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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-03-05
YIROouA.

RUDE DALRN. March 3--On account OF the
disagreeable weather and the bad roads IL is
impossible to stir around very much and We
will try TO write so as to let you know that
we are still alive. Mrs. Mekie Longhouse
visited Mat Rude last Monday MIR Mekie
BFambo was up TO his fathers and got u load
OF corn. He Is still living At Avalanche -.
Jake jacobson was helping John Norris saw
wood last week. Albert Opsahl is laid up
with rheumatism Jacob Severtoon was
greatly surprised on coming home from town
Thursday evening by n large number OF
young people gathered to remind him OF his
goth birthday There have been several
parties and social gatherings In the lower
part OF the valley Milton Welch has quit
hauling rock on account of the bad roads
Oscar Debing of North Dakota. has purchased
a carload Of horses which he iutenG1 TO take
vest. August Rude and John Debing made
d s'tng trip to Westby last Saturday =. We
wouldn't be q bit surprised to hear wedding
bells soon The Nerison family are to de-
part Tor the West today. Jake Debipg visits
Mat Rude quite often. Miss Laura Steenson
is home for few weeks vacation. She has
been teaching Ia the town OF Coon. U&I.
KRUM SPRING. March bad roads. :. Nor
wSgian scb3ol is progressing finely with Mr.
moved from JAmmer Daien 10 Oscar Hanson's
house. Chris Lunde has been hauling ma
terial for new dwelling house To be erected
the coming season Hans Steenson purchas-
Langhus from Avalanche has been hauling
hay from his old home. Some of our young
people attended the mask ball at Avalanche
What has become of Hansl He has not
been seen on the road for some time john
NerlsOn and family and the Debing brothers
who have been visiting with relatives acre.
Will return to their home In North Dakota
next week -. A few cases OF scarlet fever are
reported In the neighborhood. A. HaukIand
Is not able to DO about much yet.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-03-05
Fs.d GrIudina and Lath sawirp.

At Riley's mill, one half mile west 0
Browns mill, near Avalanche. Work
warranted. JOHN RILEY.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-03-05

HARMONY, March 2-Will write a few items
from our vicinity. Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Witcraft, sou some time ago. All
must congratulate them. ... Was glad to have
case weather come again for those who didn't
Gllmsdaie's son Is growing nicely School
will soon close. Miss kutter has been our
Industrious teacher.... hopping cough has
MI er's cousin, Miss Kaufman, who was yis-
iting here, returned TO her home IN Nebraska
70. Jerry Miller and John Harder made a trim
to La Crosse last week -...O Olaf Hanson makes
occaslcca al trips out east What's going to
happen BIRDIE
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
POSTAL STATISTICS.

The number of pieces of matter Of all
kinds mailed increased from 100000 in
1890 to 7,42439O.329 in 1901.
The first years issue of postal cards.
1873, numbered 31,O94,OO0. while in
1901 GJ9,G14,SOO were issued.
In 1865 money orders to the amount
Of $1.360, I'D were issued, while in 1901
the total amounted to S274,54G0G7.
In 1858, the year in which stamped
envelopes were first issued, 100000
were used. while in 1901 the total was
772, $4,000.
The registry system was started in
1855, and in that year the registered
pieces numbered G29,322. In 1901 they
numbered 20,S14,501.
From June 80, 1917. to June 80. 1851,
4,603,2 postage stamps were issued,
while in the single year 1901 1920
273,696 stamps were used b. the peo-
pie of the United States.
In 1889 there were only seventy-tive
pOstoffices established, the length Of
TIC pOSt lOuNSo bNAiS -'-'O iHiiNo "HN
the gross revenue of the department
being only $3.50. The expenditures
were $3.50.
There were in 1901 1854 pOstoffices
in operation, 511,S0S miles of post
routes, 4G6, 146,0j9 miles of mail serv-
ice performed. The gross revenues Of
the department were Sill, G31, 1913. the
expenditures $115,039,607.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
TRANSPLANrED TREES.
why They Frequently Remain Dor-
maht a Whole Season.


