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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-08-12

city that has been in the clutches
of the water famine, asking relief.
But the council must never be
moved from the groove in which
1t has grown rusty, no matter what
the emergency.
The addition of more pumps, and
enlargement of the WELL Is neces-
sary, seems like a simple matter,
and the water famine one demand
ing instant attention, to everybody
except those with power to rem
edy-the city councilmen.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-08-12
If Elected Will Call Extra Session to
Amend Constitution.

"A platform s binding what II omits we'll to
According the democratic ide the people
themselves select officials out their
wishes.
1.-THE people sovereisns the officials the
servants, employed and stated salary
sovereigns and to do It in the
the soveregns want It done"-Bryan
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-08-12

STOCKTON, Cal, Aug. ~
Semi'ofiicial returns show the
regular republican organization
ticket won out over the Lincoln
Roosevelt league ny 70l to 342 here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-08-12
WOULD GIVE PACIFIC TO JAPS
RATHER THAN REVEAL RATES

INTERSTATE COMMERCE CON-
M s S IONS RATE RULE
AGAINST TRANSCONTINENT-
Al RAILROADS THREATENS
DIRE DISASTER TO AMERICA
ON THE PACIFIC.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
a Sit bv-the-Fire.

"You may talk about YOUR country
cousins who never get outside Of their
native countless" said the man who
lives not far from st. Thomas church,
"but l know a man who has lived in
New York for forty years and has new
err seen the Flatiron building. OF
course he couldn't have seen 1t during
threefourths of that time, however
much he may have wanted to- but that
isn't what I'm talking about. He Is a
bookseller. with shop not three min
utes from Broadway and not more
than twenty minutes walk from Twen-
ty-third street No, he isn't blind He
simply hasn't seen the Flatiron building
because his business hasn't taken him
down that way, and he Is not sufficient
ly curious to go down there merely to
look at it. He has not been as far
south as Forty-second street in five
years, and he is not q dozen blocks
away. He has his work to attend to
during the day. and when night comes
he goes home, which reminds me that
there are thousands of people in Man.
haitian who have never seen the Brook
lyn bridge and more have never cross
ed 1t, and still some people wonder al
the lack of civic pride among residents
of New York city."-New York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
VENEERlNG.
Il Is Produced by Two Methods Saw
ing and Slcins.

IL is PRODUCED py TWO Wee"SSSf
ing and Slicins.
"There are two kinds Of veneering-
sawed and sllced-but it takes an ex'
pert to tell the difference" says man.
ufacturer. THE process Of manufac-
ture Is simple and interesting. Inc
logs. delivered at the factory in the
rough. about thirteen feet in length,
are first cooked in hot water vats TO
make them soft and workable.
1T does not matter how green they
are. After being thoroughly cooked
they are placed on machines designed
for the purpose and either sliced by d
powerful knife the length of the log or
cut by q circular saw into slabs about
one-twentieth Of an inch thick.
"These slabs are the full length OF
the log and when first cut are so plia-
BILE that they can be bent double with
out breaking. The uniform thickness
or thinness Of the slabs Is preserved
by the action Of the machinery and
does not vary so much as a hairs
breadth In the entire length Of the
slab.
after the slabs are sliced or sawed
they are seasoned by steaming. This
REQUIRES only about twenty-four hours,
and then they are ready for the mar
ket. Some Of the huge oak logs that
come to the factory show by the rings
in them that the trees were from Pot
to 400 years old."-Washington Herald
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
Her Game Blocked.

The timid looking little woman on
the Euclid car noticed that her purse
WAS not in her bag where she mad
placed it. Instead, 1t was hanging from
her arm on a chain-hanging In full
view where 1t would tempt the nimble
fingers Of the pickpockets assigned 10
that beat. With great forethought she
picked up the purse and started 10 put
it In the bag. But the purse didn't go
in. because it was attached to the arm
of the persimmony faced woman stand
ing next to her. OF course the woman
with the bag stopped right there and
dropped the strangers purse.
you'd better let that alone" spoke up
the persimmony faced woman. i've
been watching you ever since you go'
on. and you needn't think didn't see
what you were trying to do."-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
SCIENCE AND ART.
A Storm as Pictured by tho Weather
Bureau and by Poet.

