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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-01
Got Off the Track.

The noon train was more than two
hours late today on account OF hay'
ing gotten off the track at Achegop.
No one was injured and traffic was
resumed in a comparatively short
time.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-01
The Weather

"Fair tonight and Wednesday.
Cooler tonight in eastern portion.
Warmer Wednesday,"
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-01
HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND LOTS.
Prof. Davis will Sell ont all his Prop
erty.

Prof. K. C. Davis has household
goods In new condition at second
hand prices. These and two good
building lots near the Experiment
station will be sold now, and bis new
residence will be offered for sale when
completed.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-01
SLASHED BY CRAZY BROTHER.
Wilson Kemp, While Attempting to
Save Chickens Life, Almost Lost His
Own.

UNIoNTowN, Pa July Trying
to save a chickens life nearly cost
Wilson Kemp his own life at Addi-
son. Kemp saw his demented broth
er. Norman Kemp, trying to cut a
chickens head off with penknife,
and when he tried tc save it, the
knife was plunged into his side sew
eral times. His cries saved his life,
but he nearly bled to death before
medical aid could be summoned, and
remains in precarious condition.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-01

lost a horse on Saturday June %
from the Big survey. 1t was traced
to Easton where the track was lost.
The horse is eight years old, blood
bay, 1000 lbs, one hind foot white
above hoof, white CALLED place on side,
l53 hands high. Reward for return Of
the horse or information leading to
his recovery. S. j. EvERLY,
Vaudeville, w Va,
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-01

ALL straw hate at cut prices at
Hirschman's.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
PICKlNGS FROM FICTION.

The love OF no man Is an insult until
II begins to demand.-"Daniel Ever
ton"
A plant in the room on washday IL
worth more than bunch Of flowers on
Sunday.-"Nature Portraits"
Men folks is like pickles, some. Wo
men is the brine they're picked In
They don't keep sweet without EN-
Mrs. Tree"
Readiness to answer all manner OF
questions involving book learning IL
the beginning Of species OF idiocy.-
"The Unspeakable Scot"
A person who can't argue Is like q
person who can't chew; he swallows
the facts Of life unprepared for diges-
tion.-"Those Delightful Americans"
The good right arm of the breadwin-
ner is strengthened more by an unex-
pected caress or an encouraging word
from loved ones than by all the roast
beef in Christendom. Hamp-
ton"
Thar never was plant as hard to
git rooted as charity is. and n body
ought to have ii whar they kin watch
1t close. 1t III die II heap O times ef
you Jest look at it, and it mighty nigh
always has bad soil ur drought to
contend wlth.-"Abner Daniel"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22

The Paris Figaro thinks that the day
Of frOck coats is over, reasoning from
a circumstance which lately occurred
at Ostend During the international
race week King Leopold gave a lunch
con party and invited famous Eng
lish gentleman rider, one Of the Van
derbilt family, NJ. de b., an eminent
French turtle and the consul Of great
power. The card Of invitation bore in
the corner the words In frock coat"
Now, NJ. de b. had no frOck coat with
him. so he went downstairs and, find
ing the manager, begged his frock coat
for a couple Of hours. The manager
readily consented, but said. Il must
explain to NJ. lie Comte that this is not
my best frOck coat. which | should
readily have placed at his disposal had
not already lent 1t to NJ. Vanderbilt"
The explanation Of the matter doubt
less IL that the gentlemen did not think
they would need these garments Of
.orm and ceremony on a racing trip to
Ostend
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
An Enidemic Of ProdinaIIty

1t seems to cost a great deal to live
nowadays. Most persons notice 1t, es-
pecially persons who are hard put to 1t
to find the money to pay their bills.
The statisticians report that cOmmodi-
ties in general use cost on an average
about 10 per cent more than they did
last year. The rise In the price Of meat
contributes good deal to this ad-
vance, though breadstuffs have been
high too. Articles OF luxury, like good
clothes and country houses, have grown
dearer IN proportion than most articles
of necessity because the huge influx Of
money that the country has sustained
has made a brisk market for Injuries.
Rents are higher, houses cost more,
servants get higher wages, board Is
higher at resort hotels. The living ex-
penses Of any given family are very
much affected by the expenses Of other
families Of their acquaintance. and the
scale of living of "other families"
seems just now to have become inoon-
veniently liberal. Prodigality Is so
conspicuouSly prevalent that 1t has be-
come more or less Observation-Disclosures
phia Inquirer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
The MYaterY of PrnYer.