Certain kinds of trees frequently re-
main Dormant all summer, following
spring transplantng To all appear
ances they are dead and they are an
eyesore to the owner till removed.
The writer of this has seen wistari-
as, horse chestnuts. ashes and tulip
trees remain perfectly dormant all
summer and come out safely into leaf
the following spring. 1t seems contra
ry to nature that trees should live
without the leaves. which we learn
are their lungs and essential FOR evap-
grafton and assimilation of food in the
growing season.
Explanation Of this peculiar action
is had by studying for a moment the
conditions that probably exist The
roots Of such trees have been dis
turbed and their feeding powers sud
denly checked. They are called upon
to support the tops as formerly, yet
their opportunity for the time being Is
gone A struggle Is going on. The tops
make a feeble effort to put forth buds
and draw on the roots for nourishment
with poor success. The roots yield Of
their stored food, but are too weak or
are not in a position to make new
feeding fibers. If the tops have not
been pruned, the drain is so much the
greater. Where leaves put forth. tran
spiration would be more than the trees
could stand, and they would gradual
ly die away.-Meehan's Monthly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
A Hard Luck Tale with a Sting

1t was not new hard luck tale to
the man to whom it was told The
young man, neatly dressed and dapper
looking, was not out of work had not
lost his purse, was not poverty strlck-
en- at all. but he had come down from
Rye to go over to Newark and In
changing his clothes had forgotten TO
transfer his pocketbook to the trousers
he put on.
IL hate to ask the favor of a stran-
ger" the young man said, "but really
it would save me much embarrassment
if you could let me have a couple Of
dollars until tomorrow"
Indeed can't do it," said the man,
for he believed not word of the tale,
and he left the disconsoate youth at
the pOstOfiice and, meeting a friend,
invited him to luncheon and told him
of his gentleman beggar"
When the waiter handed him check,
the two had agreed that the story was
highly improbable, but moment later
the doubling man gave start.
"By Jovew he exclaimed. 1--WE left
my pocketbook in my other trousers"
New York Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
Wild brook front.

Hawthorne describes an ideal break
fast as consisting of hot cakes, brook
trout, roast potatoes, fresh boiled eggs
and coffee. The piece de resistance Of
this breakfast is the brook trout. In
spite of all the efforts of fish cultur-
lists, the wild brook trout remains the
finest mOrsel the epicure can seek.
Cultivated trout taste too perceptibly
Of liver to be a food greatly desired.
The wild trout that springs in his ma
tive mountain stream is far superior to
any cultivated fish. Cook it in the sim
plest manner, dipping it in oil, salt and
pepper and broiling it over hot Goals.
Serve it simply with butter and slices
Of lemon.-New York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
TEST DRINKING WATER.
two Methods by Which You May De-
termlne Its Quality.


The supply of drinking water for the
family should be tested at least once
a year. Water that at one time is
pure and wholesome may become too
impure for use, yet it may be without
color, and have no odor or taste to
show its dangerous qualities.
A simple test of drinking water is
the Meisch sewage test Fill a clean
pint bottle threequarters full of the
water to be tested. and dissolve in it
half teaspOOnful of graduated sug
ar. Cork it and set it in warm place
for two days. If during this time it
becomes cloudy or milky it is unfit for
domestic use. If it remains perfectly
clear it is probably safe. BE careful
that the bottle is absolutely as clean
as you can make it and the sugar
pure.
The second test is also a simple one.
Obtain from a trustworthy druggist
8 cents worth Of saturated solution OF
permanganate Of potassium. Add
about five drops of this to a pint bot
tie of water. This will turn the water
beautiful rose purple. If there is
any considerable amount of organic
matter the color will give place in the
course of a few hours to a more or
less dirty reddish brown. If the color
of the water in the bottle remains for
twelve hours unchanged from the rose
purple it assumed when the perman-
ganate Of potassium was first added,
1t may be considered free from organic
contamination.-H Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
HOW TIE INDIANS VOTE.
They Are Very Deliberate and Then
Have "a Simple Method.

