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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-11-12

Mastering French, German. italian
and other tongues by means Of the b.
Bile, while not generally known, Is now
much in vogue by studious Pittsburg-
ers, while many foreigners within the
county limits are familiarizing them
selves with the English language by
the same method.
Economy and practicability are az
much the occasion for this novel meth
cd of tuition as hunger for righteous
ness. Religious publication societies
spurred on by the demands of the ever
increasing work in home and foreign
mission fields, have reached a high
pinnacle in the art of serving the Scrip
lures In such myriad forms as to make
them accessible to all mankind. Aside
from the translation into all tongues
and dialects, @ popular issue Of the
work IL one which In the trade is
known as the side by side These
Bibles run two columns to the page
enc column being a translation Into an
other language Of the column beside 1t
This offers an opportunity for the
study Of language that is too apparent
for comment, but Notwithstanding the
manifold combinations which this
method of translation affords, all are
sold at an average nominal price OF q
cents each. The Young Mems Bible so
ciety Of Allegheny county distributes
many of these books here, gratuitously
when need be, and even offers single
"books" Of the Bible for as low as
cent apiece.-Pittsburg Gazette.
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DUTCH SUPERSTITIONS.

II the fire goes out on New Years eve
trouble is foreboded.
II you walk backward, the errand
you are bound on at the time will fail.
To prevent cramp wear an eelskin
garter about the left leg below the
knee.
To cure warts rub black snail over
them, but the snail must afterward be
impaled Oh a rose thorn.
The first person to enter your house
on New Years day will, If he be light
haired, bring bad luck to you; IL dark
haired, good luck.
To test your sweetheart's humor
make him stir the fire. If he stirs 1t
to hearty blaze he is good humored.
If he makes it smoke and fade be Is
hard to live with.
If a lock Of your hair burns bright
and long you will have happy life OF
seventy years or more, but If 1t burns
weakly and soon goes out your life
Will be both sad and short.
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a BEAUTY ON BEAUTY.
winner of Prise Advises Girls TO
Think of other Things.

Think of other Things.
So far as Mrs. Lenhof's telling 1t 10
concerned no one would ever know
that she was May Stubensky, the prize
winner In the beauty contest Mt the
worlds fair.
Fifteen years ago she was an &C
knowledged belle In Jewish circles and
n happier girl could not be found. Ru-
mors Of her beauty penetrated beyond
Detroit, and with reluctance she &C.
copied the invitation to enter the pho
tographic competition for the beauty
nrize OF the world, and no one was so
surprised as the young woman herself
when she carried off first prize as the
most beautiful woman Of her race. one
NJ the prized relics OF that period Is the
nicture of herself that won the prize.
She has constantly refused to let 1t be
published.
"Oh, people would think I'm PROUD
4. her excuse. "And then l see 30 many
ugly pictures in the papers they make
me laugh. Besides, don't like people
10 see me as l was fifteen years ago.
They would notice so much difference
now"
1t is only after repeated efforts that
the visitor will be allowed even to gaze
upon the picture.
The passing Of the years has LEFT
many marks on this beautiful woman
hut has not entirely obliterated the
graceful lines OF her youth. Yet, OIL
all women, Mrs. Lenhoff has the least
to say in praise of beauty.
Better that a girl be not 80 pretty
she SAYS, '1f she can be happy. Better
that she have not so many to praise
her IL she can find one honest wore
said to her. Beauty Is not all; II Is Oh
ten the worst part Of life
Today she lives in little cottage a
TT Division street With her only
child. a bright lad Of eleven years, ant
her father and mother, she lives
Quiet. humble life. Her husband II
somewhere In South Africa. The feve
for adventure induced him to cross TN
seas. and 1t is ten long years since TIM
Girl he wooed and won has seen MIN
He fought through the Boer war, h
wrote home, and the last word wa
that he had set up in business owe
there and would come home soon, Du
the promise is not much relied on.
The cares and worries OF those lionel.
years have left Mrs. LenhOr a broker
down constitution, and her anxious OH
mother implores her to rest her mine
and body and cast OF the worries tina
have afflicted her.
"You must not say I am proud o
my beauty" was Mrs. Lenhoff's warn
ing. you must tell girls 1t Is val
thing and not blessing. 1t is too Of
ten the source Of great trouble. DE
troit News.
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IL Fitted Well.

