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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-01-04
STALKEO BY VULTURES.
While Man Wns Trailing Buck
the Birds Followed the Man.

While n Man WAS Trailing Buck
the Birds Followed the Man.
| met with a curious and not alto
gether pleasant experience, writes an
Anglo-Indan correspondent who has
done a good deal Of large and small
game shooting In India, when | was
one day stalking a black buck. Be
tween me and my quarry lay large
fiat field of black cotton soil bOrdered
by n very low. struggling and thinly
growing hedge Of small babul trees.
My only way to get a shot was to cross
this, keeping the bushieSt tree between
me and the buck. who had not much
10 browse on and was therefore seldom
motionless. | proceeded TO do the hun
dred yards on the fiat of my stomach.
This on loose, hard baked black cotton
soil was no joke. pushed my rife on
ahead; then, wrlgglng past 1t until the
muzzle was near my knee. would pass
1t on In front again. and so on.
Progress was slow. and was so alb
sorbed that | failed to observe shad-
ows crossing and recrossing my path
and circling round until had gone
some 80 yards Then the whirring OF
wings attracted my ears, and almost at
the same moment vulture landed on
the ground not % yards away. look
ed up. The air was alive with these
repuIsive looking birds. Then it fast
ed across me that was being stalkec!
Doubtless these birds were attracted
by my extraordinary method Of pro
cedure and mistoOk me for wounded
or dying man making a final effort TO
reach some shady spot. This was espe'
cially possible. as the experience oc-
Cured in famine district where
deaths by the wayside were not infre-
quent. BY looking M had evidently
shown myself to the buck. for he was
now off AT full tilt. ! therefore look
Dot shot at the vulturc al 20 yards. hlt
did not allow for the sighting sufficient
" and missed him. The thought OF he
ing waited for by a flock Of vullureS
while very much alive and well was.
to say the least. uncanny. -Pall Mail
Gazette
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Unknown Canada.

One-third Of the area of Canada is
practically unknown. There are more
than 100000 square miles of uneX-
plored lands in Canada. The entire
area Of the Dominion is computed at
3,45O,257 square miles; consequently
one-third of this country has yet been
untraveled by the explorer. Exclusive
Of the inhospitable detached arctic por-
tons, $4,000 square miles are for all
practical purposes entirely unknown.
Most Of this unknown area Is dis
trIbuted in the western half oe the Do
minion In impenetrated blocks of from
$4,000 to 100000 square miles-that is,
areas as large as the states Of Ohio.
Kansas or New England are yet a
secret to white man.-National Geo
graphic Magazine.
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Emerson ms n Model.

Mr.. D. g. French. the sculptor. tells
with much relish the story of his expe-
rlences when he was commissioned TO
make the bust of Ralph Waldo Emer-
son which is now in Memorial hall Of
Harvard university.
At one of the sttings. says Mr..
French. Mr.. Emerson rose suddenly
and walked over to where the artist
was working. He looked long and ear
nestly at the bust. and then. with an
inimitably drOll expression. he said:
1.-THE trouble is the more it resembles
me the worse II looks"
After the sculptor had finished the
bust he asked Mr. Emerson to inspect
it. The philosophers opinion was char
acteristica lily tcrse.
well" he said at last, that is the
face | shave"
Mr.. Emerson. Mr. French relates,
made one Of his quaint obsorvat tons
about another bust. the work of anott-
er artist. 1t was a characterless kind
of thing and showed not the slightest
hint of the Emerson character. After
looking it over Emerson said:
at looks as armless as a parsnip,
doesn't itY
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-01-04
Passing of the bouquet.

New York florists have one cause for
regret in the present fashions in flow
ers. The bouquet has practically pass
ed out of use. and only at weddings is
it really the style. Women carry flow
ers less than they ever did.
Even the dcbutante. who, next to the
bridesmaid. chung longest to the made
up bouquet. has now given it up. Tie
greater informalty Of the afternoon re-
ccption nowadays had had the effect or
diminishing the floral display seen for
mcrly.
1t is probable that the florists sell as
many flowers as they ever did, but the
making of bouquets threatens to be-
come lost art among them. Few
flowers are worn besides viOlets. and
the skill of the florist in arranging his
wares is now chiefly confined to table
decOrations.-Ne York Sun.
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POWER OF IMAGINATION.
A Druggist's Story of How 1t Worked
In One Case.