Nobody knows what takes place
when we drop lump of sugar into a
cup of coffee. Whether the change Is
mechanical or chemical the very
wisest Of men are not able to say. We
know just one thing, that by dropping
the sugar into the coffee the coffee is
sweetened. For most Of us that is
enough.
Commenting on this simple thing, DR..
Charles E. Jefferson goes on to discuss
the mystery of prayer and says: 1--WE
know that by dropping prayer into n
day we swceten the day. How this Is
brought about we do not know. Who
has the sight 80 keen and strong that
it can follow the fight Of song or the
fight of prayer? Why should we not
be as reasonable and practical in our
religion as we are at the dinner table|
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22

A setting of Ben JOns0ns Drink to
Me Only With Thine Eyes" was pub
lshed recently by the Wa-Wan Press
at Newton Center, Mass. In a few
weeks there came a letter from a
woman who had been singer in light
opera, but who quit the stage because
she could make better living popular
izing songs by singing theln into the
photograph. She wrote from a small
New York town, addressing the letter
to Mr.. Ben JOnsOn, NedtOn Center. 1t
read:
Dear Sir-For S l will include your
song, Drink to Ne Only With Thine
Eyes" in my new catalogue Of phono-
graph records and will also send you a
record of the same.
The letter was answered by Arthur
Farwell, the composer, in this strain:
Dear Madam-As Jonson was a pal OF
Bill Shakespeare's he isn't with us at
the present time In any case, he would
not sanction this expenditure Of a sum
which might be so much more satisfac-
torily applied at the Mermaid tavern.
We feel that the last three centuries have
sufficiently heralded his name abroad to
make ii unnecessary to resort TO the
photograph in the present emergency.
New York Tribune
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22

A naturalist has been making Oh
servations on the toilets of certain ants
and has discovered that each insect
goes through most elaborate additions
They are not only performed by her
self, but by another, who acts for the
time as ladys maid The assistant
starts by washing the face Of her COM
panion. and then goes over the whole
body. The attitude Of the ant that is
being washed is one Of intense salts
faction. She lies down with all her
limbs stretched loosely out; she rolls
over on her side, even her back. per
feet picture Of ease. The pleasure the
little insect evinceS In being thus
combed and spOnged is really enjOya
BILE to the observer. Philadelphia
Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
Old London Street Names.

A writer In the London Argus gives
the following peculiar old street names,
with the modern substituted:
Adam a Digging yard - st. Peter
street
Aggat's passage - Cutler street,
HOundsditch.
Alphabet court-Clare Market.
Baalzephon street-Long lane, Ber-
mondsey.
Bully Rag row Bethnal Green.
Jealous row-St. George s-in-the- East.
AntigallicGn passage-Temple Bar.
Lally Pot lane-Foster lane.
The derivations Of these names, con-
tlnues the writer, would be an inter
esting study. but | think it would be
found that in a large number Of In
stances the love OF eccentricity had led
to the selection.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22

Canon Joseph Armitage Robinson
D. D., who has been nominated by Mr.
Balfour as the new dean of Westmin
ster to succeed DR.. Bradley, Is de-
scribed rs "a churchman Of moderate
temper" a fact that is made Signifi
cant at moment when extreme views
are more vehemently ventilated than
they have been at most periods In
England's ecclesiastical history. DR.
Robinson became a fellow of Christs
college, Cambridge. in 1881, and from
1884 to 1890 he was dean. In 1893 he
was appointed to the Norrlsian pro
fessorship Of divinity in his university
AS NOrrisian professor he published
some works Of deep erudition. In 1901
he was appointed chaplain to the king.
Canon H. G. Beeching, who succeeds
to the stall formerly held by Dean
Robinson, is varlOusly distinguished in
Biblical criticism and in English let
tiers. He is an alumnus Of Ballot col
lege. Oxford.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22

EX-COngressman John Allen, known
as Private" Allen, because he was the
only private in the Confederate army,
was standing on Pennsylvania avenue,
Washington, recently, watching the
Grand Army Of the Republic parade.
With him were two ladies. AS the
multitude of Grand Army men swept
by, Private Allen was visibly i'm
pressed. After several hours had
elapsed Charles A. Edwards, secretary
IF the Democratic congressional COM
mittee, came along. Allen greeted him,
stopped him and said:
Edwards. how long has this parade
been going alOngY
-Four hours and half" replied Mr..
Edwards after consulting his watch.
Mr.. Allen heaved a sigh, turned to
the ladies and said in tone Of melan-
chOly pride:
Just see what held at bay for four
years. New York Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
HE WENT roo FAR.
what the Sweet Girl bid. Could ala
Could Not Accept.

