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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
WILL NOT FORGET,
Several South County Residents 10 Have
EIleTIencsS OF Their Lives.

Palestine Temple OF the Mystic Shrine
will have an initiation at Infantry har.
next Monday evening.
a particularly warm reception will be
ready for the novices who are 20 cross
the hot sands OF the desert. some OF
whom will be In a frame OF mind 90
write a book after the Journey IS con-
cluded.
The candidates arc from South County.
and as they are OF the sturdy yeoman
stock extra strong lmbed camels, with
electric humpbacks will be provided for
their especial comfort.
The annual dinner viii be served at 10 Is
O'clock
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
CHECKER PLAYING

The Americans broke even with their
opponents in the sixth days play OF the
international checker tournament, WIN
ming FIVE OF the ten games won. Yester-
days winners on the British team were:
SCaright Buchanan. HAlliwell. r.. Jordan
and Moral The American winners were
Donvir who defeated Morrall twice, Horr,
who defeated Eend twice and Barker
The total score OF the day was: British
ers, Americans, 5, drawn, 30. Total
score Britishers, a.: Americans, "A;
drt wn III
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
HANL0N TO MANAGE

President Ebbetts OF the Brooklyn
Baseball club succeeded yesterday in ar
ranging a compromise with Manager
lIanlon. by which the latter will manage
the team during the coming season at a
salary somewhat less than sl25O0. the
salary paid Hanlon thepast two years.
but considerably more than the $500 re-
Gently offered
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
VERY Low coLoNIsT RATES VIA
THE NICKEL PLATE Road

To principal California and North Pacific
coast points. Also very low rates TO
many other points I'm oregon. Washing
ton. Montana. Wyoming. Idaho and Utah
on sale every day 90 May 18th.
Special one way settlers rates TO many
points In Minnesota North and South
Dakota and Manitoba on sale each Tues
day during March and April.
For full information write J.. +. Bur
CESS. ~. r. A, old South bldg. Boston,
MasA
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
SETTLERS RATES TO POINTS IN
MINNESOTA, NORTH AND SOUTH
nAKnTA

will on March 7. IA, a and 2Sth. and
April 4. IL, rs and 25. sell one way tickets
TO Minnesota and North and South Da-
kota at greatly reduced rates. For fur
ther information apply 10 w. A. Dolan.
7. p. A. 20s Old South Bldg, Boston.
Mass
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
YALE GAME POSTPONED

TN account OF the muddy condition of
the Yale baseball field the game schsduled
with Trinity for today to open the season
was cancelled The Yale team has been
urable 10 practice on the regular diamond
at the field thus far.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING IN THE
NEWS.

Ic. per word nrst Insertion. iSc repeat.
1wk. &c. per word vks Be per word
swks 7c. per word, limo. SC. per word
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22

baths-everything. IN fact, that goes 20
mako up a well-equipped mems club.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
ON THE BOWLING ALLEYS

The Infantry hall rollers took all three
events from the visiting Peck street play
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
NEWPORT WON

The second game In the series for the
basketball championship OF Newport the
Y NJ. c. A. won from the Naval Re-
serves last night by score Of ri 10 2.
Tho Reserves had 10 put crippled team
on the floor and were completely out
played by the Y. NJ. G. A Harvey and
Waters. IN the Y. VI. &. A forward. had
things much their own way In the sec
ond. and. led by Mcmahon. they had
many tries for the basket Nelson was
the star Of the Naval Reserves. The
lineup was follows:
Y. NJ G. a. NAVAL RESERVES.
Waters, r. f..............I b.. Millington
Harvey. l. f...................,r b., Nelson
NaMshon. c..........c.. keefe, Watterson
Dunn, r. b........................lf T., Maher
Elocum, l. b...................r T., Carlisle
Score; Y NJ. G. a. n, Naval Reserves
.. Goals from the fioor--Waters s. Har-
very T. Mcmahon 8. Carlisle. Miilngton,
Nelson q GOALS from fouls-waters 2.
Millington. Umpire-McI.ean. Referee
Pitman. Scorer-Freeborn. TImer--Cos-
tello. Time-2O-minute halves Attend
apce $40.
ON THE BOWLING ALLEYS
The Infantry hall rollers took all three
events from the visiting Peck street play
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
GRAND ATLANTIC HOTEL

Atlantic City. n. j.
Rooms EN- suite with private baths. Hot
and cold sea water baths. Delightful sun
parlors. steam heated. Excellent table.
Rates 800 per day: 5000 weekly. Write
for 1905 Booklet Coach meets trains.
A. G. MITCHELL & co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22
LAKEWOOD, N. ].

