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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24
A PORTER'S MISTAKE.
The story of n Lndy's Frizzes and nm
Actors Rage.

Actors Rage.
AS the porter passed through the ca
she called him aside. There was ;
whisper and q CLEAN of silver.
Now, remember they are IN the vel
low satchel."
''Cyan't miss dem, maam."
"You won't let any one see you"
"No, maam."
''The major is sitting In that car"
"He won't see me, ma'am."
"Well. here Is the key"
The porter took the key and passed
through to the next car.
Guess dis am It," he said. slipping
the thin key in the lock Of yellow
satchel. He put his hand in the satch
el and pulled out bunch Of hair. Then
he relockcd the satchel.
'Heah's yo' frizzes, ma'amw
Don't speak so loud"
Anything else, ma 'amY
"Thats all, believe. just have q
minute to put these on before dinner"
The porter reached the platform In
time to meet an lrate tragedian.
mot STEP he thundcrcd In tones
that almost lifted the pOrter's cap.
"What have you done with my whisk-
ers, boy"
your whiskcrs. sab"
Eyes; my false beard. The passen-
gers say you opened my satchel with n
skeleton key. Where are those whisk-
ersT'
laws" muttered the porter "Ah
went in de wrong satchel!'
Just then lady passed toward the
dining car.
"Dahs yo' whlskers, sah," grinncd
the porter, ION top oh dat lady's haidl"
Chicago News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24
The Dust OF Ocenn.

A dusty" ocean highway sounds al
most incredible. Yet those who are
familiar with sailing ships know that
no matter low carefully the decks may
be washed down In the morning and
how little work Of any kind may be
done during the day nevertheless If the
decks are not swept at nlghtfall an
enormous quantity Of dust will quickly
collect. OF course on the modern
elmer" the burning Of hundreds of tons
of coal every "a hours and the myriads
Of footballs daily would account for a
considerable accumulation Of dust. hut
on wind jammer," manned with a
dozen hands or less. no such dust pro-
ducing agencies are at work. And yet
the records Of sailing ships show that
they collect more sea dust than does a
steamer, which Is probably accounted
for by the fact that while the dust
laden smoke blows clear of the steamer
the large area Of canvas spread by the
sailer acts as O dust collector.-Mari-
Upr
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24
A PATRIOTIC SCHEME
THE TOWN WAS IN FAVOR OF FLYING
THE FLAG PERPETUALLY.
pap Perkins, Postmaster of Jericho,
Tells How Dissension MARRIED the
Discussion of the Proposition and
How the Project Ended.
ICopwirht, 100. by @. h. Lewis

How the Project Ended.
Copyright 1000, by C. h. Lewis]
II was EnOS Hopkins who got the
Idea that Jericho should prove her pa
triotism to the world at large by dis
playin the American flag for seven
days week. He got the idea one
Sunday mornln az he lay In bed. and
he Rugged II to his soul and chuckled
pyer Il for a week before he said any
thing to a llvin soul. Everybody knew
by his actions that somethin was up.
but they couldn't tigger out exactly
what II was. At length. when Sat
urday night came, and there was the
usual crowd at the postotiice, he shot
Off his gun He had his speech all pre-
pared. He told how the American flag
was first flung to the breeze-how
men cheered for liberty as they saw
it-how 1t had given freedom to con-
tinent and brought happiness to mil
lions. Men had fought cheerln for
that flag, and men had died blessin 1t.
He wanted II h'isted In Jericho at sun
rise every day in the year. and he
wanted children to cry for 1t and men
and women to venerate 1t. Monday
was wash day In Jericho. and front
yards and back yards made beauti-
full shown Of sheets and shirts and
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24
NOtiCetO Creditors
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
ACCoMACK, VA.
October Goth, 1900.

To the creditors Of Jno. J.
Hopkins, deceased, and all
others concerned: You are here
by notified that, at the request
Of the personal representative
of the said decedent, | have ap-
pointed the Goth day Of Novem-
Der next, at my said office, for
receiving proof Of all debts and
demands against the said de
cedent or his estate; at which
time and place you are required
to attend and prove your claims.
Given under my hand the
day and year first above written.
Jno. S. Parsons,
Commissioner of Accounts of Ac-
comac County Court.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24
Boston Pride Satisfied,

The Rev. Edward Everett Hale has
uttered a shout of jublation over the
fact that five of the heroes selected for
enrolment in the Hall of Fame were
Boston Latin school boys. Zone in
six" he says, fought to satisfy even
Latin school pride. and this in a list
which can afford to leave out John
Hancock, Henry Knox. Lothrop Mot
ley, Wendell Phillips and Charles Sum-
per,"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24
Brother Dickey's Sunday Sayings.

