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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20
Preminms Awarded at tho Easier"
shore Agricultural FstF.
Preserves.

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shore Agricultural Fsir.
Preserves.
Miss Myrtle West, p. plums, 8
Mrs. G. W Kilmon, I'd o
W. l. Drummond, p ounces, s.
8 @. burlington. I'd q
Miss A nnie Jacob, pine apple, 81
Mrs. NJ. z. Doughty, 81 q
Miss Val Reade, crab apple, 81
Mrs. M. r. Doughty, I'd q
M. K. Doughty, tomatoes, 81
Miss Bessie Doughty, I'd q
Mrs. } G. Justice, 8. berries, 81
Miss Mary Bull, I'd 81
Mrs. q. w. Jacob. gooseberries 81
Miss Annie Jacob, Cd q
M. L. Turlington,b. berries, 81
Mrs. K. d. Wescott. I'd 81
: W. F. Waters. cherries, &c
Miss Val Reade, I'd %
Mrs. W. L. Drummond grapes, 90
w. +. waters, I'd 20
Mise Mary Bull, figs, sc
Mrs. w. L. Drummond, I'd 90
: G. r. Hutchinson, W. melon, 90
= G. W. Hickman, I'd 25
: W. l.. Drummond, rind, 90
G.. w. Drummond, I'd %
g. w. Jacob, canteloupe. so
W. E. Bell, I'd %
Miss Mary Bail, pears, so
Mrs. ]. II. Walker, I'd 25
Miss Val Reade, jam pear, so
Mrs. G. w. Jacob, I'd 25
W. L. Drummond, peach, so
G. w. Jacob, I'd 25
W. L. Drummond, apple, so
G. w. Jacob, I'd 25
Mis- Bette Doughty. ounce, so
Mrs. NJ. r. Doughty, I'd 20
Miss Val Reade, cherry, so
Mrs. G. W. Jacob, I'd IS
g. w. Jacob, 8. berry, 90
J. G Justice, ID 25
w. E. Bell, grape. 80
w. l.. Drummond, I'd 20
w. l.. Drummond. apple, so
G.. W. Jacob, I'd %
Miss G. F Kilmon, ounce, so
Mrs. J. W. Phillips. Cd 20
Jellies.
Mrs. E. d. Wescott, pear. 80
w. L. Drummond, I'd %
Miss Mamie Bull, plum, so
Mrs. G. w. Jacobs, I'd IS
W. L. Drummond, peach, 80
G. W. Jacobs, I'd 25
Annie E. Mock, crabapple, 90
G.. W. Davis, I'd 25
Miss Mary Bull, pineapple. so
Mrs. ]. W. Phillips, I'd 20
cherry, 90
q. F. Kilmon, I'd 25
Miss Mary Bull, orange, so
Mrs. Phoebe Chance. strawberry, 90
Miss Fairy Mapp, I'd rs
Mrs. A. NJ. Nottingham, grape 80
George Custis, I'd 25
Miss Mary Bull, wine, so
Mrs. Lottie Eichelberger, I'd 25
Sue James, honey, SO
Chas. Martin, I'd %
E. d. Wescott, display Of
jelly and wine. 200
w. L. Drummond, I'd 100
Miss Lottie Wise, display OF pre-
serves, 2 90
Mrs. g. L. Wescott, ID 100
Canned Goods.
Mrs. W. F. Waters, peaches. so
G.. w. Jacobs, I'd rs
Mary T. James, apples, 80
M. r. Doughty, I'd 25
j. H. Walker, pears, 80
MR.. Doughty, ID ~
q. w. Jacob, blk. berries, so
G.. T. Wescott, I'd %
Miss Ellen Mason, cherries, So
Mrs. w. e. Bell, I'd %
w. F. Waters, s. berries, 80
L. j. Kilmon, I'd %
Ida Hopkins, whortleberries, so
l.. w. Belote. I'd 25
Hiss Mary g. James, corn, 90
G. F. Kilmon, peas, so
drs. L. W. Belote, Cd rs
W. E. Bell, tomatoes, sol
W. R. Justis, I'd %
L. w. Belote, display OF
canned goods, 200
Dried Fruits.
drs. Elizabeth G. Kelly, peaches. so
W. T. Kilmon, I'd 20
F. A. Furgeson, apples, so
liss Oracle Kilmon. I'd %
Laura Budd, pears, 90
I'd 25
frs. w. L. Drummond, cherries, 90
figs, 80
Candies.
frs. Sarah A. Ayres, chocolate
caramels, 90
iiss Gertrude Mister, peanut taffy, 90
frs. G. B. Bundick, sugar taffy. 90
iiss Florence East, I'd 20
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20

