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OUR LANGUAGE UNIFORM.
While Great Britain. For Instance,
Has Many Different Languages.

1t has been observed that the Ian
guage spoken in the United States is
remarkably uniform. True, there are
many dialects, but Great Britain, less
in area than any one of half dozen Of
our states, contains such very differ
ent languages as English, Welsh and
the Gaelic of the Scottish highlands, to
say nothing of the provincial dialects
Of Cornwall and Yorkshire and the
UNIQUE speech of the London cOckney,
while in this country, with its vast ex-
panse Of territory, its settlement by
Spanish, French Dutch and Swedish
colonists and its millions of immigrants
drawn from nearly every country, large
and small, all over the world, there is
far greater uniformity of speech than
in any other land Of equal area and
population.
The causes can be readily seen. The
public schools have made US a nation
Of readers, and the press has supplied
books and papers without limit. Press
associations have done their part to-
ward giving a uniform and fairly good
tone to the newspaper language Of the
day. The telegraph, the telephone and
cheap postage have brought distant
parts Of the country into quick and
easy communication, and so have aid
ed in teaching a common language.
The railroad has penetrated every cor
ner Of the land and made us nation
Of travellers. Countless human shut
ties thus are thrown daily across the
land in every direction, carrying with
them the threads Of thought and speech
and doing their part to make one pat
tern Of the whole No doubt our maps,
which still present so many different
kinds of names, will in time lose the
strangeness and the foreign air" that
are so noticeable now.-H. NJ. kingery
In st. Nicholas.
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UNCLE SANS WASTE PAPER.
II Brings Him In "A Trifie of About
$4,000 n Year.


Economy is said to consist In the
care Of trifles, and Of this the waste
paper department Of the United States
governments stationery office anords
an excellent example.
An official Of this department While
In New York recently gave an interest
ing account Of the system.
mo less than $4,000 is saved an
nually by the government waste paper
basket" he said. 1T was not so very
long ago that the waste paper Of the
government offices was an unrecog-
nlzed perQuisite of the heads of depart
ments and many of the minor OIL
Gals, with the result that no small
quantity of good stationery was
thrown away, and in some cases large
amounts of government property We're
Systematically Incorporated. MOI
only was this the case, but papers OF
an important and confidential charac-
ter found their way into the hands OF
outsiders, sometimes with very I'M
pleasant consequences.
"a visit to the waste paper depart
ment would forcibly illustrate to you
the enormous amount Of correspond
ence and clerical work with which the
various government offices have to
deal
ITO the departmental Is really
large warehouse-come 5000 tons OF
waste paper every year, the average
DAYS receipts varying from ten to
twenty tons. How vast is this amount
will be better realized from the fact
that if single weeks waste paper
from the government offices was
thrown into Washington square 1t
would come pretty near burying the
Washington monument. Vast as the
present quantity is, it is steadily in
creaSing at the rate Of about twenty
tons every year.
THE paper received is Of the most
miscellaneous character, consisting OF
old letters, state documents, printed
matter. old account books and the like.
On receipt it is at once handed over
to the sOrterS. who classify II under
twelve heads and pack it separately in
large sacks. The sacks are then ship
ped to a pulp mill. Confidential dOcu-
ments receive careful and efectual
treatment. They are thoroughly sliced
up by a cutting machine. When pa
pers of an especially secret character
are dealt with the middle section Of
each pile Is taken out and placed in
separate receptacle from the rest. The
cut fragments are then placed in a
sealed sack and are conveyed in charge
Of an officer to the pulp mill and there
reduced to pulp under his eye.
Another section Of the waste paper
department contains the used ribbon
from the Morse telegraph instruments.
This pours in at the rate Of about 1900
hundredweight per week, measuring
approximately 900 miles.-New York
Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
How Easter Is Reckoned.

