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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
THE ORIGIN OF COFFEE.
Why the Berry Deaes Production In
the United states.

Why the betty DthEs -
the United states.
As TO the history Of coffee, the legend
runs that it was first found growing
wild In Arabia. HAdji Omar, dervish,
discovered it in 1885, GIT years ago. he
was dying of hunger In the Wilderness
when, finding some small round ber-
ries. he tried to eat them, but they were
hitter He tried roasting them, and
these he finally stepped in some water
held In the hollow Of his hand ana
found the decoction as refreshing az IL
he had partaken of solid food. He hur-
yied back to Mocha, from which he had
been banished, and, inviting the wise
men to partake Of his discovery, they
were so well pleased with 1t that they
made him a saint
The story Is told that coffee was In
troduced into the West ladies' In lT23
by Chirac, a French physician. who
gave a Norman gentleman Of the name
of De Clieux. a captain Of infantry on
his way to Martinique, a single plant.
The sea voyage was stormy one, the
vessel was driven out of her course, and
drinking water became 80 scarce that
| It was distributed In rations. De CneuI.
with an affection for his coffee plant.
divided his portion of water with 1t and
succeeded in bringing II to Martinique,
although weak, not In hopeless condi-
ton. There he planted 1t In his garden,
| xxvtth fnnNo nf fhOrna and
watched II daily until the end OF the
year. when he gathered two pounds OF
coffee, which he distributed among the
inhabitants Of the island to be planted
by them. From Martinique coffee trees
In turn were sent to Santo Domingo
Guadaloupe and other neighboring Is
lands.
The coffee tree Is an evergreen shrub
growing, in Its natural state, to heigh'
of fourteen to eighteen feet. 1t Is usu
ally kept trimmed, however. for con
yenience In picking the berries, which
grow along the branches close to the
leaves and resemble in shape and colo'
ordinary cherries. The tree cannot bt
| grown aDOFs Ine ifoSe AinS' HS
1t be successfully grown In the tropics
The most successful climate for produc
ton Ia that found at an altitude Of
about 1000 feet. Anything much abov'
this is In danger OF frost, which Is fata
to the tree, and when coffee Is grown
much below this 1t requires artificial
shade, which materially increases tn
cost Of production and does not produce
as marketable berries. 1t is owing u
this particular requirement that cofre
has never been successfully produced
In the United States.-Success.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
An She Understood 1t.

A pretty rosy checked country girl
entered one of our large department
stores. 1t was bargain day, and the
crowd was greater than usual. She
bad wandered about from floor to
floor, a little bewildered at the magni-
tude of the establishment, the largest
she had ever seen.
Seeing her, foorwalker approached
and said, us anybody waiting on
your"
Eyes, sir" said the girl. blushing to
the roots Of her flaxen hair. Hes out
eide; he wouldn't come in."-Philadel'
phia Ledger
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
The Lucky Golfer.

A strange story Of the discovery oil
an unsuspected art treasure comes from
Canada. A Montreal art dealer was
playing golf and drove ball through
the window of cottage. 1t struck
picture on the wall The dealer paic
handsome compensation and also &C
ouired the injured picture. 1t turned
out. after cleaning and examination
to be a Dutch interior by Teniers Of
the value Of $500. Half of this sun
the dealer gave 10 the original lady
owner. to her great surprise.-Pall Nal
Gazette.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
THE NEW LITTLE GIRL.
AN Extreme Example of the MODERN
system of Development.

