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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
THE AGILE TIGER.
4e IL "shod with Silence" and II ms
Quick ns Lightning.

Most wild animals are specialists
that is to say, they are highly develop
ed in one particular direction. The
tiger is great as n stalker. HIS rect
seem TO be "shod with silence" X. Ii.
Elliot. for many years a resident OF
India. cited an experience of one OF MS
nclehbors Illustrative Of this point.
He had been much annoyed by tigers
and at last tied bullock out In clear
ing and took up his own position IN Il
tree 70 wait till the tiger should come
after the bait. The ground was COW
cred with dried leaves, which In hot
weather are so brittle that even the
walking of a bird over them can De
heard for a good distance.
In no very long time a large tiger
slipped out OF the forest and slowly
edged toward the bullock. His method
was 50 elaborate and careful that the
man who saw it used to declare that
Il would have been worth 1000 rupees
70 any young sportsman to have VIII
messed II.
So carefully did he put down eacn
nav and so gradually did he crush the
leaves under it that not SOUND was
70 he heard. Between him and the Dui
lock was n stump about four feet high
with long projecting surface roofs
This. plainly, the tiger looked upon u
godsend. -,
He got upon one Of the roots bal
onced himself carefully and so was
able to walk quickly and silently ~
far rs the stump. lie approached 81
gradually and nOlselessly and his col
or against the brown leaves was 81
invisible that he was close upon TN
bullock before he was perceived.
Then instantly the bullock charged
The tiger eludcd him and In momen
more had his paws on the bullock
neck ready to drag him down. Ihen
like n fash. he caught sight OF IN
! rope by which the bullock was te'
and turned and sprang into the forest
) all SO quickly that the man in the tire
| had no opportunity TO fire.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
SIZE OF A THUNDERBOLT.
GeoIogistS Have n System by "hich
such Measures Are Taken

Such Measures Are Taken
"Dd YOU ever see the diameter OF
lightning fash measuredT asked
qeolorist well here IS the case which
once inclosed n fash Of lightning, fitted
Il exactly. so that you can see how Dig
# was. This is called 'fulgarite,' or
lightning hole and the material 1t Is
made Of is glass.
"When a bolt of lightning strikes
bed of sand 1t plunges downward INTO
the sand for distance less or greater
transforming simultaneously into glass
the silica in the material through which
II masses. Thus by its great heat It
forms n glass tube Of precisely its own
size.
"Now and then such tube, known
as fulgarite, is found and dug up
Fulgarites have been followed into the
sand by excavations for nearly thirty
feet. They vary in interior diameter
from the size Of a quill to three inches
mr. more. according to the bore OF the
fash. But fulgaritcs are not produced
alone in sand. They are found also IN
solid rock. though very naturally OF
slight depth. and frequently existing as
thin. CLASSY covering on the surface
"Such fulgarites occur in astonishing
abundance on the summit Of Little Ara
rat in Armenia. The rock Is so SOFT
and porous that blocks foot long can
be obtained, perforated In all direc-
tons by little tubes filed with bottle
green glass formed from the FUSED
rock.
"Some wonderful fulgarites were
found by Humboldt on the high Nevada
de ToIuca. in Mexico Masses OF the
rock were covered with thin layer OF
green glass. Its peculiar simmer II
the sun led Humboldt to ascend the
precipitous peak at the risk of his lire
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
ABSOLUTE ZERO.
The Line as Unvarying ms the Point
ing of the Pole Needle.

The Line as Unvarying ms the Point
ing of the Pole Needle.
The zero of absolute temperature has
long been indicated as mysterious and
important point in two ways. The hrst
Is the contraction of gases, which In all
known gases operates uniformly as the
temperature is lowered. AS long as
they retain the gaseous state gases
shrink in volume so uniformly with
each added degree Of cold that an ex-
act. unvarying line of diminishing vol
ume Is established. This line Is as IN
varying as the pointing Of the needle TO
the north pole. 1t cannot be explained
any more than the action Of the needle
can be explained. AS every gas Is
cooled, however, degree by degree 1t
points unerrlngly by the law OF dlmln-
ishing proportions to a point at wnlcn
It's volume would be nothing If tho
shrinkage continued, since the proper
ton Of loss of volume never varies, the
gas would shrink to nothingness. 1t
could not do so, Of course, and all
gases sooner or later fall out OF the line
by becoming liquid, when the law
ceases to operate, and the proportion OF
contraction in volume ceases to be the
same. AS long as they remain gases,
however-and the law Is precisely the
same In all gaseS-they mechanically
point their fgurative fingers in one d.
rection, and all these fgurative fingers
indicate a point which is 461 degrees
below the zero Of the Fahrenheit Their
mometer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
HIS FUNERAL SERMON.
A Clergyman's Experience In WHO
BackwOOds District.

