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The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Sensible Housekeepers
win have Defiance Starch, not aIoDo
because they get one-third more for
the same money. but also because a
superior quality.
Kentucky is now making ma ple
syrup of corn cobs Kentucky has ~
corn products except those measured ~
pints and quarts.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-27

Tbs Kind You usve Always BoseAk
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08

did you ever notice." asked an OBJ
servant woman, chow many intellectu-
al people have auburn hairf At the
theater the other night l don't remem-
Der noticing a single reddish head OF
hair among the hundreds Of uncovered
heads spread out before me. They
were the well coifed heads Of the aver
age nice woman. The next night at
tended a meeting Of a very learned 80
ciety at which there were perhaps 2OO
or 800 Of the brainiest thinkers and
educators around town, and without
turning my eyes 1 picked out at least
a dozen auburn haired women In the
few seats in front Of me. Now, that
was more than a coincidence. 1t ar
CUES something for the possessor Of au-
burn hair, l should think"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
A Railroad Incident.

Rudyard Kipling has, of course, done
more to familiarize the world with In
dia than any one else. Here is an incl
dent which Mr.. Kipllng tells as an ac-
tual event, which has somehow es-
capped finding its way into any OF his
books: A few years ago the native sta
ton master of an Indian railway sta
ton many miles from any city was at
tackled by tiger made bold by hun
ger. His assistant instantly took ref
uge in the office, barricaded the doors
and wired for instructions to the near
est town. Imagine the amazement OF
the operator at the other end of the line
to receive the following dispatch: "Ii-
ger on platform eating station master
Please wire instructions"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
MYSTERY OF DREAMS.
The wonders the Brain Sees In the
Fraction of n Second.

II Ia not unusual to hear one say that
he has been dreaming about something
oil night, when possibly his dream &C.
cupied only very short time. Many
attempts have been made to measure
the time occupied In a dream, and rec
ords appear from time to time In the
papers showing that often elaborate
ones occupy but few seconds. The
following incident is told by gentle
man who vouches for It's accuracy:
He was engaged one afternoon with
a clerk In verifying some long columns
of figures that had been copied from
one book to another. The numbers,
representing amounts in dollars and
cents. were composed Of six or seven
figures. The clerk would read, for In
stance, Fourteen. one forty-two,
twelve" making the amount Of $14,-
1922, and the gentleman would an
swer, Check" to indicate that the
copy was correct. Page after page had
been read as rapidly as the words
could be uttered, each number receiv-
ing the "check." The work was drowsy,
and 1t was with difficulty he could
keep his eyes open.
Finally sleep overcame him, and he
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of an old horse he
had been accustomed to drive twenty
five or thirty years ago. He could not
recall any special irklent connected
with the dream excel SINE locality and
the distinct sight of the horse and Of
the buggy to which he had driven him.
He awoke suddenly and, as a number
was ended, called Check" He was
conscious Of having slept and of hay-
ing dreamed and said to the clerk:
! "Charlie. l have been asleep. How
many Of those numbers have miss
ed? None" he replied. "You have
checked every one" Close question
! ing developed the fact that Of the fig
ures s14.142.12 he had heard the four
teen and the twelve, but had slept and
dreamed during the time occupied IN
rapidly uttering the words zone forty
two" He tried by reading other num-
bers to measure the time and thinks II
could not have been more than half a
second.
Another story Is told Of man who
sat before his fire In a drowsy condi-
ton. A draft blowing across the
room set large photograph on the
mantel to swaying. A slender vase
was in front Of 1t, and the man re-
| members wondering, in a mood OF
whimsical Indifference. whether the
picture would blow forward and send
the vase to the floor
Finally a gust of wind did topple the
picture, and it struck the vase. The
man remembers having been curiously
relieved in his state Of drowsiness that
at last the "old thing was going to fall
| and be done with It"
Presently he was In the midst or Q
complicated business transaction IN 0
western city miles away. All the de
tails Of new and unheard Of scheme
were coming forth from his lips, and
board of directors was listening. The
scheme prospered. He moved his ram
ily west Fragments Of the journey
thither and glimpses Of the fine house
he bought came before his vision.
A crash woke him. The vase hac
struck the floor. He had dreamed al
unlived life covering years, and all II
the time it took for the vase which N
had seen topping before he fell ASLEEP
to fall FIVE feet and break.-YoutR'
Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08