Ornamental and Fancy Work.
Mrs Arthur Saunders, infant
dress, 30
Elizabeth @. Kelly, I'd 90
L. N. Harmon, infant shirt, I 90
r. N. burlington, I'd 80
W. W. Bull, pair knit socks, so
: L. o. Watson, I'd rs
pair knit slip
pers, 70
Lilly Stevenson, pair crochet
slippers, IS
Miss B. B. Wyatt, I'd so
Mrs. W. L. Drummond, yard knit
edging, 90
Mamie Slocomb, ID %
W. L. Drummond, yard
crochet edging, 80
Mamie Sloeomb, I'd 25
Mics Gertrude Mister, splasher, 80
Mrs. w. L. Drummond, Cd rs
Miss Jane Mister, toilet mat, 90
Gertrude Mister, I'd %
lamp mat 90
Margaret West, I'd 20
outlined table
cover, w
Mrs Cordie Gusts, crochet
spread, so
Miss Josie Mister, I'd 1901
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-20

NOTICE Several thousand dollars
to lend on farm land security. Loans
must be first class.
T. B. Qulnby,
Accomac, Va.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
Priceless Relics in
Old English Cottages.

Scme of the most precious finds that
have ever fallen to the lot of the anti
quarry and collector have been in con-
nection with small cottage homes in
the country, the site Of which has
been near old ruined castles. abbeys
and mansions. e
AS such .--cient buildings fell into
decay in times long past the materials
of which they were composed, and the
very furniture and fittings within
them, were utilized by humble people
for the construction of dwellings, and
in this way relics of the past that are
well-nigh priceless have been frequent
ly found in the walls and woodwork Of
laborers' cottages. Some Of the most
beautiful colored glass of very early
period known to English collectors was
found in cottage not far from Ripon,
in Yorkshire, and the very leaden
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
Negro Field Hands
With Poetic Names.

Some Of the prettiest names 1 have
ever known are found among the ne
groes who live on plantations in Louis.
iana," SAID an old citizen, land where
they get them and what they mean
are questions which l am not pre-
pared to answer. They are Creole
names, or are made up of Creole
sounds, but SO far as 1 know they
have no meaning whatever, even in
the patois spoken by large element
OF the Louisiana population. Negroes
who speak the English language in
the dialect peculiar to the black man
In the South are noted for simplicity
in naming their children, and some of
them-frequently the ugliest and most
repulsive members imaginable-wear
the prettiest and most poetic names
known in history, Mary and Ruth be-
ing very common among them. Among
the negroes who congregate in the
larger centers Of population aliases
are very common, and there are really
but very few negroes who do not as
sumo a name Of some sort. Frequent
ly it is descriptive of some physical or
other popularity, but sometimes it is
matter of accident, being the result
OF jest or something of that sort.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
Cape to Cairo Railroad.

Since the Boer war the road build
ers on the Cape to Cairo railroad have
been pushing 1t rapidly toward the
north. The road has been surveyed ~
far as Victoria Falls. the largest falls
in the world, on the Zambesi river.
The roadbed has been graded for
about third Of the distance between
Bulawayo and the Zambesi, the rails
are being laid and 1t is expected that
late next year trains will be running to
Victoria Falls all the way from Cape
Town, LOO miles. Meanwhile force
of surveyors is laying out the route
far north of the Zambesi.
The most astonishing things are
done in Africa nowadays. and the
world will not be very much surprised
when 1t finds in few years more that
this long railroad, extending from tho
extreme south of Africa to the mouth
Of the Nile, is full-ledged reality.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
THOUGHTS.