What the sweet 9TH Dio' CooAo onN>
Could Not Accept.
Who shall fathom the heart OF a wo-
rlan? If.he had not been so young, he
would not have tried TO.
But the righteousness OF youth was
upon him.
There was no uncertainty about his
action as he put his arm around her
whist and. drawing her to him. kissed
her feryently-kissed her with that &C
CURED ease, that sureness OF touch
that lack Of embarrassment, that
comes from perfect understanding.
And she did not even blush.
Dearest" he said. Il have just been
thinking that we have known each
other Il whole week"
ut seems. oh. so much longer than
that! she replied.
Doesn't it? Isn't It wonderful how
much feeling, how much love, can be
compressed into such n short time! l
like to dwell upon it,"
"It is nice"
Yes" he went on. 'The first even
Ing we met as looked into your eyes
| fclt that loved you, and yet did
not dare that night to do anything
more than press your hand as we part
ed"
but afterward you we're
Yes; the next evening, with that
sort of confidence that came to me
know not why. | went further held
your hand in NINE drew closer, and
ihen | suddenly left you. not daring to
brighten you with the sudden Intensity
Of my love"
".And then the next night"
"Ah, then 1t was that my arm I'M
consciously and as 1t were inevitably
stole around your waist. and. inspired
by your sweet acquiescence. kissed
YOU. Since then have loved you more
and more until now feel must show
YOU some real substantial token OF my
love"
He drew from his pocket small
package. He handed II to her trium-
Dhantly. She opened it rapidly. 1t was
q diamond pin.
There was silence. Then she hand
ed it back to him slowly. reluctantly.
What" he cried. Are you not go
ing TO accept itT'
She shook her head
al cannot" she replied. Don't you
know that it wouldn't be proper for me
to accept anything more than flowers
or candy from man | have known
only a week ?"-TOm Mason In Bran
dur Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
EXIT THE TREADMlLL.
English Prisoners No Longer VIII
Endure This Torture.

Endure This Torture.
The treadmll OF our fathers-of
some OF our fathers, that isis no
more, and the up to date criminal will
no longer be able to tel grim stories
Of his experiences on 1.-THE wheel"
The report OF the commissioners OF
prisons, Just issued, gives the record
Of the last days of that notorious In
strument of discipline. The superces-
sion Of it as form OF hard labor was
commenced some years back, and now
it has been finally abolished In our
prisons. This has rendered necessary
the revision OF the standing orders re-
latng to the employment of prison
ers sentenced to hard labor. Oak
um picking is still retained, but other
forms Of industrial labor have been in
troduccd, and after twenty-eight days
of "strict cellular separation" II the
prisoners behave well, they are al
lowed to work In association. The
treadmill was condemned on various
grounds. 1t is held to have been both
trying to health and ineffective as
punishment. The large rooms and
spaces which the abolition OF the
wheel has set at the disposal of the
prison authorities are being utilized as
workshops, more particularly for as
ISOLATED labor. The passing of the
n1 n a
proof OF the growing humanity OF our
criminal code
But it should not be forgotten that
"the wheel has had Its apologists,
even its enthusiasts. Prisoners have
been known when sentenced to 60 up.
on it for given time. to offer In mere
lightncss of heart to perform the al
lOtted task ION their heads" And we
can imagine that conservative crimi-
nails. who probably form the great ma
jority, will complain bitterly OF Its dis
appearance. just as the galley slaves
OF old time would have objected strong
ly to the introduction Of sliding seats
and swivel rowlocks. And who can
forget the inspiring treadmill song OF
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes? The con-
Wet In those lines tells "hOw pleasant
tits TO ramble round among ones hon
est friends" and concludes with the
declaration that when he Is at large
and has made his fortune, Now, hang
me, but mean to have a treadmill OF
my ownw-LondOn News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22

When first made bishop Of Stepney
DR.. Ingram was anything but popular
and, indeed, had occasion to seek police
protection Greatly worried, the bishop
tried to tace the cause and found one
old lady who was able to enlighten
him. ITS your white shirt SIR" she
said. 1--WE don't want no white shirted
gentry here. Try a gray shirt and a
dickey, Ike our chaps wear on Sun
day" The advice rendered was prompt
ly acted upon, and thus the present
bishop OF London made the first ad-
vance toward friendship with his peo-
pie.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
EcckN'rRIC METHODS.
why Alexandra Dumas Did Not Sue
coed az n Publisher.


