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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18
FATEiOF A BIG OHIO TREE.
Size of This Great Sycamore Was the
Cause of Its Destruction.


Cause of Its Destruction.
The greatest tree ever seen by white
men in Ohio is believed to have been
the enormous sycamore, or, more prop
erly. buttonwood, which stood in what
IS now Valley township, Scioto county,
in the rich bottom lands of the Scioto
river.
It was so prodigious in bulk that as
early as 1910 it was described in the
Cincinnati Almanac as one of the natu-
raj wonders of Ohio. In June, 1oOS, ac-
cording to what seems reliable testl-
mony, a party Of thirteen persons, all
on horseback, rode into the hollow
trunk of this sycamore and found tnat
room enough remained for two more
horses and their riders. The tree
forked about eight feet from the
ground, and it was hollow when first
seen by the white settlers. The circum-
ference Of the trunk was about sixty
three feet at the base, and five feet
from the earth it was fOrty-twO feet In
girth. These figures remind the reader
Of the famous big trees Of California.
The opening into the cavity within the
trunk was ten feet wide at the bottom
nine and q half feet high, and the hol-
low was about fourteen feet in dame
her.
The account which has been pre-
served Of the fate Of this enormous tree
Is very odd. 1t Is claimed that the 81
ant buttonwood was kept uninjured as
a great curiosity until the farm on
which 1t stood was used as a stock
farm by one Thomas Dugan. This
stock breeder turned several valuable
bulls into the fields where the huge
tree stood, and two Of them fought In
nide its trunk. In that small space fol
bull ring the victor was able to pre-
vent the escape Of his rival, and the
weaker was killed. This affair con
WINGED Dugan that the largest tree II
Ohio was a menace to his stock, anC
he cut It down. Later hogs kept In thu
same field were attacked by cholera
and the owner reasoned that their hab
II Of lying inside the hollow stump wa
bad for their health, and so he had tn
stump removed. 1t may we'll be doubt
ed whether any other immense tret
was ever destroyed because Of fgh
between two bulls.-Cleveland Leader
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18
AGE AND SEX IN AMERICA.
Bome Figures That show the Source
of Life Insurance Profits.


It has required almost five years for
the census bureau to tabulate some OF
the most important sociological results
of the enumeration taken in June, lSoV.
We have had bulletins on all sorts OF
tOpics. but at last we reach those or
age and sex. We suppose the ladies
are interested in both these topics, and
at the start it is necessary to say that
the director OF the census distinctly
states that ladies are very unreliable
in giving their age. Most men probably
had noticed this failing, but we believe
this is the first time it has been Official
~ confirmed.
Thus we find that the average age OK
all the people in the country Is (ah
statistics as Of 1900 a little less than
twenty-three years. This must De
taken in connection with other status
tics. which show that the average per-
son born lives to be thirty-five years,
or about one-half of the period allotted
by the psalmist.
Also the director says that elderly
persons have exaggerated their age, SO
that the statistics of centenarians are
notably unreliable. There were 3,oO4
persons reporting themselves as hun
dred or over, and the director thinks
this an exaggeration, particularly
among the negroes of the south, where
| the older portion Of the population have
nothing but very indistinct memory
and large imagination on which to base
their computation. About 30OOO per-
sons confessed to being ninety or over,
the women being predominant, and 1t Is
further interesting to note that there
are nearly a million who have reached
the age of seventy-fve, figures not serl-
ouSly disputed.
The census figures show that if you
can get over the ills of infancy you
! have a fair expectation Of life, but that
when YOU have voted for two years you
are the average of the race in this coun-
try. 1t is such figures as these which
! make insurance business profitable.
While. as old Or. Young remarked, all
men think all men mortal but them
selves, the fact that figures show how
near death is makes for the benefit OF
the companies which provide for your
relatives when you are gone.
AS to sex, the figures are impressive.
There are about 100000 less women
than men in the country Counting all
ages, and this accounts for the fact
that the women run the country. In
lands where there is a surplus OF wom-
en- men have control, but in this coun-
try, where so many are perforce DOOM
ed to bachelorhoOd, the chase to attract
the dear girls is such that the latter
have it all to themselves to maintain
control because the man who thinks
his wife may not be all he desires has,
statistically, slim chance of getting
another. The women are not only rare
but good. More power to them. They
run the country pretty well through
their indOmitable control of the men
whom they use as more convenient
agencies with which to carry out thel
purposes in all the relations Of life
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18
SENTENCE SERMONS.