"The power of imagination" said a
New York druggist, "ls past compre-
hension. Not long since domestic In
the employ of prominent family
came into the store in great haste with
q prescription which called for two
grains of morphine in two ounces or
aqua pura-that is, distilled water-the
accompanying direction reading, y
teaspoonful every hour until the pain
is allayed.' The patient for whom 1t
was intended was the head of the fam
ily,who was suffering from a severe at
tack Of nervous neuralgia.
"Now, it so happened that the fam
lily physician who had written the pre-
scription was behind the counter when
the messenger arrived, having dropped
In, IS was his wont, on the way to his
office. While was putting up the pre-
scription we chatted and laughed and
jolled and passed the time of day as
only professional men are capable OF
doing. | filled the bottle. cOrked 1t
carefully and labeled it properly, and
when the retreating form of the do
nestle had disappeared out of the
store door returned to my companion
able physician visitor. AS | did so |
saw to my amazement the two grains
of morphine reposiGg upon the pre-
scrip;iOn scales.
doctor calculated, I've given
that girl nothing but distilled water.
The morphine is here; look ut it, What
shall do|
"'DoY he replied, with admirable
sang lrold. DO? Why, nothing at all.
I'll wager you that the aqua pura Will
work as well without the opate as
with it,
Agreed said |. And do you know, -
concluded the pharmacist. the doctor
was right. and the patient with the
nervous ucuralgia-an exceptionally IN
telligent and college bred man-was
sleeping rs peacefully as Il babe after
the second dose of the mixture.
Faith is everything where medicine Is
concerned. Exchange.
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He Didn't Complain.

Young Wife-This talk about men
being so impatient when a woman is
getting ready to go anywhere is all
nonsense.
Friend-DoeH't your husband com
plain at all?
Young Wife-No, indeed! Why, last
evening / couldn't find my gloves and
had a long hunt for half a dozen other
things. and yet when was finally
dressed and went down stairs to my
husband there he was by the fire read
ing and smoking as calmly as If l
wasn't half an hour late.
FrienG-Wcll. ! declare! Where were
you going?
Young Wife-TO prayer meeting.-
New York Weekly.
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A DECEPTIVE THEORY.
Tint n Man Can Live Cheaper Mar
ricd Than Single.


Mrs. Roosevelt has not placed her fig
ures too low when stating that she can
dress on $500 year Exercising good
Judgment. she has not initiated tie
clubwoman who, writing to the month
w publication. explains that a family
of eight can live comfortably on S31 n
month. While such extremists do not
excite immoral envy, yet they are the
enemies of the human race. Not long
ago | met a young fellow who told ne
that he was in great trouble. lie was
n simple youth. not yet schOoled in the
deceptive affairs Of life, but he is learn
ing.
81 read in one Of these women pa
pers," said he. signing distressfully,
that a young fellow could support
himself and wife at less expense than 1t
would take to keep him alone. The
thing was written by prominent wo-
man, and It looked good. was not
making quite enough to support myself
ON. and said. Now is my Chance |
went to my girl and told her and show
ed her the paper and she said the wO-
man was right. She couldn't help but
be right. for she was way up. So We
got married. and took Zen out TO ny
boarding house. The landiady was
glad to mcct r!y wife. and this was en-
couragng Then said, Let NJ SEE
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-01-04
THE LICK LENS.
Wonderful Effect Upon Ii of the Heat
From a Mans HIND.


