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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08
ThOUGHTLESs TRAPPERs.
Torture to Animals and "u'biesS
Destruction of Game.

Torturc to Animals and Hutbicss
Destruction of Game.
People who have not seen can form
no idea of the suffering trappers cause
nor of their ruthless destruction OF
game. Nothing escapes them. Even tne
SQUIRRELS are sacrificed to bait traps
for marten and fisher, and not only the
SQUIRRELS. but all kinds of birds. wheth-
er game or song bros,
In trapping mink, otter, beaver ana
n few other fur bearing animals the
trap Is nearly always set near the
water. where the animal when caught
can drown itself, thus ending its sur
fering.
Rut with bear. marten and fisher 1t Is
different. The bear must drag heavy
clog about until it catches In some root
or bush. There he must wait until the
trapper comes to kill him, and this IN
some cases is not for days. The bones
Of the leg are almost invariably broken
nv the trap, and the leg swells to In
credible size. One trapper In one day
shot nineteen large blue grouse merely
10 try a new rifle. The birds were nest
ing. he had no use for them. and not
one did he even bring to camp.
Years ago in British Columbia an old
trapper camped near our bear hunting
party. He shot everything he could
find. even little ducks and marmots. A
goat he killed fell over cliff, and as
II was harder to recover It than to shoot
another he shot another. He was
trapping beaver out Of season and
boosted Of having caught one that was
about to become a mother.
have seen the spot where bear
fast In a trap had been caught for more
than a week In a thicket through whicr
II was impossible to drag the trap ano
clog. I once knew an old French trap
per who shot seventy-three moose and
elk In one winter for bear bait for the
spring catch. l asked why he killed SC
many. He said that he wanted big
stink in the spring SO as to bring the
hears around. AL Of the animals Dc
had slaughtered for a spring stink were
shot with a revolver. for they were
snow bound and could not escape. H'
told me that he dropped five big elk II
one pile. This frightful destruction b,
trappers has exterminated the game
Worlds Work.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08
Gambling q Religious Duty.

Speaking of gambling" a mission
airy said, Il know Of a sect that re-
CARDS 1t as religious duty, like fast
ing or prayer. This sect is the Hindoos.
They one day In each year gamble like
mad from sunrise till sunset. The
day is the festival Of the lamps, a
day sacred to Lakshun. the goddess Of
wealth. A tremendous lot Of money
changes hands in Lakshun's honor. All
this gambling is done to test the inan-
cial success that will attend on each
person throughout the year. II gam
bier loses he knows year Of hard
luck Is ahead Of him. If he wins he
knows he may expect a twelyemonth
Of prosperity. Strange to say, a good
deal Of cheating accompanies this re-
ligious gambling"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08
LOST ON ARCTIC ICE.
The Trials of u Missionary In tho
Frozen North.

Frozen North.
The life of missionary in the arc
tic circle is one long adventure. Inc
greatest danger that has to be guard
ed against is the cracking OF the Ice
I once had a perilOus journey across
the ice.
Az the evening advanced we began
10 think about our sleeping quarters.
No snow, however, suitable for our
purpose could be found. A kind OK
small gully, with a slipping, CLASSY
looking side of ice, some fifteen feet
high, presented. however, possible
ascent to the land, on which we knew
plenty Of suitable snow could be founu'
So we made for the gully. The dogs
managed to climb some distance up
the ascent. but could get no farther.
Muneapik (our dog driver then made
holes In the ice with harpoon, when
gave us a kind of footing. We then
hauled away at the dogs traces and
finally succeeded In getting both dogs
and sledge up the incline. Beyond
the gully we built our house-a perfect
"Jack In the box" affalr-not more
than five feet high and some fifteen
feet in circumference Here the three
Of us-myself, my man and a boy
were closely packed together. l made
coffee with methylated spirit lamp,
the steam from the water finally turn
ing into kind of hOar frost.
In this way we Travelled about nine
ty miles In three days. At one time
a pack of hungry wolves attacked a
sledge. and the usefulness Of guns and
a good supply Of ammunition was
proved.
After supper we had prayer, and l
then managed, | hardly know how, to
get into my sleeping bag, where 1
slept pretty well through the night.
Durinc the last stage of the journey
on the ice nothing could be seen for a
long time on account Of a dense kind
Of hoar frost which rose In clouds from
the open sea. \ gale Of wind in such a
position probably would have carried
ice sledge and all Of us away. Our
driver and guide kept the dogs well in
hand. l felt half frozen and longed
to get a glimpse Of the land so as TO
find out our true position. Some three
hours afterward we jOyfully saw,
through a break in the mist, point OF
land.
Then we met some Eskimos who
with a few dogs were vending their
way over the gloomy waste looking for
seal holes. They took me to their
dwelling. right out on the frozen sea,
some FIVE miles from land. where was
welcomed to the comforts Of a snow
house.-Missionary Z. ]. Peck, of the
Farthest North Station and Bathn's
Bay, in Chicago Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08
Food Value of Cheese.

