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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01
ONE or WoMAN,s WAYS.
Ihc Hates TO Gay Out Ellis That Are
Clean Gud Crisp.

Ihc Hates TO Gay Out Ellis That Are
Clean rud Crisp.
"lloet women hate 10 sDcnd new
money says IN .bseryant salesman.
81 haven't the fa.ntcst idea why this
should lc so, bUt I've noticed It often
eight here in the store.
~ woman Will make . purchase and
pull out her purse TO pay the bill. but if
she happens u lave 10 part with a
clean, crisp note IN making mp the
amount sic Looks ,rcatly annoyed. I've
seen women With fat wads Of bright
brand now bills 1lstcred when they
came TO pay for purchases because
they hadn't sufficient Old money TO
meet the charges. They would dig out
the contents Of their purses and stow
the crisp notes to one side, and If they
couldn't scrape up the sum in IL few
cases I've known them to go out with
out buying.
"Others will give utterance to little
feminine ordinations Of dismay and
will hastily pay for the articles select
cd in the now money. Then they will
march off with quite show Of indig-
nation, just as if they had been inyei-
gled into spending the money.
81 know one man who always takes
his salary home in beautiful, clean GER
tificatcs. He has caught on to this pc
cuiarity of the sex, and he says 1t
saves him all kinds Of mOney."-Phila-
delphia Record.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01
Cod Liver OIL From Beans.

During the wait between acts med
ical student and young woman who
sat together became slightly embar-
raised for topics of conversation. FL
nally and not unnaturally in view Of
the nature Of the young mans studies
their talk drifted to the subject of dis
agreeable tasting medicines. Among
the horribles they mentioned were cod
liver oil and castor oil.
81 don't see," unused the young wom-
an, chow any one can bear to eat the
beans that stuff is made Of"
"What kind Of beans do you meanT
inquired the young man.
"Why, cod liver oil beans, to he
sure"
Aren't you thinking Of castor
beansY ventured her companion.
"Why, 1 always thought cod liver
oil was made from beans" she said,
and the good breeding Of the young
man was shown by the fact that he
didn't even smile. but several of those
who sat near by hadn't equal control
over their features. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01
HoWTHE CHINESE GET RAIN
Peculiar Practices In Vogue In tho
Celestial Kingdom.

It is one Of the peculiarlties OF tho
Chinese that, while they have develop
ed elaborate PHILOSOPHERS, none Of them
has led to any confidence In the uni
formity Of nature. Neither the people
nor their rulers have any fixed opinion
as to the causes Of rainfall The plan
in some provinces when the need or
rain is felt is to borrow a god from
neighboring district and petition him
for the desired rain If his answer Is
satisfactory, he Is returned to his home
with every mark of honor; otherwise
he may be put out in the sun as hint
to wake up and do his duty. A bunch
of willow Is usually thrust into his
hand, as willow is sensitive TO mois-
ture.
Another plan In extensive use Is the
building of special temples in which
nre wells containing several iron tab
lets. When there is Il scarcity of rain,
Il messenger starts out with tablet
marked with the date of the journey
and the name of the district making
the petition. Arriving at another city,
he pays sum of money and is allow
I'd 10 draw new tablet from the well,
throwing In his own by way of eX-
change. On the return journey he is
supposed to eat only bran and travel
ut top speed day ana night. Some
times he passes through districts rs
greatly In need OF rain as his own.
Then the people IN these places way
lay him ana temporarily borrowing his
tablet, get tie rain intended for ano'h-
cr place.
Prayers arc usually made in the fifth
and sixth months when the rainfall IS
always dUc, and Il limit of ten days
is set for tlcir effective operation. Tn
der such coalitions rain usually falls
during the prescribed time. When the
prayers are in progress, the umbrella
among othc. objoc:g. comes under the
ban. In some provinces foreigners
have been mohbed for carrying this
harmless article ut that time.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01
Under Cover of Darkness.

The minister of a Scotch parish was
going from home and procured the
clergyman of a neighbOring parish TO
officiate on Sunday. His servant who
was also the beadle. was sent over 10
the station to drive the reverend gen
tleman to the manSe.
When the train arrived. the beadle
asked him to wait awhile. as he had
some messages to do before he went.
1t was two hours before he returned.
The good man was furious and threat
ened to report him to his master.
"Weel. sir. We can dae that If We
like" said the beadle. but he telrt
me himself TO wait till it was dark
afore | drove ye over. for If the folk
o. the village saw wha was to preach
the morn nobody wad turn cot ava"
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COnsistency.

