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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-09-17

"Would you permit your daughter to
marry titled roue?' asked Mrs. Old
castle.
T don't know" replied the hostess.
"Do the Rooeys belong to very old
family Y'-Exchange.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-09-17
H. uorIey,s "Four Righteous MEN,

Mr.. MOrley's "Four Righteo"S
A good many guesses have Deel
made as to who were Mr.. Morley
four righteous men, always prepares
TO speak the truth, the whole tru''
and nothing but the truth. II | ha'
to name them l should be inclined u
name Stuart Mill, Henry Sedgwlck
Darwin and Leslie Stephen.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-09-17
Tax Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
State Tax and County Lew Tor the
year 1904 are now due, al d that in
pursuance OF law, / will be at the foi'
lowing named places In said districts
at the time herein specified. for the
purpose { ( collecting said taxes and
levies, viz:
Appointments OF John Fl. Hopkins:
Parksley, October 1st and November
25th and Goth.
Rloxom, October 9th, 18th and Sth.
Mappsville, October 18th, l4th and
18th.
Tempera uceville, October 27th, 2Sth
and Goth.
Sanford. November 2d, 3rd and 4th
Saxie, November Cd at night.
Cattail, November 5th morning.
Mearsville, November 9Th afternood.
Green backville, November 14'h at
night. ~
Chiucoteague, November 10Th, 10Th
and 18th.
Horntown, November nth at night.
Hallwood, November 18th, afternoon
and night.
Modestown, November 18th.
Hopetop, November 23 !, morning.
Newstowp. November 23i, afternoon
Leemont, November oath, afternoon.
Accomac, November 7th, Sth, 9tD,
2Stb, Goth and 90th.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-09-17
Anotber Fool Question Nailed.

"That policeman at the second cross
ing is misplaced humorist."
"What makes you think soT'
81 asked him today If he wore gloves
on Sunday. He said no; he wore 'em
on his hands" s."-Cleveland Plain Deal
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-09-17
NO. 1858.

Washington, D. c., May IA, l9O4
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, 1t has
been made to appear that The FARM
ers and Merchants National Bank OF
Onley ,"located in village OF Onley,
in the County of Accomac, and state
of Virginia, has complied with all the
provisions of the Statutes OF the Unlteu
States, required to be complied Wl'h
before an association shall be author
lied to commence the business OF
| Banking;
Now therefore, |, Thomas ?. Kane,
Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the
Currency, do hereby certify that "Ihe
Farmers and Merchants National BANK
! of Onley," located in the village OF
Onlev. in the County of Accomac, and
State of Virginia, is authorized to
commence the business of Banking as
prescribed in Section Fifty one hund,
red and sixty nine of the Revised
Statutes of the United States.
In testimony whereof witness
my hand and Seal OF Otflce
this Fourteenth day of May
1904.
r. p. KANE.
Deputy and Acting Comptroller OF
the Currency.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-09-17
What the watchman Sees.

But as a watchman l must NOT ai-
low my eyes to follow only one CLASS
of people. While the theater audi
ences are moving through the streets
to witness these distorted and often
impossible plays. through the cpfa
do,nrs, Of the saloons l can see the
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
THE WORD "TAWDRY."
where We Get II and what II Meant
Originally.

where We Get II and what II Meant
Originally.
The word "tawdry," spelt In John
sons Dictionary "staWdrey' Is cor
rupdon of St Audrey, or st Ethel
reda. In whose honor a fair was beId
In East Anglia on oct II. The word
was originally used Of necklace
bought at that fair, often made OF
white pebbles, as Drayton writes:
No< the smallest beck
But with white pebbles makes her tav-
drys for her neck.
Originally this word did not neoessa-
rily imply shabby spbeDdoT for Shake
speare In THE Winters Tale" has
Come, you promised me tawdry lace
and a pair of sweet gloves SiDCe his
day the word has long lost Its better
meaning and now stands for things
gaudy, In poor taste and Of little value,
Others gay that st Audrey died OF a
swelling In the throat, which she con-
sidered a special Judgment for wearing
a necklace, and that from this legend
such ornaments were connected with
her name and later took on It's worse
meaning. Telegraph.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
OF UNTOLD VALUE.
The Information Contained in This
Citizens Statement is Priceless