To change iron into gold one needs
only to work it into hair springs.
Who sharpens his wit against others
is only sharpening their memory
against himself.
To make us happy a man must sure
ly be good: to make US miserable he
need not be bad.
The tailor makes the garment out of
the whole piece; the artist makes it
even out of fragments.
The surest way to win mems hearts
is by frankness and sincerity, but also
the surest way to lose them.
'Tis the empty house that has its
blinds always shut. The exclusive Dis
play by their exclusiveness only their
emptiness.
The possession OF what we like IS
comparatively inexpensive; it is the
possession of what others like that is
SO expensive.
A mans best qualities are thcee
which. like birds nests, are hid f,rm
view in summer. but easily beholden
In winter.-Ivan Panin In Christian
Endeavor World.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06

Coming back to the Creole names
to which l have referred, cannot
find any good reason. or reason of any
sort, for that matter, for their exist
ence. AS rule, they are made up Of
Creole sounds, with rather delicate
regard for euphony. Many Of them
are fascinatingly soft and musical.
Here. for instance, are the names Of
negro women l have known on some
of the plantations in southern Louis
lana: Sounee, Tounon, Cher, Cite,
Bobite, Bella, Sogo, and Grigo, while I
have known men who toiled in the
field, black, ugly, awkward fellows,
who answered to the names Sacata,
Pito, Faloute, Chinon, Papoute, Cheree
and SO on. In some of these names
there is just suggestion of Spanish,
and some of them, no doubt, owe their
origin to Spanish sounds combined
with certain other sounds peculiar to
the French tongue. The meaning Of
these names 1 do not know, but they
are pretty and euphonious, If properly
pronounced. l suppose this is why
they have been selected, for the negro
you know, has an awfully keen ear for
the harmonies."-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
Rounding Cape Horn
Test of SeamanShiD.

The Isthmian canal will not only
save 10000 miles in the voyage be-
tween New York and San Francisco,
but-and this is fact less frequently
dwelt upon-it will avoid some of the
toughest navigating known to seamen.
To sail ship round Cape Horn in the
teeth of the prevailing desperate west
erly gales is the supreme test of sea-
manship, and sometimes of human en-
durance.
A Maine shipmaster, who has dou-
bled the Cape thirty-two times, re-
Gently told the Boston Seamans
Friend society that in his sixteen
westerly passages only twice did he
get "a fair slant of wind" and make
a comfortable passage. All the other
times there were weeks of battling
with adverse gales before the 200
miles between the Atlantic and the Pa
cific waters were traversed.
A Boston captain whose ship was
driven to and fro of the cape for
twenty-six days, while he was making
a desperate fight for his westing, has
plotted the ships course on a chart.
The lines are tangled like cobweb.
To be sure, there is another route.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
ODD AND INTERESTING.

Tho carnation likes sunny situa-
ton.
The number of Wesleyans in the
British army and navy is estimated
at 36.639.
The estimates of the population of
the Philippines vary from 7.500.O00 to
100000.
The art of papefmaking has 80 ad-
vanced that excellent material can be
obtained at small cost.
II the skies were filled with full
moons the light would be no brighter
than that of ordinary daylight.
The process now in use for collect
ing tin from the waste of sheet tin
by electricity is comparatively costly.
Fifteen thousand dollars is said to
be the salary offered for an editor of
a new government morning paper in
Australia.
Alaska has paid its cost twenty
times. 1t was bought for $1,000 900,
and has supplied $15O,OOO, 900 in furs,
fish and gold.
William Hafner, a Milwaukee farm
er, won a wager by eating fifty ears
Of roasted maize, but died from the
consequences.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT.

