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The Somerset reporter., 1902-03-20
DR.. Humphreys.

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NO, CURES. PRICES.
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3-Teething, Collie, Crying, Wakefulness ID
4-Diarrhea, of Children or Adults...... rs
7-Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis. ............ 20
S-Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache..... .25
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1O-Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Weak Stomach.25
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14-salt Rheum. Erysipelas, Eruptions.. I'd
15-Rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains. rs
16-Malaria, Chills, Fever and Ague. .25
19-Catarrh, Influenza, Cold in the Head .23
Northumberland .................... 30
27-Kidney Diseases. 20
2S-NervOus Debility. ...................1.OO
30-Urinary Weakness, Wetting Bed. .23
77-Grip. Hay Fever. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .25
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The Somerset reporter., 1902-03-20

Speaking OF the responsibilities that riches
bring, no sooner have our welthy classes
learned to pronounce "chef' with confidence
than "chauffeurs" begin to come in.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-03-20
Statement United States Branch
Royal Insurance Company,

ASSETS, 81 December 1901.
Real Estate owned by the Company
unincumbered, s2l43OsO.O5
Loans on bonds and mortgages,
(drst liens) l640OO'W
Stocks and Bonds owned by the
Company, Market value, 3,6i4,4C2.sl
Cash in Company'S principal office -.
and in bank. 665 1874
Interest due and accrued, 38,6l6,3
Premiums in due course Of collec-
ton. 709 Us
Other property, H,44S "
-
Aggregate OF all the admitted assets
OF the Company at their actual
value, 1880 2l57o
LIABILITIES. 81 December, 1901.
Net amount OF unpaid losses and
claims, $5ss, 1902
Amount required to safely reinsure
all outstanding risks, 1854 ,S25.bo
All other demands against the Com
pany, viz; commissions, etc, 27s,7SI64
Total amount OF liabilities, except
capital stock and net surplus, a, ISL 1893
Surplus beyond capital, 2,52l ,5223e
Aggregate amount OF liabilities in
Guiding net surplus, $73O3,2i5.7O
The Somerset reporter., 1902-03-20

41st ANNUAL STATEMENT
JANUARY LIST, 1902.
ASSETS.
City and Debenture Bonds, e59,s5O,0o
Railroad and Equipment Bonds, @7S7O'W
City Passenger Railway Stocks and NJ,
Bonos. Nb,2o6'V
Mortgages (all ffu ieHs) 423,8IS1o
Real Estate 100000
Loans on Collaterals, 60,OOo.OV
Cash in Banks and Once 100, 1851 ~
Interests and Rents due and accufed, 8,O23'o
Gross Premiums and Deposits IN .
course of collection, 60,S75O'
----
1885,, $1,000
LIABILITIES.
Re. Insurance Reserve, $l,O7o,5oe.29
Losses unadjusted and unpaid, 4O,fs9'@
items. 2,296S
&l,is3 3O2is
Capital Stock, $500 00OU
Net Surplus, lHOOo.H
s1,6o7,8cs.o'
The Somerset reporter., 1902-03-20

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life. and new strength in the
use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t establishes
regularity, dries weakening
drains, heals inflammation
and liberation, and cures
female weakness. 1t makes
weak women strong and
sick women well.
Sick people are invited to
consult DR.. Pierce, by letter,
free. All correspondence 10
held as strictly private and
The Somerset reporter., 1902-03-20

broken by the baby's
fretfu1ness. The
l1ealthiest W o m a n
must wear out under
such a strain. What
can be expected then
of those women
who are weaken
. ed by woman
~ ly diseasesf
N Women
who are
W c a X,
fNvft
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
Her Creat FauIt.

A Georgia citizen recently said that
while riding out from Savannah on
horseback he saw typical southern
matrOn outside a whitewashed cabin,
while on the lawn in front a bevy of
young cOlOred children were playing.
There were eight of them altogether,
seven Of their number being very, very
dark, while the eighth one was light
complexiOned.
you've got some fine looking chill
dren there, auntie," he said.
Deed hab, boss" she replied.
"Dere amt any better pickaninnies in
de whole state of Georgia den dat first
seben, but dat eighth one, dat mulatto,
she done make me more trouble dan de
whole oder seben put togedder."
I'm what way" asked. And she
replied
"Cause she done show dirt so easyw
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
PrOmIsing For the TenOrH.