The Christian festival Of Easter cor
responds to the Pascha, or Passover, Of
the Jewish faith Easter day (frOm
which the rest Of religious movable
feasts are recorded is invariably the
first Sunday succeeding the fourteenth
day Of the calendar moon which -four
teenth day. falls on or next after the
Dist of March. If the fourteenth day
should be Sunday Easter day would
be the Sunday following. Only twice
during the past decade has Easter been
later than this years date-April 10.
Throughout the last eleven years, with
q single exception, Easter has fallen in
April. In 1902 the date was March 80.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07

Never go to bed with cold feet; new
er try to sleep without being perfectly
certain that you will be able to keep
them warm. To lie one night with cold
feet gives such a strain to the system
as will be felt seriously, perhaps end
ing in fit of sickness. Cold feet show
an unbalanced circulation. The very
best thing to do is to warm them by eX-
ercise, if that be practicable; if not,
by dipping them in hot and cold water
alternately two or three times and then
using vigorous friction If that does
not warm them and keep them warm,
heat them before the fire, drying them
thoroughly, and then correct your hab-
its or improve your health, for be sure
that one or the other is wrong perhaps
both.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07

VIRGINIA.-At rules held in the clerks
Office of the circuit court for the county OF
Accomack. on the third Monday in March, A;
d., 1906, the same being the 18th day OF sad
month. ,,,.
George L. Doughty, Plaintiff.
against
AlgernOn J. Nelson. Tn mas II. Nelson and
Roy D. White, executors OF Henry Nelson, De
cea ed. and the said Roy d. White trustee for
the said AlgernOn }. Nelson. the said Thomas
II. Nelson in his own right and Eula Nelson,
his wife, Stanley j. Lewis and Geraldine +.
Lewis his wife in right Of said Wife, Dora ).
White. John Henry Parks ard Emma Z. PARKS,
his wife, in right OF said wife, Defendants
In Chancery.
The object Of this suit Is TO attach and SUD
iect the estate and interest OF the defendant,
AlQerLOn j. Nelson, in the hands Of the de-
fendantl. Thomas II. Nelson and 10y ID.
White executors of Henry Nelson, deceased,
and in the hands OF the SAD Roy u. Nhlte,
trustee for said AlgernOn j. Nelson, under the
will of said Henry Nelson, deceased, or under
their control or subject % their authority %
the payment of the claim OF the said plalntln
against the said defendant, Algernon }. Mel
SON tO-wit: S}99Gj. with interest on 1858 % part
thereof from June lst. 1885, till paid. and with
interest on $500. another part thereof. from
May 3lst 1901 till paid. ana with interest on
S49sj another part Thereon, from Mafch DIST,
1902, till paid.
Affidavit having been made before the clerk
of the said court that A'gernOn }. Nelson.
STANLEY j. evils and Geraldine i. Lewis his
wife. in right OF SAID wlle, JOhh hehry rarks
and Emma c. Parks, his wife. in right Of said
wife. five Of the defendants in the above en-
tit ed cause are non residents of the State Of
VirgiCia, on the motion of the plaintiff, By his
attorney, il is ordered that they. the said non
resident defendants DO appear here within
fifteen days after due publication Of this order
and do what is necessary 10 protect their in
terests: and that this order be published once
week for four successive weeks in the "Pen-
insula Enterprise a newspaper published at
/ Accomack {. H.. Virginia, and also posted at
/ the front door of the Courthouse of the said
county on the first Monday in April, \. d..
I 1906.
a Copy
L. Floyd Mock pa.
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THREE SPECIES OF MOOSE.
They Are the European, the Eastern
American and the Alaskan.