The hale, the hearty, the
strong can afford to toss this
paper to one side impatiently
when they read the following,
but any sufferer in Skowhe-
gan who has suffered hours
of torture caused by kidney
complaint will stand in his
own light it he does not TO-
low the valuable advice
offered here.
J. ". Ward, farmer, on the Cornyille
road says: Fer over three years II
had not sharp pains II my back when
oyerexerted myself lifting thing OF
stopped l knew tie moment I owing
to some awkward movement, would
incur sharp ,winces n my back folloEec
by dull aching When the twinges were
not in evidence the aching and ameneez
were very apparent. / often wore plaa
tiers and some OF them undoubtedly
strengthened the loins and gave me az
sistance when the attacks were verl
aggravated, but nothing in the shape q
medicine ever helped me until weat t
SIMPSONS drug store in Skowhegan f0
Doan's Kidney Pills A friend Adrise(
me to use them and was so emphatf: II
his recommendation that followed HE
advice and took course of the treat
ment. 1t stopped very acute attack
l now know what to do should others
recur."
For sale by all dealers. Price SO centa.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, y. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an6
/ take no substitute.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
KIN o. Ktaadu.

Mr.. Days new book, entitled Kin o.
kiaadn, just published by Small May
nard & Company, is vivid and pquant
portrayal of New England rural character
and outdoor picturesqueness. In its con-
ception and execution, its mingling OF
prose and verse stories. this new volume
IS absolutely unique, and seems sure to be-
come one of the "Od Home books to be
sent broadcast over the country and
treasured as real contribution to Htera-
ture.
The book is divided into six sections,
hve OF these sections portraying each a
distinct phase of homely New England
life. II is neither book OF short stories
nor merely volume OF poetry. In each
section generous number OF the authors
latest and best poems are woven into a
harmonious unity by thread of prose
narrative, description or chat, so that the
interest OF the reader is continuously held !;
and the lights and shadows of the life OF
simple country people are shown In such
artistic contrasts in these pages that the
hear, is touched by the tender sentiment
OF one verse or paragraph even while the
laugh still fingers from page of rolicking
humor.
The title OF the volume is explained by
qua,rain on the ttle-page which refers
to 1.-THE giant mount which typifes the
sturdy strength of Name" Ktaadn being
the ancient and Indian spelling of Katah-
din, the king of mountains and practically
the center OF State
The book bears striking cover design,
showing distant view of Mt. Katahdin,
misty blue against an evening sky, and
framed by tall spruce-trees in the fore
ground A fine portrait OF the author
appears as frontispiece, and each OF the
six sections has vignette title, with an
appropriate picture and preliminary verse
framed in a distinctive decorative border.
The drawings and cover design are by
Miss Amy Rand. The immediate success
OF the volume is evidenced by the fact
that the first edition consists of 1900
copies. The publishers are Of the opinion
that this is the largest first edition of auy
book OF verse by an American poet
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
Official Report.

Major General Ainswor,h, The military
secretary, has received from Gen. Made,
commanding the division Of the Philip
pines cable report Of the recent AZ
tack upon American troops in MlndanAa
The following IL al extract from the
dispatch:
Manila, June 2, 1904. Msjor GeneraI
Leonard Wood, returned, May 80, fron
an expedition 10 lake Lguasau. The
remains OF officers and men killed tx
action, May s, were brought to Colts
oatto and inferred. AliQ's outfit, 4
small aggregation Of outlaws. are COW
IN hiding and will be pursued Until
captured or destroyed. No disturbance
whatever In Cottabato Valley. No cas-
uaities 10 expedition. Following Is l.
complete list Of casualties among enlist
ed men, May S:
KILLED; Geo. Watcher, Ewing Qalin,
Benz. B. Nolde, Ebert ". Osborn, Mar
tin Enert. Amos J. Gillian. Oven
Hughes, VIM. Luetjens. John OConpors,
Leonard c. Smith, Vim. A. Alien.
Charlie Cole, Frank 6. Meredith, the
last named having transferred from Co
Z, l7tb Infantry.
Wounded: Thos. N. Breckett, Geo
Humphreys, Henry D. Shsddesu, JohE
L. Farmhouse, Francis L. Davis, john F.
DelonRe.
AL wounded doing well. These ne1
belonged to Co. F, 18th Infantry.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
An Anecdote Of Richard strauss

