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Chnrch without Services.

There Is in London, within rev
yards of the beautiful marble arch IN
Hyde park, a church in which no serv-
ices ore ever held. This Church OF the
Ascension, as it is called, was built by
Mrs. Russell Quincy as a memorial 10
her husband, and she expressly stated
that the edlfce was to be used Tor
prayer. rest and meditation solely. A
handsome building 1t is, with its tessel-
lated floors and It's numerous fine paint
ings. Over the door is posted this no,
tice. explaining the true object OF the
church: passengers through the busy
streets of London. enter this sanctuary
for rest and silence and prayer. Let
The nictured walls within speak OF the
mast vet ever continuing ways OF GOO
with man.
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THE CHlLD'S MIND.
Give IL a Chance to Develop ny It's
Natural Processes.

Natural Processes.
The hitler they are the better, be-
cause farther removed from the world
that is ours and deeper placed In their
own world. A good baby radiates
peace. Every one who Is rightly con-
stituted smiles at the sight Of 1t.
They are busy, they are cheerful
Az a rule. they seem to be kind to one
another. They are not bored, and I'M
less the weather Is lnsufferable or they
ARE sick they are not depressed.
What philosophers What heroesl
Is 1t strange that the attitude OF an
unperverted child should be the Chris
tan Ideal?
The great merit OF children as COM
panions lies In the breadth OF their
tolerations. They are easy to please
agreeable to most propositions and not
very critical.
They do not know better" That Is
one of their dellghtfulest traits. Chii
dren will trust you. and that Is one OF
the most gratifying compliments pos
sible.
In the company Of children you have
relief in considering what will pay
The things that they do and prefer Il
do. do not pay, as a rule. except In TIT
doing Of them.
Wise elders who are qualified 4
train the mind OF child are prett.
scarce. The next best thing Is tn
elder who Is wise enough to respec
the child's mind and give 1t chanc
to develop In a sympathetic atmos
phere by Its own natural processes
r. s. Martin in Harper's Magazine.
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FRENCH Satire.

Some timely advice is given by the
Cri de Paris. "Frenchmen," 1t ex
borts. drink only boiled water" IhE
advice is good, but the following Is
even better Before stepping into q
train make sure that no Russian grano
duke travels in It," Further, Before
stopping at a hotel make sure that II
does not harbOr some Russian grand
duke" There is today nothing more
dangerous than a hotel in which o
member of the cars family has tax
en- quarters. A patron sits in the read
ing room or in the dining room when
bang! the shattered window panes ny
about and the ceiling tumbles down
In justification of this exhortation tc
precaution the paper calls attention
to the fact that the train between Dor
deaux and Cette in which a Russian
grand duke was travelling to Biarrit'
ran off the rails, and two passenger
lost their lives; that simultaneously
bomb exploded in the Simplon TUNE
after grand duke had passe'
through
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-01-19
A CATS EYES.
the Chinese Discovered Their Use ~
n Time Indicator.

n Time Indicator.
The first European to learn OF tho
use of a cat as time Indicator was
NJ Hue. who In work on the chinese
amn,re tolls how he was initiated Into
the mystery.
NJ. Hue and party OF friends set
out to visit n Chinese Christian mis-
sion settlement among the peasantry.
They met a young Chlnaman on the
road. and to test his intelligence they
asked him II he could tell them the
time. The native looked up at the SKY,
hut the clouds hid the sun from view,
and he couldn't read any answer there.
Suddenly he darted away to a farm
and returned In few moments with a
cat In his arms. Pushing up Its eyelids
with his hand, he told Hue to look at
them. at the same time volunteering
| the information that 1t was not noon
vet. While they were puzzling over
the case the boy went about his busi
ness.
When the party reached the village
they asked the Christian converts Il
they could tell the time by cats eyes
and how 1t was done. Immediatel,
there was n wild hunt, and all the cat
obtainable in the nelghborhood were
brought before them.
The Chinese pointed out that the pu
pills of a cats eyes were gradually mar
rover up to II noon, when they be
came scarcely perceptlble lines draw
perpendlcularly across the eye, AM
after that dllation recommended. Hu
examined the eyes Of several cats an
verified what the Chinese had toll
hlm.-Chicago Chronicle.
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Color blindness.

