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CAUSES OF INDIGESTION.
How Certain Ills which Affect the
Stomach BccOme Chronic.

How Certain Ills Which Anect the
Stomach become Chronic.
The causes of chronic indigestion are
manifold. but usually and almost al
ways In the beginning, even when the
stomach finally becomes actually dis
eased, the condition is due to improper
eating. 1t may not be that the sufferer
eats too much, although very many
people who are not gluttons do that,
but he eats improperly. One who suf-
fers from dyspepsia or who wishes to
avoid such suffering should remember
that the stomach cannot do all the work
of digestion. Before ii enters the stom-
ach the food must be finely divided
and mixed with the saliva, which Is as
certainly digestive fluid as Is the gas
trio juice. Gladstone, 1t Is said, used
to chew every mouthful Of food thirty
two times. one for each tooth, before
he swallowed it,
Long mastcatiOn of the food Is USE
full In many ways. In the first place,
it should appeal to all who delight In
the pleasures of the table, for IL the
food is savory it is tasted longer and
better when well chewed. Again, long
mastication mixes the food well with
the saliva and begins its digestion, and
this sweetens the starchy food and i'm
proves its taste. Finally, IL one eats
slowly, he will have less time to eat
much, and hunger is appeased and a
feeling OF safety is attained before the
stomach can become overloaded.
While one is chewing, the food should
be moved from side to side Of the
mouth that the admixture with the sa-
Iva may be more thorough.
Too much fluid should not be taken
with the meal, but 1t is not a wise plan
to take none. as is sometimes recon-
mended The gastric juice should not
be too much diluted, but If the food Is
we'll mOistened the juice acts better
and more rapidly. One glass Of water
with n meal is about the right amount.
Cool water. moreover, In moderate
quantity stimulates the secretion Of
gastric juice, and a wineglassful Of ice
water taken before the meal gives a
flip to the appetite without any of the
drawbacks of liquor.
II in spite OF all precautions chronic
indigestion persists. one should try the
experiment Of eating only one kind Of
food at meal-meat, fish or eggs,
without bread and potatoes, or bread
and butter without animal food. The
stomach which rebels at mixed meal
will often do its work satisfactorily II
offered only one article of food at
time.-Youth's Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
The Autocrat of All the Russias.

No one can grasp the fundamental
state of things in Russia without realiz-
ing that there the will of the car is as
the will of God. His land and his sub
jects are his, to dispose of as he may.
In a Russian battle not so long ago the
artillery. imperatively needed in front,
was stopped by Il deep ditch. The SOL
diers flung themselves in until the
ditch was full and the artillery gal
Hoped over their bodies.
In the world Of business 1t is quite
the same Russian administrator
was discussing with Sir Henry Norman
the military capabilities of the Trans
siberian railway, and Norman said
There wouldn't be rolling stock
enough to convey masses of troops in
a short time"
Every engine and carriage in Russia
would be put there If necessary" was
the answer
But that would disOrganize the whole
commerce of the country and bring
tens of thousands to ruin"
You don't understand" said the Off
cial. IF the car gave the word to
take every railway carriage in Russia
and run it across the Siberian railway
and throw it into the China sea at the
end. who should prevent him?"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
A Cent n Year Salary.

The government pays the magnificent
salary Of l cent year to Maurice
Proctor for carrying the mail between
Dodgevlle and Mineral Point.
Mr. Proctor operates n stage line be-
tween the two cities, and he makes
good income from the passenger serv-
ice.
Recently he closed n contract with
the government for three years, agree
ing to carry the mail one way each
day, and his bid was cents for that
period Of time. He is to receive his
salary in three installments of l cent
each. He recently received his check
for his salary last year, but he is not
going to cash it until he is in need OF
money.
The distance between Dodgeville and
Mineral Point is eight miles. Mr.. Proc
tor is very proud over the responsible
ity of having the United States mail
in his care and enjoys the distinction
Of drawing the smallest salary on rec
ord. He also feels confident that II
the government should desire to re-
trench no effort would be made to cut
his salary Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
SIND Dunes In Gascony.

