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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-14

These tickets are good Tor continuous
passage in both directions unless an
extension il secured at Portland OF
eleven days ON payment of s. 90 and
81 days on payment of $40. 0 in which
case they will be good for stop-over
returning. Tickets will be sold for and
accepted only on tram 70. 3. daily,
making connection at Sacramento and
Davis with train for Portland.
Ask your Agent,o or write to the under
signed, regarding 81 day round trip
tickets, OF for further information.
A. II. RISING,
A. D. P. A. So. Pac. Co., Reno, New.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-14
OF LOCAL INTEREST

W. F. Kaiser was in town Monday
from his Carson river ranch.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
LnrSest Civilized Nation.

The United States is by far the lar
cest of all the civilized nations except
Russia. which has about 1S0,OOO.OOO
inhabitants. The German empire has
100000, Austria-Hungary 47OOO,OOO'
japan. 100000, the United Kingdom
100000. France 3S,OOOOOO, Italy 3d.
100000 and Spain 100000 China
has 35O,OOO,OOO, but she does not count
in q calculation Of this sort. Owing
to the rapid growth Of the United
States, the English language is now
spoken by more persons than use any
other civilized tongue Charles V. said
he spoke German to his horse, French
to men, Italian to his lady friends and
Spanish to God. In his day, three
and a half centuries ago, Spain was a
land on which the sun rever set, Eng
land was only a sinai spot on the
map, and the English language held
only q minor place in the civilized
tongues. Today 100000 people
speak English, 10O,OO0,00O speak Rus
sian flor not all the people Of the en-
pire talk the national tongue, 10000
600 use German, 100000 employ
Spanish, including the inhabitants OF
the Latin American countries, and 40
100000 speak Fren i.-Lcslle's weekly
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01

Why do the flowers bloom IN the
spring? We all know the place OF the
flower in the economy Of the plant, but
what is the precise cause of its Pc
riodical appearance? 1t is Of course
due to some form Of irritation, and
recent examination of the question has
been made by a plant Psychologist, Os-
car Loew, who lives in Japan. His re-
searches have been made particularly
with the Japanese cherry blossom. De-
snite the abundance Of their blossoms,
the japanese cherry trees do not pro-
duce perfect fruit, for the climatlc
conditions cause the cherries while still
in an unripe state to drop from the
trees. Herr Loew found that the nu-
tritive matter which the tree provides
to bring It's fruit to ripeness ceased to
be operative after the unripe cherries
had fallen off and was stored In tile
form Of starch In the bark. This starch
in the following spring was transform
ed into sugar and appeared In an IN
usually large measure in the sap OF the
tree. To this fact Is due Loew's i'm
preston that the sugar is the cause OF
the irritant influence that leads to the
formation of blossoms.-London Post
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
Passing of the HitchinE Post.

"Have you noticed" asked a Kansas
City man the other day, 'how the
hitchiRg post is disappearing? A few
years ago almost every residence and
many stores in Kansas City had hitch
ing posts In front Of them. Now you'll
have to go long way TO find single
post. The hitching ring has been fac
tor in the disappearance of the post,
but the hitching weight has been big
ger one. People used to think the
weight ineffective. They have changed
their minds. Tie horse to post or
a ring, and If he becomes frightened
the chances are he'll break the strap.
Then he is free to run. Hitch him with
q weight. and he may try to run, but
il will become entangled in the wheels
of the vehicle or will twist the strap
around the animals legs. The result
will be the horse stops and is caught.
The hitching post is rapidly becoming
a thing Of the past In cities, and the
ring is following it. The weight, l be-
lieve, Ia here to stay."-Kansas City
Times
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
How Charles LOOMS started.

It always interests me to know JUST
what particular thing has Influenced q
man to take up one calling rather than
another. There is Charles Battsll Loo
mis-. for example. have always Won
dered what first suggested to him the
idea of being a humorist when so many
more lucrative caHings are open to a
man. 1t was the reading Of Arthur
Henry's new book, 1.-THE Unwritten
Law" which moved Mr.. LOOMS to con-
fess. Mr.. Henry's story begins IN a
certain neighborhood in Brooklyn.
"Why," said Mr.. LOOMS, Il know
that part of Brooklyn we'll. I did my
first work right there"
"Prose or verseW somebody asked.
Reading gas meters" said Mr.. Loo
mis-. Il was always fond Of reading
The first jokes 1 ever sent to an editor
were written on the backs Of gas bill
receipts"
This should teach us that everything
depends on how you start out. Read
ing gas meters would develop any
body's sense Of humor, to say nothing
of its quickening effect on the imagina
ton. 1t simply made Mr.. Loomis.-
Washington Post.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
palace For WhiteIaw Reid.