De good book say. satan Is roarin
lion, but he all time put me in min er
fox dat lay low, kaze ef he done
much roarin he'd put folks on notice
he wuz comm en- dey could git outen
his way.
dunno des how high up heaven Is,
but does know dat some folks won't
tiptoe ter reach it.
Lijah gone ter heaven in cherryoOt
er fire, but people wouldn't try de ex-
pertinent In desc days fer fear dey'd
git scorched.
| dunno w'ether satan got horns or
not. He may be billygoat or he may
be Texas steer All know is he's
satan, en- OATS enough fer me!-Atlan-
ia Constitution.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24
Fined fIiP Limit.

According to Il dispatch from Rome,
Prince Chigi. who was found guilty of
having violated the law against the
selling Of valued works Of art IN dis
posing Of Botticellis famous painting
"'rhe Virgin and Child" was arragncd
In court the other day and sentenced
to pay n fine Of $1On.GOO. which is the
price he is said to have received from
London dealer The masterpiece got
past the Italian custom authorities by
painting over the picture If "Thc Vir-
gin and Child" another picture that
could easily be washed Off.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24

"How about that Atlantic !!Ncr?"
"Oh. she's safe enough There's n
rumor ashore that she's adoaf"
'That's good heard there was n
rumor afoat that she was ashore"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24
WISHART POINT
TRANSPORTATION co.
- Cheapest and best route to -
Chincoteague.

Hack leaves Bloomtown 6 a.
m, Wisharts 7.30 a m, arriv-
ing at ChincoteaQue 9.15 a. m. !;
leaves Chincoteague $50 a. m |;
arriving at Wisharts IL a M,
BloomtOwn IL M; leaves Bloom
town l p. M, arriving at Wish
arts 1.3O p. M, Chincoteague
3. 80 p. M; leaves Chincoteague
4.3O p. m, arriving at Wisharts
6 p. M, Bloomtown 7 p. m.
Fare on launch Globe IS cents
each way, on hack 40 cents
full fare from Chincoteague to
BIOOmtown rs cents.
P. j. GILLESPIE, JR.,
President,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24
NEW YORK, PHILA. & NORFOLK R.R'

Time Table in Effect Nov. 80, 1897.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor
folk and Old Point Comfort.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24

"f" stops for passengers on signal
to conductor. 2Daily, except Sunday.
r. B. Cooke. }. g. Rodgers,
Gen'l. Freight & Supt.
Pass. Agent, Cape Charles, Va.
Norfolk, Va.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.?
HIS PREDICTIONS APPARENTLY Y
BEING FULFILLED.
Remarkable Agreement Between His
Prophecies and Recent Events in
Southern China-Reform Program.