Among the pines OF New Jersey. fash
ionable and healthful fall. winter and
spring resort.
THE LAUREL HOUSE,
A. j. Murphy, Manager.
THE LAUREL IN-THE-PINES,
Frank +. Shute. Manager
Reached by New Jersey Central Railroad
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
THE TERM idiot"
In the Original Greek IL Simply
Meant a Private Person.

In the Original Greek II simply
Meant a Private Person.
The word idiot is itself Of interesting
history. Its primary Greek. Significance
was that Of a private as distinguished
from a public person. Our words
idiom, idiosyncrasy, etc, are from the
same root. The idiot In Greek was Sim
ply one not engaged In public affairs.
The beginnings of the degradation OF
the word are shown In Its application
soon to the common people as distin-
Ruished from the upper classes. 1t was
then applied to unprofessional and lay
people and soon became the slurring
title of the unshilful and awkward.
BY slow degrees 1t became applicable
to the stupid and at last to the imbe-
cile and idiot. AS late as the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries the word
was still used In its earlier senses. This
long sad history speaks indirectly OF
the pathetic history of the imbecile. II
he was not killed or starved to death
by neglect, etc, he was usually reduced
to the condition Of a beast either about
the house or fields or was actually
driven into the woods and forced to live
In caves. among wild animals, etc. In
1909 Itard took wild boy" found In
the forests Of Aveyron and tried to
teach him. The ability of the wild
boys and wolf children to live and the
number that did so shows that idiocy,
as we have later learned, is Of all de-
grees and that mind may be various
" defective in some ways, even idiotic,
but in others with capabilities well pre-
served. Blind Tom, the pianist, and
the large number Of mathematic idiots
are examples that show how far we
are from understanding the real nature
Of idiocy, and they more, than suggest
the partial retention Of sound mentality
of the defective, the possibility OF seiz-
ing upon the one or few normal or even
highly developed faculties and per
haps bringing others into coordination
with them and to normallty. The court
fools and testers Of the olden times
were often such partial idiots and de-
fectives, and they truly lived upon
their wits" which were often better
than those of their masters.-American
Medicine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
BEGGARS IN INDIA.
They Are Fast disappearing - only
About Five Million Left.

The beggar nuisance Is a very COM
mon one in India, and the endeavors OF
the police in the large cities to put IL
down have met with only a limited
measure Of success. This is no doubt
due to the fact that Indian opinion Is
remarkably tolerant toward sturdy beg
CARS, especially II they wear the gnise
of religion. But there Is reason to be-
lieve that a wholesome change Is CON-
ing over the public sentiment In this
os in so many other matters. There
were about 100000 beggars In the
country at the time Of the last census,
md nearly one-ffth Of the number was
classed as religious mendicants. Inc
number, large as 1t Is, represented de-
crease of about per cent from that
at the previous census, and the decline
has been attributed in part to the COM
paratiyely heavy mortality among them
during the famine years. But, says the
report, ut is also partly attributable
TO the spread of education and the con-
seouent weaker hold which the so call
ed ascetics have on the imagination OF
the people" 1t being much less easy
than il was formerly for the members
of the various begging communities 10
unloose the purse strings Of the people.
There is, happily, reason to believe
that the changed feeling among the ed
ucated classes is filtering down to the
lower levels. This evil is not confined
/ 10 one particular community or religion.
1t is as rampant among the Mohammed-
ans as among the Hindoos. The Star
Jadid. an ably conducted vernacular
paper, published in upper India, dealing
with questions of social reform among
Mohammedans, has been forcibly call
ing the attention Of its coreligionists
to the necessity Of reform in their no
lions Of charity. Our contemporary
shows by q reference to the Police Ga
zette that the number Of Mohammedan
beggars under surveillance has been
rising every week l cite instances from
the records of the criminal courts to
prove that some of the men who pass
for religious teachers have been con-
victed on charges Of fraud and immor-
atty committed on the property and
persons of men and women who had
been misled by their religious appear
| ance.-Times Of India.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
When "DizxyY Nodded.

