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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-09
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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-09
A. Awkward situation.

Congressman Morrell Of Philadel-
phia said in the course Of an address 10
national guardsmen:
GAS colonel Of the Third regiment OK
Pennsylvania | once took part In an
odd and amusing episode.
"My regiment was marching down
Broad street in the van OF an immense
and magnificent parade, when, near
Walnut street, il became necessary 10
push the people back little. The ropes
had broken at this point, and the peo-
ple. quite unlntentionally, encroached
on the line Of the parade.
81 assigned handful Of young pri-
Yates TO help the police handle the
crowd, and one private, stationed neal
me. I kept my eye on. He got every
body back except fat man. This per-
son did not move.
"Private,' said 1, put that fat man
back
"'He saws he can't get back, the
crowd is pushing so,' the private an
swered.
"'Put your musket butt in his chest'
said I. and force him back. You are
the stronger
Eyes said the private, I know I'm
the stronger, but he's the foreman OF
our shop"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-09
Saves Money, Not Time.

Economy in the use of electric eleva-
tors ia carried to q fine point these
DAYS. There Is one Of these elevators
in a five story office building In New
York. which has hanging In 1t sign
that reads:
This elevator will remain on he
first floor for one minute"
The curious man who wanted 10
know what the purpose Of the sign was
asked the elevator boy for an explana-
,ion That's to save money" was the
reply. 1T cost about 5 cents trip 10
run this car"
Although all the persons the eleva-
tor could carry had crowded into the
car the boy held it at the first hoor uh-
til what he mistakenly judged 10 De d
minute of time had elapsed.
"The boss saves dollar day Dy
that rule" said the boy.
"Nlaybe he does" replied an indig-
nant passenger but no live man
would rent an office in this building
I'd fret myself to death II hau 70
wait like this more than once montn
New York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-09

Tn tho gardens Of the Vatican tnere
has for some years been smaii me
ma agerie composed Of rare ahinialS
which were sent by admirers in Varl,
ous narts Of the world to the late Leo
XIII In these animals Leo's success
sor Pope Plus ", took mucn ih.eresl res
hut as It costs a great deal to teeu
them he recently decided to remove
them from the gardens and to preseh'
tbom TO the various religious institu
tions in Rome. A.,
A beautiful pelican was among tn'
animals. and a day or two before th'
mona qerie was to be broken up 1t he"
into the country, where it was sooi
killed by a man who was shooting Il
the marshes. Seeing that he had Oh
tanned a genuine prize, he fastened u
nresent It to the king, but some OF tn
court officials had heard Of the pei
cans escape from the Vatican an'
therefore by the monarch's orders III
| bird was stuffed and sent back to"th
nope. who has placed it as an ornf
ment in one of the rooms OF his paiac'
New Yorh Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-09
a ROCK THAT BLOOMS.
One of the Rarest and strangest Oh
FIowering Plants.

A botanical novelty is being intro
duced In Washington under the name
of "the Living Rock" 1t Is exploited as
the wonder Of wonders In the plant
kingdom. natures living picture OF In
trIcate carved stone work, and its ap-
pearance does not belle these Striking
encomiums. 1t resembles, indeed, noth-
Ing so much as those carved congiom-
,rations of different colored stones TO
be seen In most collections Of minerals.
n is claimed that this strange plant
will live and bloom for years without
being planted or watered. 1t Is called
by the Indians "the star rock ana
"dry whisky" the latter name being
bestowed upon it from the fact tnat
when chewed it produces more or less
intoXlcation.
"This rare and marvellous plant"
said the dealer, "is found on the top
of arid. barren, rocky, limestone noun
tains. at great attitudes, In Mexico.
where It is too hot and dry in the sum-
mer for other vegetation and too cold
| in the winter IOT even dhiiuoi nv
will live and thrive in all extremes OF
temperature and does well In nortn-
ern climate when all the native plants
perish from the cold.
at retains sufficient moisture ana
substance to furnish bloom for years
without being planted or watered ana
will bloom in a trunk, a room or
wherever it may be.
"The name Living Rock has been
given 1t because of its unique hardi-
ness Scarcely any kind Of neglect or
bad treatment will injure the plant un-
less il be too much water. At Its home
rain does not fall sometimes for years.
II blooms in September and October
and has very beautiful, variegated
. flower imbedded in a white, silky WOOL
aureole The lower part Of the plant Is
top shaped, and the upper part scarce
ly projects from the ground and IS
from two to four inches in diameter
when growing wild, but under cultlVa'
ton II is double that size. The plant is
very scarce and extremely dihicult &c
find."-Washington Post
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-09
GERMANY'S BLACK lETIGH.
Comparison of Texts Used In rrin-
ing In the Fatherland.