N. F. Woodbury., the Maine repre-
sentative of the Prohibition national
committee, was talking about the po-
litical fights for total abstinence that
have from time to time stirred up his
state.
81 remember a village" said Mr..
Woodbury., where the contests over
the liquor question were always very
hot. There was one liquor saloon in
the village, and week before a GER
tain election a placard as big as the
entire front of the house was raised
before 1t. This enormous placard said
in huge red letters, If the prohibition
law passes this house will be closed.
But In the dead Of night odd noises
were heard, and the next morning the
enormous placard covered the front OF
the village poorhouse. New York
Tribune.
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VIRGINIA:-In the circuit court
for the county of Accomack, in the
vacation Of the said court, the Mth day
of October A. d., 1904.
Frank p. Clark, trustee In deed OF
trust from Otto Sutro & Company, a
corporation duly incorporated under
the laws Of the State Of Maryland,
dated June 4th, 1897, judgment credi-
tor of John s. Bozman, who sues on
behalf of himself and all others the
unsatisfied judgment creditors Of the
said John s. BOzman, who will come
In and contribute their due proportion
of the costs and expenses OF this SUIT
............ ................' ihihtih
Against
John 8. Bozman, Estelle B. Bozman
and J. Harry Rev, trustee and John
lT. Lewis. assignee Of Nancy j. Byrd
and Vernetta 5. Rev, trustee and
beneficiary, respectively, in certain
deed of trust from John 3. Bozman
and Estelle B Bozman, dated Septem-
Der 18th, 1900. ........... Defendants.
In Chancery.
The object Of this suit is to recover
of the said John 3. Bozman, judg-
ment for the sum Of one hundred and
eighty dollars and twelve cents
| ($l8O.l2), with interest on 800, part
thereof, from August 4th, 1897, and on
$50 IL balance thereof, from September
18th, 1897, till payment, and $7.75 costs;
and also to recover of the said John 5.
Bozman, further judgment for the
sum of four hundred and ninety-seven
dollars and twenty-five cents ($497.26),
with interest on $445.07, part thereof,
from June LIST, 1897. and on $5Z.l8,
balance thereof, from October Bird, 1900,
till payment, and $500 costs; and also
10 set aside as fraudulent and void a
certain deed of bargain and sale, dated
March 9th, 1898, from the Parksley
Land and improvement Company to
Estel B. Bozman, and to subject said
property to the payment OF said Judg-
ments
J Affidavit having been made before
the clerk Of the said court that John >.
Bozinan and Estelle B Bozman, two
of the defendants in the above entitled
cause are non-residents Of the State OF
Virginia, on the motion OF the plain
tiff, by his attorneys, 1t Is ordered that
they the said nonresident defendants,
do appear here within fifteen days
after due publication of this order and
do what IL necessary to protect thell
interests; and that this order be pub
lished once week for four successive
weeks in the peninsula Enterprise,
a newspaper published at Accomacl
&. H., Virginia, and also posted at thu
front door of the courthouse OF thu
said county on the last Monday in DC
tober, A. d., 1904.
Test: John d. Grant, C. C.
A Copy
feste: John D. Grant, C. G.
Mears L. Mapp, p.q.
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USE OF PERSONAL PRONOUN
Why the Uncultfvated Appear Al
ways to Re Talking of Self.


All the unculuvated appear almost al
ways to be talking about themselves
but II is easy for Superficial observer
TO exaggerate the extent to which tnls
IA the case. For instance. II you dis
cuss with a cultivated man a question
of morals or the wisdom or rectitude OF
any particular line OF conduct he VIII
tell YOU what he thinks right or what
he thinks wrong or wi . strikes him
az wise or foolish, with very little use
of the personal pronoun. lie can see
the situation from the outside. But II
you discuss It with an uneducated man
he Ia Incapable Of this detached atu-
tude of mind. The uneducated man can
only picture the circumstances to him.
self by picturing himself in the midst
of them. What he thinks right ano
wise Is, no doubt, often a great deal
better and wiser than what he would
actually have done. such and such
thing was wrong; should not have
done t." he says, or: "Such and such
was foolish. Now, had 1t been me,
ahor,d have done 30 and So" To the
sophI sticated listener he gives an i'm
preston Of appalling self righteous
ness and even perhaps Of hyprocrfsy
but the impression IL a mistaken one
He argues In the vocative case, because
II Is the one In which he can most cas-
lily express himself.
Some people, 1t must be admitted, at
tract condolences from those who have
no weakness for making them. We are
not abiding to those persons who BY
n method Of def cross questioning
manage to abstract information Will
which they have no business. Sucf
information is not confded by Its orig
ipal owner, but stolen from him, or a
least wormed out Of him. The people
we mean have that In their face anC
bearing which makes all the worl(
at home with them. Whoever meets
them may know that they are incapa
BILE of giving q snub or rebur to an,
one who claims their sympathy, be HI
never 80 silly. They 20 about tn
world unarmed and unafraid and, t
give human nature its due, unhurt. Un
consciously, 1t is they who make tn
! frat confidence, telling those who SCI
them. even for the first time, that the.
are sympathetic and detached, and a
shrewd as they are harmfess.-Londol
| SPECTATOR.
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a MiiIiner,. Balance sheet