There is no merit in sacrifice devoid
Of service.
The hearts protest against death is
the promise Of life.
Your criticism Of another Is your
verdict on yourself.
The great lives have all loved some
thing greater than life.
Sin is always a greater wrong to the
sinner than to any other
Disappointment is not a sufhcient
reason for Encouragement.
Holiness is the reaching after rather
than the arriving at perfection.
There is more in being worthy OF
great place than there is winning II.
The man who Is afraid OF burning
up his wick need not hope to brighten
the world.
When a man sets popularity before
his eyes be is likely to let principie
out of his heart.-Chicago Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18
SENTENCE SERMONS.

A difficulty is at the door OF every
delight.
Gold letters are not more elastic
than iron.
Responsibility is no substitute 1or
repentance.
1t takes great man to do little
things well.
The gold Of grace does not come from
the greed Of gold.
A little patient pushing is worth a
profound lot of putting.
1t is no use praying for your debtors
If you won't pay your debts.
A man loses force as soon as he be-
gins to worry over his feelings.
You know what man lives for when
you know what he looks at when alone
Many people think they are living
for character who are only fighting
for reputaton.-Chieago Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18
The Chinese Bible.

The Chinese scriptures or sacred
books were compiled aud partly COM
posed by Confucius himself. They are
divided into five books-viz:
1.-THE Viking" which treats wholly Of
cosmogony.
"Shuking," the acts and wise maxims
of Yaoa, Shun and other ancient Chi
pese kings and philosophers, who are
now held in great veneratiOn.
sinking" which contains 81 sacred
poems.
"Eeking" or "The Book Of Rites, "
which is a repository of maxims and
directions for everyday life Of all sorts
and conditions of people.
"Chuntsien," which is a history Of
the time of Confucius. These books
taken collectively are usually referred
n in lists Of "bibles of the world" as
"The Five Kings" The word king
In this connection simply means
rbook."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18
THE
Cyclone Churn Power.

L.C. Carrot, the sole owner
of the Cyclone Churn for the
State of Virginia, has sold to
burlington Bros, Fair OAKS,
Va, the exclusive right for
Eastern Shore of Va. They will
continue to canvas the two
counties at an early date. Par
ties wishing one before their
agent calls will please notify
them and same will be forward
ed TO their nearest station. This
churn is in over 900 families of
the Eastern Shore, Va. Farmers,
merchants, mechanics and the
most economical thinking peo-
ple whose names will appear
later, all speak it's praise. Come
to the Fair and give US your
order.
burlington Bros,
Fair Oaks, Va.
N. B. The Cyclone ChurL
has paid the Government for its
patent right and any infringe
ment on same will be protected
! by them.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18
Mormons Increasing.

According to the reports mace at
the recent conference, the Mormon or
ganization is growing rapidly in power.
II maintains twenty mission fields anu
IT has 1900 persons actively at WORK
in them making proselytesS for the
church. Missionaries from Engianu'
Canada and Mexico were at the con-
ference. and the scope of its opera
+;ons extends far beyond those coun-
tries It has workers in New Zealand
Australia and other parts of the IA
cIfic. They are found in Palestine 10
Germany, France, Sweden Denma,S
and several other countries or the GU
. world.
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snooner PROFOUND. at6bnundrum.

Senator Spooner the @Her day was
propounding conundrEm to his col
leagues. 1t was propdhIded to him
the other evening while PA was out to
dinner. Although vetg simple little
thing, the senator, while possessing the
keenest legal mind in lcongress, had
been unable to frame q cbrrect reply.
He enjoyed trying it on others.
This conundrum wasp (which has
more feet-One cat or nd cftT
Il pass it over to you, Yr something
like that was the almOstibvariable re-
ply.
"Why, no cat, of courSe. Mr.. Spoon
er would respond. "One eat has -four
feet; no cat has five feetr+Washingtor
Post. u q
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18

"r' Stops for passengers on signal
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 OF passen'
gers from points North OF Delmar,
and take on passengers for points
South OF Cape Charles.
Trains 81 and 80 will stop at all
stations on Sundayfor local passen'
gers, onsignal or notice to conductor.
r. B. Cooke, j. q. Rodgers.
TRAFFIC Manager, Supt.
Norfolk, Va. Cape Charies' va
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18
The FndeIeas FIdsrer.

