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A Royal Occupation.

~ hOJdl OSSuPdeiSh
In the first place, the spider has
royal occupation. She is a threadmak-
er a weaver spinner. She has the
faculty of producing a thread inside
of her own body and drawing 1t out
the only living creature that has the
ability to construct with that thread
those wonderfully designed webs which
are seen in the houses and barns, on
the roads, in the grasses and trees ev-
cry summer morning before the dews
have evaporated under the rising sun.
The silkworm may be able to spin a
cocoon. but the spider does more than
that. The spider has the power to
stand upon the branch Of a tree and
emit from her body thread; then as
this thread grows longer and longer
II Is carried backward and forward by
the winds until it touches another
branch, where it Is anchored. Then
the spider, having connected the two
branches by this single thread, as an
architect bridges the sides of a river
by a cable strand, goes above that
strand and drops down and goes be-
low that strand and climbs up and
winds around and around and around
in circles after she has united her
main threads until she finishes the
web. Never did human weaver dc
such symmetrical and delicately de-
signed work as does the spider.
This work Of the spider in King Sol
Omon's time was the more marvellous
because it was like the human weaving
of that time, only more rapid. Then
all the weaving was done by hand and
in the most primitive style. If a wo
man wished to make Il garment in the
beginning she had to make her OWL
thread. She would take a handful ol
wool and stretch it out into strand
about two yards long. Then she would
attach n bObbin to that strand ant
| spin it round and round. Then, aftel
| she had twisted that strand into
thread. she would wind it up anC
| stretch out another strand of wool ant
spin it into d thread. She made eacl
thread alone. 1t took the womar il
olden times as long to make one thr sat
as It does now for a bobbln boy II
one of our factories to make 4O'
threads. Then she would stretch TIT
warp threads perpendicularly UP ant
down. Then with her own hands sh'
would put in the f ings, winding
them horizontally in and out until tn
cloth was made. Thus 1t was weary
tedious task to make q piece OF clotl
In olden times. While the woman
work would occupy days and weeks, /
would take a spider only a few hour
70 spin her web. Thus King Solomon
vas comparing the making of
SPIDERS web to the old fashioned, prinl
tive ways in which the women of hl
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-08
In Chancery.
Commissioners Office.

AStOlildta lOs t1st ny
~ ~, May IA, 1907.
To the creditors of E. Warren Rus
sell, deceased, and all others con-
cerned; You are hereby notifled tnat
pursuant to decree of said Court,
entered on Che 10th day of May,
insta,< n <he said suit, ] ba3e.xp-
-fI55ufi.r I'D sIIt 4azts : me q et
M y said Office, for receiving proof o.
all debts and demands against the
said decedent or lis estate, at which
time and place you are required to
attend and prove your claims. And
it was adjudged, ordered and decreed
that this notice be published once a
week for four successive weeks, in
the Peninsula Enterprise" a news
paper published at Accomack @. H.,
and that such publication shall be
equivalent to personal service on the
parties or any of them.
Claims will be received at any time
from this date up to and including
the said 18th day of June, but no
claim presented after that date will
receive any attention at this office.
Given under my hand as commits
sicner in chancery of the said court,
the day and year first above written.
Sam'l. T. Ross.
L. Floyd Mock, p. q.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-08

VIRGINIA:-In the Circuit Court for
the County Of Accomack, in the
Vacation Of the said Court, on the
18th day Of May, A. d., 1907.
George A. Jackson and Sarah jack
son, his wife, Plaintiffs.
against
William s. Jackson aud Maggie
Jackson, his wife, Robert Jackson and
Grace Jackson, his wife, Lizzie jack
SOD. David Jackson, Arthur Jackson
and Lula Jackson, his wife, susan
Snead. Clifton Jackson and Cora Jack
son, the last two of whom named are
infants under twenty-one years OF
age, Deiehdants'
In Chancery.
The object Of this suit is to make
partition Of the land OF Andrew
Snead deceased, and if partition can
not be made to make sale thereof and
distribute proceeds among his heirs at
law.
Affidavit having been made before
the Clerk of the said Court, that Will
liam S. Jackson, Maggie Jackson, Liz
Zie Jackson, David Jackson, Susan
Snead. Cora Jackson and Clifton jack
son, seven of the defendants In the
above entitled cause, are non-residents
of the State of Virginia, on the mo-
tion of the plaintiffs, 10y their attor.
ney, it is ordered that they, the said
non resident defendants, do appear
here within fifteen days after due pub
lication 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" newspaper
published at Accomack g. H., Vir-
ginia, and also posted at the front
door of the Courthouse of the said
County on the Third Monday in May,
A. D., 1907.
John D. Grant, Z. q.
A Copy
Teste: John D. Grant, G. Z.
Warner Ames, p. q.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-08

