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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
How a Chameleon Changes Color.

Tho chameleon is little lizard who
possesses the wonderful power of chang
ing his color to suit his own conven-
fence Florida produces several species
of these lizards in abundance. This is
the process by which the little lizard
effects his changes:
Certain colors through the medium of
the optic nerve produce a contraction or
expansion of the pigment or color cells.
The result is protective tint or one
which resembles that upon which the
animal is resting. The eye receives the
stimulus or impression. which passes
from the optic nerve to the sympathetic
nerve, go reaching the various series of
the lizard little color cells under the
skin.
The pigment cells are distributed all
over the body with more or less regular
ity, and upon their contraction and ex-
pansion depends the prevailing color of
the animal.
The scientist discovered this by blind
folding lizard and found that when it
could not see the color of the surround
ing foliage it ceased to change its own
color.-St Louis Republic.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
The Haitian Generals Glass Eye.

A Haitian general having lost an eye
in battle sent to Paris for an artificial
one. The maker sent in return one OF
his best Shortly after the general re-
turned it, with the remark that the eye
was too yellow and recalled to his mind
the Spanish flag, adding at the same
time that he would wear only an eye
having the colors of his own country.
The maker thereupcn made one with
red and green predominating, these be
ing the Haitian colors. This so pleased
the general that instead of wearing the
eye as originally intended he added it
to his collection of medals.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
THE LITTLE TlTMOUSE.
One Free Bird That Attracts Attention
Among Hundreds of Captives

One Free Bird That Attracts Attention
Among Hundreds of Captives.
In a big bird store where there are
hundreds of birds of many kinds inces-
sanity souawking, chirping and singing
there is one that is free-a tiny tit
mouse. Tho window is full of cages
containing birds of various sorts, and
one side of the store is lined with bird
cages stacked up high all along. But
there is none that attracts so much at
tention as the little titmouse fitting
about the store at will. At night it
Yerches on gas fixture in the window,
and to that it comes back from its vari-
Gus excursions by day.
Customers that come III to buy birds
and birdcages and bird seed and one
thing and another never fail to notice
the titmouSe. They may not notice an
other bird there individually, but their
attention is sure to be attracted by this
one as it darts about, free among so
many captives, and they are likely to
smile at it, they are so pleased with 1t.
And sometimes children, looking in at
the windows of the bird store, como in
to tell the clerk that one OF the birds
has got loose.
When it has nothing else to do, the
titmouse sits on its gas pipe perch and
perks its head this way and that and
looks about. Sometimes it whets its
beak Oh the gas pipe. Every now and
then it dashes off somewhere. If 1t
wants drink, it perches on tho rim of
o goldfish globe-for home aQuariums
and stock for them are sold here as we'll
as birds-no doubt to the great surprise
of the goldfshes and certainly to that
of the human beholders, who wonder
that it doesn't fall in, it has TO bend
-yer so far to reach the water. But 1t
gets it, and when it has taken its fill 1t
flashes back 10 its perch on the pipe III
the window.
The titmouse catches spiders and 9TH
err insects, and it feeds in the larger
cages when it will. 1t goes i'll and out
Of them between the bars with perfect
ease. 1t is very little bird, even with
its plumage in its natural form. With
its feathers pressed against its sides it
can get through very narrow space
between the bars of a parrots cage, for
example-with ease. There are in the
window number of parrots cages in q
row. The titmouse almost flies through
these cages, stopping in each perhaps to
eat of the parrots food, but they never
modest it. Parrots that would bite at
the finger of man who should put his
hand near enough to the outside Of their
age stand back in fright or sheer
amazement when the little titmouse
dashes in and perches on their feed cup.
New York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
A BOOM FOR BAGPlPES.
The Piper's ucrois1n mt Dargni Sets q
Fashion In London.