eft is remarkable that so practical d
naonle as the Germans should continue
+o use their blind black letter, says
Jerome Hart. THE German text IL
ugly. and when printed from smaii
type on dingy paper with high speed
presses, as Is the case with most daiiy
newspapers, 1t is difficult to decipner'
Ever since the days Of Cadmus aipha'
bets have been designed to convey IDEAS
and those alphabets which transfer
,horoht with the most quickness, clear
ness and precision are the best. Con-
s,dered from these standpoints the Ger
man alnbabet Is one Of the worst. Inas
n is a failure is shown unconsciousiy
in many ways. Advertisers, for exam
ple. have no sentiment about them:
| They want to reach the reader anu
roach him quickly. Therefore nearly
all the display advertisements IN Ger
man newspapers are printed In Lauh
characters.
$50. too, with the commercial ana
financial pages. Stockholders ana mer-
chants have no time to waste III oe-
clphering badly printed German text
Therefore the commercial page In the
German dailies is now nearly always
set up In Roman type. Circus adyer-
tisements. theater placards and adver.
tisinc posters generally, the names Oh
streets on the corner signs, the letter
ing on cars and omnibuses, even tenn
porary signs, such as No Thorougn
fare, or street Closed you nearly al
ways see in Latin characters.
another proof Of the inferiority o.
! the German text is the fact that nearly
all German scientific works are printeS
in Roman. This has been the case 10
wears. but 1t has had little effect OF
the printing Of books Of general na
!, ture. Bismarck did much to retard tnl
needed improvement, for he clung stur
bornly to the German text and Ire
ouently sent back books which "ei
: printed in Roman, refusing to fea
G. them New Orleans Times-DemocraI
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-09
Cured of Lame Back After is Years
of Suffering.

"Ihad been troubled with lame back
for fifteen years and l found a COM
plete recovery in the use of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm" says John T..
Bisher, Gillian, Ind. This liniment is
also without an equal for sprains and
bruises. 1t is for sale by
B. s. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, and all county agencies.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-09
ChamberIaIn's Cough Remedy.

This is a medicine of great worth
and merit. Try it when you have a
cough or cold and you are certain TO
be pleased with the quick relief which
it affo o.ds. 1t is pleasant to take ano
can always be depended upon. Fol
sale by.
B. s. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, and all county agencies
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-09-09

nurse upOll tic hVh'~ 'A~'
Talents of Men In Ranks.
sneaking about the influence OF one
talented folks, shall we neglect W
sneak Of the one talented soldier boys
who SO freely pour forth their HE D
blood for the perpetuation or their
country's government? "To hear some
naonle talk" said a prominent gentle-
man TO me some time ago, "one wouiu
sunnose that the only men VINO dlu
ANYTHING for their country during tne
civil war were Grant and Sherman ana
sheridan and Lee and Stonewall JACK
SON" That is not true. The CIVIL war
wos mighty because the man IN tne
ranks carrying a musket was lail'iiu'
and true as we'll as the offlcer carrying
sword. Yes. and the war OF l"t
and the war of 1912 and the war ol
1903 were mighty wars for the same
reason The common soldiers WIG
fought in those wars were ready L
; sacrifice everything for their country''
good. And. my friends, this naticl
never need fear a foreign invasion o
internal revolution as long as the coln
mon people, It's one talented citizens
: are loyal and true to their country d
their one talented ancestors have a
ways been.
Oh, the sacrifices which the commo 10
h neople have made for their native ian
a in the past! Many of you, perhaps
- have read the story Of the English o
y fcer who. in 1880, under a flag
:, u truce, visited the American genera "a
ID Francis Marion, aptly called Il
'r "Swamp Fox" After the business Il
which he came was ended, Gener
Marion asked the representative OF Il
English throne to stay to Dime
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
Lesson for klckers.

