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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-25
ANCIENT MEDICAL METHODS
The Manner of Doctors Consultations L
the Fourteenth Century.

The Manner of Doctors Consultations In
the Fourteenth Century.
Coming to Mondeville's exposition OF
the method Of holding discussion, we
find his description almost story of
what might take place today. First, y
he says, I'VE should inquire into the
nature of the disease, examining care
fully and feeling, because the diagnosis
is made by touching with the hand and
Observing with the eye. All the consult
ants engage i'll turn in the examination.
Then, if the case demands it, they make
a new examination all together, point
ing out to one another the symptoms of
disease and the special or remarkable
features either in the patient or the dis
ease. Then one of them the highest i'll
rank, says to the patient, Sir, we per-
ceive very clearly what is the matter
with you, and you ought to have full
confidence in us and be glad that there
are so many of us here and such doctors
enough for king-and to believe that
the youngest of us is competent to pre-
scribe and carry on your treatment and
bring it to a good result. Then he in
terrogates the patient about the circum-
stances of his attack, Sir, do not be
displeased or take it i'll, but when did
your illness begin:' following this with
many other questions, the answers to
which are recorded as indications fur
nished by the patient.
"When all the questions called for
by the case have been asked, the con-
sultants retire to another room, where
they will be alone, for in all consulta-
tions the masters dispute with one an
other i'll order the better to discuss the
truth, and sometimes they come to a
pass III the heat of discussion which
would cause strangers witnessing their
proceeding to suppose there were discord
and strife among them. This is some
times the case. &C Fourteenth Century
Doctors by NJ Z. Nicaise, in Popular
Science Monthly.
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Horse Model Makers.

Making full sized models OF horses
is quite a distinct and well paid bust
ness, the models for the whole world
almost being made in London, said
the manager of great firm Of carriage
builders in Long Acre.
"There is scarcely a considerable car
rage builder or dealer anywhere who
has not in his shop or warehouse one
or more full sized models OF horses 1--WE
and some other firms have respectively
several such models Always which are
not only used as a mere attraction, but
arc also. being movable, put into differ
ent sets Of shafts, so as to show custom
ers how Il complete turnout will look.
"Then, again, extra good models are
made for exhibitions, shows and the
like, and many of the best harness max
ers in all countries keep them in their
shops for trying Oh purposes.
II have given as much as GO and 10
ruineas for good model, but of course
the general run Of these things costs far
less, except for exhibition purposes. l
have seen models made of the skin OF
a real horse, but the imitation variety
is the rule. The men who make the
nodels-uuite artists i'll their way,
an,e of therl-are also the sellers, as a
e.,--Pearson s Weekly.
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aIozart's EIethod.

Mozart's method of composition was
such as could only have been pursued
by child of genius He would rise
early, eat hearty breakfast and then
stroll for several hours in forest near
his home, where, inspired by natures
beauties, heavenly melodies came troop
ing through his brain. Repairing to his
cottage, he would summon his wife,
very witty woman, and bid her tell
him stories He would then mount his
high stool and proceed to commit these
inspirations to paper, his wife telling
him jokes and funny stories while he
wrote. These he enjoyed immensely,
frequently irterrupting her with hearty
bursts Of laughter ard sometimes even
falling from the stool and rolling on the
floor. But amid all this hilarity and
uproar the flow of music which was to
move the world went steadily on. His
productions were wrought without the
least thought OF study, but came almost
unbidden direct from heaven. Like
Shakespeare, he was purely the creature
of inspiration genius of the highest
order. &C. G.. Heat in Housekceper.
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Striking Eject of Climate.