Who cares whether the story of the
gallant piper at the recent charge of the
Darcai is true: Who dares to say it IS
motif Are. there not at 500 music halls
in London and tho provinces twice 500
pipers nightly euacting the scene as it
was described by Reuters correspond
ent-to tho intense enthusiasm of the
audiences and of all Englishmen-we
beg pardon, Great Britons and Irish
Neutrality-suspicious. the civilized world?
When shall the glory of the bagpipes
die? Nearly every side street-not only
in the great metropolis, but in Liver
pool, Glasgow, Manchester and Biz.
ngham-has its piper at some hour
of the day. They have come to Carmel
ito street early in the evening to fret
the souls of the long dead friars and to
set beating the pulses of the scribes-
Caledonian and otherwiso-whose ears
are fogged by the raucous wall. In
deed many of the most trenchant col
umns of Tho Daily Mail have been con-
cciyed and written to the tune of annie
Laurie" or the "Girl Left Behind
Me. - Our sporting editor has found in
"Scots VIVA Haze most fecund in
spiration, and our leading article was
Yesterday composed to the mir of "When
Jamie Gangs Ava. y
But it takes two pipers to do the thing
properly. One of them marches up and
down playing tho instrument Cor is it
machineD, while another accompanies
him, handling sheathed sword The
bearing of both performers is proud and
martial and Scotch. Anybody could tell
they were Scotch-even Saxon infant
in arms Que old gentleman in Fins
bury circus was so pleased by the aspect
of one of these bagpipe couples day or
two since that he gave them each six
pence, saying:
''Eh, mon, do ye prefer playing tho
music O. tho bonny hame land i'll musty
Lunnon streets to marching across the
heather wi the wind i'll your teeth?''
The first Scotchmnn looked at him in
surprise. The second was taken sudden
ly with engrossing pains in the pit OF
his stomach.
"Whatcher talkin abart gov nor? Me
an my mite buyed this ere arm origin
an this Gro rig out down tho ditch when
the bagpipo boom come in. It's lot
better'n shown bloonlin barrar tryin
to sell oranges when the people has got
too many of EN- at homo already. Oh,
| the business amt SO bad, 'cept for the
chilblames you gets On your knees and
when the kids don't stick pins in the
biler of the engin'. Me an my mite, we
do wish. though, when people give us
coin they wouldn't go jawin CT US III
bloomin furrin langwidge.
"But, good heavens, how did you
learn? How do you manage to play?''
cow? Easy enough. Nobody aim
complained yet. Yer just squeezes the
old balloon an let's er squeal herself
sick. An, Lor' bless you, the sicker she
squeals herself the more people seems to
like it. Blilrey, there amt no account
in for tastes, but me an my mito makes
quid dye, an that's all we knows. "
London Mail.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
An Estimate of Henry George.

Henry George had all tho popular
gifts of the American orator and jour-
nalist, with something moro. Sincerity
rang out of every utterance. Sparing IN
book knowledge, he had hammered out
his thoughts upon the forge Of personal
experience and showed them hot from
the hammer, rude and unfinished in
form. For this very reason Progress
and Poverty, q stumbling block to re-
sponsible politicians, to the economic
professor foolishness, struck the common
mind of the thinking people with con-
vincing and dramatic force. The influ-
ence of this first book of serious eco
nomic import which ever reached the
outer circle of tic English reading pub
lie is not to be Sighted 1t is Il matter
of deep Significance that such book
should have reached circulation Of far
upward of leo, 00G copies. Upon the
pressure of the c;s:ly popularity of his
book Henry George threw tho weight OF
his present personality, aud his great
gifts as orator and debater secured his
influence and widely advertised his doc
trines at time particularly favorable
to their reception. -Fortnightly Re-
view
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
Her First Thought

a steamer was passing by settle
ment on the shore of one of the great
lakes, and along the water front were q
few houses built out on piles An old
man and an old woman, evidently tray
cling that way for the first time, stood
by the rail. Presently the woman no.
ticed one of the houses built over the
water.
"Well, my gracious, Henry" she ex-
claimed, "just look at that house!
s'posin somebody's taken sick in the
night and they have to run for the doc
tor. Built right out in the solid water.
o my Lord '-Boston Budget.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
HOW lAcEs ARE NAMED.
Design of Pattern and Locality OF Manu-
facturo Make the Distinction.