The other day a clergyman suddenly
was called upon to so to a bacKwoous
district in a neighboring state 10 reau
the funeral service over the body or a
friend who had died while on visit TO
the farm which he had left many years
400 rs small boy. 1t was wild re-
gion. Within miles of the abandoned
farm there was no church and only one
small "red schoolhOuse," where there
was teaching for three months In the
winter. 1t was primitive community
and the people came to the funeral over
roads unmended and leading through
woods which had grown up in what
were once cultivated fields. All the
best blood of the region had been
drawn away into the cities. The people
who remained were the survival OF
the unfittest."
In his hurry to catch the train which
should take him to the nearest railroad
station the clergyman caught up his
l,ymnal instead of his prayer book, and
when he came to conduct the funeral
service found that he must go over the
Episcopal burial service from memory
as best he could. So, without a book
he repeated from memory the beau
tiful words Of that service. the whole
thing having, to the eyes of the assem-
bled farmers, the appearance of an ex'
temporaneous effort on the parsons
part. Now, the lessen always read al
such services is that magnificent essay
on death by st. PAUL Corinthians
XIV, 20-beginning, Now is Christ riser
from the dead and become the frs
fruits of them that slept" 1t is the
longest single part of the service, anG
the congregation listened breathlessly
to it. After the funeral a delegation OF
farmers and their wives came to the
clergyman, and the spokesman said:
That was the best funeral sermon
we ever heard. We want to thank you
for it,"
They thought it was original
Yes" replied the astonished clergy
man; 1T has been preached before an(
has always been considered rather
good. l am glad you liked it,"
Now he is sending Bibles out into THU
'heathen town" and collecting none!
for missionary work there. "a people
so appreciative of the words OF st
Paul" says the clergyman, Ought real
" to have an occasional chance to rea(
them and hear tbem."-New Yorl
Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
A Tricky Actor.

Lemaitre, the French actor, was al
ways head over heels in debt despite an
enormous salary and was always kept
busy devising means by which he
could raise money. One evening an
hour before the curtain was to rise up
on a new play a well known pawnbro-
ker entered the private office Of the d.
rector Of the Theatre Francois.
Here is a pawn ticket for you, sir"
"For meY" exclaimed the astonished
director.
eyes, monsieur. 1t Is for 10000
francs, and I hold NJ. Lemaitre as Sc
curity. He cannot leave my place until
have been paid"
And the pawnbroker was telling the
truth The director had to pay this
amount before he could get his star.
Lemaitre and the pawnbroker divided
the spells.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
knight of the Middle Ages.

Love found ready victims in the
knights and troubadours Of the middle
ages. Ulr;ch Won Lichtenstein, me
diaeval German cavalier, loved a wo-
man with all the intensity Of luna
tic. He used to roam over hills and
valleys In quest Of other knights. whom
be challenged to duels IL they dared to
doubt that his Dulcinea was the fair
est of the fair. On one occasion he
amputated one of his fingers and pre-
scented it to his patroness as a proof OF
the torture he could endure for her
sweet sake. And meanwhile his wife
pined alone in her chateau in the for
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
A New Thing In History.

We have arrived at stage OF human
evolution that must be almost unprece-
denied in history. A large portion OF
mankind-and just that portion which
corresponds with the part that has
hitherto created the events Of which
we know with some certainty-ls grad
ually forsaking the religion in which 1t
has lived for nearly twenty centuries.
For a religion to become extinct is no
new thing. 1t must have happened
more than once in the night of time,
and the analysts Of the end of the Ro1
man empire make us assist at the
death Of paganism. But until now men
passed from q crumbling temple into
one that was building; they left one
religion to enter another, whereas we
are abandoning ours to go nowhere.
That is the new phenomenon, with the
unknown consequences, in which we
ive.-Maurice Maeterlinck in Atlantic.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
Table of Presidency In England.