In the Circuit Court for the County
of Accomack:
Thomas w. Blackstone, Banker ct
ais, who sue &C., Pltffs.
VS..
E. Warren Russell's Admr. ct ais,
Defts.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-08

home. With all her hldeousness she Is
as particular about her looks and as
neat as kitten which is continually
washing the fur with her tongue as she
purs by the kitchen stove, but more
wonderful thah all is the SPIDERS abili-
" to reproduce an injured member or
her body. If one Of her legs is snapped
off in battle she Immediately proceeds
TO grow another leg. The new leg may
not be as long and as strong az the lost
leg, but still it is leg, and with 1t she
is able to go on and live her life and do
her life work. Oh, that men and wo-
men who have been worsted In the bat
tie Of sin could realize that when they
are saved by the grace Of God Christ
will recreate them and renew them,
and at once they can and must go
forth I'm the Masters service and do
something for him.
The arachnoid group, to which the
spiders belong, can be traced back as
to their name to a Grecian mytholog-
ical maiden Arachne. She was Of NOR
tai birth and was known far and wide
for her wonderful skill I'm weaving and
embroidery. One day she challenged
Minerva, the goddess Of wisdom, to
trial Of the liberal arts. Minerva, In
the guise Of an old woman, tried TO
dissuade her in vain. The goddess
then threw off her disguise and the
or
went the fingers. Arachne, In her
pride, wOve in her cloth a picture OF
the failures and the helplessnesses and
the sins Of the gods, as some Of US
try to justify our sins by complaining
Of the injustice Of our hard lot. Miner
va, angered by Arachne's presumption,
changed the taunting maiden into the
form Of a spider, so that, despised OF -
all mankind. she might go on spinning
and weaving forever.
Oh. Is that to be our fate? Shall. :
blaspheme against and turn our backs
upon the SaviOur's pleadings for the
higher life and have him say, Depart
from me, for I know you not" Or
shall we be Ike spider which taketh
hold with her hands and is In kings
palaces? Shall we not dwell In the
kings palaces of Gods love? Shall
we not stop living In the dark cayerns
Of sin? Shall we dwell in the kings
palaces Of a Saviour's atonement,
where he will guard us and bless US
and keep us forever with him? 1t
rests entirely with us where we shall
dwell through eternity. For today the
Divine King bids us come and dwell
with him in his earthly and heavenly
palaces.
GCopyright. 1907, by Louis Klopsch.1
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Notice to Creditors
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, |
Accomack G. H., Va,
Nav %, 1907.

To the creditors of John Jas. Jones,
date of Chincoteague Island), de-
ceased, and all others concerned:
You are hereby notified that, at
the request of the personal repre-
sentatives of the said decedent, l
have appointed the 10Th day of June
next, at my said Office, for re-
ceiving proof of all debts and de-
mands against the said decedent or
his estate; at which time and place
you are required to attend and prove
your claims.
Given under my hand the day and
year first above written.
SAM'L. T.. ROSS,
Commissioner of Accounts.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-08

The smallest deposi-
tor receives as prompl
and courteous treatment
as the largest. Managed
entirely by our home
people.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-08

A spiders web is nothing more or
less than a net set to catch the flies
and the locusts and the grasshoppers'
as the fisherman by the use of another
kind of net is able to bring his food
to land. These spiders nests are con-
structed In the air. An insect starts
to fly or jump. The wing or leg OF this
insect touches one of the threads OF
the web, which has an adhesive quail
ity. Immediately that wing or leg, by
being jerked or pulled, brings other
threads Of the web into touch with
other parts of the body. Similarly a
human being sinks deeper and deeper
into the quicksands with every frantic
struggle to escape. The more the In
sect tries to get away the more help
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time wove the garments for their hus-
bands and brothers and sons and ia
theirs.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-08
Calr11age
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee, ID. ID.

