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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-19

the DereaN6u ldullJ duu u COpJ NO
sent to the Enterprise for publica-
ton.
Cora Justis,
Cora Parks,
Lola Taylor,
Della Taylor,
Committee.
Business Notices.
For SALE CHEAP-One first class
farmor wagon horse, 8 years old,
sound and gentle, weight l,OOO
pounds. Will work double or single.
Also six thoroughbred short, bent
leg English beagle pups as fine as
was ever bred.
Geo. @. Bonnewell,
Harborton, Va.
NoT1oR-For the next thirty days l
offer my piano and all my household
and kitchen furniture for sale pri-
vately at very moderate prices.
Mrs. Mary s. Oorbin.
Accomac, Va.
WANTRD-Without recommends
ton, two servants, male or female,
white or black, old or young. Liberal
wages paid.
g. Lloyd Doughty,
Accomac @. a., Va.
WANTED-A middle-aged white
woman to do general homework.
Good wages paid to right party.
W. NJ. Upshur,
Cheriton, Va.
For SALE-Dark bay mare, weight
about 900 pounds, sound and straight,
0 years old, we'll broken to all
harness. Will sell cheap for cash.
j. L. Sterling,
Horntown, Va.
For RBHT-A two-horse farm, near
Accomac @. H., for 1904, with abund-
ant resources.
g. Welly Coard,
Accomac @. a., Va.
For RENT-For year 1904, or term
OF years, the "Trehern farm" well
adapted to trucks of all kinds, situa-
ted at Guilford. Apply to
J. E. Russell,
Guilford, Va.
FOR RENT-For year 1904, store
house at Messongo, occupied by d.
Frank Byrd. Apply to
Witham Bros,
Messongo, Va.
NoTIcE-A business Of $4,000 to
$4,000 annually at a sacrifice-wlsh-
ing to change my business l offer my
entire stock OF goods with the ex'
ception OF those bought In Septem
Der and groceries at discount of ID
per cent. Store house can be rented
or bought. Apply to
B. T. Nelson,
Accomac, Va.
NoT1cE-All persons having oys.
tiers on nay ground on west side OF
Big Thoroughfare drisn, must move
them by January /, 1904. All persons
indebted to me must settle by October
18th or their accounts will be placed
in the hands of an officer for collect-
ion.
]. II Stevens,
Wachapreague, Va.
FoR RENT-Hotel property with
livery, etc., lately purchased at auc-
ton, now occupied by Mrs. III. V.
West, situs- ID at New Church, Va.
Possessio' to be given January /,
1904. Will rent for one or term OF
wears. Price reasonable to right par
ties. For further information apply
to
J. E. johnson,
New Church, Va.
For SALR-Bateau, Susan May
new, Pocomoke built, size-5O feet
on deck, 10 feet beam, feet deep
Will carry about 500 bushels OF oys'
tiers. Everything complete, built out
of best material, will sell cheap,apply
to
]. D. Annis.
Guilford, Va.
LosT-At Keller Fair on Friday
$50. 90 In paper money, three $1O,O'
notes, one IS note, one 81 note. Th'
finder will be literally rewarded fol
returning same to me.
| J. r. Hutchinson,
Harborton, Va.
FOR SALs-Three Alderney cows
good stock.
Ben T. Gunter.
NoTIcE-I hereby forewarn al
person, or persons, from trespasslnt
| in any way, on my marsh land, rocks
and shore, under penalty of prose
cutior to the full extent OF law.
Mosby Northam.
For SALK-One pair mule colts
Geo. 3. Mariner,
| Jenkins Bridge.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-19

FOR SALE-Bateau, Susan May,
new, Pocomoke built, size-50 feet
on deck, 10 feet beam, 4 feet deep.
Will carry about 500 bushels OF oys-
tiers. Everything complete, built out
of best material, will sell cheap,apply
to
]. D. Annis.
Guilford, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-19

LosT-At Keller Fair on Friday
$50. 90 In paper money, three $1,000
notes, one IS note, one 81 note. The
finder will be literally rewarded Tor
returning same to me.
J. r. Hutchinson,
Harborton, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-19
Business Notices.