Some years ago tile writer paid Wis
It to Alvan Clark ut Cambridgeport to
witness the testing Of the huge lens for
the famous Lick telescope At the end
Of the long. darK room the largest flint
glass then IN the world was set up on
edge. From distance of about fifty
feet n pencil of light was flashed into
the heart Dl ihe disk and reflected back
into the observers eye. The slightest
impcrfections, If any, in the glass would
then be revealed by the curves of light
and the lines Of polarization.
"Now," said Mr.. Clark, Il will show
you the wonderful sensitivcness Of the
lens to outside influences. Every hui
man body gives out heat and when
brought near to extremely sensitive
substances affects them to greater or
less extent. Now watch
lie walked Gown to the lens and held
his hand unuer II about two feet away.
lnstantaneously marvellous spectacle
burst into view. 1t seemed as If the
great glass disk had become a living
volcano, squirting forth Jets Of flame.
The display was dazzling. Waving,
lcapimg, dancing. the countless tongues
of light cleaned and vibrated: then, fit
fully, reluctantly, they died away. leav-
ing the lens rejecting only pure. I'M
troubled light.
"What is it? How do you account
for the wOnderY were the eager ques-
tons.
1T is only the radiation Of heat alter
natcly expanding and contracting the
glass. If had put my hand upon the
lens itself, the phenomenon would have
been even more violent"
To person ignorant Of lenses the al
most supernatural sensitiveness Of a
mass of glass weighing several hun
dred pounds was astonishing, but to
the scientist it is an everyday matter
for he has instruments that will regis
ter with unfaling nicely the approach
of n person fifty or n hundred feet
away.-Youth's Companion.
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An Outrage.

An old gentleman was present at the
reading OF the Will of n distant rela-
tive. He had hardly expected TO lind
himself remembered in it, but pretty
soon n clause was read in which GER
tain field was bequeatLcd to him.
That was god, but the document went
on TO bcquet' the old gray mare In the
said field to some one elsa man
with whom the old gentleman was not
on friendly terms. That was too much
TO-. his cQuanimity. and he interrupted
the solemn proceedings and brought a
smile to the faces Of the company by
eXclaimlng:
"Then she's eating my grass|-Pear-
sons.
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He Col The LOAN.
How Bishop WhIpDie's Face I'm.
pressed n Eln.e Official.


Not long before his death Bishop
Whipple related an anecdotc which In
creases the mystery attending dreams
and also shows the confidence which
he inspired through having the face
and bearing Of a bishop. 1t seems that
Cornol!a Nhippie, the bishops first
wife. believed in dreams. She was 4
woman who seldom dreamed, but when
she did the dream invariably came
tluc. ON a Sunday morning in DC
tober. ut Farii.ault. Mimi, many years
ago. she aroused the bishop and told
him that her sou. who was living u
New McSico. was dying. She had seen
him in n dream. and there could be no
mistake about it. She described hii1
as hc lay on a hard bed in miserable
adobe hut and declared that his serious
condition was due TO inattcnti0n. She
urged the bishop to proceed without
delay to Kew Mexico aud rescue the
boy who was dying.
lie followed directions to the letter
and reached his stcpson's side just ia
time. The scene was just as Mrs.
Whipplc described 1t.
1t Was apparent that he could not
survive another day in such surround
ings. Bishop Whipple had left in such
a hurry that he had neglected to bring
any more money than he needed for
his bare travelling expenses. In his
dilemma he went to the bank and told
his story To the cashier q manly young
Mexican lie needed money to get his
son ont Of the country Would the
bank honor draft?
The cashier was impressed with the
bishops recital.
"Any one could tell by looking ut
your face" said he. that you were Il
bishop Of the church Of God and that
YOU speak the truth. ] will be glad 10
accommodate you"
The bishop drew on the bank for
$500, and he and the sick man were
soon on their way north. The moth
er's dream saved the boys life, and
The loan was repaid as soon as the
bishop reached home.
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Tentative Interment.

A poor ScotchwOman lay dying, and
her husband sat by her bedside. After
a time the wife took her husbands
hand and said:
John. we're goin to part l have
been a GUIDE wife TO We. haven't I%
John thought moment.
well just middling like, Jenny, ye
know" anxious not to say too much.
Again the wife spoke.
"John," she said family, "ye maun
promise to bury me In the auld kirk
yard at Str'avon beside my mither. l
could ma rest in peace among unco' folk
In the dirt and smoke O Glasgie."
"Weel, weel. Jenny, my woman"
said John soothingly, "we'll just try ye
in Glasgle first, an gin We dinna be
quiet well try ye in Str'avOn. Spare
Moments.
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HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTR,
II is BRhrein, on the Southwestern
Coast of Persia.

