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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18

The following speech is put into tne
mouth of an American heiress IN an
English story called "A Subaltern OF
Horse" ~.
"I've a bunch that this is the big
gest game of spool I've oticiated 10
vet. Mr.. Herries. You have nerve
and no mistake" Then as Herrles
withdrew she caught sight Of FOX 5
smiling face. The Bud turned on MN
hotly You were in this too. IKE
Your neck. You'll have to pitch taie
TO pop. He's drawn on man FOR less
out west. Come. Margi. let's get'
wore the Holsters this hike. Captain
will you please escort US to our car
riageY
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
A Vacation.

A certain scientist In the service Oh
Uncle Sam at Washington is SAID 10
be a hard taskmaster to both his ON
cial and his domestic servants.
Being detailed once to accompany d
scientific expedition on an EXTENDED
cruise. the scientist is said to have un-
bent a trihe in communicating the
news to his personal attendant.
Henry" said he, how would you
like to 90 with me around the worldr.
"Do we 90 from east to west, SIR
asked the man.
"Yes."
And we lose a day going that way
do we not, sir?"
I'VE do
"Then. sir. | should like very mucf
to go. 1t would give me day on. =
Harper's Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
T0MORROW'S BIRTHPLACE.
Limo In the Pacific Where II SNAKES
Hands With Yesterday.


Most people who have read jules
yerne's around the World In Eighty
Days" will remember how narrowly
the traveller missed his bet, having Tor
gotten that In following the sun from
east to west he had gained one day.
When one crosses the Atlantic from
London to New York he gains rather
more than half an hour each DAY
From New York TO Chicago another
hour is gained, another to Denver an
other to San Francisco, which Is recA'
on,ng time eight hours later than Lon
don and Of course the best part OF d
day later than Shanghai and fokona-
ma In crossing the PACING tners
comes a time when the day peginS'
where yesterday and tomorrow SNAKE
hands and where the traveller Is cneal-
cd out of a day in his life.
In mid-Pacifc, going west, one sxlps
from Sunday to Tuesday. Gong ees'
he has one day of the week repeated
two Sundays or Tuesdays, as the case
may be. l., ~,
The line Of the changing day Is MOI
O straight one. The Islands IN tne IA
Lac To e their time from the continen
with which they trade and from wnicl
thew we're discovered. Thus the In'
Of the change zigzass down the "a
ciac from south to north, lodging De
tween the islands.
Hence 1t might easily happen tnat
ship which has already skipped a ia
would reach an island when clinss .
San Francisco time. In such case
would be Monday on shore and tues
day on the ship. ,-
II the ships jolly boat were lying :
,ho-f n would be Monday on IN
wharf and Tuesday on the boat
And IL a person lives somewner
near the line he can get sailo0s al an ~
visit yesterday and tomorrow IN I'd
most delightful fashion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
ACTION OF ALCOHOL
Tho Seven Stages of Drunkenness ana
the Results.

Tho Seven Stages of Drunkenness ane
the Results.
According to the evidence given TO
Gently by DR.. R. T. Williams, an ENG
fish physician, In London police court
saws the Literary Digest ne oislin'
gnIshes seven stages of drunkenness
irritable, mellow, pugnacions. affection.
ate. lachrymose, followed. If the total
doses were large enough, by collapse
and death. 1t is noted by the British
Medical Journal, from which this re-
mort is taken, that other authorizes
have formulated these stages IN dlner'
emit ways. Says this paper:
"Magnan, who was one OF the nrs'
70 begin the scientific study OF the
physiological action Of alcohol, distin'
guished five stages-frst, slight e1'
element and feeling OF well being III
which speech and gestures became
more animated in the second stage
ideas became crowded together anc
confused the mood being, without AM
very obvious reason for the difference
cav or sad or full of tender emotion
in the third stage the confusion O
ideas was greater and accompanied o.
,ncoherence, perversion OF taste AM
smell, Illusions, thick speech, vacan
countenance and staggering gait; u
fourth stage was coma and the nftl
death. Magnan's second stage On
been graphically described By Gay
Shaw as a loss Of the sense OF aWaf'
ness of surroundings
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
DRYING THIN GLASSES.
A Dealer Tells Why the Maid Breaks
Them So Often.