For the privilege of living in Dor
chester House, which Whitelaw Reid
has selected for his home, the "am-
bassador near the court of st. James
will have to pay an annual rental OF
$4,000, which is $4,000 more than bis
salary. But he will have the salts
faction Of knowing that III return for
his hard cash he will be occupying
better house than any other diplomatic
representative in London. The Park
lane palace is owned by an English
man who is wealthy, but by no means
wealthy enough to live in it and keep
It I'D. Therefore he prefers to rent 1t
whenever he can find somebody
wealthy enough to pay the enormous
sum his agents demand. Besides, the
owner is a bachelor and has no use for
such an establishment The future
American embassy is q curiosity, archi-
tecturally speaking, or, rather, a show
place. for it is in the purest style or
italian architecture The collection OF
pictures in the art gallery ranks among
the finest private collections Of paint
ings in England.-New York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
A RUSSIAN TRAGEDY.
The story of n Promised surprise"
and It's Grim Sequel.


pocontIv there was released from the
Russian military prison on Sakhalln Is
land. in the Pacific ocean, an oihcer
whose grim exploit number OF years
aeo sent a thrill of horror through
Russian society. Prior to the crime he
was attached to a crack engineering
corps and was recognized as one OF the
smartest officers in st. Petersburg. AS
time went on he had frequent recourse
70 one of the large money lenders III
the Russian capital, who, apparently
captiyated by the officers charm OF
manner. never hesitated to grant the
loan asked for and never once pressed
for repayment. At length the officer,
having run to the end of his tether' be-
came engaged to a wealthy Russian
woman. The only cloud that darkened
his happiness was his fear lest the
money lender to whom he owed such
enormous sums should publish the fact
of his insolvency and so ruin his
chance Of making a good marriage.
He thought his worst fears were real
ICED when q few days after the engage
ment had been publicly announced ne
received a letter from the usurer stat
ing that the writer was preparing a
nice little surprise for him on his wed
ding day. In desperation the officer
went to the money lender and demand
ed to know the import Of that cryptic
note. The man simply shrugged his
shoulders, smiled as afably as ever
but refused to explain anything. In
fit of ungoverhable fury the officer at
tackled his mysterious creditor anc
murdered him.
Then the surprise" which the money
lender had in store for the officer was
discovered in an envelope In bis Du
resu. 1t was a note granting the debt
or complete discharge from all his obi
cations contracted during many years
of extravaganza More wonderful still
when the dead mans will came to b.
read 1t was found that he had left al
his possessions to the officer who na'
murdered him.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
A Project For Saving Niagara Fall

Project For Saving Niagara Fails.
Dam Niagara, drown the White Horse
rapids. fill up the whirlpool, raise the
water level in the gorge 100 feeL
change the river into a storage reser-
voir from the foot Of the cataract 10
the brow of the escarpment, and l,ooo,-
600 electric horsepower may be deVei-
oped at Lewiston. When this power Is
not in use a third cataract will be Gre
ated. with the combined discharge OF
both the American and the Horseshoe
falls flowing over dam 100 feet nlgn
between Lewiston and Queenston. Al
this dam fully co per cent of the en-
ergy Of $4,000 cubic feet OF water per
second falling 100 feet and developing
100000 horsepower may be trans
formed into electric current. a Dam
about 100 feet high, corresponding 10
the drop of the river surface from lnee
foot Of Niagara falls to Lewiston, nve
miles below, would work no. suDstan'
tial injury either to the natural rams
or the existing power plants" Ihose
who have enjoyed the wild scenery Oh
the White Horse rapids at close range
will be loath to give them up, but when
the hard alternative 10 to drown THESE
rapids or dry up the American falls the
former seems much the less Of the two
evils.-Alton D. Adams In Engineering
| MAGAZINE.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
FACTS ABOUT NORWAY.
The Country Was Bvied by Native
Kings Unta 1870.