Los Angeles, Cal, June I'm his SER
mon the preacher draws from the
matchless architectural skill, the pa
tience, industry and wisdom Of the
spider a material as well as spiritual
lesson. The text Is Proverbs xxx, %,
"The spider taketh hold with her
hands and is in kings palaces"
Have you ever been through any OK
the famous royal palaces Of Europe?
Have you ever had guide take you
through Windsor castle, where the Eng
lish king and queen live, or through
the Tuierles and Versailles, where the
French rulers have lived, or through
peterhof, built by Peter the Great,
where the Russian crowned heads
lived, or through the Quirinal, where
the Italian rulers live, or through the
Imperial palaces 1anking Inter den
Linden, where the emperor Of Ger
many and the members OF the Hohen-
zollern family live? These palaces are
Something more than domiciles for
cesses. They are treasures of art and
literature. They contain great art gal
lerles and museums. They are great
libraries. They are filled with price
less historical relics. And they are
built in the midst of beautiful gardens,
where the tossing, tumbling fountains
have myriads Of rainbows reflected
from their falling waters by day and
where the statues carved by the great
est of sculptors and the most exquisite
Of flowers are revealed to the guests
by the many lights by night which
make the midnight as light as the
midday.
King Solomon's palaces were the best
examples of architectural beauty Of his
tme. Thus when Solomon was using
In my text the symbol Of the kings
palace he was practically saying: THE
kings palace is a treasure house.
There come the greatest Of architects
and the most wonderful Of sculpt0rs
TO work their skill in stone. There
come the finest artists to paint their
pictures. There come the magicians
of the loom to bring their offerings OF
Damascene rugs and their most e3-
nuIsite tapestries. There come the
most wonderful hortlcuturists to lay
out their gardens. All that wealth and
beauty and human power can give is
tolbe found in the kings palaces" :"
one morning early King Solomon Is
walking through the rooms Of his pal
Ace. Suddenly he stops and begins TO
study something very carefully. 1t is
Ia spiders web. During the night the
spider has crawled into the house and
f,fun9 a kispensionl bridge aud there
gone to wofk. tp and down he sssss
crawled. He lowered himself from the
ceiling and climbed up from the win
dow sllls. He knOtted his thread here
and spun his network there. Then
servant comes into the room and with
broom he is about to brush this
spiders web away. Leave it alone,
Solomon says. 81 never studied one
before. How marvellous Is the work
manship of this silken web. Why, in
all the splendors of my palace there Is
not a greater wonder than this spider
web" Then King Solomon takes out
his notebook and writes down the
words Of my text The spider takcth
hold with her hands and is In kings
palaces" If the wlsest Of all men
could afford to study the spider build
ing her web, surely we have a right
TO make a sermon upon the life's work
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22
STARTLING COURT EXHIBITS.

This thing of court exhibits is talk
Ing such wide range that we may
look for almost any sort of thing
to confront us when the case is ON
trial. For instance there Is now In
progress trial in New York city OF
n workman who has brought dam
age suit for $4,000 for personal In.
juries 1t seems that while he was
employed by the railroad company
for which he worked. II was ncces.
sary for him to get down into an ash
pit, or something like that, on the line
OF track and he was caught in such
n way by passing train that IL was
impossible for him to escape injury.
That the jury may be duly impressed
with the predicament in which he was
placed and that the court may have
n clear understanding rs to the stu
alton, tho attorney for the plalntlm
has had a miniature railway con.
structed, which has been operated IN
tho court room. The ashpit. the rails
and engine were all there and The
most stupid jurors could see Just what
happened and how.
While this was being done I'm New
York We get news or something OF
tho same sort all the way from Paris,
An actress, ono Mile Arlettc Dorgerc
was hurt in street accident. Her
automobile, In which she was riding
at the tlmo. was caught between n
great auto LIS ana n trolley car of
inc Paris Electric Railway, and crush
cd For her injuries she Is suing for
100000. Her attorney has reproduced
In the court room the affair just MS he
claims 1t happened. He has the
trolley car, the bus, the auto of tho
actress and even the lamp post on the
street reproduced. and will give nm
exhibition that will alone be worth
the price of admission" as tho circus
barkers say.
II this thing goes on We may cx
pcct TO see some cnterprlsing lawyer
employed in n murder case asking to
De allowed to reproduce the tragedy
before the court and jury.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22
THE MoDEsTY OF GREATNESS