Table of Presidency In England.
The sovereign.
The queen cOnsOrt.
The Prince Of Wales.
The Princess Of Wales.
The princess royal dhe Duchess OF
Fife.
The children of the sovereign.
The sovercign's brothers.
The sOvereign's nephews.
Foreign ambassadors.
The archbishop Of Canterbury.
The lord high chancellor.
The archbishop Of York.
The prime minister of England.
The l2rd chancellor Of Ireland.
The lord president Of the council.
The officers of state if of the rank or
a duke.
The lord great chamberlain.
The earl marshal.
The lord steward.
The lord chamberlain.
After these come the dukes accord
ing TO their creation. Che Duke of Nor
folk standing at their head, although
he takes rank above his dukedom, be-
ing earl marshal of England. - New
York Globe
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
Our Tremendous Drink Bill.

According to figures furnished by the
Government bureau Of statistics, there
ore consumed in the United States III
one year about 100000 barrels OF
beer 9S.OOO.0OO gallons Of proof spirits
and 3O.5OO.OO0 gallons of wine. These
turntables. sold at retail, take out OF
the pockets of consumers in a single
twelyemonth the sum of $1,454, 110,S0S.
It is a good deal of money, and one IS
temnted TO consider what it could ac-
complish II it were put to really useful
nurposes instead of being practically
thrown away.
It would provide 100000 families, or
2.5OO,OOO people, more than the entire
population of the states Of New Hamp-
shire Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine,
North Dakota and Montana, with com
Portable homes. clothing and provisions
for twelve whole months. To each
family it would give $3.50 for pro-
Visions $50 for clothing, $50 for shoes,
$50 for newspapers, magazines ana
books. so for church and charitable
PURPOSES. and would build for each
family house costing $500. with
$3.50 TO furnish II. thus bestowing up
on each one Of the 100000 families
$3.50. and leaving balance of S234,-
10000 to erect 52.SlS churches, each
costing $5OOO.-PearsOn's Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
He STOPPED to Conquer.

English newspapers tell Of young
cabman in Birmingham who by his re-
sembance to her dead son attracted the
fancy of wealthy old woman. She be
queathed him a fortune on condition
that he became an educated gentleman.
The cabman studied the classics enough
TO fit himself for oxford or Cambridge,
but doubted whether he knew enough
of the manners of young gentlemen to
conduct himself properly in their soci-
ETY.. SO, putting pride in his pocket, be
obtained a place as scout" or servant,
at one Of those seats Of learning and
profted so much by what he saw and
observed in this humble position that
when he eventually proceeded to the
other university as student he was
able to pass credltably.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
Ordinance Of Town Of Belle Heven.

At meeting of the Town Council
of Belle Haven, Virginia, held at the
office of the Mayor thereof on the 9Th
day of January, 1906, the following
ordinance was passed unanimously
Be it enacted by the Town Council
of the Town of Belle Haven, Virginia,
That the following described territory
living within the corporate limits OF
the said Town of Belle Haven, Vir-
ginia, be stricken off and left out OF
aid corporation :.
FIRST. All that part of said Town of
Belle Haven situated within the
County of Northampton.
Second. All that part OF said Town
OF Belle Haven situated within the
County of Accomac, lying between
the present limits and confines of said
corporation and thefollowingdescribed
boundary: Beginning on the line be-
tween the Counties of Accomac and
Northampton at that division of a GER
tain Branch leading around the land
of William Upshur, colored, thence
following said spur of said Branch to
the county road leading from Belle
Haven to Wardtown; thence north
east from where said Branch crosses
said road, opposite the house of the
said William Upshur, colored, follow
! ing a certain ditch through the lands
of John R. Floyd and Seymour B.
Ward, across La Rue Street, on
through the lands of Solomon Byrd to
a point where said ditch connects with
another ditch separating the lands of
John T. B. Hyslop and Edw. o. Kel-
liam; thence eastward, following said
ditch across the MAN county road or
street, on through the field Of Woodie
w. Brickhouse to the woods mot
thicket) of the said Brickhouse; thence
at right angles southwark to the head
of certain ditch on the west edge Of
the seaside County cross-road, thence
along the west edge of said seaside
county cross-road to certain Hickory
tree on the corner of the lancs be-
longing to n. A. Smith; thence in
enthusiastically direction to The line
dividing she Counties of Accomac and
Northampton, thence west ward fol-
lowing said line to point of beginning:
the above defined line constituting
the new boundaries of said Town Of
Belle Haven after the contraction of
the territory and the striking out OF
those portions above named.
Further, be it enacted, that this or
dinance be published in the PENN
sula Enterprise" newspaper pub
lished at Accomac @. H., Virginia,
and be posted iE at least ten public
places in the territory TO be stricken
off, and that copies of this ordinance
be served on the Boards of Supervi-
sors of the said Counties of Accomac
and Northampton.
Given under our hands this 9Th day
of January, 1906.
S. B. Ward, Mayor.
w. G. Emmett, Recorder.
A copy, Teste:
w. G.. Emmett. Recorder.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
Are There Too Many Churchesf