Luther Burbank, the California horti-
culturist whose experiments in the I'M
provement Of fruits andS creation OF
new flowers and fruits haTe made him
famous, has received manF offers from
persons in England, FraiEe and even
in South America to purchase his won
derful creation, the so called fadeless
flower. Some Of the purchasers wish
to buy it with reference % its use IN
millinery and others as a aere novelty
Of a marketable value, bntso far MI.
Burbank refuses to sell &c despite lib
eral offers. His customfs never to
permit one Of his creationa to leave his
hands until he has madert as nearly
perfect as possible. fortunately, ow-
ing to the wise generosiM of the Car
negie institution, he WIN be able to
continue this policy andAp withstand
the temptation to part Tth his prod.
ucts until they are readl for general
Ise .Af
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18
Source of Discomfort,

"Then you don't believe in higher ed
ucation for women"
Certainly not. l think it's shame
to even teach 'em how to read. II a
woman couldn't read the bargain adj
yertisements she wouldn't be so unhap-
nv over the lots of things she can't ar
ford to buy."-Catholic Standard and
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18

A magazine writer wants to know
what are the four sweetest words in
the English language. Some would
say. Here, take this money."-Somer'
vile Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-18
l.. FLOYD MOCK,

Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public,
AcCoMAC G. H., VA.
Will practice In all courts In Acco-
mac and Northampton Counties.
Prompt attention to all business
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WiShart Point
Company
Come TO Chincoteague Island Vif
Bloomtown and Wishart Point.

Come TO Chincoteague Island via
Bloomtown and Wishart Point.
LEAVE.
Bloomtown a. m.
Chincoteague $50 a. m.
Bloomtown p. m.
Chincoteague A p. m.
ARRIVE.
Chincoteague 9 a. m.
BlOomtown IL N.
Chincoteague $3.50 p. m.
Bloomtown $50 p. m.
nSrBcat leaves Wishart Point every
evening at $50 for Chincoteague and
leaves Chincoteague at a. m.
We make connections with all trains
and leave on sharp time, unless mall u y
late. Boat will wait for passengers, II
pboned, for Chincoteague on local Trains
in the evening for extra pay.
D. NJ. MERRITT, Manager,
Chincoteague Island, Va.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25

eyes wuz SO deep a blue they looked
black where the long lashes fell acrost
EN-, and you could see she could be state
ly as a young queen il she had half a
chance. Proud ard poor, she'd gone
down to Deaths very doorstep without
maxim a sign and would have gone in,
| spoze, if it hadn't been for Dick hap
PENN to meet us at the tavern door
Happen! it hain't so; things don't hap.
pen; she wuz watched over by a pityin'
God.
Miss Murphy didn't git ready to come
up till eight o'clock, and then l wuz be
lated tryin' to stop the cracks round the
winder, where the snow come siftin' in.
Her boy got a cab for me, | promisin' to
come back in the mornin'. Helen
couldn't speak loud, but her big eyes
follered ne as | left with gratitude and
blessin'.. Thinks 1, it is shameful late
to go and see folks. and like as not II
find EN- all abed. but seem they lived sc
nigh, | felt | must tell EN- hoE Helen
wuz. For we'll remembered when Hubby
Bumpus, my old hired girl, u took sick
with numony, Deacon BobEett come to
our house late as a quarter to nine, and
Josiah and l got up and dressed and
went over there and stayed most all
night, and with the blessin' of God and
hot water bags and spignut and sasspr-
lila sirup, we brought her through. And
how we thanked Deacon Bobbett for tell
in us.
l thought I'd tell 'em jest how bad Off
Helen Wuz, and if they wuz in a suffer
in state themselves, I'd hire 'em to make
a shirt for Josiah and one for Thomas
Jefferson, and pay a good honorable price
in advance, SO they could pay their help
fair wages. Well, it must have been nine
O'Clock when stood on the tall stun
stoop at Mr.. Grindem-Downe. The house
wuz as high as a meetin' house, and the
front ont one blaze of light. thought
it strange poor folks should live in such
a palace as this. but thought mebby they
wuz hired out here themselves, and meb-
by charitable folks wuz havin' a pound
party for EN-. But by this time a colored
SCuIlCIGdu do SltCk d. d lAlulotCI Op6uGu
the door, and | seq: "Duz Mr.. Grindem-
Downe's folks live here?"
And he said kinder short they did.
SEE 1: " want to see Miss Grindem-
dOwne."
ut is impossible" SEE he.
SEE 1: "Why?" l spoze l looked dret.
FIJI good-natured and real noble, and he
SEE, in blander axents: She's not
dressed"
"Well," SEE l, 81 wuz afraid Of that,
comm this time of night, but / only
want to see her a minute. Tell her rot to
mind if her dress is onhooked, tell her
to jest throw a shawl round her and
come to the foot of the stairs, for" SEE |,
firmly. "it is a matter of life and death ;.
Ito be concluded.)
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25

