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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
How Do Wireless Waves Travel7

As the result Of q study of the vari-
Gus types of receiving systems EN-
ployed In wireless telegraphy. Charles
A. Culver of the University of Pennsyl'
vania concludes that the resistance OF
the earth between the sending and re
ceiving stations is Of prime importance
He thinks that the theory that the
waves are propagated through the sur
face Of the earth accounts for more OF
the observed facts than does the other
theory that they pass through the free
ether At the same time he finds that
the earth theory does not at present ex-
plain some Of the phenomena that are
noticed in the practical working of the
system. Youths Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
SHELL MOUNDS.
Ancient Indians Of Florida Used Them
In Religious Rites.

One of the most interesting features
Of the state of Florida are the Indian
mounds to he found scattered through
,ut the peninsula. which may be
divided into two classes, the shell anu
the burial. In those Of shell no re-
mains of any kind have ever been dis
covered, this being the first and most
marked distinction between the two
kinds of mounds. The shell mounds
are themselves Of two different kinds,
the natural and artificial. and are or
different sizes, though both large ana
small of the artificial type are either
oblong or circular, laid out mathemat
ically to proportlonately certain heights
and circumference There are numer-
GUS artificial mounds near the st.
Johns river, and along the coast many
both natural and artificial, are to be
found. The action Of wind and wave
easily accounts for the former, but con-
corning the latter, of man made origin,
there are several theories. Some are
supposed to have been strictly resi-
dence mounds, some observation or GER
emonlal, being connected with the reli'
pious rites of the ancient Indians, and
others are believed to have been either
open air ballot boxes, where, as In the
early history of Greece. votes were
cast by means Of shells or were de-
posits of tribute shells from Inferior
tribes passing through the country oil
some great chief or possibly coming
at stated times to pay their dues.
At st. Petersburg, on the southwest
coast of Florida, there Is an interest
, ing collection of both shell and burial
mounds. the smaller heaps composed
entirely of magnificent specimens OF
oyster shells varying from six tC
twelve inches in length and about two
and a half inches In diameter, laid like
brlckwork, overlapping. The largest
remaining shell mound (many have
been carried away for street paving
etc. is conical In shape. GO feet II
height and 100 feet In diameter. IT II
covered to the top with grass growing
under live oaks and pine trees which
are not less than century old Some
of the burial mounds are circular ant
others are sugar loaf. They have neye
been dug into to any extent, and IL
consequence the value Of their relics
Is not yet known.-Spring6eld Mass.
| Republican.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
Hnuu IL Works.

Once there was a struggling young
author who was blessed with many
friends. all of whom told him that ne
was the coming great writer OF Tue
country. o,,
So one day bright thought struck
him. He said:
~ will publish my book, and all my
tr,onds who admire 1t so much Will buy
my book, and I will be rich"
So he printed his book it,,
And all of his friends waited for MN
to send them autographed copies OF DIS
book. III.
And so his books were sold as JUNK
And ever after he didn't nave any
friends Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
TWO MINUTE SKETCHES
George Washington.

~ HE success of George Washing
ton seemed to spring from his
we'll rounded character, from
- his unselfishneSs, from his dis
interested patriotism and from MS AMI
ity to inspire i'll others confidence ana
esteem. In war he excelled as a
strategist, in peace as wise and mod
crate statesman, In all things as just
and noble man. 1t would be impos'
sible to place ones finger on any par
tlcular spot In his career and say
This was the turning point; this was
the place at which Washington was
made" More than almost any other
character In history he was In all re-
lations the great man, yet 1t Is most
difficult to analyze him and tell the
particular thing that made him great.
Too modest to make a speech, too SELF
depreciative to seek his own advance
ment his deeds caused him to shine
over all orators, and his virtues ad-
yanced him over all self seekers. Few
men have received so much adulatlon,
and from this there has been reac-
ton. yet after all that criticism can
do the massive proportions Of the man
still stand out to challenge the atten-
ton of the world.
At the time he was chosen to com
mand the Continental armies Washing
ton had rendered no especially con-
spicuous service to single him out
from his fellows. His selection Tor
that high post was rather due to the
general esteem in which he was held
There are few examples in which the
individual integrity that we usually
denominate character counted so much
for success as in the case of Washing
ton.
He had prodigiOus temper, yet held
Il in check; he loved wealth and pos
sessed more of 1t than almost any oth'
err man in the colonies, yet he would
not accept pay for his military serv'
ices: he met severe reverses In his
campaign, yet was too great to be
crushed by them; he had conspicuous
faults that would have destroyed a
smaller man, yet his general rectitude
was so great that 1t dwarfed the minor
defects.
There is a general sentiment In man
kind that worth means success. OuI
faith in this proposition is often shak'
en-. but the case of Washington would
seem to prove it true.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
Cold Comfort In London.