Tho Chickasaw Indians cast their
vote differently from the way the
white mdn does it. They meet the day
before the election. and none but
ChicAasaws by blood is allowed to
vote No white man or intermarried
citizens have the right of suffrage.
! They 10 off to themselves AID have n
p0WwOw. They decide for whom they
will vote after considering the matter
for twenty -four hours.
The polling place is quite unlike that
of the white man. There Is great
sheet of paper, white, yellow or brown
as the case may be, about three feet
square. Upon this sheet of paper are
a vast number of cross lines, regularly
ruled OIL with a pencil. Then down
one side of the sheet of paper are
placed the names of all candidates for
office, beginning with the candidates
for governor and running on down to
precinct officers. At the top of the
sheet are the number of blank spaces
that will be required for the names Of
the voters. The judges of election sit
by and pass on those entitled to vote,
and there is a certainty that no Illegal
votes are cast.
The Indian is thoroughly deliberate.
He takes his time when it comes to
voting He proceeds to the polling
place, looks carefully over the poll
sheet, and if he is ready to cast his
ballot he calls out his name, and the
clerk records it on the sheet. Then the
clerk reads off the names of the can
didates for governor. The voter delib
crates awhile. calls out the name of
the candidate for whom he desires to
vote, his vote is recorded, and the
names of the candidates for the next
office are called out, and so on through
the list. till all the offices represented
are voted for
Thus it is that every voter knows
exactly how every other voter has east
his ballot, and there are no remarks,
no suggestions and no quarrels over
differences of opinion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
How Water Freezes.

1t used to puzzle all thinking people
why ponds and rivers do not freeze be-
yond certain depth. This depends on
a most curious fact-namely, that wa
ter is at its heaviest when it reaches
70 degrees F.-that is, s degrees above
freezing point. On a frosty night as
each top layer Of water falls to 40 de-
grees it sinks to the bottom; therefore
the whole pond has to drop to 40 de-
grees before any Of it can freeze. At
last it is all cooled to this point, and
then ice begins to form. But ice is a
very bad conductor Of heat; therefore
it shuts off the freezing air from the
big body Of comparatively warm wa
ter underneath. The thicker it gets
the more perfectly does it act as a
great coat, and that is why even the
Arctic ocean never freezes beyond q
few feet in thickness.-Marine Jour-
nal
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
Hard to Get.

A certain young fellow received a
government berth, for which he had
to undergo very strict examination.
One day a friend of his who had been
noticing how little work he did to earn
his salary tackled him.
Il say, Walter, my boy" he began,
"you don't perform a great deal of la
Dor, do you"
mo, don't have to-"
aren't you expected to work."
"Of course not" was the candid re-
ply. ut takes so much hard work to
get a job like this that the authorities
haven't the nerve to ask man to do
anything more 10 earn his salary after
he gets it,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
The HaMaiinn as a Diver.

The working crews of the Hawaiian
Islands were Quartered in suitable
camps near their field of labor They
were natives, good fellows, willing
workers, admirably adapted to the
duty required of them, which was
largely in boats and in the water.
well remember one who eXcelled in
diving. On a certain occasion, when
the placing Of a deep water mooring
had just been accomplished, it became
necessary to detach under water the
end of 4 hawser, which had been made
fast to the submerged part of spar
buoy about forty or fifty feet below
the surface of the sea. The man was
told to take his sheath knife down
with him and cut the hawser as near
its end as he could, so as to lose as
little as possible Of the valuable cable.
Taking his knife in his teeth, he dis
appeared beneath the water and re-
manned out of sight so long that he
was almost given up for lost, when
he suddenly rcappeared, and on being
asked if he had cut the hawser as he
had been told to reported that he had
unbent it without cutting off any part
of it whatever.-James d. Hague in
Century
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20

VIRGINIA:-In the circuit court
for the county of Accomack, In the
vacation Of the said court, the 9th
day of September. A. d 1902
Henry Brown, otherwise known as
Henry Tunnel, and Edward H. Con
quest and Emma f Selby, late mer-
chants and partners trading as E Il.
Conquest & Co, who sue on behalf
OF themselves and all others the I'M
satisfied creditors OF Levin 7. Tun
nell, deceased, who will come in and
contribute their due proportion OF
the costs and expenses of this suit.
Plaintiffs.
against
Lee B. Kellam. sheriff. and a. such
administrator OF Levin L Tunnel,
deceased, and all other persons who
are or may be interested in the SUBJ
ject to be disposed of in this SUR,
whose names are unknown, and who
are made defendants by the general
description OF parties unknown......
..............D Defendants.
In Chancery.
The object of this suit Is 10 subject
the real estate of which Levin T.
Tunnel died seized and possessed
situated in Accomack county, Vir-
giDia, to the payment of said de-
cedent's debts.
Affidavit having beer made before
the clerk of the said court that all
other persons who are or may be in
terested in the subject to be disposed
of ip the above entitled suit, whose
names are unknown, and who are
made defendants by the general de-
scription of parties unknown, are
parties unknown; on the motion OF
the plaintiffs, by their attorneys, it
is ordered that they, the ssid IN
known parties defendants, do appear
here within fifteen days after due
publication of this order and do what
is necessary to protect their interests;
and that this order be published
once a week for four successive
weeks, in the "Peninsula Enterprise"
a newspaper published at Accomack
G. H., Virginia, and also posted at
the front door OF the Court House OF
the said county on the first-day of
the next term of the county court OF
the said county.
Test: John D. Grant, G. @.
A Copy
Test: John D. Grant, c. 9.
Parsons g. Quinby, p. q.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
Fresh Clothing.