We have. sir. within tho past half
century effected an enormous advance
IN many lines. We have women COZ
leges. we have kindergartens. we nave
flats. we have bridge whist ana auto
mobiles. we have clubs for the purpose
of obviating the trisA,.'l Necessity On
the part of men and women to I'VE at
home. Countless diversions ana Olssl-
nations obtrude themselves upon lives
which might he earnest ana render
them frivolous and empty. Hired
nurses rear the children of the opuient.
Where. meanwhile. Is the rod without
which In my youth the child was spoil
cd Where are childish nodesty. paren-
fnl instruction and the salutary enforce
mont Of obedience? Do we by erasihg
fear from our domestic systems insure
for the future anything more promisihg
than ungovernable ungoverned anu
ungovernlng maturity
A female child approached me not
long ago on the street. An air Oh re-
anement and good breeding attended
her. | paused and pleasantly observed
her.
Hello. grandpa exclaimed the child.
HAS anybody seen our catT
made no reply.
speak up" said the child. "ff you
don't happen TO have amputated your
voice. "Ive lost kind of tall cat done
off in a tortoise shell finish. Her feeI
don't track. but she's sound and KIND,
city broke. stands without hitching and
answers to the name Of Laura Jean
Libbey. Where is sheT
young woman" said i, Il am mol
aware that have the honor OF your
acquaintance"
Don't let that cause you any lnsom
MIA. grandpa" said the female chiiu
I'm not trying to make hit VIII
YOU. Either you've seen my cat OF
YOU haven't. If you haven't we'll par
in friendly way with no clothes torn
If you have I'd like you to produce
dig I'D and relinquish the cat. Is II
90? Is there anything doing in the re
line wayT
mo" said l.
.sThen so long," said the female child
This, sir, l presume is the result o
our system of allowing children TO de
velop along the lines Of least resist
ance.-Syracuse Post-Standard.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24

A man who knew John A. Logan In
southern Illinois before the civil war
said that on q certain occasion young
Logan found 1t necessary to doubt the
yeracity of a man considerably older
than himself and told him so without
any circumlocution.
Don't you call me liar, sir" said
the man excitedly. II have reputa-
ton to maintain, and l mean to main
tain It II have TO do 1t at the point OF
pistol" =.
ooh" said Logan calmly, "that won't
be necessary. You maintain your repu-
tation all right every time you tell a
Ito
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
Forget

Spring Is here and everyone has
work to do-by having a White or
Wheeler g. Wilson there Is no work
to do. for they are self.workers. II
YOU have an old machine that you
have to toll day and night 1t will pay
to trade an old ancient one off then,
for the White or Wheeler Il Wilson
No. 9. 1 have the best selection, the
largest stock of The White, Wheeler
e. Wilson and New Home that was
ever on the Shore, and now Is your
time to buy and buy right. And l
have other makes as low as $lS.75
that | can guarantee. Chicago ma
chines-The Burdick $40, The Min
nesota $12, such machines ] can't
afford to guarantee. Pianos, Organs
and Sewing Machines cheap for cash
or on easy payments. l will save you
money.
JOHN T. ROBINSON,
North St., ONANCOCh' va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
Easy and Effective.

Before consent to let you have my
daughter" said the square jawed cap
tain of industry. 81 want you to an
swer a question. What would you do
IfIwere to give you S1,0000O0T'
After the coroner had viewed the re
mains and decided that death was due
70 heart failure caused by a sudden
shock the old man lit another cigar
and murmured:
"Thats worth tryin' again some
time. "-Chlcago Record Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
Conservatism.

wasn't the execution Of the man
who stole horses trife irregalar|
ut was Jes' as reg'lar as we could
make it." answered Bronco Bob stoutly.
course we didn't have no judge or
jury handy. But we captured the feller
on Wednesday an put Off the hangin'
till Friday, SOS to have it accordin TO
custom. "-WashingtOn Star
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
A hammered Ambition.

THAT boy says his only ambition is
to make a wing without working.
what are his parents going to do
for himf"
make a politician out Of him."-De-
troit Free Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
The Brides Critics.

"Now that we are married, dear"
said the bridegroom, you have seri'
GUS task before you"
"Why, George, what Is IT.
"You must prove to my three sisters
that you are worthy Of me."-Philadel'
phia Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
Not His Kind.

"Would you die for me% she asked
dreamily. =.
"Oh. say" he retorted in matter OF
fact way, az you haven't any more am
hilton than to be looking for dead ones
you're not the girl for me!-Chicago
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
Natural History.

Pupil-Bees live in hive, but they
call it a cellar, for it is full Of cells.
Bees also make honey. They make 1t
fine by combing it with a fine honey
comb.-New York Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
Optimists.

The people who are most sk,lllui AT AZ
see,nq the silver lining to the cloud are
nsnoIIv the umbrellaless ones tnat
hlockade your doorway while waning
FOR the rain to stop.-Judge.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
Changed His Mind.