For SALE CHEAP-One first class
farmor wagon horse, 8 years old.
sound and gentle, weight 1000
pounds. Will work double or single.
Also six thoroughbred short, bent
leg English beagle pups as fine as
was ever bred.
Geo. @. Bonnewell,
Harborton, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-19

NoTICE-A business Of $4,000 to
$4,000 annually at a sacrifice--wish-
ing to change my business offer my
entire stock OF goods with the ex'
ception OF those bought In Septem-
Der and groceries at discount of 10
per cent. Store house can be rented
or bought. Apply to
B. 7. Nelson,
Accomac, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-19

FOR SALB-Three Alderney COWS,
good stock.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-19

NoTIcE-I hereby forewarn all
person, or persons, from trespassing
in any way, on my marsh land rocks,
and shore, under penalty OF a prose-
cutior to the full extent OF law.
Mosby Northam.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-19

NoTIoR-For the next thirty days l
offer my piano and all my household
and kitchen furniture for sale pri-
vately at very moderate prices.
Mrs. Mary 8. Corbin.
Accomac, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-19

For SALE-Dark bay mare, weight
about 900 pounds, sound and straight,
o years old, we'll broken to all
harness. Will sell cheap for cash.
J. L. Sterling,
Horntown, Va.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
Bia Farm Profits.

An elaborate paper bearing the sig
nature of Professor DAWSON. member
of the faculty of the Nebraska Univer-
sity at Lincoln, sets forth that no
modern trust-no matter how much
favored by legislation. pays such divi-
dends as .he Nebraska farm on the
capital invested He estimates the
value of the 121.525 farms of the state
at a total of 1922 O1O t06. The value of
farm products, exclusive of live stock
put on the market last year.swas $780,
100000 The profit on the Investment
was noe less than twenty-five per cent
The value of live stock on the ranges
in 1902 was $3.50. 900 000-agricultural
implements are worth $31 600. 900. The
amount of money on deposit In Ma
tional and State banks was not less
than 100000, 900. Last year Nebraska
produced 5000 900 bushels of winter
wheat and S,OO0,O00 bushels of spring
wheat The corn chop was 279.O00,O0O
bushels. that OF oats 52.OOO,000, rye T.
000.0 and barley 100000.
In Nebraska there are 1872 acres
of sugar beets averaging not less than
ten tons to the acre. In twenty-seven
counties there were produced last year
81. 900 tons of clover. 1000 tons of tim
othy. 500. 900 tons of wild hay and 347,-
600 tons OF alfalfa. The census of 1900
shows that OF sl40,Vo0,00O worth of
commodities produced on Nebraska
farms. nearly s75.0O0,O0O represented
live stock shipped and slaughtered. and
the raising of alfalfa which ten years
ago hardly existed in Nebraska, means
that every county will engage in the
raising of live stock. Last year 100000
acres of alfalfa were planted. and in
few years million acres will be under
81, In a n
this crop annually produces more than
the value of land. In 1900 $45 900, 900
represented the value of the grain
corps. poultry was represented by So
900 600 butter by s2,O00.OO0, hides and
pelts by 100000.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29

A Japanese syndicate has purchased
a large section of land near Houston,
Texas. which will be devoted to the
cultivation of rice next year. Already
flourishing Japanese colony Is estab-
lished In the neighborhood of Point
Lavaca. There are enormous districts
of land in Louisiana and Texas excep-
tionally adapted to the growing of
rice. for success in which a richness OF
soil Is of less account than an abund-
ance of water These districts have now
attracted the knowing eye of the most
experienced rice planters in the world.
and it is the superior japanese seed
that has yielded the great crops in the
region of reclaimed land around about
Crowley. American farmers, from the
time of the chance introduction of the
cereal. through shipwreck, into the
Carolinas. did little more than expert
ment with rice until the past decade
Now we have rice to spare.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29

Not more than half dozen play
ers can conveniently take part in this
fishing game, but as it Is played
around a table, three or four games.
each with its table, may be played in
a room at the same time.
To prepare for the game. get about
one yard of moderately stou. cord,
and at one end make small loop
that will not slip. Pass the other end
of the cord through this small loop.
thus making a larger loop, about six
inches in size.
Now tie the unlooped end Of the
cord to a short stick, and you will
thus have fishing rod and line, us
ing the loop instead of hook, and
needing no bait. But that will be all
right, for 1t is fingers, and not fish,
that you are going to try to catch.
With bit of chalk, draw circle
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
Foreign Crop Estimates.