taCLurC Musle INC Olo1ihOeioh'
Orlena L. Shacileford, in Centuries
of Lace, in Tho Woman's Home Com
panion, gives these interesting facts on
lace manufactures:
"The nomenclature of lace is decided
by certain peculiarities of pattern, mesh
or stitches that belong to certain locali-
ties, and it is retained even when the
localities have long ceased to produce
their distinctive fabrications. Valen-
ciennes has not for many years wrought
the laces that bear its name their man.
ufacture having long since been trans
ferred to Ypres, Belgium, while the
ohantilly laces are all made at Bayeux.
"The finest French laces are made in
Normandy, the cheaper ones come from
the Auvergne, which was the first
French province to produce pillow lace.
Bayeux, with her tributary surround
ings, is the largest and best producer OF
black laces. Her chantilly is par ex-
cellence the finest ever made. Caon is
also center for black laces. Normandy
produces good black and white blends.
Guipures are made in tho Auvergne, but
the finest como from the Vosges. Mire'
courtfurnishes fine pointand pillow lace.
Brussels furnishes most of the Belgian
needle points, though east Flanders,
Brabant and Hainault now supply large
quantities. The old laoes for which
Binche, Bruges and Flanders wore once
so celebrated are no longer the mode,
though still much prizod by connois'
seurs. This is also true of malines, OF
mechlin, lace and valenciennes, though
the latter is returning to favor. Bruges
makes q round mesh valenciennes, not sc
beautiful as tho lozcnge ground, and
coarser qualities come from Courtral
and different parts of Flanders. Lille
and Valenciennes formerly belonged tc
the Netherlands, which accounts fol-
their early proficiency in lacemaking.
"Flemish guipurcs are noted for theil
excellence. The Belgian and French
laces are the finest, in point of fabrica'
ton, in the world. Paris is to a large
extent an emporium for Belgian laces.
She is the birthplace of fashions and
novelties and dictates lace designs, keep
ing alive emulation and rewarding mort
through her Society Of Decorative Arts
To France must be accorded the palm
for black laces, while Belgium may
claim it for the vaporous tineness of bel
points, nothing equaling i'll ethereal del
icacy her famous point de gaze. y
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
A New Phrase.

A very expressive phrase was evolved
by school board inspector at South
wark police court. A woman whose
child had been remiss III attending
school admitted that on previous &C.
uasion she had told lie to save her
husband, whoreupon the inspector re-
marked that these mothers who keep
their children from their classes i'll or
der to escape fines lied like gas me-
ters n-Notes and Queries.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
NERVOUS ProstratIon.

DR.. J. Curtis Webb, an eminent Eng
lish physician, recently lcctured on this
subject. The lecturer said that hysteria
was symptom of nerve exhaustion and
was state in which the ideas control
led the body and produced morbid
changes in its functions. If allowed to
60 on uninterrupted, nervous exhaustion
and breakdown followed. The seeds of
this really terrible disease were in SO
cases out of 100 sown and watered dur
ing the period of education and training
of girls at and alter critical period OF
life. Such cases were more frequent
since the introduction of the system of
higher education Of women, for the adj
vocates of this made the great mistake
of assuming that there was no real diff
ference between girls and boys between
the ages of II and 81. He mentioned
the frequent occurrence of cases of
annma and breakdown among girls and
attributed this to excessive mental work
and the lack of healthy exercise.
He advocated golf, cycling, lawn ten
MS ana other games us u preventive anu
corrective and insisted upon the neces-
sity for regular indulgence in physical
exercise. 1t was not work which hurt,
but perseverance i'll work after nature
had held out her danger signals in the
shape of constant lassitude. loss of ap-
petite and irregularity of functions.
Nervous exhaustion sometimes occurred
as result of excessive physical exer-
else, and among middle aged ladies as a
result of worry. The remedy in the lat
ter case was to live easier and according
to rule. The complaint was also met
with in young children and was in these
cases generally due to the forcing OF
mental faculties or constant scoldine
and nagging.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
It Was Only the Oiu one.

A rough, awkward handed Lanca-
shire girl was broken i'll by a benevolent
lady, who tried to do a good turn for
everybody, and in an evil moment she
was given to clean two very ancient
openwork silver salt cellars with those
rich and rare old royal blue glass re-
ceivers inside. One was over 100 years
old, the other had been broken and re-
Gently patched, of which fact the girl
was aware. She broke the other old one,
and when she told her mistress she said
she was "glad as how it was only the
OLD Inn ~
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
a. Eorriio;o 1uIv...

"Look here, ;" said the novelist, ap-
preaching the table where sat the critic,
81 don't think you did the right thing
by me over that last story of mine. "
"Well, like that" said the critic
with rising indignation. "Well, since
what wrote doesn't satisfy you, it is
the last time will ever review one OF
your books without reading ii. New
York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
An Actors Speech.