"Everything that shouldn't be warm
in England is warm" says Samuel G.
Blythe in IAN American In London
In Everybody's Magazine, "and every
thing that should be warm Is cold.
The houses are catacombs. always ex-
cepting those few hotels In London
where they have steam heat, which Is,
of course. due to the advance or
American civilization. Engllshmen say
they do not feel the cold. Everybody
else feels 1t, for 1t is the meanest cold
in the world Extended observation
leads TO the conclusion that the reason
the English do not feel the cold Is that
they are desensitized--sort of refrig-
orator beefed, so to speak. This Is not
the main point. The reason the Eng
lish SILVER around in cold, damp rooms,
trying to make themselves believe a
few hunks Of camel coal In crate
furnish all the heat required by the
most delicate, Is that somebody In an
Client days who couldn't get anything
TO warm himself up did the next best
thing and declared he didn't feel the
cold and didn't need fire anyhow
Other Englishmen heard Of 1t, and this
idea has been a fetch ever since"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
a Neoro bv Brevet.

At the Army and Navy club In Wash
,ngton number Of old timers were
one evening swapping stories OF the
civil war when General Young told or
O soldier in the Army OF the Potomac
who entertained some unique ideas as
to his financial value as well as OF the
method by which that value could be
realized. He was a white man and
was detailed for service as teamster
in train that was driven for the most
part by negroes. The darkies were
hired at the rate Of S25 per month. but
the white soldiers received no more
than the regular pay, SIG. The man
in question appeared somewhat dis
satisfied with this arrangement and
made an application to his captain.
81 should like" he said gravely, "tc
be appointed negro by brevet and be
assigned to duty in accordance with
my brevet rank."-Lipplncott's.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
AZ One Fell SWoop.

"Have you got any of those prepare
lions for removing superhuous hair?
asks the man who enters the drug store
with a firm tread and set counte-
nance.
Eyes, sir" answers the druggist.
"Give me pint. want to use 1t OH
my head"
"But, man, you haven't got any SUI
perfuous hair on your head. You're
nearly bald now"
81 know it, And I've got so asgra
waited and tired watching the confound
ed hair leaking off day by day that
want to remove the rest of it at one
sweep and have the agony over"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
Shakespeare notwithstanding.

"Is there anything In a nameY in
quired the man with mouse colored
whiskers. You can bet there is
Name a boy Stuyvesant or Van Rens-
selaer or Gouverneur and he'll never
hold anything but a first class job
Nobody will ever dare ask him to swan
windows or mop floors. And by the
time he's forty he'll be head Of a
trust company and director in twenty
seven prominent concerns. Oh, yes
there's heap in name, lemme tel
you."- Washingto Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
Tho Mnslem World.

Islam IL challenge to Christianity
from the very fact that In India alone
there are far more Moslems 02.45SOII'
according to the last .censusl under our
rule than there are processing Chris
tians (j3,000.O00) In the whole British
empire. Islam is still spreading. Its
progress in Africa is at once rapid and
steady. and, though in India the yearly
increase in the number Of its professors
is but slow. 1t is still unchecked.-Rev.
DR.. Tisdall at the Church Congress.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
Mexican Rand Transit.