From the Atchison Globe.
 For several years the editor of the Globe has been grumbling at the mar. ket gardeners because they do not raise green peas during July and Au, gust. We thought this shiftlessness on the part of the market gardeners, and grumbled, as we are very fond of green peas.
 This year we have a garden and the other day market gardener wrote us:
 You have been grumbling because market gardeners do not raise green peas during July and August. You have garden this year, why don't you do it?"
 We can't do it; nobody can. But we didn't know it until we tried. It was fair and square knockdown and dragout unanswerable argument Why don't you do the things you grum ble because other people don't do?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
K. MARVEL STILL
 IN DEEP REVERE Drawing Near to Death, He Lives in DreamIand LEADS BEAUTIFUL LIFE Prose Poet Who Worte "Reveries of a Bachelor" and "Dreamland"
 Healthy and Happy-ss
 Years Old.
LEADS BEAUTIFUL LIFE
pena.nnis in the New York Times.

Pendennis in the New York Times.
 Tt Is lonely in my garden of sum mer,s evening? Have the little patering feet gone their ways-to bed? Then people the gooseberry alley with pr. Primrose and his daughters, Sophia and Olivia; Squire Buchell comes and sits upon the bench with me under the arbor as I smoke my pipe. How shall we meas ure our indebtedness to such pleasant books that people our solitude so many years after they are writtenl Oliver Gold smith, I thank youl Bob Crown l thank you!"-From My Farm at Edgewood, by K Marvel. published in lS0S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30

voice. The performance was somewhat dull, at times not even musical, but it seemed to make one forget the summer heat, and there was charm to the songs and dances far above the never ceasng tumult and torridity of the city street.
 The roof garden idea became popular at once and today there are dozens of these places for amusement of the thousands who, for business or other reasons, remain in the metropolis through the heated term, or come to it for recre- alton. Spectacular performances and first class vaudeville long ago took the place of the Casinos simple and somewhat dull performance. Brilliant electric lights superseded the old flickering lanterns, and every summer night tens of thousands patronize these places of amusement.
 With the introduction of roof vaude- vile came the demand for roof dining rooms. where one might enjoy refresh ments for body in a two-fold sense Hence the skyline restaurant and the hotel roof garden, with their accompanying quiet, coolness and breadth of outlook over the city, river and harbor sprang into being. It was dozen years ago that the first skyline restaurant was opened in the downtown district. It was on the twenty third floor of the American Tract Society's building. far above the ceaseless tumult of
 