Three tenors while strolling in Paris
began to talk of their engagements for
the coming season.
Where are you two fellows gOing|'
asked one
Pm going to Rio Janelro," answered
one Of his companions.
$50 am |. answered the other one.
That's very queer" said the first
speaker, "fOr I'm going there too"
They then compared notes and, find
Ing that the same theatrical manager
had engaged each Of them, they called
on him and asked for an explanation.
Il don't see why any Of you should
be dissatisfied" he replied. 1--WE en-
gagged each Of you because don't want
to be left without a tenor in Rio ia
metro. 1t is very probable that before
you are acclimated there yellow fever
will carry off two Of you. and wouldn't
/ be in nice fix then if | hadn't a
third tenor on handY
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
A PERSIAN PARABLE.
The side of the World the Pessiniist
Had Not Seen.

There was certain man who
thought the world was growing worse.
He was always barking back to ''the
good old times" and was sure that the
human race was dcgeneratlng. Men,
he said. were all trying to cheat one
another and the strong were crushing
the weak. One day when he was air
Ing his pessimistic views the calf said
to him:
IL charge you hereafter to look care
fully about you, and whenever you see
any man 90 a worthy deed go to him
and give him praise or write to him
about it. Whenever you meet a man
whom you regard as worthy to have
lived in the good old days tell him
of your esteem and Of the pleasure you
have had in finding one so exalted,
and desire that you write out an ac-
count of these good deeds for me that
/ may share your JOY In knowing Of
it,"
SO the man was dismissed. But be-
fore many days he returned and pros
trated himself before the calf. When
ordered to explain his presence, he
walled:
Have pity on thy servant, and re-
lease him from the necessity of COM
plmenting men upon their worthy
deeds, oh, my master. And. oh, son of
MOhammed. | pray thee absolve thy
servant from the duty OF reporting TO
thee all the good that is going on in
the world"
And why, oh. slave, dOst thou come
to me with this prayer" the calf
asked.
"Slnce / have been looking for what
is good" the man replied. Il have had
no time to do aught but compliment
men for their splendid works. So much
that is glorious is all around me that
| may not hope to be able to tell thee
half of it. My tasks lie neglected be-
cause have no time
Go back to thy work." said the
calf. Il perceive that thou hast
learned"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
FRENCH THRIFT,
Examples Found In the Parks and
Open Squares of Paris.

There Is no better place to study
French frugallty than in the parks
and open squares Of Paris. Go to one
OF the secondhand fairs held on the
outer boulevards. What In other coun-
tries would be cast aside as useless is
here exposed for sale, having been
carefully sorted over by ragplckers
whose sole support Is the rubbish
which you see-broken china, bits of
glass, pieces Of stone, old nails, old
pots and pans, old shoes. old combs
and brushes. Does woman need a
cup? Has she broken saucer? For 2
cents she can replace them. Is her lock
broken, her key lost? Behold a thou
sand from which to choose The poor
students may find their books mothers
their children's shoes, says DOnohoe's
Magazine.
Each house In Paris is provided by
servants throw all that is not needed
by the family, whether Of food or raj
ment. Every morning the chiffoniers
or ragpickers are privileged to search
through these boxes before the con
tents are carted by the city to distant
fields, where the refuse is employed in
fertillzing the soil From the homes of
the wealthy the poor receive many ar
tlcles Of real value. Fifty thousand
ragpickers, say the statistics, realize
$4,000 daily from their pickings.
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snowDaIis brought winter.