The other day / saw published the
balance sheet OF limited liability mil
liners establishment. If remember
rightly the debts unpaid were set down
st about 10000. By the amount OF
credit In this one establishment one
can Judge of the enormous sum owed
TO all milliners by their customers col
lectlvely. 1t is well known that heavy
commissions are offered to ladies VINO
Introduce customers and that many Ia
dies are not above accepting them'
Many women incur liabilities with MIL
liners that they are well aware they
cannot pay or can only pay by exceed
ing the amount which the husband Is
DESTROYS should be spent by his wire
The idea that all this should be encour-
aged by special legislation to facilitate
the collection Of milliners' bills could
hardly have occurred to any one but
milliner. They will find, however, that
TO get a bill through the house OF com
mons with this object is good deal
more difficult than allowing women tc
run I'D bills.-London Truth.
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ORIGIN OF "KlCKERS."
Supposed to Come From an Occupa-
ton In Cornish Mines.

Supposed to Come From an Occupa~
tion In Cornish Mines.
81 believe that the origin Of the ex-
pressive bit Of slang 'kickers' may be
found in the very lowest form of occu-
patton any member Of the human race
follows" W. NJ. Robinson states.
Between Wormsley's and st. Helen's,
in Cornwall. is an underground canal
connecting the lower levels OF the coal
mines at Wormsley's with the surface
station at st. Helen's which saves a
great deal Of money for the mine
owners in handling the cFl, which is
simply loaded on the barges in the
mines and transported by the canal
under the mountains to the harbor at
St Helen's. When the canal was de-
vised, however, how to provide for
locomotion for these barges was prob
lem.
MULES couldn't be used, AND there
were circumstances which made steam
impossible but an inventive genius
finally solved the riddle by suggesting
that cross pieces OF timber be piaceu
along the roof OF the canal, which was
very low, and men could lie on their
backs on top Of the loaded barges and
kick the vessel along. After the barge
was once started this was found to be
feasible.
The men could easily keep the load
in motion by the means suggested, and
it has ever since been in use. There
is no question about the low grade OF
this sort Of work. and even the men
who follow it are constantly kicking
around the villages where they live.
They were known at the mines official
" as 'kickers' because Of their work,
and their vocal complaints, continually
INDUCED in, caused every one at
Wormsley's or ST. Helen's, no matter
what their station or employment, who
INDUCED in complaints to be called
'kickers.' l presume that the origin
of the word, as we use it, is just what
have suggested. Louis Globe
Democrat
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ADMIRAL BYNG.
A Brave Sailor who Paid the Penal"
~ of Other Mems Folly.

A Brsve Sailor who Paid the Penais
~ of Other Mems Folly.
Two years after voltaire left Prussia
George Keith came TO visit him In Swift
EerlanA to plead tho cause OF an Eng
lish friend, Byng. The story OF Byng
Ia familiar to all his countrymcn. The
French had beaten the English on the
sea. and, mad with disappointed rage,
the laundering ministry Of England
turned on their luckless instrument,
Byng. voltaire was the lifelong friend
of Richelieu, the conqueror. But ne
WAS. too. the man Of whom 1t was
said that "for twenty years the redress
of judicial wrong hung entirely on his
pen. On Dec. 20. 1855, he wrote to
Richelieu telling Byng's story, and that
yainglorious person replied generously
enough In an open letter. wherein he
stated that had Byng continued the
fight the English feet must have been
totally destroyed and that the admirars
misfortune came not from cowardice or
ineficiency, but from the hand OF God
and the valor Of the French.
Voltaire wrote to Byng, sending hicn'
elieu's letter, but he could not save the
victim. Byng paid the penalty OF other
mems folly. To voltaire he left q
grateful message and copy OF his de-
tense and In "Candide," with that ban
tering malice which Is his alone, vol
taire sharply satirizes the scene OF tne
admirals execution.
And why should this admiral De put
to deathT
Because he has not killed enough
people. He fought with a French al
miral and Is not considered to nave
been sufficiently near to him."
But" said Candide, 1.-The French au
miral was just as far away from the
English"
"That is certainly true" was the an
swer. But In this country 1t Is saiu
tsrv TO put an admiral to death no"
and then pour encourager les autres' =
Coruhill Magazine.
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DANGERS of the Streets.