The hottest region on the earth's sur
face Is on the southwestern coast or
Persia, on the border Of the Persian
gulf. For 40 consecutive days In the
months of July and August the mer-
curry has been known to stand above
100 degrees in the shade night and day
and to run up as high as 40 degrees
in the middle Of the afternoon.
at Bahrein, in the center Of the most
torrid belt, as though it were natures
intention to make the place as unbear-
able as possible, water from wells Is
something unknown. Great shafts have
been sunk to a depth Of 100, 200, 300
and even 500 feet, but always with the
same result-no water. This serious
drawback Notwithstanding, compare
lively numerous population contrives
to live there, thanks to copious springs
which burst forth from the bottom of
the gulf more than a mile from the
shore.
The water from these springs is OBJ
tanned in a most curious and novel
manner. "Machadores" divers, whose
sole occupation is that Of furnishing
the people Of Bahrein with the life CIV
ing fluid, repair to that portion Of the
gulf where the springs are situated and
bring away with them hundreds OF
bags full of the water each day. The
water Of the gulf where the springs
burst forth is nearly 200 feet deep, but
these machadores manage to fill their
goatskin sacks by diving to the bottom
and holding the mouths Of the bags
over the fountain jets-this, too, with
out allowing the salt water of the gulf
to mix with 1t.
The source of these submarine foun-
talns is thought to be in the hills of
Osmond 400 and 500 miles away. Be-
ing situated at the bottom Of the gulf,
it is a mystery how they were ever
discovered, but the fact remains that
they have been known since the dawn
Of history.
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The discovery oil rol. nine 10
Andovcr has rot hecu followed 10y any
such wild, tumultuou, rush as would
result if the find" We, made in Mon
tana or Colorado. Nor is it likely that
company with capital stock Of sew
eral millions Will be- hoatcd on the
strength Of the Andoyer discovery.
This is not the first gold mine discov-
cry in this state. II shows, however,
that Massachusetts is determined TO
have everything to be found in other
states. This high resolve helps the ro-
nance of life in the old Bay State. In
late years moOnshiners have been
found in South Boston; prates-porgy
pirates-around BuzZards bay, holdups,
floods, smuggling scrapes lat New Bed
ford and thrilling pursuits of Blondin
suspects. Life in Massachusetts, may
not be always one grand. sweet song,
but it is full Of the thrill Of the roman
tic and the unexpected.-BOston Adver-
tiSer
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BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW.

Mese than a thousand years ago
Shadows Of time, how the days 50 by
There was man used to know
Ny seem strange. but you'll see it's so
Af1rT tel you tae reason Why
VsrSsd in brio&yard, same as you
And all Of US have to Go;
Mixed In the trouble eri worry and rtri.c'
she nirth and the other things OF life;
Stirred in the hopes and the pains and fesrs,
Xncsaed the mud with his sweat and his tears,
1lumanest mass that ever you saw.
'sPoor briekl" said the man. but l have no
straw"
In to his knees in the miry pit,
A pygmy's way but giants grit;
AIS hack was a chain CT throbbing aches
Lifting the mold with its earthen cakes;
Elbows rusty as hinges Of STEEL
G{nccs so lame he could hardly kneel;
Mud 50 stiff il would clog plow
,Anl couldn't be stirred with a wheel nohow;
NIGHTS as short as the days were long;
Nothing seemed right. but everything wrong
'Bast can DO" said the man; "but, pshaw,
You can't make brick when you have no straw
Taskmasters pitiless dashed the man.
Omit" sobbed Weakness, but Courage creu'
"Can!"
DON'T" said Despair but Duty cried, "Dop'
IAN right" said the man, IN worry he
through
Omit do much. and reckon you'll see
Brick won't be just what they ought to be;
Amt nigh so good as | know l could mako
II lust had straw; but you'll have TO take
The best l can do for the works own sake
lie finished his tale Of brick and then
Went home to rest, and ale sons OF men
Looked on his perfect work and saw
He'd have spoiled the brick had he put in straw
Robert j. Burdette-
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SOME CURIOUS CHURCHES.
Congregations Which Meet In INNS
Windmills and Boats.

