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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-29

WANTKD-Good oystermeD, good
tongers, to work by the month,
liberal wages. Apply to
A. H. G.. Mears,
Wachapreague, Va.
FOR SALE-By tonnage, to be de-
livered 10 December &C Cherriton
Station or Picketts harbor by yes
sci 400 barrels white corn at 81 90 per
barrel. Apply to
Luther N. Willis.
Cheapside, Va.
For SALE Four valuable milch
cows, one with q record OF 2 pounds
OF butter a daS and another with q
record OF gallons OF milk a day, all
very desirable, also l heifer and two
hteers, one very large. Will sell at
reasonable prices as | ain going to
break up housekeeping
Mrs. Noah < Miles.
Saxis, Va.
TELEPHONE NoTICE-Persons de.
string to move houses where our
wires will interfere, will please notify
Secretary before moving same other
wise they will be held responsible for
damage done to wires or by wires
being down.
Atlantic Telephone Co.,
Temperanceville, Va.
NoTICE-A black COW, medium
size, horns @ or inches long, fat on
the end, with pelce OF rope around
her neck, left my premises August
9Th. Information OF her whereabouts
will be suitably rewarded.
Alonzo d. Byrd.
Bloxom, Va.
For RENT-For year 1903 my house
and lot at Accomac @. II now occu
pied by Mr.. John w. Coard. Fol
particulars apply to
Mrs. Anna Brown.
Accomac q. H., Va.
For LoAN-$2,500 by first lien or
unencumbered real estate.
John r. Rev,
Parksley, Va.
NoTIcE-The party who borrowed
our wire stretcher Is requested to re-
turn it at once.
]. W. Rogers & Bros,
Onley, Va.
For SALe-One pair OF Chinco.
league ponies three years old, brok'
en- to harness apply to
Peter j. Gillespie,
Wishart Point, Va.
NoTICB-All persons are hereby
forewarned from cunning on my
premises, Mt. Gusts.
L. M. Tiffany.
NOTICE-I am prepared to place q
few thousand dollars on first-class
real estate, first mortgage. Persons
having money to loan will please
communicate with the undersigned.
No bonus paid.
O6O. u w luucT,
Pungoteague, Va.
NoTIcB-Owing to my feeble con-
dition and i'll health, | hereby give
notice that l have engaged }. h
Jones as my personal representative,
who will hereafter transact all my
business affairs.
d. II. Dennis,
Nov /, 1909. Temperanceville, Va
FoR SALE-For the year 1908, foI
one year, with privilege of a longer
term, my large glass front storehouse
In Exmore, Va, or l will sell the
81 me cheap and on easy terms. Apply
to or address
VIM. J. Mapp Sr.
Exmore, Va.
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SUFFERED FOR RELIGION.
Frenchman Refused to Enlist and
Was Imprisoned Twice.

Paris Correspondence of the London News
The minister of war has Just sent
home q soldier named Gontaudier
whose story Is not commonplace. Con
taudier emigrated to the United States
as a lad and joined the Quakers. When
his time came to serve in the French
army, he returned to France and be-
fore the military authorities stated
that his religious principles forbade
him carrying rifle. He was court
martialed and sentenced to two years
imprisonment. Having served the sem
tenee out, he was sent back to the regi-
ment. There he stated that his relis-
ious views had not altered, and he was
again sentenced to two years.
Probably this second penalty for one
offense was Illegal, but legality, as
everybody knows, is held by courts
martial as thing to be honored rather
In the breach than otherwise. He had
served the greater part of this second
sentence when attention was called to
his case by the Aurore. General An
DIRE, minister of war. at once decided
that he should be sent to serve his
three years i'm the ambulance corps. It
now turns out that Gontaudier being
the only SON of an aged mother, was
liable to one years service only, and
ought to have been sent away long ago
The minister of war has just recog-
nized this.
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sible, but all his prescriptions during
two years We're powerless to alleviate
my sufferings or in any way afford the
slightest relief
After being virtually given up as Il
dead man by friends and physicians,
and resigning myself To my apparent
fate, my niece read an advertisement
of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. l discussed il with my family
and, almost hoping against hope, de-
termined to try the pills, | mentioned
ii to my doctor and lie not only gave
his consent to my trying DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, but strongly advised my
doing so.
Now Sees, Talks, Walks and Works.
You see the result, From blind,
helpless paralytic, unable TO move and
so broken down and hopeless that life
was a burden, can now walk, do amy
odd jobs about the place, go down
town, and-inost wonderful of all--cm
see. And | owe it all to DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.
Improvement began While l Was
taking the second box | continued
taking the pills and from that time on
ii was gradual but sure. My awful
stomach troubles have disappeared,
my eyesight has been restored, my
brain is clear and active, and If ever
a man should be grateful and anxious
that others should know the wonderful
properties of DR.. Wilnams' Pink Pills
that man Is myself"
(Signed) JOHN HUNTER.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me.
c. Il. STETSON.
Notary Public.
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Facts About Mistletoe.