There are supposed to be three spe-
cies of moose-the European moose or
elk. found In northern Europe and ad-
joining parts of Asia; the common
moose Of eastern America, distinguish
ed chiefly from It's European congener
bv the skull being narrowed across the
mnxillarles, also by its greater size and
darker color, and the Alaskan moose,
separated by its giant stature, Its mar
row occiput, broad palate and heavy
mandibles.
EXPRESSED in external features as IL
tustrated in the adult male always
best for differentiating specles);
The Scandinavian elk is small gray
animal with little palm and many
spikes on its antlers.
The Canadian is large black AMI
NAL with much PLANTATION and always
a separate brow bunch Of spikes.
have seen hundreds of Canadian moose
antlers, but never pair that did not
show we'll developed separate group
Of prongs in front Of each brow.
have seen n score or more Of Swedish
elk, but never saw one that did have
separate brow group of prongs, though
1 confess have seen figures Of such.
The Alaskan is a richly colOred black,
gray and brown giant, not only the lar
gest deer alive today, but believed to be
the largest that ever did exist, since no
fossil has been found TO equal 1t In
bulk. Its antlers differ chiefly in size
from those of the Canadian moose, but
Madison Grant claims that they are
also more complex and have In the
brow antlers a second PLANTATION which
is set at right angles to that of the
main PLANTATION. In these peculiarities
he finds "a startling resemblance Is
shown to the extinct Cervalces. a
moose-lilIe deer of pleistOcene times,
probably ancestral to the genus alces.
IF this resemblance indicates any
close relationship, we have in the Alas
kan moose survivor Of the archaic
type from which the true moose and
Scandinavian elk have somewhat de-
generated. "-Ernest Thompson Seton in
Scribner's.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07

VIRGINIA:-At. rules held in the
Clerks Office of the Circuit CourG Tor
the county of Accomack, on the third
Monday in March, A. d., l9Oo, the
same being the 10Th day of said month.
James G. Mock, Trustee, .Plalntin'
against
Lee B. Kellam, sheriff, and as such
administrator of Sarah Thomas, de-
ceased, Frank Thomas, Annie hltchens
and Eva Jackson. ........D Defendants
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to distri,,
butte the fund in the hands OF SAID
Affidavit having been made before
the clerk of the said court that FRANK
Thomas. Annie Kitchens and Eva
Jackson. three of the defendants IN
the above entitled cause, are non-res-
idents of the State of Virginia, on the
motion of the plaintiff, by his attor,,
ney, it is ordered that they, the SAID
Nonresident defendants, do appear
here within fifteen days after due
publication of this order and do what
is necessary to protect their interests;
and that this order be published once
a week for four successive weeks in
the peninsula Enterprise" news
paper published at Accomac Q: b.,
Virginia, and also posted at the front
door of the court house of the said
county on the first Monday in April,
A. D., 1906.
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, 1906-04-07

It is reported from Dresden that Ger
many will witness a public auction that
is probably unique. The house at Eli
senbach in which Martin Luther lived
from 1893 to 1901, being then youth
Of from fifteen to eighteen, is to be Of
fered for sale, together with all the his
torical objects and documents associat-
ed with Luther and his period which it
contains
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
A Diplomatic Bishop.

The English bishop of Salisbury IS
remarkable for his eminently practical
way of dealing with difficulties. At
one Of his receptions it was evident
that the refreshment room would fall
far behind accommodating all his
guests at one sitting. SO the bishop
gravely requested that Everybody
over forty years old" should go down
TO the tea room. About score of men
and less than half that many women
compiled.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07

When Andrew Carnegie first spoke
of taking up golf he was advised by
Baillie Mackenzie Of Edinburgh to lag
out q golf course at Skibo castle. "If
you take to golf," said the baillie, "yOu
will add ten years to your life" do
you say so?" said Mr. Carnegie. IF
you can add ten years to my life l
will make you a present of $2,OO0OOO."
"yYell," replied the canny magistrate,
81 can't exactly do that, but I'll play
you for the 100000 over your own
green" This handsome offer was not
onoontod
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
The Form satan Took.

A church at Yeovil, Somerset, Eng
land, was suddenly filed in the midst
Of a sermon with a hideOus discOrd
from the organ. The preacher i'm
proved the opportunity for an energet-
ic attack upon the character Of Satan,
who had come to distract their atten-
ton. The door of the organ cham
Der then opened and disclosed the vic
ar, who had entered to cut off the wa
ter pressure and touched the wrong
valve.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
Poverty of the Ene1ish clergy.

The bishop of London, speaking re-
Gently, referred to the great poverty OF
the clergy and especially Of those sery-
ing in country places. TO say nothing
of curates, there were 1900 clergymen
whose livings were under f67 a year,
and there were 1000 livings with less
than f155 annual income.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
Matrimonial.