The Mousquetaire, Partisan jour
nal founded by Alexandra Dumas,
grew and fourished for short time
and then became extinct 1t WAS car
ried OIL during brilliant existence
with an astonishing disregard OF bust
ness methods commonly In vogue. Its
staff was the largest and most varied
ever known. Persons would walk into
the office, propose working for the pa
Der and find themselves at once ac-
copied.
what will you allow me" a new
man would ask.
whatever you like, my boy" Du-
mas would return. by the way" he
would explain to every new aspirant'
tive must understand one thing:
mean you to be handsomely paid. You
must have 1000 francs a month, and
If you should want months pay In
advance now, don't scruple to ask for
It."
Everybody was dazzled, and Dumas
himself more than all the rest No
business enterprise, however, could ex'
list on such basis, and the Journal be-
gan to languish. Then man named
Boule proposed taking the speculation
out of Dumas hands. He offered the
great man 100 francs day, which
meant more than $1,000 year.
Here" said Boule, is checkbook
full Of those little tinted leaves you are
80 fond of. Every morning you have
only to write your name at the foot OF
one. send It into the office and touch
your 100 francs.
Dumas loved money, and his face
beamed with delight. "But suppose,
said he, that some day should want
800 or 400 francs|
"Well. all you have to do Is to send
In three or four Of your checks Moth
ing is more simple"
The book lay on the authors desk, a
delightful and ready resource. DID a
creditor call? A slip Of paper. and he
was paid A poor woman was about 10
be turned out into the street. A few
more slips, and she was relieved. At
the end of the week nothing was left
Of the book but the cover. Then BOule
changed his mode Of procedure
Youths Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
THE SPElLBlNOER
h.s Entrance Into and His Place In
Modern Politics.


The spellbinder made his appear
ance sulnc.GcnIly with the dude IN
the early eighties; at least, the names
arose at about that time. The TWO
types OF men have existed since the
first spellbinder persuaded his brother
troglodytes to form tie first tribal gov
ernment and the hrSt dude distinguish
ed himself from his fellows by scrap
ing the sea mud from Ills hairy limbs
before gulping down the mollusks
whose high hcapcd shells were TO be
the kitchen middcns Of the arch@oi-
ogSt.
The young Republicans who went
forth converted TO Democracy In the
Blaine campaign and with the zeal OF
new converts held their audiences
spellbound as they wOve chaplets or
rhetorical flowers about the head OF
the Democratic candidate were the first
spellbinderS. | think. TO wear the title.
1t was swiftly adopted, however, indis-
crimlnatcly Cor all political speakers.
The spellhindcrS Il 1891, rightly or
wrongly. at least left their party for
conscience's sake and gave their serv-
fees to their cause Even today ma
jority Of political speakers are abSo-
lutely unpaid. OF course one hears
stories of fees of $4,000 paid to IL not
ed Democrat for campaign services
against Mr. Bryan in 1896 ana Of fees
OF $500 a night paid to Il noted indie
pendent who opposed Mr. Harrison. In
addition, however. to congressman ana
senators and state ard local oticehOld-
ers who give their services. there are
hundreds Of speakers of various pc
litical faiths who neither hold nor cN.
pect to hold public office who would
regard the offer of payment for pc
litical speech as an insult. Neverthe-
less. the spellbinder must get what
comfort he can from the triumph of his
cause for the world will not credit him
with disintereStednesS. and his best
friends, out Of politics. think him hired.
The orator of an earlier generation
has had his day. The modern spell
binder, like the man of business, the
soldier the Salvation Army evangelist,
concerns himself more with results
than conventional methods, with mat
ter rather than fOrm.-Coloncl Curtis
Guild, Jr., in Scribner'S.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
JUMPING THE DEER.
A style of Hunting That Looks Easy
Till You Try IL.