One of the most interesting and re-
markable of the many regions for the
observation Of sand dunes lies between
Bordeaux and Bayonne, in Gascony.
The sea here throws every year upon
the beach, along a line Of 100 miles in
length, some 100000 cubic yards Of
sand.
The prevailing westerly winds con-
tinue picking up the surface particles
from the westward slope, whirl them
over to the inward slope, where they
are again deposited, and the entire
ridge by this means alone moves grad
ually inward. In the course of years
there has thus been formed a complex
system Of dunes. all approximately par
allel with the coast and with one an
other and Of all attitudes up to 25O feet.
These are marching steadily inward
at a rate of from three to six feet a
year, whole villages having sometimes
been torn down to prevent burial and
rebuilt at q distance.
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An A,literative Poem on Pigs.

One of the book collectors Of Phila-
delphia has in his library volume OF
Latin jokes that was printed in Ger
many in 1903, says the Philadelphia
Record. The name Of this volume is
"Nug@ Venales." and it contains a
poem 800 lines long wherein every
word-every single word-begins with
the letter ''p."
Even the title page of the poem con
tains only ''ps." 1t reads;
"Pugna Porcorum, per Publium Por-
cium, Poetam" c'The Battle Of the
Pigs" by Publius PoreiuS, pOeo.
Here are two lines of tine poem that
show how strange ALTERATION, so heay-
fly laid on, appears:
Perlege porcorum pulcherrima proelia.
potor;
Potando poteris placidam proferre poesim
Almost incredible is the patience that
must have been required to compose
this work OF 1900 words, every one OF
which begins with "p."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
Venezuelan Hospitality.

During a recent visit to Caracas q
member Of parliament says that he
was accorded interviews with several
Of the leading members of the Vene-
zuelan government who showed him
every courtesy and gave a dinner in
his honor. That night. shortly after
he retired at late hour, he was awak-
ened from his sleep by noise In his
room and saw. as he thought, one OF
his hosts disappear through the bed
room window leading to the veranda.
Concluding that this was polite GUS
tom Of the country. the visitor returned
to sleep, but In the morning he found
that he had been robbed. The Eng
lishman went straight to the seat Of
government and complained to one OF
the ministers. who expressed his dis
may and was thereupon Informed that
the person seen in the room bore re-
semblance to himself. Very strange"
replied the minister. for there Is no
one alive who resembles me-" I'm that
case" rejOined his visitor dryly, you
should have no difficulty In securing
the restoration of my property" Later
in the day the Englishman discovered
an anonymous package upon his room
table Opening the cover, he found all
the missing articles save his gold
edged cigar case and one OF his fob
charms, a little goddess in diamonds
and emeraldS.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
When Ice Covered Europe.

During the long tertiary epoch, when
opossums disported themselves on the
site Of Paris and mastodons tramped
along the valley of the Thames, the
earth was In the thrOes of mountain
making. The Alps, the Himalayas,
the Alleghanies, the Andes, attest the
power Of her activity in those days. At
their termination our continents stood
greatly higher than they do now, and
this aided their glaciatiOn, although 1t
does not fully account for it.
But as they became loaded with Ice
Europe and America gradually, and we
may venture to say cOntemporaneously,
sank. This was inevitable. Owing to
the extreme heat and pressure prevail
ing in its interior the earth is an en-
inently elastic body. Its surface ac-
tually bulges in or out with a very
slight increase or decrease Of the load
upon Edinburgh Review.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
Coffee Chewing.

Coffee chewing" says doctor, us
a habit easily contracted, for the taste
Of the crisp roasted berries is not I'M
pleasant, and the exhilaration, the slim
illus. that the berries give Is quite as
marked as that which would be obtain
ed from glass or two of beer or from
a drink of whisky.
1T is this exhilaratiOn, am convinc-
ed, that causes the habit to be formed
and that makes it hard habit to break
away from 1t should be broken away
from. Its effects are highly injurious.
They are more injurious than those Of
tobacco chewing.
d. 1.-The coffee chewing habit wrecks the
nerves, it makes the skin sallow and 1t
destroys the appetite. l have had Oc-
casion to treat number Of men for 1t.
1 always advise such men to break of
by imperceptible degrees; to give three
or four months to the task. Some sue
coed and some do not. Men who work
in coffee plants find it almost impossi-
BILE to succeed. New York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
SpoiIinE a Tragedy.