Lord Kelvin who died n few days
ago and who achieved his greatest
scientific distinction while he was
still Sir William Thompson, said a
year ago on the occasion OF his 5Oth
anniversary rs professor of the
University of Glasgow: 81 know no
more OF electrical or magnetic force,
or OF the relation between either.
electricity or ponderable matter, or
of chemical affinity than knew ana
tried TO teach to my students so
years ago in my first session as n
professor"
Thus did tho man of genuine In
tellectdal greatness express his sense
of humility in The presence of the
mysteries of nature quite as earnest
ly as Sir Isaac Newton, when he saiu
that he knew not how he appeared
to the world, but to himself he
seemed ito have been only like n
Doy playing on the scashore and tfi-
verting myself now and then finding
a smoother pebble or prcttier shell
than ordinary. whilst the great ocean
of Truth lay all undiscovered before
me- 1t is a relief TO turn to the
utterances OF men like Newton ana
Kelvin in these busy. self assertivc,
commercial days which in most in
stances bear the faint of sordidness,
and are carried ON by men who are
not believers in hiding their lights
under the proverbial bushel. In pub
lie life. too, how much better it wouft;
be If there was more modesty and
less of the ego; less use of the pro-
nouns ~ and my" and stronger
belief that their right place in his
tory would be accorded TO them by the
future generations. rather than to at
tempt to laud themselves In a nicho
higher than where thcs belong.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

their ilocks by night apd had follow
cd that star. And 10. fhc star which
they saw in tho East went before
them and stood over whore the young
child was. When they say the star
they rejoiccd with exceeding great
joy. And when they were come into
the house they saw the young child
with Mary, his mother, and fell down
and worshipped him; and when they
had opened their treasures they pre-
scented unto him gifts; gold, frank in.
cense and myrrh."
These wise men presented unto the
young child gifts. Shall we say that
we. who are so wise In our petty wis
dom that comes of self-teaching, will
set mt naught the acts Of these other
wise men who followed the star out
of the East until 1t came and stood
over where the young child was"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22
PRIDE OF oNE,s Oily

The man who will not defend the
city of his birth may be honest and
virtuous. but he will never be admir-
ed of his fellow men Rudyard Kin.
ing after making sarcastic filings at
three-quarters of the globe, wrote at
white heat poem in praise of Bonn
nay, the city in which he first saw
the light OF day. as the zine writer's
OF another age were fond of phraslng
the accident of birth. "Of no mean
city am H. sang the laureate of
Greater Britain, and thousands of men
the world over have echoed the SEN
timent. The Partisan regards his city
as the original of Paradise; the Lon
doner would fight TO the death for the
nonor OF his birthplace; the man from
Cork would shillalah the skull of him
who would say aught against that
town; the Turk, single handed would
defend Constantinople against an
army of defamers; and even the man
from Cook county will die from over
talking in defense of Chicago.-Ro-
chester Post Express.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

"The fleet got away without having
10 be shoveled out of the snow. Hur
rah for Admiral Evans!"-Buffalo
Express. This is just line to tell
you that We do not have snow falls
heavy enough to blockade battleships
Town Hampton Roads way, Must
have thought that the battleship fleet
Zip was going to be made on the
Great Lakes.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