Fatal street accidents average al
most exactly alike as to numbers in
New York and Chicago-one day. In
London cab accidents kill almost as
many people as surface car accidents
do in the borough Of Manhattan, New
York, but they do not approach Brook
lyn's record along that line.
Brooklyn's trolleys are juggerDauts'
New York's are much more carefully
handled. Chicago's are worse than
New York's, but not so bad as Brook
lyn's, while Boston and Philadelphia
where the narrower and crookeder
streets would seem to make the run
ming Of cars at a reasonable speed es
pecially hazardous and difficult, show
q much smaller number Of deaths In
comparison to the mileage than does
Greater New York as whole or Chi
cago.-New York Press.
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MONEY SLANG.
Terms Applied TO Coins and Bank
Notes In England.

I'VE may think there is a great deal
Of slang in English as we commonly
use 1t in this country" Mr.. j. e. Sora-
CHAN observes, "but In at least one re-
spect the colloquial tongue Of England
SURPRISES the wealth Of terms we pos
sess In this regard. and that is the
slang relating to money. The American
uses astonishingly few slang words In
speaking OF pieces Of money, perhaps
because he has a greater respect for It.
A Eve cent piece Is usually referred to
as a nickel, but this is practically the
only slang term applied to any OF our
money In general use. A dime b ON
cially q dime. and 80 10 quarter.
But turn to the English appellations
for their money and hardly nfsit OF II
in referred to under Its authorized and
official designation. A shilling Is seldom
called such In London. They call II
bob and a 'quid,' which means piece
of tobacco in this country, Is what they
term a pound. Sixpence they call q
tanner fourpence Joey and penny
more often than not Is unknown to the
street gamins save as mag A cab
mnn will not tell you a ride Will cost
o shillings, but that It will require q
bull to pay for It. and half crown If
, half q BULL These are prevailing ex
pressions for the pieces Of money wide
" handled, but proper terms for higher
amounts are kicked aside and colo
ouial terms substituted for them.
AT a race track If bettor says ~
has ventured a pony on the probable
outcome Of race he does not NEAR
that as 1t would appear to us, but sim
ply that he has wagered EDS on the re
suit. Where money is handled In large
amounts 1t is not an infrequent thint
TO hear one say Of another that he hal
q monkey of money, meaning that TIL
individual referred to is the proud pos
SCISSOR OF $500. So you see In compari
gon with this plethora OF riches on
lone nickel is a poor crop OF monetar!
slang indeed."-St. Louis Globe-Demo
Crat
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TO THE PUBLIC.

I will offer from September Isl to
January LIST, 1905, my entire stock OF
goods at low prices. After first OF next
year will offer my entire stock at pri.
vate sale and will lease storehouse and
warehouse for term Of years at rea-
sonable prices.
Owing to bad health have fully
decided to retire from business, hence
the opportunity offered to someone to
secure business place, on railroad,
centrally located, in a thriving town,
and a trade established that will COM
pare favorably with any, not only In
Accomac and Northampton, but In
lower Maryland as well.
1t is necessary for those owing me
on book accounts to settle same as soon
as possible, feeling sure my successors
will extend the same favors L have
provided they stand o. K. on my
| bobks.
All retail goods will be sold for cash
after September Isl. Reasonable time
given on building material.
Now is your chance. Don't miss 1t
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FEEDS SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Paris Has Given Them Free mess
ard shoes Fer Thirty Years.