Speaking of drinking water" said
one Of a group of men waiting for
a shower to pass over. "the best | ever
drank was on my uncle's farm.
1--WE lived on top Of clay hill and
had a well very deep, sixty feet, |
reckon, but it never had any water In
it until ten years ago. a heavy snow
fell that winter, and uncle filled the
well with snow. He rolled up balls
until they were large enough to go into
the well cleyerly and then dumped
them in until it was packed to the
top. They were packed so closely that
they did not melt until late the fol
lowing summer, but when they did
they produced supply Of water l
never saw surpassed for purity, soft
ness or GOODNESS. 1t was delicious.
Strange to say, this well, always
dry before, has produced a plentiful
supply since. The water, while not as
good as that from the snowballs, is
still excellent and celebrated through
out the neighborhood." Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01

How many Of those who use eau dc
cologne from Cologne daily, one might
almost say hourly. are aware of the
fact that 1t was invented by an Italian
and not by a son of the Fatherland,
which gives its name?
Almost 200 years ago an Italian
priest. Gioyan Maria Farina, eked out
his modest fortune by selling perfum-
cry, little art objects and so on at Do
modOssCla. In 1902. happening to be
in Cologne and making use of some Of
the finest vegetable productions Of the
country, he discovered the secret Of
the miraculous perfume, which has
never been revealed to this day except
to his descendants. He soon devoted
himself to the sale Of his invention,
which was so satisfactory that, need
ing help in its manufacture, he had his
brother and nephew join him from
Italy.
The increasing fame Of the water
brought increasing difficulties Of rival
~. New firms who stole his name. his
trademarks stamps and so on sprang
up like mushrooms, but they could not
steal his secret.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
un1uRfIY Punished.

A friend Of mine returning to camp
after a days shooting, says a writer
in Navy and Army, suddenly came in
sight Of a big she bear with two cubs
following in single file proceeding
along ridge, the forms Of the three
being sharply silhOuetted against the
sky. 1t was a very long shot, but he
determined to try it. so drew bead
on the old she bear and fired. The re-
suit was curious. The procession
stopped, the she bear scratched her
self hastily, then turned around and,
regarding the cub Immediately behind
with grave disapproval, boxed its
ears soundly and then went trundling
on along the ridge, evidently under
the impression that her frolicsome Off
spring had been up to some unusually
Objectionable tricks.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
The London Silly Season.


always at the beginning Of An
gust" says Sydney Brooks, "the editor
Of each London daily casts about for
a subject that will fetch the great
British public and fill the correspond
ence column, such as is Marriage q
Failure? The Decay Of DOmesticity,
English Versus American Women
why Don't Young Men Martyr
Should Women Work. or Are We
ImprovidentY A member Of the pa
per's staff will write a letter to the
editor opening the ball. Another men,
Der will reply to him. Instantly from
Chaplain and BrixtOn and throbbing
provincial households there sets in a
steady stream Of letters-all genuine
and argumentative and for the most
part quite appallingly earnest. 1t Is
a most curious phenomenon, such, I
suppose, as no other country can show.
For thousands Of men and women
these annual discussions would seem
to be their one chance Of really open
ing their hearts and minds to the
world, and a very strange spectacle
they make when opened, the minds es-
pecially. No one who really wanted
to study England could ignore these
debates. They throw more than a lit
tie light on the English character and
the average English intelligence"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01

Fifty or more years ago that awful
boy Jones" was the torment Of Queen
Victoria's life. and his short career in
public contains mystery which would
try the mettle of Sherlock Holmes.
He was a BARRIERS apprentice who in
some unexplained way discovered a
passage into Buckingham palace, with
which he alone was acquainted. When
he was first found trespassing, he was
gently admOnished and sent home
Soon after he was encountered again
In the palace He would not tell how
he obtained access. Again he was sent
home, and again he reappeared.
Once he calmly admitted that he had
been lodging in the palace for fort
night. He had laid snug during the
day, sleeping in the royal apartments.
and at night had wandered from room
to room, helping himself to the food
left over from royal repasts. He had
seen the queen repeatedly and indeed
had never been far from her.
The matter was considered so serious
that the boy was summoned before a
special meeting Of the privy council
He refused to give any account Of his
secret Soon after he disappeared, and
It Is supposed that he was removed I'M
der state protection.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.

Water IN which mlgnOncttp has been
placed should be changed often, since
1t quickly becomes foul.
The best use to make Of old bones
is to break them up and bury them
near the roots of fruit trees and grape
vines.
BY sowing nitrate Of soda in small
quantities in showery weather under
trees Il most beautiful verdure will be
obtained
1t is not good PLAZA to fill an old
orchard with young trees. The soil
is too much exhausted by the growth
of the former occupants.
Geraniums bloom most satisfactorily
when grown in comparatively small
pots and soil which is termed rich. but
not rank with excessive manure.
Stir. spade. rake and pulyerize soil
thoroughly before planting or sowing.
The Importance Of this work cannot be
OyereStimated if you desire tine bios
SONS.
Geraniums that have been used for
summer boomers will not flower again
until the late spring months. Plants
for winter blooming should be grown
especially for this purpose.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
After the Strike.