A Style of Hunting That Looks Easy
Till You Try IL.
jumping deer" is u highly attrac-
tive phrase. quite apt to make q tin
Cling In the back hair Of the tenderfOot
who hears it for the first time. 1t is
also intensely satisfactory to the chap
who always has to shave before WOO
ing nature. You may. indeed get a
good shot in this way. and it Is gener-
ally the only way TO See the grandeSt
of all the sights of the wOodS-deer
running through u wlndfall. To see
the glossy curves Of fur curl over the
lofty logs that lie piled on each other
In boundleSS confusion is well worth
q trip to the woods. while for him who
loves the rifle as ] do. more for what
can, there is no such target elsewhere.
But for the tyro who is dying to get
that first deer, jumping a deer" gen
orally means out Of sight and out of
hearing both. For the deer that goes
off to lie down after feeding does not
go to sleep. but to ruminate and take
life easy. Once in great while one
falls into a doze. but almost always
the head is well erect and all senses
keen for danger. And even If one Is In
a doze it may slip away without your
suspecting its existence, for sleep dead
ems little of the senses Of this wary an
imal. The man who wouldn't shoot
such an innocent creature as deer"
should by all means see one getting out
Of a heavy wlndfall, while the man
who loves game that can get away can
here find the attraction Of the woods
at its cllmax.-"Hunting the Virginia
Deer" in Outing.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22

A suburban golf club has a japanese
steward named Ocka. He Is an ex-
cellent cook and his neatness and good
taste are beyond question, but he has
very slight knowledge Of English,
and this sometimes causes him to
make ludicrOus mistakes. A young
woman gave a tea at the clubhouse
and sent for Ocka few days ahead OF
time. so that all the details of her
party might be perfected. She ar
ranged for everything and at the end
said 'NOw Ocka. at the tea we must
have apple pie order" "Yes, madam,
apple pie" Ocka returned. mo, apple
pie order" said the young girl. All
right. Me understand. Apple pie"
Ocka repeated with an obstinate smile.
Apple pie order" the other corrected
again, and Ocka took his leave. He
served at the tea along with the dainty
little sandwiches and cake twenty huge
pieces of apple pie. - Philadelphia
Record.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
Queen AIexandra's Dainty Fad.

Queen AleXandra's especial fad has
a daintiness well In keeping with her
personality. 1t is that Of having her
pocket money made perfectly clean
and bright before she fingers it. When
ever a check is turned Into hard cash
for her use the coins are scrubbed In a
lather Of spirits Of wine, water and
soap before being placed In her purse,
and any change that may be rendered
her when making purchases is taken
charge of by the lady in waiting until
1t has been subjected to a like process
Of Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
Farms at Private
Contract.

No. sos acres, 80 In arabic SO. In
pine woods, ! mile from railroad !
mile from church and school, house
two story 1918, one story back 12xl4,
with colonnade between, necessary
outbuildings. This farm can be
bought for $500, payment to suit
the purchaser. You will only have
to see IL to know its value.
No. 61-A beautiful home for 3d.
500 A nice house OF 10 rooms OF
modern style, 2 miles from church
and school, also 2 miles and quarter
from railroad station. This farm has
As acres of arabic and 65 OF woods, /
cash balance to suit the purchaser.
No. 52-For only $3.50, without a
dwelling. Is a very cheap tract OF
land OF 80 acres, 30 arabic, 30 In pine
thicket and wood land. Woods
mould in abundance. One mile and
half from church and school one and
fourth miles from railroad station
Terms $500, cash, balance to suit pur-
chaser.
No. 53-For &, 900 we have a small
tract OF ten acres OF arabic land with
fine orchard. The dwelling is near
ly new modern In style and ten
rooms. Q miles from church, school
and railroad station.
Call upon &c for we have all sizes,
prices end terms 20 suit.
W. S. HOLLAND & co.
0nancock, Va.
Eastern Shore Real EstateAssociation.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
Origin of "A Popular Myth

People are expected to believe his
tory when such things as this happens
In 1892 a man living on a small farm
east of Wichita ran out of coal one
evening. He was getting supper. and
he took au armful of corn and dumped
II In the stove. Corn was 10 cents O
bushel and the Wichita reporter fired
the story out over the country that
Kansas farmers were burning corn
The corn burning story has passed
into history as fact. II Julius Caesar
had no better foundation than the
corn story he never existed at all
Wichita Eagle.