A Storm as Pictured by tho Weather
Bureau and by Poet.
In commenting on the fact that
person may be thoroughly equipped on
the scientific side of music without
being sensitive to It's beauty as an art
Gustav Kobbe In his book How TO
Appreciate Music" quotes the witty
distinction which Edmund Clarence
Stedman draws In his Mature and
Elements of Poetry" between the indl-
cations Of q storm as described by q
poet and by the official prognostica-
lions Of the weather bureau.
Mr.. stedman gives two stanzas:
When descends on the Atlantic the g.
gantc
storm wind Of the equinox.
Iandward in his wrath he scourges the
toiling surges.
Laden with seaweed from the rocks.
And this stanza by later balladist
The east wind gathered. all unknown,
A thick sea cloud his course before.
He left by night the frozen zone
And smote the cliffs OF Labrador
He dashed the coasts on either hand
Ana hetwixt the Cape and Newfoundland
Into the bays his armies pour.
All this impersonation and fancy arr
translated by the weather bureau Int
something like this:
IAN area of extreme low pressure Il
rapidly moving up the Atlantic coast
with wind and rain. Storm center nov
off Charleston, s. c. Wind n. e.
velocity, "a; barometer, 296. The dis
turbance will reach New York OF
wednesday and proceed eastward t
the banks and bay Of st. Lawrence
Danger signals ordered for all mort
Atlantic ports"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
DIDN'T DREAD DEATH.
Volunteers For the GaIlows In Place
of Those Condemned.

of Those Condemned.
On more than one occasion volun-
teers for the scaffold have offered
themselves to take the place OF the
condemned.
Thus on the eve of the execution OF
DIR. Dodd. famous as the author OF
"The Beauties Of Shakespeare" man
presented himself at Newgate and ask
ed to be permitted to suffer In his
stead. His request was deemed SO ex-
traordinary that he was taken IN
charge as a lunatic. But he was aDle
10 convince the magistrate, before
whom he was brought the next day,
of his sanity and so was discharged.
All he asked as the price of his seir
sacrifice was f2O0, to be settled on his
mother.
In another instance, which happened
only a few years ago, man VINO salu
he suffered from an incurable disease
wrote TO the home secretary offering
himself as a substitute for certain
eminent scholar who had murdered
his wife in q fit of passion. He asked
neither fee nor reward, being, as he
explained, tired Of his life.
Then, too, there was the case OF Ell
"a Fenning, which created so muc1
pity that five persons came forward
and volunteered to suffer in her stead
OF course no notice was taken OF theil
requests, the culprit, a pretty young
girl. being executed in due course
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
A REAL MISER.
With Him the Ruling Passion Was
Indeed Strong In Death.

InoSeo SNTOnS w OS'%'"
The talk turned on misers, and
titled Italian in the party said:
"Iet me tell you about Arpagnio, the
famous Roman miser, and you VIII
know what real miser Is.
"As Arpagnio lay dying In his cold'
dark. bare palace Of stone on the
Corso his one thought was that, since
he was too Ill to eat, full Ira day
was being saved ON the food bill.
1.-The doctor was announced. Inc
doctor. after feeling Arpagnio's pulse
looked grave.
"'well.' said the miser, how much
longer have l to liver
"'Only half an hour was the reply
@Arpagnlos eyes flashed fire.
"'You scoundrelr he cried. why do
you let things run on to the last min
ute like this? Do you want to ruin
me? Send for the barber at once
THE barber arrived posthaste.
"'You charge said Arpagnio. 20
eentisimi for shavingT
ayes, signor.'
"And for shaving q corpse 8 lireY
ayes
"Arpagnio glanced at the clock. Sew
en- of the thirty minutes left him still
remained.
"Then shave me quickly he gasped
"As the operation finished Alpagnio
died. But with his last breath, smiling
-
happily, he murmured while the bar
Der dried his cold, pale cheeks:
"'How Splendid lire and 80 cen
tisimi savedv"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
A Gorgeous Fish.

One of the most gorgeous fishes IN
the world is found, strangely enough,
not in tropical waters, but Off the
coasts Of England, where the waters
are gray and deep and cold. 1t Is the
opah. or kingish. This species reaches
a weight Of from thirty to hundred
pounds and Is shaped little like the
great sunflsh of the Atlantic ocean In
American waters. The fish has I'M
mense eyes, Of which the Iris Is a
bright scarlet. The gill covers are
green and cold, and the rest of the hsh
is flashing red and green, over when
there play sheens of purple and gold
Again, over this sheen there Is another
still more transparent film of silver
which plays in large, white spots over
the rest of the bright colors. The ms
which are large and sword shaped. are
a vivid red. -.. 1879
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
TEN BILLION NEWSPAPERS.
That Was the Estimated Circulation
For the Year 1907.