The following crop report of the De-
partment of Agriculture just out. based
on advices received by the foreign sta
tistical agents of the department at
London as late as July lst is, in brief.
as follows: .I
In Russia. meteorological conditions
have been in the highest degree favor
able for the development of cereal
crops in most part of European Russia
and harvest prospects are considerably
improved, even in regions where con-
ditions at the beginning of spring were
unfavorable. In Germany great i'm
provement in all the winter cereals.
particularly in winter rye. has been
shown the pnst month The condition
of every crop in the middle of June is
officially reported above medium.
though winter wheat. potatoes and lu-
cern were considerably nearer to good
than medium and all the others are
graded about midway between the two
conditions.
Only an approximately good medium
harvest of the spring crops in Austria
Is to be counted on as best. Maize
promises well there. In Hungary. un-
less there Is more Improvement before
harvest, which is hardly expected. this
years out-turn of the cereals will fall
considerably below that of 1902. the
deficiency in the case OF wheat being
about fifteen and a half per cent
Most of the Bulgarian crops are re-
ported in very good conditions. Storms
and floods have caused extensive dam
age to crops and vineyards in Italy.
In France the estimated area Of win
ter wheat is 6Sl .724 acres less than in
1902. A marked improvement in wheat
and other crops occurred therA during
June. and the crops are now doing well.
Generally favorable reports come from
Denmark.
In Great Britain the wheat crop is
everywhere somewhat late and hardly
can come up to an average yield. Ad-
vices to the department from the gov
ernment of India estimates the total
wheat crop harvested there in the
spring of 1903 at 29o.261.lO4 bushels.
against a yield of 22G,370. $50 bushels in
the previous year.
The final estimates of the department
on the tobacco crop of 1902 in the
United States are announced as fol-
lows: Acreage, / 1O30 1874; production,
s21 1923 ,963 pounds; value. $57 7,5G3,5l0.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
PipeIess bubbles.

1t is not necessary to use pipe
IN blowing soap bubbles. A wire ring.
dipped into strong soapsuds. will be
spanned by tenacious film. which,
IL held vertically before the mouth
and blown against. may be blown out
into a pouch. and even made to de-
tach itself and float away as a large
bubble.
But for another curious experiment.
not. even this simple apparatus is
needed. Arrange the palm and fin-
gers of your hand in cone shape.
with the little finger bent on ITSELF
and the thumb and forefnger meet
ing at their ends to form a circle.
Dip the thumb and fOrefinger in soap
suds to form a film connecting them.
put your bent little finger-the small
end OF the 'cone-to your lips and
blow.
II your lungs and your soapsuds are
strong, you can produce a remarkable
soap-pouch. a foot or SO long and four
inches In diameter.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
Royal Pageant at Doublin.

Dublin. July 25.-King Edward on
Thursday reviewed $1,000 troops and
5000 men of the naval brigade in
Phoenix park. The scene was by
far the most brilliant of the many
witnessed since their majesties' ar
rival in Dublin. 1t was the largest
muster of troops ever seen at review
in Ireland. The Duke of Connaught
was in command.
1t was after midnight when the
days festivities closed. The King
and Queen held special court at the
castle in the famous st. Patrick's hall.
which was gorgeously decorated and
illuminated for the occasion. There
they received the most representative
body of the Irish nobility and the Irish
people which had been seen at the cas-
tie in many years. Queen Alexandra
were a cream-colored gown embroid
cred with gold. She wore vari-col-
oIed jewels in the form OF shamrocks
and her diamond ornaments were set
in designs of rose, thistle and sham
rock.
The influence of the sovereigns Sc
cured the social union which English
statesmen had vainly sought to at
tain. The Irish guards acted as a
guard of honor and the grand stair
case was lined with lancers 1t was
function Of regal magnifccnce.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
CONFERENCE COMES
TO AN AGREEMENT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.!