Kings UntH 1ip~
Norway marked another turning
noint In its history when 1t declared IT.
self independent of Sweden. with
which II has been associated sincei1Sl4.
Norway's historical period stretches
no further back than the ninth cen
tuax. Behind that time are tire ages
of the sagas. The petty tribal kings
were united under Harald Haarfagr, or
Fairhair. Harald died about 933 aft
err having established his government
al Trendhjem, In the north. Inc
Danes and Norwegians were the ter
ror Of all Europe at this time through
their plundering forsys and invasions.
In the hundred years that followed
the death of Harald Haarfagr Chris
tianity was introduced. In the year
1923 King Olaf the Saint was driven
out by King Canute the Great OF Den
mark. but Olaf's son recovered posses
sion. and until 1919 Norway continued
TO be governed by native kings. Dur
ing these centuries the Morse adven'
turers established permanent colonies
In Iceland and Greenland, and for
awhile the Orkney and Shetland isles
and the Hebrides were In the posses
sion of Norwegian kings, whose last
inroad into Scotland was repelled IN
1863
In 1919. there being no male heirs to
the throne. the Norwegian national as
sembly chose Magnus of Sweden to be
king. His grandson, having been elect
cd king of Denmark in 1875, became
ruler Of both Scandinavian kingdoms
on the death of his father IN 1880. The
last died without male heirs, and has
mother. Queen Margaret Of Denmark
succeeded to the throne of Denmark
and Norway. Later she became mrs
tress also of Sweden. The three king
doms were bound together by the I'M
! ion Of Calmar in 1897.
Thence till 1914 Norway continued
united with Denmark. The wars OF
NAPOLEON severed the union which had
existed for more than 400 years. Den
mark had sided with Bonaparte, ane
after his defeat the allies compelled
her to purchase peace y'abandonint
her sovereignty over Norway Aftel
the treaty of Kiel in 1914 by whici
Denmark's claim to Norway was ex
tinguished, Sweden and Norway De
came associated under one king.
Norway's coast along its outer bel
Of rocks measures about 1.7OO miles
but It's entire shore line, including tn
nords and the large Islands, is close t
1900 miles in length, enough to reacl
halfway around the world. Norway
about 25O miles wide In the south an'
in the north a little more than 60 miles
Its area is 124, 100 square miles, q httl
more than the area Of New Mexico. II
population in 1900 numbered 2,2S9,eoI
and Sweden's in the following yea
numbered 5,175,22S.-Chicago News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
ro,e of Men Who Shot a Spy.

while with the British army III
South Africa" said Major Barchard,
an attache Of the British consulate, Il
was allotted on one occasion the stern
task Of commanding a firing party OF
ten men who executed BOer officer
who had broken his parole and after
ward been condemned as a spy. lie
had assumed the uniform Of an Eng
lish soldier and penetrated our lines
after having levanted when on bis pa
role.
Every member Of that firing party
has come to fatal or serious grief since
that Friday morning when In the gray
dawn we shot the spy. Sudden death
or a bad accident has befallen each
one.
"My turn has come, as you see"
And the soldier who had fought In a
half dozen campaigns pointed to his
left arm, which was in splints, having
been fractured in a street car accident
San Francisco Chronicle.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01

the county of Accom- ack, in the vaca
fion of the said court, the 9TH day
June A. d., 1905. .r
Dawson J. Trader. ...........f lain'ih'
against
Edna Trader. ............. Defendant
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is for the
plaintiff. Dawson J. Trader, to obtain a
divorce a mensa ct thoro from the de-
PENDANT, Edna Trader.
Affidavit having been made before
the clerk of the said court that Edna
Trader, the defendant in the above
entitled cause, is NONRESIDENT
of the State Of Virginia, on the motlon
Of the plaintiff, 10y his attorney, 1t Is
ordered that she, the said NONRESIDENT
defendant, do appear here WITHIN
fifteen DAYS after due publication OF
this order and do what is necessary 10
protect her interests; and that TINS or
der be published once week TOT IouI
successive weeks in the -"PeninsuIa
Enterprise" newspaper published al
Accomack c.. H., Virginia, ana also
posted at the front door OF the court,
House of the said County on the Ihlro
Monday in June, A. D., 1903:
Teste: JOHN D. GRANT, Z. Z.
Teste: JOHN D. GRANT, c. G.
Jno. r.. g. ]. Harry Rev, pc
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
ChamberIaln's Collie, Cholera and d.
arrhoea Remedy-The Best In
Existence.