America has too many churches.
Towns which might be well admins
tered spiritually by one clergyman or
two have six, eight or ten. No one OF
the six or more congregations can pay
for a good preacher. Few Of them can
pay all the cost of any preacher, how
ever poor. Nor can any one Of them
pay for all the time Of their spiritual
leader. So only very young men are to
be had. and the demands upon their
time cover so wide territory that
preaching must be almost their exclu-
sive occupation and pastoral duties be
almost entirely disregarded. One Of
the clergymen observes tersely and
Justly, mo business could flourish by
that method, and few churches can
Washington Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
Afraid of Strong rlediclnes.

Many people suffer for years ! rom m
rheumatic pains, and prefer to 90 SO
rather than take the strong medicines
usually given for rheumatism, not
knowing that quick relief from, PAIN
NAV be had simply by applying
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and without
taking any medicine internally. Rev.
Amos Parker, of Magnolia, North
Carolina, suffered for eight years with
a lame hip, due to severe rheumatic
pains. He has been permanently
cured by the free application Oh
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. For sale by
B. S. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, All County Agencies.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10

VIRGINIA:-In the circuit court
for the county of Accomack, in the
vacation of the said court. on the 7th
day of December, A. D., 1905.
Francis E. Kellam, ........ Plaintiff,
against
William Lucas. ...........D Defendant.
In Assumpsit.
The object of this suit is to recover
against the defendant, William Lucas,
the sum of S20O.00 and costs of suit.
Affidavit having been made before
the Clerk of said Court that William
Lucas, the defendant in the above en-
titled cause, is a nonresident of the
State of Virginia, on the motion OF
the plaintiff, by his attorney, it Is
ordered that he, the said nonresident
defendant, do appear here within If
teen days after due publication of this
order and do what is necessary to pro-
tect his interests; and that this order
be published once a week for four
successive weeks in the Peninsula
Enterprise, a newspaper published at
Accomack @. H., Virginia, and also
posted at the front door of the court
house of the said county on the Third
Monday in January, A. D., 1905.
sTeste: John d. Grant, Q. Z.
A Copy
Teste: John D. Grant, G. G.
s. James burlington, p. q.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
Cast Iron.

Cast iron Is extended the five thou
sand five hmdredth part Of its length
for every ton OF direct strain per square
inch of its section. Its elasticity is fully
excited when extended the one-thou-
sandth part, and the limit Of its elias
ITCHY IS estimated to be found at the
time when it is extended the one thou
sand two hJndredth part of its length
The tensile strength of the longest piece
Of cast iron ever tested was 4o,9iO
hounds to the square inch.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10

The English were taught the uses OF
hops by a native Artois, who intro
duced them into England In 1924. They
met with some hostility, for physicians
represented them as unwholesome, and
parliament was petltioned against them
ms "wicked weed" In 1923 their use
was prohibited under severe penalties.
Henry VIII. appears to have been pref
udiced against hops, for In manu-
script, dated Ethan, January, 1880, oc-
ours an injunction to his brewer mot to
put hops or birthstone" into the ale.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
Value of the Average Man.