Occasionally an eloquent testimonial
to the virtues of a "heal,h resort" fails
to find a place in the printed matter
sent out by the hotel keepers or others
interested in the prosperity of the place.
a railway president who had gone to
one Of the summer resorts of the north
west to spend few weeks was sitting
on the veranda Of hotel enjoying the
lake scenery and his cigar when he
was accostod Ivy resident "boomer"
with the remark:
you find the air here full of ozone,
sir. You'll sleep like a log Before you
have been here week you will gain
ten pounds or miss my guess, and
I'm generally right. y
81 don't doubt it, - replied the rail
way magnate. 81 gained eight pounds
the very first day. -
"That heats the record,'' said the
boomer, slightly dazed, but recover
ing himself promptly. though I've
known instances almost equal to it. "
YES" rejoined the other, Eight
pounds weighed myself on nickel
in the slot machine at the railway sta
ton when l landed here, and the in
dicator pointed to l57. All hour later
stepped on the same kind of machine
at the hotel, and the figure was 165.
Gain Of eight pounds in 60 minutes,
sir, and hadn't eaten bite. Hadn t
done anything but breathe this wonder
full air. Never saw anything like it.
Marvellous climate, sir-simply marvel
Gus. And all it cost me was 10 cents. "
Youths Companion.
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Re al EstaTe Notice

The undersigned having en-
tered into the LAND agency
business" at Pungoteague, Ac-
comac county, Va, desire to
call the attention of The public
to the fact.
We propose to give the bust
ness our strict attention adver-
Using extensively and be cap
able of finding purchasers for
lands in Accomac and North
ampton counties that private in
dividuals cannot reach. All per-
sons having real estate and wish
ing to dispose of it or those
wishing to purchase land or
property on the Eastern Shore,
Va are invited to communicate
with us. All classes of town
property, water fronts, &C., are
desired. Persons communicate
ing with us, having such prop
erty for sale, the same will be
examined by us and advertised
Immediately. Business entrusted
to us will be strictly confidential.
Respectfully,
WINDER, WARD & Co.
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The Society of Friends. commonly
called Quakers, stands before the world
as an example Of people that for sue
ccssive generations have believed and
trusted III the guidance of an inner wis
dom. 1t is not presumptuous to say that
they are generally distinguished for i'll
tegrity, worth and serene, successful
lives, which bring forth tho fruit of
practical righteousness 1t should he
profitable to examine the principle upon
which such lives and characters have
been built and to discover how to apply
this principle universally and to inter
pref it metaphysically.
George Fox, who lived in England
from 1924 to 1861, was the first apostle
of the inner light He was n man whose
faith in what he believed to be God
appointed mission-with lionlike cour-
age, adamantine will and sacred self
confidence '-endured to the end OF
calrmny and persecution. In an age of
Journalism and priestly Intervention
there was need to bring men back to
the knowledge of the living God, tic
indwelliug Christ. He says: when |
became II years of age, l knew pure
ness and righteousness, for, while l was
q child was taught how to walk to DO
kept pure The Lord taught ne to be
faithful in all things and to act faith
fully in two ways-inwardly to God
and outwardly TO man. y
Out of an intense and abundant ex-
pericnce Fox and the early Friends
recognized the inner light as the guild
aace Of the Comforter-that true light,
the eight which lightcth every man
that cometh into the world" and dis
pels the darkness of falsehood and er-
ror.-Melaphysical Magazine.
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A, Irnortont Omission.

Mr.. Landor, in his entertaining book,
1.-THE Land of the Morning Calm, !"
tells this story Of the eminent Prince
Min of Korea, who induced Mr.. Lander
to paint his portrait. The artist thus
describes the scene:
For three hours he sat motionless
and speechless, like statue.
sit is Finished" finally said, and
he sprang up i'll childlike fashion and
came over to look at the work. His de-
light was unbcunded, and he seized my
hand and shook it most enthusiastic
ally
After this he suddenly became grave,
stared Mt the canvas and then looked at
the back of it. He seemed mortified.
'What is it," l inquired of his royal
highness.
"You have not put in my jade deco
ration, said he, almost i'll despair.
had of course painted his portrait
full face, and, as the Koreans have the
strange notion of wearing their decora-
tons in the shape of Il small button of
Jade, gold, silver or amber behind the
left ear, these, Of course, did not appear
thereon. No explanation Of the theory
of European art would satisfy the sit
ter, SO to pacify him executed rapid
sketch of his profile, bringing in the
ornament.
..That is all very we'll, - he said,
"but where is the other eyer"
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A TERROR TO THE TURK.
An American Consul at Smyrna Who
Won't Hove Apv FooI;stnaa.