continue to suffer rather than submit
to examinations which SO many physi-
clans propose in order to intelligently
treat the disease; and this is the rea-
son why SO many physicians fail to
cure female disease.
This is also the reason why thousands
upon thousands of women are corre-
spending with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass. To her they can confide every
detail of their illness, and from
her great knowledge, obtained from
years of experience in treating female
ills, Mrs. Pinkham can advise women
more wisely than the local physician.
Read how Mrs. Pinkham helped Mrs.
T. C. Willadsen, of Manning, Ia. She
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 can truly say that you have saved my
life, and I cannot express my gratitude in
words. Before / wrote to you telling you
how I felt, had doctored for over two years
steady, and spent lots of money in medicines
besides, but it all failed todo me any good. /
had female trouble and would daily have faint
ing spells, backache, bearing-down pains, and
my monthly periods were very irregular n
finally ceased. wrote to you for your adj
vice and received a letter full of instructions
Just what to do, and also commenced to take
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and I have been restored to perfect health.
Had it not been for you l would have been in
my grave to-day"
Mountains of proof establish the fact
that no mediclne in the world equals
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for restoring womens health.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25
which Way ~ Bests

We have lately denied that the
south on labor, and have contended
that instead of there Being a scarcity
of labor, we have too many ignorant
laborers in the south and that we
would be better off without the tenant
system that we have. OF course, il we
should remove the ignorant laborers
from the south it would greatly affect
the incomes of a few men, who run big
farms operated by renters and tenants,
but the masses would be better OH.
Editor Poe, of The Progressive Far
mer, who is travelling in the west, OBJ
serves that one man there does as
much work as two men here; that the
MAN with a Hoe" is not much in evil
dence out there. The work is done by
one man with a cultivator drawn by
two horses that cultivates both sides
of the row at the same time. Con-
trasting with the conditions here, Mr..
Poe y 1.-THE curse Of the ignorant
negro tenant, l Judge, keeps us in the
south from a great MANY improved
methods that we should otherwise
adopt, and the increase in the cost OF
labor may be a blessing in disguise in
forcing us to consider this question" =
Progressive Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25

freeze, hut could not be bought; w
could read that in her noble face.
And what made it ten times harder
WIZ her love for the young chap. She
loved him and couldn't help it; win.-acn
are SO curious. And with her heart ach-
In inside for the love that meant only
degradation. and her tender body achia'
outside with bitter cold and hunger and
overwork. she wuz in g tough place. But
she stood firm. Her steadfast soul looked
out of her pinched, pale face dauntlessly
and yet with a look that brought tears
to every eye as | looked into 'em.
1t wuz the look If a dyin' hero on a
battlefield; the look OF q grieved baby
wantin' its mother. Ard them big eyes
told the hull story of a woman's warm,
passionate mater held in check by the
strong mind of the Queenly soul. Her
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25
MIA DID THE CATCHER sAYr
Something the "Fansn Would Like to
Know, But Will Never
Learn.
the last half Of the ninth.