T. NJ. Wood, manager of the White
County News, Beebe, Ark, is arepre-
sentative southern business man, who
does not hesitate in expressing his
good opinion of well known remedy.
He says, at gives me pleasure to rec
ommend Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, having used
it myself and in my family with the
best results. In fact believe it to be
the best remedy of the kind in exist
ence." Sold by
B. s. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, and all county agencies.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
One Dollar Saved Represents Ten
Dollars Earned.

The average man does not save to
exceed ten per cent. of his earnings.
He must spend nine dollars in living
evnenses for every dollar saved. That
being the case he cannot be too care
fnI about unnecessary expenses. Very
often a few cents properly invested,
Ike bnving seeds for his garden, VIII
90 several dollars outlay later on.
70 TO- ;s the same in buying Chamberlain's
E r. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
II costs but few cents, and a bottle
80 # in the house often saves doctors
I'm y; - of several dollars. For sale by
JILL - B. s. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, and all county agencies
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01
NEW YORK.. PHILA. & NORFOLK
RAILROAD

Time Table In Effect June 9Th, 1905.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor
folk and Old Point Comfort.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14
ICORROTS AT FAIR.
FIFTY B0NT0C HEAD-HUNTERs
NOW ON THE WAY.
They Are imported For Exhibition
Purposes BY Special Permission
Of Governor Wright.

Portland, July 13.-By the Ist of
August fifty Bontoc Igorrotes will
reach Portland, to build a village at
the Lewis and Clark Exposition ard
remain as living chronological exhibit
during the fair. For time it seemed
that Portland was not going to have
this interesting feature, but after
much hard work on the part of those
interested in the enterprise the consent
of Uncle Sam was secured and the
Igorrotes were collected and put
aboard ship at Manila. 1t was nee
essary to obtain the consent of Secre-
tary Taft and Governor Luke e.
Wright, of the Philippine Islands, be-
fore the natives could be procured.
The government gave its consent for
the head-hunters to come to America
only after receiving rigid assurance
that they would be returned to their
homes. At the Portland fair these
people Of limited apparel will do their
peculiar dances, eat dog, smoke cigar
cites and otherwise add to the gaiety
of the exposition. Their village will
be located near the Homer Davenport
bird and animal farm. AS this will
be the first time any of these interest
ing wards Of the nation have been on
exhibition in the Pacific West, it is
expected that they will attract much
attention.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14
Dying Of Famine

=. .
Is, in its torments, like dying of con.
sumption. The progress of consump-
tion, from the beginning to the very
end, is long torture, both to victim
and friends. when / had con-
sumption in its first stage" writes
William Myers, of Carrfoss, Md,
"after trying different medicines and
a good doctor in vain, I at last took
DIR. Kings New Discovery, which
quickly and perfectly cured me. y
Prompt relief and sure cure for
coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis,
etc. Positively prevents pneumonia.
Guaranteed at McBride's drug store,
price SOC and 81 bottle. Trial bot
tie free.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that a GER
tain number of notes payable to E. l..
Barnett and Edward Taft together
with certificates embracing 1884,
shares Of stock collectively held by
E. Z. Barnett, of 400, Yamhill street,
Portland, Oregon, in the Golconda
Consolidated Mining Co., Union Gold
Mining Co., Grant Mining Co., Stan
dard Consolidated Mining Co., Buff
alo Monitor Mining Co., Springdale
Copper Mining Co., and South Pole
Gold Mining Co., are missing, having
been either lost or stolen. All persons
are hereby warned that the above
shares of stock and notes have not
been endorsed and any transfer will be
illegal.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, June S3,
1905. E. L. Barnett.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14
Centennial Notes.