Gable dispatches from Southern China
appear to show a remarkable fulfill
ment of the prediction made in Homo
lulu by reformer Leung Chit tso and the
local Chinese whom he converted to the
support of the Bow Wong ideals regard
ing the whole movement in the Southern
provinces, which has now reached such
proportions that many observers de-
clare the Boxer movement small in
comparison, as an unfolding of the
gigantic plans they discussed with
Leung.
Leung Chi-tso told his friends to look
for an uprising in southern China for
the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty.
He said it would be led by reformers
and would command vast forces of
sympathizers The movement has be-
gun on a large scale, with K'ang Yu
Wei and DR.. Sun Yat Sen to the front.
While in Honolulu the young reform
er said that a provisional government
would probably be established at Can
ton. The latest dispatches tell of a
threatened move upon that city by the
forces under DR.. Sun Vat Sen.
In the meantime Leung Chi-tso has
dropped out of sight and his friends
here are much worried about him. The
fact that he is Japanese subject would
protect him from open execution, but
he has been in constant danger, since
| he returned to the Orient, of secret as
sassination.
| While Leung Chi-tso was in Hawaii
an appeal was made by the reformers
| to Washington and the Europen powers
for aid in the great movement they con-
! templated
The fact that the movement has be-
| gun on such a scale" said one Homo
lulu memeber, makes me think that
! the aid has been granted An immense
sum of money has been raised some
where and it is not at all unlikely that
! the refOrmers have the backing of some
| of the powers-possibly England and
| Japan or even the United States.
IF the reformers take Canton and
| win final victory the world will see a
! splendid elimination of one of the
greatest progressive movements known
| to history. There will be a constitu-
tional government in China with real
! Chinese and not ManchuS at the head
1t will be a representative government
and popular suffrage will become the
order even in China.
| 1T is a question whether north China
will be included in this new order OF
affairs The movement may stop in the
south, which, in fact is their quarter
of China leaving the Manchus to the
northern territory and thus making two
nations out of the vast China of today
The Bow Wongs firmly believe thai
! this tremendous program is 70 be car
ried out and they declare that 1t is the
only real solution of the Chinese ques
ton as it stands today.
II have no doubt" continued the re-
former, that Leung Chi-tso is some
where active in assisting DR.. Sun Yat
Sen, and that we shall hear from hin
in the near future, unless someone has
tried to earn $500 by stabbing him ir
the back"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-25
VERY Disturbing RUNOR
DID SOME OF THE sHRINERs EAT
DOG?
1t is Said to Have Been Cooked
For Some of Them at a Certain
Luau.
Did some of the shriners eat dog?

Did some of the Shriners eat dog?
This is the awful question many of
them will cary away with them when
they leave for San Francisco this after
noon. They will never know the an
swer. They can only guess at it.
A rumor says that they did. 1t is re-
ported that at certain private luau
which many of them attended there
was dog on the table,-in fact dogs.
None of the meat was labelled dog.
OF course if any had been none of the
visitors would have had the nerve TO
tackle it. But because of certain dog
catching operations of recent date the
rumor got under way and now the
visitors will never know any more than
if it had been sausage.
The idea that people in Hawaii eat
dog corresponds. in many American
minds, to the far-eastern notion that
San Franciscans parade Market street
with bowie knives and guns. Homo
luluans don't roast their young CANNES
and serve them to guests as a rule,
though when people have wanted to see
the real thing" in the luau line cases
have been known in which dogs suffer-
ed for them.
The Shriners who attended this luau
wanted the real thing and they got IT."
said man who claims to known about
the dog-catching. "Of course they
weren't all there and all who went may
not have tasted the rare delicacy but
| dog was eaten"
| 1t may be onlv a wild malicious ru
NOR started to assist the good ship Zea
landia in making her passengers feed
the fishes well on the way to the
coast but nevertheless there are thos,
who are laughing in their sleeves anC
winking the other eye.
AS for the Shrniers they are all un
| conscious of even the suspicion. On tn,
way to San Francisco they will have
| time to compare notes and flavors anC
| find out which of them, if any, hav,
! been, in the words of a famed host
'Palliating their gastronomic insufh
| cheney with-dog."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-25
ANOTHER NEW Building
CONTRACTS LET FOR A LARGE
WAREHOUSE.
Davies & Company to Erect a Modern
Building on the Site of One of their
Old Ones.

TheO. H. Davies & Company have let
contracts for another large building
near the water front, to be used as
warehouse. Work has already begun
on the foundation and the structure is
to be ready for occupation in about six
months. Fred Harrison has the con-
tract.
The building is to be at the corner
of Kilauea and Halekawila streets,
where Davies and Company had a small
frame building. This has been torn
down to make room for the new build
ing, which is to be a large modern ware
house.
The warehouse will be a three story,
brick building, with 100 feet frontage
on Halekauwila street and fifty feet on
Kilauea street. There will be a large
freight elevator, and the structure, with
large doors on the warehouse plan, will
present a handsome appearance. The
cost is to be over $25,000. The building
is to be on leased land and may some
day become the property of the govern
ment.
Contractor Harrison is expecting a lot
of trouble with the water flow in the
foundation. 1t is known that there are
strong underground streams in the
locality, the land being lower than at
the new Hackfeld building, where there
was great difficulty in keeping the wa
ter down so that the concrete founda-
tion and cellar could be constructed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-25
NARCONI SENDS EXPERT Mr.. SMITH NOVA NENICO
WILL PROVE HIS SYSTEM WILL
WORK HERE.
Starts One of His Best men from Lon
don for Honolulu on Hearing Of Ha-
waian Failure.