Naggsby-I thought you were never
going to work for those people again.
Waggsby-I did say so, but since that
time they have decided that l might
come back.-Baltimore American.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24

ST" Stops for passengers on sigma
or notice to conductor.
sc" Stops only to let of passengers
from Cape Charles and points South,
and take on passengers for points
North of Delmar.
SD" Stops only to let off passeD
gers from points North OF Delmar,
ard take on passengers for Cape
Charles and points South.
Trains 81 and 50 will stop at all
stations on Sundayfor local passen'
gers, onsignal or notice to conductor.
r. B. Cooke. j. 6. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager. Sur
Norfolk, Va. Cape Charles
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
Builders aterial,
Fertilizers &C.,

We desire to cal the attention OF
he public to our large and well
selected stock OF
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldlngs'
Builders Hardware, Shingles,
Laths, Lime, Bricks, Locust
Fence and Gate Posts and
Building Material generally,
also Paints, Oils and Painters
Supplies,
and all else that tends to enhance the
value and beauty of your BUILDINGS
We would also invite special at
tention to our stock of Fertilizers,
particularly our high grade Sweet
Potato Mixture and Pure Fine
Ground Dry Fish.
Call and inspect our stock before
buyi @, as we will be pleased to show
YOU our goods and feel sure II al
quality and prices will be satisfactory
MARTIN & MASON CO.,
Harborton, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24

Some people make money by spend
ing it.-Atchison Globe.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24
NEW YORK, PHILA. & NORFOLK
RAILROAD

Time Table in Eject May II, 1908.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor
folk and Old Point Comfort.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-10-24

oent for Standard Stock & Immunizlng Co. Ii
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-10-23
Idaho Editors

The state press association met
at Occur d'Alene last Monday. The
attendance was only fair. but those
present enjoyed the meeting i'm
mensely and derived both profit
and pleasure from their attendance.
The new officers are:
Presidential. G. Shaver, of the
Moscow Star.
Vice president-Frank Simmons,
of Boise.
SNcretary-M. S. Parker, Acme
Printing Co., Boise.
Treasurer-Miss Mabel PAYNE,
Herald. Morntainhome.
Business being concluded, an ex-
cursion and banquet on the lake
was tendersd by the Occur d'Alene
Il st. Joe Transportation Co., on
board their beautiful new boat the
steamer Idaho, one of the finest
crafts or inland waters. Refresh
ments were served aboard the boat.
The Spokane chamber of COM.
merce rendered the editors a ban
quet on the return trip, Many of
the editors We're accompanied by
their wives.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-10-23
Grand Lodge |. Q. o. E.


The grand lodge of Oddfellows
were in session at Occur d'Alene
this week. The attendance in the
grand lodge and Rebekah state as.
sembIy aggregated about 800. The
representatives were royalty enter
tanned by Occur d'Alene-so well
In fact that in the contest for loca-
ton of the next grand lodge Occur
d'Alene received a majority over
all competitors. The next grand
lodge will be held at Nampa. how
ever, Occur d'Alene having grace.
fully yielded the honor. The city
was gaily decorated and all were
soon accommodated with rooms.
The reports of the officers of the
organization shows it to have en-
joyed prosperous year in Idaho,
having grown from 1000 to 5000.
while the Rebekahs have increased
from 1000 to 5000, placing the or
der over the distance line in the
race for prestige.
Occur d'Alene won the hearts of
all in the way she entertained,
having provided entertainment for
every spare moment, and on Thurs
day gave an excursion and banquet
on the steamer Idaho.
On Thursday evening the repre-
sentatives stepped from the boat
TO the train and went to Spokane
where they were entertained by
Spokane Oddfellows and Rebekahs,
the program closing with BAN
quet at Oke's cafe where some 600
people were dined.
The new officers of the grand
lodge are: W. A Couglin, G. M;
Frank Martin, d G. M, John l..
Chapman, G. W.; D. L. Bradley. G..
s.; Monte B. Gwinn, G. T.; Robert
Mobley, q. r.; A. K. Steunenberg,
G. r.; James Stevens. G. NJ; Tim
othy Driscoll G. L.; George H.
Handy. G. g.; Rev. e. A. Walker.
; G. c.; Q. B. Kelly, G, H.; and Lee
, vi MCGEE, ?. G.. M.
= The officers of the Rebekah state
; assembly are: Mrs. Frances Cros-
son, president, Boise; Mrs Della
Magee, vice president, Grangeville
Mrs. Agnes Swinerton, warden
q Wardner; Mrs. Sarah Handy, treas
o urer, Silver City, Mrs. Carrie E
Myers, secretary, Boise; Mrs. Min.
ME Priest Dunton, marshal, Boise
Mrs. Edith Wedekind, conductor
Pocatello; Mrs. Emma Taylor, in
e side guar dian, Bonners Ferry, Mrs
e Maggie Edmiston, outside guardi
2. an, Occur d'Alene; Mrs. August,
Walters, chaplain, Boise.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-10-23
A Fishing Social