Speaking Of the somewhat popular
lack of familiarity with the Bible, 1t
deserves to be said that this deficiency
is not confined to unlettered people.
In an article on a political crisis In
England Justin Mccarthy quoted the
expression "by the skin Of his teeth
and parenthetically apologized for u.s.
ing what he called vulgar phrase.
The expression is quite commonly
rated as slang by very intelligent peo-
pie. A cynical commentator on this
expression calls 1t an Uzism, for the
reason that Job originally made use
of it in his wailings. Saith Job In
his nineteenth chapter, twentieth
verse:
II am escaped with the skin Of my
teeth" Boston Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
A nou Hifchfnu Post.

Every one has seen the dog that rides
behind his master on horseback, and
the dog that leads the old blind man,
and the one that carries his masters
cane or paper, and the dog that can
do tricks, but it has been left to an
uptown expressman to utilize his little
spaniel as a hitching post. Almost ev-
cry day he may be seen seated by his
masters side, with strap attached to
the collar he wears. When the team
stops and the expressman has to go
into the house the dog jumps down,
and his master fastens the strap to the
horses bride The dog will then sit
down and look up into the horses face
and remain in that position till the ex-
pressman releases him. At this he
leaps into the wagon, and they drive
away Philadelphia Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08

VIRGINIA:-In the circuit court
for the county of Accomack, in the
vacation of said court, on the 22nd day
of March, A. d., 1905.
l.. Floyd Mock, trustee. ... Plaintiff
against
The L. r. UNI ford Banking Co., a
corporation organized and existing I'M
der the laws of the State of Virginia,
Edward Heath, Upshur 7. Bradford,
John Bell, (of Jas. S., deceased) Zorro
babel G. Mason, James II. Mason, ad-
ministrator of John f.. Mason, deceas-
ed, f. II. Stockley, Julia Christian, j.
Amber Jarvis, Podgie W. Downing,
The Farmers & Merchants National
Bank of Onley, Va, a corporation or
ganized and existing under the laws OF
the United States, and Mary Esther
Kellam, creditors of John l.. Trower
and Douglas w. Trower, secured by
deed of trust dated February 9th, 1909,
and recorded in Accomack Circuit
Court Clerks Office, and all other Gre
ditors of the said John L. Trower and
Douglas w. Trower, if any, whose
names are unknown, and who are
made defendants by the general des-
cription of parties unknown, and the
saip John i. Trower and Douglas w.
Trower. Defendants.
In Chancery
The object of this suit is to inquire
and judicially ascertain what persons,
If any, other than those particularly
named in said deed, are interested in a
certain fund in the said plaintiil's
hands, (arising from the sale of said
Jno. Il. and Douglas w. Trower's Store
House property in Keller, and also in
the "Dunkirkn farm Of said Jno. l..
and Douglas w. Trower situated near
Grangeville in said county, by virtue
of a clause in said deed conveying said
property to said trustee and securing
equally with those named in said deed
"any other creditors of said John Ia.
and Douglas w. Trower existing at this
date, who may have been omitted In
! the foregoing list of CREDITORS"
I Affidavit having been made before
the clerk of the said court, that all
other creditors of the said John L. and
Douglas w. Trower, if any, other than
those particularly named in said deed
who are, or may be interested in SAID
fund in the hands of said plaintiff,
whose names are unknown, and who
are made defendants by the general
description of parties unknown, are
parties unknown; on the motion OF the
plaintiff, by his attorney, it is
ordered, that the said unknown
parties defendants, if any, do
appear here within fifteen days after
due publication Of this order and do
what is necessary to protect their In
terest; and that this order be published
once week for four successive weeks
in the peninsula Enterprise, news
paper published at Accomack c: H.,
Virginia, and also posted at the front
door of the Courthouse of the said
County on the First Monday in April
| A. ID. 1905.
Teste: JOHN d. GRANT, G. G.
A Copy -.
Teste: JOHN D. GRANT, G. G.
L. Floyd Mock, p. q.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
SHAM ARMOR.
Story of n Once Famous Vessel In
the Russian Navy.