Signor Marconi of wireless telegraphy
fame is not going to rest under the im-
Dutation that his invention will not
work in Hawaii. He was informed by
a brief cable message at London a short
time ago that the system was failure
in the Hawaiian islands and he did not
lose a day in sending one of his best
experts here.
The new expert is A. Gray, who was
started from London a few hours after
the unpleasant word Failure" was
,cabled from Honolulu via San Fran
cisco to London. Gray has been close
to Marconi for some time, it is stated,
and is thoroughly familiar with the
Italians wonderful invention. He
brings with him some new apparatus.
F. j. Cross has received a cable from
Marconi telling of the sending of Gray
and the latter was expected here on one
of yesterdays steamers. He left Lon
don about the middle of last month. BY
the America Maru yesterday mail that
had been forwarded to him from Lon
don arrived here, showing that he has
had time to make the journey by ira
yelling at mail speed.
European and American newspapers
and scientific journals continue to pub
ltsh many accounts of great success
with the wireless telegraph and the
distances over which messages are sent
are constantly increasing. The system
in the Hawaiian islands is said to be
the only large failure and those inter-
ested attribute the failure to imperfect
apparatus and lack of experience The
chief expert here, Mr.. Bowden, was
stricken with typhoid fever six weeks
ago and almost lost his life. He is still
an invalid, though on the road to re-
COVery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-25
WOODEN BRIDGES.
The Objection to Them Accentuated by
an Accident.

EDITOR STAR: The government per-
sists in making plank or wooden brd-
ges over Punchbowl ditch whenever it
happens to cross a street.
Now there are plank bridges on Hack
field and on Kapiolani streets which are
so slippery in wet weather that horses
fall frequently on them in trying to get
up the hill and these bridges rot out
and have to be replaced every two or
three years with new bridges. Why not
make a stone bridge or culvert and be
done with it? This kind of a bridge has
always been a menace to man or beast
as was proven this morning when a
bread wagon and horse went through
one of this kind of bridge on Prospect
street, and there will probably be a
claim for damages.
People on Prospect street have asked
for years to have little attention paid
to their street, and have asked to have
one street leading to Prospect street
macadamized so a hack can get on to
Prospect street in wet weather
Now instead of spending a little
money TO make the. street decent we
must spend the money for damages
that a good street would have pre-
vented.
CITIZEN.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-25
THE CHINESE NEVER PAY
OPINION OF ONE OF PAINS FARE
COLLECTORS.
Judge Wilcox on Reformation of the
Street Car System-An Elected Chi
nese Charges Assault.

Nickel-chaSing on Pains cars is a
lively business, according to the testi-
mony given this morning in the police
court, in the case of assault and bat
terry brought against driver Young by
All Lung. Lung refused to put up en-
extra five cent piece when asked to do
so at the Waikiki switch and he was
elected from Young's car. The prose-
cution took occasion to roast the Pain
system as a very loose and unsatisfac-
tory one but Judge Wilcox said he
didn't propose to undertake the stu
pendous job of reforming it.
I'm not here to make improvements
in the car system" said the Judge. ITO
undertake that would be like starting to
build barrel round bunghole." Pain
took the compliment modestly and SEM
ed happy that his driver was declared
free by the judges next remarks.
Conductor Payne said that Chinese
never did pay their fares anyhow. He
swore to the broad statement that only
about one Chinese in forty ever RODE
without cherishing dark hopes of beat
ing the company.
out of forty Chinese for Waikiki
boarding a car in the city," said Payne
"only one ever pays the ten cent fare
to waikiki all at once. They pay five
cents and hope to beat the company
out of the other five"
Payne said that after paying the five
and saying they were not going more
than half way the Mongolians always
sat back in their seats and looked inno-
cent while the blocks rolled by. The
fare collectors left at the government
! building after pointing out to the dri-
vers all who had not paid Waikiki
rates. Then when half way was passed
it was the duty of the driver to rustic
for the other nickels.
This was done in the case of Ah Lung
Young asked him for five cents more
and he insisted that he was an odd one
out of forty and had paid ten cents
all at once. Collector Payne had put
Young on to Lung as one of the ordi-
nary thirty-nine so the driver invited
Lung to pay or leave. Lung sat still
till he was helped out and the car went
on, leaving him behind.
81 wasn't hurt at all by being elected
Lung admitted, but the other passen.
gers laughed when the car went on anC
left me and this hurt my feeling very
| much"
Judge Wilcox held that there had beer
no assault and that if Lung wanted
balm for his wounded feelings he mus
sue Pain for damages.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-25
MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY
GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH A
BRANCH.
Chief of the Magnetic Division is Look
ing for the Best Site on This
Island.