It was the last half Of the ninth.
The pitcher had gone up in the air, and
the bases were rs full as three goats, re-
lates the Newark News.
The score was 5-4 in favor Of the team
in the field. A single would tie the score
a two-bagger would win the game.
Two men had flied out, and the man at
bat had two strikes against him.
1t was a crucial moment.
And, as we say. the pitcher was ratified.
Suddenly the catcher held up his hand.
His right hand.
He removed his wire mask and stepped
toward the pitcher, who advanced to meet
him
With mouth close to the pitchers ear
the catcher whispered something. What
it was no one heard but the pitcher, who
returned to the box.
The ball shot true across the plate.
"Strike three!' cried the umpire. The
pitcher had saved the day.
Now, then, The thing we want to know
is this: What did the catcher say to the
pitcher?
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25
Going the Pace That Kills

The microbe of hurry, hurry, useless
hurry, is in the air; so much so, in
fact, that it is almost impossible for
a city dweller, no matter how well
balanced he may be, not to become
%inoculated with it. Wine, women
and song are not the only influences
that go to make UP the pace that
kills." The average life of the bust
ness man or the society woman hurries
people to catastrophe as fast as does
that of the %.trounder" Or "dissipate."
Did you ever Go anything On this or
der-rush your meals. rush your play
make a fool of yourself running hall
a block for a car already crowded to
the guards? Then you are going q
pace that kills just as surely as the
more widely heralded pace.-kansas
City Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25
The a s Why.

Dru umond, Wis, Aug. 2lst QSpeciaD-
Whole families in Bayfield, County are
singing the praises OF Dodd's Kidney Pills
and the reason why is given in expert
ences such as that of Mr.. I. I. Void, q
well-known citizen here.
Il had such pains in my back that ]
did not know what to do" says Mr.
Void, "and as l came across an advertise
ment of Dodd's Kidney Pills, l sent for
box. That one box relieved me of all my
pains. My wife also used them and found
Dodd's Kidney Pills as a sure cure fol
Backache and other Kidney Troubles"
Backache is one of the earliest symp.
toms of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney
Pills cure it promptly and permanently
and prevent it developing into Rheuma'
tism, Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's Dis
ease.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25
Will We Ever Learnt

: We southern people have never
learned how to stop the leaks. 1t IS
said that a northern family could al
most live on what a southern family
let's go to waste. We let farming
implements take the weather a greater
portions of the year and then buy new
cncs when needed. We run our bug
gies till the paint looks dim and then
let them go for a mere trife in ex-
change for buggies that have new
paint on them. We neglect to terrace
our lands and allow the soil to wash
away during the summer freshets. We
do hundreds of other things that mak'
waste, but the most u~ncalled-for thing
of all is that we almost kill ourselves
to make a big crop of cotton, and keep
the children out of school to help us,
and then carry the cotton to gin, haul
it home in the bale and dump out in
the weather and let it rot, and then
carry it to market and try to sell it.
But we are learning slowly, and may
be we'll know better some time.-Pro-
gressive Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25

tend church, etc. Mr.. T. furnished the
timber, the team and the nails, and he
built good houses as he prospered. No
tably among these buildings were good,
convenient pasture fence and two cheap
stables for his Cow. The COW was
stalled in one OF these and into the
otner he shoveled the manure each day.
Even Mr.. T. was surprised at the great
quantity of manure aud its fine condi-
ton. Where he applied It this manure
made two bales of cotton per acre, and
the increase only more than paid the
cid $50 debt.
Mr.. r. has managed his ten-horse
farm this way for five years. Ills crop
pers all come and 60 like c~lock~work,
without any harangue about WA Inns
got my plowline?" what sort OF q
pillow must | get?" and the like OF
WORRY one has with negroes. Mr.. g
not having to lead the hands to and IA
the field, does not have to bother Mrs
r. about such an early breakfast, theirs
Eeing hone but her own family, all OF
whom learn while they help, and the
homework is nice and easy. In case
Of sickness or special occasions the
women in a neighborly way assist on
another and Mrs. T. without though
OF compensation.
Now Mr.. B. has a pair Of good mules
wagon, buggy, good implements, etc.
good dwelling, attractively furnished
with organ, sewing machine and every
thing else needed. His children are I
great help socially and in the church
and Sunday-school, and bid fair t
make the best Of citizens. Mr.. b. viii
soon be able to pay for the two-hors'
farm, and Mr.. T. says he much pre-
fers q sale to him than to any colonJ
or syndicate. Five years ago Mr.. t.!
land would not have brought $40. Nov
he can get $25 per acre.
Mr.. T. will accept only 1,5W pounds
lint cotton as rent for the two-horst
farm, while other parties whom n
knows would run down the land ant
buildings, want it at 1000. His pres
ent rent pays him big interest withou
expense, and the improvements pay
both him and Mr.. Burrell-S. L. T., II
Southern C~ultivator.