He tried the door with his key, but
the thing was locked on the inside
locked and bolted. And just as he
was about to apply the knocker a
voice, stern and admonitory, reached
him from above:
"Hellol Who are you? What do
you wantY
"My DEAR" he called, isn't that
trife gratuitous? want to come In.
Dye see"
Where have you been till this
hourT
Club, my darling. Been down dis
cussing the strike"
Every well, then. Now you can 80
back and discuss the lockout. Does it
still nT-Pearson's Weekly.
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Gall. Not Henri. In China.

The Chinese, says the Shanghai Mer-
curry, lay stress on the amount Of gall
q man has and not on the amount Of
heart. Thus we read Of Hou King,
who was governor Of HOnan in the
sixth century, that he once captured a
rebel named Ii Cheh, brought him into
the market, chopped off his hands and
his feet, ripped up his heart and cut
out his vitals. The victim, however.
continued to jest, with his features un-
distorted and his countenance I'M
changed. His gall bladder was then
seen to have the capacity Of a pint
measure, which completely accounted
for his stocism. In 1915, when the ar
niles of the Mantchoos were gradually
overrunning China, one WI Han Chao
made head against them in Anhui, but
he finally fell into their hands. The
historian records that his gall was
three inches long.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01

"The narghile is the best instrument
to smoke tobacco through, provided you
use it in the right way" said a man
who knows. Most people use it in the
wrong way. They load it with tobacco
and light up with a match as though
1t was pipe they were smoking. This
is incorrect, and the narghile, so
abused, has an abOminable taste and
odOr. The right way to use the mar
CHILE is first to dip your tobacco in
water, squeeze the water out and place
the soaked, damp mass in the pipe
bowl. Then you take a lump OF burn
ing charcoal and set 1t on the top of
the wet tobacco and begin to smoke.
The tobacco itself, you see, is not really
alight; it's the charcoal that's alight; it
is the burning charcoal that eats the
tobacco up. This is the secret of mar
CHILE smoking. And narghile, smoked
properly. is delicious-makes, in fact.
the very best smoke in the world."-
Philadelphia Record.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
THE FASTING FAD.
There Is No Advantage to be Gained
From Going Hungry.

FROM OOlnB hungry.
We are living in an age OF fads, re-
marks Good Health, and as its opinion
has been solicited in regard to the
fasting fad" it proceeds to give it as
follows:
There is no particular advantage to
be gained from going hungry. Hunger
is the voice of nature telling us that
the system needs food and, like all Of
natures warnings should be needed
To be sure, great many, we might
say the majority, Of people eat too
much as we'll as too often. But the
entire abstinence from food is an ex-
ceptional remedy il it is used at all.
In cases where ones stomach Is filled
with germs it is far better to fast than
to go on eating in the usual way, but
even then it is not necessary, for one
can get all the benefits of fasting and
more without discomfort by subsiSting
for a time upon fruit diet In this
way the germs are starved out, the
fruit juice acting as a disinfectant.
Usually one or two days Of this kind
Of fasting is all that is needed, and
it is not always necessary to use the
fruit entirely alone even then. Some
dry sterilized bread, such as zwieback
or granose, may be taken with 1t with
out interfering with the purpose of the
fast. 1t is really wonderful what can
be accomplished by the use of fruit in
Kidding the digestive tract of germs.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01

Puppies after weaving will keep
strong and healthy and will grow fast
II fed only on fresh buttermllk and
corn bread, with soup instead Of the
buttermilk twice Il week. till they are
five or six months old. 10 not feed
them sweet milk. Keep the puppies
where they can get plenty Of exercise
Do not crowd them. Arrange their
kennels 80 that they can 80 in and out
Of their sleeping quarters II fed in
the same vessels. some dogs get more
than their share of food and lose their
manners also. Fasten Il number OF
chains where they eat at such dis
tances that no one can reach the other:
then feed in individual pans Give lit
tie medicine and plenty Of exercise.
and you will then have strong. healthy
dogs An hours run every day in the
year in the fields and woods. weather
permitting. Is essential to good health
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01