"Our maid certainly worked destruc-
ton on those sherry glasses, )se DEL
icate little glasses" said the customer
TO the dealer. There were six. anu
she broke three inside OF three
months"
"Oh. you got Off easy Judging from
tha stories that come to US" replied
the store man.
"Wel | see how II is" responded
the customer Il tried wiping rev
Of these glasses myself the olner hish'
ond the first thing knew wiped the
side right out of one. AS the maids
say. Why, they break right In 'hs
lowell"
Now. IL you would wait until they
wore nearly dry" remarked the dealer
you'd never break any at all. rake
this cordial glass with the very thlh
stem You naturally seize 1t by the
foot and turn 1t while you wipe the
howl with the other hand. While the
glass is wet the dish towel grippeo
between two fingers. holds the bowi
like wise and you just naturally
twist the stem in two. But II you ie.
the glass get nearly dry the tower
sims. and the DANGER is over"
doesn't that make streaked glass
esq"
mo not If the water and towels are
clean. or course you ought to nave
towels that you use only for grass
ware Towels that have been used OF
dishes are likely to have grease ol
them. and grease is the great enemy
Of b. illiancy in glassware"
Then can soap be used IN the wa
terY' am,
ooh yes. We use pure white soal
with ours. The main point Is 10 nav
the water hot enough That helps VIII
the driving. too. because when you taA
q glass out of very hot water ana Sc
u aside to drain 1t will dry itself pt
fore YOU can take towel to IT. liz
= sue paper is good as a polisher pecaus
i rsnally It has never touched grease
i Alcohol has a reputation as polisne
I hut its function is rather to clean. "
nm potatoes are good to shine up u
insldes of pitchers and carafes' Ne
York Post.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
The Quality of Mercy.

A notorious mountain moonshiner,
Familiarity known as Wild Bill, was
tried before a federal court In Georgia
and was adjudged guilty. Before pro-
nouncing sentence the judge lectured
the prisoner on his long criminal rec
ord and at last, informing him that the
court entertained no feeling Of anger
toward him, but felt only unmixed pity,
sentenced him to spend six years in
the federal prison at Atlanta
Bill stolidly shifted the Quid Of tobac-
60 in his mouth and turned to leave the
courtroom with the marshal. Once out
side the only thing be said was this:
"well, suah am glad he want mad
ut mev'
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
a FAREWELL CHAT.
Interview Between the Boss ana 'n'
Man He Fired.


Neither of the partners had arrived
and the clerks that morning were III
dulging In their usual bout Of gossip
"Did I tell you. chaps. that l was
loevinq?p drawled the languid swell
Of the staff whose incompetence was
as palpable as the splendor OF his at
tire. lilo,
Heard you'd got the sack replleu
the specialized cashier grutly
az answered an advertisement yes
terday for what looks like hrst class
ioh" resumed the overdressed one, lg-
noring the remark. 1--WE pitched ratn-
er a strong yarn. but you've got 10 40
that If you want to keep up with tne
times" LOO,
Just then the senior partner en'ereu'
and all wrote intently.
WITHIN five minutes the "old mar"
who had been opening letters caileu
the last speaker into his ROOM ana tne
following dialogue became plainly au-
dible to those outside:
Have you been in our service seven
years."
"No. sir; only fifteen months. 81,
"And is your salary IA los week
"Eh. no. sir; 80 shillings."
"And are you in entire charge OF tnt
counting houseT
No reply. -.
and are you leaving US because o.
q difference with the firm regardlns
the management Of our coionia
branches
Dead silence and a short pause
Then the old man:
"You should be more careful In you
statements, sir. This is a small worlo
The advertisement you answered wa
for the situation you are leaving g, o,
Saturday. That will do"-London LII
Ritq
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
Missouri and Missourah.