They had been married but two
months. He came home one evening
to find his wife In tears. She had
found an old scrapbook Of his in
which were pasted some poems he had
written to some one else and published
In the college papers. Il thought" she
said. you had never loved any one but
me-" And he promptly treasured her
that she had thought truly. and burned
up his old scrapbook in the furnace
in the basement.
And the next day he found that she
had distributed on the mantel and the
dresser not less than five photographs
of as many former beaux Of hers and
invited two of them who were In town
to dinner the next Sunday.-St. Louis
Mirror.
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Something That Will Do You Good

We know of no way in which we
can be of more service to on readers
than 70 tel them Of something that
will be of real good to them. For this
reason we want TO acquaint them
with what we consider one IF the
very best remedies on the market for
coughs, colds. and that alarming
complaint. Group. We refer to Cham.
berlain's Cough Remedy. We have
NEED it with such good results in orr
family so long that it has become a
household necessity. BY its prompt
use we haven't any doubt bnt that II
has time md again prevented croup
The TESTIMONY IS given upon our
own experience. and We suggest that
our rec der. especially those W o
have suaii children. always keep II
III then BONES q iegusrd against
cr0ur.-''smdeu (S O. Messenger.
Tor sale oV NJ. p. Bel 6 Co., Ac-
comac G.. 81 Va.
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.'ORElGN BANK METHODS.
Fhe Undcvelorcd System In Use Ia
Continental EurOpe.

NoutAEcffIl Europe.
A bank check is locked upon with
suspicion in Italy. Practically no small
trHGCsman would take q check, and
none Of them keeps bank account. 1t
was st.ll more surprising to LIE to find
that such Il statement would be almost
literally true of Paris itself. l was
studyiHg the mechanism Of the Bank
Of France under the guidance OF one
of the officers. We won't into one great
room IN tie cd bH.lGing In which there
We're 200 dcshs inc loscd In wire cages,
all empty at he moment. | asked what
these were fer.
'Vhcsc cages are for Our city col
lcclcrs," WAS told when Il small
merchant lciroWs from the Bank Of
iraaco, he does not, rs with you In
America. borrow II bank credit and
have his loan merely added to his bal
ancc on the books Of the bank With
US the merchant, when be makes u
loan, gets the actual money and takes
1t away. he probably has no bank ac-
When tie loan IS due. he does not, rs
would Lc the case in your banks, come
In and pay his Indebtedness with a
check; instead Of that we send a col
lcctor TO him. and that collector is re-
paid the loan iu ac.ual currency. Two
hundred men start out from the Bank
Of France every morning to collect ma
tured loans. Several days each month
IL is necessary TO send out 100 men,
and on the lsi aud the 18th Of each
month GOO collectors so out"
These collectors were uniformed
mon, carrying leather pouches, in
which lhcy have the matrod notes
ana which are later filed with curren-
cy as the collections are made from the
banks borrowers.
stood 81 t.e paying tcllcr's desk as
| went farihct along in my tour Of the
Bank of France. As | halted there the
man VINO happened to be at the win
dow 40 The moment presented a check
for 10000 francs. The money was
counted out and handed over to him,
stored away In a big wallet, and he
passed on | asked If 1t were not I'M
usual for man to draw out so much
currency and was told that it was not.
1t was but another illustration Of how
undcvelopcd is the banding system Of
continental Europe in It's uses by the
general lIc.-Scribner's Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01
1T WAS A PRETTY PISTOL,
But II Proved TOO Expensive For
the Bachelor Girls.