There Is, or was, popular opinion that the
mistletce is chiefly parasitic on apple or crab
apple trees. As matter of fact, il makes it,
self at home and tourshCs on no fewer than
thiIty different species OF trees ol which The
thorn is said to he its favoric, 1t Is very
serious matter FOR any tree when the mistletoe
takes a fancy To it,, for il is genuine parasite,
ami has The power 0i assimilating the rising
sap Of the sturdy trunk to which il cngs, 80
that its own wood becomes intimately united
with that OF hr tree,
Among northern nations the mistetoe. seems
10 have been very generally regarded with rev.
creacei unreasonahy, when one reflects upon its
disreputabe method Of preying upon other and
nobler sDeeies OF natural life. The IIolseins
are still said 10 believe chat the p0ssessor of
mistletoe wand can not only effectively conjurc
ghosts to appear, hut can compel them to con.
verse with him. Some one has ontleavored to
account ior the Druidical veneration of the
plant by asserting their belief that amid the
general leailessness of forest glades in the win.
ter season il became :he retreat OF sylvan del.
ties, bereft OF other shelter, In Java, il is said
a species o mstletoe ioulshes, and, singularly
enough, the natives gather It with superstitious
awe, very much as did the DruiGs, believing
that the shades of their ancestors wander under
meath the trees where mistlctOe is found In
the tropics certain members oi the mstletoe
order bear gorgeous flowers.
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Valuable Hints for the Sick-Nurse.

THE PAINLESS REMOVAL OF ADIERENT
1 DRESSINGS.-rhe Dublin Medical Press
and Circular say9: Patients as we'll as
practitioners, are familiar with the suffering en-
tailed by the removal OF gauZc dressings. these
dressings having the drawback OF adhering very
closely to grunulated surfaces owing to their
loose texture. Anaesthesia has abolished the
pain attending surgical operations, but leaves the
patient exposed to the pain of repeated renewals
of the dressings Dr. Won Mkulcz of Bres!au,
suggests an easy means Of obyating this draw
back. viz, by wetting the dressings with oxy-
genized water. This provokes a copious evolu-
tion of the bubbles of gas, the mechanical effect
of which is to free the galze and allow its re-
moval without causing pain. ffc method is
simple as to deserve the notice OF surgeons.
BEnSORES-If the nurse is competent, this
painful complication will rarely require treat
ment. Il is advisable to rub the parts upon
which :he patient rests with alcohol. and daily
sponging Of the entire body with warm water
and thea with alcohol will add greatly 10 com.
fort. Should suspicious spot Of redness present,
remove the pressure therctrom by an air-cushion,
and prevent the folds of linen pressing patient.
Dry dressings are preferable to moist for bed
sores, and oxide Of zinc in powder ointment is
one OF tie most valuable remedies; acetate Of
aluminium has also very beneficial effect. At
times considerable loss of substance is found,
giving rise to a very foul odor in these cases
charcoal poultce acts remarkably we'll.
THE CARE OF THE IlAR.-In serious illness,
the physician should vigorously oppose cutting
off the hair particularly of women, as the adj.
vantages are slight and the risk OF unpleasant
consequences great, The hair should he combed
and brushed daily, unmindiul Of the amount of
hair falling out, and once in two to four weeks
the hair should be washed with the ordinary
tincture OF green soap. Once or twice week it
is well To rub into the scalp pomade of pre-.
cipItIted sulphur of the strength of one drachm
to the ounce of cold cream.
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Msropy or 1Ht LOUISIANA PURCHASE IN TEN pApfRs-pApfR W.
WASHiNGTONS SECOND TERM.