We are perturbed to see that a MIS-
sonri schoolma'am has been telling the
Omaha people that the right way 10
pronounce Missouri is missouri
with an Italian 81" 1t is not WIN Tue
letter 'I' that we have any fault 10
and Int with the elimination OF the
English "i' on the first syllable we
cannot find anywhere among the au-
tborities on our language a precedent
for giving the second sound OF u W
"iv except In words like bird. tnlru
and others where ''r' follows It,
mississippi" is as good pronuncia-
tiop az "Mussouri." There are SO
many mispronunciations Of missouri
that perhaps one more is not mucn
greater distress. The chief pronuncla-
torv thorn in Missouri is "Missourah'
This thrives like the burdock In the
harvard. 1t is hard to remedy tha'
twist in the elimination or NILSSON
rahp There are politicians who take
"Nissourah" along with them when
they 90 campaigning, as they 90 the
MACK SLOUGH hat. At home they car
discard one as easily as they can take
| off the other
Then there are others who are rear
cd to "Missourah" as some lowans arr
reared to "Ioway." Arkansas wlsei!
J decided to become "Arkansaw' o!
law and stick to it, which leaves Kan
sasv or "Kansaw" either right o
wrong. Missouri is "Missoury' by leg
islatiye enactment, and that ought I
settle it. for these are the days wne
respect for legislative acts Is extremei
marked.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
A SURPRISED SALESMAN.
His Experience In Trying to Market
Biq Stock Of Bibles.

His Experience In Trying to Market
Big Stock Of Bibles.
This is a publishers story Of lone OF
the six best sellers Of the year. a
wholesale publishing house had been
manufacturing Bibles. ranging from
the great illustrated tome with blank
leaves between the two Testaments Tor
tho family register down to the pocKet
edition of the immortal work of fexi-
ble covers and gilt edged leaves.
Suddenly this New York house de-
cided to 60 out of business. 1t had
stock Of Bibles numbering between
10000 and $4,000 volumes. 1t was
decided, If possible, to close the whole
stock out at sacrifice If need be, and
for the purpose a skillful salesman was
sent to Chicago to feel the pulse OF
great west side mail order house. Inc
salesman didn't like the job.
"Twenty thousand Bibles In q
bunchw was his reiterated exclama-
tion all the way from New York. Al
the mail order plant he went from one
big building to another in trailing down
the buver who he thought might RANT
at his figures. Business Instincts
nrompted him to represent himself as
a salesman from house which was Id
the business and which might have In
! tended TO remain In the business In
definitely. and on this basis. showing
his samnles. the salesman talked. FL
nally the buyer for the house excused
. himself. evidently to talk with some
other department head, though the
salesman wasn't at all sure that ht
; would not call a patrol wagon to tak'
away A dangerous lunatic. In rev
minutes the buyer returned.
well take the lot at the prices yo'
name" said he. but only on this con
dition-that you contract with us to de
liver 100000 Of them within twelv
months at the rate Of $4,000 month.
At which the salesman's impulse wa
TO run for the patrol wagon until
! was made clear to him that by mai
! gins OF hundreds Of thousands the b
| BILE is the best selling book that eve
came from the printing press. Yea
! after year. in hundreds of thousanu
the mail order houses are selling Is
j bles They go 10 every postotfice o
the map in amending stream until u
popular best seller" of the create
literary press of the country looks I.
proverbial go cents. John Hamiin
Chicago Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
The ECc-%TE..C SHAH.
interesting PeeuIiarties OF the Is'e
Ruler OF Persia.