1t Is said that one pound Of cheese
Is equal in food value to more than two
pounds Of meat II Is very rich In pro-
teids and fat Considering this, 1t is
low In price when compared with meat
and ought to do good service to the
poor man in replacing occasionally the
regular diet of meat. In America cheese
Is looked upon more as a side dish and
luxury than in some parts Of Europe.
The Swiss peasant depends on 1t as a
staple second only to bread. while the
use of it in England and Germany Is
extensive.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08
Nnx Huried Yet.

"There has never been any decisive
action on that bill you introduce year
after year"
NO" answered the statesman. THAT
bill has been of such value In giving
me prominence that should rather re-
greet to see IL removed from active con-
troversy and buried In the statute
books" -Washington Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08
His Exact Meaning.

Bellefeld- What did you mean by
saying that Spiff1ns was a man of rare
intelligence That isn't the way In
which he Is usually regarded. Bloom
field mean that his CLEANS of intelli-
gence are so far apart as to be very
rare indeed.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08
WHY He COhhIed Shoes.

: Characteristic story is told about
pr. .'lrey, the pioneer missionary in
Indie. Who, before he left this country,
W. = shoemaker. or rather, as he him
sell . e il, a cObblcr.
lie n,ed to 20 about from village to
villa - preaching, for his soul was
filed 81 tie love of God. One day a
friend SIC TO him and said. "Mr. Ca
~, ~ # to speak to you very seri-
1"5ly." 'r',I." said Mr. Carey, what
* lt?" III friend replied: by your
going about preaching as yOn do you
are neglecting your business. If you
only attended to your business more
you would he all right and would soon
ct on and prosper, but as 1t is you are
simply neglecting your business"
~Ncgleeting my busness?" sal Carey,
~ ing at him steaC,y. MY usiness
1, % extend the kin lon Of God. l
OIL cobble shoes to ~ g. uses"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08

a First Essay In Housekeeping.
Mr.. Jones-What is it, my pet? MIS-.
Jones-This rabbit (sob)-Tve been
plucking 1t (sob}-all the afternoon, and
IL Isn't half done yetAPunch.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08

It's g .l'' yoGNG mans day, we are
told - cry age !, IA the young
mans |is a ;Fc you1:; man be better
than ia. ':ut the veterans form
sturdy Aliens in every walk of
life -:.,rt the world. In the SEN
, -. III the uench, in literature, in
the armies and uavies. in art, In sci
ence, in finance, al the universities, on
the public platform, lie patrar ,hs lead
as they ever have led. Mexico, which
was not so long ago the most turbulent
state In the world. is governed by
man of seventy-five. In the United
States the king of the financiers Is
man bordering on seventy. These
men, how do they keep fit? Not by
long holidays and Spartan "cures," but
by hard work and rational attention to
health. PalmcrstOn to the end Of his
days did all his work standing at
desk which he had had specially made.
When he first became undersecretary
for foreign affairs he was so over
worked that If he sat at table to
write he fell asleep; hence he took to
standing, because, he used to say, If
he fell down that awOke bin
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08
Undertaking.