established by the treaty of 1882 with
Great Britain.
Baron de Carondelet became COVER
nor of Louisiana and West Florida on
Jan. /, 1899. The population of New
Orleans at the end of that year was
six thousand. The revenues were but
seven thousand. The lighting of the
streets and the employment of watch
men then began. The slave trade with
the coast Of Africa was encouraged
by the Spanish King. Trade with
Philadelphia was favored and increas
ed by Philadelphia merchants estab-
fishing branch houses in New Orleans.
some six or more subjects of French
extraction who showed an uncommon
interest about 1893 in the Republican
movement in France were imprisoned
in Havana for II year Strong fortifi-
cations were built above and below the
city. Fort st. Philip was erected by
this governor on Paquemines. Citi-
zen Genet's two expeditions planned
to move down the Mississippi, caused
some alarm in 1894 but soon proved
abortiVc. The United States govern
ment suddenly stopped his active re-
cruiting business. lie Moniteur de la
Louisiana made it's appearance this
year. There was also completed the
Cathedral built by Don Andre Almon-
aster at his own expense. A hospital
also had been built and endowed by
him. The scheming of the Marquis de
Maisonrougc, Gayoso de Lemos and
others, with Sebastian and Power, two
renagade Americans. to separate the
western country from the United
States came to naught An attempted
slave insurrection in 11D5, was prompt
ly and summarily suppressed by Baron
Carondelet by killing %. hanging so
and logging as many more. The free
navigation of the Mississippi from it's
source to the sea. under the treaty Of
San Lorenzo, was reasonably enjoyed
by the up-river Americans for three
years. With view of inducing
French royalsts and other desirable
immigrants to settle in Louisiana.
Governor Carondelet made larger
grants of lands to Baron de Bastrop
and other men of consequence. One
lands was to an officer of the royal
navy of France who had lost all his
property in the vortex Of the French
revolution, now in bloody progress.
James Ceran Delassus in 1896 first ap-
pears on the shifting scene. but is re-
served to be discussed in the story OF
the Upper Louisiana from 1890 to 1SO0
which will appear in our next chapter |
James Q. Howard.
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A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.
What the California Miracle Means
to Every Nervous Sufferer in the

What the California Miracle Means
to Every Nervous Sufferer in the
Land.
No more astounding cure than that
of John Hunter has ever been accom-
plished by human agency, and the sig
nificance of it is that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are not an ordinary medi-
cine. They are wonderful in their po-
tency in nervous troubles, small or
great, and as they are on sale in every
drug store throughout the country,
they are within reach Of all. The cure
of such a severe nervous disorder as
that of Mr.. Hunter, proves the power
of the remedy in lesser troubles, such
as sciatica, neuralgia, nervous head
ache. st. Vitus' dance and nervous de-
bility.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have a
double action-on the blood and on the
nerves. 1t is not claimed that these
pills are cure-all, but the very ma
ture of the remedy makes it efficacious
in a wider range of diseases than any
other. 1t is scientific preparation
designed to cure disease through di-
rect action on the blood and nerves.
Impoverished blood and badly fed
nerves are the cause OF nearly every
ailment that affects mankind. If the
blood is strong and active, disease can
not obtain foothold.
If you have any reason to believe
that your dealer is not supplying you
with the genuine DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, order direct from
the DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Sche-
nectady, N. Y, and the pills will be
sent postpaid for fifty cents per box
or six boxes for two dollars and half.
Remember that the genuine DR.. Will
iams' Pink Pills cured John Hunter
when hope had been abandoned. Pills
sold as substitutes have never cured
ANYBODY
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-11
MELONS IN THE WINTER.
Regarded as Being at Their Best
About Christmas Time.

"And, now. children" said Dean
Peck. "let us cut a melon.'
Even the youngest child snickered
| for outside there was snow and ice, and
| with Christmas hardly week away
| how could the good dean be SO funny
as to suggest melons?
But the wise dean only smiled and
introduced quiet, pleasant man in
gold-rimmed spectacles. A. l.. Hitch
cock, of California. And Mr.. Hitch
cock had under his arm an oval bundle
that might have been the hugest egg
of the biggest ostrich that ever shed a
feather as high as an elm tree. That's
what it might have been, but it wasn't
that. 1t was a melon, a musk melon
and in the winter time.
Now. letting alone the fact that it
was a big melon to begin with. it GER
tainly did seem as though there was
something strange about the melon.
All the children had some, and they
ate and ate, yet when they were done
there was still enough melon for the
dean to take home. And he had some,
and his family had some, and only the
nurse asked for more. so there was
really something wonderful about that
melon besides it's being just ripe, a
week before Christmas.
There was another wonderful thing
about the melon; it grew in a desert.
The melons are called Khiva VIM
ter melons," said Mr.. Hitchcock, "and
the headquarters for them in this coun-
Try is at Elgin, Utah, in the great des-
ert.
There j. +. Brown, who has raised
all sorts of melons for years, has taken
up the raising of these winter water
melons and musSmelons for seed They
have become so well known now that
he can hardly keep up with the de-
mand for seed. even at % cents an
ounce. Yet five years ago these mel
ons We're unknown in the United
States.
THE government got the first seed
from KhiVa, Russia, and sent sample
to Mr.. Brown to try. To everybody's
surprise, the melons did exceedingly
we'll in the desert, though at Rocky
Ford, famous for melons, they failed.
They are picked in October, and re-
qure almost two months to ripen af-
ter they are picked Then they will
keep until March.
Everybody in Utah knows of the
winter melons. l have just come from
there, and ! have been eating melon
every day. Green River is the nearest
station 10 Elgn, and it is one of the
sights, when the train pulls in, to see
the people rush for the piles that are
kent waiting for their arrival.
''There is a watermelon and musk
melon, and each is equal to the best OF
the summer melons"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-11
A Rival of Steam Engines.