The ladies of Paradise valley
will give a fishing social on Satur-
day evening, October 81. Every
body cordially invited. Ladies
please bring lunch for two. Each
box will be marked 25c and the
fellow Is lucky if he gets his best
girls box. The proceeds to go to
help finish the new church. Come
everybody and help worthy
cause.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-10-23
Mill Boys Dance

A grand ball is announced for
next Friday evening October 30, at
l. o. O. F. ball under the auspices
of the employees of the Bonners
Ferry Lumber Co. 1t goes without
saying that a splendid time is as
sured. All are invited. Tickets
will be sold at the usual price.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-10-23

Mrs. w. A. Sweet returned
Wednesday from a visit TO Sand
point.
Henry Tank left Thursday for
Neb. to remain indefinitely. His
family left for the east some time
ago.
VIM. Elderton, the liveryman,
left the first of the week on bust
ness trip to Occur d'Alene and
Rathdrum.
Emily NJ. Stone of Elmira
was in the Ferry yesterday attend
ing to important business matters.
Mrs. Charles Riser departed
Wednesday afternoon for Council
Bluffs, Iowa, on visit to relatives.
w. B. Thews, immigration in
spector, formerly of Port Hill is
now temporarily stationed at Gate
way, Montana. Whether he will
be permanently located at that
place will be known in couple of
weeks. The gentleman was In
Boomers Ferry Wednesday and
Thursday on business connected
with his office, leaving here Thurs
day afternoon for Gateway.
The county commissioners ar
rived in town Thursday morning
from Rathdrum to inspect roads
down by Copeland and between
Bonners Ferry and Crossport.
&C. H. Stein, of the B. F. L. Co.
returned from Rathdrum the first
of the week where he had been or
business connected with his com,
pany.
Rev. T. G. Guy preached tn,
annual sermon on foreign missions
to large congregation last Sab
bath evening in the Presbyterian
church. A collection will be takel
for the purpose on Sabbath tn
, 25th.
Several of the witnesses in tn
case of ElGerton vs.. zimmerman
set for today, who were aboard Nj
2 3 yesterday bound for Rathdrum
g were notified by telegraph that tn
D. case had been postponed until Nc
q vember 2.
r Probate Judge Mccall came i
= from Rathdrum today on a visit
relatives. d.
n Louis Amerman was in Ratl
s drum this week on court bushes
Judge Morgan excused all II
Jurors on Thursday except twelv
who were then considering a cas-
T. w. Mclaughlin and G. '
- Dawson returned today.
DR.. and Mrs. T. A. Bishop a
, tended the grand lodge of Oddfe
lows this week and stopped over
Spokane on business. ~.
re Hon. Henry Melder is EMO
ding a two weeks vacation. He W
delegate to the grand lodge.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-10-23
.EPITOME OF THE WEEK
|. o. o. E. Grand Lodge Meet
ing at Occur d'Aiene
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Idaho Editors Meet-Grand Ball
by the Mill Employees.