the Bachelor Girls.
"No, we don't keep a pistol in our
apartment any more" said the girl
who draws for the magazines and
shares a small hat with young wo-
man who teaches in one of the private
schools mot since IN experience we
had last winter. Before that we did.
and we had perfect beauty OF pls-
tol, too" she added in tone of regret
full "Reminiscences, silver mounted and
handle inlaid with pearl. We spent Il
good deal more than we could afford
for II, but we didn't like those plain
steel things. Now it's gone, though. |
had TO give it away, and don't sup
pose Marian will ever consent to our
having another.
You see, this is what happened:
was the one who knew more about
handling n pistol. so used to sleep
with ii under my pillow. We were
both awfully afraid Of burglars, and
after there had been a series of rob
berries in our nclghborhoOd we were SO
terror stricken that we were ready to
take alarm at the slightest sound. one
night. TO our horror. we were both
aroused by a crcalng noise and chen a
light bump. just rs If some one. tip
toeing around. had stumbled against
something. For an instant we were
simply parayzed with fright Then,
looking trcmbllngly about the room, |
made ont over in one corner tail, dark
figure. perfectly moiionlcss reached
cautiously Tor the pistol aimed it and
fired twice The figure did not fall.
and the horribly strange thing was hat
it did NOT move en- make sound. Vet
I felt sure had hit it.
"Allhouph we were frightened half
to death Vc folt we must get mp and
light the gas 10 INVESTIGATES b. that
time people from The other apartments
in fhc building were rushing to our
door To nnl oai what the shots meant.
Well. the light revealed matters. ] bad
simply ruined Marian's new forty dol
lar coat which hung on Il hook In that
corner The noise we heard? Oh. that
WAS some one on the floor below who
had come in late and stumbled against
Il chair. New York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01

Our three meal habit Is fearful tax
on our working capacity. 1t trebles the
temptation to overeating. Our cham
pions stagger under the weight of a
physiological handicap. One-half the
functional energy of the system Is di-
verted by the exigencies Of digestion.
No other hygienic mistake has done so
much to make us generation of dys-
peptics as the custom Of after dinner
work. Its victims. moreover, incur the
risk Of contracting that form Of moral
dyspepsia called pcssimism. 1t tends
to rob the working day Of its reward
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01

1t is said that in RhOdesia white ants
destroy boots and articles Of clothing
left on tables or hanging on nails. The
following is from letter received re-
Gently from South Africa: ION awak-
ing in the morning you are astonished
to see cone shaped object on the
brick floor short distance from your
bed with two holes at the top. On
closer examination you discover that
the holes have just the size and shape
Of the inside Of your boots which you
incautiously left on the floor the night
before. They have given form and pro
portion to an ant heap. and nothing is
left of them except the nails, eyelets
and maybe part of the heels"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01

There IS a remark2b bic coincidence be-
tween the spread Of cancer and the
largely increased daily consumption Of
effervescent wines and waters among
the wealthy classes. Prior to the Six
ties champagne as drink was. even
in higher circles partakcn Of but occa-
sionally. nor were aeratcd waters con
sumed In anything Ike the quantity nor
with the frequency that they now are.
These beverages. and indeed all cffer-
vcscing drinks, owe their sparkle to the
carbonic acid gas which they contain
My cOntent,,n is that the upper classes
by their Eu0.t Of constantly imbbing
efrervescent beverages. which are solu-
tons Of carbonic acid Of greater or less
strength. so prepare their mucous It's
sues as to make them favOring host
to the canccrouS fungus, If fungus 1t
be.-LondOn Medical Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01
A FATAL MEAL.
The Untimcly Ending of n Crow Who
Swallowed a Ccntlpcd.

The Untimcly Ending of n Crow Who
Swallowed a Centiped.
"Saw n curious thing in California
last winter" said the man who travel
els about. II had stopped for mo-
mcnt to chat with man who was
blowing. when he called my attention
to a large ccntiped that he had just
ploWed up.
"'Come along with me n few feet,
said he. and let's see what those crows
will do when they find it,.
"There were several large carrlon
crows that had been following the
farmer and picking up the insects that
were turned up. and they were now a
few feet away. waiting for the plow to
start again.
1--WE went on few feet, and the
crows followed. One big. black fellow
soon saw the centiped and swallowed
him at one gulp. Then. In the express
sive slang Of the day. there was some
thing doing in the neighborh0Od Of
tildl NlOM. ~ lAI 1t NAN VI hNHl'tlii IN
mounted into the mir for perhaps Il
hundred feet. then fell heels over head
till he was few feet from the ground.
Then he managed to catch himself and
few upward again and away for the
hills. cawing wildly. He had not gone
more than eco feet when he lost all
control Of himself and fell like Il SHOT
TO the ground. We vert over to where
he had fallen and found him on his
back with his feet in the air. stone
dead.
"ln way ! know how that crow
felt when he awol.c to the situation.
l.adn't forgotten my first spoonful OF
taJaSco saucr t,..i Il Ling friend once
talked nc inio swallowing. Detroit
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How to Initiate Singing Bird.