TUT hiiO
Facts relating to newspapers and
newspaper growth are presented In
Appleton's Magazine in an article on
THE Newspaper as 1t Is" written Dy
General Charles II. Taylor of the Bos-
ton Globe.
statistics Of American newspapers,
giving the number in each state" says
General Taylor, were first compiled In
1910. when there was a total OF 800
papers of all kinds In the country. or
these only rs were dailies, 80 were
semiweeklies, Is triweeklles and 29O
were weeklies. OF the rs dailies SIX
were published in New York, only one
of which. the Evening Post, survives
under its original title. The latest
available figures show that there were
in the United States in 1907 total OF
21.535 newspapers, reviews and such.
of which 2,415 were dailies, 16,2SS
weeklies, 1855 monthlies and 1T quar-
terlies."
Other striking figures are those OF
total newspaper circulation. In 1900
this was S,16S, 1887 These figures
showed an increase over 1890 OF TAO
per cent, while the increase between
1880 and 1890 was 1864 per cent Bas-
ing his conclusions upon these figures,
! General Taylor estimates that the to-
! tal circulation of the newspapers OF
the country in 1907 was not less than
10000, 100000 copies, while he places
the income from sales and advertising
at $2OO000,000.
or the advance of the newspaper as
a news conveying agent, General ray
lor says that there never was a time
when a newspaper reader got 50 much
for his money as now, and he Illus
trates the point by recalling that In
1851. when America won the cup that
has since become so famous, the New
York and Boston papers printed only
from $50 to 800 words about the event.
and this fortnight after 1t occurred,
while at the present time the papers
In these cities devote two or three
pages TO cup race.
Similarly in 1861 one telegraph op'
orator sent out all the press matter
from the convention that nominated
Lincoln, while at the present time g
- single company will have over 100 op
orators employed at a national con
yentiOn.
"Our papers are what the people
make Them" says General Taylor
speaking of the quality of the matter
presented. "The public decides wha
J. 1t wishes to read. The editors anC
publishers, trained in their business
gather their raw material and work
into the finished product-news-t'
meet the demand Controllers OF news
papers are often criticised for wha
=, they print
:, Journalists have much heavier re
Il sponsibility than any other business
e man. The idle, the self seeking, thu
Il untruthful, the vicious, beguile then
at every hand to use the powerful en-
CINE of the press to carry them llttl
way along their chosen road. The ed
p itor must watch ceaselessly for thes
g unwelcome passengers and eject then
IS on sight. He appreciates the respon
sibility of his trust He reaches III
ideal as nearly as he can and does ia
Ie more for the morals of the communit
8 than he is usually given credit for"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
PASSED THE VENIS0N.
One Member Of the Council Had
Tender Conscience.

This quaint account Of an old time
THANKSGIVING celebration in New Eng
land was found In the diary Of Con-
nectlcut minister, dated in the year
1714:
when We services at We meeting
house were ended, We council and other
dignitaries were entertained at the
house Of Mr.. Epes on ye hill near by,
where we had a bountiful Thanksgiv-
ing dinner, with bears meat and veni-
son, the last of which was a fine buck,
shot In the woods near by.
AFTER We blessing was craved word
came that We buck was shot on We
Lords day by PeQuot, an Indian, VINO
came to Mr.. Epes with q I've in his
mouth, like Ananias Of old. Ye coun-
ell therefore refused to eat We venison,
but 1t was afterward decided that Pc
quot should receive forty stripes save
one for lying and profaning ON ye
Lords day and restore Mr.. Epes We
price Of We deer, and, considering this q
tust and righteous sentence on We SIN
full heather and that a blessing had
been craved on We meat, ye council al
partook of it but Mr.. Shepard, whose
conscience was tender on ye point OF
ye venison."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
Butterfly Fakes.