W1nQmAlkS utlU DohtSs
A public house is one Of the last
places one would expect to be used as
a place of worship. The inhabitants
of Twyford, a village near Winchester,
would not consider this at all a nov
city, because for several years past
the Phoenix inn has been used Sunday
for religious purposes. The room IN
which the religious services are held
will comfortably hold about 200 people
and opens at the back on to pretty
tea garden. The most remarkable fea-
ture of the services is that they are Of
ten conducted while the public house
Is open for business purposes, and the
customers can join in the singing II
they are so disposed.
There are TWO or three Instances OF
public houses which have been con-
verted into churches, and there are
also two or three theaters which are
now places Of worship. The Fen dis
trict possesses n canalboat church'
There are large number Of people
who live some distance away from any
church. and the canalboat church tray
els from place to place for the benefit
of such folk. The boat will seat a
congregation of about 100.
The old chapel Of ease at Tunbridge
Wells has a unique situation. Itst&Ads
in two counties and three parishes.
When the clergyman leaves the vestry'
he comes out Of the parish of Frant OF
Sussex. If he is going to otficiate at
the altar. he walks into the parish OF
Tunbridge. in Kent. If, on the other
hand, he is going to preach the sermon
he walks from the parish of Frant 10
the parish Of Speldhurst on his way TO
the pulpit.
The chapel at Milton Bryant is stu
ated in the village pond. The reason
for the selection of this strange site
was because no landowner would
would grant any other position.
The "windmill' church near Reigate
is familiar to London cyclists. Not SO
familiar is the underground church at
Brighton. Owing to some ancient
lights" difficulty, the authorities could
not build up" and as the site was a
good one they decided to build down.
London Mail.
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Notice to Creditors
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
ACCoMACK @. e., VA. 7
December Is, 1901. }

To the creditors of William
GUSTS Northam and George T.
Brodwater, (col'd.), deceased,
and all others concerned: You
are hereby notified that, pur-
suant to decree of the circuit
court, l have appointed the 9Th
day of January next, at my said
office, for receiving proof OF all
debts and demands against the
said decedents or estates; at
which time and place you are
requested to attend and prove
your claims.
Given under my hand the day
and year first above written. Z
s. T. Ross,
Commissioner Of Accounts of Acco-
mack Circuit Court.
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GREYAOUNDS.
ghoy Are the Flee;est of All Four
Footed Animals.

Comparatively few people realize OF
what remarkable speed dogs are capa-
bic. Some remarkable statistics in re-
gard to this have been gathered by vi.
Dusolier, a French scientist.
After pointing out the marvellous en-
tjurance shown by little fox terriers
who follow their masters patiently Tor
hours while the latter are riding on 0i-
cycles or in carriages, he says that even
greater endurance is shown by certain
wild animals that are akin to dogs.
Thus the wolf can run between 90
and 60 miles In one night and an arctic
fox can do quite as well, If not better.
Nansen met one Of these foxes on the
ice at point more than 70 miles north
west of the Sannikow territory, which
Is $50 miles from the Asiatic coast. Es-
kimo and Siberian dogs can travel 40
miles on the ice in five hours. and there
Is one case on record in which team
OF Eskimo dogs travelled 615 miles in
IS minutes.
According to NJ. Dusolier. the speed
of the shepherd dogs and those used In
hunting ranges from 10 to 10 yards
second. English settlers and pointers
hunt at the rate of IS to 10 miles an
hour, and they can maintain this speed
for at least two hours.
Pcxhounds are extraordinarily swift,
as - proved by the fact that dog OF
this breed once beat thoroughbred
horse. covering four miles in 615 min
utes. which was at the rate of nearly
Is yards a second.
Greyhounds are the swiftest Of all
four footed creatures, and their speed
may be regarded as equal to that of
carrier pigeons. English greyhounds.
which are carefully selected and which
are used for cOurslng. are able to COW
er at full gallOp a space between Is
and % yards every second.
How great an achievement this IS
may be judged from the fact that a
thoroughbred horse rarely If ever ex-
ceeds 10 yards Moreover, it Is said
that hare at its greatest speed never
goes faster than at the rate Of IS yards.
These interesting statistics are ex-
citing much comment among sports
men and other lovers of dogs, and the
opinion Is unanimous that NJ. DusOller
has fully proved the right of the grey
hound TO rank as the swiftest Of the
quadrupeds. Express engines only sur
pass them-LOndOn Mail.