While the fool ponders the wise guy
acts.
Opportunities are far more powerful
than prophets.
II you would discourage trusts
neither borrow nor lend
Poverty isn't a crime-unless 1t fur
nishes one with prison fare.
Man can see q sorrow at twice the
distance he can see blessing.
1t is easier for the landlord to raise
the rent than it is for the tenant.
Misfortune is no respecter of per-
sons-and neither is fortune, for that
matter.
When people actually carry out their
good intentions the millennium will be
in full blast.
With the march Of civilization come
innumerable chances to make a dis
honest living.
Contentment may be better than
wealth. but the most Of us are COM
PEELED to jog along without either.
A New York physician has succeed
ed in making a mute woman talk. Still
some folks imagine that 1t is impos-
sible for a doctor to outlive his useful
ness.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
TIKI BEST IN DIALOGUE.

Probably with an intention Of prov
ing that there is an occasional cpl
gram which does not owe its origin
or application to either Clyde Fitch
or Arthur Pinero. some thoughtful
person has compiled the following
bouquet" picked from various plays,
successful and otherwise:
Nothing can work such havoc as
fool. Sowing the Wind"
We may scale a mountain only t.
trip over a mole hill."-Queen's Fav-
orite."
Those who wait for other mems
shoes must tread roughly sometimeR."
Alone"
Lite's like baccarat Chance gives
the cards; we only play what's dealt
us. John Durnford, M. P.'
Wrinkles. you know, my dear, are
the diary of woman's life in cipher"
His Excellency the Governor"
Joy, joy; one cannot touch joy
every day; one must take things Ms
they are. ."-"Pelleas and Melicande.."
In a woman's word book 4 hate
you often means L like you That's
Worth remembering."-"T Terma-
CANT"
Il suppose honesty's like the gout;
1t runs in certain families for several
generations and then it skips a gen.
ration.''-"The Rogue's Comedy"
Ladies, like bills of exchange, are
allowed little grace" "And, un-
like bills of exchange, are much pleas
anter to meet."-"Her Own Rival"
"Oh, isn't there one perfect world
out of all the millions-just one
where everything goes right and fid-
dies never play cut of ?"-"The
Masqueraders"
What is it about widows that is
SO attractive?" Man is a nervous ami
mal-creature Of precedent-and
first husband is a precedent."-"Th
Late Mr.. Costello"
Marriage is like Exeter Hall; you
can all take your places for nothing,
and II you pay attention you may
learn good deal that is good for
you" Marriage like Exeter HALL"
There's this difference-rather an
important difference: You can get out
OF Exeter Hall."-"Leonie"
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06

a while, but at last, to stop the noise.
he offered the young marine 10 cents
for the whistle, and the sale was
made and goods delivered.
The boy looked at the two nickels
for : while with staring eyes, slipped
them into his pocket and was quiet
and apparently in deep thought for
perhaps ninety seconds. Then he
reached in his pocket and pulled out
another whistle, mate to the first,
end started in where he had left OF,
with one eye on the old man. After
he had got red and purple and tired
from blowing, he said:
Say, mister, do you want to buy
another one?"
The old man stopped the car and
got of at the next cross road. says
the Philadelphia Record. although
there wasn't house in sight.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
POOR RICHARD, JR.'s. SAYINGS.

Love is great. good and beautiful.
but 1t hates arithmetic.
Vacation weather generally begins
after the close Of vacations.
When q man knows what he does
not know he begins to learn.
It makes little difference what has
been in the empty pocketbook.
That low rumbling sound in the dis
tance is caused by the reassembling of
the football teams.
No mental process is SO rapid as
the decision Of the average man to
remain home from church on a rainy
Sunday morning.
The prediction Of Russell Sage that
$10-a-ton coal Is signpost on the road
to revolution gives rise to the awful
suspicion that Russell has no coal at
hand.-Saturday Evening Post.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
rortoises Climb for Grapes.