The butterfly was a beautiful deep
blue, as lustrous as satin; but, looking
at 1t closely, the collector shook his
head.
Another fake" he said. See here.
And with his finger he brushed off the
glistening blue dust from the insects
wings, and. 10, it was but a common
brown field butterfly, after all.
"As the collecting of butterflies
grows more popular" he explained,
more and more butterfly fakirs turn
up. These men, with various aniline
dye powders, color up ten cent insect
into a good resemblance to q ten dollar
one. Their work is hard to detect for
the reason that when the dye rubs of
and discolors your fingers you suspect
nothing, since the genuine dust belong
ing to every butterhy's wings would
do the same thing."-New York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
NOT IN A HURRY.
A Royal Funeral and an Embarrassed
Blunderlng Official.

The Comtesse de Boigne's memoirs
contain an interesting account OF the
departure from life of Louis NVllI.,
an event which the king himself had
long been anticipating:
"He was a great stlckler for ell
ouette and gave the most minute IN.
structions about his obsequies. All
the ceremonlals observed ut the de-
parture of the kings of France were 10
be respected, and as he had an ex-
traordlnary memory he settled the
procedure down to the smallest details
At the last the royal almoner made a
mistake In reading the prayers 1or
those in extremis. Louis XVIII. Inter
rupted him and corrected the mistake
with a presence of mind and calmness
which never left him for moment.
The family was assembled at the END
Of the room and was deeply anecteu'
The doctors, the attendants on duty
and the clergy were around the bed.
The first gentleman of the chamber
held the curtain. When the chiei
nbvsician gave the sign that all was
over. he let 1t fall and, turning AROUND
bowed to the princes. Monsieur lei'
the room sobbing, and madame pre-
pared to follow him. Hitherto she had
always taken precedence OF her nus
band as the kings daughter. When
she reached the door, she suddenly
stopped, and through the heartfelt
tears with which her face was stream
ing she said with difficulty, Take pre-
cedence, Dauphinv He Immediately
obeyed without any hesitation or re
mark. The first gentleman announced
the king The courtiers repeated 'th'
king and Charles X. reached hii
rooms.
THE master Of ceremonies made
some slight blunders over the roya
funeral. Charles X. overlooked then
and spoke kindly to the embarrassed
official. oh, sire, your majesty L
very kind, but there were many de
fects. Next time we will do better
Thank you, Breze,' replied the KING
with smile, but l am not In hur
ry.' Thereupon NJ. de Breze CO..
lapsed."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
The Aurora Borealis.

The aurora borealis, or northern
dawn, is an electrical phenomenon
which in high northern ATTITUDES, espe-
cially in winter, Eliminates the skies
with streamers of light. AS the streams
of light have a tremendous motion,
they are called in many places the
merry dances" They assume many
shapes and a variety Of cOlors, from a
pale red or yellow to q deep red or
blood color, and In the northern lati-
tudes they serve to illuminate the earth
and cheer the gloom Of the long winter
nights. The connection of the aurora
displays with the disturbance Of the
magnetic needle Is now regarded as an
ascertained fact.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
TOMB OF THE MlNGS.
Il Is Risky Place For a Traveller TO
Visit Alone.

Il Is a Risky Place For iraVe'e' "
Visit Alone.
Every traveller In China goes to the
tomb Of the Mings II he stays more
than a few days in Shanghai Inc
Chinese consider the Mings the great
est rulers Of the ancient kingdom, ana
they rank second only to Confucius.
The tomb is composed of two colossal
figures facing each other and elaDo
rately carved in the style affected py
Chinese artists centuries ago. Seen IN
Central park or Versailles they would
look grotesque enough, but standing as
they do among bleak and lonely Nils,
outlined against the clear blue oriental
sky. they have a rude grandeur and
imposing simplicity which make them
seem At guardians Of imperial dust.
It Is not an easy journey the tourist
must take II he wishes to pay his re-
spects to the stone giants, nor Is II
trip advisable for woman to under
take. as 1t lies through region where
hatred of the white devils Is consio-
cred as much a part Of the Chinamans
religion as the worship Of his ances-
tors. A donkey and guide are neces-
sary, and it is also wise to get a party
of sightseers together for the excur'
sion if possible and to go well armed,
for once foolhardy traveller started
forth alone from the hotel on the BUD
bling Well road, Shanghai, to visit the
tomb Of the Mings, and he was never
heard of again. There are many places
In the purlieus Of Shanghai even where
1t is imprudent for white man to ven
ture alone In broad daylight. An e1
ira donkey is also needed to carry pro
visions as we'll as the cameras, tol
most tourists want picture or th'
towering images which have so sue
cessfully withstood the wear OF tn'
centuries.-New York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
Not For Fishes,

