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Not a Cyclone YcSr.

TornadoeS and cyclones were scarce
this spring because it was so uniformly
cool. They will be scarce the balance
of the year because the weather will be
uniformly warm. That is what Observ-
er Conner says.
when the upper and lower layers of
air are at nearly the same relative tenn
perature all over the country, there is
little danger Of tornadoes, says Mr..
Conner. They are usually frequent in
this section through March, April, May
and in June, because the sun in moving
TO the north carries warm air with
it. This, coming i'll contact with the
colder atmosphere, causes conditions
such as cyclones and tornadoes This
year, however, the continued cold of
these months prevented the usual dem
oustrations.
IF were TO 60 behind the mere
fact of the temperature as reason l
might say the lack OF storms was due
TO planetary position; that some people
believe that the l year period of sun
spots, in which we have now reached
about the half way mark, influences
the conditions, in that atmospheric dis
turbance is supposed to result rs the
end Of the period is approached. 1t
might be due to any OR all Of these
things, but can't say; it might not be
true.
Now that the air has become thor
oughly heated there will be no lorna
does 1t grew hot so suddenly that the
usual rushing about of the currents of
air did not occur, but that popularity
has not yet been quite explained. There
will be local thunderstorms of more or
less severity, but 10 tornadoes. y
In the seven years that Observer Con-
nor has been stationed in Kansas City
he recalls only Gle year i'll which tor
nadoes were so scarce. There has not
been a single big windstorm in this
vicinity this season. -Kansas City Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
A NEW RANGE FINDER.
Wonderful Results Expected From an AUS
tralian's Invention.

An invention which promises to DO
Of very great military value has been
perfected by a. U. Alcock of the Aus
tralian Electric Lighting company in
Sydney. 1t is IN ingenious contrivance,
worked by electric currents, for finding
the position of vessels III tho vicinity of
Il fort.
The resources of tho world i'll this re-
Spect up to the present have been linn
tied to two or three appliances. One,
known as the Watkin position finder,
works only within certain lines. There
is another system, known as Fiske, but
this, besides being limited in range of
operation, is cumbrous and slow i'll APP
plication. The new invention, rs far as
its application has been illustrated,
small scale model, is controlled so easily
and swiftly and is worked with such
exactness that It's adoption would rem
der the position of any vessel i'll hostile
waters one of exceptional danger. y
number of military men, on Invitation
of the inventor, were treated 10 prac-
teal illustration of its working recently
in Sydney. One man, III a perfectly Sc
cure position on shore, can SIT or stand
At the telescope, and by simply turning
and elevating or depressing the same,
in accordance with the motions of
vessel, can cause to be indicated on
disks placed one TO each gun in fort,
the exact range and bearing of the yes
sci from each gun.
The means Of communication between
telescope and indicator is wire, along
which all electric current flows, the
current being set i'll motion as soon as
the telescope begins TO move. The first
movement shows the range of the YES
sci, and, by the switching of an arm,
the hand on the same dial is made TO
show the bearing, the whole thing be-
ing done automatically and instantane-
ously. The only personal effort Is that
the bearing indicated electrically has 10
be submitted TO trigonometrical calcu-
lation, which, by means OF IN arrange
ment of triangular rules, is done IL
few seconds. and the gun placed on its
proper alignment.
Lieutenant Colonel Umphelby and
other military men who inspected the
apparatus expressed great admiration
of it. 1t differs from other position
finders not only in simplicity Of appli-
cation, but il the valuable feature that
il can be applied simultaneously to any
number of guns in any position on one
or both sides of a marine channel or
other waterway. Mr.. Alcock has been
engaged for about - years il complet-
inc his invention. York Sun.
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Strange Domestic Pets.

Mr.. Hutchinson, while British resi-
dent at Kumassi, had {; panther pre-
sentcd to him by the king of Ashanti
This animal he succeeded in tanning
and transformed from forest terror
into domestic pet Charles James Fox
had young tiger which showed great
affection for him, until one day, while
licking its masters hand it scraped off
the skin. At the first taste of blood its
dormant instincts returned, and its
glaring eyes revealed to Mr.. Fox his
danger. Without attempting to remove
his hand be led it by gentle words into
the next room, where loaded pistol
hung over the mantelpiece. Reaching
it down, he shot his now dangerous pet
through the head.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
Our Queer Language.