Tortoises are known to be able to
live for long time without food. It
was also believed hitherto that they
were rigid teetotalers. This belier,
however. has been rudely dispelled by
the discovery that they are very fond
OF grapes. The proprietor OF a vine
yard in Algiers had noticed for some
time serious depredations going on in
his plantation. The watchman he had
engaged reported that mysterious
noises were heard In the place at
night. and consequently refused to
stop any longer on the spot. But the
master determined to inquire into the
matter for himself, and. much to his
surprise. he found a large number Of
tortoises climbing up the vines with
an alertness OF which tortoises are or
dinarily thought to be incapable. and
making the most Of the good things
which the gods had provided for them.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
HER KNOWLEDGE WAS POWER.
Familiarity with the Chinese Language
Made Woman a Countess.

Familiarity with the Chinese Language
Made Woman a Countess.
One of the unmarried women in dip
lomatic circles at Washington is the
Countess Marguerite Cassini, the ac-
complishsd niece of the Russian am
bassador, who is a countess in her
own right, not by heredity but by the
special grace of the czar. and cuff
GUS story is told of the manner in
which she won her title. 1t was when
Count Cassini had his sateful confer
ence with Ii Hung Chang at Pekin.
long before the boxer trouble. The
counts interpreter was away. for LIS
cab was unexpected, and as the Chi
nese statesman could not speak Rus
sian and the Russian diplomat did
not understand Chinese the conference
came to deadlock. The counts
niece. who had picked up something
of the language, stepped into the
breach and the affair was arranged to
the satisfaction of both parties. The
Chinese empress loaded her with pres
ents, the cars government made q
note of the service performed. and
when there was a question couple OF
years ago Of the young lady's prece'
lence ut Washington, where the count
was then ambassador, the czar himself
confounded her rivals by making her a
countess. This was something like
rapid promotion for the lady.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
PENCIL POINTS.
X. Hire a mule.

Don't kick. Hire mule.
Quick lunches make sick stomachs.
Don't play too long with the sucker.
He'll bite.
Many a man is done brown by toast.
Ing women.
1t is called angel cake because 1t
makes angels.
Nobody ever complains of obesity in
the pocketbook.
Maybe matches are made in heaven,
but the sulphur's imported.
Let US prey" said the cannlbal,
who made god Of his stomach.
1t is not the broth of boy that
most frequently lands in the soup.
There isn't room for more than one
"strenuouser" in the average family.
1t isn't always safe to Judge cigar
BY the quality of its obituary notice.
The man with an imposing front ele-
walton does not always have a back
bone to match.
After all. the happiest time is in
boyhood when one carries ones real
estate in ones ears.
This Is the season of the year when
the ice cream freezer is retired and
dealers proceed to swap bouillon for
bullion.
Let not the beau plume himself
o'ermuch. He can blow In as much
dough on hot chocolate as ever he did
on cold drinks for his best girl.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
SENTIMENT IN NEW BOOKS.

When a man ceases to make love to
his wife. some other man begins -
Fables for the Elite.
You may be sure the devil will
hump himself II you don't.-Those
Delightful Americans.
There are greater virtues th,n
thrift. 1t is better to die penniless
than to have been too much of q
saver.-The Unspeakable Scot.
Let me get over this difficu'ty
somehow" says youth, that may
play the game OF life well"-and oar
hair is turning gray before we lean
saat the difficulty is the game.-T4s
Way OF Escape.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
BULLETINS.

N sometimes takes a few hard
knocks to develop what's in you.
Many a rich man would be glad to
swap his millions for one good diges-
ton.
A man often measures the good time
OF the night before by the size of his
head the morning after.
Sing Of land where one may be
Ever from those two bores be free:
Death and the tax collector.
suavity Is good and pleasing flavor
to give good character-but too
often there's nothing but the favor.
The man who goes through life look
Ing for a SNAP" usually dies in the
poorhouse-or Just outside the gates.
A man stays out of business ven
ture. 1t fails. The man says business
sagacity saved him. I. wins, and the
man says bad luck kept him out.
There may be such thing as luck;
but perseverance end clear head are
big helps to luck along the road to
success.
DE millionaire goes broke" said
uncle Shad, "an' blows his brains
out. OATS foolishness. Abs done
been busted foh sebenty-five yeahs-
an All done been fat de whole time"
1t is hard to see how our forefathers
got on without the telephone. Per
haps. though. they had some one else
whom they could cuss and get just
as much satisfaction out Of it as
though they were talking to Cen
trail"
Few men ever win all they started
out In life to attain. But ne is lucky
fellow who manages to: make the
average halfway decent.-San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06