Among theatrical anecdotes a time
honored chestnut is that which belongs
to the tent scene in Richard ILL.," The
story is told of Barry Sullivan, to
whom it probably occurred. Anyhow
the narrator has thrown in a repartee
that is characteristic enough Of the IA
nous Irish tragedian.
who's thereY eXclaimS Richard at
the conclusion of his dreaming. Gates
by in his excitement stammered out his
answer and abruptly stopped in the
middle Of his phrase. "'Tis l. my lord.
the early village cock"
Sullivan surveyed the bewildered as
pect of the officer for few seconds
with a sardonic grin, as if enjoying the
actors agony, and then growled IN an
audible tone, "Then why the mischief
don't Won crow"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07

The mutability of the United States
senate is well illustrated by a musty
roll call discovered last week. 1t was
used Jan. 81. 1877. some twenty-six
years ago. The roll shows seventy-tive
names. OF these but five are now
members of the senate-Allison, Cock
rell. Jones of Nevada. Mitchell and
Teller. Allison and COckrell are the
only ones WHO have served continuous
" since That date. On the roll call are
the names OF Bayard, Blaine, Burnside,
Conkling. Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, In
gals. Logan. Mcdonald, Morrill,, Ogies-
by. Salisbury. Sharon. Sherman. Thur
man and Window.
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LOCATING JOHN.
rhe Fate of Tiger Hunter and HIS
Return Home.

A story Is told Of young man
mmed John F., who. being In poor
health. went to India. His family had
instructed him not to spare expense,
but to cable three times a week how
he was and what he was doing. The
first cable message ran:
Am well. Have native guide. Inja-
Hunt tigers tomorrow.
The next communication did not ar
rive till two weeks later. 1t was this:
John dead. Killed. Tiger What do?
INA
Back went the fearful message:
Send on body.
A month later there was delivered to
the keeper of the receiving vault of M.
cemetery a box or coffin so large and
heavy that it might have been the
home of a second Cardiff Giant. Sus-
picion having been aroused, permit
was secured and the sealed coifin
opened. To the CONSERVATION OF those
present there lay the body of magnif-
icent Bengal tiger resting on white
satin. The following message was soon
racing across the Atlantic:
Some mistake. Some mistake. You
send a tiger Where is John?
The following information was soon
received:
No mistake. No mistake. John inside
tigeri
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
A Turtle Race.

zone of the most curious races ever
saw" writes a correspondent of the
London Taller, was on Mr.. Carl Ha-
genbeck's lawn at Hamburg. Some
seven children mounted on the backs
Of large turtles or tortoises raced across
the lawn. To give impetus to their
queer steeds most Of them armed them
selves with cabbages, which they tied
to the end Of sticks, ever and anon
dangling them as tempting morsels in
front of the turtles 1t was a strange
race and occupied some time. Every
now and then a turtle would grasp a
piece Of cabbage and then quietly eat
it before resuming its journey"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
A Heaven on Earth.

The ancient mogul buildings in the
palace Of the kings of Delhi are mar
wells of beauty. Two of these 49, the
Diwan-i-am, or hall Of public audience,
and the Diwan-i-khas, or hall Of pri-
vate audience-were built by the En-
perOr Shah Jahan about two and
half centuries ago. when the mOgul
style Of architecture had reached its
most decorative period. The smaller
of the two, the Diwan-i-khas, is ia
nous for it's jewel-like finish, and it is
round the walls of this apartment that
the Persian inscription runs, '1f there
is heaven on earth, it is this" The
larger hall contains the great mogul
throne. Both buildings are of marble
inlaid with designs in precious stones.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
Not In His Seat.