Among the anecdotes told by Colonel
f. A. Wellesley In his book, with the
Russians In Peace and War;" is one
concerning a once famous vessel OF INC
Russian navy. When the ironclad
Peter the Great, from which so much
was expected, was In course of con-
struction the deputy acting minister
Of marine, on being suddenly asked by
the car what progress the ship IN
question was making, lost his head
and replied that she would be ready
for sea in three weeks. 1.-THE emperor
expressed great satisfaction at the
news and said that he would shortly
Inspect the vessel at Cronstadt 1t so
happened, however, that, far from
being ready for sea, the ship was still
In dock and that her armor plates,
which were being rolled in England,
had not even been delivered. In view
Of the emperors threatened visit all
useful work on board the ship was
stopped. and hundreds Of men were
set to work night and day at the cree
ton Of cabins, the covering Of the ship
with sham armor, the erection or
wooden turrets and the like.
when the Duke Of Edinburgh came
to Russia told his royal highness this
story" continues Colonel Wellesley,
(which he was most reluctant to be-
neve. told the duke, however, that
he would soon have an opportunity OF
Judging for himself at naval review,
and predicted that, as he was naval
officer and therefore sure to detect
anything wrong, some excuse would be
made to prevent his going on board
that particular ship. The duke e1-
pressed to a Russian naval officer his
desire to visit that ship, but oD1ec'
tons were raised to his doing so.
Then the emperor, noticing that
something was wrong, ordered boat
to be lowered Immediately to take his
royal highness on board. After the re-
view the duke told me that was
wrong about the turrets being made
Of wood, as he had placed his hand
on one of them, and it was made OF
canvas and yielded to the pressure OF
his fingers"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
RUSSIAN PRISONS.
Suicide or Madness the Usual Fate OF
Their Victims.

An Englishman writes In tne ST.
James Budget of st. Petersburg pris'
ons: "Yet more horrible than the rate
of the workers murdered in the streets
of st. Petersburg is the doom OF those
hapless men whom the tender mercies
of the triumphant bureaucracy have
consigned to the dark fortress or 81.
Peter and st. Paul and the inferno or
the Schlusselburg, in Lake Ladoga.
Well may the inhabitants of St. Peters
burg shudder as they glance beyond
the Neva at the dark fortress whence
each hour the north wind brings across
the river the discordant sound or It's
melancholy bells-melancholy indeed,
for nothing but memories OF suffering
and oppression sits upon Its granite
walls. Here Peter l. tortured and mu-
tllated his enemies. Here he slew his
own son. Alexis, and to this dungeon,
during the reigns of the expresses, ON
nipotent favorites consigned aspiring
rivals. And since then whole genera
lions Of men and women for no other
crime than love Of their oppressed
country have entered these gates, often
to leave them no more.
"a special refinement OF the kus-
sian prison system in the case or po-
litical prisoners and suspects Is con-
tinued solitary confinement until, as In
the case Of that splendid intellectual
reformer, DimiTi Passareff, they can
be reported as harmless Some pris-
oners here were relieved Of their senses
quite gently and almost politely. They
were shut up in comfortable cells well
III by electric light, and for mental
pabulum they were supplied with only
religious and technical works. When
insanity or suicide supervened the ap-
pointed end had been secured. But
the doom of others presents even great
or features Of horror. Imagine dark,
damp cell. measuring 10 by feet,
beneath the level Of the surrounding
waters, in which the chained man or
woman is condemned to lie In absolute
idleness, studiously isolated from any
intercourse with human beings.
"For ten minutes every second day
the miserable wretch Is allowed to see
the light and breathe the air In the pris-
on yard. For the rest intolsraole lone
Illness, absolute silence, occupation OF
not the smallest kind; no books, no
writing materials, no instruments OF
manual labor. Madness comes to such
gradually with the passing years. In
the majority of cases the mind rots
slowly in the enfeebling body. Suicide
and madness are the two great weap-
ons in which Russian autocracy puts
its trust"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
PlTH AND POINT.