Muzaffar ed Din. the late shan OF
Persia. had many interesting peculiari-
ties which are told by the authors Oh
"Ouaar Things About Persia; lie
was nervous in the presence OF Eu-
ropeans. He used to stand Win one
hand on his scimiter and stroke his
enormous mustache with the other Ill
order TO maintain his composure. AS
hoe been said, he used to utter some
nlatitudes. such as: Thank God we
have had a fortunate year. RAIN mas
been plentiful, and we hope that Goa
will make the harvest abundant IL
ne was In a genial mood he inquirer
after the respective sovereigns: 'What
are they all doing? Has the KING Oh
England won the yachting racer has
the koiser killed many deerf was the
su,ton Of Turkey pleased with the pres
ont I sent him lately? How Is Inc
c1orY To which the Russian minister
renlied with forced politeness' HOW
can he be anything else but well since
he Is noticed by your majesty
.NIuzaffar ed Din was good man
HE court was paved with good inten-
tions which he had not sufficient ell
orgy TO carry our. Unlike his ahces-
TORS no hated bloodshed and while lie
was ON the throne instances OF capltai
nunishment were rare. Though he was
great sportsman. fine shot VINO
could hit with rifle coin thrown ~
tho air he was as humane to animals
nc he was to human beings. Muzanal
Cd Din was very fond of music. liz
detested thunder. Whenever 1t thun
dered he used to take refuge in vaui
, whore the noise was drowned and nae
! n mulah. especially appointed for TIT
nurpose. to calm his msgivings.
"Not long ago among the new tnlhe
, from Europe were little canoes IN run
her which were blown out and 1901
/. the shape Of a boat. The shan wa
I worry Interested They were tried o.
Q the lake of palace. Four fat nopie
' were embarked IN one whose vaiV
WAS partly opened. and the boat wa
nushed from land. 1t slowly sank u
it's occupants were left founderlng
tho water. The shah enjoyed himsel
vastly. especially when they "el
. brought out looking as drenched scar
The poor men. though they got rnel
l. matism. were delighted to have mac
J. the shah laugh. They received pei
sions on the spot.
IS He was much interested in photos
ii raphv. He instituted a photograph
Is Of state, who received S2'OOO ye'
l. and was expected to buy every ne
notent that came out. Muzaffar ed u
ID was photographed every half hour.
no saw a European with camera
s. the street he used to stop to let nj
s. take his photograph. Every kind
g machinery. from the most importa
b. invention to penny toys, Interest,"
10 him. 1t was characteristic OF him
he nav no more attention to Marconfs q
covery than to a shilling automa'
III toy."-Chicago News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
Painfully Natural.

Playwright-Is her acting natural!
Manager enthusiastically - Natural
WHY. when she appeared as the dying
mother last night an insurance agent
who has her life insured for SZo'oOo
and who was In the audience actuaAy
tainted .-London Tit-Bits.
Tho Blood of Our Presidents.
Desnite the fact that we are I'd
most amalgamated nation on eartn, ou'
two Of the twenty-five men VINO nave
served the country as president caln'
from other than British ancestry. haV
inc occasion q few days since TO sc
over list of the presidents, 1t occurred
"a me that ii would be OF interest
see whence our executives come
find that all but two-Van Buren, al
Roosevelt. who came from the Dutch~
were of British ancestry
These twenty-three from the britisi
are divided up into Scotch-lrish' SCOTCH
Welsh and English From the scotch
Irish came Jackson, Polk. Buchanan
/ Arthur and Mckinley: from the Sco'ci
are Monroe. Grant and Hayes any
from the Welsh came Jefferson Al
| the rest came from the English pur
and simple. German, French i'alian
Polish. Russian and Scandinavia
blood has not yet mingled in IN
veins of our presidents and proDaoi
will not for some time.-Pathnhue''
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
Venoeance by Prayer.

This bit of local color is from the
.Tanan Times: AT ShinOkubo, small
village in Soshu, consisting of only
seventy houses, several cases OF rob-
berry have lately occurred, to the great
alarm of the villagers. A dllgehl
search instituted by them for the OIL
fender proved an utter failure Inc
community consequently held a mass
meeting and unanimously agreed upon
crrsinq the robber to death. A virtu-
ous priest of the locality was accoru'
ipgly applied to for the purpose.
"He. however, declined to curse 'De
rohber to death, an act too cruel TOT
holy man like him to resort TO- Du'
nromised that he would paralyze the
robber by his powerful prayers SO as
70 disable him and lead him to repert-
ance Thus the priest commenced DIS
lamentations. But, behold, the roDDe'
continued his subtle operations, 10 Tue
INDIGNATION OF the entire community
"Tbe priest has been condemned al
worthless fellow, and the villagers
have taken upon themselves the tas'
Of repairing every day to the vlilag
temple by twos and threes to one
horrible prayers by which the ropDe
&c doomed to an early and fearrr
/ death"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
How Shaw Writes His Plays.