A certain congressman was very busy
at his desk in the house one morning
when a page announced, "a gentleman
In the lobby to see you, sir" Tell him
I'm not in my seat" said the congress
man after looking at the card. The
boy, a sturdy looking chap, did not
move. "But you are in your seat, sir"
he answered in matter Of fact tones,
"and l can't say you are not" The
congressman looked at the lad ang1ily,
but, seeing that he was In earnest,
moved into the vacant chair Of his
neighbor Now tell him I'm not in my
seat" Eyes, sir" said the boy briskly
and went to deliver the message.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
Beautiful Tree Snakes.

Among the most attractive Of the
many kinds of solpents are the delicate
and beautiful tree snakes (dendrophis),
which very rarely descend to the
ground, as they find food enough among
the birds and those frogs and lizards
which also dwell in trees. The grace
full form of the body. the elegance and
rapidity of their movements and the
exquisite beauty of their cOlors have
excited the lively admiration of those
who have had the good fortune to
watch them in their native haunts. The
larger kinds attain to length OF over
five feet They are frequently adorned
with the brightest colors, green being,
however, generally the prevailing tint.
They are active by day.
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LAST CT HE HUGUENCTS.
Few Traces OF the Community In
the East Fpd of London.

the East Epd of London.
When Princess Charlotte entered
London for her marriage with King
George ard the coronation revels which
followed it, she passed from White
chapel to Isington through prosper
GUS French section known as Spital-
fields Ii was the settlement OF the
Huguenot refugees, who carried their
Industries as well as their religion from
France AMI planted mulberry trees In
large gardens where silkworms could
be fed on home grown leaves.
The descendants Of these weavers
were rich and prosperous In the days
OF George ILL.,, and they lived in fine
old houses with oak panelcd rooms
and high latticed windows close under
the caves, where they could have light
for working their looms. There were
as many as dozen Huguenot churches
I'm the east end Of London during the
Georgian rcigns, and when the beaud-
ful SpitalGclds church was built, with
its lofty spire. its bell early after sun
rise and axain Mt curfew was the sig
nal for thousands of industrious weav-
ers to begin or end their labors for the
day. The industry has disappeared,
the houses have fallen into decay and
the gardens are neglected. SpitalfieldS
has lost it's French aspect and been
converted into swarming ghetto.
In order to find distinct trace Of the
Huguenot community, which had so
honorable n history in the east end, one
must now 20 farther out in Hackney
and visit the French Protestant hos
pital near Victoria park. 1t Is beau
tlful modern structure designed In imi.
tatiOn of an old time French chateau,
and 1t stands in spacious, well kept
grounds which offer marked contrast
to the ordinary east end environment.
The institution owes its origin to a be-
quest made by French Huguenot
refugee two centuries ago and to lib
eral contributions from weavers and
merchants i'm London. Work was be-
gun near Peerless Pool. in the northern
suburbs, where hospital for poor
French Protestants and their descend
ants was opened and was long known
affectlonately among the refugees as
La Providence When the growth OF
suburban London rendered the old site
ineligible, the second building was con-
structed forty years ago and is now
the refuge Of about sixty aged pen
sioners OF Huguenot descent.-DetrOit
Free Press.
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THE TARTAR CUE.
Said TO ID Worn Out of Gratitude
90 the Horse.


Herbert Allen Giles in "Chlna and
the Chinese" says that there are
strange misconceptions as to the mean
ing of the Chinese cue, which has
really been worn by that nation for
only about $50 years.
1t was imposed by the Mantchoo Tar
tars, the present rulers Of China, as a
badge of conquest. Previous to 1914
the Chinese clothed themselves and
dressed their hair like the modern Jap
anese-that is, like the Japanese who
still wear what is incorrectly known
as the beautiful native dress OF ia
pan." AS a matter of fact, the Japan
csc borrowed their dress as well as
their literature, philosophy and early
art from the Chinese. The japanese
dress is that of the Ming period In
China, 1868 to 1914.
But where did the Mantchoo Tar
tars get the cue? They depended as a
race almost for their existence upon
the horse. The accepted theory Is that
out of gratitude and respect for his
noble ally the Tartar, so far as he
could, took on himself the equine form
and grew cue in imitation of a
horses tail This somewhat grotesque
theory might fall to the ground save
that 1t is supported by striking evil
dence.
Official coats as seen in China at the
present day are made with peculiar
sleeves, shaped like horses leg ana
ending in an unmistakable hoof, COW
ering the hand, which are known as
horseshoe sleeves" Incased therein
a Chinaman's arms look much like a
horses fore legs. The tail completes
the picture.
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Saw the whole of 1t.