Few things are as good as they look.
A little girl likes to take care Of a
baby, but it's different with boy.
People complain a good deal. Still,
they have a good deal to complain
about.
Don't be too sure of yourself. The
other fellow may only appear to be
fooled.
How often you hear the expression,
"He thinks no one has any rights but
himself"
II Il boy is healthy. two minutes aft
er he has reached home from school he
is eating something.
Some day the time comes to every
man when the most he can do for those
around him Is to be patient.
There are two kinds Of luck-good
luck for which you must work and bad
luck which appears unannounced. -
Atchison Globe.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
A Dampcncr.

81 don't know any sensation as hu-
initiating as that Of being told after
you have just finished your best
story, i've heard that before-but In
a different way, of course or I heard
that another way or some other po-
lite way Of saying Chestnut! said
a prominent lawyer IF there is any
thing that dumps cold water on the
story teller and the audience 1t is that
sort of thing. In some parts of the
country 1t would almost mean gun
play. l entirely agree with the old
Kentucky colonel who used to say,
No gentleman, sab, ever heard a story
befoh. SIR San Francisco Chronicle
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
Church Steeples.

The Rev. DR.. Forbes, secretary of the
board Of church extension Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, has recently
spoken as follows
"Steeples are relics Of barbarism and
were used to point to heaven when 1t
was thought the world was fat. Now
that 1t is known that the world is round
they point the wrong way and should
be demolished. There is enough mon
ey wasted in church steeples to pay
the debts Of the entire country. Pas
tors should get rid Of the bells and
chimes and use the money spent for
these articles to supply Sunday schools
with libraries. "-Church Economist
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
PREPARING RAW OPIUM.
How the Drug Is Taken From the
Poppy and Made Into Balls.

The preparation Of raw" opium In
north India is carried out as follows:
In February, as rule, the juice Is
gathered, the poppy plant being then In
full flower and Of a height Of three or
four feet, each stem having from two
10 five capsules of the size OF a ducks
ngg. Before the capsules are pierced
the fallen petals of the flowers are
carefully gathered and sorted accord
ing to condition In three grades and
then are heated over slow fire and
formed into thin cakes, to be used
for the covering of the drug when col
lected. The piercing Of the pods re-
quires great skill, and upon 1t largely
depends the yield. The opium farmer
and his assistants each carry a small
lance-llke tool, which has three or
four short, sharp prongs, and with
this half dozen perpendicular cuts
are made In each capsule or seed pod
of the poppy. The juice begins to flow
at once, but quickly congeals. The
day after the thickened juice is care
fully gathered, being scraped off with
a small iron trowel, and the mass thus
gathered is put into an earthen vessel
and kept carefully stirred for a month
or more, great care being taken to
have 1t we'll aired, but not exposed
to the sun. The material is now eI-
amined by expert testers, who deter
mine its grade or quality, and then
the whole is put into q large box,
where 1t is worked very much In the
same fashion as bakers dough to give
1t the required consistency. The
opium is now made into balls for ex-
port; the natives wade about In the
large vats containing the paste-like
drug and hand it out to hundreds of
ballmakers sitting around the room.
Every man has a spherical brass cup
lined with the poppy flower petals be-
fore him. Into this is pressed the reg
ulation quantity Of opium. From
this brass cup, when properly pressed,
the opium ball Is transferred to an
other man, who gives It coating OF
clay. This gives the drug, when ready
for shipment, the appearance of a fair
sized cannon ball When well pre-
pared In this manner. opium will keep
its properties for fifteen years or
more. Before It can be used the
opium balls have to be broken up and
further treated-Troplcal Agricultur-
Iet
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
A SWIMMING HORSE.
The Proper Way to Ride the Animal
In the Water.