According to La Nature, with any
glass tube whatever it is possible to
easily reproduce the song of bird. 1t
suffices to rub the tube lengthwise with
a piece Of wet cork In order to imi-
tate the song of bird the cork must
be moved with varying rapldity, now
slowly. now rapidly, and abrupt stop
pages must intervene. The experiment
can be made more simple by rubbing
an ordinary bottle with u piece Of cork.
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DEATH by ARSENIC.
The Way This Poison Acts Upon the
Human system.

The Way This Poison Acts Upon the
Eumnn system.
When single dose of arsenic In suf-
iicicnt quantity to be felt has been TAX
en-. colicEy pains. bowel disorder and
perhaps nausea result. In the course
Of an hour after poisonous dose has
been taken an intense burning pain Is
felt I'm the cSOphagus and stomach.
This spreads to the entire anterior por-
ton of the lower part OF the trunk. n
sense of construction ut the throat and
an acrid. metallic taste accompany the
pain. Then vomiting and relaxation of
the bowels begin. AS the case pro-
crosses the symptoms increase In In
tensity. Then comes thirst that wa
ter will not allay. although 1t appar-
emily increases the stomach disturb
ance. The victim groans and writhes.
Now he implores the doctor to save
him. Then he begs to be killed and put
out of pain. The eXtremities become
icy. The pulse is small, feeble and fire.
Quent. and the breathing is labored,
embarrassed and painful because Of
abdominal tenderness The surface Of
the body becomes dark and Of that
blush color that medical men call cy-
anosed. Violent cramps add their tor
ture, exhaustion becomes collapse, con-
vulsiOns or coma ensues, and death
ends the agony. This torture lasts
sometimes from five t. twenty hours.
In some cases these symptoms occur,
but in a modified form. and the doctor
will apparently Sct the better Of the
disease. The remission will be but for
q day or two. Then the abdomen Will
swell, and icy coldness will pervade
the frame Shivcring will become pro-
nounced trcmblng then cramps. con-
vulslons and death.
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A Scotch Cynlc.

A young Scotchman was once halt
ing between two loves. one possessed
Of beauty and the other of COW. In
despair of arriving at a decision he ap-
piled for advice to Il canny compatriot.
who delivered himself thus:
Marry the lass that has the COO. for
there's no the DIFFERENCE O. coos val
ne In any twa weemen In Chrsten-
dom" -PearsOn's Weekly.
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His ReXYnrd.

"You remember Bingley. who bought
a house Oh each s. De of his own dwell
ing so be could choose his own neigh
borsT'
Eyes. What of him."
well. he fitted up those houses ele-
gantly and rented them to first class
tenants. and they won't associate with
him ut all because he's merely d land
lord."-ChicagO Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01

As for the honesty Of these people, |
appeal to every English merchant or
banker from Picking to Nonckong to
answer If he ever heard Of dishonest
Chinese merchant or banker so far
from that, not only has every English
bank two Cinnamon 10 receive and
hand ont money. but c'cry bank in
Japan has I've same. Tbe .n1l.sh VIII
tell you. bali IN jest. that r 'apancsn
is an oriental Vance AM does not
trust his own pecl e.. and thcy viii tell
you, half in earnest, tat the Ea"''sh
bankers employ Chinese to handle their
money because tley never make mis-
takes.
These people Of China have never
had anything Ike a bankrupt law. II
man canno: pay hia debts or some
one does not secret come forward
and pay them At the end Of egcl year.
he has "lost his faca." and SO ha dies
by his own hand. Yet, web all their
piteous poverty, tlcv have 10 such
words as bard times" for everything
must be settled up ut tie enl Of the
year. There can be no extension Of
time. Confucius forbaDe it.-JoaqIn
Miller in North American Review
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Mems Footwear Figures.

A man who wears size , shoes re-
quires size 0 half hose: he who wears
size 51a shoes needs 9la hosiery; 6lh to
Z calls for 10; ~ to s goes with 1917;
815 to 0 harmonzes with IL, and 915
to 10 shoes strike a fit with 11h no.
siery.
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TOmmy-POp. was Job a doctor?
TOmmy's Pop-Not that have ever
heard. my son.
Tommy-TLen why does the Bible
have so much to say about the patients
of Job?-Philadelphia Record.
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The Vulnerable Point.