Go to bed in fresh clothing every
night. Never think Of allowing your
self to sleep in the clothing worn dur
ing the day-not a stitch of 1t. Take
everything of. Put on night clothing
that has been thoroughly aired.
When you get up In the morning
take off everything again. This is the
time to take cold bath. very quickly,
with vigorous rubbing. II for any rea-
son you do not take the cold bath, rub
your skin all over thoroughly with n
rough towel Don't be AFRAID Of being
naked a little while.
There Is no better tonic for the skin
than nakedness. Take Off everything
Give yourself little hand massage.
Exercise the muscles. Rub your skin
with a coarse towel. anything, 50 as
to spend a little time naked. Then
put on fresh clothing.
People who wear the same clothes
every night and day get themselves
surrounded by IN atmosphere OF their
own bodily carnations that Is very
unhealthy. Neither faith cures nor
drug cures are of n particle Of use to
dirty people. Cleanliness is the first
law Of health If this law be broken.
1t will be very little use to try any
remedy. -EXcha0we.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
SASH WINDOWS.
Probably n Dutch invention Of the
Seventeenth Century.

Seventeenth Century.
The history Of sash windows Is some.
what obscure but the probability is
that they were Il Dutch Invention and
that they were introduced into Eng
, land soon after TIL revolution of 1858.
The derivation of the word sash" in
, this sense Is the Dutch "sas," sluice-
old English "sasse." In Queen Anne's
reign they were yet 80 comparatively
uncommon rs TO be mentioned as a
special feature of houses that were
advertised as ITO let" In the Taller,
for instance, No. 1TS, May 27-30, 1710.
there is this advertisement:
ITO be lett. IN DevOnshire Square.
near Bishopsgate, very good Brick
House of 3 Rooms of Floor, and
good Hall, with very good light and
dark Closets, the whole House being
well wainscOted, and sash'd with 80
Sash Lights, very pleasant and con-
vcnient Office below Stairs" etc
From England they passed into
France. where the first to put them up
was Marshal dc Lorge at his new
house at Montmartre. Speaking Of
this, Lister In 1899 writes in his "Jour-
ney to Paris" I'VE had the good for
tune here to find the marshal himself.
He showed us his great sash windows,
how easily they might be lifted up and
down and stood at any height which
contrivance. he said, he had out of
England by small model brought on
purpose from thence. there being moth
ing of this polse In windows in France
before. London Standard.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
Arm In Arm with n Tigress.

1t is related of Sir Edward Bradford
that he once walked arm in arm, so to
speak, with a tigress. He was out
shooting and, always a fearless sports
man, had come to close quarters with
his quarry. He fired, and either the
ball failed to take effect or but slight
ly wounded the animal. She sprang
at him and seized his left arm above
the elbow. The pain must have been
terrible, but Sir Edward kept COOL
and, realizing that it would be death
to drag his mangled arm away and al
low her to spring afresh at him, he de-
liberately walked a few agonizing
PAGES until his comrade was able to
take aim and kill the brute. Thus his
courage saved his life. though the am
putatiOn of his arm at the shoulder
proved necessary.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
FREAK ADORNMENTS.
Strange Household Ornaments Thn
May BE Seen In England.