Denver, July 25.-The conference
committee on the appropriation bill
reached an agreement last night, after
a harmonious session lasting a little
more than an hour. The Senate amend
ments were allowed to stand for the
most part. Changes made will, it is
stated. increase the appropriations as
made by the Senate at least $4,000.
making the amount of the deductions a
little more than $4,000.
The members of the conference COM
mittee are unanimous in their belief
that both houses will concur and that
the bill will be passed to-day. The ex-
ira session will then be brought to an
end.
The Senate yesterday passed the
long appropriation bill on third read
ing with the amendments proposed on
Thursday, and the amended bill was
sent to the House of Representatives.
That body Immediately after the read
ing of the bill as amended gave notice
to the Senate that 1t would not concur
in the amendments offered. The Sen
ate refused to yield and the result was
the appointment of a conference COM
mittee.
The House committee appointed for
the purpose OF tracing the Morgan bill
for the protection of miners exonerated
Mr.. Morgan from all blame connected
with its disappearance.
Tho Senate passed resolutions on the
Worlds Fair Board the State Board OF
Equalization and demanded an inves-
tigation of the alleged penitentiary
land deal in which 1t is claimed that
Governor Peabody was interested.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29

house" each of them must place his
forefnger on the table, inside the cir
Gle, and keep it there.
When he says Your house" each
player must withdraw his finger and
place it on the table in front of him.
The Fisherman's object is to confuse
the players. so that they will make
one of the two movements at the
wrong time, and to that end he gives
the two commands, My house" and
Your house" SO frequently that they
have difficulty in following him.
Every player who makes false
movement is to pay a forfeit, and in
order to confuse them all the more
the fisherman has a right to give the
same command twice in succession,
instead of alternating them. This
will be almost sure to bring a forfeit.
But the fsherman's object is not
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
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quotation or question on a slip OF
paper previously given to each one.
When this Is done. all the slips are
collected by the player. who stands
behind the chair.
Now, before the game begins. this
player has written and given to tho
one in the chair n quotation which the
one in the chair holds hidden in his
hand.
The player behind the chair then
takes one Of the slips he has Just col
Iected and presses 1t against the fore
head of player No. 2. After an appar'
ent effort he calls off the quotation that
player No. l had already given him.
and which he has hastily read.
who wrote that?" asks No. 2. And
then No. /, who In the sight OF all pra
tended to write a paper Mt the timo
they all did, says. IL did" and hands
the paper pressed against the fore
head to No. 9. But you will see tho
paper held against the forehead was
really written by one of the circle. so
No has one paper ahead each time.
which he reads. and then asks. who
wrote that?'
II this is deftly done 1t puzzles
company for long time.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
POPE'S FAr1OUS
RING IS rlISSING

Rome, July 25.-(New York Herald
in the vat-can to prevent the news
of a terrible scandal leaking out.
The ring of the fisherman. which
should have .een found on the hand Of
the Pope. has disappeared. 1t Is not
so much question of its material as
of Its intrinsic value. for the ring OF
the fisherman is used to seal the papal
bulls and is the outward sign of author
ity of the Pope.
When the cardinal camerlingo GER
titles the death of a pope. he receives
the ring of the fisherman from the
chamberlain of His Holiness. 1t is
then destroyed. in the presence OF all
the cardinals. at the first meeting of
the sacred college held after the
Pope's death.
But when Cardinal Oreglia. the
present camerlingo. had certified to
the death of Leo XIII.. Monsignor Bis
letti was a prey of the deepest de-
spair and mad to admit that the ring
had disappeared. Cardinal Oreglia.
who had. as is the custom. brought his
declaration of having received the ring
from the papal chamberlain. all writ
ten out, had to put it back in his
pocket.
Monsignor Bisletti can give no indi-
cation as to the robber. The theft
must have taken place between the
death of the Pope and the morning Of
the following day. when Cardinal Or
oxiia officially certified to his death.
During this time u large number Of
persons entered the death chamber.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
FARMING MA TIERS.


The Bureau of Forestry has contin-
ued this year on far lar ger scale the
experiments in timber seasoning and
preservation for the railroads which it
began last year under pr. Hermann
Won Schrenk. This summer the work
will be carried on in many states
east, south and westand will be
broadened in scope and made even
more thorough than befos This work
will be done for the New York Central.
the Erie. the Baltimore and Ohio. and
the Pennsylvania railroads in the
East; and for the Illinois Central. the
Santa Fe, the St Louis and San Fran
cisco. the Missouri. Kansas and Texas;
the Northern Pacific and the Burling-
ton in the South and Wes.. The scare
ity of valuable timbers Is felt by no
class of consumers more keenly than
by the railroads, which use every year
11O.OOO,O0O ties merely to renew those
worn out and decayed. The price of
timbers has risen in some Instances to
figure which makes their use prohib-
tive: in other cases the supply is so
nearly exhausted that the roads have
been compelled to look about for new
timbers.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
To Measure Width of a River.