The term color blindness implies an
entire absence Of the color sense, ana
there are a few persons who are In this
condition, but 1t also includes all the
forms Of partial color blindness ID
which the perception OF one OF tne
fundamental colors - red, green ana
yiolet-is wanting, and when are
known as red blindness, green bind
ness and violet blindness. The line De-
tween these various kinds OF color
blindness and a perfect perception OF
colors is not sharply drawn, SO that d
large number Of persons have what Is
called a feeble color sense, which rails
short of actual color blindness. Ihere
is no doubt that color blindness In It's
various forms Is much more common
than is generally supposed, and 1t Is
more common among the imperfectiy
than the we'll educated classes.
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Religious sects In New York.

The Protestant communicates OF
Greater New York in 1855 were g.
ATT, or 81 per cent Of the population
of the city; in 1905 they numbered 3d.
2S9, or s.4 per cent of the city's popu
lation. The Roman Catholic communi'
cants of 1855 numbered 110,4SS, or
1872 per cent of the population; in 1907
1.O61,716. OF 26.4 per cent Of the city's
population. Comparing 1905 with 1904,
Federation finds that the Jews have
Increased their part Of the population
from 1875 per cent to 1913 and Roman
Catholics theirs from 1873 to 1913. 1.-THE
churchless Protestants Of New York
outnumber the whole population OF
Nebraska and are the equivalent OF the
whole population Of Washington, Ida
no. Montana and Wyoming" -Leslie's
Weekly.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Carelessness Is the great sin OF most
people.
Ifa man doesn't acquire little sense
with age he cheats himself.
II n man owns a pocketknife 1t Is
hard for him to pass grindstone'
Say what you please about NORA
courage. the man who has lot OF II
Is mighty unpopular.
Make the stories you tell on a rainy
day as short as possible, especiaiiy Il
Won tell them under an umbrella.
There Is very little use trying to con
vince O man who meets your state
ment with this argument: I'll Det
you" etc.
No matter how highly you may Vaiue
your own opinion, remember II ooea
not 90 with other people unless tney
think exactly as you do. which, by the
vav. they seldom do.-Atchison Giope'
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-----.--- = -. --.---
a MYSTERIOUS CARD.
Mark Twain's odd Request and Ho'
Mrs. Cleveland Received IL.

Mark TWRtn'B Odu hequeHa M"
Mrs. Cleveland Received IL.
When I was leaving Hartford for
Washington upon one occasion my
wife said: 81 have written small
warning and put it in pocket OF your
dress vest. When you are dressing 10
90 to the authors reception at the
White House you will naturally put
your fingers In your vest pocket ac-
cording to your custom. and you VIII
And that little note there. Read II
carefully and do as it tells you.
cannot be with you, and so l delegate
nv sentry duties to this little note. IL
I should give you the warning by
word of mouth now it would pass from
your head and be forgotten In re"
minutes"
II was President Cleveland's first
term. I had never seen his wife, the
young, the beautiful, the good hearted
the sympathetic, the fascinating.
Sure enough, Just as l had finished
dressing to 90 to the White House. l
found that little note, which had
long ago forgotten. 1t was a grave
little note, a serious little note, IKE
its writer, but It made me laugh.
Livy's gentle GRANTEES often produced
that effect upon me where the expert
humorist's best joke would have raii-
ed. for do not laugh easily.
When we reached the White House
and I was shaking hands with tne
president he started to say something
but I interrupted him and said:
'If your excellency will excuse me
I will come back in moment, but now
I have a very important matter TO at.
tend to, and 1t must be attended to az
once"
turned to Mrs. Cleveland, the
young, the beautiful, the fascinating
and gave her my card, on the back OF
which I had written "He didn't" and
I asked her to sign her name below
those words.
She said: HE didn'tl He didn't
| WnatT
ooh" said, "never mind! VIZ
cannot stop to discuss that now. Thi'
Is urgent. Won't you please sign you
manner" handed her fountain pen.
why" she said. 81 cannot comm
myself IN that way. Who is 1t tina
didn't? And what is 1t that he didntF
ooh" l said, time is flying, flying
flying! Won't you take me out OF m!
distress and sign your name to II
It's all right. give you my word IL
all right"
She looked nonplused, but hesita'
. ingly and mechanically she took IN
pen and said:
81 will sign 1t. l will take the risk
But you must tell me all about 1t RICH
afterward, so that you can be arreste
before you get out Of the house In cas-
there should be anything crimina
about this"
Then she signed, and l handed he
: Mrs. Clemens note, which was yer
brief, very simple and to the point.
u said, Don't wear your arctics In tn
!, White House" 1t made her shout, an
at nv request she summoned me-
senger. and we sent that card at ono
y TO the mail on its way to Mrs. Clemer
In Hartford. -Mark Twain's AutoDlo
raphy In North American Review.
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BARRIERS Ages Ago.