Lord Beaconsfeld, though he often
wrote English for the queens speeches,
did not always write the queens Eng
lish. The old errors that sprang up In
crop in "vivian Grey" yield a suffi-
cient aftermath even in the fragment
Of a novel now put into print. what
l fear will be the great obstacle to ac-
complishing our end, to which am not
less devoted than yourself, Is the reli-
gion of Europe, and which has unhap-
PLY been colonially introduced into
America" says Disraeli's Hartmann,
but does not say what he means. That
old superfuous "and" had been trap
for Dizzy from the beginning OF things.
81 will not go down to posterity as one
who used bad grammar" said the dy-
ing statesman to friend as he correct
ed for the press a proof Of the last
speech he had delivered. That Is one
Disraeli prediction that goes unrealized'
London Chronicle.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
Banker Afraid of Westinghouse.

George Westinghouse, the famous In
ventor of the air brake, has a remark
able power over men. An incident
demonstrating this occurred In the
presidents Office in one OF the largest
Pittsburg banks few years ago. The
presidents private telephone rang sew
eral times, and finally answering 1t the
president said, "Mr. Smith is not in
now"
A visitor hearing the remark looked
astonished and asked, "Mr. Smith, why
did you tell him that you were not In"
Mr.. Smith answered: THAT was Mr..
westinghouse at the other end OF the
line. He is a peculiar man and has
marvellous influence over other men.
1t is impossible to refuse him when he
asks for anything. He wants me to
come to see him, and if should go and
he asked me for large sum Of money
| would let him have it. And we are
not now in a position to make the
loan."- Worlds Work.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
EDtSON'S TRIUMPH.
An Incident In the Great Inventors
Start In Life.

DR.. Norvin Green, for many years
president Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, once said that Out
for the dizziness Of himself and his as
sistants Thomas A. Edison might new
or have obtained the confidence and
support Of the great corporation. Ed
ison had been trying for months to in
duce the officials to take up some or
his inventions until they began to re-
gard him as bore.
He went to the main office one DAY
and was greeted by DR.. Norvin Green
and the other officials with sneering
smiles. DR.. Green said: Mr.. Edison,
we are unable to get into communica-
ton with Albany, and large amount
of important business is In peril
suppose that since you know more
about telegraphy than all OF the rest
of us combined you can locate the dif-
ficulty."
Whether Edison noticed the sneering
tone or not, he quietly answered, L
can locate 1t inside Of two or three
hours, sir"
DR.. Green and the others laughed out
right. one of them saying, Edison, you
have now fully demonstrated that you
are crank"
Edison never smiled or addressed
word to the speaker, but looked at Dr'
Green and said, "lf locate this Diff
Guilty in two or three hours, will you
take up my inventions and give them
honest considerations
Yes. l WILL" said DR.. Green, and l
will do it If you succeed In two days.
1t was very simple thing. and yet
Edison was the only one who had the
comprehensive mind to think Of 1t in
stantly. He did not tell them for many
wears afterward how he accomplished
the feat, but he did it inside OF one
hour.
Edison went to the main offices,
where he was known as an expert op-
orator. and called up Pittsburg. lie
asked for the best operator there, nam
ing him. and then told the Pittsourg
man to call up the best man at Albany
and direct him to telegraph down the
line toward New York as far as lie
could and report back to Edison as soon
as possible. Inside Of an hour Edison
had this telegram:
81 can telegraph all right down TO
within two miles Of Poughkeepsie, ana
there is trouble with the wire there.
Edison went back to the office OF the
president and gravely announced tna'
if train should be sent to Poughkeep-
sic with materials for the work they
would find a break in the line just TWO
miles on the other side Of Poughkeep-
sic and could repair it that afternoon.
They begged him to tell how he had
found it out, and he replied:
by knowing more about telegraph
ing than all of you put together, as Dr.
Green has said"
They located the break, repaired IT.
and DR.. Green took up Edison's inven'
tons. and that was Edison's great start
In Hfe.-Youth's Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Let the boastful man have his own
way. He won't listen TO you anyway.
The only way TO tell love story, aft
er all, is in kindness and good cooking.
1t is too late to congratulate some
people after they have been married as
long as a week.
A great many people have con-
sciences that would require On alarm
clock to wake up.
Artificial roses never appear to so
Door an advantage as when they bloom
on girls cheeks.
Come to think Of 1t, If you hate any
one don't you hate his laugh more than
anything else about him?
A pessimist is one who sees the time
ahead when he will break with friend
and therefore tells the friend nothing.
An optimist sees only eternal friend
ship and tells the friend all.-Atchison
GlOhp
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
Used For Practice.