The queerest mode Of travel saw
in all Mexico was that adopted by
woman who was on her way to the
doctor, seated complacently in a chair
borne on the back Of q man. Some
Mexican women are afraid even of the
mule cars, while they look upon the
rapidly spinning trolley with such
trembling of knees they cannot be per-
suaded to put foot upon it. Unable to
pay coach hire, they employ the human
carrier at few cents for each trip
Travel Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
Arcadian Bliss.

You frequently hear folks say they
wish they we're millionalres. But oui
idea of happiness is the one that owns
forty acres of land in the hills doesn
owe a cent, has a wife and seven chill
nren. Ave good coon dogs, a sorre
team of mules, q good shotgun forty
seven miles from a railroad and rlgh
on good stream Of fish. If that wouic
not be happiness "unalloyed' We
would like to know where you woui1
on 70 find it.-Auxvasse (Mo) Review.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
THE MYSTERY OF SLEEP.
vo Man Knows When the Moment OF
Inconsistencies Comes.

Inconsistencies Comes.
There Is a remarkable fact connected
with sleep which must not be over
looked. The sleep Of human being,
II we are not too busy to attend to the
matter, always evokes a certain feeling
of awe. Go into room where per-
son Is sleeping, and 1t Is difficult to
resist the sense that one Is In the pres"
ence of the central mystery OF exist
ence. People who remember how con-
stantly they see old Jones asleep In
the club library will smile at this, but
look quietly and alone even at old
Jones and the sense of mystery Will
soon develop.
1t is no good to say that sleep Is only
knowing" because 1t looks like Death.
The person who is breathing so loudly
as to take away all thought Of death
causes the sense OF awe quite as easily
as the silent sleeper who hardly seems
TO breathe.
We see death seldom, but were 1t
more familiar we doubt If corpse
would inspire so much awe as the I'M
conscious and sleeping figure-a smil-
ing, irresponsible doll, flesh and blood,
but a doll to whom In second may
be called proud, active, controlling
consciousness which will ride his bodi-
ly and his mental horse with hand
of iron. which will force that body to
endure toll and misery and Will make
that mind, now wandering In paths OF
fantastic folly, grappe with some great
problem or throw all It's force into the
ruling the saving or the destruction
Of mankind. The corpse Is only Sc
much bone, muscle and tissue; the
sleeping body Is the house which a
cuick and eager master has only left
| for an hour or so.
Let any one who thinks sleep Is mol
q mystery try TO observe In himself
the process by which sleep comes anc
to notice how and when and under
what conditions he loses consciousness
He will, Of course. utterly fall to pu'
his finger on the moment of sleep com
Ing, but in striving to get as close al
he can to the phenomena Of sleep b.
Will realize how great Is the mystery
which he is trying to fathom.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
UNCHANGED.

81 met Dunkey today for the first
time In years. He hasn't changed
much"
"Oh. he hasn't changed at all, but be
doesn't seem to realize it."
"How do you meanT
"Oh. he's forever talking about what
a fool he used to be- '"-Philadelphia
Press
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
The lnfallible Man.

The most dull and wishy washy man
In all the world must be be who never
made mistake But be is double
dyed when he will make no mistake
himself and lose sleep over the mis-
takes of his neighbor. - Manchester
IInion
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-22
At the Play.

"Talk about realismw exclaimed Mr..
Housekeep.
"Well?"
"That housemaid making dabs at the
furniture and never hitting it looks
awful natural to me. Louisville Cou'
rier-Journal.
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Marshall Field.
By j. a. EDGE RTOM