ENTLEME Nlwho have been over
VI the county tell me that, as an
Undertaken, am as well or better
fitted out than any other person in the
county. My hearse and funeral car
will compare favorably with any on
the Shore.
| carry a full line of Collins and Cas-
kets, ranging in price as follows Cof-
fins from $500 to $500; Caskets from
SIS 90 to $780,
In my office have both the Acco-
mac and Northampton. and the D1a-
mond State phones All persons wish
ing to communicate with Inc by phone
concerning the purchase OF collins or
caskets can do so at my expense. !
have deposited money with both the
above mentioned companies for said
purpose
Embalming especially guaranteed.
J. S. BUNTING,
Temperanceville, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-09-08
North-Bound Trains.

gin addition to the above trains the Cape
Charles Accommodation leaves Delmar daily
except Sunday at 7.30 a. m. Salisbury 40 g. m.'
arriving Cape Charles 1880 a. m.
sos D. M, Salisbury 1886 p. M, arriving Delmar
1000 D. m.
R. B. COOKE. J. u: RODGERS,
Traffic Manager. superintendent
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-26
SUICIDE WAC RICH.
Wenan Victim sf san Trancisee Dis
 asteP Slightly Demented!

Wenan Victim sf San Fraacisee Dis aster Slightly Demented! LOS ANGELES. Cal. Dec. c6.-A
 story of remarkable interest Is behind the suicide of Mrs. Mary Elsie Balfour
 fifty-nve years Of age. whose body wa,
 dragged from the depths of Eastlakt Park lake. where she had thrown her self. The woman lived alone in |
 shanty and was seen to enter the park
 unaccompanied.
 In the suicides handbag on a torn envelope there was scrawled in an al
 most illegible hand M. E. Balfour, All Turner street. My will is in the little trunk on the table. I want to be ere. mated.'
 Following the directions, the will was found. In 1t the woman disposes of large amounts of money. which she gives to relatives and the poor. It provides that after the expenses of cremating her body are defrayed her money in the Hibernia bank of San Francisco shall be distributed among the poor of San Francisco, preferably to fire victims. Funds in the Copen- hagen bank are willed to the citizens of Copenhagen and Nest Bed, the latter place being referred to as the birth place of the woman.
 An amount in the German bank of San Francisco and all other moneys are willed to the woman's cousins, Ju- Illus and Carl Lorentzen of Copenhagen and Peter and Henry Lorentzen of Nest Bed. She bequeaths considerable jewelry to her sister, Edwardine Neil sen of Nest Bed The mayors of Copen- hagen and Nest Bed are designated as executors of that portion of her estate, and they are directed to give it to the poor. The will indicates that the wo- man passed through the San Francisco disaster and that the ordeal had af- fected her mind
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-26
WRIGHT WINS LIBERTY.

Was In Pennsylvania Asylums Ten Years-Always Sane, He Says. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26.-After spending ten years in Pennsylvania asylums for the insane Theodore Wright, once prominent in business and social circles here, was released from the institution at Burn Brae, Pa. He protested ;al these years that he was sane and fought steadily for re lease. Now he is out on probation.
 When he was taken to an asylum Mir. Wright was president of the Wini- fred Railroad and Coal Company of Virginia. His grandfather, Peter Wright, was founder of the famous ship brokerage firm of Peter Wright & Sons. Theodore had an interest in the business and was rated as a wealthy man.
 As he neared the age of fifty MT. Wright became subject to hallucina- tions, his family say. They decided that it was dangerous to allow him at liberty. Mrs. Wright and their son, Minturn B., asked that an inquiry be made into his sanity. The physicians agreed with the family that Mir. Wright should be confined in an asy- lum.
 The decision was so unexpected, Mir. Wright afterward said, that he hardly knew what it was all about until he was safely inside the walls of the Pennsylvania asylum. There was no escape then. By peculiar phase of the law the inmate of an asylum must wait until a member of his family pe- titions the court for his release.
 Mir. Wright wrote in vain to hun dreds of lawyers and jurists in this and other cities begging them to take up his case. He told them that it was all terrible mistake; that he was per fectly sane, but all in vain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-26
Cheapest Store On Earth. 8I East Main St.
 Tel. call 244.2.
NOTICE.