The oratorical and speechmaking
habit on the part of some of the stage
lunlinaries often leads to striking-if not
ridiculous results. De Wolf Hopper,
decked out as Spanish soldier of the
sixteenth century, in the act of reciting
the performances of the immortal Casey
is case in point. Could anything more
absurd he imagined than Francis Will
son, in the costume of vagabond, max
ing serious speech assailing his enc
mics and hurling figures of speech at
his detractors To be called on for a
speech when robed in such habiliments
would be sufficient to discomfort any
body, including the actor. Jerome
Sykes, when with the Bostonians, was
called upon for a speech in Philadelphia
under peculiar circumstances. The
finale of the last act of Prince AMANDA"
found Sykes and Mcdonald sitting on a
throne, Sykes smoking cigarette, robed
in a Roman toga of green with lavender
drapery thrown over his shoulder and a
papier mache crown OH his head. Imag-
inc the CONSERVATION of the comedian
CARRIED thus to have an audience set up
a cry for q speech. Sykes squirmed.
while Mcdonald said. "Go ahead, Jer
ONE; say something. "
Sykes ambled down to the footlights
and said: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr..
Mcdonald, my compatriot who sits up
there, informed me just minute ago
that he had neat little speech prepared
that he'd like to have a chance to try
on the audience. hope you'll give him
a chance.
Whereupon Mcdonald looked silly,
and Sykes was never again prompted to
ego ahead and say something. New
York Telegram.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
THE HOUSE OF WISDOM.

thad not thought-ah, God had but knownl-'
That this sad hour should over me befau
When thou judged the holiest OF all
Should come to Ne the thing must alsown'
Was it not true, that April morn, thy blown
Gold hair around my hair for coronai
Or is this truer-ihou at the outer WALL
tJnroyal and with rmrepentant moan?
Yet prize now this wisdom have won
Who must always remcmher-nay. my tear
Must close mine eyes, rs thou wouldst hide tiny
face
If some great meteor, kindred to tho sun,
Should haunt the undying stars ten million
years
No fail, some noon, dead in thy market place.
Francis Sherman in Booklnan.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
Queen of the Danes.

In the opinion of the New York Sun
Americans should not use the term
"your royal highness" in addressing
Lavinia 1, queen Of the Holland Danes
of the New Netherlands, but should
rise to the occasion with your good
ness graciousness. ::
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
An Important Move.

Jobbs-'Pon m word, it's funny
Ella-What is?
Jobbs-Well, we had all our drawing
room furniture altered, the piano moved
and all manner of violent revolutions,
and Miss Furbelow never noticed it.
Ella-Well, don't see any
Jobbs-But yesterday when she came
in she said: Gracious! What an alter
alton %
Ella (impatiently)-Well?
Jobbs-Well-we had moved the
mirror. Sloper.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19

SvHlDuLn OF 7HE--zz -
Baltimore, Chesapeake 4 Atlantic
Railway Company.
Until further notice, will run their
steamers as follows, weather per-
mitting,) leaving South ST. Wharf at
500 o'clock p. III.
STEAMER POCOMoKE.
Capt Howard.
Tuesdays and Fridays for Cris6eld,
Tangier Island, Finney's, Oman
cock, Sheltown, Pitts Wharf, Ce-
dar Hall, Rehoboth, Powell's, POGO
moke City, Mattaponi. and Snow
Hill, observation-disclosures and
Thursdays, leave Snow Hill, 6 a. m,
Mattaponi $50, Pocomoke City s,
Poweli's $3.50, Rehoboth 3, Cedar
Hall 9:3O, Pitts wharf 10, Shelltown,
1O:15, Onancock 800 p. III, Finney's
3, Tangier Island 4:30, Cristield g.
STEAMER EASTERN SHORE.
Capt. Il. H. Raynor.
Wednesdays and Sundays for Girls
field, Harborton, Evans, Bogss,
Cedar View. Nandua, Concord,
Reads, Davis. Shields and Rue's
RETURNING leaves Rue's
Tuesdays and Fridays s, Shields
$40, Davis 1000, Reads 1920, Con-
cord II, Nandua 1890, Cedar View
l2.45, Boggs 2:45, Evans 3, Harbor-
ton 3:15, Cristield &.
STEAMER TANGIER.
MONDAYS and Thursdays for Fords,
Crisfield, Finney's. Onancock,
Hunting Creek and Messonso. RE
TURNING-leave Wednesdays and
Saturdays, Messongo T., Hunting
Creek, 8 30, Onancock, 2:SO. Fin
ney's, 3, Crisfield, 6, Ford's 7.3O.
All Steamers leave Crisfield for Balti
more on arrival of last down train.
Freight and passengers received
for all points on the n. y, Phila. and
Norfolk, Wicomico and Pocomoke K:
R. daily, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia Railroads.
Positively no freight received after
4:3O D. III. and must be prepaid to all
points, except on the N. 4.
Phila. and Norfolk Railroad.
Willard Thompson, T; Murdoch,
Gen'l. Manager. Gen'l Pass. Ag't.
j. Sawyer Wilson, Jr..
Gent. Freight Agent.
2O5 E Baltimore st.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
NIilea of Hair.