"What are you children talking
about?" demanded the old catfish.
Nothing much, ma" replied the III
tie kitten fish. 1--WE heard somebody
say that iron was good for the blood,
and we were wondering If 1t really
was"
"Not If it comes to you in the shape
of a hook, my child."-Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
dRdIH5N
Edgar j. Smith and Others. Defendants

VIRGINIA At rules held in the clerks Office
of the circuit court for the county OF Accomack.
on the last Monday in March, A. D., 1905.
Chattie L. Burroughs. Plaintln.
against
VIM. C. Burroughs and wife and others,
In Chancery.
The object Of this suit is to partition amongst
the parties entitled thereto the tract OF land
known as the Burroughs Farm situated on
Assawaman Creek, in Atlantic Magisterial Dis
trict in Accomack county, Virginia. which said
tract or parcel Of land was devised by Penelope
p s. Burroughs TO Ralph Burroughs for life. and
in the event he died before his wife Caroline e.
Burroughs, to her for her life. and then in fee
simple to the grand children Of the said Penelope
Burroughs, the heirs OF the said Ralph Burroughs.
Affidavit having been made before the clerk or
said court that VIM. q. Burroughs and Laura j..
his wife Abel A. Lake and Mary p, his wife. in
right of said wife; T. A. Richards, trustee; w. b.
Tilghman and Randolph Humphreys. partners
In trade under the style and firm name OF Hum
phreys & Tilghman. seven OF the defendants IN
the above entitled cause are non-residents OF the
State OF Virginia. on the motion OF the plaintiff,
by her attorney. il is ordered that they. the said
nonresident defendants do appear here within
fifteen days after due publication OF this order
and do what is necessary to protect their inter-
ests: and that this order be published once a
week fer four successive week I'm the Peninsula
Fnterprise !" a newspaper published at Acc pmack
q H. Virginia and also posted at the front door
of the courthouse OF the said county, on the last
Manday in March. A. d., 1905.
A Copy-Teste: John ID. Grant, c. c.
John s. Parsons, p. q,
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The DAUGHTER.

Oh, the blessings that a daughter
can bring into household If she only
wishes to! The communion Of her
mother, the comfort of her father, the
pride Of her brothers and sisters, the
Joy Of the whole Observation-Disclosures
Washington.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
Pretty Slow.

Slow Waiter-Haye I ever been In
the country, sir? No, sir. Why do
YOU ask? Tired Customer-I was just
thinking how thrilling you'd find 1t to
sit on the fence and watch the tor
toises whiz by-Harper's Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
Then He Did Go.

'wer," said Mr.. Staylate for the
fourth time, II must be going"
what a queer delusiOn" replied
Miss Patience Come. You're really
quite NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
Stuna.

Mr.. Jawback - That boy gets his
brains from me. Mrs. Jawback-Some-
body got 'em from you, If you ever
had any. That's a cinch.-Cleveland
Leader.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04
DURING the Tiff.

Mrs. Houlihan (sObbing) i never
saw We till tn day before me unforch-
nit marriage! Mr.. HOulihan-An' | Of
ten wisht We hadn't seen me till tn
day aftherEPuck.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-04-04

VIRGINIA:-At rules held in the clerks office
of the circuit court for the county OF Accomack,
on the last Monday in March, A. d.. 1905. the
same being the Both day Of said month.
Mollie A. b. Edmonds and husband. Plaintiffs
against
Edgar ]. Smith and others. Defendants
In Chancery
The object OF this suit is TO sell for purpose OF
partition certain tract OF land known as Little
Rest" containing l40 acres more or less, situated
near Melfa Station. Accomack county. Va.
Affidavit having been made before the clerk OF
the said court that Alfred ii. Smith. one OF the
defendants in the above entitled cause. is a nom
resident of the State OF Virgnia,on the motion OF
the plaintiffs by l.. Floyd Mock. their attorney. II
is ordered that he, thesad nonresident defendant
do appear Lere within fifteen days after due publi-
cation of t. is order. and do what is necessary TO
protect his interests and that this order be pub
lished once a week for four successive weeks in
the Peninsula Enterprise" newspaper pub
lished at Accomack G. II Virginia. and also
posted at the front door Of the courthouse OF this
county on the last Monday in March, A. d., 1905.
John ID. Grant c. @.
A Copy-Teste: Jonn d. Grant. G. G.
L. Floyd Mock, pa.