"Jacomb-Hood, the artist" said an
editor. was sent to Delhi by a syndi-
cate of newspapers to make illustra'
lions of the Durbar celebration. | met
him a week after his return, and we
talked together about the native char
acter.
1.-THE Indian, Jacomb-Hood said, was
not progressive. Things as they were
suited him well enough. He had no
desire to better them. Hence, of course
he rarely made a great success.
"Jacomb-Hood illustrated the nom
progressive native character with an
incident that befell him in a barber
shop.
"The artist was shaved in the shop
rather badly. The operator cut him, IN
fact. twice-once on the chin, and once
on the cheek. To the last cut JacomD-
Hood had to apply plaster. He said
to the operator as he did so:
"Tt's too bad Of you to have cut me
twice. You'll lose all your regular
customers at this rate
"'Not at all, SIR said the operator. i
am not allowed to shave the regular
customers yet. l only shave stran-
gers" -San Antonio Express.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
Robert Rurus, Muse.

Robert Burns, though be had the
choice Of such works as the Spectator,
Locke on the Human Understanding
and Pope, together with odd plays or
Shakespeare, which formed the staple
reading Of his home, nevertheless owed
most to an old collection of songs.
This" he says, was my wade mecum!
pored over them during my rest or
walking to labor, song by song, verse
by verse, carefully noting the true. ten
der and sublime from affectation and
fustian. 1 am convinced owe to this
practice much Of my critic craft, such
as 1t isw-All the Year Round.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
A Free and Easy Cock.

A woman tells a story Of the imper-
Thence of a cook for a short time in
her employ. This cook was a native
American, q daughter of New HamP-
shire. She came armed with the usual
eulogistic credentials, but apparently
she had been accustomed to treatment
as one Of the family, like the rural
help" AS soon as she arrived In the
house she began asking a series OF "a
miliar and personal questions. She was
answered with civility, but In the END
she reached a point where civility
would no longer serve. 81 see you have
q daughter. What Is her name?" said
the new cook. Margaret" my friend
answered. Margaret" said the cook.
"Dear me! guess you'll have to call
her something else while I'm here, FOR
my names Margaret too."-New 1orK
Tribune
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
Final Repentance.

Speaking Of crime, very interesting
story reaches us, one Of the innumera-
BILE evidences of the intimate connec-
ton of most crime with poverty and
mot getting a chance" The Rev. A.
III. Simpson, vicar Of Rogate, near Mid
hurst, recently received letter from
Australia asking him to make inquiries
in his parish for man who lost
waistcoat and watch some forty-fye
years ago. The inquiries resulted In
the vicar discovering a man named
Aging OF Durleign, who about the time
mentioned left his waistcOat on the
side OF the road while at work and
found later on that it had been stolen.
The name and address Of this person
were sent to the inquirer In Australia.
By return mail came a draft for f1O,
with an explanation. The sender had
stolen the waistcoat when passing
through the village and the few shil-
lings found in the pockets, together
with the proceeds of the sale OF the
watch, had served to give him fresh
start in life. He Is now a wealthy
man and wished to make some recon-
pense.-London News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
THE VALUE OF OPALS.
II Mainly Depends ON the Colors
shown In the stones.