Three Germans were sitting at lunch
con recently and were overheard dis
cussing the second marriage of a mu-
tual friend when one Of them remark
ed: "I'll tell you what. \ man what
marries de second time don't deserve
to have lost his first wife. Life.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07

"The highways Of literature are
spread OVER says Holmes, with the
shells of dead novels, each Of which has
been swallowed at a mouthful by the
public and is done with"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
THE MOST CENER-
ALLY
USEFUL MACHINE
UPON
AMERICAS FARMS

and Yield The Wonderful Record of this Machine has made
it amous-boh at home and abroad among Raises Of Cabbage
Tomato Strawberry Sweet Potato and Kindred Plants MADE
UNDER OUR EXCLUSIVE PATENTS On our machines
the Driver mot the Seers control the Pressure Tor nara OF
soft ground. CA Patented Feature)
DESCRIPTION TRANSPLANTERWe claim for this machine
complete efficient and easy working Tanspaater Oh .e
Much Better and uniformly than
can be done by quicker and better growth and yield
DRIVERS barrel We utilize the weight OF
independent seat whereas our omp
his life burden by their manner OF carry
inc him on OnO of he
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07

A small teaspoOnful Of powdered gum
arabic, with the same amount of glyc-
erin, stirred into a tumblerful Of cold
water and drunk slowly, will often
work wonders in Quenching thirst.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
In MethuseIah's Time.

Kind Old Lady-What ails the baby?
He looks healthy, I'm sure. The Nurse
oh, he is, the little dear! But he's
peevish today on account of cutting his
whiskers.-2ucl.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
Cough RemedYth the Best
and rlOst Popular.

"Mothers buy it for croupy children,
railroad men buy it for severe coughs
and elderly people buy it for la
grippe" say Moore Bros, Eldon, Ia.
1--WE sell more of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy than any other kind.
1t seems to have taken the lead over
several other good brands" There is
no question but this medicine is the
best that can be procured for coughs
and colds, whether it be child or an
adult that is afflicted. 1t always cures
and cures quickly. Sold by
B. S. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, All County Agencies.
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Thomas II. Rev,
Contractor and Builder,
BLOXOM, VA.

Solicits the patronage of the public
and is prepared to do all kinds of work
iD his line on liberal terms and salts
faction guaranteed.
Works by day or contract
furnishing all materials when
desired.
Plans and specifications furnished
Oh application.
All work done promptly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07

''You say he has grown whiskers
since last you saw him?"
eyes"
GLOW did you recognize himW
"By my umbrella. Milwaukee Sen.
tinel.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
About Rheumatism.

There are few diseases that infict
more torture than rheumatism and
there is probably no disease for which
such varied and useless lot of rem
edies have been suggested. To say
that it can be cured is, therefore, a
bold statement to make, but Chamber
lain's Pain Balm, which enjoys an ex-
tensiye sale, has met with great sue
cess in the treatment of this disease
One application of Pain Balm will re.
lieve the pain, and hundreds of suf-
ferers have testified to permanent
cures by its use. Why suffer when
Pain Balm affords such quick relief
and costs but trife? For sale by
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
Undertaking.

CENTLEMEN who 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 $4,000.
In my office l have both the Aeco-
mac and Northampton. and the Dla-
mond State phones. All persons wish
ing to communicate with me by phone
concerning the purchase of collins or
caskets can do so at my expense. l
have deposited money with both the
above mentioned companies for said
purpose. ,->-rr1-C
J. S. BUNTING,
Temperanceville, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07

BY THE LEVER We control the Pressure on the on0
oener The drivers weight thrown on the
100 can De
moving the lever back or forth lever
oft
ground the machine is in motion very
controlled
OUR FLANGED ROLLER WHEEL makes fTrr3w Tor depos'mg
of the sliding hillside
nrows when with trashy ground gets the trash out Oh inc
way of runner much mOrs steady than lighter wheel
For SALE by MARTIN HALL General Agent for Eastern Shore
age Nassawadox burlington Bro Fair Oaks Rogers r9 tnnf
Powers T. Taylor fuhgo-
eagu r s. Hopkins Taey Parksey Coal Supply Co.. Pae u
Short & Bloxon w. Taylor, HaLWood
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Washington Irving.