In the opinion of Professor ThuIston the gas
engine is Il formidable rival of the steam engine,
and is capable of further development. Each has
given horse power for about pound of coal
and the efficiency of both, between The coal pile
and the point OF delivery, is about 90 per cent
The steam engine, he says, has so nearly reached
its limit that further progress under commercial
conditions would seem to be very slow, but its
range may be increased by employing very high
prcssures and superhcating combined with them.
In sibley college work, 600 pounds per square
inch have been used. and Professor Thurston cx-
presses the view that twice that pressure may be
successfully used eventually, or with sufficient
experience in its management These factors
would raise the eiciencies nearly 30 per cent,
and reduce the coal per horse power hour TO
about three.fourths of one pound.
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The New Port for Transatlantic
Steamers

The port of Bcrehayen, at the southwestern
corner of Ireland, which it is intended to con-
vert into terminus for transatlantic fleet Of
liners. is now brought within the same stringent
regulations that prevail at all the other dock
yard ports OF Great Britain, and the whole
anchorage within certain limits is reserved for
defense purposes. This port is to be rendered
n iirst-cass naval base, and will be the head
quarters OF the Channel squadron. The waters
are TO be deepencd at certain points, and heavy
ARTILLERY is to be installed TO adequately pro.
tcct them in OF emergency.
II will he remembered thai by touching at
Berehaven instead OF Queenstown and starting
or landing on this ride from some port Long
Island the ocean voyage between Europe AMI
America can he considerably shortened. A
glance at the map will show this.
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knows Mr., Hunter to be very enthusi-
astic over Dr., Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, and was willing to cor
robOrate Mr. Hunters sworn state
ment, II had never expected to see
him recover any of his lost faculties,
much less TO see him able to walk, see
and work, as he now is" concluded Mr..
Grew.
The Postmaster of Chico.
The postmaster of Chico is AIr. W.
w. Wilson who, when interviewed,
said; II can only corroborate the
statements YOU already have. Every
one you meet and ask will tell you the
same thing, ! was at Mr.. Hunters
house ana saw his pitiable condition
with my own eyes. / nave also seen
him today, walking the streets and
practically We'll | know enough of
John Hunter to say that he would not
make an untruthful statement nor
would he mislead anyone as to the
means that brought about what we all
consider one of the greatest cures of
the age His affidavit can therefore
he absolutely depended upon.
A Marvellous Cure.
In the thlcO Record, published by
Richards x Deuel. an article appeared
from the pen of one OF their reporters
sent TO investigate the case and verify
the facts. The article was headed;
Blind John Hunter Receivers His
sight Story that Reads Like Fic-
tion." After reciting the cure OF Mr.
Hunter, the article continues: Mar
Nelous as this may seem TO his friends
and still more marvellous as his story
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Have the Daisies Got to Coz

The daisies must SO, However beautiful they
may be to the landscape, their determination Is
to he brought about in case the bill which was
introduced by AsSemblyman Leggett, OF Niagara
county, becomes law, A daisy Is a noxious
weed, and is detrimental 10 the agricultural in.
terests OF the state. Along with the daisy, the
other ''noXious weeds" which are to be stamped
out are the wild carrot, the common Canada
thistle, the Russian thistle and the wild lettuce
and horseradish.
Every person who finds these weeds" grow.
ing ON his land must make u report TO the state
commissioner OF agriculture. II the person who
owns such weedy properly does not Kill the
weeds himself, the local tax lssesSers are EN-.
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A Trip to California or Florida.

Those contemplating such trip need
but TO call on the local ticket agent of
the Lackawanna railroad and he win
arrange every detail, including trans
portatlon, berths, reservations and
checking of baggage through TO desti-
nation; also viii furnish rates, folders,
descriptive literature and any other in
formation desired on the subject.
Through sleepers and day coaches to
Chicago. Only one change OF cars to
California. -
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Interest In this miraculous cure is in
tense in Chico and vicinity where the
townspeople have the evidence of their
own eyes as to It's authenticity. News
paper space is too limited to give ex-
preston to the many who are willing
to be heard, but the following promi-
nent citizens voice the sentiment of the
whole community.
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of his recovery may appear to every
one who reads It, il is all true, though
1t would not be accepted If 1t were not
for the fact that he is a living witness
with scores of friends to corroborate
him." The article concludes with the
statement that Mr.. Hunter desired the
credit for his cure to be given to DR..
Williams Pink Pills.
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Given UP as a Dead Man.

Anyone in more hopeless condi-
ton it would be hard to find. My
stomach refused to perform it's func-
tions without heroic measures and in
tense suffering.
Doctors diagnosed my case as loco
motor ataNia and my family physician
gave me every care and attention pos