 the magnificent panprama2 of river and bay, studded with boats, great and small. and city homes and roofs on either hand as far as vision can reach, the eye Is feasting while the inner man Is fed. Many of the city's business clubs now have restaurants of this sort.
 The elaboration of the roof garden idea has been carried to it's highest develop ment in the airy refectories now pro- vided by many of the big hotels. Over the old Hoffman House the roof garden is in Flemish style. with color scheme of black and white. From the top of the Beleclaire, on the west side of the city, the diners have an uninterrupted view of the Hudson river and the Palisades be- yond. The Majestic roof at Seventy-sec- ond street and Central Park West has been expensively fitted up with conser- yatories for plants and flowers with rus tic arbors, where guests of the house may enjoy beautiful views by day and gather for comfort on sultry evenings. The Waldorf-Astoria has a sumptuously fitted roof garden for patrons. No elaborate meals are served. but light refreshments
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 features but in the gentler wisdom of a pleasant optimism. in the qualities that have endeared such men as James Russell Lowell to the world
 His daughter showed him where to sit and stood near him, watching his face lovingly. with smile of almost maternal care and affection; doubtless, she watched
 him as he lad watched her in those years
 far back when she was child in the
 "gooseberry lane"
 ~ should think you would be interested in the living authors, not in the dead ones," he said, eheerfully enough, with a
 glance at his daughter for support. The camera, eager to seize it's victim, glared at him within short distance of his head.
 "Goodnessr he said. rising with veri- table fear you're going to take me at such, close range. If by chance a man 1 finds that he must face gun, he can at least keep his distance from it" And he looked imploringly at the little group about him for protection. His daughters led him to seat in the arbor, for his sight is failing, and he leans on them for support. He's had an unusually long drive, and he is unusually tired said an older daughter who had been with him on the drive.
 As 1 saw the interview recede, however, l was not sorry, for no one had even seen
 him for years and no picture had been | taken of him for publication for a very long while.
 Perhaps the gentlemen would take something?" he asked, after the photo graphic ordeal was over and he stood up,
 hat in hand, smiling, amiable, alert with instinctive grace of hospitality.
 And now you must let me have my ] rest" he said.
 He paused a moment and swept the eX- quisite landscape view from the arbor,
 the view that had passed into literature in thousand moods and forms. and nov ing his stick toward meadows and wood land. he said:
 The shadows are growing deeper now, the country is most beautiful then" And he turned quickly and went into the house. It was this adapting of natures moods to philosophic reyery, this sweet mixture of artists eye with the poets delicacy of expression. that has made IlS Marvel one of the best-loved of American authors.
 "The shadows are growing deeper nown'
 And as they darken the day, and night speeds after them, nothing can efface the memory they have left behind-the glory that comes only with posterity. How shall we measure our indebted ness to such pleasant books that people our solitude so many years after they are written?' wrote Ik Marcel, and if he had been writing in prophecy of his own lit erary labors he could not have prophesied for them more truly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30

NEW YORK, July 29-(Specal.)-
 M That Little Old New York is proving this season. as never be- fore, it's title to be regarded as the great est summer resort in the world is shown plainly by the crowds, holiday and work day alike, that throng that part of Broad way known as the White Light region. The pavements of the White Light furnish an excellent barometer for. the density of the population of New York When they are crowded, 1t is sign that New York is crowded. When the throng ir Broadway, between Herald Square and Times Square, begins to thin out, a slump in the population of Manhattan is- land is indicated. This summer the Great White Way" is teeming with an unpre- cedented influx of visitors from other cities and the country who have come to New York to spend their vacations.
 It Is during June that the summer population begins to throng In One can discern the stranger in the streets bv the fact that he (ortshe) lags behind the hurrying New York throngs and has a keen eye for sights which, while they have become ordinary to the metro politan. impress the alien with sense of wonder The summer city folk crowd the hotels, particularly the family hoteis, which aim to give the privacy of a home without the worries of housekeeping. and by hundreds they rent the furnished apartments or houses abandoned by New Workers for the outing season.
 The reason why these strangers seek the summer city, and many old-time New Workers. too, prefer to stay in town rather than fly to exile, that they know not or in the country, is not far to seek. New York furnishes remarkable facilities these days for summer recreation. Gotham, swept by the prevailing sontherly winds that come up the coast and across the broad bay, is comparatively cool. On the waters about the city are Hundred clubs devoted to sailing and canoeing. In the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
wITTLE OLD NEW YORK"
 GREAT SUMMER RESORT