1t is little wonder that foreigners are
in despair in learning to speak the Eng
lish language. One of the greatest diff
culties is the way in which the Same
syllable sounds have often very different
meanings.
You'll get run in, said the pedes-
trian to the wheelman without a light
You'll get run into, :" savagely re-
sponded the cyclist as he knocked the
pedestrian down and ran up his spine
You'll get run in, too, said the
policeman aT he stepped from behind a
tree and grabbed the wheel.
And just then another scorcher came
along without a light, so the policeman
ran in two-EXchange
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
a Stunid Jury.

France is shocked by miscarriage of
justice due to stupid jury. At Epinal
woman who confessed to numbering
her 4.year-old child after torturing it
atrociously for months was acquitted,
The jury explaining afterward that they
thought the effect OF the acquittal would
be to send the accused to penal servi-
lude for life. The people Of Epinal tried
TO lynch the woman and the jury.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
A Good Guess of Long Ago.

During the American Revolution an
English magazine published an estimate
of the North American colonies. Plac-
ing the population then ut 1900, 0C0
and assuming that it would double it
self every % years. the writer estimated
that in the year 1890 the number would
have increased to 81, 600, 000 This may
be taken as Almost remarkable prophecy,
inasmuch as the census Of 1890 fixes
the total population ut G2, G22, $50
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
VIII Learn.

Jabsley-These novelists make me
tired. The idea of Il whitening glanco!"
AS if any one could be withered by q
mere look.
Wickwirc-You are young yet, Jabs-
ley You never stepped OH your wife's
train at ball Pearson Weekly.
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SpiSeful,

Mabel-Mr Sweetser tells me l am
the only woman in the world he cares
anything about
Edith suppose he doesn't class
Nav Golding among women. l know
he always calls her an angel.-Boston
Transcript.
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Angelic Tcmperament.


He is good natuled, is hc?'
Good naturedl Why, have known
that man to wear smiling face when
he was speaking of taking off a porous
plaster. Boston Traveller.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31

At the beginning of the present cen
tury the Bible could be studied by only
one-fifth of the earth population. Now
it is translated into languages which
make it accessible to nine-tenths OF the
worlds inhabitants.
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Hotel -:- Mason,
NEW CHURCH STATION. VA.
JOHNSON s. MASON, Proprietors.
All trains met and passengers con-
veyed to any part of PENN
sula at fair rates and
with comfort and
dispatch.
nrsr.ssns OF TIE snIN.


DISEASES OF THE SKIN.
Tie intense itching and smartinS incl
dent to ECZEMA letter, salt-iheum, and other
diseases of,he skin is instantly allayyeGa ny
applying Chamberlains Eye and Skln
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. 1t is equally
Efficient for itching piles and favorlte rem
edy for sore nipples; chapped hands, chill
blains, frcst bites, and chronic sore eyes,
For SIZE by druggists at % cents per box
TryDr. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are Just whata horse needs when in bad condi-
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifage.
For Sale by Blackstone s. Bell, Acco-
mac G. H., and VIM. H. Parker,
Onancock, Va.
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Easily Done.

She-What beautiful name you
have, Mr.. Monlrosa
He-You like it, my lady? Take it.
Detroit Free Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31

Teapots are used in China only by
the poor. Among the wealthy it is Gus
tomary to ppt the tea leaves i'll each cup
and pour water OIL them.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31

Doors. Windows, Blinds, Mantels
White Pine Mouldings, Porch Col
umns, Porch Trimmings, AdJus-
tible Gable Ornaments, Shin
giles, Laths, Hair, Lime, Ce-
ment, and a full line of
Hardware, Cook, Parlor
Gasoline, and Air Tight
Stoves, Pumps, Stone Well
CURLING, Wall Paper, Tin
and Crystal Ware, Lever Set
ting Cultivators, Harrows, Wheel
Barrows, Wheel Wood, Coal, Paints. &c
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
CONVICTED.
Pound Guilty OF EmbeznlinE Illinois state Uni.
versIty Endowment Funds.

Pound Guilty or EmbezzIinE Illinois state Uni.
versItJ Endowment Funds.
CHICAGO, July 3l.-Charles Warren Spalding,
ex-President Of the Globe Savings Bank and
former Treasurer Of the State University at
Champaign, under a charge Of embezzlement
Of university endowment funds. was found
guilty this evening. The prisoner was
almost prostrated when, the, verdict was road.
He grasped q chair for support. A few minutes
later he was led back to his cell in the county
jail.
The verdict was not a surprise to those inter-
ested in the case. The instructions read by
Judge Horton to the Jury were considered favor.
able to the prosecution.
The specified charge against tho e~x-banker
was the illegal hypothecation Of $32. 900 worth
OF bonos belonging to the University OF Illinois.
Spalding admitted having pledged them to the
First National Bank. His defense was the claim
that he had used tho money thus secured to pay
warrants drawn to meet current expenses Of In
university.
The verdict of guilty was reached after q trial
lasting an entire week. 1t was the third at
tempt to secure conviction. There are still
twenty-five indictments against Spalding. The
punishment for embezZlement Is from one to ten
years In the penitentiary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
CANADA
she Expects 10 Pront by EaEland's New Trade
Policy.