Few women consider that they carry
some 40 or 80 miles CT hair on their
head. The fair haired may even have to
dress 70 miles of threads Of gold every
morning.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19

The Mexican torch thistle, growing
to height Of so or 90 feet looks more
like candelabrum than a tree. Another
variety of the same species has long
gray bristles, which give it the appear
ance of the head of an old gray haired
man.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
Great bargains
yRluEERY
AT
j. ADELsTggN.
Onancock, Va.
PracticaI Matchmaker & Jeweler.
Practical Matchmaker & Jeweler.

carry a large and select line
of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Spectacles and Silverware of all
kinds-prices reduced very low.
Special attention paid to repair
work on fine Watches, Clocks,
Spectacles and Jewelry at bed
rock prices. All work guaran-
teed to be frst-class. Highest
prices paid for old gold and sill
yer.
WILDE at Accomac G. H.,
every court-day for repairing.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19

Newspaper duty was invented by
Queen Anne. 1t was originally penny
Oh each sheet, afterward raised to four
pence, and abolished in 1855.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
WEW YORK, PHlLA. & N0RF ok R.R

Time Table in Effect Nov 80, 1897.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor
folk and Old Point Comfort.
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A Startling Declaration.

Wife-Richard, I am afraid we must
part
Husband = Good graciousl What
for?''
Wife (calmly)-Your hair in the mid
die hereafter. You are getting bald
London Fun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19

"fn stops for passengers on signal
to conductor. 2Daily, except Sunday.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-05
Fine Horses.

T 3. McCchee, 5. l.. James, G. NJ. Bar
row. the Converse brothers and many ot"'
ara who have been quite ~ successful o"'
mt 20 we'll dnown, have demonstrate" III
various ways that fine stock en-" he raised
in this parish. Hardly eq""l'd tor graz
iuy til, rollinS lands Of West telle'an'
afford ideal pastures for homegrown
stock With fertile soil and evcr; de-
s;Ierat,m of climate for the production OF
every sort Of fooa.stuff necessary for h"rs-
~ and mules there is 10 reason why THIS
uar;sh should not I've sell-snpplyinS !" Tue
matter of stock. 1t is only noedial t'a'
the proper interest in the industry 10 fe'''
the necessary care taken, and OF course
~. hos, hrce,(s introduced to insure
f,t,re for stock raising. Every step t'ke'
!, this direction affords us pleasure "
,ot. therefore wo call attention to the 1ao
that Mr.. w. II. Richardson's adding III
share to tho good work ofimprsving HON
f stock by his purchase Of the masn'hcel
, animal. tue pedigree Of which appears
a our advertising columns. This pea!yr'
y - unexcrptionable, aud assures his o.
xnr;nr speed, form and gontlouoss Vi
o liant was formerly owned bya planter
,r Wilkinson county, and is not unknown
3, this parish, his record as - sire being
l.. II
"a &,od one. It is therefore, most l'keI
~ That Mr.. Richardson's Investment "
ID prove profitable to himself, and 'nd'fs
he ~ to the parish, as wo!l'
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-05
The Coming Of Baby.

When baby comes to the h""se re'''
hamincss comes. The care and Anxiety
count for nothing against the ci'"smS
touch of the little hands aud the sound OF
tho little voice. The highest function
given to human beingsis bringing healthy'
happy children into the world Over t"'r,y
wears ago the needs of wome" appealed 10
Dr. Pierce, now chief consulting phys'-
clan to the Invalids' Hotel AMI Surgical
Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y. The result o,
his study improved by thirty year" "
practice is embodied in DR.. Pierco's SAVIOR
ito Prescription. 1t Strengthens po''"''
and makes healthy the organs distinctly
feminine. 1t gives weak women th'
strength and health nect ssary for the pr"
auction of healthy children and 1t maNe'
the bearing of thoso children easy IL Il
surs to cure any weakness OF dcranSe"oh
macmillan to women: stops pain, soo'hes III
aammation, strengthens, pnrlhes' 'n''eo
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