Veins of opals are usually met with
In soft formations where nothing above
ground indicates their presence. The
search for them, therefore, often re-
uuires considerable time. But it is not
extremely difficult, for opals are gener-
ally found near the surface. Indeed, 1t
was thought for long time that they
were not to be found as deep as twelve
feet below the surface. This opinion
has, however, given way in the light OF
evidence, because opals of great value
have been discovered at depth of fifty
feet.
The value Of opals depends upon sew
eral considerations, Of which the prln-
cipal one is the color. 1t is important
that they should be bright and not pre-
sent streaks or spots alternating with
uncolored substance. The most valua-
BILE are those which have red fires or
mixtures of red and yellow, blue and
green. Opals Of a single tint are OF 1T
tie value unless the tint is particularly
striking and the figure beautiful. In
deed one of the essential qualities OF
the opal is the arrangement Of the hg-
ure, which sets off strikingly the hue or
the stone.
When the figure is quite regular ana
distinct it is the more valuable, much
less so when the grain is quite small
and irregular. Sometimes the color APP
pears as a single blaze or with figures
regularly spaced. 1t may then be OF a
fine ruby red and is much sought after
but oftenest the uniform tint is only
green or reddish and has but little bril-
liancy.
The cutting is very important for the
opal. Thus a thick stone will be mucn
less beautiful than thin stone, which,
on losing part of its volume, loses also
the figure. The foundation tint contrib
utes much to the beauty. 1t ought 10
be transparent. slightly milky and har-
monize fully with the different rehec-
lions Of the opal. which, when 1t Is real
" beautiful, presents variety OF hues
infinitely pleasing to the eye.-Jewelers'
Circular-W Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
THE SEVEN WHISTLERS.
An Ancient Superstition That sim
Exists In England.


In some parts Of England peculiar
whistling or yelping noises are heard
I'm the air after dusk and early In the
morning before daylight during the
winter months. Sometimes, however,
the noise is described as beautiful
sounds like music, high up In the air,
which gradually die away. The gen.
eral belief is that the "seven whis-
tiers" as they are called, are the fore
tellers Of bad luck, disaster or death
TO some one In the locality. 1t Is a
very ancient suggestion. Both swifts
and plovers have been suggested as
the "whlstlers." 1t may be noted that
plovers are additionally supposed to
contain the SOILS Of those who assisted
at the crucihxion and in consequence
were doomed to float In the air for
ever. Really, the "whistlers" are Wild
geon. or teal, as they fit from their
feeding grounds, Il passage always
made under cover Of darkness. In
Shropshire the sound is described as re-
sembling that OF many larks singing,
and the folklore of both Shropshire
and worcestershire says, "They are
seven birds, and the six fly about con-
tinually together looking for the sew
enth, and when they find him the world
will come to an end"
Everywhere, without exception, the
"seven whistlers" are believed to pre-
sage i'll, but the superstition seems to
be more particularly a miners notion.
II they hear the warning voice or the
"seyen whisters," birds sent, as they
say. by Providence to warn them OF an
impending danger, not man VIII de-
scend into the pit until the following
day. For example, in September, 1874,
the following paragraph went the
round Of the papers: ION Monday
morning large numbers Of the miners
employed at the Bedworth collieries.
I'm North Warwickshire, giving way to
q superstition which has long prevailed
among their class, refused to descend
into the pits In which they are employ
ed. During Sunday night 1t was stated
that the seven whistlers' had been
distinctly heard in the nelghborhood OF
Bedworth, and the result was that on
the following morning many OF the
men positively refused to descend into
the pits"
Morfa colliery. in South Wales, Is
notorious for its uncanny traditions.
The seven whistlers' were heard
there before a great explosion In the
sixties and before another In $780,
when nearly a hundred miners were
entombed. In December. 1895. 1t was
said that they had been heard yet
again, whereupon the mel struck work
and could not be induced to resume 1t
until the government inspector had
made close examination OF the work
ings and reported all safe. In July
1902. another instance OF a colliery
strike. founded upon the same super
stition. occurred in England.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-02-25
THE VALUE OF EXAMPLE.

To have your child truthful, be truth
full.
To have him temperate, be temperate
In all things.
To have him kind to others, be your
self kind to others.
Prescribe healthful amusements and
so far as you can take part in them.
Prove to him by your life that good
name is to be chosen before great
riches.
Teach him that riches are not to be
despised, but should never be got by
doing harm to others; that when &C
quired should be treated as trust not
as a hoard
To have him honest, present to him in
yourself a living example Of honesty.
The chief part Of child's knowledge
comes through observation. Acts mean
more to him than speech-Philadelphia
Inquirer.