TohGys
TORONTO, July 3~1.-Canadians arc much
elated over tho fact that England will abrogato
her treaties with Belgium and Germany that
stand in the way Of the Canadian preferential
trade policy being operated to the advantage of
Great Britain. 1t Is felt here that the promul.
the disadvantages Canada will incur from tho
Dlngley tarin. The announcement of the de-
nunciation Of these treaties will have q most
Important bearing on the tariff enacted by tho
dominion Parliament on April %.
by the terms OF that tariff a double schedule
OF duties 10 offered by Canada, ono being 12i2
Per cent. lower than tho other. tho lower tariff
70 be used in favor of countries admitting the
products OF Canada on terms which, on tho
whole. are as favorable to Canada AZ the terms
OF the reciprocal tarin.
AT the end OF one year from the date OF tho
new tarin the lower scale OF duties is to descend
nnotner l2i2 per cent. making IL "a per cent.
scribed.
IL was well understood that Great Britain was
practically the only country In u position to ac-
Sahada; bul 1t was strongly commended by the
okposilloh mat the now tariff would be in
SnectlVe even in the case of Great Britain. ow-
ing 70 the existence of most-favored nation
sIeaties 6eIween Great Britain and Germany
ard Great Britain and Belgium, which treaties
prevent any party thereto Offering better terms
treaty. |
The Canada rNrIn went into effect Immediate
S,anu ~ mas eyer since boon a question OF much
interest," whether the. imperial Government
mouiu consent to the denunciation of the Ger
man and Belgian treaties.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
SAVED As THEY WERE SINKING.
Coi. AnVanhuRh OF Gov, Blacks star ana Miss
bradley Nearly Drowned

NARRAaANsETT PIER, r. l., July 3l.-Therc
was a very strong undertow ut tho bath
ing peach to-day, which Is generally considered
to be ono OF the safest on the Atlantic coast.
The recent storm, however, was undoubtedly
accountable for the unusual conditions which
existed to-day. Early In the morning two men.
whose names could not DO learned, were carried
beyond their depth by the undcrtow and were
rescued by mon in the beach patrol boat.
In the afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. 4. p. Shaw and
Miss G. II. Bradley OF Chicago, with Col. George
kavanaugh, assistant Northumberland
on the stan Of Gov. Black Of New York. came to
the beach,
MRS Shaw remained on tho pavilion vcrnnda,
nut the rest OF the party went In for a dip. They
went quito far out and were enjoying them
serves among the breakers when Mr.. Shaw was
eeiEeo with q cramp. His struggles excited
MISS Bradley, and she soon became helpless.
Mr.. Shaw recovered sufficiently to seize Miss
bradley and scream for help.
COL kavanaugh saw their predicamcnt
ana at once went to their aid. The
patrol boat also went to their assistance,
but before help could reach them they
sank from sight, and they came to tho surface
and almost Immediately went down again.
When they reappeared the patrol boat was at
hand, and Miss Bradley was quickly lifted into
the boat.
Meantime Col. Kavanagh had come up, but
no was SO excited and exhausted that he lost all
control OF himself md soon sank beneath the
water. When he reappearcd. and just as he was
going down again, the patrolinen caught him
and dragged him into the boat.
During the excitement Mr.. Shaw was swept
In shore and managed to stand erect on the bot.
tom. and soonreached the beach unaided.
Miss Dudley and Col. Kavanah were brought to
the shore. where they were soon sufficiently 70.
vived to be removed to their hotels.
A short time, before this exciting occurrence,
one Of tho attendants Mt sherry's pavilion was
also swept beyond his depth by the undertow.
His screams brought Shcrry's swimming mas.
ter to his assistance and tho man was helped
ashore.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
KILLED a WOW UNION NAN.
RiotinG In scottdnle, Pa, Results In Death
Mob Around . steel works.