A house in William street, New
York, was Irving's birthplace on April
8, 1888. The British were soon to evac-
uate the city and Washington to take
possession of 1t. Mrs. Irving, a warm
hearted woman Of English birth and
an ardent patriot of the new land, said,
'Washington's work is ended, and the
child shall be named after him." The
child was still In the care Of Scotch
nurse when one day she saw the pres
ident, as Washington then was, enter
a shop, and after him she went.
"Please, your honor" said she, there's
a BARN was named after you" The
president laid his hand on the boys
head and gave him a blessing, which
he never forgot.
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McSherry New Model Transplanter.

First in i'm
portance is in
having Good
Plants a n d
then to Plant
Correctly, t o
EncOur &c
Best Growth
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Teste: John D. Grant, c. CT
L. Floyd Mock, pa.
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VIRGINIA.-At rules held in the clerks
Office of the circuit court for the county OF
Accomack. on the third Monday in March, A:
D. 1905. the same being the 18th day OF sad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-22
Among the delegates to the ?

Among the delegates to the Presby-
terrain general assembly now in session
at Des Moines. Iowa. is a full-blooded
Tsimpshean Indian. Rev. Edward
Marsden, who represents the Alaska
presbytery. Rev. Mr.. Marsden is a
fine specimen of his tribe, but there is
nothing in his speech that even hints
at his early life among his people, He
first attended the government school
ar Sitka. and afterward took the full
course at Marietta, Ohio. college. La
ter he attended the Presbyterian Theo-
logical seminary at Cincinnati, where
he was fitted for the mission work.
His people have established saw mills
and other industries and have CONNER
cial intercourse with all points in
reach. The Indian school has an en-
rollment of 30 in the winter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-22

ence is able to repeat or sing even all
the stanzas of America"
An exchange tells of patriotic Sun
day school superintendent who was
surprised TO find that the national
hymn was not contained in the book
used in his school. He requested the
children TO sing il from memory. They
got through the first stanZa and then
faltered And the adults present We're
unable 10 lend them much assistance.
This incident is typical. Do you sup
pose any company of Germans would
fail TO sing every line of die Wacht
as Rhein?'' Or could you imagine any
audience of the French that would fail
TO remember a single word of the Mar
sellaise?
The fault is with the schools. Youth
is the time TO learn the songs that are
TO abide in memory and the school is
the place TO teach them. Ii is posi-
Bile to be patriotic without knowing
either words or tune of the national
songs. 1t is also possible 70 be patri-
otto without the flag
Nevertheless the flag symboliZeS pa
triotism And the dearest traditions OF
the nation are forever welded to both
song and flag. "Old Glory ought TO
be raised over every school house and
the national songs should be taught in
every public school.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-22
SAVED BABY
LYONS LIFE
Untold Suffering and Constant
Misery-Awful Sight From that
Dreadful Complaint, InfantiIe E.
zema Commenced at Top of his
Head and Covered Entire Body.
MOTHER PRAISES
CUTlCURA REMEDIES

"Our baby had that dreadful COM
plant, Infantile Eczema, which afflicted
him for several months, commencing at
the top of his head, and at last covering
his whole body. His sufferings were
untold and constant misery, in fact,
there was nothing we would not have
done to have given him relief. The
family doctor seemed to be wholly
incapable of coping with the case, and
after various experiments of his, which
resulted in no benefit to the child, we
sent to Macon, ILL.,, to a druggist and got
a full set of the Cuticura Remedies and
applied as per directions, and he began
to improve Immediately, and in about
three or four days began to show a
brighter spirit and really laughed, for
the first time in a year. In about ninety
days he was fully recovered, with the
exception of a rough skin, which Is
gradually disappearing, and eventually
will be replaced by healshy one.
"Praise for the Cuticura Remedies
has always been our greatest pleasure,
and there is nothing too good that we
could say in their favor, for they GER
tainly saved our baby's life, for he was
the most awful sight that l ever beheld,
prior to the treatment of the Cuticura
Remedies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon, 1926
Appleton Ave, Parsons, Kan, July Is,
zoos -