The first BARRIERS of whom there Is
any record piled their trade In Greece
In the fifth century B. G. In Rome
the first BARRIERS operated In the third
century B. c. In olden times In Eng
land the barber and the physician
were identical. Thus kings barber
was also his chief medical adviser. IN
the time of Henry VIII. Of England
laws were made concerning BARRIERS
Of which the following Is an extract
mo person occupying a shaving Oh
barbery in London shall use any sur
gerry. letting Of blood or other matter
except the drawing Of teeth"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-01-19

VIRGINIA:-ln the circuit court
for the county of Accomack, 10 the
vacation of the said court, the 30th day
of November, A. d., 1906.
George w. Hudson, PlalntlH.
against
Solomon F. Stevens. ..... Defendant.
In Assumpsit.
The object of this suit is that PLAIN
tiff recover of defendant $S4.5 with
interest from June |, 1906.
Affidavit having been made before
the clerk of said court that Solomon
F. Stevens, the defendant in the above
entitled 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 deien-
dant, do appear here within fifteen
DAYS after due publication of this older
and do what is necessary to protect his
interests; and that this order be pub
llsbed once a week for four successive
weeks IN the peninsula Enterprise, .
a newspaper published at Accomack
IC. n. Virginia, and also posted at the
front door of the courthouse OF the
said county on the first Monday III
December, A. d., 1906.
John d. Grant, &. Q.
A Copy-Teste:-
Jno E. Nottingham, Jr., p. q.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-01-19
THE EARTH'S REAL DESERTS
they Are Made by Rain Rather Than
by the Lack of 1t.

by the Lack of II.
PAM Combes shows In the Paris Cos
mos that the earth's real deserts are
made by rain rather than the lack OF
It. or. rather, by the combination OF
abundant rain with a land surface In
capable Of holding moisture long
enough to give plant life chance.
The Sahara Of Africa, the Bad Lands
Of our western territories and the Ara
bian and central Asian deserts are by
no means destitute Of life. They have
their fauna and fora, less numerous
and less varied than those Of humid re-
gions and peculiarly adapted to their
environment, but they are rarely or
never destitute Of some kind OF lire
for any considerable area.
The real deserts are found where tne
rains are heavy and where the eartn
surface is Of such character that the
water at once runs away and the tenn
perature speedily evaporates what lit
tle moisture the surface may retain
| Such spots are really destitute OF life.
The real deserts may be found on o
small scale In most countries. MI
Combes cites one In the hills OF French
Savoy, the gorge whence issues the
torrent Of st. Julian. The rainfall Of
that region Is heavy at certain seasons
but the bare rocks and hard clays Of
the surface are incapable under
southern sun Of holding water lont
enough for anything to grow or els'
the plants that start are secured ava!
by the driving rains. There are man.
other such spots among the denudet
hills Of Spain.
The largest we'll known rain mad
desert is, however, the clay bills OF Tn
Mekran district of Persia. They ar
cut and secured by torrential rains
and they are llfeleSs, as the arid dei
erts are not. How they reached the
present state is unknown. AS long ag
as the time Of Alexander the Gres
they were described as "a vast grav'
ward, without the trace Of q Twin
thing" 1t may be reasonably COME
D tured, however, that the Mekran desc
= IS to some extent man made as we'll
rain made-that man helped 1t to b
come a region where rains have b
y come a steriizer instead Of fertilize
This conjecture seems reasonable b
d cause similar conditions are reportt
as beginning to appear In certain h
districts of western Pennsylvania ar
eastern Ohio. The forest growth whi'
originally covered them has been c
Off and burned off so recklessly thu
: though rains are abundant, all veget
e ton is disappearing from them. Il
y rains that fall upon them race away
o the adjacent river valleys, carryil
q with their torrents the minute plan
IT and low forms Of animal life viii
create the soil IN which other forl
J. would grow and leave nothing but
L bare and sterile earth.-Chicago ln'
Ocean
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After II h All Over.