u RARSHALL FIELD was the
NH greatest merchant of modern
V times. He had factories all
- over the world, in almost ey-
cry country Of Europe, in China ana
Japan. in Australia and In North and
South America. The goods manutac-
tured by these mills he sold through
his great retail store He was one OF
the richest men in America, yet made
far less stir than men with one-tenth
Of his wealth. Moreover, he paid taxes
on a larger percentage Of his posses
sions than probably any other Amer
lean millionaire. He never speculated,
never went in debt and never was os-
tentatious with his charities. The
world over, his name was the synonym
for business integrity. In fact, in Civ
Ing the three essential qualities Of the
successful business man Mr.. Field
mentioned these:
"First.-AbsOlute integrity.
"Second.-Good judgment
Third
Thousands Of people before Marshall
Field have stipulated these as neces-
sary factors in success, but he put
them In practice He lived them.
Personally Field was rather tall, but
spare. He was reticent almost to
sensitiveness. During Office hours he
was a strict disciplinarian; at other
times almost a poet.
Field was q poor boy, the son of Il
New England farmer. He early eX-
pressed a desire to become a merchant,
and his father secured him clerkship
In a village grocery. After the lapse
of a few months the elder Field asked
the merchant how the boy was max
Ing out and received a dlscOuraging re-
port. The storekeeper did not think
young Field cut out for a business
man. At this the boy dOggedly deter
mined that he would fool that particu-
lar purveyor Of calico. and he did
Going to Chicago, he started as clerk
steadily crowded forward and was on
the road to success at the time of the
great tire of 1871. In this he lost prac
tically all, but started again with
little added edge to his determination
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
OUR MILITARY SYSTEM
IS HELD UP TO SCORN

New York, Feb. 22.-Prefacing his
article with stories of two imaginary
wars, in which America is badly beat
en- by Germany in her Eastern, and by
Japan in her Western states, Lieuten-
ant Hugh Johnson, U. S. A, writing in
the March issue of Everybody's Maya
zine, holds the United States military
system up to scorn. He refers to the
navy as respectable" but says its
fighting chance is impossible to deter
NINE" and it's discussion no part of
his mission.
Rich towns" he says, dot the coast
country railroads invite INVASION; fer
tile fields promise support
Turning then to military conditions
he says: I'VE have no army, but what
is worse, we have no system Of defense
In resource we are rich; in actual pow
er we are as poor as Job. Germany
can mobolize l 100000 men in a month
France as many, Japan 100000; we
1 600 900 in two years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
Our Defense Would Fail.

"A battle-worthy fighting line of the
United States could not be promised
in less than one year. What could
happen in that year is appalling. Ger
many could fortify New York almost
beyond hope of recapture. Washing
ton, Philadelphia and the coast defens-
es would fall. leaving the navy without
base and helpless. On the Pacific
the three coast states constitutes new
and better Japan. Between it and the
interior stretches an unbroken line of
mountains thanked by great desert re-
giOns. Lodged behind that redOubt,
dislodgement of the Japanese would be
as abtruse a problem as ever con-
fronted a military genius
Nor does the writer consider Ameri-
cans natural soldiers. Though the
American youth may burn to do bat
tie, he has no desire to become a sol
der" he says. while our rivals
drill every man on their tax rolls, we
have one trained soldier for every
/ 400 youths
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
MANY ARE HOMELESS
New York Has Thirty Thous-
and Men Who Will Not
Work.
CONDITION is IMPROVING.

New York, Feb. eft is estimated
by one of the managers of the AssOcia-
ton for Improving the Condition of
the poor, that there are approximately
10000 homeless men IN New York to-
day. OF these probably 90 per cent
are non-residents, while it is the soci-
etys estimate that about I per cent
would work if they could obtain en-
ployment. Though the poverty of the
deserving unemployed is real and their
need of help constant, the society has
reason to believe that conditions are
improving, the number of men out of
work growing smaller. and finally. that
the total of the deserving class of the
unemployed has been overestimated.
The great majority. society man
ager said, belong 10 the vagrant class.
and work" the organization when
they can get a chance to do SO. We
have tried TO distinguish the deserving
but when the best of the run of appli-
cants is sifted not more than l per cent
are honest or sober or wiling to work
when they can"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
JOHN MITCHELL MAY
co TO THE PANAMA
President Wants Good Man to
Investigate.

Washington, Feb. 22.-That John
Mitchell, the retiring president of the
United Mine Workers of America may
be asked by President Roosevelt to go
to Panama and make report on labor
conditions there, is one of the results
which may accrue from a conference
on Panama affairs at the white house
The president. Secretary Taft and Col
onel Goethais considered not only the
labor phase of the lsthmian situation
but many others. Colonel Goethais re
ceived final instructions and Will sail
for the isthmus next week. No con
c,usion was reached as to the appoint
ment of Mr.. Mitchell and it is under
stood that James Bronson Reynolds
the presidents Chicago packing-house
investigator. also was considered fol-
the same work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
Preserving Leather.