To measure the width of any or
dinary stream, or even of good
sized river, it is necessary to make
use of only your eyes and the brim
of your hat That seems queer,
doesn't 1t? But it's true, and here is
the way to do it:
Select part OF the river bank
where the ground runs back level.
and, standing at the waters edge, fix
your eyes on the opposite bank. Now
move your hat down over your brow
until the edge of the brim is exactly
on a line with the water line on the
other side.
This will give you visual angle
that may be used on any level sur
face, and II. as has been suggested.
the ground on your side of the river.
be fiat, you may lay on CORE
spending distance on it. To do this
you have only to hold your head
perfectly steady. and. after getting
the angle with your hat brim. sup
porting your chin with your hand. If
necessary, turn slowly around until
your back is toward the river.
Now take careful note of where your
hatbrim cuts the level surface OF the
ground as you look out over the lat
ter. and from where you stand to that
point will be the width of the river,
a distance that may be readily meas
ured by stepping. II you are careful
in all these details you can come
within few feet of the rivers width.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
zone Hole Cat"

In the days before baseball became
so popular-in fact, when that game
was almost unknown-boys used to
play "onc hole cat game from
which. some say. baseball was origi-
nally derived.
There was an old Scottish game OF
much the same name as the popular
game of the ffties. but which Is con-
siderably different in the way 1t is
played. The game is called "cat in
the hole" and, old as 1t Is. 1t is capa-
BILE of affording some good sport yet.
In playing the game six shallow
holes are dug, rather nearer together
than the bases In baseball. and ar-
ranged so as to form a diamond. In
the centre stands boy with a ball in
his hand. At each hole is n boy with
a stick. one end of which he rests in
the hole he is guarding When the
boy with the ball sings out, Cat In
the hole" all the other boys change
holes. AS they do so the boy with tho
ball tries to throw ii into one OF the
holes before any boy gets his stick
into it. II he succeeds the boy who
Is slow in changing, and finds the
ball in the hole before his stick. IL
out. He then has to take the ball
himself
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29

Rome, July 25.-The nearer the
conclave approaches. the more two
distinct tendencies are shown in the
Sacred College. especially among the
cardinals of the Curia. that Is to say.
those living In Rome but in which
the cardinal from the provinces as well
as the foreign cardinal cannot help
participating. These two tendencies
spring from the personality of Cardi-
nal Rampolla. as the great struggle
continues to be in his favor or against
him. II Rampolla finds that in the
first ballot he has a considerable num-
Der OF votes, he will try again. II he
has a few votes and one of his oppon-
ents has many. he will renounce his
chance and he and his friends Will
support first, Cardinal Gotti. with
whom he has now come to some agree
agreement. and attempt to raise Got
II to the supreme office, with Rampol-
la as an ally.
This would mean the maintenance OF
Pope Leo's policy on exactly the same
lines and entrusted to the same men.
But Gotti inspires great distrust. be-
cause, as he belongs to the religious
ORDERS he would render the situation
of the papacy extremely difficult at
the present moment. considering the
conditions prevailing in France. Spain
and the Philippines.
1t seems. therefore. almost sure that
II at the first ballot 1t is not probable
that Gotti can be successful, this sec
ton OF the Sacred College will de-
eide on Cardinal Di Pietro, one of
,Rampolla's most faithful followers.
Rampolla. being a Sicilian. can count
on the two Sicilian cardinals. One of
them, however Cardinal Celesia.
bishop of Palermo. is so old almost
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
Where They Get Lions.

Dealers in wild animals get most of
their lions from Nubia. There the ma
tives search for lioness with new
born cubs, kill the mother and bring
up the young beasts on goats' milk.
When they are two months old they
are taken to the coast on the backs
of camels and shipped to Europe.
Lions are also obtained from Abys-
sinia and Senegal. Formerly the At
las mountains furnished the finest
lions. but the species now no longer
exists except few specimens in
menageries. Adult Nubian lions are
worth $1,000 apiece. while Senegal
lions range in price from $500 to $3.50.
Tigers vary in price from 1916 to
$500 apiece and more. according to
the variety and rarity of the animal.
Siberian tigers. for instance. sell at
the latter figure. They are large.
beautifully striped creatures. In the
winter they grow long. woolly win
tor coat. Some full grown tigers are
captured in pitfalls. but most speci-
mems of these animals are caught
while small cubs and raised on milk.