DIR. Louis A. Bauer chief of the mag
netIC division of the United States
Coast and GeOdetic Survey arrived on
the Queen on a tour of inspection of the
various stations of his department. DIR.
Bauer's headquarters are in Washing
ton, d. G. but for some time past he
has been travelling in the western por-
ton of the States and has visited Alas
ka and after his trip to the Hawaiian
Islands will continue to the Philippines.
He is here for the purpose of studying
the conditions of the islands and select
ing the best site for the location of an
observatory for the study of the varia-
tion of the magnetic needle.
DR.. Bauer says that the purpose of
the magnetic division is to study the
variations of the magnetic needle IN
order to aid the mariner and the sur
veyors. This is one of the most impor-
tant branches of work of which the
government has assumed charge and
the finding of the division are now
accepted as final in all of the courts.
I'VE have to study" said DIR. Brauer
"the character of influences which are
eXerted upon the needle and to deter
mine whether they be natural, that is
due to the SOIL or artificial, due to the
presence of electric plants.
1.-The geodetic work of the Territory
has been done so thoroughly by Sur
veyor General Alexander that there will
be no necessity for the Coast Geodetic
Survey to do any of this work"
DR. Bauer will remain here for a
month making observations. The base
station will be located near Honolulu
and there will be sub-stations at other
portions of the islands. The observatory
will cost from $1,000 to $4,000 and work
on it will be begun next spring.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-25
COUNCIL REMINDED NOT TO
FORGET THEM
Several Communications From Captain
Shaker Regarding Grant of Water
Rights in Wamea Mountains.

A short session of the Council was
held this morning in which the most
important matter brought before that
body was communication received by
Secretary Cooper from Captain A.
Shaker, United States depot quarter
master. The communication enclosed
one which Captain Shaker had received
from Allen Herbert in regard to the
grant recently given to the Wahiawa
Fruit Company to certain water rights
in the Waianae mountains.
Mr.. Herbert stated that in entering a
protest against granting the right to
| the company, he had no personal mo-
tives nor was he actuated by any ami
mus. In his letter he said that the wa
ter rights in question, affect the future
productiveness, and prospect of coloni-
cation of a tract of land of which it
forms the only natural water supply,
and will also largely diminish the
stream which flows, for two miles
through the Leilehua lands. recently
| declared a reservation by the United
States Government
As a commissioner of agriculture and
as a citizen he has taken lively inter-
est in the improvement and cOnserva-
tion of the natural streams and forests
of the Islands. He had also introduced
and cultivated tropical trees and plants
in ample variety. In view of his con-
sistent interest he naturally desired to
protest against any and every attempt
! to restrict the settlement of public
! lands through alienation of water from
natural sources without which the
/ lands Will be forever useless. The
rights proposed to be given. will cause
! to be erected, he said, large reservoirs,
dams and bitches in and through large
government forests which will ultf-
| mately result in damage to them and
| affect the supply of water.
! In conclusion Mr.. Herbert offered to
furnish Captain Shaker with all neces-
sary data if he desires to forestall
what Herbert thinks is a serious error.
| Accompanying the letter from Her
| bert was another letter from Captain
Shaker stating that the Kaukonahua
stream ran for two miles along the
| United States military reservation and
would serve as the source of water for
! that place. While not knowing the in
tentions of the territorial government
| in regard to the matter Captain Shaker
said that he entertained no fears that
the rights of the United States govern
ment would be disregarded. In this
presumption he was correct as the gov
ernment has taken steps to amply pro-
tect the Federal property.
Mr.. McCandless was instructed to at
tend to the purchasing )f desks for the
legislature.
The application of C. r. Dement, to
change the location of his saloon from
the Perry building to the corner or
Hotel and Nuuanu streets diagonally
across from Larry Dee's place was
read