Strange Household Ornaments Thai
May be Seen In England.
Many are the strange household and
garden adornmcnts scattered up and
down the English countryside. In n
Sussex village is part of a garden pal
ing made wholly oIt of the swords of
swordhShes. The lady who owns the
garden got the strange paling from her
brother who had originally sported it
in the tropics.
Near Leeds is a summer house made
wholly of buttons of every imaginable
kind and In the same county IS a
room the walls of which are adorned
entirely by the ribbons Of cigars. near
ly 10000 Of these being represented
From garnet TO basement in the large
house Of a Leeds mineral water manu-
faeturer is a gigantic scrapbook. ev-
cry notable theatrical poster Of the last
twenty years being passed on the
walls.
A north country banker living near
Wakefield Las a great dining room the
whole OF the walls Of which are the
wooden and iron doors Of eminent cas-
ties and historic buildings. and at Lis
card, In Cheshire, is Il room that con-
tains hundreds Of picture frames made
of every Imaginable substance from
leather TO tigers bones. one frame be-
ing placed within another according to
size so that the whole surface is COW
cred with frames.
In Liverpool is room-that Of n
dentist whose grandfather occupied
the same premlses-that contains many
mirrors and pictures the frames of
which are made entirely Of sharks
teeth Near Birmingham manufac-
turer has a study that is lined. cven to
the roof, with nothing but chains of
various thickncsses ara padlocks Of
different siZeS.-Pearsons
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
Benefits of Travelling,

Proper recreation prolongs life. This
fact is now better appreciated by busy
people than ever before OF all the
forms Of recreation the best perhaps
is travelling. The benefits to be de
rived from it cannot be exaggerated.
A journey, whether brief or long. is
sure to relieve the mind of business or
domestic cares by directing it into
pleasanter channels. Thousands can
testify that travelling has improved
their health, heightened their lives,
frightened their mental faculties more
than anything else.-Boston Globe.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
An Enterprisfng burglar.

A professional burglar in Berlin
found a new and original way of add
ing to the ordinary profits of his pro-
fession. After each burglary he sent
full account of it to one of the daily
newspapers, and for this he received
payment in the usual way. But he
tried his plan once too often. The
editor became suspicious and gave in
formation to the police, who soon
found how this amateur reporter was
able to beat all rivals in the way Of
early information.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
The Ola Lady and tho Tncubatc

An old lady visiting an exhibition
went to see some incubators which
were on show and. complaining Of the
expense Of keeping fowls. said that If
they were cheaper she would buy an
egg Matching machine. After she had
asked various questions the gentleman
in Attendance proceeded to show her
the drawers in which were deposited
the eggs in CiT2rcnt stages. On these
the old lady looked in establishment.
"Whatr size exclaimed Indignantly.
"Do you use eggsT "Certalnly.' was
the attendants astOnsEed answer.
"Well," said she. 81 consider it a per-
feet swindle 10 pick the pockets of
honest, Woodworking folks by selling
them those frauds. Why, anybody can
hatch chickens with eggs can do 1t
myself Globe.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
Marvellous Medicine.

A patent medicine vender in cOun-
try village was dilnting to a crowd
upon the wonderful efficiency Of his
iron bitters.
"Why," said he, Steve Jenkins had
only taken the bitters one week when
he was showed into the prison for MUIR
der, and what does Steve do but open
a vein in his arm and take iron enough
out of his blood to make a crowbar,
with which he pried the doors open
and let himself out. Factp
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The Other One.

Two brothers In Paris were remark
ably alike. A gentleman meeting one
of them on the boulevard stops him,
saying, Pardon me, but is it to you or
to your brother that have the honor
of speaking|
"Sir." was the reply, you are speak.
ing to my brother
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
The Lucky Member of the Family.

The Lucky Member of the Family.
"No use O. talkin," said Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley, dat brother O. mine is
mighty lucky man. He allus has mon
ey."
But you must remember that he Is
much more Industrious than you are.
He isn't at all afraid of work"
Oats jes' de point. He were lucky
In bein b0zn industrious. Washing
ton Star
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LUCKY.

mo use O. talkin'," said Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley. dat brother O. mine is a
mighty lucky man. He allus has mon
ey."
But you must remember that he is
much more industrious than you are.
He isn't at all afraid of work"
Oats jes' de point. He were lucky
in bein', born industrious. Washing
ton Star
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20

docs my boy" inquired the parent,
"seem to have a natural bent in any
one directionY
Eyes. sir" said the teacher; "he gives
every indication Of being captain Of
industry some day. He gets the other
boys to do all his work for him."-Chi-
cago Tribune.