F The Bureau of Assessment of theI City of Waterbury, in the matter of the assessment and determination of| benefits and damages accruing to all parties interested by the layout of, James street, from Bank street to Poplar street, and the establishing of a grade on said street, between the aforesaid points, as the same was accepted by the Board of Aldermen. September 10. 1906, approved Sep-l tember 12, 1906, made report to tl,o, Board of Aldermen, setting forth, that they caused reasonable notice to be given to all persons interested in sthe proposed public improvement, ini all respects pursuant to the provis ! ions of the charter of said city. to ap-I pear before them and be hoard inl reference thereto, and that they bei fully heard at the time and place specified in said notice all persons who appeared before them. i And thereupon, they did assess and determine that the city of Wa terbury pay to each of the followingJ named persons in full of all damages accruing to them by reason of ths proposed public improvement the sums written. opposite their names respectively. to wit:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-26
:" WAY up under the arctic circle
 is Santa Claus Land. 1t is the land of ice and snow, of

WAY up under the arctic circle
 Is Santa Claus Land. 1t Is
 the land of ice and snow, of
 sleds and reindeer, of queer little huts in which live queer little people, the Eskimos. There can be no doubt that this is Santa Claus Land. because the old saint who comes down to the warmer and more lovely lands sDf all the world every Christmas eve and leaves many gifts for the children 4s himself dressed in heavy skins and ifurs, just as the Eskimos dress, and he rides in an arctic sled drawn by bwift little reindeer.
 Santa Claus Land is very unlike ours It has no pretty gardens in summer nor my green fields or forests On the contrary, it is always bleak and bar ren. The winters are very long and very cold. In the northernmost parts the sun is seldom seen in winter, the night being nearly six months long. The people dwell in huts built of ice and snow during the winter and in
 
 and reindeer during the summer. The reindeer supplies them with their only means of rapid transit during the long arctic night when the sledge dogs grow sullen and drowsy. It travels in the darkness as we'll as in daylight and gives rich milk. which may be made into butter or cheese When slaughtered the reindeer's meat is eat en, and his hide is made into clothing for the Eskimos or stretched over poles and dried for use in making tents.
 All the people of Santa Claus Land men, women and children-are clothed in reindeer skins or sealskins. In summer they wear one suit and in win ter two suits. All wear big hoods. call ed parkas. of fur. and in these hoods the mothers sometimes carry their ba- bies. In certain parts of the frozen regions the babies are carried on their mothers backs, next to the skin. for warmth, while elsewhere it is the GUS tom to carry the infant about in one of the big deerskin or sealskin boots of the mother.
 Reindeer. sure footed and feet. are the motive power for freight and pas- senger trains in the great white north. They can travel from 70 to 100 miles a day, drawing laden sleds. In Alaska. which is Uncle Sans section of Santa Claus Land. there is reindeer mall and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-26
special Service. at Frisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26.-with great pomp and elaborate ceremonial and with special music the sanctuaries of San Francisco celebrated Christmas day. It was no ordinary Christmas for San Francisco. Half of the churches have been rebuilt on less pretentious lines since the disaster of last April. But that was the only change. The same spirit animated the churchgoers as filled them year ago, when none dreamed of what was in store for the city. This fact was brought out in many of the Christmas sermons.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-26
The Greatest Holiday Offer

was ever made. Dolls, Go-Carts, 23cy Carriages. Boys Wagons. from 100 up to $6; Boys and Girls Sleds. 23o up to $6.ss: Flexible Flyers. Nos. l, P. 3, I, and 6. We are selling Ma- bel Blue Dolls for YSc. Sold every. where at $160. Magic Lanterns. sso up. Iron Banks, Trains with Sta. tions and Signals. 25c up. Mechanic cal Toys of all kinds. Boys Skates 45c up; Girls 65c up. Carving Sets. 4sc up. Rocking Horses for the babies. 45c up to s1.00. Watches for 69c. Rogers Knives. Forks and Spoons at one-half off.
 CALL AND SEE US AND GET
 OUR PRICES.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-26