Nearly a century before the Dutch
sailors, LIE Marie and Van Schouten.
in 1916 sailed round the cape. Magel-
Ian in 1920 had pushed his way
through the straits bearing his name
and become the first to find a west
ern way from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific.
But the straits of Magellan, tortu-
Gus, windy and narrowing in places to
the width of mile or so, involve such
great difficulties that in general only
steam vessels attempt them. The
United States battleship Oregon was
brought through those waters in 1898,
on her memorable voyage from the
western coast; but powerful steam
ships are often beaten back and de-
layed by the terrific gales encountered
in the narrow passage.
And in all, the life OF the deepwater
sailor will be much easier when he has
no longer to reckon with the straits
and the cape. Neither of them offers
such route as man would choose
for a holiday journey.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06

frames In which the glass was imbed-
ded were unique and of great value
to connoisseurs, reports London Tit
Bits. Both glass and leaden frames
ars supposed to have come from
Fountains abbey, near to the cottage
in question.
In another case, not far from Ponte-
fract. the stones of an humble cottage
were found to have upon them many
names rudely carved. AS the cottage
was itself tumble-down affair. it was
leveled to the ground by the owner.
and antiquaries then determined that
the stones W. the inscriptions upon
them had come from an ancient castle.
The names were those Of Cromwellian
and other soldiers for the most part,
but some of the carved names were
evidently those of prisoners of much
earlier period.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
FROM A cYNlc's DICTIONARY.

Crank-A person whose views are
the opposite OF our own.
Egotist-A perstn who thinks as
much OF himself as other people do OF
themselves.
Honor-That which people talk
about when they want to get out OF
doing something they don't want to
do.
Society-That which we lay the
blame on when anything goes wrong.
John Eliot In Iippinco.ts.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
HARD TO FIND.

A woman who is willing to Yield
a single point in an argument.
A man who does not feel that ne
ought % have some other position.
A man who Is willing to admit he
Is possessed Of a selfish ambition.
A woman who will accept criticism
Of her attire from another woman.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
Winter Resorts

are most conveniently reached via the
Colorado & Southern Ry. and connections
through Fort Worth Memphis and by
way of the new Delhart-El Paso route.
Especially low round-trip rates will be
quoted and sleeping car reservations
nanas mace on request. write write 70 & H. T. tisher.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06

A veteran dancing master was injured
while alighting from a cable train. Most
people would think that an easier per-
formance than sidestepping lady's train.
but such things are largely a matter OF
experience.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
olIn Family Reunion.

Fifteen hundred members Of tn.
Oiin family visited Buffalo and Mag.
ara Fallo recently. their annual re-
union being held at the American
city.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06
HAD WHISTLE. 70 SELL.
crusty Old Man Bought One Of the
Boy to Suppress Noise.

Boy to Suppress Noise.
Il was on a Swarthmore trolley car,
an among the passengers were lot
Of youngsters with baskets and ham
mncks. out for days fun. One of
tn lot was q boy about s years old.
dressed in full navy uniform. Sua-
pended from his neck was q whistle
that cost perhaps or 2 cents. But
the boy behind the whistle wHs
enough to raise the dead. An old
man sitting opposite stood 1t for quite
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06

The value OF King Edwards china
at buckingham Talace and Windsor
10 said to exceed 32.000.00e.
Gilpin observer., 1902-11-06

Except by experts a horse Is apt to be
judged by its harness and the front the
driver puts on and even the experts are
fooled at times.