An American Consul aG Smyrna Who
Won't Have Any Foolishness.
There is one United States consul
who has become terror to the Turkish
heart American citizens travelling
abroad and naval officers in foreign
ports say it is novelty to encounter a
United States consul with backbone
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS who is not sad
died with departmental regulations and
who does not live in awe Of the minis
ter or tho local authorities. Consul
James Fl. Madden, an Illinois man, it
is who has come TO be Known among
Americans abroad as q model of his
calling. He is located at Smyrna, just
the post for determined man. He has
no knowledge of the Turkish language,
but is abundantly supplied with ener-
getic English. He gets usually what he
asks for, and the Turkish officers regard
him as something to be let alone.
An American citizen had been in
carcerated in the Smyrna Jail for some
petty offense He claimed the prctec-
ton of the United States consul and
got it. Madden marched to the local
officials and demanded tho release of
the American The request was parried
after the polite manner of experts in in
ternational transactions. Madden de-
handed trial of the prisoner or his
release. He stormed a little in the Ian
guagc none of them understood, and got
his native vice consul, Ezra Davee, who
has been attached to the consulate since
1888, to notify the town authorities
that the American consul gave them
two days to do something. and then, If
the American citizen was still i'll Jail,
the consul would come down and take
him ont. The Turkish officials dallied
for two days and did nothing in the
case, and then, to the everlasting glory
of the Madden name in those parts, the
consul fulfilled his promise. Accom-
panied by a stalwart person armed
with sledgo hammer, he visited tho
prison, broke down tho door of the
Americans cell and let him go free.
Madden talked some mere, and the in
cident passed into history. -Sprin gfeld
Rppublicau
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TELLS A LONG STORY.
A Granite Monument az Antietam Re-
calls n Family History.

CALLS Il hioIohS'
Major Kingsbury had d, ,ghter as
we'll as the son who fel. at Antietam.
The daughter married Simon Bolivar
Buclner of Kentucky some time before
the war. When General Bucllner decided
to go with the Confederacy, the danger
of confscation of his wife's interest in
the Chicago estate confronted him. A
family council resulted in the transfer Of
Mrs. Buckner's property to her brother.
Colonel Kingsbury fell i'll battle with
out leaving will to protect his sisters
inheritance. When the war closed, the
return of Mrs Buclner's interest in her
fathers estate was asked for in behalf
Of her children. Mrs. Kingsbury de-
clined to concede it. She claimed all
that had been left in her husband s
name for her son and herself. Litiga-
ton followed and dragged along for
years Major Kingsbury's 40 acres were
in tho heart Of Chicago when the fire
occurred.
In the years Immediately following
the war Washington had few women
moro talked about than the beautiful
widows, Mrs. Becky Jones and Mrs.
Kingsbury, the nieces Of an ex-presi-
dent of the United States. Mrs. Kings
bury became the wife of Gallatin Law
renee son of one Of the wealthiest
manufacturers III Rhode Island. Gala
tin Lawrence had chosen diplomatic
ao,,oo, IJo xy,,c CONT RI Cocto Pico &c
minister When he came back, society
at the capital had a great sensation over
the talk of duel between Minister
Lawrence and Captain Won der Hass Of
the Belgian legation because of tho cap
tain's attentions to the beautiful Mrs.
Lawrence The Belgian sailed for Eu-
rope. So did Mrs. Lawrence. Gallatin
Lawrence followed. There was q duel
and then divorce case. Won der Hass
went to Egypt. Mrs. Lawrence went
there too. Gallatin Lawrence returned
to the States.
The son of Colonel Kingsbury was
sent to Oxford His inheritance was cut
in two by decision restoring to her
heirs Mrs. Buckner's share in the 40
acres. One day young Kingsbury came
homo from Oxford, bringing q college
friend. Between the English student
and Mrs Lawrence an attachment
quickly developed. Mrs. Lawrence was
twice the age OF her son S chum. She
married him and is, or was the last that
friends in this country learned, living
with him abroad. Kingsbury married a
Levantine, and he, too, is in q foreign
country. The fortune acquired through
tho Chicago investment has been much
reduced. Mrs. Becky Jones' after long
career in Washington, travelled extern
sively and settled in Canada, where she
is still living, by all accounts. This is
the complicated sequel, briefly told, Of
the events which the granite monument
above the stone bridge at Antietam
commentaries Louis Globe-Demo-
crot
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ENGLISH lNNKEEPERS.
Said to Be Mainly Boors Who Treat Pa
irons az Intrudcrs.