An amusing story IS Told Of Richard
Strauss carly experience rs II conduct
or in Germany. strauss fNor.tr Wug-
ner opera VAS Tristan und Isolde
the score of which he knew intimate.
y but with the other Wagner works
he WAS not 50 familiar, although he
had already gained considerable rep
utation In Germany as star" con
ductor On a certain occasion he was
called on Unexpectedly TO direct per
Torrance of Die Meistersinger" which
he did with much apparent self pos
session. Another eminent conductor
who was In the audience noticed that
In a certain passage In the third act
the bass tuba, TO which was allotted a
very important phrase, did not make
any effect with 1t at all. After the
performance the visiting conductor,
wondering If the orchestral player had
been at fault, mentioned the circum-
stance to Strauss. The future compos-
er of the Symphonic Domestlca" look
ed embarrassed
Why" be said, Ito tell you the
truth, | was so absorbed In bringing
out the broader effects that didn't no.
tice that ttSba part. -Harper's Weekly
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
Maine River Survey.

A cooperative arrangement has been
made between the Maine State Survey
Commission and the L. 5. Geological
Survey, whereby surveys will be made
and profies taken along the kennebec
river from its mouth to Caratunk and
along the Penobscot river from its
mouth to Mllinocket. These survey =
will bring out such information ia rt-
gard to these rivers as the slope direC-
ton of the courses, and data in regard to
the developed and undeveloped power,
The field work will be carried on by the
United Geological Survey, as follows
The topographic branch will extend their
lines of primary levels ard establish
bench marks along the portions of the
rivers to be investigated and with these
levels as basis, n stsdla party, under
the direction Of the photographic
branch, will follow up the rivers, col
lecting such data in regard TO slopes,
water power, ETC., as may he needed to
complete the survey. The general
supervision of the photographic portion
Of the work will be under the direction
OF n. c. Grover, District photographer
for New England, and 1t is expected that
the work will be In progress by the
middle Of June. This work is continu :
tion of like surveys made on the upper
Kenuebec during the summer of 1908
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09

An ant nest or colony arises from
eggs laid by one or more queens
The developing young are tended by
the sexless neuters, or work ers." The
maggots, or laryal ants, are fed by
them, often nourished out of the
nurses mouths. and are as carefully
watched in respect Of the temperature
and other conditions of the nurseries
as are infantile human beings. Wher
full development occurs the pupat
change into ants. which are either
winged or wingless. The latter are the
"neuters," or workers. They may de
velop big jaws and appear as the sol
diers' of the colony. Those which are
winged are the founders of new colo
MES. They are Of both sexes and they
produce the eggs whence the new gen
erations will be evolved.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
Maine Central Institute.

Following is the program for con-
mencement week at the Maine CentrI
Institute at Pittsfeld, which occurs zexf
week;
sunday, June Z, 10 80 3. H., ID Free
Baptist church, sermon before Christina
Association, Rev. q. E. Dunrack.
80 p. IN, in Union hail, osceslAa-
reate sermon.
Monday, Jupe l3, 30 ,. u, ia Pov-
ers hall, alumni pre- speaking.
Tuesday, Juue a. 9 30 p. m, ia Pow
ers Hall, Manson prize speaking.
Wednesday, June 3. p. IN, in Free
Baptist church, annual business meeting
OF the trustees
p. m, in society hall, annual buzz
ness Of the alumni.
5 30 p. M, in Powers hall, alumni RS
eeption and banquet.
Thursday, June +, 10 ?. m, IL Jnios
hall, commencement exercises.
; P, N. IL Union hall, commencement
concert.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
SUGAR FROM RAGS.
Process by Which Shredded Linen Is
Turned Into Grape Sugar.

Process Dy w men ShF8I0Eu LINEN II
Turned Into Grape Sugar.
A curiously interesting experiment
may be made by slowly adding ooDcen-
trated sulphuric acid to half its weight
of lint or shredded linen, which is then
pounded In a mortar and left to stand
for some hours. Afterward this is rub
bed up with water warmed and filter
ed, and the solution is finally neutral
lied with chalk and again filtered.
The gummy liquid retains lime, part
ly in the state Of sulphate, partly IN
combination with a peculiar acid, com.
posed of the elements of sulphuric with
those of the ligniDe, to which the name
sulpho-lignic acid is given
If the liquid before naturalization IS
boiled for three or four hours and the
water replaced. the acid evaporates,
and the deXtriDe is entirely changed
into grape sugar. Linen rags by this
process may be made to furnish more
than their own weight Of this sub
stance-Pearsons Weekly.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
BUCHAREST.
The Capital of Roumania Is a Sort
of Miniature Paradise.