When yarns are being spun one hears
n good deal concerning the curious an
tics people 20 through when highly ex-
cited. but very little Is said about the
man who "gets scared after 1t Is all
over" And the latter, not being SC
constituted that he can faint. as wo
man often does after a fright, gener
ally keeps his own counsel and often Is
given the credit Of being cool and
"nervy" when the fact Is that his knees
are ready to bump together for mutua
support.-Forest and Stream.
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Her Plan.

He-Do you believe in long engage
ments? She - 1t ali depends. He -
don't understand. She II he has
plenty of money and is inclined to be
liberal long engagement Is the thing
but If he cannot afford boxes at the
opera and such things I always make
his regime very short.
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Inst the One For Him.

HOWELL proposed to a girl last
night and was rejected. Powell-You
ought to try her again. A girl as sensl'
BILE as that would make you good
wife.-New York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-01-19

There are many more women living
than used to think"
"Is that so?'
Eyes. Before l married l used TO
think my wife was the only woman In
the world"
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She Was Careful.

snats - That old maid, Miss van
Shelf, is the most carefui anu me'rou :,
teal boarding mistress l have ever nad
disturbing nay den. socratoots-1es'
can imagine when she goes 10
heaven she will want in summer Time
to lay away her wings in campn0i
haIIa
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They had been engaged for fully
thirty minutes by the cuckoo clock.
81 have n surprise in store for you
Alfred, DEAR" she said. II can COOK
as we'll as l can play the plano"
"That being the case, darling" ne
replied, 1T will be we'll for US to
board"
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Cnuntertng n Touch.

Don't you think you're wasting
your time talking the value Of econ
omy to Blank He hasn't any
money"
81 know, but 1 have."-Detroit Free
Press.
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Illuminated.

Benedick-That luminous paint Is a
splendid thing. Singleton-What do
you use it for? Benedick-We paint
the baby's face, so we can give him q
drink In the night without lighting
the gas.
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Annropriate.

The society editor was writing up q
church fair.
"Mrs. Green, the wife Of our proml-
nent milk dealer" he wrote, was ap'
propriately gowned in watered SILK"
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North-Bound Trains.

sY-In addition to the above trains the Cape
Charles Accommodation leaves Delinar uallS
except Sunday at 7.3O a. M. SALISBURY '4o d. H.
arriving Cape Charles 1850 a. M 49, c,..-,oa
Delmar Accommodation leaves Cape Gharles
& az n. m. Salisbury 1856 p. m, arriving Delmar
1000 p. m.
n COOKE. ]. G.. RODGERS,
Traffic Manager. superintendent
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There are stars so distant that a fly
ing machine moving at the rate OF 900
miles an hour would require bOO'o0o'-
900 years to reach them,
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FOR DUCK-TRAPS.