Percy-I've made Pauline sorry that
she threw me over.
Guy-In what way?
Percy-Why. I'm attentive now to a
girl five years younger than she is
Detroit Free Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-01

Bamboo pens have been used in India
for over 100 years. They are made like
the ordinary quill pen and for a few
hours writing are said to be very serv-
fcpo hla
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If" stops for passengers on signal
to conductor aDaily, except Sunday.
r. b. Cooke. j. g. Rodgers.
Traffic Manager, Supt.
Norfolk, Va Cape Charles, Va.
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The most forlorn looking object II
this world is man guest around the
house n the daytime.-Atchison Globe
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NEW YORK, PHILA. Il NORFOLK
RAILROAD

Time Table in Effect Nov %. 1901
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor.
folk and Old Point Comfort.
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Virginia: I'm the circuit court
for the county Of Acc0mack, in
the Vacation of said court, the
22nd day Of January, A. D.,
1902.
William ". DIX aud Annie d Dix,
bis wife, in right - raid wife. Pitts
against
Louis ]. Human and Laura. his
wife, Arthur y. Nc. rs and Melissa
L, his wife, in right Of said wife,
Thomas Parks and Arinthia. his
wife, in righ' Of said wife John :.
Hinman and Mary. his wife, f War
rem Russell an ! Maggie, his wife, in
right of said wife. John r HinDaD,
of L., Trustee, Louis F. Human,
Susan j Human. widow Of John R.
Human, deceased, Obadiah Willett
and Sarah, his wife, IN right of said
wife, Ashton S. Human and Melissa,
his wife,-the last three being Infants
under the age of twenty one years
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to
sell for purposes Of partition,
the real estate of which John
R. Human died seized and pos
sessed, consisting of five tracts
or parcels of land, containing.
respectively, 70 1900 acres, 4
acres, l3 acres, l acre and 3
acres, situated near Leemont,
AccOmack county. Virginia
Affidavit having been made
before the clerk of the said
court, that John R Hinman, of
L., Trustee, and Louis +. Hin
man, two of the defendants in
the above entitled cause, are
non-resldents of the State of
Virginia, on the motion of the
plaintiffs, by their attorneys, it
is ordered that the said resi-
dent defendants do appear here
within fifteen days after due
publication of this order and
do what is necessary to protect
their interests; and that this or
der be published once a week
for four successive weeks in the
Peninsula Enterprise, a news
paper published at Accomack
G. H., Virginia, and also posted
at the front door of the court
house of the said county on the
first day Of the next term of the
court of the said county.
Test: JOHN d. GRANT, c. @.
A Copy
Test: JOHN D. GRANT, C. G
Rev g. burlington, p. q.
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Reference of Home People,

Mayor 2 East R street. Rsrood Po 6 e
Church The Religious Herald The Rchnond
Dr. h.
Christian
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KelIam Cancer Hospital,
18th and Bank Streets, RICHMOND, VA
Cancers, TumOrS and Chronic Sores,
thout the use OF the Knife

Without the nSe of The Knit All Examinations Free.
and doing then You are not
CLAIM will all Of EXPENSES
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Virginia: I'm the circuit court
for the counD Of AccOmack, in
the Vacation of said court, the
22nd day Of January, A. D.,
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William ". DIX aud Annie ID Dix,
bis wife, in right . aid wife. Pltffs
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-06-07

II you are going calling take box
Of Stewards find candy and you will
be permitted to remain as long rs
you please. For sale only by w. 5.
Wilson Jr. i6i
Miss Daisy Astin, Miss Hulda
Tarlton of Hillsboro, and Miss Lille
Tension arrived yesterday and are
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. q. ). Pvrker.
For Sale-Fancy saddle pony well
gated aud In splendid condition.
See Miss Cora Griffin. 100
Mrs. O. II. Astin, ]. r., Juo. f.
and Roger Astin have returned from
Dallas where they went 10 witness
the graduation Of Miss Daisy Astin.
You can't enjoy commencement
without one OF those lovely fans on
sale at Norwood's. i59
Rev Jewell Howard will preach at
the Christian church Sunday morn
ing and at the Free Baptist church
Sunday night.
You may need handsome black
silk parasol for commencement Get
IL at NorwOod's. l69
Mrs. Albert O'Neal Of Dallas Is the
guest OF Col. aud Mrs. J. q. Harrison
at College.
Fresh shipment Stewards fine pack
age candy just received. w. ;. Will
son Jr. l6l
Miss Fannie McClung Of Bethel
was here yesterday aud went to
Wellborn.
Dimities, lawns aud organizes at
Norwood's. White organdy 10 cents
per yard. i59
Misses Kendrick have returned af-
ter visiting in Houston aud Calves
ton.
iIBig line new style collars for men
a nj boys at Norwood's. i59