to reach the hut. or igloo, of an Eskimo family
 Eskimo children, however, are by no means lacking in merriment. They have their games, quite different from ours, yet played with just as much zest. One of their favorite games is football, though they play it in a man. ner quite different from the American college method The children get 9 biz old glove or boot. stuff it with waste fur or bits of skin. sew up the opening and kick and cuff the crude ball about over the frozen snow in great glee. Eskimo children also in dulge In coasting. They use no little sleds. however. but simply slide down the steep snow banks on their knees, which are well protected by the thick deerskin brooches worn by all. Some times they tumble over and go down headforemost, but there is seldom any injury to their little bodies, owing to the remarkable thickness and softness of their garments.
 Sometimes the Eskimo men step out side the hut into an atmosphere many degrees below zero and enjoy a wres. ting match, which keeps them warm enough, no doubt. Inside the hut the men and women squat around the fire telling tales handed down from ancient times or singing quaint songs of folk lore.
 The Eskimo children, except at one or two points in Alaska. go to no school But from their infancy they are schooled in the various items of daily labor which it is necessary for all of them to know. They learn how to gather and dry moss, to catch the scant driftwood that comes their way and to extract blubber. These three things are their only fuel. The boys learn how to fish and hunt and the girls. in crude way. how to cook. One of the chief duties of the women is to tend the soapstone lamps, which both light and heat the huts in which the Eskl- mos live. These must be we'll fed with hunks of blubber. The little girls learn lamp tending when they are scarcely old enough to toddle.
 Later they become proficient in the curing of walrus meats and the drying of fish. The girls also learn how to prepare the feathered skins of certain birds for fashioning into soft and com fortable underclothing.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-26
ADMIRAL NEBoGATOFF.
of extenuatiI

long and otherwise blameless careers ! of these officers the court will petition the emperor to commute their sen ! tences to ten years imprisonment in 6 1 fortress.
 Four other officers are sentenced tc short terms of imprisonment in for. tress, while the remainder are acquit. ted of the charges brought against them.
 The trial of Rear Admiral NebogatofI and the officers of his squadron began in St. Petersburg on Dec. 5. The ac. cused were divided into three catego- ries:
 First.-Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and the commanders of the battleships. Second.-The officers who advocated the surrender.
 Third.-The officers who did not en- deavor to prevent the surrender.
 The first group of officers was tried under that paragraph of the navy regu- lations which provides for the punish ment by death of any commander of a squadron or ship who surrenders with out fight when he could save his crew or infict damage upon the enemy.
 The sentences passed upon Rear Ad- miral Nebogatoff and the three com manders are similar to those handed down in the cases of the naval officers who were condemned by court mar tial for surrendering the torpedo boat destroyer Bedovi to the Japanese. These sentences were coupled with a similar recommendation to the em- peror for mercy, and such intercession generally has proved successful.
 Lieutenant General Subbotich, ex- governor general of Turkestan, has by an imperial order been discharged from the army in further punishment for al- legged all round laxness displayed by him as governor general of Turkestan, from which he was removed Oct. @.
 The assassin of Count Ignatieff has been identified as student named Fid- Ter, who was one of the leaders of last years insurrection at Moscow. At that time he was bound over in $5,0OO bail for good behavior, and this sum will now revert to the treasury.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-26

express sled, which travels ninety five miles day all through the winter.
 The reindeer was introduced into Alaska only about dozen years ago by the Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, who, under the authority of the United States government, brought a small herd from northern Siberia. Since then Dr. Jackson has brought thousands of reindeer into Alaska, and they have multiplied rapidly.
 They are now very generally employ ed in carrying the mail, in the trans. portation of supplies and in carrying passengers between the various min