P~ITTsBURe, ra'' Juiy Si.-WiiiamC
was snot ana instantly kiiieo NJ scottdalo to-
night IN a rlot between union ana non'union
men enipioyeu ny tno SootVuaie iron ana oteoi
company. cummings anu tour othcr non.union
workncn visiteu the saloons ana drank freely.
AT inc commercial hotei crowd hau gathered.
Inc non-union "orkheh were ihshited' ana
Cummings began smoothing. Inc crowd hred
back, and was MT ABOVE the right
tomple. his iriends retroaoea 10 inc miil' which
was guarucd ny deputy shorins' NO one seems
10 know tne person VINO nrou 'ne tatei shoL
inc trouble u ABOUT the running OF the scott
aaie steel works with non'uhioh men, Inc
Sherih ana oV aaoitiohhl aepu'ies nave oeen
oruerea 10 Soottdaio from dreehsourg'
andre non-union men, VINO were import
gu eostartt he mill on thursday were attacked py
an strikers last evening anu pehheu IN tine mill
over night. Deputies were summoned hastiiy,
ana. Ruardod oy them' lho hon'uhioh mon slept
IN the pattern snop over hisht, ana haa their
heais carried 70 tnem TINS morning.
mo company iast hisht appiea 10 Bursess
ror'er oeo.puaio Ior pro.ee'ion. me burgess
s"ore In speciai oncors ana uhaer!ook 10 pro-
Ocot inc noniuhioh men ou' q mop Oh LOW men
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
THREW THE JEWELRr AWAY,
Van Dusen's Reason for Hts Disposal OF thu
Pnckage-It was Worth $780,.

Van Dusen's Reason for HIa Disposal OF the
PnckaEe-Ht was worth $3.50.
Alvah Van Dusen, So years old, who had
charge Of Mrs. Bliss's boarding house, at 81
West Seventeenth street. wal arrested last
night by Detectives Caddell and Welsh of the
West Thirtieth street station on a charge of lar
oeny.
Mrs. Bliss. the prourietress of the boarding
house, is i'll at Saratoga. and Van Dusen was
running the boarding house on shares.
Yesterday morning q Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Duke
hart Of Toledo went to the boarding house. Mr..
Dukehart is a travelling salesman. He told his
story in the station house last night
MY wife and I were going to Rockaway
Beach yesterday and I wrapped up her jew
elry in o package and gave 1t to Van
Dusen. When We returned J asked him
for the package. 4 threw it away. 1t
s ssFsn to s. snsll b and a.,d ! t !WSy, it ib i9to x tss
it SMELL isMs .S Seid; IT .s contained at .sId y my
D D1ns i spparsntly s sE1 qS% i Hs f in;sis sasd that that
he had thrown 1t away, and made complaint to
The detectives said that Van Dusen told sew
MED the charge against him..
Mr.. Dukehart said the jewelry consisted
o "cls "a pair a OF dI EGl% SaF snd o pssri or %ssass
q diamond ,sunburst, a ruby, sapphire. q nd
diamond ring. a bracelet with three
set with diamonds. and a bar pin set with three
diamonds. The tewelry is valued at between
$3.50 and 300.
The garbage contractor is a man named
Palmer, and none OF his men had seen a package
like the one described in the garbage which th0y
had removed from the house.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
All ABOARD FOR PEx1x.
The siberian n n Comnittee Is PreparIuH Its
Schedule OF Time for 1ool.
Special Gable Ds,patoA TO THE sus.

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE sus.
LONDON. July 31.-The directors Of tho Siberian
railroad are already figuring upon the time table
from London to Pekin, which will go into effect
In July, 1901. The journey will occupy less than
fifteen days, as follows:
Tho train, four hours from London, win leave
ostend for Warsaw. distance 1869 Kilometres,
and Will reach the latter place In nineteen hours
at the rate OF eighty kilometres, over forty nine
miles an hour. The distance from Warsaw to
Batraki, 2,219 Kilometres. will DO accomplished
In S4i9 hours, at the rate OF sixty.four kilom-
etres an hour. Russian trains are much slower
than those on the west European systems.
From Batraki to Chelybinsk, where the new
Siberian line actually commences, the distance
10 1,127 kilometres, and IL will DO made in
twenty-one hours at the further reduced speed
OF hfty.threek Kilometres an hour. From Chiefly
binsk to Vladivostock the distance is e,2S3
Kilometres, and 1t will be made at a mean speed
Of forty-two kilometres, and will take 221 hours.
Thus the entire journey OF IA. 191 kilometres
will occupy 2s6 hours, or 121a days.
The present time is thirty-eigbt days by tho
suez Canal and twenty-eight days by the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad. II tho eighty-kilometro
speed on tho Ostend. Warsaw section could be
maintained throughout the journey IL might be
accomplished in seven and one-half days.
Making every allowance for the difficulties Of
high speed across the Siberian stcppes, there is
q large margin for improvement on tho esti.
mated forty-two Kilometres or twenty-six miles
an hour from Chelybinsk to vladivostock. From
the latter city Pehin will DO reached by the
Manchurian road.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
HE persisted OF THIRST.
TRAGIC DEATH OF GARRETT Il. AN.
DERSON IN THE DESERT