Alexander weeping because the world
was so small has a counterpart in an
old inhabitant of Luss, a pretty little
village on Loeb LomOud side, Scotland.
who at last has been persuaded to
climb the mountain which has filed so
large a part of his horizon all the days
of his life. In Luss he has lived, as his
fathers lived before him. and from
Luss he has never had the ambition to
Journey, even as far as Glasgow. But
some one got him to the top Of Ben Lo-
mond the other day.
'Eh, mon." said he, with great self
congratulation. but the worlds big
place when We come to view the whole
of IT,"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07

An attack Of tonsllltis can usually be
warded off by painting the inhamed
tonsil with tlncture OF iodine. II you
are unsuccessful in the attempt and tie
tonsils ulcerate, swab them at once
with guaiacum and repeat in five or six
hours. This | learned from a well
known throat specialist Of St Louis,
and | find can almost always recover
without the services of my physician.
Good Housekeeping.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
Nature. Monument to Washington.

Among the many monuments 10
Washington is the one which every VS.
itor TO the Cape Verde islands will re-
member as one Of the most colossal and
marvellous freaks Of natural sculpture
in existence. Along the farther side OF
the harbor of San Vicente, the principal
town. rises q bold ridge OF dark gray
volcanic rocks, the crest of which forms
an exact likeness Of our immortal
George seemingly lying face upward,
as if in a peaceful sleep.
The hero's large, bold features, the
backward wave Of the hair. his mass
i've shoulders and even the frill Of the
shirt front are all reproduced on a 81
gantic scale with wonderful exactness.
The strange monument, sharply out
lined against the deep blue Of the trop-
zeal sky. is one of the first objects that
meet ones eye in approaching the Is
land. Its gigantic proportions, with
the boundless ocean for background,
form a portrait wonderfully true to ma
ture and overpowering in its magnih-
cence.
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A SWORD OF HONOR.
IL Was the Means of bringing Mar
shall Ney 10 Death.

HnuI wy w DN~hhAs
A sabcr of honor brought Marshal
Ney to dishonoi4 and death. When Ma
poleon entered Cairo on the odd of July,
1898, he was presented with three
swords Of honor richly inlaid with pre-
cious stones. He brought them back
TO Europe. and in 1902 he gave one to
Ney and another to Murat. keeping the
third for himself. Ney received his at
an imperial reception. The sword
passed from one to another Of those
present, among whom was a young
subaltern of the Auvergne regiment.
When Napoleon escaped from Elbe,
Ney left the king and took sides with
his former chief. After the allies en-
tered Paris, Ney made preparations to
get out of the country, but his wife and
a friend persuaded him that there was
really no danger. and he decided to re-
main in France. Then came the order
for his arrest He fed to a castle In
the possession of some friends and sue
ceeded In reaching it without his pres
ence being known. One day, feeling
tired, he threw himself on a couch, first
taking off his oriental sword, which he
always wore out Of affection for the
emperor. Hearing voices, he sprang
up and hurriedly left the room. forget
ting his sword. \ minute later par
ty Of women and men entered the room,
one Of them being the young subaltern
of the Auvergne regiment, now colo
mel. He at once recognized the sword
and. calling in some gendarmeS. pro
ceeded to search the premises. Finding
that he was discovered, Ney gave him
self up quietly. On Dec. Z, 1918, the
marshal, whose sobriQuet was the
Bravest Of the Brave, the hero of a
hundred battles, was shot. Scarcely
two months after the owner of the sec
Ond sword, Murat, had met his fate in
the same way.