Somebody has unearthed from the
files of the Scientific American this
little item, of present interest, which
. was printed in the issue of Septem ber
2,1863: I'm cutting some timber in
Omaha few days since, a bullet was
found imbedded in the trunk of a rock
elm. The grains which had over
grown it show that it must have been
deposited there sixty 1.-TWO years ago, a
time when the country had not yet
been visited by any white men, ex-
cept the explorers, Lewis and Clark. -
The skull and horns of Rocky
Mountain sheep were found some time
ago by an Idaho man, firmly imbed-
ded twenty feet from the ground in
the trunk Of large tree. The Sec
tion containing the curiosity has been
taken to the Lewis and CLARK Exposi-
tion where it is attracting much atten-
tion. 1t is presumed that when the
tree was sapiing the sheep got en-
tangled in its branches and died. AS
the sapling grew into tree, the sheep
was lifted upward and its skull and
horns became imbedded in the trunk.
Heliograph signals are now being
flashed from the snow line of Mt.
Hood to station near the Govern
ment buildings on the Lewis and
Clark Exposition grounds, seventy
miles distant. A squad of United
States troops in command of lieu
tenant has established a signal station
near the summit of the grand old peak
and the exposition is in daily COM
munication with the mountain. Sever
al parties of adventurous people will
climb to the summit of Mt. Hood dur
ing the summer as sort of side trip
from Portland the exposition city.
The Fourth of July attendance at
the exposition was 53, 7OS. This is at
least 80 per cent. more than the most
sanguine of the officials expected. It
beats the Fourth of July attendance
at the Omaha exposition by nearly
10000 and is 14,131 higher than the
attendance on the opening day at Port
land, June l. Up to July 4 half a
million admissions had been recorded
in the thirty -four days of the big fair.
This aggregate is far above expecta-
tions. The attendance is increasing
daily. and all indications point to a
total that will break every exposition
record, considering the neighboring
population. The Fair will run until
October 10.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14

Lost--a watch fob. Finder may
return to the Press Office and receive
$5 reward.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14
Administrators Notice Of Final Set
Element.

Notice is hereby given that on the
oath day of June, 1905, William Nc
Bride, the duly appointed, qualified
and acting administrator of the estate
of Mary E. Rainville, deceased, filed
his final account in the county court
of the state of Oregon, for Umatilla
county, in the matter Of the said estate
and all persons interested in the said
estate are hereby notified that they
must appear in said court and file their
objections or exceptions to the said
final account on or before the 9TH day
of August. 1905, at the hour of 2 o.
clock p. m. of said day, and that there
will be a hearing upon the said final
account on the said hour of said day at
the county court house, in Pendleton,
Umatilla county, State of Oregon.
William Mcbride,
Administrator.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14

Mixed train waila
7;06 p. m. walla and interme-
diate points.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14
HENRY RESTS CASE

Mass OF documentary Evidence Intro
dussd by Governments.
The introduction of mass of doc
umentary evidence and Identification
Of it py the witnesses consumed all OF
Wednesday in the Williamson Gessner-
Bigqs trial, at the conclusion of which
Heney announced that the govern
menf rested its case.
The documents introduced consisted
of entries of public land which the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14
FEW LICENCES ISSUED.
Hunters Are Slow in Securing Permits
to Kill Game.

Up to the present time but fifteen
hunters licenses have been issued by
County Clerk Sailing. though it has
been several weeks since the law
became operative regarding this fea-
ture of the game laws, says the Trib-
une. Deputy Game and Fish Warden
Joe Nolf states that all hunters must
be armed with the necessary creden-
tials before they will be permitted to
hunt wild game and unless the new
law is complied with be will pros
ecute all offenders.
The open season for buck deer be-
gins August 15, and for does, Septem-
ber /. On August 10 it shall be. flaw
ful to kill grouse and prairie chickens,
provided the huntsman is Of course
properly licensed. The charge of the
hunters license for persons residing in
Oregon is 81
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14

1t was huge task to undertake the
cure of such bad case of kidney dis
ease as that of G. F. Collier, of Chero-
kee, Ia, but Electric Bitters did it.
He writes: my kidneys were SO far
gone could not sit on chair with
out cushion and suffered from
dreadful headache, backache and de-
preston. In Electric Bitters, how
ever, found cure, and by them was
restored to perfect health. I recon-
mend this great tonic medicine to all
with weak kidneys, liver or stomach.
Guaranteed by Mcbride, druggist.
Price SOC.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-07-14

water HOueees
BAN ISCO-PORTLAND ROUTE,
Steamer sails from Portland 8 p. m. every
days.