A recent biography of Sir Char'e
Wyndham contains a good story
George Bernard Shaw. SIT Cnarle
was asked one day If he bad ever coi
templated appearing in Sha"la
play. "Oh. yes" he said "Bernar
Shaw was very anxious for me 10 ap
pear in some of his productions. re
member his coming to me some year
ago to read me one of his plays. IL
put his hand in his breast pocket an
produced a small notebook. when Ii
placed upon the table. Then ne owe
into another pocket and produced al
other notebook. a little bit larger ina
the first. He proceeded in this fashlo
to ransack his pockets until no teWe
than seven small notebooks lay on I'd
table. That's the play said Mr.. Sha'
complacently 4 always write ID
plays on the tops Of buses, so / haV
to use notebooks This partieuls
piay was ''Zae PttaRAsrer."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
Einner Rino Watches.

Swiss watchmakers are reported 70
be busy filling English and American
orders for finger ring watches. Inc
ring watch, though little seen, Is no
novelty. The manager Of an old Lon
don matchmaking firm says that he
saw them more than fourteen years
ago Queen Victoria had three or four.
The simplest ones-a plain gold ring
with the watch inserted-costs abous
800, but with diamonds or otnei
stones $4,000 to $4,000 may be paid
Tor them.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
Rural Claims.

Through the influence of the dal
press cities and their needs have come
to absorb such an amount of daily
attention that the Importance OF the
country and its inhabitants to the well
fare Of the nation is largely overlook
ed: hence the call to do everything that
can be done to enlarge, to refine, to
purify and to strengthen the life OF
our country people. And one means
TO this end which has not hitherto
been used as much as 1t might have
been is the cultivation In the school
and in the home Of the habit Of read
ing good books.-Bishop Of Hereford
In Nineteenth Century.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-01-18
A STRANGE SENTENCE.
Punishment For Murder That was
More Cruel Than Death.


In 1901 a man died IN the Catskills |
who had been condemned by one OF
the strangest sentences on record.
Ralph Sutherland was born In ltol ana
lived in a stone house near Leeds he
was a man Of violent temper ana mo-
rose disposition, Stunned by bis neigh
bors and generally dlsliked. Not be-
ing able to get an American servant
he imported Scotchwoman, ana. ac-
cording TO the usages of the times. vir-
tually held her in bondage until her
passage money had been refunded
Unable to endure any longer the
raging temper Of her master, the girl
ran away. Immediately upon discov-
er,ne her absence the man set OF In
nm angry chase upon his horse ana
soon overlook her. The poor woman
never reached the house alive. ana
Sutherland was indicted and arrested
on the charge of murder.
At the trial he tried to prove that
his horse had taken fright. run away.
n,tched him out OF the saddle and
dashed the girl to death upon the
rocks. but the jury did not accept the
defense. and Sutherland was sentenced
to die upon the scaffold.
Then came the plea OF the lnsum-
c,encv of circumstantial evidence ana
the efforts Of influential relatives.
These so worked upon the court thar
the Judge delayed the sentence OF
death until the prisoner should oe
ninety-nine years old. -.
} 1t was ordered that the cuipri'
should be released on his own recog'
nizance and that. pending the hnal e1'
ecutIon of his sentence. he should keel
"a hangmans moose about his neck ano
show himself before the judges o.
Catsklll once a year to prove that III
wore his badge Of infamy and KEEP
l his crime in mind. 1t was NOR
cruel decision than the sentence OF I'm
mediate death would have been, on
n was no doubt In harmony with TN
spirit of the times.
Thus Ralph Sutherland lived. He al
ways llVcu ulOuc' liz " -
His rough. imperious manner ma
) gone. Years followed years. Al eac
g session OF the court the broken ma
3 came before the bar Of justice ana
II leutly showed the moose that circle
;. his neck.
II At last his ninety-nlnth year cam
e the time when the court had ordere
S. that the utmost penalty OF the Ia
J. should be executed. For the last tin
10 the man tottered before the judge
D. bench, but new judges had arisen
the land. new laws had been made, o.
g crimes had been forgotten or forgive
er and there was none who would accu'
ar him or execute sentence. Indeed, u
" awful restriction that had bound D
IN life so intimately to the expiration
II his crime was now legally removed.
IN But the spirit Of self punishme
NJ continued. and when Sutherland, art
OF he had passed his hundredth year. W
nj discovered dead. alone in his house,
ed throat was found to be encircied
10 the rope which had been placed the
Is nearly three-quarters of a century
Io fore