Leather goods. if their appearance is
to be preserved, should not be kept il
places that are too dry. as the heat vii
cause the leather to crack Nor ir
damp places that will make 1t moldy
To freshen leather chair seats. travel
become shabby or spotted, rub then
with the well beaten white of an egg
Sole leather bags are best cleaned b,
using ordinary russell shoe polish
cleaning them in the same way tha
shoes are cleaned
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
C., c. & |. FOUGHT
ingalls, of the Big Four Still
Says His Road viii Not
Interchange.
BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

Muncie, Ind, Feb. 22.-George III.
ingalls,, traffic manager of the New
York Central lines, in a communica-
ton addressed to the Muncie Com
marciaI club, absolutely refuses to re-
scind his order that, after March l.,
the Lake Erie & Western and the Big
-Four roads here shall not exchange
switching with the Chicago, Cincin-
natl & Louisville road. The last nam
ed road is now in the hands of a re-
ceiver. ingalls, sets forth that the
Vanderbilt roads here own nearly all
the trackage and other property that
IS used in switching, while the c., C..
& L. has little property of this kind,
and that to compel the Lake Erie and
the Big Four to give a rival road free
access to the use of this property is
unfair.
The matter is to be taken before the
State Railroad commission, either by
the road itself or by the the CONNER
cial club. Shippers say that the prin-
cipal reason for the action of the New
York Central lines is that the c.. C. &
L. Is fast becoming an important ship
ping road and is cutting into the bust
ness of the older lines.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22

Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 22.-Hun-
dreds of miners who ventured into the
Valdez and Fairbanks, being driven
from their quest of gold by the intense
cold and the lack of food. They were
forced to turn back when in sight of
gold, plentiful enough to make all of
them rich.
There is little or no food in the en-
tire region. In some instances, miners
who were getting fro $50 to $50 pan,
were forced to abandon their claims.
Hunger forced them to realize that
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
Balm TO Be HERE
Frances E. Willard w. c. T. u.
Will Bring Him Here
Soon.
WELL KNOWN LECTURER.

The ladies comprising the member
ship of the Frances E. Willard Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union of
this city are to be commended for
their laudable enterprise in securing
Col Geo. w. Balm of Lexington, KY,
to deliver an address in the large
auditorium of the East Main Street
Friends church. Col. Balm will be
here on the evening of March II, and
will present his lecture, IF l Could
Live Life Over" or this lecture, Col.
Balm has this to say: 1T does good
to the young. includes temperance.
and is a popular lecture as whole
No admission fee will be charged.
Col. Balm is one of Kentucky's best
known temperance workers..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
PRIVATE BANKER
HAS BEEN ARRESTED
Robert Parker of Remington,
In the Tolls.

Rensselaer,, Ind, Feb. 22.-Robert
Parker, of Remington, whose private
bank was closed on December 20, the
funds having been exhausted by con-
tinuous losses, has been arrested on
three charges Of embezzlement, the in
dictment having been returned by the
Jasper county grand Jury.
Mr.. Parker has transferred all his
property to the trustee of the bank and
seems to be doing all in his power to
make amends for his poor banking and
vet it is thought that creditors to the
amount of 100000, will receive little
more than 20 cents on the dollar. :
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
SENTIMENT FOR LINE
Three Towns Including Rich
mond Have Selected
Committees.
TRACTION LINE NORTH

Three places-Richmond, Lynn and
Fountain City-have so far named
committees to consider the advisable
~ of undertaking construction of the
proposed traction line from Decatur
to Richmond, Winchester and Ridge.
Vile are yet to be heard from. There
appears to be an overwhelming senti-
ment in favor of the construction OF
the line. AS soon as all the commit
tees are filled, there will be a meet.
Ing in Richmond to consider ways
and means Of making the project a
reality.