p.r,. Hns Given Them Free Meals
and shoes Fer Thirty Years.
The speech Of Superintendent Max
we'll Of the New York public schools In
st Louis recently, in which he de-
clared that thousands Of children In
CITY schools are unable properly to at
tend to their studies because OF the
gnawing OF hunger, has already borne
fruit in Milwaukee, whore breakfasts
are now supplied free to all poor chill
dren who may apply for them.
While this is the first application or
this plan in America, II has long been
practjced In Paris, where, since 1874
a fund has been In existence for pro
yiding poor children with shoes, cloth
ing and the necessaries OF life.
At first only the children OF the
Montmartre district were thus favor
ed. but gradually the idea spread unul
n 1882 a law was passed extending
tne plan to all the city communes.
These school funds, intended prima.
ri,y only to provide clothing, prizes ano
Other forms Of entertainment to en-
courage attendance, have increased Sc
that now the furnishing OF food foi
the little ones is the principal item. 10
the department Of the Seine alone
thousands Of warm nealS were served
| to the children of the schools IN tn'
first year of the experiment, and II
1SS4.S5 fifteen school "canteens" pro
yided by the authorities dispensed nc
less than 1.11O,827 portions. One-thirt
Of these we're helpings Of soup, another
third meat and the rest vegetables
The children, where they were able
had TO nav for their meals, and there
was contributed in this way 3o,I1'
francs for 736,526 of these helpings
There was no payment for S74'oV
helpings. The total cost was oS'zo'
francs ($11, S52).
Since then the system has spread ant
grown, and the authorities have peel
able to provide better meal Tor los
money, now that they can count OF
large quantity. The average cost or
meal of meat, vegetable and soup
only 3 cents. With this, too, is give
hottie of wine when desired that cost
only 5 cents, yet is wholesome.
From the very first the greatest car
has been taken not to allow any loss 0
dignity to arise from the free feeding
The fundamental principle Of the whol
management is the absolute innocenc
Of the children. They cannot be e1
, pected to pay. Their parents may D
, Mt fault; If so, there is only the grea'e
reason TO shelter the children and I
try to preserve in them that sense
, self respect which might so easily .
, wrecked by their parents bad conduc
, Each child is called upon to pay
l cents per day for his meal and receive
in exchange a check or ticket. Som
times this payment Is effected IN
! small office, one child entering at
4 time. All receive a ticket for the
] dinner and only the person who gave
? the ticket knows who have paid an
e who have not. The parents OF tho'
!, who do not pay are visited. A full Il
( curry is made as to their condition. al
D if they are poor they are put on II
free list.-New York World.
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HDi6erenf.1

The abuse to which the word "diner'
ent" Is subject from writers who I'M
agine that two different men" means
nothing more than two men" was IL
Illustrated by the following sentence
from a report In daily newspaper Of
a terrible powder mill explosion: Two
human heads were found in the ruins
of the mill They are assumed to have
belonged to two different employees"
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Worlds Fair Scenic Route
Saint Louis, Mo.

SHORTEST QUICKEST and BEST ROUTE vestloTlea
Electric Lighted Trains with Pullman Seepers and Dining cars
Through tickets from North Carolina with direct
SPECIAL RATES FOR SEASON SIXTY DAY TICKETS
Fifteen day tickets from Old Norfolk $23 90.
Sleeping accommodations engaged upon application
SPECIAL COACH EXCURSIONS
on authorized dates good days at rate of $780,
Correspondngy low rates from other stations
Special accommodations arranged for parties
Stopovers permitted within limit at c. q D. celeoraseo
mountain resorts
USE THE c. & O. ROUTE and purchase your tickets &C
cordingly $500, ..
For coach excursion dates reservations and other nfoma
ton, address
Fw Curd, Pas. Agt @ & O. Ry, Norfolk, Va
W o. warth D.. A, Richmond Va.
w, 3enn
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"f' Stops for passengers on signal
or notice 10 conductor.
&C" 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 Of passen.
gers from points North OF Delmar,
and take on passengers for Cape
Charles and points South.
Trains 81 and SO will stop at all
stations on Sundayfor local passens
gers ,onsignal or notice to conductor.
r. B. Cooke, J. q. kodgers,
Traffic Manager, 6upt.
Norfolk, Va Oaps Charles, W
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NEW YORK, PHILA. r. NORFOLK
RAILROAD

Time Table In Eject Sept. IA, 1904.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, Nsw York, Phila., Nor
folk and Old Point Comfort.
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II you be poor, do not seem poor II
Won would avoid insult as well as suf'
fsrin2. -
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ONANCOCK TELEPHONE
Directory.

w. B. Wainwright, Treas. & Manager
r. d. Haley, Assistant Manager.