The Capital of Roumania Is a Sort
of Miniature Paradise.
Though all Bucharest is modern. we
find the old eastern methods of mer-
camille construction-little open cup
boards lining the road, dealers squat
ting among their wares literally at the
receipt of custom, for they make no
effort to invite 1t, and the various
trades huddle together, here an ar1nory
of rude pottery, richest green and rich
est red there an arsenal of thick
leathern sandals, a heavy patch of
burnt lumber; yonder an avenue of
black sheepskin caps set out upon brass
stands, in appearance like peasants
heads after a massacre. Out In the
streets are high hillocks of golden
grain, pyramids of pumpkins and blaz-
ing piles of scarlet chillies. At inter
walls little congregations wait with
laughing philosophy until they shall
be hired-bullders with their hods Ia
borers with their spades, all with the
emblems of their toll. Bucharest may
be summed up as city of pleasures
and palaces, metropolis of perpetual
carnival, a temple of boisterous jovial.
ity. Her engaging people combine the
color, the grace and the hospitable In
stincts of the east with the comfort
and convenience of the west. Every
instant spent among them yields a
quintessence of life and JOY and
warmth and color. a small Paris in.
deed? Nay; tbs little paradise. Her
bert Vivian in Saturday Review.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
AN ~ FISH.


Moanu, Ctubs r" Graceful. slim
nnG ....t.# s.elt-.c-.
There ar. ia E. ,44s. = -. c,., streams
Of tn north cclzain ISL Euowu locally
rs "Alohawk clubs These fish are
the ideal fish IN shape and color grace
full slim. elegant creatures, pure silver
except on the do..sal fidzr. Which Is tie
int Of oxldi2ed silver They are ter
Ter mouthed and remind me somewhat
of the graylng although they haye lot
the great dorsal lin nor the frap II
mouth of that fish. They often inhablt
trout waters. and | have an idea that
trout feed on the smaller ones al
though | have no absolute proof that
this Is true. know. however. that
pickerel, muskellunge and black bass
strike at them eagerly.
These fish rise to fly and are often
quite as Ramy as grayl!ng. Often and
often have struck them in trout wa
tiers and bave found them interesting
fighters when tackle Is light and water
cold and swift.
Animals and birds appear to be very
fond of them, or at least are often seen
eating them, perhaps because they may
be easier to catch than trout Where
Mohawk clubs are, herons and king
fishers congregate. The only time |
ever saw an osprey in that region was
once when whipping that stream. The
osprey dashed down within a rod OF
me and seized a Mohawk club that
must have weighed pound at least,
bearing him up out of the pool and
away across acres of swamp toward
the distant forest-Robert w. Cham
bers In Harper's Weekly
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09

Did you ever think, says a horse
man, how fast horse In a 2:20 gait
moves his feet7 When a horse Is uot-
ting a 2:2O gait his feet move little
faster than mile In lilo. AS his
body is moving at 2:20 and as each Of
his feet when in contact with the
ground is stationary and then Is picked
up and moved forward to take the next
step, the foot must move as much fast
er than the body as to make the step,
which Is over twice as fast Now, the
action is: The foot is at rest upon the
ground and is raised some one or two
feet high, then forced forward nearly
the full length of the leg, then lowered
to the ground and is at rest for nearly
two-thirds of the time that the next
step is being taken. The time, nearly
two-thirds, l think is too long, but 1t
Is from one-half to thirds Of the
next step-Amertcan Cultiyator.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
CURES CATARRH
"Hyonei the Most Wonderful cure
for Catafrh Ever Discovered, +" says
c. 2. EoRR.

30 not Try - eate catAffh - taktng
drugs INTO lie stomach; II cauuot be
cured III thai manner. The on.y way in
which lhts too common disease can be
cured - through a direct application
mat Will xii The bacllli Of cAtarfh and
prevent their growth
Hyomei IL the only know method of
treatment that accompanies this. It is
the simplest, most pleasant. aud the
only absolute cure for catarrh that has
ever been discovered
Thousands of unsolicited testimonials
have been received from the most
prominent men and women in the
country who have been cured by this
remarkable remedy. Ministers, bankers
lawyers, even eminent physiciens have
given strong testimonials as to the re-
markable powers of Hyomei to cure
catarrh.
6. r, Fogg has so much confidence in
the power of Hyomei to cure catarrh,
that he will for limited time, sell this
medicine under his personal guarantee
to refund the money if the purch asers can
say that it did not help them.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09

As early as the eighth century a
university had already been establish
ed In Japan that included such modern
divisions as schools of medicine. ethics,
mathematics and history, and some of
the text books employed Mt that remote
period dealt with such subjects as the
diseases of women. materia medtca and
veterinary surgery, types OF text books
which appear TO haYe been unknown In
European countries until about 1000
years later
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
He Worked the Aurora BoreaIis.