A habit OF looking at things from a
distorted angle, of focusing the vision
on things that depress and suggest I'M
happiness and misery, is u destroyer Of
happiness and success. a man who
goes about with funeral face, think
ing hard times" fearing dull sea
sons" disaster. panic and failure
wherever his interests center, is never
happy man. rarely successful one.
Pesslmism is Il destructive force In
mems lives. just as optimism Is con
structive Appropriateness.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
MEN WHO DELIVER MAIL.
heart Tragedies That Line the Route
of Letter Carriers.


"Tell you a story? Why. yes. | might
tell good mahy stories II that was In
my line" The letter carrier blew n
pearly wreath Of smoke upward and
fiecked the dead ash from his cigar.
says the Denver News. Let me see.
There's an old lady OH my route down
In Alabama who sits knitting the live
long day by the front room window.
Every morning and afternoon when
whistle at the door Of her next door
neighbOr she lays down her knitting
and peers with tired, eager face out
OF that window until | 90 by. She's
got boy somewhere out west. He
doesn't write to her twice a year, yet
twice each day the whole year through
she sits there. with that anxious look.
waiting. waiting. waiting. | feel
twi;ch ut lay own heart every time |
pass by and see the look Of expectancy
fade into disappointment. Sometimes
I'd give $50 to be able to stop and give
her five lines from that good for moth
ing boy Of hers for whom she's eating
out her heart"
That reminds me-" said younger
man who heard the letter carriers sto-
ry, "Of IL pretty baby Oh my route In
Louisiana city. She's n dainty tot
about four or maybe five years old.
She has blue gray eyes like wood VIC
LET that look n fellow straight to the
heart. Soiae little girls can do that
after they are older. This tots man.
ma died six months ago. and for a
month aftcrward she used to come
tripping down the walk to meet me
with little white note In her hand,
and, looking me TO the heart out OF
those big trusting eyes. she would say.
Mr.. Postnan. won't you please take
this letter to my mamma in heaven
| used to take the dainty missiye from
the wee pink hand. | couldn't tell her |
how far away her mamma was. One |
day she came without letter. and |
there was pain In the great. sweet eyes. |
Mr. POstman. baby wants a letter |
from mamma Please. Mr.. Postman.
tell my mamma me wants some letters |
too And. boys every day for week |
had to pass that baby with the pain
in the gray blue eyes. and wondered
he angels Gid not find some way some
how to make her baby heart under
stand"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01
The Value of a Struggle.

1t is curious fact in the history OF
nations that only those which have had
to struggle the hardest for an exist
ence have been highly successful. AS
q rule the same thing is true Of men
One would think that it would be u
great relief to have the bread and but
ter problem solved by ones ancestors
so that one might devote all his ener-
giles and time to the development Of
the mental and spiritual faculties. But
this is contrary to the verdict Of his
tory and the daily experience of the
world. The strugglers, those born to
heritage Of poverty and toll and not
those reared in the lap of fortune,
have, with few exceptions, been the
leaders of civilization, the giants of
the race.-Success.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-01

The polite Chinaman will always re-
fer to himself in deprecatory terms.
This trait Of Chinese etiquette is aptly
expressed in one Of their own tales, in
which visitor is represented as call
ing in his best clothes and seated in
the reception room awaiting the ar
rival Of his host. A rat that had been
prying in jar Of oil on rafter above,
frightened at the intrusion of the call
er, ran away and in so doing upset the
oil jar, which fell on the visitor, satu-
rating his elegant robes with oil. Just
as the face Of the guest was purple
with rage the host entered, when the
proper salutatiOns were performed,
after which the guest proceeded to ex-
plain the situation, "As l entered your
honorable apartment and seated my
self under your honorable beam l in
advertently terrified your honorable
rat, which fed and upset your honora-
BILE oil jar upon my insignificant per-
son, which Is the reason of my con-
temptible appearance in your honora-
BILE presence"