If your pocketbool1 allows or fate or
tho desire to see the country compels
you to remain III England, there are
parts where you can ride Gil your wheel
with great satisfaction and at great eX-
pense. NotEirg could be more beautiful
than the midlands, lovelier than the
counties that surround London, but
westward go no farther than Bristol or
Truro, northward than Chester, avoid
ing NIanchcstcr-that is, unless you
mean to go still farther north into Scot
land, which at times will repay your
enterprise The southwest is largely to
be avoided Cornwall and Devon have
the worst roads in civilized Eruope-in
fact, the reads and inns explain that
the country is not and never has been
civilized In the inns you are often
treated as an intruder and sometimes
cheated in fashion that would bring
Il blush to the check of Swiss landlord,
for the emptiness of the larder the bill
makes up i'll lavishness. There is hard
ly anything to eat save cream, but for
l1ltlt tlIlu S<ilV tl4ei illSASAtu Ntosoo
you are asked to pay as much as for a
good dinner at the Cafe Royal. The inn
keepers me mainly Doors.
AS for tho roads, they 60 straight to
the top of ali the hills, as uncompro-
misingly as the roads Of Bohemia, then
drop down the other side and are unrid-
able in both directions. When not
climbing precipitately, they lie buried
at the bottom of ditch. They are
shadeless and umintcresting, rarely ap-
preaching the seacoast or passing near
anything that is worth looking at, and
yet we know Englishmen who are pro-
foundly impressed with the belief that
they are the best in England, and there
fore in the world The roads, inns and
innkeepers of Scotland are in every way
better but the fact that the average
Briton spends his holiday on the CONT
nent when he can proves not only that
he wants to get there, but also that he
is driven from his own country by tho
shortsightedness of the people who keep
its inns and look after its roads. MIR.
and Mrs Pencil i'll Fortnightly Review.
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A .Icsn ON a Phrenolocist

The jokes that practical jokers play
upon wise men are sometimes as funny
as they arc elaborate. a case in point
is said TO Eave occurred some years ago
in England when hamor loving i'll
dividual who rejoiced in the possession
of fine vegetable garden found therein
one evening a large turnip. 1t so hap
pened that this particular turnip was
marvelously like in its shape to man S
head and bore very decided resem-
blance, too, to the features Of man.
The joker, percciving a fire chance to
make point and struck by the curious
resemblance of the turnip, had cast
made of it and sent the cast to phre
nologist, requesting him to examine its
bumps and to make a report.
After sitting in Judgment upon the
cast for some time, the pbrenologist, so
the story goes, reported that while be
could not judge accurately from the cast
it was his opinion that it was the head
of person of acute mind and deep re-
search; that he had the organ of quick
perception and also OF perseverance
we'll developed, and that there We're
signs that he was also person of ex-
treme credulity. This opinion was sent
by mail, and the phrenologist expressed,
in closing, the hope that at some time
he might have the privilege Of examin-
ing the head itself.
The reply was sent that the owner
would gladly comply with this request,
Init that unfortunately he could not dc
So since the original had been eaten by
himself and his family several weeks
before with their mutton at dinner.
What the phrenologist thought OF tnt
renly is not stated.-Harper's Kount
Table.
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DUTY OF PARENTS.
Wise Guidance Nc ,ied For tho Youth Who
Is Leaving Chil,ihona Behind.

