied is tiger hunting.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

The first recorded strike in the Unit
ed States is that of the journeymen bak
ers of New York in 1741.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

The Weekly Wisconsin is now only
Fifty cents per year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

''He-Well, l fatter myself / was able
to make myself useful.
''She-Those were and will always be
the dear old days of my life.
''He-And how pretty you looked with
a white apron on, and your sleeves
tucked up. showing your lovely arms?
"She-Ah! and how you were once
turned out of the kitchen for kissing thu
cook? You were sorry when | got new
servant.
"He-Upon my word I believe l was"
Mr.. Myles-'Did your wife find any
thing to occupy her time at the Springs
this summer"
Mr.. yles-'Anything to occupy her
time' Well, | should say she did. She
spent four hours every day changing her
dresses and three hours putting on her
hats!''-YOnkers Statesman.
Ace doesn't count for so much with
the young man who lives in an atmos-
phere of danger and realizes to the full
est that no one Knows what day may
bring forth, says the Detroit Free Press.
That is the reason that the girl behind
the counter treated her customer just as
though he were old enough to be her
father.
What can do for your she inquired
in q set manner of speech.
stockings for a woman. This is the right
department!
Eyes. What material and what size?"
81 thought l might leave that to you.
as we are sort of related in our callings."
what do you mean!
"Well, I'm fireman; the man with the
hose, don't you see? AS the head of the
department, your the woman with the
hose haven't the slightest idea of
what | want or what it should be or
what it should COST"
For your wife,"
'No; hoe my own row."
$50 do T. she laughed, ''and as a
hosier''
They're for my sister, And that's all
[ know about the whole thing. She's
smaller than l am, but larger than you
81 take Fights"
''Then l should think she'd take six
teens"
He laughed to hear her laugh. and a
whole row of customers waited.
Its the best hose attachment you ever
made" he thought to himself, and so it
proved. for the cards are out and they
are furnishing regular bird cage of
fat in the north end.
''Well." said the jack. 81 don't care to
associate with such common trash as you
are''
II may be somewhat common" retort-
ed the mule, "but | wasn't cutie com
mon enough to get into that awfully
mixed crowd in the ark. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
A native Maori chieftain. the descend
ant OF cannibal kings. is now completing
his medical education in Chicago. Can
nibalism ended in his tribe, he says,
when Bishop Selwyn converted his
grandfather; but he tells some stories of
it which have distinctly humorous fla
vor, says the Youths Companion For
instances:
1t is said that once chief captured a
missionary who was old and thin, and
looked as il his flesh would be tough.
The missionary warned the chief that he
would not make a good dinner and pull
ing uD his trousers. cut a slice off the
calf Of his leg and offered it to the chief.
The chief tasted it, and passed it to
sub-chief. The sub tasted it, made a
wry face, and passed it on. The next
man who took /. bite of it sDat it out.
The missionary was released After he
had gone it was discovered that he wore
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

The height of the rock of Gibraltar
is about 1437 feet
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

Proud Father surveying his NEWBORN
Don't you think he looks like me %
Jealous Visitor-''Yes, poor little thingr'
Tit Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price IS cents
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-27

.'Well." said the jack, 81 don't care to
associate with such common trash as you
are"
II may be somewhat common" retort-
ed the mule, "but | wasn't cutie com
mon enough to get into that awfully
mixed crowd in the ark. cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-10
SHIKISHIMA.

from 1850 tons to 1,774 tons. Japan has
seven, their speed varying from 10 to 20
knots. OF smaller gunboats, varying from
COO to SIS tons, with speed from u to Il
knots Japan has five, also a number of
smaller craft of more or less military value,
and one torpedo depot ship Of $3.50 tons
and speed Of 20 knots. OF torpedo boats
Japan has about eighteen, and OF torpedo
boat destroyers at least half dozen, with
others more or less near completion.
In point of speed, acting each as single
squadron, the Russians could make but is
knots, while the Japanese could make us
knots-a material advantage-while the
slowest of the Japanese hattleships could
do 1885, as against the best of It's Of the
two latest OF Russias battleships.
No consideration has been taken OF the
military side OF the question, for while
Russia has by long odds the mightier mill
tary establishment, still 1t could not avail
itself of 1t without command of the sea.
In point of personnel the Russian sailor
man rs a heavier, sturdier factor than the
Japanese, but the latter would go to the
front with the moral inspiration OF one
modern war fought and won. and the ad-
vantage of that is incalculable,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-10
AND WAS CURED.

This is to CERTIFY THAT I, JOEL
vEASEY, now a resident Of Seattle.
Wash. have lived in Seattle for QW, ten
years. ! am now working at Ballard, p.
o. address, care of Curtis Hardware Store.
I was a sufferer and tried several doctors
and received no benefit. I read the adver-
tisement OF DIR. POWELL REEVES. in
the Post Intelligencer, and told some DOC
TORS I WAS GOING TO CONSULT DR..
Reeves They all advised me that DR..
Reeves was quack. but I did not heed
them and I went to DR.. Reeves and he
cured me. My complaint was one Of the
worst type Of Kidney. Bladder and Stom-
ach troubles. would advise all sick per-
sons not to listen to any outside doctors
or other people. as DR.. Powell Reeves I'm
derstands how to cure sick people. because
he cured me. and will answer in person
any questions or betters addressed to me
concerning my complaints.
JOEL vEASEY.
Ballard p. O.. Wash. care Of Curtis Hard
ware Store.