The Proper way 10 hiue '"S
In the Water.
A military journal Of Paris gives this
account of the way horse should not
be ridden and of the way he should be
ridden in swimming stream:
To begin with, 1t must not be sup
posed that q horse always swims nat
urally and with ease the moment ne Is
off his feet In the water. The amman
under such circumstances has but one
notion-to keep his head out Of the wa
fer and to lift his shoulders as high as
possible.
In doing this his hind quarters SINK
and he finds himself almost standing
upon his tail, or at least In position
three quarters erect.
In such q position, If the rider draws
upon the reins or throws his body back
in the least, the animals hind quarters
will sink more and more, bis body Will
take q vertical position, and, Deatng
the water uselessly with his forefeet'
he will finally sink.
AS soon as the horse gets of his feet
In the water let the rider grasp hand
full of the animals name, leaning al
the same time we'll forward upon his
shoulders, but without touching the
horses head The riders knees should
be pressed tightly to the horses sides;
otherwise he is likely to be swept on
by the water. -,
This is the only position which will
enable a man to remain in the saddle
and the horse to swim at the same
time.
The reins must be held loosely and
each well to one side. If the horse Is to
be guided in the water give the loose
rein a little jerk In the direction de-
sired. But 1t is in the highest degree
important never to pull on the reins.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08

1t Is a curious paradox that, as a
rule, the large handed man loves small
things, details, exquisltely finished OBJ
jects and is microscopic in his tenden-
cies, willie he whose hands are small
delights In colossl of every sort, low
ing ostentation and display, immense
houses, majestic estates and all else
that is upon a great scale. His hand
writing is large and perhaps full OF
fourishes, while that Of the large hand
ed man Is small and precise.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08

In the case Of horses where the skin
has been abraded by the harness If the
CALLED region is left to itself the hair
will grow in, but be colorless, while II
oil Is applied freely to the abrasion
hair of a dark or normal color will be
produced, thus indicating that the
color is ordinarily due to the secretions
of the skin sinking down as sediment
TO the base Of the hair follicle. where
II Is absorbed by the shaft Of the hair.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
Making the Average.

At a woman's club meeting in New
York recently a woman who had made
a witty speech about men in general
was asked by one Of the members If
she could tell just what was the mean
ing of the expression, can average
man" "Of course can" she prompt
" replied. II think an average man Is
one who smiles and looks pleasant all
day at the office, but when he comes
home acts as cross as a bear with a
sore head, just so he can make up the
average"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08

DR.. Phaker-Take this prescription.
It Will either kill or cure you. Patient
But suppose it kills me? DR.. Phaker-
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. MY
motto Is, mo cure, no pay" so I'm tax
ing a chance as we'll as you.-Philadel-
phia Press
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
Iron Around 1t.

Finnegan - What ails yer face?
Flanagan-The Ould woman hit me
wild the Pavin's Of this mornin's meal
O. mush. Finnegan-Go long wild ye!
Sure. mush is too soft Flanagan
oh. she didn't stop to take it from the
pot!-Philadelphia Ledger.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
Man and Truth.

Archbishop Whately Of Dublin once
asked a young man how 1t happened
that truth, although always sedulous-
" sought after, Is so rarely found.
When the youth demurred giving his
answer, Whately said: an tell you
why; It is because men always prefer
getting truth on their side to being on
the side Of TRUTH
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
Notice tOCreditOrS
CoMMIssIONER's OFFICE,
Accomack g. H., Va,
. March 20, 1905.

To the creditors of John w.
Marsh, deceased, and all others
concerned: You are hereby
notified that, pursuant to decree
of the Circuit Court, | have
appointed the 10Th day of
April next, at my said office,
for receiving proof of all debts
and demands against the said de-
cedent or his estate; at which
time and place you are required
to attend and prove your claims.
Given under my hand the day
and year first above written.
S. 7. Ross,
Commissioner of Accounts.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
Her Henri.

Hilda-When you saw that he was
going to propose I suppose you pressed
both hands to your heart? Kate-Ihat
was impossible. My heart was In my
mouth at the time.-Boston Transcript.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08

Of" Stops for passengers on signal
or notice to conductor.
sc" Stops only to let on passengers
from Cape Charles and points South,
and take on passengers for points
North of Delmar.
"bn 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 p Cooke. J.G. Rodgers,
" Traffic Manager, Supt.
Norfolk, Va. Cape Charies' va
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-04-08
In Thine of Trial,

Daughter Cooking up from her
poveD-Papa, In time of trial what do
you suppose brings the most comfort
to q man? Papa-An acQuittal, 1
should think.