Do you ever think. these days
about the girl behind the counter?
We have Just heard the real story
the inside story, the pitiful. crue
facts of what Christmas brings to the
girls who sell you. madam, your no.
lions and handkcrchiefs and gloves.
Tired? or course they are tired
The physical strain and the nervous
tax are indcscrlbable. Girls of the
sweetest dispositions are ground by
this holiday season Of frenZied shop
ping into SO many nervous irritable
hysterlcal human creatures.
We thought this was just because
Of the work.
1t isn't
A girl out of Zig department store
only few days ago, cried in an out
burst OF tears:
ut isn't the work It's the PEG
ple!"
Madam. do you think It can be DOS
sible that she means you?
Do you plunge your hands into her
neatly arranged stock. toss it right
and left. throw everything on top of
everything else. and pass on without
thought. while she. poor child. must
bend once more and bring neatnes
and order where you left chaos-as
she has already done so times today
and must do so times more?
Do YOU make veXatious demands
upon her time, demanding this, find
ing fault with that, and then 20 on
without a purchase?
Do you stay in the store after clos
ing hours, still peering and seeming
bargains, while hundreds of tired girls
look after You and wonder, "Oh. dear,
can't we go yet?"
Do yon take this time of all times
Tor the mere qualification OF shopping,
and order goods sent G.. o. d. to fic-
titious addresses?
DO YOU lose your temper?
Do you appreciate that from the
shop girls side Of the counter there
is something terribly brutal in the
mad rush of the holiday season?
Do You understand that by the time
Christmas comes. there are thousands
and hundreds OF thousands of shop
girls who feel only loathing disgust
for the whole Christmas idea. and
that 1t Is you and your thoughtlessness
that helped?
This Is a simple plea, madam, for
the girl behind the counter-the girl
as frail as you are, as human as you
are, with the same feet to ache and
The same back to bend and the same
Train to throb to the bursting point
only, you may act as YOU please, but
who must smile. It's her orders.
Do you wonder that by the time
Christmas draws these girls begin tc
irate people?
If You would only try to make.it a
little easier for them!
a little politeness, little thought
f,ilness. little human love-that Is
all that is needed.
Won't you help TO make Christmas
something better for the girl behind
,he Notwithstanding IN. "
Union.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

1t is charged that the land grab.bers
In Oklahoma not only robbed the Kic-
kapoo Indians. but, when the latter
protested. locked them up in Jail
Must have been ex-city policemen
who had gotten into THE habit.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

What great poet will immortalize
himself and the American navy at the
same time by singing the song of the
sailing of the ships from Hampton
Roads? It was scene worthy of the
brush of the greatest artist, an event
worthy of the strings of any Tyre.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

There Is story going the rounds
Of the newspapers that there is n
milkman In New Jersey who has n
horse which lies on its back, using n
bag of hay for n pillow. and holds up
Is hoofs TO be shod. Should have
gone n little further and told how the
animal worked the pump handle for
his boss.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

Never mind about whether Santa
Claus is myth or not, old gentlemen.
one and I'LL. Just look pleasant and
pay the bills. If they run you lit
tie short just bite your lips, and keep
tuggin-' That's what you are here
for; not to look pretty.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

Mrs. Anna Stefforn of Philadelphia.
It Is alleged, took poison because ner
husband bought her green vest, on
the upper button OF which he had
photographed his face. 1t strikes us
that suicide was justiiiable.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

1t Is good sign that the stock and
grain spectators all over the country
are alarmed because of the bills
again st marginal gambling now pend
Ing in Congress. 1t is to lie hoped
that their alarm will be greatly
heightened before long.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

A man out In Ohio killed himself
because he did not want to be n both
er to people anymore. How many
are thoughtless, and how few thought.
full in this weary world of ours
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

Perhaps 1t is true, but 1t is very un-
kind for the Florida Times Union to
say, 1T is whiskey, not currency that
they are now boarding in Georgia"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

Perhaps that attack of grip that
Cortclyou had was the hold Roose-
welt had when he shook the Foxy
George loose from his ambition to
become President
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

1t seems strange that woman in
Scranton, which is right in the heart
of the hard coal region, should find
1t necessary to put her husband in
the stove-but then. perhaps 1t was
not done for heating purposes.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

The ladies who began to make
fancy pieces for Christmas, in Aug
usi. are now wishing that they had
begun In April,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-22

Thomas w. lawson says that he
did not give the President any advice
when he called at the White House,
but he does not say what he got.