Is Leaving Childhood Behind.
''Thero is something pathetic in the
struggle of tie child to cast aside its
child nature AID put on the nature of
manhood and womanhood, writes Flor
ence Hull Wintcrburn in The Woman s
Home Companion He is beSct inter
nally by miSgivings even while he is
urged on by ambition. He wants he
scarce knows what, but something new
and never before possessed. Perhaps, in
a nutshell, the great desire of his soul
is to be left somewhat to himself, yet
with sympathy within call, and to- be
trusted. 1t is great evidence Of tact
now for the mother or father to say,
with a kind smile: DO what you think
best about this matter, my son. You
are old enough to judge what is right ,
Happy responsibility! Delightful conf
dence! Influence is never stronger than
when it withdraws slightly into the
background, leaving its object apparent
ly free. A good deal is said nowadays
about the extraordinary freedom our
children have. Seemingly it is SO, but
looking here and there an observer
notes little real change among the aver
age people.
"A young friend of mine whose
happy married life has not yet driven
from her memory cramped and i'm
FILTERED youth confided to me that the
one idea that haunted her from s to is
was that OF running away from homo
If she had been less conscientious, a lit
tie more reckless, what gulf of ruin
her innocent feet might have plunged
into to escape the intolerable nagging
and interference she was subject to i'll
her fathers house!
eve little know what effect our
thoughtless and meaningless words Of
comment and Gliding for every small
matter that goes wrong produce upon
the half grown girl and boy. They are
apt to be reserved and to become sullen
under restraints they dislike, and when
this sullen attitude once sets in we may
say farewell to all confidential inter
course between parent and child. To
avert such IN evil we will do we'll to
apply all our powers of tact and kind
ness. Let us avoid arousing the spirit
of perverseness that stirs in every young
creature at this period Of life, and, by
charging his opportunities for action
as his ambition extends, soothe any bud
ding revolutionary ideas and inspire in
him the trust and confidence in parental
benevolence that will be his safeguard
when he needs advice and assistance,
for youth never stands in deeper need
of wise guidance than at this time when
there is desire to dispense with it.
But the guidance must be so wise, so
tactful, so gentle, that even the most
independent young soul will feel that
love, and not force, is the motive power
that draws him toward what is best,
aud that he is restrained by nothing ex-
cept his own honor and trained sense
of right -
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PoLITENEss NOT WANTED.
In the Case of the Elevator Man II
Should BE Discouraged.


Should BE Discouraged.
In view Of the fact that the various
petty employees of large corporations
are usually not ovcrburdened with po-
likeness OF consideration for the public,
the complaint recently made against q
passenger elevator man seems remark
able. 1t was alleged that the man was
''too polite for safety The man who
was the subject of the complaint did
what hundreds Of elevator men do.
When the elevator gets to the ground
floor, the conductor usually steps out Of
the car TO get Whit of fresh air, to
say word to the Mailman or possibly
make inquiry about the ball game.
The Mailman or starter shouts GO
ing upr' to the people coming into tho
hall, and the elevator man stands III
front Of the cage and politely asks his
passengers to "step in, while he re-
mains ON the outside until the starter
shouts "'L rightr' Then he cuts his
sentence short, steps into the cage,
starts the elevator and slams the door
after the ascent has begun.
Most persons "step in" when asked
to do so, but occasionally man with
an eye to self preservation refuses to do
so, and one of that class made the COM
plant The man who insists on the Gle
vator man being in the car before he
will go in is usually looked upon by the
man Of many ups and downs as foolish
" careful, but owners Of buildings who
are held responsible for the safety Of
their tenants while riding in the eleva-
tors are pleased to see them firm on
that point 1t may look well for uni
formed man to step aside and ask the
passengers to precede him into the ele-
vator cage. hut many persons will agree
with the man who made the complaint
that it is case of politeness which
should be discouraged in the interest Of
safety.-New York Tribune
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She Found Out.

A Boston lady stood on the deck of
the little bump noscd Ocklawaha steam
er in Florida, notebook and lorgnette i'll
hand, asking ponderous questions of a
darby roustabout
els the alligator amphibious:" was
one Of her questions
The darby scratched his head. He
was a bit puzzled, as there had been
more corn pore than dictionary in his
bringing up, but his quick wit and
natural logic did not desert him as he
replied:
Il reckon he am, miss. He done bite
yo' shuah eff yo' monkey wild him. y
New Orleans Picayune.