George Bartlett Prescott was one Of
the pioneers of the science Of electricity
In America. He began the study Of
electricity In 1916, when he was six
teen. With Edison, he owned all the
patents In the quadruplex system both
In this country and in Great Britain.
He introduced the duplex system in
1915 and the quadruplex two years
later. Prescott made certain that the
aurora borealis was an electrical dis
play. and while in the Boston Office on
one occasion he disconnected the bat
teries and operated the wires with the
atmospheric electricity.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
Literary Notes.

The June number Of the American Re
view Of Reviews las among its leading
articles: "The Cars limited Power
"Russia's Aristocrscy and the War;"
Japanese Socialists and the war
"Japan's Diplomatic failure, japanese
view, Count Tolstoy or Non resistance
and the Negro question" THE Iadas-
trial South, Agricultural work in the
Philippines 1.-THE Pulitzer College Of
Journslism," The Decadeuee OF
France, French American ard Louisi
ana Centennary' "A French tribute to
Foreign Missions Labor conditions
in Russia" The University OF Visor
sin ana this years iutilee," illustrated
is al article giving one au idea Of the
progress OF educational progress in the
middle West" The Illustrations for
the month are profuse and the number
Of portraits Of prominent men are many.
including thst OF the Emperor Of japan
a. frontispiece. The department of
The Progress OF the World" ard Rec
ord Of Current events" sre extensive and
full.
There is nothing natural about some wo1aer
but The foundation and framework
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09

Every year sees wiped out the re-
mains which have lasted for thousands
of years past Now, In our own day.
the antiquities of South Africa and Of
Central and South America have been
destroyed as rapidly as they can be
found. Elsewhere engineers of every
nation use up buildings as quarries or
wreck them for the sake of temporary
profit. Spectators, native and Euro
pean, tear to pieces every tomb they
can find In the east and sell the fey
snowy proceeds that have thus lost
their meaning and history. And the
casual discoveries that are made perish
in a ghastly manner. The Saxon re-
gala of Harold, the treasures Of
Thomas a Becket's shrine, the burial
of Alfred, the burial Of Theodore and
the summer palace of Picking have
within modern memory all gone the
same way as the wonders that have
persisted In the French sack Of Rome
or the Greek sack of Persia.-Fhnders-
Petrte's Archaeology"
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09
For a Hundred Years.

For a hundred years or more Witch
Hazel has been recognized as superior
remedy, but it remained for z. C. De
Witt & Co. of Chicago, to discover how
to combine the virtues Of Witch Hazel
with other antiseptics, in the form of a
salve. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve ia
the best sslve in the world for sores,
cuts, burns, bruises and piles. The
high standing of this salve has given rise
to counterfeits, and the public is ad
vised to look for the name Dewitt" on
the package and accept no other. Sold
by Geo. <. Sampson.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09

Wives are still obtained by purchase
In some parts of Russia. In the dis
trict of Kamyshin, on the Volga, for
example, this is practically the only
way In which marriages are brought
about. The price of pretty girl from
a we'll to do family ranges from $1N
to $500, and in special cases a much
higher sum is obtained. In the VII
lagos the lowest price is about $25. II
is customary for the fathers Of the in
tending bride and bridegroom to bag
gle for a long time ever the price to be
paid for the lady. \ young farmer
whose father cannot afford to pay fol
a wife for him need not think of get
ting married
The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-09

A person in the state termed "shock'
is in n very critical condition. Med
zeal assistance should be procured as
soon as possible The face will be
deathly pale, the body covered with
cold perspiration, pulse very feeble
and the mind bewibdered or there may
be complete loss of consciousness. II
the patient is dressed loosen all the
clothing about the neck and chest ap-
ply heat to the extremities. to the pit
Of the stomach, under the arms and
mustard over the heart Give stimu.
lants freely, and if there is nausea give
bits of cracked ice