A reward of 800 will be paid by the
Eastern Shore Game Protective Asso-
citation for the arrest and conviction. or
for information leading to the arrest
and conviction, of any person convlc-
ted of violating the law against trap
ping or night shooting wild water
fowl
The Association will pay twenty-five
cents each for duck-traps taken up ana
delivered complete to the President or
a member of the Executive Commit
tee. o,o,o,,
n. B. WESCOTT,
President.
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You must hear that which hurts that
you may gain that which prohts.-se'
lected.
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Ito John s. Doughty and "Leander

To John S. Doughty and "Leander
Wilcox and others"-
You are hereby notified that at the
sale of Delinquent Lands by the
County Treasurer of Accomack Co1n-
ty. Virginia, on the 2Sth day of De-
cember. A. d., 1903, l, the under
signed, became the purchaser, at the
nrice of Eleven Cents III cts.) OF
twenty acres go a. of land, charged
TO "Leander Wilcox and Others" To-
Gated thirty miles North of the Court
house of said county.
Given under my hand this 1st day
: of January, A. d., 1907.
WILLIAM j. MATTHEW'S
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Notice to Creditors
CoMMIssIoNER's OFFICE,
Accomack G. H., Va,
Dec. 90, 1906.

To the creditors of GUSTS Taylor,
(of M. deceased, and all others con-
cerned: You are hereby notified that
pursuant to decree of court, have APP
appointed the 23d day of January next,
at nv said Office, for receiving proof
of the debts and demands against the
said decedent or estate; at when
time and place you are required to
attend and prove your claims:
Given under my hand the day and
year first above written:
Sam1. T. Ross,
Com'r. of Accounts.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-11-21
STERLING RUN.

p, j.. Trump Of Olean, visited friends
and relatives here over Sunday.
Mrs. j. A. Dice and Kathryn May
were Emporium visitors the past week
Evangcine Brooks Of Sinnamahoning,
visited in town over Sunday.
Miss Anderson of Sinnamahoning, was
entertained by Miss Losey Sunday.
Patrick KiIIeen, who has been very i'll,
is reported better at this writing.
GabrilIe Tarrobello and Fillipi Rosatto,
left on Monday for Italy on three
months visit.
Mrs. Martha Smith was an Emporium
visitor Saturday
Quite number Of young folks attend
ed the Hobo party at Cameron, Friday
night,
Laura Strawbridge and friend, Edith
May Of Johnsonburg, were guests Of her
uncle, Geo. Strawbridge, Sunday.
Master Wilford McNarney Of Empori-
um, visited relatives in town Saturday.
Mr., Ellis and wife OF Emporium, visit
ed relatives in town Saturday.
n. D. Jordan and daughter Nora left
Tuesday on visit to Clearfed
Mrs. John Schwab Of Cameron, was a
visitor in town between trains Tuesday.
Mr.. Beckman returned Tuesday from
a short visit at Coudersport
BLUE BELL.
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REAPING BENEFIT.
From the Experience of Emporium
People,

We are fortunate indeed to be able to
profit by the experience of our neighbors.
The public utterances of Emporium resi-
dents on the following subject will inter
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| doctored and used numerous remedies
| could get no relief suffered with
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headaches and constant feeling of Ian
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much disOrdered and the secretions very
irregular, causing me to rise many
times during the night | finally learned
of Doan's Kidney Pills and procured
box from l.. Taggart, the druggist. This
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anyone suffering with kidney trouble to
use this remedy.
For sale by all dealers Price50 cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
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lie Fought at Gettysburg.

David Parker, of Fayett, N. Y, who
lost a foot at Gettysburg, writes: Electric
Bitters have done me more good than
any medicine | ever took For several
years | had stomach trouble, and paid
out much money for medicine for little
purpose, until | began taking Electric
Bitters. | would not take $500 for what
they have done for me" Grand tonic for
the aged and for female weaknesses.
Great altrative and body builder; cure
for lame back and weak kidneys. Guar
anteed by All Druggist. 80.