His wife ana RE, I'm n buggy. Lost Their wny
In nm Arizona ~wnste-Tcrrible Heat and Nc
Wntcr-The Woman Rescued Just In Time.
but II Was Too Late to save Her Husband.
PHOENIX. Ariz,, July 3l.-Famlshcd for want
OF water, Garrett L. Anderson OF New York died
on the Arizona Desert to-day, after enduring the
most terrible sufrcrings imaginable. He started
with his wife on Thursday to visit a son who is
sick with consumption at Cave Greek, less than
thirty miles from here. without q guido. believ-
ing that he knew the tracklcss desert sufficiently
to reach his destination.
All progressed well until he was within n few
miles of his destination. when no was unable
from the slight wash Of the burning sands,
to determine where he was, and he began to
wander. His wife and he had only a small can
teen Of water, which they were drinking rapidly.
The heat was intense, the rays OF the sun
beating down In n manner that almost drove
Anderson mad, and when the horse began to
show signs Of distress what little water ro-
manned was given to II.
All that afternoon and Thursday night and
Friday man and wife. drawn by an almost fam
ishcd animal, wandered over the burning
desert.
Yesterday J. A. Moore, a mining man, came
across the tracks Of their buggy in the sand.
The zig gag course alarmed him. He knew from
experience that some one was lost.
Moore struck the trail, holding it for hours
when he came upon the aged couple. Andcr.
son. who was sixty years OF age. was uncon.
scious, while his wife was in n pitiful condition.
The woman was revived by water from
Moore's c%antecn, but 1t was impossible to forco
the fluid between tho lips OF Anderson, whose
tongue was black from thirst and the terrible
heat. Mrs. Anderson could not speak.
Moore tied their horse hehind tbe hrprv anJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
s1EsIA,s GREAT FLOODS.
Largo Loss or Life and Enormous Destruction
or Property.

or Property.
Special Gable Despatoh to THE Sun.
LONDON, July 31.-Despatches received here
from various continental news centres confirm
the reports Of the appalling extent Of the floods
in Prusslan Silesia, and tho consequent large
loss of life and almost incalculable destruction
Of property. Hundreds of persons have been
drowned, and immense tracts OF country arc
submerged by the waters of the overlooking
streams.
The hummer resorts of Warmbrunn in Prus.
sian Silesia and Johannisbad. in Bohemia, are
under water and partially wrecked.
Dispatches from Vienna report the drowning
Of q large number Of persons in the adjacent
provinces. and describe the destruction Of prop
erty as beyond estimate.
Advices from Berlin say that tho floods in
Prussian Silesia are widespread and disastrous.
The pecuniary damage Is already estimated at
millions Of marks, and tho overfowing waters
are still spreading. No flood of such magnitude
has occurred in that region within the century.
The new Town Hall at Loebtan. Saxony, has
collapsed, from having been undermined.
A despatch from ST. Petersburg says that $50
persons have persisted in the floods in southern
Russia
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01

The Injured Mans Friend says he 10 Robert
Moran-G:ripmAn Arrested.

The Injured Mans Friend Says He 10 Robert
Moran-S:ripman Arrested.
A man named Robert Moran was knocked
down by a Broadway cable car at Battery place
this morning shortly after IL o'clock. He tried
TO get of a car just coming to a stop
at the end OF the down trip. and,
staggering, plunged ahead onto the uptown
track just as a car started up In charge OF Grip
man Michael Holland. % years old. OF 500 West
Fiftieth street.
The car hit Moran on the right side, breaking
his right arm. and inficting internal injuries
which may prove fatal. The fall cut tho mans
scalp badly. and rendered him unconscious.
Tho gripman was arrested.
Byron +. Dennison of 144 West Thirty-Beventh
street, who was with Moran, was arrested on a
charge OF intoxication. He stood ovor Moran
with a big fan, which he used vigorously. and
tried to prevent the injured man being
put into the Hudson Street Hospital ambulance.
II took three policemen TO get him to the Old
slip police station. There he said the injured
mans name was BIOL" Moran.
When asked what the mans address was he
became uproarious. He said tho address WAS
Fourth street and Waverley place, adding incl.
dentally that Moran was worth big money +" In
his day, and mot near broke yet"
Dennison said he was n salesman. He had
several hundred dollars when searched.