city, or just beyond it's limits are a score of golf links, including the excellent pub lie courses at Van Cortland and Pelham parks. Baseball cricket and tennis are sports well provided for in the parks or on private grounds.
 From the city one can take innumer- able picturesque trips of a day or longer on comfortable steamboats. And right at the threshold of the city is that great natural playground, Long Island with its 250 miles of coast on ocean, bay and sounds, it's scores of beaches and It's sixty or more excellent golf courses. 1m- provements in the railroad service have brought the furthest points on the island, and even It's neighbor, sea-swept Block Island, within few hours of New York.
 But most typical of metropolitan sum mer recreations are the roof gardens. Historians disagree as to who built the first garden in the air It matters It. tie to Us whether 1t was the mythical queen Semiramis, or the mighty Nebu- chadnezzar trying to solace his homesck Mclean bride It is enough to know that the unique creation was one of the world s seven wonders In that far-away time The aerial garden idea seems to have fallen into decay with the crumbling of Baby lonias marvel and never to have been revived for a long stretch of centuries
 It was fifteen or twenty years ago that the happy idea of garden in the air dawned upon New Yorker. He was a theatrical manager and forth with proceeded to carry out his plans up among the homes and towers on the New York Casino roof It was a bold and novel scheme, and for the reason that New Workers. like the Athenans of old, are extremely fond of new things, the first roof garden proved a nd toh loc vided. A few flowers and slender palm trees were introduced to relieve the monotony, and there, by the light of swaying lanterns, the visitor slipped cooling drinks or smoked his favorite cigar while from the impromptu stage an orchestra played popular airs and occa- sionaly some shrill song-bird raised it's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
o, so,ods and co,,eotions

or salads and confections.
 But the Italian garden on the roof of the milion-dollar Hotel Astor is by far the most delightful and exten- sive of these gardens in the air Here. far up above the traffic and hustle of Broadway has been reproduced on a gigantic scale by Mr. W. c. Musehen- helm, the proprietor garden of the style for which the vinecad hills of Tuscany are famous. The garden covers the area of siXty-fve city lots. half-mle of California privet encircles the garden and glrds the flower beds. and nearly three hundred truck loads of flowers and plants were used in beautifying the place.
 Every blads of grass Is veal, every palm is a growing plant every flower has budded and bloomed here. Beds of nasturtinms are laid out in artistic shapes. Here and there are clumps of ferns inter- mingling with coleus and pandanus. Near ly 15OO geraniums cover the wall of the roclSery over which at night flows an H. luminated cascade.
 Huge baskets hang from the Italian Pergola that lines this floral paradise and from these baskets, which are moss lined, beautiful ferns. with geraniums and fuchsias, droop in their natural beauty. The white pillars of the Pergola are cov- cred almost entirely with English ivy. and the lattice work makes splendid background for the vine which spreads it's shapely leaves in great profusion.
 There are hydrangeas in vases and rhododendrons in tubs-while Virginia creeper and honeysuckle are mingled with eucalyptus and lilac. Tn nearly every case the flowers are planted in beds which are surrounded by turf, forming small green lawns. constituting an innovation in aerial architecture. In the pools at the foot of the cascades are masses of water lilies and calla lilies. and around the basins there is a broad border of white clover and blue grass.
 With such cool and charming retreats at hand and continually multiplying, 1t is little wonder that many New Yorker sees no reason for leaving town during the heated terms. The popular ity of the roof garden seems firmly es- tablished and each summer witnesses in- creased patronage of these resorts for the delectation of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30

Perhaps 1t is not etched enough: send It to the Gawk Engraving Co. Peoples phone 2e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
Was a Handsome Face

It was a handsome face, not in the dark, powerful, breeding strength of the Dante
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
NEVADA PHOTOGRAPHS.
Fine Ones of Tonopah and Vicinity at
L.. W. Smiths Studio.

The excellent photographs OF Tono-
pah printed in this issue are from
the studio Of L. w. Smith, Tonopah.
Mr.. Smith has been in Tonopah from
its infancy and has secured pictures
of all the mines, buildings, OF the city,
and OF all the important surrounding
camps. He has a collection that IL
not surpassed and Is prepared to fur
nish Views and albums OF the famous
southwest that cannot be secured else
where. Mr.. Smith has the faculty of
knowing just what to get In a photo
graph to make 1t interesting, and this
has made his collection valuable. To
all desiring Nevada views. the Deseret
News would recommend Mr.. Smith, as
surfing them Of excellent treatment and
the finest workmanship obtainable.