Genius is phenomenon; the average
man Is a law. He has seen Shake
speares and Goethes and Napoleons
and Wag1 y rise and fall, and he
goes on ca ~, knowing that 1t is he
and not the 10 are the race. Despise
him. kick as you will, the last
word is wit n. He is natures IA
vorite. Like 81 true mother, she loves
her dull boy best A Shakespeare was
too much f r her, but she saw to 1t
that his faculty persisted with him. He
died, a wonder among men, and his
family reverted to the average. Lest
the abhorred thing should reappear in
the course Of generations the family
presently died out. The case is typical.
1t is almost q commonplace Of the sci
ence Of heredity that the appearance
Of extraordinary talent In any branch
Of a family means the extinction Of
that branch.-London Standard.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
Some North German superstitions.

If you are superstitious there are
many things you must not do. In north
Germany you must not spin during the
twelve nights Of Christmas. lest you
should walk after your death, nor aft
er sunset on Saturday, for then mice
will eat your work. Speaking Of eat
ing If you want to have money and
luck all the year round you must not
fail to eat behring's on New Years
day. nor, if you wish to be lucky, must
you rock an empty cradle, or spill salt
wantonly, or cross knives, or point at
the stars. If you leave a dirty cloth on
the table overnight you will make the
angels weep; If you point upward to
the rainbow you will make the angels
feet bleed, and if you talk Of cabbages
while looking at the moon you will
hurt the feelings Of the man In 1t, who
was a cabbage stealer in his salad days.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
Sensible Advice

A writer who had made n good bit or
money at a single shake Of the bag
went to Charles Reade for advice as to
WELL" said Rtade, Il
should say put it in the best gilt edged
securities. Divide it among the first
class bonds of the first class nations.
It's better to sleep on per cent than
b. Ito o1,-ol,o IN ~
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
The Obstacle.

81 came near clipping once" said the
sweet young thing.
"Indeed!'
"Yes. We had quite made up our
minds"
"Who?
Papa and I, but l could not find a
man who would elOpe with me-"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
AUnroDriate.

Charles-I don't see how Blank can
make any money out of that tobac-
conist business of his. He's always
smoking the best cigars himself. Fred
oh. that's his method Of advertiSingl
Charles-How so? Fred-Why, putting
his goods.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
One Sure Method.

There is a story Of medical student
before a board Of examiners to whom
the question was put again and again
Of how he would produce perSpiration
In q patient. He proposed all sorts Of
things, to which one impOrtuna,e ex-
aminer always replied:
"Well, and If that would not doT'
At last the poor young man, driven to
his wits end, exclaimed, Il would send
him before this board to be examined,
and warrant that would make him
perspire."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
breaking Her In.

Husband (newly married)-Don't you
think. love, If I were to smoke it would
spoil the curtains? Wife-Ah, you are
really the most unselGSh and thought
ful husband to be found anywhere.
Ccrtainlv It would. Husband-Well,
then take the curtains down.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
The Living.

Sis-Why did you throw up your sit
uation, Ernest? Brother-Because
am going to get married. Sis-But
what will you live on-love? Brother
oh, no! We are going to live on my
loves father
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10

All our misery. all our pain. is trace
able to ignorYnce and misuse of our
forces. Enlightenment is the sover-
eign cure alike for physical and moral
lIls-Horati0 W Dresser.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
His HapDiest Hour.

He-Do you remember the night l
asked you to marry me? She-Yes'
dear. He-For a whole hour we sat
there and not a word did you speak.
All. that was the happiest hour of my
fe,-Translated For Tales From Echo
de Paris.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
"RobbinE Peter to Pay Paul"

This saying had It's origin in the
rivalry between st. Peters cathedral,
now Westminster abbey. and st.
PauPs, when, in 1850, an appropria-
ton was made from st. Peters to
make good a deficiency in the accounts
Of st. Paurs. Much opposition was
shown to this, and was for the time
@ popular cutlery. by rob Peter to
pay Paula" The ing was revived
as q proverb upc re death of Will
liam Pitt, earl Of c IAN, in 177S. The
city Of London n ed that so Illus
trious a statesmen Juld be buried at
st. Paurs, while r.. lament held that
the remains Of so Z It leader should
be placed with til, lust Of kings and
that to bury him away from the Abbey
Of Westminster would be again O rob-
bling Of Peter to pay Paul.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-02-10
Safety.

He-Why does this theater have Its
orchestra concealed? She-Whyf Just
wait until you hear it play.