, DIR, G. w. Cross, the veterinary
surgeon, has been in this section
for several days. I'm - 5 4
- Gus'Danielson has about COM
pleted residence building for his
family in the south end of town.
The Murphy Bros. sawmill
started operations again Tuesday
after a short term of i3leness.
w. H. Tromblee has his resi-
dence on the island nearly compile
ted and expects bis family from
the east about November 1st. His
household goods were shipped on
the 18th and will arrive in few
days.
DIR. E. E. Fry was called to
Copeland Tuesday night to attend
Mrs. Geo. B. Whitney who is afflict-
ed with pleurisy.
&C. w. Dyer has force of hen
at work on the Deep creek bridge
this week. bNTpp s.
Mrs. F. R. Richardson, who
has been in i'll health for some
time, departed for Los Angeles,
CAL, Wednesday to remain for the
winter. She was accompanied by
her son Blair and brother-in-law
Luther Richardson.
j. J. Abbott of Copeland was
transacting business in the Ferry
Wednesday.
IS. J. Signor, the North Side
mill owner, returned this weei
from Portland, Oregon, where h
had been for several months. HI
expects to remain here all winter
w. J. Mcclure the hardware
mercha ant was a county seat visitO
this week, returning home Wed
nesday morning.
The O'Hogge buildings Of
Main street have been raisel thi
week and are now on a level wit
their neighbors. This finishes tn
work of raising buildings in tn
business portion of town. Tn
next thing in order is to fill up tn
street to conform to the crossing
and sidewalks. LXcF ~ q ;
VIM. VonGasken departe
: Monday evening for Occur d'Alen
as delegate to the grand lodg
. I. o. o. F., which vened thel
this week,
! -McKinzie Edwards returne
from trip to Iowa last Saturda
He reports very bad weather
4 the central states and is glad
! get back to Idaho again.
Il Mirror lake won't be a circur
q stance of mud hole com pared
3 Main street after the fall raj
z start in. With the crossings FILE
4 in a veritable reservoir will
Z formed to hold the water. Bett
3 fix it this fall.
\ Gland Hydorn. sawyer
\ Murphy Bros. mill, had the secol
B and third fingers of his left hal
B badly hurt yesterday morning
B coming in contact with the sa
. DR.. Fry dressedthe injured mel
n bers.
: North Side news and an i
y portant capture on Sth page.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-10-23

) DIR. G. w. Cross, the veterinary
surgeon, has been in this section
for several days. 9Et29 s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-30
A Warm Time at Eveletl1.

On Tuesday Vivian Prince and
James Maria, of Eveleth, appeared
before Judge DibeIlzin district court
and secured two writs of mandamus
directing City Clerk Louis Larson
to place. on the: ballots for the com
ing municipal election theirzna anes
for municipal judge and mayor,
respectively. It would appear that
the gentlemen were the first to file
for the respective positions byepeti-
ton. and that in the case of James
Maria the clerk refused TO put his
name on thu ballot alleging that of
the signers to his petition many
were not legal voters, and that: not
enough legal voters were embraced
in the list. In the case of Judge
Princes petition fling was refused
because many Of the signers there.
to had later signed the petition of
his opponent, Judge NcGilvery.
The refusal OF the clerk to place
these names on the ticket was not
made known until too late for
obtaining additional signers or IA
anymanner correcting the petitions
ae filed. z. -. -. b ssszs . ..ss Is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-30
Sewer Construction is Commenced.


Contractor Mcdonnell has his
pipe and fittings for the new. sewer
system on the ground, and has this
week started small crew at the
work of trenching for same.
+ This improvement is one for
which there has long been great
need, and we are pleased that the
prosperous condition of the city,
owing to the extra tax moneys re-
ceived and additional saloon Ii
censes granted during the past year,
has permitted the, commencement
of the work. Any necessary mon
eys,which will be needed for the
completion ofthe system, have been
guaranteed by Capt. NJ. L. Fay and
q. Kinney. | SS.', s@=, 3. $50. .... !.
5 The city has about one.ha1f the
necessary amount on hand for the
completion Of the system. ! .S5=zss. ~.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-30
WILL INCREASE FORCE At LINGO N.


aad Doti6ee Amount Next Season..
Following the announcement by
General Manager Maitland, of the
Republic Iron & Steel Co., that that
corporation expected to reduce the
working forces at their mines fifty
per cent during the coming winter,
the announcements of a proposed in.
crease in the working force at the
Lincoln, of the Interstate Iron Co.,
will be welcome news to Virginia
business men. - -.- -.
The Lincoln will this year forward
to docks approximately 100000 tons,
and Supt. Fairbairn informs us that
it is the expectation of the company
to shipa half million another year
which will demand a considerable
increase in the working force at the
property. Preparations for this in
creased output are being made,
stockpile room for the coming win.
ter being nearly or quite doubled
+ The Lincoln now employs. about
$40 men, and the additional output
will naturally require an appreci.
able increase in force, although the
mine is now developed so that more
ore per man can be raised than has
been possible during the develop:
'nent period of the property. : -. -.